Military tensions between Burmese government forces and the Karen National Union (KNU) will be addressed at talks next week, both sides agreed at a preliminary meeting hosted yesterday by the Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) in Hpapun, northern Karen State. KNU representative Maj-Gen Saw Isaac Po...

UNHCR is concerned by recent restrictive practices adopted in a number of European countries that are placing additional undue hardships on refugees and asylum-seekers across Europe, creating chaos at several border points, and putting particular pressure on Greece as it struggles to deal with large...

The Bank organized a two-day forum in Abidjan to explore, among other issues, how to better support countries affected by displacements of populations. ABIDJAN, CÔTE D’IVOIRE, 12 January 2017 (UNHCR) – The UN Refugee Agency has called for greater solidarity with forcibly displaced populations in ...

The Myanmar government has decided to launch a birth registration week in three states as a pilot project before a nationwide coverage to ensure all births are registerd. With technical and financial support from the UN Children's Fund (Unicef) and the European Union (EU), the pilot project for ...

The powerful Karen National Union (KNU) has called for a cessation of hostilities between the Tatmadaw, a Border Guard Force (BGF) group and a splinter faction of the Democratic Karen Benevolent Army (DKBA), following recent clashes in the Mae Tha Wor area of Kayin State’s Hpapun township. The KN...