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	<title>United States Mission Geneva &#187; Refugees</title>
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		<title>Interactive Dialogue on Internally Displaced Persons, Arbitrary Detentions, and Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances</title>
		<link>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2010/03/16/u-s-statement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arbitary Detention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States agrees that protecting IDPs remains one of the greatest humanitarian challenges facing the international community today. We recognize the importance of the Representative’s visits to more than 20 countries with conflict-induced internal displacement, and we appreciate his work to highlight key concerns with these visits. The United States will continue to advocate for improved humanitarian access where it is unduly restricted by violence against humanitarian workers or bureaucratic red tape.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Announces an Additional Contribution of $55 Million to UNRWA for Palestinian Refugees</title>
		<link>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2010/03/12/us-to-assist-palestinian-refugees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Public Affairs Office - DGN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration Eric P. Schwartz welcomed Filippo Grandi, recently appointed Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), to Washington DC on March 11, 2010, and announced that the U.S. will make an additional planned contribution of $55 million to UNRWA.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Contributes $40 Million to UNRWA for Palestine Refugees in the Near East</title>
		<link>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2010/02/04/u-s-contributes-40-million-to-unrwa-for-palestine-refugees-in-the-near-east/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:40:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Public Affairs Office - DGN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States announced today that it is making an initial contribution of $40 million to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) to support UNRWA’s regular budget and emergency programs in the West Bank and Gaza.]]></description>
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		<title>Cambodia&#8217;s Forcible Return of Uighurs to China</title>
		<link>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2009/12/19/cambodias-forcible-return-of-uighurs-to-china/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Public Affairs Office - DGN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On December 19, the Royal Government of Cambodia, at the request of China, forcibly removed a group of 20 Uighur asylum seekers back to China in apparent violation of Cambodia’s international obligations.]]></description>
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		<title>Photo Gallery:  Multi-Donor Mission to Eastern Sudan</title>
		<link>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2009/11/18/eastern-sudan/</link>
		<comments>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2009/11/18/eastern-sudan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:12:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Public Affairs Office - PLP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo Galleries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Refugees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photo Gallery: U.S. Mission Refugee and Migration Affairs Attaché  Melissa Pitotti participated in a multi-donor mission to Eastern Sudan from October 10 - 16, 2009. Organized by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), participants saw one of the oldest refugee situations in the world, and explored opportunities for refugees to become self-reliant.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Outlines New Sudan Strategy</title>
		<link>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2009/10/20/sudanstrategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 09:54:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Public Affairs Office - WCL</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Secretary Clinton (Oct. 19): "The Sudan policy we are outlining today is the result of an intensive review across the United States Government.... It reflects the Administration's seriousness, sense of urgency, and collective agreement about how best to address the complex challenges that have prevented resolution of the crisis in Darfur and full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement."]]></description>
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		<title>Remarks by Secretary Clinton on World Refugee Day 2009</title>
		<link>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2009/06/20/refugeedayremarks/</link>
		<comments>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2009/06/20/refugeedayremarks/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Public Affairs Office - DGN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around the world today, millions of people endure war, genocide, famine and natural disasters. Often, they are forced to flee in search of safety, seeking temporary shelter until they can return home and rebuild their lives. But for many refugees and other displaced people, the homes they loved are gone forever.]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Set to Provide Additional $200 million in IDP Humanitarian Assistance</title>
		<link>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2009/06/03/pakistanaid/</link>
		<comments>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2009/06/03/pakistanaid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Public Affairs Office - DGN</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Aid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Islamabad, June 3, 2009 -- The U.S. government is set to provide an additional $200 million in urgent humanitarian assistance to aid internally displaced persons (IDPs) in North West Frontier Province.
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		<title>Current Results of Texting Campaign for Humanitarian Aid to Pakistan</title>
		<link>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2009/06/02/texting-pakistan/</link>
		<comments>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2009/06/02/texting-pakistan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:48:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Office of Public Affairs</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees reported that as of June 1, 2009, a total of $135,008 in private donations from U.S. sources for humanitarian aid to Pakistan had been received. Of that total, $31,390 was received via 5,722 text messages. ]]></description>
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		<title>Statement by Robert Wood: Durban Review Conference: U.S. Position</title>
		<link>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2009/04/14/durban/</link>
		<comments>http://geneva.usmission.gov/2009/04/14/durban/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 09:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Office of Public Affairs</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arms Control]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United States welcomes the recent progress that has been made through the efforts of many delegations, governments and officials in the formulation of the draft outcome document for the Durban Review Conference on April 20. .... There remain, however, elements of the current draft text that continue to pose significant concerns. ]]></description>
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