Major Conference on Iraq to be in Geneva in mid-April

The UN has confirmed that the major conference on Iraq planned for next month will be held in Geneva: “The UN refugee agency says that invitations have now gone out to more than 190 governments, 65 international organizations and some 60 NGOs for next month’s international humanitarian conference on refugees and displaced persons in Iraq and neighbouring countries. The April 17-18 ministerial-level meeting will be held in Geneva in the Palais des Nations. It will examine the humanitarian dimensions of the displacement crisis, identify the enormous needs, and seek to forge a common international effort to address those needs, including through sharing the burden that’s now being borne by neighbouring states. It will also seek targeted responses to specific, urgent humanitarian problems, including immediate solutions for those who are particularly vulnerable both inside and outside Iraq.”
http://www.un.org/News/briefings/docs/2007/db070320.doc.htm

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