TOKYO: Japan’s Sadako Ogata, the first woman to head the UN’s refugee agency UNHCR, has died at the age of 92, Japan’s foreign aid agency said on Tuesday.
Ogata was widely respected for her efforts to help refugees and internally displaced people around the world and emphasized making visits to conflict zones during her tenure from 1991-2000.
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