High Commissioner for Refugees Briefs Security Council on Situation of World's 21 Million Refugees

There were currently more than 21 million refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs), stateless people and others who were of concern to his Office, Ruud Lubbers, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, told the Security Council this morning, adding that he was determined to make progress this year in finding durable solutions for many of those people.
Here, Secretary-General Kofi Annan is seen with Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (right), Permanent Representative of Mexico to the UN, at the security council meeting.