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Reuters - Google technology first envisaged as a video game backdrop has been adapted to raise awareness -- and potentially financial support -- for the plight of refugees and vulnerable people once far from the public eye. ... Source: news.google.com --- 120 days ago
CBC.ca Google Earth Brings UN Refugee Camps Into Focus CRN - 1 hour ago Google Earth, the technology that combines Google Search with satellite imagery, maps, terrain and 3D buildings to give users precise geographic images from around the world, is now being used to show the plight of refugees, with close-up views of ... The Whole World Is Watching: Google Shines Light on Refugee Camps TechNewsWorld Google maps give close-up view of UN Refugee Camps Reuters eFluxMedia - The Associated Press - RedOrbit - Inquirer all 226 news articles ... Source: edition.cnn.com --- 1 day ago
Iceland and Sweden plan to take in about 200 Palestinian refugees from Iraq who have been living in Refugee Camps along the Iraqi-Syrian border, the U.N. Refugee agency said Tuesday. ... Source: edition.cnn.com --- 2 days ago
Iceland and Sweden plan to take in about 200 Palestinian refugees from Iraq who have been living in Refugee Camps along the Iraqi-Syrian border, the U.N. Refugee agency said Tuesday. ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 69 days ago
Myanmar's military government is forcing cyclone victims out of Refugee Camps and 'dumping' them near their devastated villages with virtually no aid supplies, the United Nations said Friday. Eight Camps set up earlier by the government for homeless ... Source: www.reuters.com --- 121 days ago
GENEVA (Reuters) - Google technology first envisaged as a video game backdrop has been adapted to raise awareness -- and potentially financial support -- for the plight of refugees and vulnerable people once far from the public eye. ... Source: www.usatoday.com --- 69 days ago
Burma's military government is forcing cyclone victims out of Refugee Camps and "dumping" them near their devastated villages ... ... Source: www.charlotte.com --- 10 days ago
Every evening for the past four months, a tall young man with soulful blue eyes has been stealing hearts across the Middle East, from the Refugee Camps of the Gaza Strip to the gated mansions of Riyadh. But it's not just the striking good looks of Mohannad, hero of the hugely popular Turkish TV soap "Noor," that appeal to female viewers. He's romantic, attentive to his wife, Noor, supportive of her independence and ambitions as a fashion designer - in short, a rare gem for women in conservative, male-dominated surroundings. "Noor" delivers an idealized portrayal of modern married life as equal partnership - clashing with the norms of traditional Middle Eastern societies where elders often have the final word on whom a woman should marry and many are still confined to the role of wife and mother. Some Muslim preachers in the West Bank and Saudi Arabia have taken notice, saying the show is UN-Islamic and urging the faithful to change channels. But all the same, the show may be planting seeds of change. "I told my husband, 'learn from him (Mohannad) how he treats her, how he loves her, how he cares about her," said Heba Hamdan, 24, a housewife visiting the West Bank from Amman, Jordan. Married straight out of college, she said the show inspired her to go out and look for a job. "Noor" seems particularly effective in changing attitudes because it offers new content in a familiar setting: Turkey is a Muslim country, inviting stronger ... Source: www.moreover.com --- 66 days ago
TH Online Jun 1 2008 11:14PM GMT ... Source: www.searchenginejournal.com --- 120 days ago
Google Earth has kicked off a new program known as “Google Earth Outreach”, which now shows close-up views of United Nations Refugee Camps and aid projects in order to help UN show the plight of refugees, and feature programs to help them. The program was unveiled on Tuesday jointly with UN Officials at the UN High Commissioner for Refugees [...] ... Source: blogs.tnr.com --- 22 days ago
So the prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has formally requested an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on charges of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Darfur. To no one’s surprise, the Sudanese government has rejected the charges as baseless, but one criticism that’s also coming from some members of the international community is that the ICC’s actions will jeopardize the fragile humanitarian relief effort and security environment in the country. According to one expert quoted by The New York Times , popular demonstrations in support of the court are likely to spring up in Darfur’s Refugee Camps and “explode into violence,” bringing the threat of further bloodshed. This is wildly frustrating, of course. Of course we need to mitigate any threats to the humanitarian relief effort and to the peacekeeping forces, and it’s true the crisis in Darfur has escalated to such a point that there will be negative short-term consequences for any action taken. But to argue that such risks should stay the hand of the ICC at the risk of “breaking the peace” is absurd, mainly because there isn’t any kind of meaningful peace process that’s currently underway. At the least, the court’s arrest warrant could serve as a leverage point for the UN Security Council. The Security Council has the power to forestall the ICC’s proceedings for at least a year under Article 16 of the court’s statute. It could con ... Source: www.crn.com --- 120 days ago
Google Earth Outreach first focused on three areas -- Darfur, Colombia, and Iraq. ... Source: newsblaze.com --- 106 days ago
UNHCR has distributed copies of school notes for students who had lost them in the fire, while those sitting annual exams were hosted in other Camps. ... Source: www.tv3.co.nz --- 68 days ago
Myanmar's military government appeared Friday to be reasserting its authority over cyclone relief operations as aid officials said it was forcing survivors out of Refugee Camps and hindering the access it had promised foreign aid workers. ...
