- - UN News Centre - Humanitarian Aid, Refugees http://www.un.org/news A world of news from the world organization. en-us Copyright 2007, UN News Centre - UN News Centre http://www.un.org/News/dh/latest/media/nslogo.gif http://www.un.org/news 140 Latest from the UN News Service - Top UN relief official visits Ethiopia's volatile Ogaden region http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24807&Cr=holmes&Cr1= Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator arrived in Ethiopia today to visit the strife-torn Ogaden region where over 640,000 people are in urgent need of food, water, medical supplies and other assistance. - UN humanitarian chief begins three-nation Africa tour http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24795&Cr=africa&Cr1= Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST The top United Nations humanitarian official begins a nine-day mission to Africa today that will take him to Ethiopia, Sudan and Kenya to meet with aid agencies and officials coping with emergencies affecting millions of people on the continent. - UN releases another $6 million in emergency funds for cyclone-hit Bangladesh http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24783&Cr=bangladesh&Cr1= Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST The United Nations today announced that it would disburse an additional $6 million to support relief efforts for hundreds of thousands of cyclone survivors in Bangladesh, as UN agencies continued rushing aid to the affected population. - UN refugee agency urges Kenya to grant access to detained Somalis http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24780&Cr=somali&Cr1= Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is urging the Kenyan authorities to grant the agency access to over two dozen Somalis being detained in Nairobi after a group nearly that size were forcibly returned to war-torn Mogadishu. - Security incidents drive more Sri Lankans to flee their homes - UN agency http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24778&Cr=lanka&Cr1= Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST Security incidents in eastern Sri Lanka are driving recently returned displaced people to flee their homes once again, a spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said today, calling on the Government to take measures in response. - UN refugee agency cautious about returns to Iraq http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24777&Cr=iraq&Cr1= Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST Responding to recent public reports about refugees returning to Iraq in limited numbers, a spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today cautioned against an organized effort to send civilians back to the war-ravaged country. - UN refugee agency registers refugees, asylum seekers in Malawi http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24773&Cr=malawi&Cr1= Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST The United Nations refugee agency is working with the Government of Malawi on a registration exercise aimed at improving the protection, management and assistance to refugees and asylum seekers in the country. - DR Congo: UN refugee agency opens new office in North Kivu amid fighting http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24770&Cr=DRC&Cr1= Fri, 23 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST The United Nations refugee agency has opened a new field office to help displaced Congolese in the volatile province of North Kivu amid a fresh outbreak of fighting in the area. - World Bank offers $250 million to cyclone-hit Bangladesh http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=24760&Cr=bangladesh&Cr1= Wed, 21 Nov 2007 00:00:00 EST As United Nations agencies continue their efforts to assist the over 3 million Bangladeshis affected by Cyclone Sidr, the World Bank announced today that it will make available up to $250 million to aid recovery and strengthen mitigation efforts in the wake of the deadly storm.