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  UNHCR launches global drive to end statelessness

  World | Nov 05, 2014, 07:46 AM IST

  Geneva: The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has launched a 10-year global campaign aimed at ending the statelessness which affects millions of people around the world.According to the UN refugee agency,

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  UN human rights chief visits Sri Lanka

  World | Aug 28, 2013, 07:03 AM IST

  Colombo:  UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay Tuesday visited parts of Sri Lanka's northern region which has been battered by 30 years of war between the Tamil Tigers and the military.Among the areas