The Kosovo Refugee Crisis - An Independent Evaluation of UNHCR's Emergency Preparedness and Response

Author(s)
Garlock, R., Barutciski, M., Sandison, P. and Suhrke, A
Publication language
English
Pages
141pp
Date published
01 Feb 2000
Publisher
United Nations High Commission for Refugees
Type
Evaluation reports
Keywords
Coordination, Disaster preparedness, resilience and risk reduction, Disaster preparedness, Protection, human rights & security, Forced displacement and migration
Countries
Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Organisations
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR)
Link
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/f95e329234f1e04d85256881007c4e…

 

This report has been prepared by an independent team of experts commissioned by UNHCR to evaluate the agency’s preparedness and response to the 1999 Kosovo refugee emergency.1 The emergency developed in the wake of NATO air strikes against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), and ended 11 weeks later when a framework for peace was established in mid-June and repatriation started. While focusing on UNHCR, the evaluation team was also asked to “consider the role and impact of other actors involved in the crisis, to the extent and insofar as they affected UNHCR’s operations”.