U.N. refugee chief warns world powers not to forget Syria conflict


  • World
  • Wednesday, 12 Mar 2014

A view of a damaged mosque in old Aleppo March 11, 2014. REUTERS/Mahmoud Hebbo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the United Nation's refugee agency said on Tuesday it must be ready in case Ukraine's crisis causes refugees to flee Crimea, but his biggest worry is that "a total disaster" could occur if the international community diverts its attention away from Syria's conflict.

Antonio Guterres, the head of the U.N.'s High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), said in an interview that little progress was being made in efforts by the United States and Russia, now at loggerheads over Ukraine, to bring Syria's warring sides together after the collapse of talks in Geneva last month.

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