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Lessons for future efforts in Transdniestrian settlement identified at OSCE seminar in Vienna

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Building confidence between both sides of the Dniestr/Nistru River is important for creating conditions for resolving the Transdniestrian...

As situation worsens, UN refugee agency sends more staff to Central African Republic

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Displaced people living in UNHCR tents at the Bangui Airport, Central African Republic (...

Syria conference to open 22 January in Montreux, UN confirms

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Khawla Mattar, Spokesperson for the Joint Special Representative of the UN and the League of Arab...

EU Agrees to Talks on Visa-free Travel for Turks

Ankara and the European Union have signed a much delayed agreement, under which Turkey will permit EU governments to send back migrants who have illegally entered the EU through Turkey. In return, Brussels has committed itself to talks on easing of...