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Comfortable with chaos: working with UNHCR and the NGOs; reflections from the 1999 Kosovo refugee crisis Forced Migration Online (24276783) Migration, asylum and refugee law FORCED MIGRATION ONLINE UNHCR ARMED CONFLICT REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION SOCIAL SECURITY BASIC NEEDS INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE REFUGEE ASSISTING ORGANISATIONS This paper highlights that there has been a noticeable increase in the number of ferocious intra-state conflicts, often referred to as 'complex emergencies' over the last couple of decades. The troubling echoes of Bosnia and Rwanda are now imprinted on the psyche of the UN and the international community; just about every politician who spoke with the author of this report during the deployment showed that to be true. Kosovo, East Timor and Sierra Leone are simply the latest examples of the world desire to stop ethnic cleansing and avert, or at least minimise the effects of such conflicts. Future developments are far from clear, but if the emerging consensus that state sovereignty is being redefined strengthens, then the results could be significant. 2026-09-30T11:57:58Z Text Online resource 10.25446/oxford.33359673.v1 https://figshare.com/articles/online_resource/Comfortable_with_chaos_working_with_UNHCR_and_the_NGOs_reflections_from_the_1999_Kosovo_refugee_crisis/33359673 CC BY-NC-ND 4.0