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What's New | The PRM Quarterly | News From PRM Officers 09/29/00: Memorandum for the Secretary of State: Presidential Determination on FY 2001 Refugee Admissions Numbers and Authorizations of In-Country Refugee Status Pursuant to Sections 207 and 101(a)(42), Respectively, of the Immigration and Nationality Act, and Determination Pursuant to Section 2(b)(2) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act, as Amended Sep 4-6, 2000: Regional Conference on Migration, San Jose, Costa Rica 07/00: Proposed Refugees Admissions for FY 2001, Report to Congress [.pdf file] 07/24/00: Fact Sheet (New Independent States and the Baltics) What's New 11/14/00: Alan Kreczko, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Statement to the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights Conference on Refugee Protection in the 21st Century, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 08/28/00: Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Statement, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC (Cuba Family Reunification and Migration Issues) 08/18/00: Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, Press Availability with Bolivian Foreign Minister Javier Murillo, La Paz, Bolivia (U.S.-Ecuador Food Aid Agreement) 08/17/00: Press Statement, Resumption of Relief Flights to Southern Sudan 08/15/00: Ambassador Nancy Soderberg, Statement, Security Council, United Nations, New York City (Situation on Bosnia and Herzegovina) 08/14/00: Press Statement, U.S. Contributes $42.9 Million to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees 08/11/00: Press Statement, U.S. Contributes $2.6 Million to UN Humanitarian Efforts in Chechnya 08/10/00: Press Statement, Croatian Refugee Returns 08/09/00: Press Statement, Department of State Begins Formal Dialogue on Colombia With Humanitarian and Human Rights Groups 08/01/00: Julia V. Taft, Press Conference, American Cultural Center, Asmara, Eritrea (Refugee Crisis in Eritrea) 07/20/00: Press Statement, Angola: U.S. Contributes $2 Million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 07/01/00: Julia V. Taft, Remarks, The Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York (The Environmental and Humanitarian Challenges of Our World at Six Billion) 05/19/00: Julia V. Taft, Remarks, National Foreign Policy Conference for Leaders of NGOs, U.S Department of State, Washington, DC (U.S. Department of State and the Coalition for American Leadership Abroad: Refugee Issues) 05/17/00: Media Note: Department of State and The Coalition for American Leadership Abroad To Hold National Foreign Policy Conference for Leaders of Non-Governmental Organizations 05/09/00: Press Statement, U.S. Contributes Additional $25 Million to The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees The PRM Quarterly At the end of each quarter in the calendar year, Assistant Secretary Taft sends a letter to humanitarian representatives, think tank executives, academics, and others. The following letters highlight PRM activities during the previous quarter. 04/25/00| 01/28/00 | 10/19/99 | 07/05/99 | 01/04/99 | 10/12/98 | 04/24/98 News From PRM Officers PRM Overseas: Evaluating Refugee Camps Monitoring and evaulating refugee camps is ongoing work for PRM officers. This description of a five-week visit to refugee camps in the Horn of Africa by Mike O'Keefe and Kevin Richardson includes many photographs of the refugees at various camps evaluated during their trip. [end of document] Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration | Department of State