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"