The heads of the OECD and UNHCR, at a joint high-level Conference on the integration of beneficiaries of international protection in Paris today, have called on governments to scale up their efforts to help refugees integrate and contribute to the societies and economies of Europe. In 2015, more ...

The lives of people living along the Salween River still face the risk of being adversely impacted by developments in the river basin, environment campaigners said on the International Day of Action for Rivers yesterday. Local communities along the Salween River in both Thailand and Myanmar mark...

The Union Election commission (UEC) will seek help from civil Service organizations and local election observers to ensure an accurate voter lists for future elections, UEC chairman U Hla Thein told a workshop on rights and responsibilities of local election observers held in Nay Pyi taw yesterday. ...

The United Arab Emirates and the UN Refugees Agency have signed a US$4 million agreement to provide emergency relief to South Sudanese refugees in Uganda. The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, MoFAIC, indicated that the signing of the agreement marks the culmination o...