UNHCR

World Refugee Day Breakfast 2009

It's time once again for our annual World Refugee Day Breakfast!  

Please join us in celebrating World Refugee Day with an inspiring breakfast event. Our guest speaker will be Australia for UNHCR's Patron, Her Excellency Governor-General of Australia Ms Quentin Bryce AC.  

Details are:

June 19, 7:30am-9am Grand Ballroom, The Westin Sydney

Ticket price: $100

Please make sure you mark the date in your diary!

Funds raised will go to UNHCR's Emergency Appeal for Sri Lanka and Pakistan. More details to follow shortly.

If you'd like to make a booking please ring us on 1300 361 288.

Or email Barbara Smith - bsmith@australiaforunhcr.org.au

Refugee Film Festival

Celebrate refugee week with a free event!

Friends of STARTTS presents a Refugee Film Festival.

Venue:

264 Pitt Street, Sydney CBD from 2pm for the Refugee Film Festival, Refugee Art Exhibition and Humanitarian Awards on 14 June 2009.

Click on the PDF below for more information.

For more information visit: http://www.friendsofstartts.org.au/

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City 2 Surf 2009

If you're keen for a challenge, why not run in the City2Surf on August 9 and raise valuable funds for refugees at the same time?

Registering to run

Registrations are now open at http://www.city2surf.com.au/

Register yourself as an individual.

If you need any advice on registering to run please contact Liam Walsh at lwalsh@australiaforunhcr.org.au or phone 1300 361 288.

Setting up your fundraising page

Once you've registered to participate, the fundraising is easy using our purpose-built page: http://www.everydayhero.com.au/event/unhcrc2s

To fundraise as an individual, just create your own individual page. If you're planning to run with friends or work colleagues and fundraise as a team, you can also create a team page (or join an existing team if someone else has already registered your team).

If you need any assistance with registration please contact Liam Walsh at lwalsh@australiaforunhcr.org.au or phone 1300 361 288.

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PAKISTAN

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SRI LANKA

A UNHCR emergen

SOMALIA

NAIROBI, Kenya, April 14 (UNHCR) - Some 60,000 civilians have retur

PAKISTAN

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SUDAN

UNHCR obviously shares the deep concern of the Secretary-General an

AUSTRALIA

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PAKISTAN

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Thousands of Congolese civilians have fled their homes in north-eas

LRA ATTACKS

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PAKISTAN

NOWSHERA, Pakistan, January 7 (UNHCR) - For decades it was known as

GAZA CONFLICT

GENEVA, January 5 (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ant&o

DR CONGO

GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, November 28 (UNHCR) - The U

GEORGIA OSSETIA

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BANGLADESH

KUTUPALONG REFUGEE CAMP, Bangladesh, July 23 (UNHCR) - Far too ofte

ZIMBABWE

MUSINA, South Africa, July 11 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency said

MYANMAR

DANI SEIK, Myanmar, July 3 (UNHCR) - Still shattered by the cyclone

SOPHIE WELDON

Sophie Weldon is one of two UNHCR Special Youth Representatives for

WRD

 

GENEVA, June 20 (UNHCR) - As millions of people marked

UGANDA

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