Attention !!! Contest of scholarships for students, candidates for a master's degree, post-graduate students

Faculty of International Relations of Belarusian State University with the of International Non–governmental Association for Scientific Research, Information and Educational Programmes “Evolutio”, Belarusian Association of Political Sciences, Public Association “Foreign Policy and Security Research Center” holds the IX International Scientific Conference “Belarus in the Modern World” and invites to the participation researchers and specialists on international relations, international economic relations, international and European law, international tourism, customs affairs, diplomatic and consular service

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Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 819 (by the 1 August 2010)

Country Origin Information of Refugees (June 2010) (rus) was placed on our website

On July 28—29, 2010 the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres visited the Republic of Belarus. An important part of the visit was the signing of the Agreement between the Republic of Belarus and the UNHCR on cooperation and the legal status of the UNHCR Office in the Republic of Belarus on July 28.

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 819 (by the 1 July 2010)

On the web-site you can find the electronic version of the Journal of International Law and International Relations N 2 - 2010

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Photos of «round table» on Multicultural Education (15 June 2010) were placed on our site

Information of World Refugee Day — 2010 in Belarus (rus) was placed on our site

Country Origin Information of Refugees (May 2010) (rus) was placed on our website

In anticipation of the World Refugee Day the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Office, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus, the Center for Children and Adolescents “Evrika” held a republican contest of children’s works of arts “We live under the one Sun”. The organizing committee received more than 1600 children’s drawings, posters, essays and poems from all regions of the Republic of Belarus. Children reflected their vision of the refugee problem in their works. Through the participation in the contest children have learned about the problems refugees face in their live, and that teaches them to be tolerant, merciful. When students learn the tragic fates of refugees, they begin to estimate the peaceful atmosphere in their native country.

On June 10, 2010 at 11.00 the grand opening ceremony of the exhibition of children works “We live under the one Sun”, devoted to the World Refugee Day, took place in the National Museum of History of the Republic of Belarus (K. Marks str., 12). Sholeh Safavi, Representative of the High Commissioner for Refugees UN Office in the Republic of Belarus, representatives of the Ministry of Education, heads of national communities, the children whose works were recognized as the best, creative teams of the Center for Children and Adolescents «Evrika» participated in the opening ceremony.

100 best works will be exhibited from 10 to 16 June in the National Museum of History of the Republic of Belarus. After that, children's work will be exhibited at the Vitebsk Regional Museum (Vitebsk, Lenina str., 36), then in the Museum of the city of Gomel (Gomel, Pushkin str., 32).

Country Origin Information of Refugees (April 2010) (rus) was placed on our website

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 819 (by the 1 June 2010)

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 819 (by the 1 May 2010)

New rublric "Bulletin of the European Union and UNHCR Project "Local Integration of Refugees in Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine" (rus) was created in the topic "Refugee problem" — N 1 (April 2010) was placed

On the web-site you can find the electronic version of the Journal of International Law and International Relations N 1 - 2010

russian version                        english summaries

Russian versions of the UNHCR Executive Committee Conclusion on Protracted Refugee Situatons (N 109 (LX) — 2008) and Report of hte High Commissioner for Refugees (A/64/12) were placed in the rubric "Refugee Problem — documents"

Country Origin Information of Refugees (March 2010) (rus) was placed on our website

Materials of the UNHCR 10-Point Plan (rus) were placed on our website

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 819 (by the 1 April 2010)

Country Origin Information of Refugees (February 2010) (rus) was placed on our website

Country Origin Information of Refugees (January 2010) (rus) was placed on our website

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 817 (by the 1 March 2010)

The book "Forced Migration in the Republic of Belarus: Compilation of Documents on Issues of Asylum, Migration and Citizenship" was placed at the site. This compilation was published in the framework of the EU — UNHCR project “Strengthening the Protection Capacity in the Republic of Belarus — Phase II”.

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 817 (by the 1 February 2010)

Given the shortage of foreign language interpreters to assist asylum seekers/migrants during their interview with border guards/immigration officials from Belarus, Moldova and Ukraine, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have created a pool of interpreters to improve the coordination and availability of support services at a regional level.

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Country Origin Information of Refugees (December 2009) (rus) was placed on our website

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Ministry of Education od the Republic of Belarus, UNHCR Office in Belarus and Centre for Youth and Adolescents “Evrika” announces a contest of children’s works of arts "We live under the one Sun".

