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web Photo: M.Bernard/UNHCR BAGHDAD, - Local aid organisations on 12 May joined the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in appealing to international donors for US$127 million to help Iraqi internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees until the end of 2008. "These are international commitments and must be honoured by the donors," said Basil al-Azawi, head of the Iraqi Commission for Civil Society Enterprises, a coalition of over 1,000 Iraqi non-governmental organisations (NGOs). "And apart from this, we call on the Iraqi government not to depend solely on international aid and to shoulder its...
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