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Contribution in kind to UNHCR for the Relief of Rwandan Refugees

Republic of Rwanda

Capital:Kigali

Democratic Republic of the Congo (former Zaire)

Capital:Kinshasa


In August 1994, Japan provided UNHCR, operating mainly in Zaire (currently the Democratic Republic of the Congo), with relief supplies for Rwandan refugees, including medicine, large tents, blankets, mats, jerry cans, and shovels.

Katsunari Suzuki, executive secretary of the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters,presenting relief supplies for Rwandan refugees to the representative of the Tokyo office of the UNHCR
Katsunari Suzuki, Director-General of the International Peace Cooperation Headquarters, presenting relief supplies for Rwandan refugees to the representative of the Tokyo office of the UNHCR