COTE D'IVOIRE: Land reform must consider IDPs
01 Dec 2009 20:20:44 GMT
Source: IRIN
Land reform in Côte d'Ivoire must take into account people displaced by conflict, says a report by the
International Displacement Monitoring Centre.
Sri Lanka lets war refugees move freely
01 Dec 2009 15:03:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
By C. Bryson Hull
COLOMBO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government on Tuesday let thousands of refugees temporarily leave camps where they have been held since the end of a 25-year war with the ...
In Brief: UNHCR starts Afghan winter aid programme
01 Dec 2009 14:41:36 GMT
Source: IRIN
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) has begun a winter aid programme in Afghanistan for 200,000 most vulnerable people, mainly
internally displaced persons and returnees from Iran and Pakistan.
SRI LANKA: Freedom of movement for IDPs welcomed
01 Dec 2009 12:20:24 GMT
Source: IRIN
In a development welcomed by the UN and NGOs, thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs), who have been held for
months in camps in Sri Lanka's north, are free to come and go as of 1 December.
SRI LANKA: Freedom of movement for IDPs welcomed
01 Dec 2009 11:23:47 GMT
Source: IRIN
In a development welcomed by the UN and NGOs, thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs), who have been held for
months in camps in Sri Lanka's north, are free to come and go as of 1 December.
TIMOR-LESTE: Natercia Martins, "We've had enough conflict"
01 Dec 2009 07:37:21 GMT
Source: IRIN
More than 150,000 Timorese were displaced in the 2006 crisis, and several thousand more in a second
round of political violence in 2007. Because of her husband's political affiliation, Natercia Martins, 34, was driven from her home in Ermera District in June 2007, only to return six months
later to find it in ruins.
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UMCOR Hotline for December 1, 2009
01 Dec 2009 20:15:00 GMT
Source: United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) - USA
In Today's Hotline: Read how UMCOR is responding to needs around the world:
CHILE: DISASTER RESPONSE TRAINING
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New assessment roster Acaps launched today
01 Dec 2009 08:20:00 GMT
Source: Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
The new international roster for humanitarian needs assessments was launched today. Acaps is about providing accessible expertise, timely data and rigorous analysis to inform decision making by ...
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