UNHCR is expecting the first returns of Sri Lankan refugees by commercial ferry from India to start on Wednesday, 12th October. The returns are part of a voluntary, facilitated repatriation programme, supported by the governments of both India and Sri Lanka. A welcoming ceremony at Colombo port is planned with Sri Lankan government officials, port […]
Read More →Life for Relief and Development sent medicine and medical supplies donated by Medical Teams International in Tigard, Oregon valued at 6,248,991 to Mexico. One of Life’s partner organizations Another Joy Foundation arranged through Aero Union Airlines to airlift this critically needed shipment of medicines and medical supplies to Mexico City to be used in clinics […]
Read More →Dubai, Oct 06th, 2011Â The Conference of Gulf International Technology Exhibition (GITEX) 2011, which is organised by Datamax at Dusit Thani Hotel in Dubai and coincides with GITEX week, will start on Saturday the 8th Octber 2011. The six- day long conference will discuss six main points, notably, social communication, e-government, cell phone applications, traditional […]
Read More →The International Humanitarian City (IHC), a Dubai-based global humanitarian logistics hub and the United Nation’s largest supply depot for emergency aid in crises like the Horn of Africa famine, under the direction of its Chairperson HRH Princess Haya Bint Al Hussein, wife of HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of […]
Read More →UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ant?nio Guterres and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie presented the founder of Yemen’s Society for Humanitarian Solidarity with the 2011 Nansen Refugee Award at a ceremony on Monday evening in Geneva. The prize – the refugee world’s highest honour – was awarded to the founder and the 290 staff of […]
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