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22 Oct 2002

Albania + 6 others
Improved situation in South Eastern Europe as free trade dawns, refugees return in record numbers: Progress report

Report
— Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
Brussels, 22 Oct 2002

Improved Situation in South Eastern Europe as Free Trade Dawns, Refugees Return in Record Numbers - Activity Report of the Stability Pact 2002 to EU Ministers

A free trade area with 55 million consumers as of next year, over 125'000 returned refugees in 2002 and a mechanism in place to collect small arms in illicit private possession are the major achievements of the Stability Pact this year. This progress report was presented in writing to the EU Foreign Ministers Council in Luxembourg, by Stability Pact Special Co-ordinator Erhard Busek on 21 October. On a

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06 Apr 1999

Albania + 6 others
UNHCR Kosovo Crisis Update - 6 Apr 1999

Report
— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Note: the text below is currently published daily, while the figures in the "Displacement Statistics" table are updated as they are confirmed.
AT A GLANCE

Tens of thousands of new refugees, some recounting stories of summary executions and torture, arrive in Albania as the humanitarian crisis continues to deepen.

At least 262,000 Kosovars have now arrived in that neighboring state and the total number of refugees leaving since March 24 totals more than 430,000. In addition to those in Albania, they

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01 Apr 1999

Albania + 6 others
UNHCR Kosovo Crisis Update - 1 Apr 1999

Report
— UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Note: the text below is currently published daily, while the figures in the "Displacement Statistics" table are updated as they are confirmed.
AT A GLANCE

A systematic expulsion of Kosovars by huge refugee trains appears to be underway.

A total of six trains carrying many thousands of people arrived in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYRM) in the last two days.

Arriving Kosovars interviewed at the border said they they were systematically thrown out of their homes at gunpoint and herded aboard trains for a "free ride to Macedonia."

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16 Apr 1998

Slovenia
Slovenia Earthquake OCHA Situation Report No. 1

Report
— UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: OCHAGVA - 98/0188
GENERAL INFORMATION

1. SOME 700 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LEFT HOMELESS AFTER AN EARTHQUAKE MEASURING 5.5 ON THE RICHTER SCALE WHICH SHOOK NORTHWEST SLOVENIA ON SUNDAY 12 APRIL 1998 AT 12:55 L.T.

2. THE EPICENTRE OF THE EARTHQUAKE, ALSO FELT IN NEIGHBOURING ITALY, CROATIA AND AUSTRIA, WAS IN THE KOBARID AND BOVEC REGIONS, SOME 75 KM FROM LJUBLJANA. THE SLOVENE NATIONAL GEOPHYSICS INSTITUTE REPORTED THAT MORE THAN 150 AFTERSHOCKS HAD BEEN REGISTERED SINCE THE MAIN EVENT ON 12 APRIL, THE TWO STRONGEST MEASURING 3.3 ON THE RICHTER SCALE.

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15 Jan 1996

Slovenia
Slovenia - Waste Dump Fire Situation Report No.2

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: DHAGVA - 96/0036
1. THE SLOVENIAN AGENCY FOR CIVIL DEFENCE HAS INFORMED THE JOINT UNEP/DHA ENVIRONMENT UNIT THAT A FIRE AT A WASTE DUMPING SITE IN NORTH-EASTERN SLOVENIA HAS BEEN SUCCESSFULLY EXTINGUISHED, WITHOUT AFFECTING THE ENVIRONMENT.

2. THE ACCIDENT SITE IS UNDER CONTROL. NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED.

3. THE SLOVENIAN AUTHORITIES EXPRESS THEIR GRATITUDE TO PROFESSIONALS FROM A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, WHO PROVIDED USEFUL INFORMATION AND ADVICE DURING THE FIREFIGHTING.

4. THIS IS THE LAST SITUATION REPORT ON THIS ACCIDENT.

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22 Dec 1995

Slovenia
Slovenia - Waste Dump Fire Situation Report No.1

Report
— UN Department of Humanitarian Affairs
Ref: DHAGVA - 95/0566
1. A WASTE DUMP CONTAINING LEAD MINING WASTE HAS CAUGHT FIRE IN NORTH-EASTERN SLOVENIA. THE DUMP, IN THE VILLAGE OF MEZICA IN THE REGION OF CARINTHIA, CONTAINS 23000 CUBIC METRES OF MIXED LEAD MINING WASTE AND ORGANIC WASTE SEPARATED BY A GRAVEL BUFFER. CONCERN WAS EXPRESSED BY THE SLOVENIAN AUTHORITIES THAT INCORRECT FIRE-FIGHTING TECHNIQUES COULD RELEASE CHLORINE-BASED GASES.

2. THE SLOVENIAN AGENCY FOR CIVIL PROTECTION AND DISASTER RELIEF REQUESTED ADVICE ON TACKLING THE FIRE FROM THE JOINT UNEP/DHA ENVIRONMENT UNIT. NO DIRECT ASSISTANCE HAS BEEN REQUESTED.

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