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UNHCR protection chief applauds Japan and South Korea, asks them to be better Asian role models
18 May 2009 On visits to two Asian countries, top UNHCR official Erika Feller highlights achievements, challenges in protecting asylum-seekers and refugees. -
UNHCR chief ends mission to Pakistan as number of displaced surpasses 1 million
18 May 2009 UN refugee chief António Guterres concludes a three-day mission to Pakistan in which he called for urgent and massive international help for more than 1.17 million people uprooted by fighting in the north-west. -
UNHCR's Guterres warns of humanitarian disaster as latest Pakistan displacement tops 900,000
15 May 2009 UNHCR chief says the international community must mount an immediate and massive humanitarian response to help hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis. -
Number of newly displaced in Pakistan nears 700,000
13 May 2009 The number of people who have fled fighting in north-west Pakistan this month and been registered reaches some 670,000. -
UNHCR airlift of emergency aid arrives in Pakistan as number of displaced passes 500,000
12 May 2009 The number of registered, displaced people uprooted by the conflict in Pakistan surpassed 500,000 as a UNHCR-chartered cargo jet delivered 120 tonnes of aid. -
UNHCR chief urges support for displaced Pakistanis; launches airlift
11 May 2009 UNHCR chief António Guterres calls for international solidarity in support of more than 360,000 displaced Pakistani civilians and announces a UNHCR airlift of aid. -
Hundreds of thousands displaced by fighting in Pakistan highlands
8 May 2009 UNHCR says there is a situation of "massive displacement" in north-west Pakistan, as fighting between the armed forces and militants spreads. -
UNHCR deeply concerned about safety of tens of thousands of displaced civilians and refugees in Pakistan
6 May 2009 UNHCR chief Guterres expresses deep concern about displaced civilians and refugees in Pakistan as his agency prepares to step up aid to the affected region. -
UNHCR begins to register displaced Pakistanis in urban centres
21 Apr 2009 UNHCR begins to register tens of thousands of people who fled fighting in Pakistan's rugged north and sought shelter in urban centres.