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Baby born displaced finds shelter thanks to UNHCR

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Rahma, who was born in a public park, and her mother, Salma.

How small Moldova ran one of Europe´s largest campaigns to prevent and address statelessness

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Born to Belarusian parents in 1945, Maria Gandrabura came to the Soviet Republic of Moldova in 1964 where she married a...

‘Horrified’ by immense human suffering in Syria, UN relief chief urges all parties to protect civilians

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UN humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien (3rd left) visits the city of Homs, Syria.

UNHCR assisting displaced families on the pacific coast of Colombia

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A young boy waits while his family is given humanitarian assistance in Lopez de Micay, Colombia.