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For an Afghan refugee family, reports from home spur a return Anaar Gul registers his return to Afghanistan at a UNHCR voluntary repatriation centre, near Quetta in southern Pakistan. Though born in Pakistan, the refugee feels the time is right to return to his homeland. QUETTA, Pakistan, January 5 (UNHCR) – Having never seen his homeland before, Anaar […]
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Journalist George Stroumboulopoulos Visits Haiti Two Years After Quake Almost two years after a devastating earthquake hit Haiti, WFP Ambassador Against Hunger George Stroumboulopoulos went to the Caribbean island to see how the nation was faring. WFP’s Stephanie Tremblay took the Canadian journalist to a camp near Port au Prince where WFP and its partners are […]
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UN agency voices deep concern over continued ethnic violence in South Sudan These orphaned children received food from WFP after a humanitarian mission arrived in the town of Pibor in South Sudan’s Jonglei state on 3 January 2012. Photo: WFP/Rehan Zahid The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) expressed deep concern today about the deadly […]
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UN relief chief visits Sudan to discuss food insecurity in two states WFP food assistance being offloaded from a truck at a distribution site in the South Kordofan capital Kadugli. Photo: WFP/Mohamed Abdalla Reports from people fleeing two troubled Sudanese states indicate food insecurity and rising levels of malnutrition, the United Nations humanitarian chief warned […]
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Pakistan: UNICEF hands over 35 new schools in flood-affected Punjab Children cook their daily meal in one of the 5,900 camps that sprung up across Pakistan in 2010 when the country was hit by the worst floods in its history. Thirty-five new schools constructed by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) with donor funding in […]
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Fatuma Elmi in Geneva’s Palais des Nations during last month’s UNHCR ministerial conference Fatuma Elmi in Geneva’s Palais des Nations during last month’s UNHCR ministerial conference Washington D.C., January 4 (UNHCR) – Fatuma Elmi, a resettled refugee from Somalia, recently attended an international conference on the world’s forcibly displaced and stateless organized the UN refugee agency.The meeting […]
New chief of UN’s food and agriculture agency outlines plans as he starts work FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva The new head of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has begun work, pledging today to increase the agency’s support to poor countries experiencing prolonged food crises. “Ending hunger requires the commitment of […]
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Residents of South Sudan flashpoint town in need of aid after attack – UN official A burning tukul (hut) in Pibor, South Sudan While the showdown between the South Sudanese military and thousands of armed tribesmen over the flashpoint town of Pibor has subsided, the humanitarian situation in the area remains grim, a top United […]
Head of UN food agency to step down after five years of service WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran The head of the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced today that she will step down after five years at the helm of the Rome-based agency. During her mandate as Executive Director of WFP, Josette Sheeran […]
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Ban stresses ‘people power’ and partnerships at start of second term as UN chief Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (left) sits for an interview with the UN News Centre and UN Radio … United Nations, New York, 3 January 2012 – Ban Ki-moon has begun his second term as Secretary-General of the United Nations by pledging to […]
