31.   The U.N. Department of Humanitarian Affairs called a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss the refugee situation.

32.   The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and several humanitarian organizations, such as the U.S. branch of Amnesty International, also issued statements of concern over the refugee situation.

33.   The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Sadako Ogata, briefed the Security Council behind closed doors Monday on the refugee situation.

34.   He said a deterioration of the refugee situation could upset the status quo that has prevailed for several months.

35.   He was speaking as UN High Commissioner for Refugees Sadako Ogata ended her visit to Rwanda to examine the refugee situation there.

36.   Both Medecins sans Frontiere and the International Committee of the Red Cross are sending teams to Kinkala to deal with the worsening refugee situation.

37.   But he added that ultimately it is the local authorities and not the UNHCR who control the refugee situation.

38.   Colombo has been miffed by the concern voiced by the United Nations over the refugee situation.

39.   Earlier plans to rush the aid to Bosnia by a Swedish military Hercules plane have been cancelled since the UNHCR announced Monday that the refugee situation had stabilised.

40.   The United States is studying the refugee situation in Zaire and has not made a final decision on dispatching troops there, a Defense Department spokesman said Saturday.