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  • Iraq: Brick by Brick
    Iraq: Brick by Brick

    unhcr - 07/10/2009

    In Iraq, where more than 2 million people remain displaced, UNHCR has launched a home renovation project to assist returns.

  • Bringing the Olympic Spirit to Refugee Youth.
    Bringing the Olympic Spirit to Refugee Youth.

    unhcr - 05/10/2009

    The International Olympic Committee and UNHCR work together to assist refugee youth through organized sport and education world wide.

  • Conflict in Yemen
    Conflict in Yemen

    unhcr - 30/09/2009

    The situation in northern Yemen remains tense and volatile. The UN refugee agency is providing assistance to the thousands who have fled their homes to escape r...

  • 2009 Executive Committee Meeting
    2009 Executive Committee Meeting

    unhcr - 28/09/2009

    The combined impact of the economic downturn with the global trends of climate change, urbanization, increased population and food insecurity on human displacem...

  • Angelina Jolie Visits UNHCR Operation in Dadaab, Kenya
    Angelina Jolie Visits UNHCR Operation in Dadaab, Kenya

    unhcr - 14/09/2009

    UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visits the world's largest refugee camp, overcrowded with 285,000 mostly Somali refugees on the Kenyan border. --- A...

  • Georgia: Hope at Last
    Georgia: Hope at Last

    unhcr - 14/08/2009

    For more than 16 years those displaced by the Georgia-Abkhaz conflict have lived in destitution. For the first time in years- they have real hopes of starting n...

  • More Than Summer Camp
    More Than Summer Camp

    unhcr - 11/08/2009

    A UNHCR sponsored camp near Gori, Georgia helps youth displaced by last year's war to regain their self confidence and independence.

  • Georgia: One Year Later
    Georgia: One Year Later

    unhcr - 07/08/2009

    One year after the conflict between the Republic of Georgia and the Russian Federation, tens of thousands of people are still unable to return to their homes.

  • Angelina Jolie in Iraq
    Angelina Jolie in Iraq

    unhcr - 27/07/2009

    During a day-long visit to Baghdad, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visited a makeshift settlement for intenally displaced people in the Chikock suburb...

  • Pakistan: Reluctant to Return
    Pakistan: Reluctant to Return

    unhcr - 17/07/2009

    Pakistan has announced that the more than 2 million people who had fled recent fighting between government and militants could now return home. Even though most...