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Press Releases
UN refugee agency chief calls on Latin America to champion protection and solutions for displaced populations 13 February 2014
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, Thursday, called on countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to stand-up in championing the cause of refugees and those displaced in the region by conflict and violence.

“Latin America should further expand its strong asylum tradition and innovation by setting high protection standards and finding sustainable solutions for people affected by years of conflict, persecution and human rights abuses,” Guterres said while meeting ambassadors from Latin America and the Caribbean in Geneva.

The meeting launched the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of the Cartagena Declaration on Refugees – known as the Cartagena +30 process. The commemorations campaign, which includes several regional meetings, will culminate in a Ministerial event in Brasilia in December 2014, where states are expected to adopt a regional Declaration and a new Plan of Action to enhance the protection framework for displaced and stateless people in the decade to come…

UNHCR Chief Guterres ‘Deeply Distressed’ by Situation in CAR 12 February 2014

Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres on SARC/ UN Homs Evacuation and Humanitarian Aid Delivery Effort 9 February 2014

Briefing Notes
Refugee information presented in twice-weekly press briefings in Geneva.
:: UNHCR issues a non-return advisory for South Sudan

:: Displacement from Iraq’s Anbar province

:: Mexico withdraws reservations to Refugee and Statelessness Conventions

:: Turkey experiences major refugee influx

:: UNHCR welcomes Afghanistan’s new IDP policy

News
:: Appalling hardship revealed in Old City of Homs 14 February 2014

:: Syria Crisis: UNHCR issues cards against the cold in Lebanon 13 February 2014

:: 3D exhibition in Seoul sheds light on “invisible” refugees 12 February 2014

:: UNHCR chief decries “humanitarian catastrophe” in CAR, including massive ethno-religious cleansing 12 February 2014

:: Central African Republic: a town in danger of losing its soul 12 February 2014

:: UN and partners deliver desperately needed aid to besieged Syrian city of Homs 11 February 2014

:: More than 20,000 Syrians flee to Turkey this year, biggest influx in months 11 February 2014

:: Ivorian refugees call for disarmament, reconciliation and increased grant before return 10 February 2014