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UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi meets with a family at Za'atari Refugee Camp, Jordan. UNIFEED (video capture)

“Jobs mean dignity” says new refugee chief visiting camps

19 January 2016
General News

“Jobs mean dignity” the new head of the UN Refugee Agency, has been telling Syrians who have been forced to flee their country.

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A busy street in Istanbul, Turkey.
World Bank/Simone D. McCourtie

UN condemns ‘despicable’ terrorist bombing in Istanbul’s Sultanahmet District

12 January 2016
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today condemned the terrorist bombing in Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey, calling it a “despicable crime targeting the heart of Istanbul’s tourist district.”