[August 11, 2010] UN, UNHCR, Refugees, Myanamr & World News

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UNHCR to assist some 250,000 flood victims in Pakistan




PESHAWAR, Pakistan, 2 August (UNHCR). As part of a United Nations
coordinated response, UNHCR said on Monday that it intends to support
some 250,000 of the most vulnerable among the flood-affected population
in Pakistan. The country is experiencing the worst floods in its short
history, with 1...

Myanmar, via Delhi







New Delhi: There are no nameplates at the entrance of this nondescript
two-storey building in the Delhi suburb of Vikaspuri—just an array of
bells for different floors, none of which elicits a response.

But two flights up, the newsroom of Mizzima, one of the three largest
independen...

Demonstrators arrested during peaceful vigils for Internal Security...




At least 38 demonstrators were arrested in the cities of Kelantan,
Selangor and Penang on 1 August during attempts to stage candle-lit
vigils to call for the Internal Security Act's repeal. In Selangor and
Penang, the police dispersed the protesters before the vigils could even
get under way.
...

Statement by Ambassador Susan Rice, U.S. Permanent Representative t...




FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Today, on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous People, the
United States affirms its deep and abiding commitment to improving the
lives of First Americans. The United States also recognizes the more
than 370 million indigenous people who live in some 90 coun...

Indigenous Peoples' Issues More Prominent than Ever on Global Agend...




Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message for the
International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, in New York, 9
August:

"The world's indigenous peoples have preserved a vast amount of
humanity's cultural history. Indigenous peoples speak a majority of the
world's l...

Landslides kill more in flood-hit Pakistan













TORI BAND, Pakistan: Landslides have worsened Pakistan's grim flood
death toll, cutting off roads and hampering aid efforts as critics of
the absent and unpopular president liken the disaster to Hurricane
Katrina.

The entire Swat valley was cut off at the weekend as w...

Duch's 35-year sentence is way too short



Evil beyond imagination, Khmer Rouge butcher Kaing Guek Eav presided
over the torture and slaughter of as many as 16,000 fellow citizens.
Yet a panel of judges decided in their wisdom last month that there
were 'mitigating' circumstances. How is that possible?
The 35-year jail term handed down ...

UN estimates more than $1 billion damage from the Pakistan flooding



United Nations (CNN) -- The United Nations estimates more than a
billion dollars damage from the Pakistan flooding.


In a phone conference to reporters in New York Friday, the United
Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Pakistan said the cost to rebuild
the affected parts of the country "has t...

UN 'concerned' over Nepal's repatriation of Tibetans



KATHMANDU, Nepal, 28 July 2010 (AFP)

A Tibetan in-exile breaks into tears following her release from a jail
in Kathmandu in March 2010. Nepal has forcibly repatriated three
Tibetan refugees, the United Nations said on Wednesday, adding it was
“extremely concerned” by the ...


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