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Hajj Hassan from Rome says Lebanon awaits exceptional European treatmen

Rome - NNA

Minister of Industry, Hussein Hajj Hassan, currently heading a Lebanese delegation to Rome, held a meeting with Pietro Sebastiani, the General Director for Cooperation and Development at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. The meeting had been an occasion to assess the existing Lebanese-Italian cooperation agreements, as well as the means to double finances allocated in supportRead more

UN: Number of Syrian Refugees Tops 5 million

Geneva - Arab Today

The number of Syrians who have fled their country after six years of war has surpassed the five-million mark, the United Nations refugee agency said Thursday. "We still have a long road to travel in expanding resettlement and the number and range of complementary pathways available for refugees," said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi. "To meet this challenge,Read more

UN: Number of Syrian Refugees Tops 5 million

Geneva - Arab Today

New UN chief Antonio Guterres pledges to ‘put peace first’

United Nations - ArabToday

Antonio Guterres took the reins of the United Nations on New Year’s Day, promising to be a “bridge-builder” but facing an antagonistic incoming U.S. administration led by Donald Trump who thinks the world body’s 193 member states do nothing except talk and have a good time. The former Portuguese prime minister and U.N. refugee chief told reporters after being sworn-inRead more

Refugee children tour Christmas village in Athens, Greece

Athens - ArabToday

About 65 refugee children hosted at a hotel in Athens were given a tour here on Saturday at the Christmas village set up by the municipality of Nea Philadelphia ahead of the holidays. source: XinhuaRead more

UN chief calls for collective response to address refugee crisis

New York - Arab Today

The United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for collective response to address the current unprecedented worldwide refugee crisis while marking the World Refugee Day which falls on Monday. In his message for the day, Ban said more than 1 million refugees arrived in Europe across the Mediterranean last year, but meanwhile divisive political rhetoric on migration issues and growing xenophobiaRead more