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Antonio Guterres

Type: Person

Name: Antonio Guterres (António Guterres)

Title: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Organization: UN

Date of Birth: 30/04/1949

Place of Birth: Lisbon (Portugal)

Nationality: Portugal

Fact Sheet: Biography for Antonio Guterres

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

U.S., U.N. urge Gulf states to donate more for Syrian refugees

WASHINGTON With its neat rows of carpeted cabins, security monitors and on-site hospital and school, the Mrigb al Fuhud camp in Jordan is opulent compared with the squalid tent cities that house other Syrian refugees.Humanitarian workers, however, privately ... [Published Charlotte Observer - May 22 2013]

Entities: Refugees, Crisis, Kuwait

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon reaches 474,000: UN

BEIRUT, May 20 (Xinhua) -- The number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon has reached 474,000, the latest report of UN Higher Council for Refugees showed on Monday.Up to 379,000 refugees have been registered with the agency, while over 95,000 are waiting for ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 20 2013]

Entities: Refugees, Lebanon, United Nations, Beirut, Antonio Guterres

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

UNHCR Hails Iran’s Support for Refugees

Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Bernard De Ville has hailed Iran for protecting and supporting foreign refugees in the country.Outlining the activities of his organization, he told IRNA on Sunday the UNHCR has been ... [Published Iran Daily - May 20 2013]

Entities: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (..., Refugees, Iran

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

UN discusses ways to better protect defectors

The UN Refugee Agency top official Wednesday discussed with Seoul senior officials methods to strengthen protection for North Korean defectors, adding that the agency is closed to consultation with those countries that force repatriation of asylum se ... [Published Korea Joongang Daily - May 16 2013]

Entities: Refugees, Antonio Guterres, Defector, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (...

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Antonio Guterres

(Yonhap Interview) U.N. 'strongly' urges S. Korea to boost aid to Syrian refugees

By Kim Deok-hyunSEOUL, May 16 (Yonhap) -- The head of the U.N. refugee agency "strongly" called on South Korea Thursday to increase its humanitarian aid to help the more than 1.7 million refugees who have fled the Syrian conflict, saying the Syrian crisis ... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 16 2013]

Entities: Refugees, South Korea, Antonio Guterres

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 2 reports

U.N. Refugee Agency Chief To Visit Korea

The United Nations' top humanitarian official plans to visit Korea this week to discuss issues of mutual interest with officials here.Antonio Guterres, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, is scheduled to arrive in Seoul tomorrow for a two-day stay, ... [Published Tbs eFM - May 13 2013]

Entities: Refugees, Antonio Guterres, Defector

First reported May 10 2013 - Updated May 10 2013 - 3 reports

United Nations

Over 444,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon: UN

Beirut, April 29 (IANS) The number of Syrian refugees who fled the turmoil in their country to Lebanon have soared to over 444,000, the UN Higher Council for Refugees (UNHCR) has said.Lebanon is facing mounting difficulties in dealing with the growing ... [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 10 2013]

Entities: Refugees, Lebanon, United Nations, Beirut, Antonio Guterres

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 08 2013 - 2 reports

Time is running out for Syria

The Syrian civil war is creating a humanitarian crisis beyond the reckoning of even the worlds most experienced aid workers. But in the face of all the evidence of its truly catastrophic dimensions, I fear that we are sleepwalking towards a disaster not ... [Published Jordan Times - May 08 2013]

Entities: Syria, Humanitarian Aid, Refugees

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 2 reports

Militants fire 3 mortar shells on residential areas in Damascus

Islam Times - Foreign-sponsored militants have launched three separate mortar attacks on residential areas of the violence-plagued Damascus, causing material damage but no casualties.A source at Damascus Police Command, speaking on condition of anonymity, ... [Published Islam Times - May 01 2013]

Entities: Mortar, Damascus, Barrage Fire, Valerie Amos, Syria

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 2 reports

Humanitarian workers unprepared for decades of conflict, warns UNHCR

Jordanian chefs and Syrian refugees prepare food for distribution at the Mrajeeb al-Fhood camp. Photograph: Muhammad Hamed/Reuters The UN high commissioner for refugees has warned that the world is standing on the precipice of a global humanitarian crisis, ... [Published NewsRT.co.uk - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (..., Workers, Muhammad Hamed, Antonio Guterres

First reported Apr 29 2013 - Updated Apr 29 2013 - 2 reports

Turks Slam Ankara’s Syria Meddling

Turkish protesters staged a demonstration in the southern province of Hatay near the border with Syria to condemn their country’s policy of interfering in Syria.A number of Turkey’s social figures and lawmakers attended the event in the city of Antakya, ... [Published Iran Daily - Apr 29 2013]

