This handbook offers guidance relating to procedures and criteria for determining refugee status, breaking down and explaining the various components of the definition of refugee set out in the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees.

Aiming primarily to be of use to government officials concerned with the determination of refugee status in the various Contracting States, it is also hoped that it will be of interest to all those concerned with refugee problems.

The first edition of the handbook was issued

UNDRO 91/1918
EGYPT - FLOODS DUE TO CANAL COLLAPSE
SITUATION REPORT NO. 1
31 DECEMBER 1991

1. FOLLOWING COLLAPSE OF MAIN IRRIGATION CANAL AT NOUBARIAH, NEAR ALEXANDRIA, EARLY DECEMBER, FLOODS OCCURRED IN NEARBY VILLAGES AFFECTING SEVERAL THOUSAND PEOPLE AND CAUSING DESTRUCTION OF HOUSES. REASON FOR COLLAPSE IS YET DETERMINED.

2. LOCAL AUTHORITIES MOVED HOMELESS TO TEMPORARY SHELTER AND ATTENDING TO THEIR IMMEDIATE NEEDS.

UNDRO 91/1841

SAMOA
CYCLONES VAL AND WASA
INFORMATION REPORT NO. 1
9 DECEMBER 1991

SITUATION

1. UNDP/UNDRO RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE IN APIA, SAMOA, AS WELL AS CHIEF OF UNDRO SOUTH PACIFIC PROGRAMME OFFICE IN SUVA, FIJI, AND AUSTRALIAN OVERSEAS DISASTER RESPONSE ORGANIZATION (AODRO) HAVE REPORTED TWO CYCLONES MOVING IN TANDEM THROUGH CENTRAL SOUTH PACIFIC OVER WEEKEND 7/8 DECEMBER.

UNDRO 91/1816

ROUMANIE
TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE
RAPPORT D'INFORMATION DE L'UNDRO NO. 1
3 DECEMBRE 1991

1. LE LUNDI 2 DECEMBRE 91 VERS 09H00 GMT, UN TREMBLEMENT DE TERRE (5.7 SUR ECHELLE RICHTER) A TOUCHE LES ENVIRONS DE LA VILLE TIMISOARA DANS L'OUEST DE LA ROUMANIE.

2. SELON INFORMATIONS INITIALES: AUCUN MORT, CINQ PERSONNES BLESSEES, PLUS DE 1,500 SANS ABRI, MAISONS ENDOMMAGEES.

3. REPRESENTANT RESIDENT DU PNUD ET DE L'UNDRO VERIFIE DEVELOPPEMENT SITUATION.

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