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LEBANON-UN-MINES-NANSEN-AWARD
From (L-R) Christopher Clark - United Nations Mine Action Coordination Centre (UNMACC) programme manager, Nasen Awardee, Jamal Hammud, Lebanese deminer, Aud Lise Norheim, Ambassador of Norway in Lebanon, Radouane Nouicer, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) director of the Middle East and North Africa regions, Francois Barras, Ambassador of Switzerland in Lebanon, Ron Remond, UN High Commissioner spokesperson and Stephane Jaquemet, UNHCR Representative in Lebanon stand at the beginning of their joint press conference in Beirut on Spetember 15, 2008. The British head of the UN Mine Action Programme in southern Lebanon and his 990-member team of mine clearers will receive the 2008 Nansen Refugee Award for their courageous work in removing tonnes of deadly munitions that had prevented the safe return of hundreds of thousands of displaced people. UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres announced that the annual prize will go to Christopher Clark, the British coordinator of the UN-funded programme and his international and Lebanese staff of nearly 1,000 civilian mine clearers. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH BARRAK
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Beirut, LEBANON |
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AFP / Mediafax Foto |
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JOSEPH BARRAK |
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15 Septembrie 2008 |
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3692 x 2424 (1.39 MB) |
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