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Iraq
UNHCR seeks 261 million dollars for Iraq appeal
2008-01-09
GENEVA - The United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday it was seeking 261 million dollars (177 million euros) this year to help more than 4 million people uprooted by the conflict in Iraq. The appeal will cover 2.2 million internally displaced people as well as two million refugees in neighbouring countries, principally Syria and Jordan, UN High Commissioner for Refugees spokesman Ron Redmond told journalists.

The UNHCR also cares for some 41,000 foreign refugees in Iraq, including some 13,000 Palestinians whose situation is extremely precarious following threats and attacks by armed groups.
Guess who's going to get the lion's share of the money?
In 2008, the UNHCR will focus on getting assistance to 400,000 of the most vulnerable IDPs, but it stressed that rampant insecurity means delivering this help is very difficult
Posted by:Steve White

#3  Guarantee ALL the money goes to help, no guarantee(With observers and oversight) No donation.
Posted by: Redneck Jim   2008-01-09 19:45  

#2  ask france for the money
Posted by: sinse   2008-01-09 09:42  

#1  The UNHCR also cares for some 41,000 foreign refugees in Iraq, including some 13,000 Palestinians...

Repatriate them back to the West Bank or, even better, Gaza.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2008-01-09 08:46  

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