August 07

UN Security Council Mission To Djibouti (On Somalia), The Sudan, Chad, DRC And Ivory Coast

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The report of the Security Council mission to Djibouti (on Somalia), the Sudan, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Côte d'Ivoire, 31 May to 10 June 2008, has been issued (S/2008/460). The report summarizes the discussions held in each country and presents the findings and recommendations of the mission. Annexes include the terms of reference and composition of the mission. A full list of the Security Council missions since 1993 is available in the UN-I-QUE database.

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April 11

UNHCR And Google Earth: "Google Earth Outreach"

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The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has annnounced a new UNHCR and Google Earth initiative "Google Earth Outreach" that was launched in Geneva on 8 April 2008. The programme gives the humanitarian agencies an opportunity to virtually zoom in on specific refugee situations and provides a tool for a close-up view of some of the major displacement crises and humanitarian efforts. Currently the programme is focused on Chad/Darfur, Colombia and Iraq with plans to expand further.

According to UNHCR technical experts, the Google Earth programme, as it grows "will allow UNHCR and its humanitarian partners to build and share with each other a visual, geographic record of their joint efforts on the ground to help refugees".
Read the UNHCR press-release or see the Google Earth Outreach from the UNHCR website (the Google Earth has to be installed first). UN Pulse  Permanent Link: UNHCR and Google Earth