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The PEP Launches New and Improved Web Resource for Peacekeeping Advocates
May 13, 2010 | Ron Capps

A few years ago, in 2001, some Washington DC-based advocacy groups thought the time was right to ask Congress to support a standing United Nations peace support force. That force, widely known as the UN Emergency Peace Service, hasn't come to pass and likely won't. But the mechanism the advocates set up to support their cause, the Partnership for Effective Peacekeeping (PEP), does exist and will for the foreseeable future.

Celebrating our 31st Anniversary
May 11, 2010 | Sara Fusco
On an incredible evening at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington, DC, Refugees International celebrated our 31st anniversary and our first-ever ‘green’ gala. Sam Waterston, our favorite emcee and newly-appointed vice-chair of our Board of Directors, welcomed over 500 guests who gathered to recognize humanitarians for the passion they have shown and the change they have achieved in tackling the world’s humanitarian needs.
Tanzania: Protracted Refugee Situation Addressed in Part by Strategic Use of Resettlement
May 10, 2010 | Elizabeth Campbell

Last month the Government of Tanzania announced it would grant citizenship to 162,000 refugees, completing a naturalization process that began two years ago. Up to 500,000 Burundian refugees sought asylum in Tanzania following the 1972 civil war. The local integration of some of these refugees helped to address one of the world's most protracted refugee situations.

Congress Shouldn’t Shortchange the Victims of Conflict, Oppression and Natural Disasters
May 07, 2010 | Dawn Calabia

The Senate Budget Committee recently refused to support increases requested by President Obama for next year’s Foreign Aid account. The Committee cut $4 billion from the $58.5 billion proposed . These cuts happened despite increasing recognition that the civilian agencies responsible for diplomacy, development and humanitarian aid are grossly underfunded.

Pakistan: Supporting a War Without Laws?
May 04, 2010 | Renata Rendón | Tagged as: Pakistan

Two weeks ago there was a devastating attack in an Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Pakistan. A suicide bomber blew himself up as displaced families lined up to receive assistance. A few minutes later another bomber detonated his explosives in the middle of the crowd that had gathered. More than 40 people were killed and approximately 70 injured.