Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Nobel Symposia

Speech

At the Nobel Centennial Symposia, held on 6 December 2001 in Oslo, Norway, Ruud Lubbers, High Commissioner, Office of the UNHCR, gave this speech.

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