UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
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- UNHCR Turns 60
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 14/12/2010
The UN refugee agency was founded on December 14, 1950, to help the forcibly displaced after World War Two. It has since assisted tens of millions.
- Somalia: Life Beyond Flight
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 18/11/2010
Galkayo lies near the border between northern Somalia and the war-torn south-central region. Thousands of desperate people arrive there every week in the hopes ...
- Pakistan: Three Months On
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 08/11/2010
Three months after floods devastated Pakistan, hundreds of thousands of people in Sindh province are still struggling to cope. UNHCR is helping many of them.
- Benin: Flood Water
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 04/11/2010
Recent torrential rains flooded two thirds of Benin. Some 700,000 people in the small West African nation have been affected.
- UNHCR and Microsoft in Partnership
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 14/10/2010
Since 1999, Microsoft has worked with UNHCR to help refugees reconnect with their families, access basic services and become more self-reliant.
- Community Technology Access
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 13/10/2010
Microsoft, UNHCR and other partners launched the Community Technology Access programme in 2008 to provide refugees with access to computers.
- Giving Back
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 13/10/2010
Former refugee Leila Toplic, who now works for Microsoft, visits Kakuma camp in Kenya to see how technology can help empower refugees.
- Somalia: City of Displaced
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 08/10/2010
As people continue to flee the Somali capital of Mogadishu, a new city is growing to the west.
- Geneva: Annual Executive Committee Meeting
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 08/10/2010
High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres opens the annual meeting of UNHCR's governing body.
- Nansen Refugee Award Winner: Alixandra Fazzina
UC2ZDAoIMGP3m9tAgnniNEYw - 08/10/2010
British photo-journalist Alixandra Fazzina has distinguished herself as one of the leading humanitarian reporters of our generation. For over a decade she has t...
