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Guterres, Jolie pledge support for Pakistan "in time of suffering"
25 Nov 2005 Shocked by the scale of devastation in Pakistan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie have called for more international support for a country that has generously hosted millions of refugees for decades. -
Angelina Jolie visits UNHCR for briefings on earthquake operation and other refugee issues
24 Nov 2005 UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie has left for Pakistan to lend support to the agency's refugee programme and its emergency operations for the victims of the recent earthquake, after completing an intensive two days of briefings on a variety of refugee-related issues at UNHCR headquarters in Geneva. -
Afghan refugees offer pitch-perfect camp for hosts
21 Nov 2005 For years, they've lived on Pakistani soil and goodwill. Now, a group of Afghan refugees is returning the favour by putting their skills in pitching and winterizing tents at the service of earthquake survivors in their host country. -
NATO/UNHCR airlift from Turkey to Pakistan ends after 103 flights
18 Nov 2005 The huge NATO-UNHCR airlift of aid from Turkey to the victims of the earthquake in Pakistan has come to an end after one month and 103 flights, the UN refugee agency announced on Friday. However, NATO flights will continue to fly in UNHCR supplies from other countries. -
Helping Pakistan to improve life in relief camps
17 Nov 2005 A UNHCR-UNICEF team is in Muzaffarabad to train military and civilian authorities on how to select sites, manage camps and improve water and sanitation to prevent congestion and disease outbreaks among earthquake survivors. -
British choppers start airlifting large quantities of UNHCR aid to remote villages
16 Nov 2005 Two giant British RAF helicopters on Wednesday began a new airlift of thousands of UNHCR tents, blankets and other aid items to a string of stranded and heavily damaged villages in a remote valley in Pakistan-administered Kashmir. -
Colombians flee to Ecuador to escape upsurge in violence
15 Nov 2005 More than 2,000 people have fled their homes in the past three weeks, some of them crossing the border into Ecuador, in order to escape the latest upsurge in the violence in two southern departments of Colombia, the UN refugee agency said on Tuesday. -
Afghan women make history by being elected to National Assembly
14 Nov 2005 When the results of the Afghan parliamentary elections were announced on Sunday, 68 women were among the 249 successful candidates. The election of women, including ex-refugee Shinkai Karokhail, to the country's National Assembly marks a historic step forward in the long struggle to give women more rights in this highly conservative South Asian nation. -
A snapshot of aid and impediments high in the Himalayas
14 Nov 2005 Providing relief to the hundreds of thousands of people affected by the October 8 earthquake in northern Pakistan is an ongoing battle against the rugged conditions in this remote and isolated region. UNHCR's Tim Irwin accompanied a recent mission to distribute supplies in Pakistan-administered Kashmir.