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Refugees and migrants arrive in Lesvos, Greece. Boat after boat lands on the coast of Lesvos between Eftalou and Skala Sykaminia.
UNHCR/Giles Duley

Photojournalist partners with UN to chronicle refugee journeys

24 July 2017
General News

From Lebanon to Greece, British Photographer Giles Duley has been capturing refugees’ epic journeys of survival as they search for a new home.

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Syrian students in class in Beirut, Lebanon.
DFID – UK Department for International Development

US$10 billion pledged but Syrian refugees need a future: UN chief

4 February 2016
General News

With more than US$10 billion pledged, Syrian refugees also deserve the chance to work and go to school, to prevent radicalization and despair.

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Stephen O'Brien, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, speaks at a press conference following the Security Council meeting on the humanitarian situation in Syria, in January 2016.
UN Photo/Loey Felipe

Syria donor conference to also focus on education, jobs

3 February 2016
General News

World leaders are gathering in London for a conference which aims to raise US$9 billion for Syrian civilians as their homeland enters its sixth year of brutal civil war.

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A girl sits on the ground and plays with her toy bear, as people queue around her at the Vinojug reception centre near the town of Gevgelija, in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
UNICEF/UNI201668/Georgiev

More than money needed to help Syrians survive: UNICEF

2 February 2016
General News

The burden of caring for millions of Syrian refugees living in the region needs to be shared more equally.

That’s according to the spokesperson for the UN Children’s Fund, UNICEF, in the Middle East.

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In London, Annan holds talks with Blair and other UK senior officials

25 June 2003
Continuing his travels abroad, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan met in London today with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, whom he briefed on his visit to Amman, Jordan, and the Quartet discussions on the Middle East, according to a UN spokesperson in New York.

Annan wraps up official visit to United Kingdom

26 February 2002
The United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, today wrapped up his official visit to the United Kingdom after a series of meetings in London to discuss the Middle East and Afghanistan.