[RED DEMOCRATICA] CAR needs the world's attention, help, says UNHCR's Guterres

 

Quote of the Day | Excerpts from UN Dispatch | Trilateral talks underway in Geneva on Syrian conflict Created for eleccion@yahoogroups.com |  Web Version   February 13, 2014 FOLLOW THE UN FOUNDATION     News covering the UN and the world SIGN UP | FORWARD | ADVERTISE | DONATE Top Story CAR needs the world's attention, help, says UNHCR's Guterres The violence and social unrest in the Central African Republic has created an overwhelming humanitarian crisis that requires global help, says Antonio Guterres, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. "The Central African Republic is falling through the cracks of international attention. This cannot be allowed to happen," he says. 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