SWITZERLAND UNHCR MEETING REFUGEES

Danish Bertel Haarder, left, Minister for Refugees, Immigrants and Integration and Minister for European Affairs, speaks with Swedish Mona Sahlin, right, Deputy Industry Minister, after the opening session of a Ministerial Meeting of States Parties to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2001. When the Ministers from 143 States that have ratified the 1951 UN Refugee Convention, meeting in Geneva on 12 and 13 December, they will help chart the future of refugee protection as well as commemorate its past. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron)