I receive insider updates from UNHCR (United Nations High Commisioner for Refugees and Internally Displased Persons), and the one I received

today was on Burmese Refugees so I thought I would share it.



At the crossroads of conflict and human rights, UNHCR is on the scene. Here is your Insider Update:



10,000 refugees leave Thailand in biggest resettlement program



Dear Friend of Refugees: …

Chins up at Christmas

By CHERYL POO 

cherylpoo@thestar.com.my 

GENEVA, 8 DECEMBER, 2010: As part of its initiatives to promote sport as an agent for social change, the International

Olympic Committee (IOC) teamed up with the Office of the United Nations

High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) this week to launch an ambitious

three-year Sport and Education programme for young people in the Osire

refugee settlement in Namibia.

Some 8,500…