http://www.mail.com/people/59574-antonio-guterres.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.29/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/people/59574-antonio-guterres.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2161106-un-452-refugees-displaced-people.html GENEVA (AP) — The Syrian civil war contributed to pushing the numbers of refugees and those displaced by conflict within their own nation to an 18-year high of 45.2 million worldwide by the end of 2012, the U.N. refugee agency said Wednesday. Those are the highest numbers since 1994, when people fled genocide in Rwanda and bloodshed in former Yugoslavia. ... Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:46:48 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2161106-un-452-refugees-displaced-people.html 2013-06-19T19:46:48Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2136072-hezbollah-backed-syrian-troops-press-offensive.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian troops backed by Hezbollah fighters pressed forward with their offensive in the country's opposition-held heartland on Friday, taking two small villages and entering a third near a strategic town that was captured by the government earlier this week, while the U.N. asked donor countries for $5.2 billion in humanitarian aid as it predicted the number of r... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:04:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2136072-hezbollah-backed-syrian-troops-press-offensive.html 2013-06-07T20:04:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2136440-un-syria-refugees-reach-35m-this-year.html BERLIN (AP) — The number of Syrian refugees in neighboring countries could more than double to 3.5 million by the end of the year, the United Nations said Friday as the global body launched its biggest humanitarian appeal ever. The U.N. asked donor countries for $5.2 billion to help alleviate the suffering of millions of people inside and outside Syria wh... Fri, 07 Jun 2013 13:22:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2136440-un-syria-refugees-reach-35m-this-year.html 2013-06-07T13:22:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1966770-jordanian-force-cordons-syrian-refugee-camp.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan has set up a security cordon around a sprawling Syrian refugee camp in the country's north in an effort to curb rising crime and lawlessness among its residents, a Jordanian official said Wednesday. The cordon around the Zaatari camp, which is now home to over 100,000 Syrians who fled the civil war in their country, will be enf... Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:49:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1966770-jordanian-force-cordons-syrian-refugee-camp.html 2013-03-20T18:49:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1956626-protests-2nd-anniversary-syrian-uprising.html BEIRUT (AP) — On the second anniversary of Syria's uprising, there were only small protests and a few firecrackers defiantly popping in the capital of Damascus — a grim contrast to the early days when crowds of demonstrators danced to the drums of rebellion against President Bashar Assad. Syrians on Friday marked the start of the revolt by saying they fea... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 21:10:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1956626-protests-2nd-anniversary-syrian-uprising.html 2013-03-15T21:10:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953946-un-syria-refugee-numbers-jump-10-percent-week.html BEIRUT (AP) — The U.N. said Thursday that the number of registered Syrian refugees jumped 10 percent in the past week alone, part of what the U.N. commissioner for refugees called a "staggering escalation." France, meanwhile, pushed for quickly lifting a European Union ban on arming Syrian rebels. French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said his country is... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 18:45:28 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953946-un-syria-refugee-numbers-jump-10-percent-week.html 2013-03-14T18:45:28Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1951482-uk-prince-charles-sees-syrian-refugees-jordan.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Britain's Prince Charles and his wife on Wednesday heard tales of hardship from Syrian refugees in Jordan and saw the difficult conditions for themselves. Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, spent an hour at a U.N. refugee agency holding center, King Abdullah Gardens, in the northern town of Ramtha, near the border with Syria. S... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:28:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1951482-uk-prince-charles-sees-syrian-refugees-jordan.html 2013-03-13T15:28:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1951048-un-jordan-to-tackle-crime-syrian-refugee-camp.html AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — The U.N. refugee chief says his agency is working with Jordan to bolster security at a camp for Syrian refugees where reports of drug trafficking, prostitution and other crimes have emerged. Antonio Guterres says the Zaatari camp near the Jordanian-Syrian border now is de facto Jordan's fourth-largest city, with a "complex" environmen... Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:48:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1951048-un-jordan-to-tackle-crime-syrian-refugee-camp.html 2013-03-13T13:48:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944208-un-refugee-chief-sees-increase-syrian-refugees.html ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The U.N. chief for refugees says the number of refugees from Syria could increase by "two or three times" the present level by the end of the year if the country's conflict doesn't end. U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres says the international community should work toward ending the conflict and says there is a "ris... Sun, 10 Mar 2013 11:01:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1944208-un-refugee-chief-sees-increase-syrian-refugees.html 2013-03-10T11:01:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1934810-syrian-refugees-top-1-million-rebels-take-city.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syria's accelerating humanitarian crisis hit a grim milestone Wednesday: The number of U.N.-registered refugees topped 1 million — half of them children — described by an aid worker as a "human river" of thousands spilling out of the war-ravaged country every day. Nearly 4 million of Syria's 22 million people have been driven from their home... Wed, 06 Mar 2013 20:46:39 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1934810-syrian-refugees-top-1-million-rebels-take-city.html 2013-03-06T20:46:39Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1919156-iran-opposition-group-urges-security-iraq.html BERLIN (AP) — An Iranian opposition group urged the U.N. refugee agency Wednesday to provide better protection for its members in Iraq following a mortar attack on their camp near Baghdad airport in which seven people were killed. The call came during a meeting in Geneva of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, a France-based Iranian opposition grou... Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:39:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1919156-iran-opposition-group-urges-security-iraq.html 2013-02-27T17:39:45Z