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Iran, US to attend Manama meeting
December 20, 2008
US Defense Secretary and an Iranian lawmaker are among representatives from 25 countries to take part in a security meeting in Bahrain.
Iraqi PM to visit Iran, Turkey
December 20, 2008
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will begin a tour of the neighboring countries, which will take him to Turkey and Iran.
UNRWA suspends food distribution in Gaza
December 20, 2008
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) was forced to suspend its emergency and regular food distribution services in the Gaza Strip without warning on 18 December, due to the continued closure of all commercial and passenger border crossings.
Lack of Income Main Problem for Iraqi Refuees
December 13, 2008
The product of a year’s field work and analysis by Egypt's Information and Decision Support Centre (IDSC) and the American University in Cairo's Centre for Migration and Refugee Studies, the survey (not available on the internet) looked at how and why Iraqis came to Egypt, their population profile, socio-economic conditions, and the main challenges they face.
UN urges end to abuses of women
November 26, 2008
The United Nations secretary general has said the world must do more to combat the abuse of women and girls.
IRAQ: NGOs Concerned About Detainees’ Rights
November 19, 2008
Local NGOs are concerned about the rights of detainees in US military custody due to be transferred to the Iraqi authorities in 2009 in line with a draft US-Iraqi security pact.
Life set to get harder for Nahr al-Bared refugees
November 06, 2008
As he picked plastics and paper off the rubble-filled conveyor belt, Issam Sayyed indicated to a white house behind him pock-marked with bullet holes and with its roof caved in. “That’s my home,” said the father of nine, a Palestinian refugee displaced from the Nahr al-Bared camp in northern Lebanon, which was ruined in a 15-week war last year between the army and Islamist insurgents.
Message from WFUNA President, Hans Blix
October 23, 2008
Message from WFUNA President, Hans Blix, to United Nations Associations for UN Day, 24 October 2008.
117 million people stand with UN against Poverty
October 23, 2008
Shattering previous records, nearly 117 million people in 131 countries stood up last weekend as part of a United Nations-led campaign to demand that world leaders keep their promises to halve extreme poverty and achieve the other Millennium Development Goals.
Foreign Forces a Chalenge for Regional Peace
October 14, 2008
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday evening that as long as foreign forces are in the region, the regional peace, stability, and security would not be materialized.
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