Temporary houses to be offered to Kosovo refugees

Temporary houses to be offered to Kosovo refugees

TOKYO, Japan - U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Sadako Ogata (R front) receives from Vice Gov. Koitsu Ashida (L) of Hyogo Prefecture a list of 500 temporary houses to be offered to Kosovo refugees at the UNHCR office in Tokyo on Aug. 6. The houses had been used by victims of the Great Hanshin Earthquake in January 1995.

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