Naypyitaw has closed the list of armed groups to be invited to sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) at 16, according to U Aung Min, Vice Chairman of the Union Peacemaking Work Committee (UPWC) and Minister for President’s Office yesterday. “That doesn’t mean we should leave out the remai...

RANGOON — As Thailand’s Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak visited Burma, Thai and Burmese officials signed 16 bilateral business memoranda of understanding (MOUs) on Thursday in Naypyidaw. The 16 MOUs in six different business sectors were designed to foster greater cooperation between Th...

The National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K) is firm on not signing the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) with the Myanmar Army (Tatmadaw) in spite of 'repeated aggression' by Naypidaw, News18 reported. According to NSCN-K, they want to continue their fight for ‘sovereignty’ o...

Montenegro’s Human Rights Ombudsman and UNHCR signed a Technical Cooperation Agreement, with the aim of carrying out joint activities in the area of protection and promotion of human rights of asylum seekers, refugees, displaced persons and stateless persons.

At least 750,000 people are stateless or at risk of statelessness in West Africa. Children account for 60% of this figure. DAKAR, SENEGAL, 19 December 2014 (UNHCR) – UNHCR’s Regional Representation in Dakar just completed this week an in-depth training on the topic of statelessness for over 30 jour...