25/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - The President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, last week received a delegation from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees which, after having lost four members of its staff in recent weeks in East Timor and in Guinea, appealed for the ratification and implementation of the 1994 Convention on the safety of humanitarian personnel. Mr Prodi assured the Commission would support any measure that could increase the safety of UN staff.