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Press briefing with High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres. UNTV

Briefing the Security Council this morning, Antonio Guterres, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said the situations in the Sudan and the Great Lakes region encompassed many of the cross-cutting issues on the Council's agenda and that Sudan-Chad was probably the largest and most complex humanitarian problem on the globe. UNTV / UNHCR

Every day Ethiopians and Somalis brave the grueling desert road, by truck or on foot, to get to the Red Sea coast. They are about to take the gamble of their lives. In Bosasso port, where there is no functioning government, smugglers have a free hand to trade in drugs, guns, and people. UNHCR

The heads of three of the largest United Nations humanitarian agencies today urged the international community to match political progress in the Great Lakes region with a new commitment to end the suffering of the millions of people forgotten by the rest of the world. UN AGENCY POOL

The Queen and King of Norway paid an official visit to the headquarters of UNHCR Tuesday, where they were briefed on current humanitarian challenges faced by the UN Refugee Agency. UNHCR

U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres warns today the worsening situation in Sudan's Darfur region threatens to spark another round of massive displacement that could destabilize the entire region. UNHCR

The United Nations refugee agency warns the security situation throughout eastern Chad, where 213,000 Sudanese have sought shelter from the fighting in Darfur, remains extremely volatile as unidentified armed groups continue to target humanitarian workers. UNHCR

October 23rd marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution. In 1956, a student demonstration quickly gained momentum and turned into a full fledged uprising against communist rule. For a decade, Hungarians had suffered under a brutal Soviet occupation. UNHCR

The volatile situation in Eastern Chad has prompted the UN Refugee Agency and the World programme to issue a joint appeal for the rapid restoration of security in the region. UNHCR

UNHCR says by the end of the year one in ten in a country of almost 27 million Iraqis will have fled their homes. UNHCR