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New York, Dec 19: The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) launched a $2.7 billion appeal on behalf of South Sudanese refugees on Tuesday, to address Africa’s largest displacement crisis, where millions have been uprooted by years of brutal civil war. more
Migrants: ‘A powerful driver’ of economic growth, ‘dynamism and understanding’

New York, Dec 19:Human migration is “a powerful driver of economic growth, dynamism and understanding,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said, in his message&n ...

Migrants: ‘A powerful driver’ of economic growth, ‘dynamism and understanding’

New York: Human migration is “a powerful driver of economic growth, dynamism and understanding,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said, in his message  co ...

UN affirms ‘historic’ global compact to support world’s refugees

New York: The United Nations General Assembly affirmed a non-legally binding Global Compact on Refugees on Monday, marking the latest move by Member States to support the rights of 258 mi ...

UN agencies welcome green light for Rohingya projects in northern Myanmar; urge ‘more effective access’

New York: The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR, on Monday announced that they had received the Government go-ahead to develop community project ...

Global Compact on Refugees: How is this different from the migrants’ pact and how will it help?

New York: The terms ‘refugee’ and ‘migrant’ have been used interchangeably to describe the millions of people worldwide that are either fleeing conflict or seeking ...

Hamid Ansari: Indian 'lover' finally released from Pakistani prison, returns home

Islamabad: Ending his long stay in a Pakistani jail, Indian national Hamid Ansari has been freed from the prison and returned to the country on Tuesday.

UN investigates systematic sexual violence across South Sudan

New York: Widespread and systematic sexual violence across South Sudan, just a few months after the country’s top two politicians signed a renewed commitment to peace, was at the to ...

Bid to raise $5.5 billion for millions of Syrians and their host communities

New York,: Some 5.6 million Syrians need help outside the war-torn country and one million of them are children born in exile, UN agencies and partners said on Tuesday, in an appeal for $ ...

Governments urged to put first ever UN global migration pact in motion, post-Marrakech

New York: The adoption by more than 160 governments of the first-ever global migration pact is a triumph of multilateralism and highlights the importance of dispelling “myths” ...