UNHCR view on Rwandan refugee crisis

Title

UNHCR view on Rwandan refugee crisis

Genre

Interview

TX Date

24 Jul 1994

Year of production

1994

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Duration

00:00:21

Description

Interview with Ray Wilkinson of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) about the death toll in the Rwandan refugee camps where despite international aid efforts people are continuing to die from hunger and disease (particularly cholera). He says the relief effort has come too late. Audio muffled.

Contributors

Ray Wilkinson

Keywords

Deaths; Infectious diseases; Ethnic conflicts; UN; Refugees; Foreign aid; UNHCR; Famine; War (events); Rwanda; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Cholera

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