Nominations are now open for the Nansen Refugee Award 2012 which is instituted to honor an individual or an organization each year in recognition of extraordinary and dedicated service to refugees
Yemeni group awarded the UNHCR’s Nansen Award for rescuing refugees who arrive at the Gulf of Aden
Source: http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=39525&Cr=UNHCR&Cr1= The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced the winner of this year’s Nansen Refugee Award, which will be given to The Society for Humanitarian Solidarity of Yemen. This Yemeni group provides life-saving assistance to thousands of people who arrive on the country’s shores after making the dangerous boat journey across… [Read More]
UNHCR -NGO Toolkit for Practical Cooperation on Resettlement
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is a global humanitarian organization and a refugee agency that was established on December 14, 1950 to support and help Europeans that were displaced during the World War II. The agency was set up by the United Nations General Assembly for just three years and was to be disbanded… [Read More]
StateDept: Text “SWAT” to 50555 from your phone to contribute $10 to help flood victims in #Pakistan. http://go.usa.gov/cxS #UN #UNHCR
StateDept: Text “SWAT” to 50555 from your phone to contribute $ 10 to help flood victims in #Pakistan. http://go.usa.gov/cxS #UN #UNHCR Twitter / StateDept
UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Award
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is requesting nominations for the Nansen Refugee Award 2010. The Award was previously known as the Nansen Medal. It is named after Fridtjof Nansen, the late Norwegian polar explorer, the first League of the Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the 1922 Nobel Peace… [Read More]
Human Rights
According to the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), human rights are “basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are entitled.” These can include right to life, liberty, freedom of expression, equality before law and economic and social rights, right to work, right to education and right to food. The UDHR, from… [Read More]
