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ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan – The head of the U.N. refugee agency says deepening humanitariancrises across the Middle East and North Africa combined withpersistent global economic woes have created a "nightmarescenario." U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said theformation of a broad crisis area across Africa encompassing Libya,Nigeria, Mauritania and Somalia poses a major threat to globalpeace and security. "We feel there are more and more needs, and we see that there arelimitations to mobilize the resources required to address thoseneeds," Guterres told The Associated Press in an interview on thesidelines of a conference in the Central Asian nation ofTurkmenistan devoted to the issue of refugees in the Islamic world. More than two-thirds of the 17.6 million displaced people worldwideare from and sheltered in Islamic countries, according to UNHCRfigures. Political unrest and civil conflict in countries such as Syria,Mali and newly independent South Sudan over the last year havefurther stretched thinly resourced humanitarian organizations. "There is no humanitarian solution for these problems. The solutionis political, and it is essential that the international communitycomes together to be able to quickly promote effective politicalsolutions in each of these situations," Guterres said. Last week saw a major breakthrough in efforts to ease one theworld's most enduring humanitarian crises when international donorspledged $1.9 billion to help rebuild the lives of almost 9 millionformer and current Afghan refugees. The plan thrashed out at a conference in Geneva is to initiallyfocus on providing schools and jobs and meeting other basic needsfor the 5.7 million Afghans who have returned to their homeland. Some 2 million Afghans remain in Pakistan, and 1 million in Iran,and the plan also is intended to help resettle those who wish toreturn home. But while Syria and Afghanistan have gained significant globalattention, Guterres said the fallout of civil conflicts like thatin the Western African nation of Mali risks being overlooked. The government in Mali was toppled in a coup in March, compoundinginstability as tens of thousands of people were fleeing toneighboring countries because of attacks by a Tuareg rebel group.The Tuareg uprising that began in mid-January is being fueled byarms leftover from the civil war in neighboring Libya. Guterres warned developed nations against complacency and thedangers of allowing isolated crises to take on a pan-regionaldimension. "It is not only a matter of solidarity. It is a matter ofenlightened self-interest that should mobilize the internationalcommunity to address this crisis," he said. The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as 3D Cinema Systems , 3D Decoder Glasses, and more. For more , please visit Universal Active Shutter 3D Glasses today!
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