Report from UN High Commissioner for Refugees This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today’s Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Violent clashes between displaced Muslims and security forces in Myanmar’s Rakhine state last...
Report from UN Children’s Fund, UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for Myanmar YANGON, 7 August 2013 – The United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNICEF welcomed the release today of a further 68 children and young people from the Myanmar armed forces, or...
By Anna Jefferys A series of reports exploring the likely changes in the aid world over the next decade. HIGHLIGHTS * Calls for UN to be more anticipatory, strategic, innovative * Test public-private partnerships * Less bureaucracy, more leadership (...
JEDDAH: P.K. ABDUL GHAFOUR The new mataf bridge around the Holy Kaaba opens for pilgrims this week. Only disabled and elderly pilgrims will be allowed to use the circular bridge that can hold 7,000 wheelchair-borne pilgrims per hour.“Since the bridge would be set...
08-07-2013 News Release 13/124 Geneva/Yangon (ICRC) – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is expanding its efforts in Myanmar to improve prison conditions and help those suffering from armed conflict and other violence. Severe unrest in Rakhine state...
YANGON, 7 July 2013 – The United Nations Resident Coordinator and UNICEF welcomed the discharge today of 34 children and 8 young people by the Myanmar Armed Forces, or Tatmadaw, in line with the Government’s commitment to end the recruitment and use of children by the...
