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High Commissioner’s opening speech at the Global Refugee Forum Progress Review 2025
On 15 December 2023, exactly two years ago, the Second Global Refugee Forum came to its conclusion. It certainly felt like a different time, and yet, in thinking ahead to the next Global Refugee Forum in 2027, in my closing remarks, I cautioned that – and I quote: “Let’s not have any illusions. The road there will not be smooth. There will be interruptions and obstacles. And we will have setbacks caused by storms of all kinds.”
UNHCR at 75 – keeping our collective promises alive
“Refugees, you are not alone.” That’s our message to you today – and every day. Right now, more than 117 million people remain forcibly displaced globally, having been forced to flee their homes. Every minute, someone escapes war or persecution just to survive.
UNHCR Nansen Award winners show compassion for refugees is alive and well
Four extraordinary individuals and a front-line national organization, who have demonstrated inspirational courage and compassion by helping those forced to flee, have won this year’s prestigious Nansen Refugee Award from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency.