The current legal system, however, is not geared to deal with the larger number of asylum seekers that have recently arrived. On our side, we are launching special consultations with governments. Our purpose is not to renegotiate the 1951 refugee Convention. Rather, we hope to promote its full implementation and to develop the new approaches, tools and standards needed to ensure its continuing vitality and relevance. The fourth area I wish to highlight is the need to pay much more attention to the critical phase which follows conflicts .
Resources come readily for high-profile humanitarian emergencies.
When development investments are required to consolidate fragile returns, we have a much more difficult time getting the world s attention. Sometimes, scenes of misery and death seem to be a prerequisite for donor interest. We consulted governments on this issue in 1999. They called for greater co-ordination on the agencies' part. We made efforts.