Refugees
UN Refugee Agency Turns 60 Years Old
The UN High Commission on Refugees was created 60 years ago today to care for European refugees after World War Two. Today, it looks after 43 million people around the world.
Should the USA Be Deporting Haitians?
Despite a cholera epidemic, 1.3 million homeless, and a volatile political situation, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency will resume deporting Haitians in January.
Pakistan Three Months On (Video)
The UN Refugee Agency just posted this video of the continuing struggles of people displaced by Pakistan’s epic flooding.
The Deplorable Condition of Haiti’s Camps
I speak with Melanie Teff, one of co-authors of a new Refugees International report about the condition of Haiti’s IDPs. She paints a very bleak picture of the plight of nearly 1 million Haitians displaced by the earthquake nearly ten months ago.
Help Mandy Moore Fight Malaria in CAR
The Centra African Republic rarely makes the news. It is a poor country, surrounded by other countries in conflict.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Kyrgyzstan (Video)
The head of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres headed to Kyrgyzstan this week to oversee the UN Refugee Agency’s efforts there.
Sky News caught up with him yesterday.
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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