In his encore, Mr. Bacon focused on alleviating the tragic circumstances facing individuals displaced by conflict and other disruptions.
Though U.N. offices have been repeatedly struck by insurgents in Afghanistan, the IOM, which helps relocate refugees displaced by conflict, hasn't been attacked in the past.
Since 1992, alliances with over 379 ground-breaking projects in 97 countries have brightened the lives of street children, child soldiers, young refugees and children displaced by conflict and natural disasters.
The UN secretary-general's special adviser on Burma, Vijay Nambiar, visited villagers displaced by the conflict on Sunday.
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced since the conflict was reignited.
Yesterday he said the U.S. is sending a huge aid package to help Georgians who are displaced by the conflict.
According to the United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), 2% of Colombians displaced by the conflict belong to indigenous ethnic groups.
Tens of thousands of people have been displaced since the conflict reignited.
They all belong to the Awa tribe: indigenous people displaced by the Colombian conflict who are trying to build a new life.
In total, more than 3, 000 Awa - almost 10% of their total number - have been displaced by the Colombian conflict during the last decade.
The conflict has left more than 70, 000 people dead and two million internally displaced, of a pre-conflict population of 20.7 million.
It also says that 30, 000 people have been displaced as a direct result of conflict this month.
Globally, the total number of displaced people has risen, with the conflict in Syria blamed for much of the spike.
The aid will also be directed to Tearfund's work in the Fizi territory of the DRC, providing water and sanitation facilities to people displaced by a flare-up in conflict in April.
The United Nations estimates as many as 300, 000 people have been killed and almost 3 million people have been displaced from their homes since the Darfur conflict broke out in 2003.
HUNTER-GAULT: Pronk, who has been involved in peace talks in Abuja, Nigeria, says the warring parties--two rebel factions and the government of Sudan--so far do not seem to be in a hurry to make peace in a region where some three million people are affected by the conflict, with some two million displaced and living in camps.
These include the adoption of a law to compensate victims of the long-running civil conflict and return land to millions of displaced people.
On Tuesday, the Senate approved a law to compensate victims of the country's long-running civil conflict and return land to millions of displaced people.
According to government estimates, 600, 000 people have died since the conflict began in Colombia, with millions more displaced.
Citing Sudanese government statistics, el-Bashir said fewer than 10, 000 people have died in the conflict and fewer than 500, 000 have been displaced.
Despite recent "positive developments" in Burma - including the release of political prisoners and an outline peace agreement with Karen rebels - the UK said there were "ongoing challenges", particularly the conflict in Rakhine state, where 100, 000 people have been displaced.
These families could be displaced due to earthquake, volcano, flood, hurricane, cyclone, tsunami or conflict.
The conflict has left more than 60, 000 people dead and two million internally displaced.
Now, the conflict has crossed Sudan's border into neighboring Chad, wreaking havoc among displaced Chadians forced to flee their homes in the east.
The conflict, which left more than two million people dead and hundreds of thousands displaced, forced Ajak to flee his country when he was just five years old.
The UN's refugees agency says the number of Syrians who have fled the conflict into neighbouring countries is now approaching one million, while two million have been internally displaced.
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