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GENEVA, April 4 (KUNA) -- The UN High Commission of Refugees (UNHCR) called
on Wednesday the international donor conference in Sarajevo, which is
scheduled for 24 April 2012 to donate the needed EUR 500 million to find
housing solutions for many of the remaining refugees, internally displaced and
returnees in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The remaining refugees and displaced in this part of Europe are one of the
five priority protracted refugee situations worldwide for UNHCR, said Melissa
Fleming, UNHCR Chief Spokesperson in a press briefing.
Today, most of those forced to flee their homes during the 1991-1995
conflict in Sarajevo have either returned or locally integrated.
Recently, UNHCR has welcomed renewed efforts of the governments in the
region aimed at speeding housing solutions for some 74,000 most vulnerable and
needy refugees and displaced.
The joint regional programme on durable solutions for refugees and
displaced is the latest initiative to close this displacement chapter in South
East Europe.
It is a commitment by all concerned governments in the region (namely,
Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Montenegro) and an initiative
supported by the international community.
UNHCR supports this process and will monitor its implementation in order to
ensure that the right people are selected and subsequently receive adequate
housing solutions - 17 years after the end of conflict. (end)
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