Entities: Syria, Ankara, Government of Syria, Turkey

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

Syrian Arab Republic: Norway supports civil society in Syria

Source: Government of NorwayCountry: Norway, Syrian Arab Republic “Given the grim situation in Syria today, it is important to support efforts to build up local civil leadership. Norway will provide funding to strengthen civil society capacity in Syria ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Syria, Norway, UN Security Council, Government of Norway, Norwegian People's Aid

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U.S., U.N. urge Gulf states to donate more for ... [Published Charlotte Observer - May 22 2013]
Number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon reaches 47... [Published Xinhua News Agency - May 20 2013]
UNHCR Hails Iran’s Support for Refugees [Published Iran Daily - May 20 2013]
Sanctions have disrupted transfer of funds for ... [Published Tehran Times - May 20 2013]
UN discusses ways to better protect defectors [Published Korea Joongang Daily - May 16 2013]
(Yonhap Interview) U.N. 'strongly' urges S. Kor... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 16 2013]
UNHCR cheif's visit [Published Korea Times - May 15 2013]
'Issue of N.Korean Escapees Top Priority' [Published Korea Broadcasting System - May 15 2013]
FM says N. Korean defectors top priority for S.... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 15 2013]
Mastectomy Disclosure by Angelina Jolie May Hel... [Published Zecco - May 15 2013]
Lebanon hosts over 463,000 Syrian refugees [Published China.org.cn - May 13 2013]
U.N. Refugee Agency Chief To Visit Korea [Published Tbs eFM - May 13 2013]
U.N. refugee agency chief to visit S. Korea [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 13 2013]
Turkey: UNHCR chief condemns Turkey attacks [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 12 2013]
UN chief condemns terrorist bomb attack in east... [Published United Nations Multimedia - May 12 2013]
Over 444,000 Syrian refugees in Lebanon: UN [Published Yahoo! Maktoob News - May 10 2013]
Syrian Arab Republic: Syria - Complex Emergency... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 10 2013]
Syrian Arab Republic: Syria - Complex Emergency... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 10 2013]
Angelina Jolie, World Humanitarian [Published The Guardian Express - May 10 2013]
Syrian Arab Republic: Syria crisis: "We are not... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 08 2013]
Time is running out for Syria [Published Jordan Times - May 08 2013]
UN: Syria conflict a humanitarian catastrophe [Published ABS-CBN News - May 07 2013]
United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees A... [Published UAE Today - May 07 2013]
UN official commends Kuwait aid to Syrian refugees [Published Kuwait News Agency - May 05 2013]
HH the Amir recieves GCC, UN officials [Published Kuwait News Agency - May 05 2013]
Mortar fire injures civilian in Damascus [Published Press tv - May 04 2013]
‘Turkish officer killed at Syria border’ [Published Press tv - May 02 2013]
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Not safe for ... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - May 02 2013]
Not Safe for Rwandan Refugees to Return [Published Inter Press Service - May 02 2013]
UN shows its commitment to Congo [Published Deutsche Welle - May 01 2013]

Blogs

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Open letter to International Crisis Group [Published Democratic Voice of Burma » Analysis - Apr 26 2013] Dear International Crisis Group President Louise Arbour, I am writing to bring to your attention to the rather disturbing recent developments in Burma. Within 24 hours of your organisation’s “In Pursuit of Peace” dinner in New York, Burma’s Minister ...
CNN Washington AM Note [Published CNN Political Ticker - Apr 19 2013] BREAKING OVERNIGHT: CNN: Boston bombing suspect on the loose, police say Violence terrorized Bostonians overnight, and police believe two suspects involved are the same men who allegedly planted bombs that killed three in the Boston Marathon ...
Jordan: Desert Patrol Force to Cordon Refugee Camp [Published The China Blog - Mar 20 2013] (AMMAN, Jordan) — A Jordanian official says the kingdom’s desert patrol force is putting a cordon around a sprawling desert camp that houses over 100,000 Syrian refugees. Anmar Hmoud, a government spokesman for Syrian refugee affairs, said Wednesday that ...
Jordan: Desert Patrol Force to Cordon Refugee Camp [Published The Middle East Blog - TIME.com - Mar 20 2013] (AMMAN, Jordan) — A Jordanian official says the kingdom’s desert patrol force is putting a cordon around a sprawling desert camp that houses over 100,000 Syrian refugees. Anmar Hmoud, a government spokesman for Syrian refugee affairs, said Wednesday that ...
UN Praises Albania Asylum Offer to Iranians [Published Balkan Insight - Mar 19 2013] The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, on Monday welcomed Albania's the offer of sanctuary to members of an exiled Iranian group. ...

Audio/Video

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Syrian refugees could triple by end of 2013 - U.N. [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Mar 10 2013]
How to support Syrian refugee crisis [Published CNN.com - Video - Jan 12 2013]