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Some 300 feared dead in fresh Mediterranean tragedy

  GENEVA [ ABN NEWS ] — The UN refugee agency on Wednesday said it was “shocked” at evidence that some 300 migrants and refugees may have died after setting off from the coast of Libya in four dinghies at … Continue lendo

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UN food aid agency condemns ISIL’s ‘manipulation’ of desperately needed food in Syria

  NEW YORK [ ABN NEWS ] — The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is “extremely concerned” about images circulating on social media showing WFP food boxes bearing Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) labels. The Programme … Continue lendo

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UN Secretary General’s Humanitarian Envoy and UN High Commissioner for Refugees praise Sudan for generously welcoming South Sudanese refugees

  KHARTOUM [ ABN NEWS ] — United Nations Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy Abdullah al Matouq and UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres returned from a visit to Sudan’s White Nile State, where more than 50,000 South Sudanese refugees currently … Continue lendo

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Asylum claims from Syria, Iraq and other conflict zones rise in first half 2014

  GENEVA [ ABN NEWS ] — A UNHCR report released on Friday shows that the number of people seeking refugee status in industrialized countries continued to climb in the first half of 2014, driven by the wars in Syria … Continue lendo

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Asylum claims from Syria, Iraq and other conflict zones rise in first half 2014

  GENEVA [ ABN NEWS ] — A UNHCR report released on Friday shows that the number of people seeking refugee status in industrialized countries continued to climb in the first half of 2014, driven by the wars in Syria … Continue lendo

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UN Secretary-General pays tribute to Kuwait Amir for humanitarian leadership

  NEW YORK [ ABN NEWS ] — The United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, paid tribute today to His Highness the Amir of the State of Kuwait, Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah, for his leading support to … Continue lendo

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UN reparations panel pays out another $1 billion for Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait

  GENEVA [ ABN NEWS ] — The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles the damage claims of those who suffered losses due to Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, today made $1.03 billion available to the Government of Kuwait. … Continue lendo

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UN reparations panel pays out another $1 billion for Iraq’s invasion of Kuwait

  GENEVA [ ABN NEWS ] — The United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), which settles the damage claims of those who suffered losses due to Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait, today made $1.03 billion available to the Government of Kuwait. … Continue lendo

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