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Statement by the Executive Director to the Executive Board - 10 June 2013

Madame President, Distinguished Members of the Executive Board, Colleagues and friends, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to be with you again. I look forward to our discussions on UNFPA’s progress and achievements over the past year, our challenges

Let Us End Fistula In Our Lifetime - 10 June 2013

...with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to Africa, where we visited, on that day, the Heal Africa Hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There, we were moved, and humbled, by the stories of many women who suffered from fistula resulting from rapes. But...

Where The Money Is Flowing In Emerging Markets

...As Casey points out, there’s growth in some seemingly unlikely frontier markets, like Mali, Sierra Leone, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It’s all part of a larger growth trend in sub-Saharan Africa. Casey believes that the fund manager database...

Turkey refugee ranking skyrockets within a year

...unchanged for 32 years. Worldwide, one refugee in four is Afghan. Guterres also highlighted the conflicts in Mali, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Central African Republic. Due to the raft of crises, he said, the total number of refugees and internally...

Time to raise the bar on refugee education

...people in the world are living as refugees. They fled violent conflict in their home countries of Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Mali, Somalia or Sudan years ago and cannot safely return home yet. In the first five months of this year, more...

Statement by the Executive Director to the Executive Board - 10 June 2013

Madame President, Distinguished Members of the Executive Board, Colleagues and friends, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to be with you again. I look forward to our discussions on UNFPA’s progress and achievements over the past year, our challenges

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Children ditch school for mining in DRC

Children ditch school for mining in DRC NGOs are calling for action as children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo turn their backs on school to work in the region's mines, rich in coltan, cop... From: AFP Views: 1 1 ratings Time: 02:19 More in News & Politics

Libya Draw 0-0 With Congo

Libyan fans were disappointed after their side was held to 0-0 draw with Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday (7 June) in Tripoli in Group I of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers.

Libya Draw 0-0 With Congo

Libyan fans were disappointed after their side was held to 0-0 draw with Democratic Republic of Congo on Friday (7 June) in Tripoli in Group I of the 2014 World Cup Qualifiers.

DR Congo struggles to control minerals trade

DR Congo struggles to control minerals trade The Democratic Republic of Congo possesses vast quantities of minerals such as gold, diamonds and coltan, but the work of extracting them is hard and dangero... From: AFP Views: 3 0 ratings Time: 02:39 More in News & Politics

UN 'intervention brigade' patrols in DR Congo

UN 'intervention brigade' patrols in DR Congo A special UN intervention brigade to counter militia groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has started patrols in the conflict zone.Duration: 00:29. From: AFP Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:30 More in News & Politics

Wheelchairs For Congo Disabled Children

UNICEF reports on a programme that's helping people with disabilities integrate into camps for internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Concerns over UN peacekeepers entering DRC

Concerns over UN peacekeepers entering DRC A group of non profit organisations expresses concern over a special UN intervention force being sent to the Democratic Republic of Congo. The United Nations... From: AlJazeeraEnglish Views: 12 0 ratings Time: 02:39 More in News & Politics

VIDEO: The changing face of Kinshasa, DRC

The Democratic Republic of Congo is often associated with relentless bad news, but economic reforms in the capital, Kinshasa, are starting to bear fruit.

The Changing Face of Kinshasa, DRC

The Democratic Republic of Congo is often associated with relentless bad news, but economic reforms in the capital, Kinshasa, are starting to bear fruit.

The Changing Face of Kinshasa, DRC

The Democratic Republic of Congo is often associated with relentless bad news, but economic reforms in the capital, Kinshasa, are starting to bear fruit.

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War is the main reason for this very high number of refugees and people internally displaced. Fifty-five percent of them correspond to the well-known situations of Afghanistan, Somalia, Iraq, Sudan and Syria...

in Turkey refugee ranking skyrockets within a year
Hurriet Daily News - 2013-06-19 21:47:00

Part of the reason the AU could not go [to Libya] was because the donors said: 'Don't use our money there'. They wanted to give themselves some time to bomb Libya out of existence...

in Africa to foot bill for interim military
News24 - 2013-06-19 20:34:00

New refugees, new internally displaced, unfortunately represent much more than those able to find an answer to their plight...

in Refugees, displaced at two-decade high: UN
China Post - 2013-06-19 18:59:00

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