...si unde e chestia pozitiva despre Romania in articol? in afara de referirea la locatia unde au ajuns refugiatii nu se fac alte referiri la Romania. MP --- Mihai Zodian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> na, ca sunt si articole "pozitive". cu cat lucrurile > se vor > imbunatati, probabil ca vor fi mai multe. nu cred ca > problema > principala a Romaniei in exterior este imaginea. > > Uzbek refugees arrive in Romania > > 29 Jul 2005 12:52:18 GMT > Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees > GENEVA, July 29 (UNHCR) More than 400 Uzbek > refugees have landed > in Romania in a high-profile airlift from > Kyrgyzstan, where the UN > refugee agency is negotiating with the Kyrgyz > authorities about the > fate of another 15 still in detention. > A total of 439 Uzbek refugees arrived in Timisoara > in western > Romania on Friday morning after a seven-hour > chartered flight from > the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, accompanied by staff of > UNHCR and the > International Organization for Migration. The group > included 425 > refugees who had been airlifted to Bishkek from > Sasik camp in > western Kyrgyzstan over the last two days, as well > as 14 who were > released from detention in the Kyrgyz border town of > Osh on Thursday > night. > "It was heart-breaking to see the joy on the faces > of those who were > released from prison when they were reunited with > the families they > had not seen since May," said UNHCR's Representative > in Kyrgyzstan, > Carlos Zaccagnini. > One Uzbek who had been transferred from Sasik camp > decided at the > last minute against going to Romania and said he > wanted to return to > Uzbekistan instead. He is currently still in > Kyrgyzstan. > The 439 who did fly seemed happy and relieved when > they landed in > Romania. Some flashed peace signs at the crowd that > had gathered to > see them. The refugees are now in a reception centre > in Timisoara > run by Romania's National Refugee Office. They will > stay there until > procedures for permanent resettlement to third > countries are > finalized. > The decision to launch the humanitarian transfer was > taken after > several weeks of intense pressure during which some > refugees and > asylum seekers were detained and four were deported > to Uzbekistan. > "During this complex and charged transfer operation, > UNHCR has > received enormous support from the authorities in > Kyrgyzstan, > particularly the Foreign Affairs Minister, the > Romanian government, > the US government, many other governments, the EU, > OSCE, UN sister > agencies, IOM and the international community," > UNHCR spokeswoman > Jennifer Pagonis told reporters in Geneva on Friday. > > She added, however, that UNHCR is still very > concerned about the > fate of 15 Uzbeks who remain in detention in Osh, > western > Kyrgyzstan. "We are negotiating with the Kyrgyz > authorities for > their release," said Pagonis. "Eleven of the Uzbeks > have already > been accepted for resettlement." > She stressed, "We have strongly reiterated to the > Kyrgyz authorities > that the Uzbeks in detention should not be returned > to Uzbekistan, > as this would be contrary to the 1951 Refugee > Convention to which > they have acceded, and contrary to Kyrgyz national > law. The > authorities have assured UNHCR that these 15 will > not be deported to > Uzbekistan but kept in Kyrgyzstan for further > processing." > > http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/UNHCR/9c3871d7e951cba5a99e33 > 4ea212a7fa.htm > > > July 31, 2005 > > Uzbeks Order U.S. From Base in Refugee Rift > > By STEVEN R. WEISMAN and THOM SHANKER > WASHINGTON, July 30 - Uzbekistan formally ordered > the United States > to leave an air base that has been a hub for > operations in > Afghanistan in protest over a predawn United Nations > operation on > Friday to spirit out refugees who had fled an > uprising in Uzbekistan > in May, senior State Department officials said > Saturday. > The officials said Uzbekistan had given the United > States 180 days > to close the base, which has played a central role > in rooting out > fighters of the Taliban and Al Qaeda and in carrying > out relief > operations. > For several months, the Uzbek government said it > wanted the United > States to leave the base, the Karshi-Khanabad Air > Base, called K-2. > But no specific timetable was set, and there was > hope that the > matter could be negotiated. > A top diplomat, R. Nicholas Burns, under secretary > of state for > political affairs, had planned to go to Uzbekistan > to discuss that > issue and a United States demand that Uzbekistan > permit an > international investigation into the violent > suppression of a prison > riot and public demonstration in Andijon in May. The > Uzbek > government estimated that 187 people had been killed > in the > crackdown, but the United Nations estimated that 200 > to 700 people > had been killed. Now, however, Mr. Burns said he > probably would not > go to the region for several weeks to let feelings > cool. > "When we got notice of the Uzbek action Friday > morning, we decided > it would be inappropriate for me to go at this > time," he said in an > interview. "We were going to have a conversation > about human rights, > Andijon and the fact that the Uzbek government's > failure to reform > has put it in international isolation." > Mr. Burns said the United States had been > "profoundly concerned" > about the status of the Uzbek refuges in Kyrgyzstan > who fled after > the Andijon incident. "We have energetically > supported the efforts > to bring them to safety in Romania," he said, > "because we feared > they would be persecuted if they were sent back to > Uzbekistan." > "We are not willing to overlook these very important > human right > concerns," he added. > Another State Department official, speaking on > condition of > anonymity because of department ground rules, said, > "Obviously we > don't want to lose K-2." But he added that loss of > the base was > preferable to backing away from demanding that > Uzbekistan start > political and economic reforms and agree to an > international > investigation of the Andijon killings. > He said that position had been endorsed by top > officials at the > Pentagon, where Secretary of Defense Donald H. > Rumsfeld has said > that the base, while important, could be substituted > if necessary. > The State Department official said that 450 refugees > had fled to > Kyrgyzstan after the uprising in May but that the > Uzbek government > had wanted them back. > The Kyrgyz government has picked up 29 refugees for > detention > because some were charged with crimes. The United > Nations High > Commissioner for Refugees has been working to get > them to safety, > the official said, and early Friday most were taken > to an airport to > be airlifted to Romania. > The official said that only 15 had been left behind, > all === message truncated === __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> <font face=arial size=-1><a href="http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=12hn09j2r/M=362329.6886306.7839369.3040540/D=groups/S=1705239633:TM/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1123841166/A=2894321/R=0/SIG=11dvsfulr/*http://youthnoise.com/page.php?page_id=1992 ">Fair play? Video games influencing politics. 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