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UNITED NATIONS, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations refugee agency on Friday warmly welcomed the announcement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) of the refugees who will compete as a team in the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.


The team includes two Syrian swimmers, two judokas from the Democratic Republic of Congo, and six runners from Ethiopia and South Sudan, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a press release.


All of the members of the team have fled violence and persecution in their countries and sought refuge in places as wide-ranging as Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Kenya and Brazil, said the press release.


The first-ever refugee team will enter the opening ceremony in the Maracana Stadium before the host Brazil and under the Olympic flag. Throughout the Games, they will be treated as any other team, but will have expenses paid by the IOC.


The 2016 Summer Olympics is a major international multi-sport event in the tradition of the Olympic Games due to take place in Brazil on Aug. 5 to 21.


""We are very inspired by the Refugee Olympic Athletes team - having had their sporting careers interrupted, these high-level refugee athletes will finally have the chance to pursue their dreams,"" said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.


""Their participation in the Olympics is a tribute to the courage and perseverance of all refugees in overcoming adversity and building a better future for themselves and their families. UNHCR stands with them and with all refugees,"" he said.


UNHCR stressed that the initiative comes at a time when more people than ever are being forced by conflict and persecution into fleeing their homes, underscoring that the global population of refugees, internally displaced people and asylum seekers reached a record 59.5 million at the end of 2014 and has continued rising since.


""The initiative to send a refugee team to the Rio Games is unprecedented and sends a strong message of support and hope for refugees worldwide,"" UNHCR said.


UNHCR also said that the participation of a refugee team in the Olympics represents a major milestone in its long-standing partnership with the IOC.


""This relationship, which dates back 20 years, has been instrumental in promoting the role of sports in the development and well-being of refugees, particularly children, all over the world,"" UNHCR said.


Through joint projects, the organizations have supported youth programmes and sporting activities in at least 20 countries, rehabilitated sporting fields in several refugee camps, and provided sports kits to refugee youth, the UN agency noted.


The announcement of the refugee team coincides with the launch of UNHCR's #WithRefugees campaign, which is an integral element of the UNHCR-IOC partnership for the 2016 Rio Games. The cornerstone of the campaign is a petition asking governments to ensure that every refugee child gets an education, that every refugee family has somewhere safe to live, and that every refugee can work or learn new skills to make a positive contribution to their community, UNHCR said.


The petition will be handed in before the UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants, scheduled for Sept. 19 at UN Headquarters in New York.

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RIGA nike air max 2018 nz , July 11 (Xinhua) -- Dressed in traditional costumes typical of each region of Latvia, schoolchildren from across the Baltic country gathered in the capital city Riga this week for the XI School Youth Song and Dance Festival.


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Tickets to the festival's shows and concerts sold out quickly but Latvia's public television organized live broadcasts of the main events.




ISLAMABAD, Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 people including four security personnel were injured in a blast near a hospital in Pakistan's southwest Quetta city on Thursday morning, local Urdu media and officials said.


Sarfraz Bugti, the Home Minister of Balochistan province, with Quetta as capital city, said that a roadside planted bomb was detonated by a remote controlled device when the squad of a religious court judge was passing by it near Al-Khair hospital of the city.


He said that the judge remained safe in the attack, however the bomb hit one of the vehicles of his convoy, injuring four security personnel of the squad.


Bugti said that an estimated .
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