The results of the contest of  scientific works of students, candidates for a master's degree, post-graduate students «Refugee Protection and Promotion of Tolerance in Multicultural Society» were clarified, which was held by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and International Non–governmental Association for Scientific Research, Information and Educational Programmes «Evolutio» in the framework of the joint EU — UNHCR project «Strengthening the Protection Capacity in the Republic of Belarus — phase II».

The results of the contest of  scientific works of students, candidates for a master's degree, post-graduate students «Refugee Protection and Promotion of Tolerance in Multicultural Society» were summed up, which was held by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and International Non–governmental Association for Scientific Research, Information and Educational Programmes «Evolutio» in the framework of the joint EU — UNHCR project «Strengthening the Protection Capacity in the Republic of Belarus — phase II».

Country Origin Information of Refugees (November 2009) (rus) was placed on our website

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 817 (by the 1 January)

Compilation of materials of the Conference "Belarus in the Modern World" (October 30, 2009) (in Russian) was placed at the site of the Faculty of the International Relations of the Belarusian State University. The round table" "Refugee Protection and Isues of Tolerance In Multicultural Society" was held in the framework of the Conference.

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 817 (by the 1 December 2009)

Country Origin Information of Refugees (Октябрь 2009) (rus) was placed on our website

On the web-site you can find the electronic version of the Journal of International Law and International Relations N 4 - 2009

russian version                        english summaries

Country Origin Information of Refugees (September 2009) (rus) was placed on our website

Photos of the Round table «Refugee Protection and Issues of Tolerance in Multicultural Society» (30 October 2009) were placed

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 812 (by the 1 November 2009)

4 November 2009 UNHCR Office in Republic of Belarus organized a meeting of multifunctional group on refugee issues.

On the web-site you can find the electronic version of the Journal of International Law and International Relations N 3 - 2009

russian version                        english summaries

On 30 October 2009 the round table «Refugee Protection and Issues of Tolerance in Multicultural Society» took place.
 
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On 30 October 2009 the round table «Refugee Protection and Issues of Tolerance in Multicultural Society» will take place.

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 810 (by the 1 October 2009)

Country Origin Information of Refugees (August 2009) (rus) was placed on our website

Country Origin Information of Refugees (July 2009) (rus) was placed on our website

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 808 (by the 1 September 2009)

Attention !!! Contest of scholarships for students, candidates for a master's degree, post-graduate students

UNHCR Executeve Committee Conclusions (№№ 65—67, 71, 74, 76, 77, 79, 82, 83, 86—90, 92, 95б 99—104) in Russian were added to the topic "Refugee Problem"

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 808 (by the 1 August 2009)

Country Origin Information of Refugees (June 2009) (rus) was placed on our website

On October 30, 2009 Faculty of International Relations of the Belarusian State University and International Non-governmantal Association "Evolutio" will hold VIII International Scientific Conference "Belarus in the Modern World". During this scientific forum, which became traditional, priority problems of international relations of the Republic of Belarus in policy, economy and law; current issues of state protocol, consul, and custom services of the Republic of Belarus; results and perspectives of tourism development; approaches to refugee problem solutions etc. are under discussion. 

A "round table" "Refugee Protection and Issues of Tolerance in Multicultural Society" will hold in the framework of the Conference.

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On the web-site you can find the electronic version of the Journal of International Law and International Relations N 2 - 2009

russian version                        english summaries

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 808 (by the 1 July 2009)

On the web-site you can find the electronic version of the Journal of International Law and International Relations N 1 - 2009

russian version                        english summaries

Russian version UNHCR Executive Committee General Conclusion on International Protection (N 108 (LIX) — 2008) was placed in the rubric "Refugee Problem — documents"

On June 27, 2009 opening ceremony of VIII Festival of National Cultures occurred in the Belarus State Philharmonic.

Country Origin Information of Refugees (May 2009) (rus) was placed on our website

Message of the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon towards World Refugee Day

Present to your attention UNHCR press-release "Message by UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres to mark World Refugee Day, 2009" and Briefing Note of the UNHCR Communication Service

19 June 2009 press-conference devoted to the World Refugee Day took place in the National Press Centre of the Republic of Belarus.

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18 June 2009 in the editorial office of the magazine "Belaruskaya Dumka" ("Belarusian Idea") the round table, dedictated to the World Refugee Day and devoted to refugee, migration and tolerance issues, took place.

Photos of the Children's Gala Concert dedicated World Refugee Day were placed

Gala-concert “World without strangers” devoted to the World Refugee Day took place at RDKV (21 Y. Kupala str.) on June 18.

