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29 Apr 2013

World + 55 others
Global Overview 2012: People internally displaced by conflict and violence

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— Norwegian Refugee Council, Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre
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Around 6.5 million people were newly displaced, almost twice as many as the 3.5 million during 2011. The conflicts in Syria and DRC were responsible for around half of the new displacements.

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18 Feb 2013

World + 41 others
Global emergency overview snapshot - 11 - 18 February 2013

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— Assessment Capacities Project
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The number of Syrian refugees continued to rise, amounting to a total of 830,675, an increase of around 38,500 newly registered refugees or individuals awaiting registration in a week

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14 May 2012

Algeria + 39 others
African Elections 2012

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— International Peace Institute

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02 Nov 2011

World + 9 others
21st century proving to be ‘century of people on the move’, innovative approaches needed to address new patterns of forced displacement, Third Committee told

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— UN General Assembly
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GA/SHC/4024

Sixty-sixth General Assembly
Third Committee
38th Meeting (PM)

Refugee Head Says Humanitarian Crisis in Horn of Africa ‘Worst I Have Seen’; In Such Challenging Circumstances ‘We Must Recognize Our Shared Responsibility’

The twenty-first century was “proving to be a century of people on the move”, and innovative approaches were needed to address new patterns of forced displacement, the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, Cultural) was told today by the head of the United Nations refugee agency.

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02 Nov 2011

World + 9 others
« Le XXIe siècle est le siècle de la mobilité humaine », déclare le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés devant la Troisième Commission

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— UN General Assembly
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AG/SHC/4024

Troisième Commission
38e séance - après-midi

Avec de nouvelles formes de déplacement dans un monde où la croissance démographique et l’augmentation de la mobilité, conjuguées à une multitude de facteurs sociaux, économiques, politiques, environnementaux et liés aux droits de l’homme, entraînent des mouvements de population, « le XXIe siècle est le siècle de la mobilité humaine », a déclaré aujourd’hui, devant la Troisième Commission, le Haut-Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, M. Antonio Guterres.

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07 Dec 2009

Algeria + 28 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 62

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— World Health Organization
As of December 07, 2009, 09H00 GMT, 29 countries have officially reported 16,031 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 109 deaths. The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

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Newly confirmed From November 30 to December 06
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04 Dec 2009

Algeria + 19 others
Emergency Transboundary Outbreak Pest (ETOP) situation update for Nov with a forecast till mid-Jan, 2010

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— US Agency for International Development
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The Desert Locust situation continued developing in western Mauritania in early to mid-November. The national locust control center (CNLA) treated close to 9,560 during this month (close to 13,770 ha since 11 September, 2009). CNLA staff and three survey specialists - two from Morocco and one from Libya continued operations in Mauritania in November. Treatable targets declined towards the end of the month as large numbers of hoppers were controlled and those that escaped fledged and adults continued migrating further north into southern Morocco and northern Mauritania.

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30 Nov 2009

Algeria + 28 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 61

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— World Health Organization
As of November 30, 2009, 09H00 GMT, 29 countries have officially reported 15,887 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 108 deaths. The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.
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Newly confirmed From November 23 to 29
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23 Nov 2009

Algeria + 28 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 60

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— World Health Organization
As of November 23, 2009, 09H00 GMT, 29 countries have officially reported 15503 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 104 deaths. The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

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Newly confirmed From November 16 to 22
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16 Nov 2009

Algeria + 28 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 59

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— World Health Organization
As of November 16, 2009, 09H00 GMT, 29 countries have officially reported 14,950 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 103 deaths. The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

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Newly confirmed From November 09 to 15
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09 Nov 2009

Algeria + 27 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 58

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— World Health Organization
As of November 09, 2009, 09H00 GMT, 29 countries have officially reported 14868 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 103 deaths.

The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

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Newly confirmed From November 02 to 08
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04 Nov 2009

Algeria + 26 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 57

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— World Health Organization
As of November 04, 2009, 17H00 GMT, 27 countries have officially reported 14580 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 76 deaths.

The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

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Newly confirmed From November 02 to 08
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01 Nov 2009

Algeria + 26 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 56

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— World Health Organization
As of November 01, 2009, 17H00 GMT, 27 countries have officially reported 14480 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 76 deaths.

The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

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Newly confirmed From October 26 to November 01
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30 Oct 2009

Algeria + 100 others
El estado de la inseguridad alimentaria en el mundo 2009

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— Food and Agriculture Organization, World Food Programme
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Mensajes principales

El estado de la inseguridad alimentaria en el mundo 2009 es el 10.=BA informe de situación de la FAO sobre el hambre en el mundo desde la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Alimentación (CMA) de 1996. En el informe se destaca el hecho de que, incluso antes de que se produjeran la crisis alimentaria y la crisis económica, el n=FAmero de personas que padecían hambre había aumentado lenta pero constantemente. Sin embargo, el inicio de estas crisis provocó el incremento pronunciado del n=FAmero de personas que padecen hambre en el mundo.

Como resultado de la crisis económica

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27 Oct 2009

Algeria + 26 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 55

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— World Health Organization
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As of October 27, 2009, 09H00 GMT, 27 countries have officially reported 14,109 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 76 deaths.

The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

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Newly confirmed From October 19 to October 25
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19 Oct 2009

Algeria + 25 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 54

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— World Health Organization
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As of October 19, 2009, 09H00 GMT, 26 countries have officially reported 13536 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 75 deaths.

The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

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Newly confirmed From October 12 to 18
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13 Oct 2009

Algeria + 25 others
Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 in the African region: Update 53

Report
— World Health Organization
As of October 13, 2009, 17H00 GMT, 26 countries have officially reported 13297 laboratory confirmed human cases of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 including 75 deaths.

The breakdown of confirmed cases and deaths by country is given in the table below.

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Newly confirmed From October 12 to 18
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