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Aug. 18, 2006
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Visits Georgia
Source: Trend
Author: À. Mammadov
18.08.2006
(www.civil.ge) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres
is set to be in Georgia from August 18-20 as part of his South
Caucasian tour, which will also include Azerbaijan and Armenia,
reports Trend.
The main purpose of the visit to Georgia is to undertake high-level
discussions on the progress of peace negotiations, to visit
conflict-affected regions and populations, and to see UNHCR's
assistance programme in the country, the UNHCR reports.
During his visit the High Commissioner will meet with senior
government officials, internally displaced persons, and refugees. He
is scheduled to visit Sokhumi and Gali in breakaway Abkhazia,
Tskhinvali in breakaway South Ossetia, and the Pankisi Gorge in north
of Georgia where Chechen refugees are living.
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Aug. 18, 2006
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Visits Georgia
Source: Trend
Author: À. Mammadov
18.08.2006
(www.civil.ge) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres
is set to be in Georgia from August 18-20 as part of his South
Caucasian tour, which will also include Azerbaijan and Armenia,
reports Trend.
The main purpose of the visit to Georgia is to undertake high-level
discussions on the progress of peace negotiations, to visit
conflict-affected regions and populations, and to see UNHCR's
assistance programme in the country, the UNHCR reports.
During his visit the High Commissioner will meet with senior
government officials, internally displaced persons, and refugees. He
is scheduled to visit Sokhumi and Gali in breakaway Abkhazia,
Tskhinvali in breakaway South Ossetia, and the Pankisi Gorge in north
of Georgia where Chechen refugees are living.
--Boundary_(ID_YV85wkjLSXm+9nGFbkS41A)--