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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 sends more field experts as civilians return to Sri Lanka's north
1 May 2009 A second team of UNHCR emergency experts arrive in Sri Lanka. The four include specialists on community services, protection and other field functions. -
UNHCR ups response in Sri Lanka, including second airlift
28 Apr 2009 UNHCR continues robust response to the emergency in Sri Lanka with a second airlift as tens of thousands of civilians flee the conflict zone in the north-east. -
UNHCR airlifts almost 3,000 tents to Colombo for displaced Sri Lankans
27 Apr 2009 UNHCR begins an aid airlift for displaced people in Sri Lanka with the first plane carrying almost 3,000 family-size tents from the agency's stockpiles in Dubai.