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Google technology first envisaged as a video game backdrop has been adapted to raise awareness -- and potentially financial support -- for the plight of refugees and vulnerable people once far from the public eye. ... Source: www.harolddoan.com --- 12 days ago
NEW INDIVIDUAL ID CARDS FAIRER FOR REFUGEES IN BANGLADESH - UN AGENCY Press Release - UN News Center Jul 23 2008 New individual identification cards will improve conditions for 22,500 refugees in Bangladesh, the United Nations Refugee agency said today. "With these cards, refugees will be able to identify themselves as people legally permitted to reside in Bangladesh if they meet law enforcement officials," Pia Prytz Phiri, country representative for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said, stressing that the cards are recognized as valid identity documents by the Government of Bangladesh. The Refugee agency also said that the cards, which will replace the previous "family book" system for refugees, will ensure a fairer distribution of aid for people in the Kutupalong and Nayapara Refugee Camps in the south-east of the country, which are home to Rohingya Muslims who fled Myanmar in 1991. Under the "family book" system all members of one family were registered under the identity and authority of the patriarch, with as many as 45 people being listed under a single name. This system was both unwieldy and open to abuse, according to UNHCR, with books sometimes confiscated by Refugee leaders or sold to outsiders who could use them to access valuable services in Camps. In addition, it was not always guaranteed that each family member received the food rations they were allocated. The new cards are being given to every Refugee over ... Source: www.myantiwar.org --- 32 days ago
When it is mentioned at all, the war in Afghanistan is presented as a humanitarian, nation-building operation. The reality is that the occupation is itself creating a humanitarian disaster. In the summer of 2007 the International Committee of the Red Cross reported that the situation in Afghanistan was becoming desperate: ?Civilians suffer horribly from mounting threats to their security, such as increasing numbers of roadside bombs and suicide attacks, and regular aerial bombing raids?Thousands of people have fled their homes and are continuing to move in search of safer areas?. The Red Cross report said that the local population was suffering particularly badly in the south where the fighting has been heaviest and where most British troops are based. Afghanistan is now one of the poorest and most underdeveloped countries in the world. It stands at 174 out of the 178 countries on the UN?s world development index. More than one third of children suffer malnutrition. Seven per cent of under-fives die of hunger. Life expectancy is 44, health care is non-existent for the majority of Afghans and the country has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. The authoritative Senlis report says that only two countries in the world have worse child poverty rates and that poverty and fighting have led to the uncontrolled spread of Refugee Camps across the country. The report blames this situation directly on the NATO forces? w ... Source: risk.typepad.com --- 21 days ago
David Axe tours the Refugee Camps in Chad and wonders if the EUFOR mission is doing more harm than good in the Darfur/Chad conflicts. Indeed, in Camps like Iridimi, Zaghawas commit one of the most heinous crimes of all -- recruiting children to fight the war in Darfur against the Sudanese government. It's a crime that occurs at night, when the aid workers are bunkered in their compounds outside town. It's a crime that everyone knows happens but few will discuss openly. But aid workers will talk about it off the record, and high-ranking U.N. officials allude to it without naming it explicitly. And it's a crime that some say the E.U. cordon around the U.N. Camps helps make possible. The more secure the Camps are, the better they are as bases and recruiting pools for the Darfuri rebels, according to the Irish soldier. I haven't been on the ground in Chad or Darfur, but his account rings true with everything I have studied on this. The problem is, what else can we do? There are no appealing offers on the table right now. In 2004 or 2005, things might have been easier. But since the AU mission was launched, but underfunded, the rebels have been the largest beneficiaries of the peacekeeping missions to the region. Rather than use this new power to resolve the conflict, they squandered it for short-term gains, which led to further infighting. Unfortunately, I don't know if there is any better (and realistic) way to deal with the conflict ... Source: sabbah.biz --- 116 days ago
It was a happy moment when I heard the news that UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) launched in coordination with Google Earth , a new layer that focus on Refugee Camps around the world. This should be a great tool to follow the crisis of Palestinian refugees under occupation and expose it to the world through one of the most used Web 2.0 applications (Google Earth claims to have more than 350 million downloads and counting). In their press release , UNHCR said: Google Earth’s new mapping programme takes you on a virtual reality tour with the UN Refugee agency of some of the world’s major displacement crises and the humanitarian efforts aimed at helping the victims. The first use of this geospatial tool focuses on refugees and displaced people located in remote areas of Chad, Iraq, Colombia and Sudan’s volatile Darfur region. Sit in front of your computer and, with a few clicks, see, hear and develop an emotional understanding of what it is like to be a Refugee. Highlighted are not only the physical area of the camp and surrounding country, but key parts of daily life such as education and health in photo, text and video format. Within seconds, Google Earth brings the daily life of a Refugee camp into your home thousands of kilometres away. To start your journey, click here . However, my happiness did not last for long when I discovered that NONE of the Palestinian Refugee Camps within the Occupied Palesti ... Find more results for UN Refugee Camps on RSSMicro.com |
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The UN's Refugee agency says a group of about 200 Palestinians stranded for two years on the Iraq-Syria border will be resettled in Sweden and Iceland soon. The refugees will include "some of the most vulnerable women and children with urgent medical needs requiring immediate attention", the UNHCR said. More than 2,000 others will remain in two Camps awaiting resettlement. ...