Some 42 million people uprooted worldwide in 2008 — UN report

Photos of the opening ceremony of the exhibition of children works "World without strangers" (11 June) were placed

Grand opening ceremony of the exhibition of children works "World without strangers" took place on June 11, 2009 at 11.00 in the National Museum of History and Culture of the Republic of Belarus (K. Marks str., 12).

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 808 (by the 1 June 2009)

In advance of the World Refugee Day (20 June) the UNHCR Office in the Republic of Belarus, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Belarus and the Center for Children and Adolescents «Evrika» have organized a contest of children's works of arts devoted to the World Refugee Day "World without strangers". The organizing committee has received over 1400 drawings, posters, compositions and verses from all the regions of the Republic of Belarus. Pupils show their views of the refugee problem in their works. Thanks to the participation in the contest pupils leant about problems which refugees confront with, that teaches them to be tolerate, tolerant, merciful. Inquire after tragic fates of refugees, they stars to estimate peaceful situation in their homeland.

Country Origin Information of Refugees (April 2009) (rus) was placed on our website

Photos of the presentation of the books of the series "Actual Issues of Migration and Asylum", published in the framework of the project EU—UNHCR “Strengthening the Protection Capacity in the Republic of Belarus, were placed

5 books of the series "Actual Issues of Migration and Asylum" were placed in the rubric "Our publications" of the topic "Refugee Problem"

On May 22, 2009 UNHCR Office in the republic of Belarus jointly with the Faculty of International Relations of Belarusian State University and INA “Evolutio” held the presentation of the publications, published in the framework of the project EU—UNHCR “Strengthening the Protection Capacity in the Republic of Belarus”. The publications introduce readers with migration policy, international migration tendencies, will make it possible for you to understand the refugee problem better and elaborate recommendations on this matter.

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 805 (by the 1 May 2009)

Country Origin Information of Refugees (March 2009) (rus) was placed on our website

In the topic "Refugee problem" restructurisation of the rubric "Documents" was made and resolutions of 63rd session of the UN General Assembly on refugees, migration, tolerance issues were added

UNHCR is anxious about discrimination and xenophobia towards refugees — António Guterres (rus)

Link to the UNHCR publications in English were placed in the topic "Refugee Problem"

Information about the UNHCR (Russian) was updated

Research papers on Statelessness Issues, prepared by the National Centre of Legislation and Legal Research of the Republic of Belarus in 2008 for the UNHCR were placed in the topic "Refugee Issues" (new rubric "Statelessness Issues")

Monthly Country Origin Informations of Refugees (prepared by the Refugee Councelling Service of the Belaruesian Movement of Medical Workers) were placed in the topic "Refugee Problem"

Press-release

Final evaluation workshop and a cross-border mission within the joint EU AENEAS — UNHCR project “Strengthening the Protection Capacity in the Republic of Belarus”

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 803 (by the 1 April 2009).

First Iraqi family departs for resettlement in Germany, UN refugee agency says

The rubric "Belarusian Mass Media about Refugee Problem" was supplemented with the works of the winners of the contest for journalists on the best material in mass media in 2008 of the topic «Problem of Refugees: Myths and Reality»

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Contest of children's works of arts is still going on.

UN expert urges greater help for 26 million displaced people worldwide.

Topic "Photos" was changed

Rubric "UNHCR Publications in Russian" was updated: publications on refugee protection and internal displaced persons were placed

English versions of Issues of NN 147 and 148 of "Refugees" magazine (published by the UNHCR) and Russian version of N 143 were placed.

Topic "Soderkoping Process Newsletter" was updated. Isuues 15 и 16 were placed.

Number of recognized refugees in the Republic of Belarus — 803 (by the 1 March 2009).

The round table “Gender Aspects of violence among refugees” was held on February 26, 2009. The organizers of the conference are the UNHCR Office in the Republic of Belarus and Non-governmental Association “Belarusian Association of Young Christian Women”.

On the web-site you can find the materials of the roundtable "Role of the Belarusian mass media in formation of tolerance in the society" (January 28, 2009) (in Russian).

On our web-site you can see the photographs from the roundtable "Role of the Belarusian mass media in formation of tolerance in the society".

On the web-site you can find the monography "UNHCR and the System of Refugee Protection in the Republic of Belarus"

International Institute of Human Rights and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees announce Summer Course on Refugees.