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Remarks of the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Edem Wosornu – 77th session of the Executive Committee
In her first address to UNHCR’s Executive Committee as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, Edem Wosornu warned that record displacement, protracted crises and shrinking resources are placing unprecedented strain on the international protection system.
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees opening remarks to the 77th session of the Executive Committee
In his opening remarks to UNHCR’s 77th Executive Committee session, High Commissioner Barham Salih warns that global displacement continues to outpace solutions, with more than 117 million people forced from their homes.
UNHCR calls for urgent investment as displacement crisis deepens across Central Sahel
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is increasingly concerned about the deepening displacement crisis in the Central Sahel, with nearly 4 million people uprooted across Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, including more than 818,000 refugees and asylum-seekers.
Focus on what works: One researcher’s journey to improve health for people forced to flee
Landry Kalembo’s experience of displacement is driving him to ask whose stories are captured in health research, and what happens when they aren’t.
UNHCR chief highlights the power of opportunity for displaced people across Mexico, Peru and Venezuela
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Barham Salih has concluded a seven-day visit to Mexico, Peru and Venezuela by underscoring Latin America’s enduring leadership in protecting people forced to flee.
UNHCR: 5.8 million refugee children still out of school as funding cuts threaten hard-won progress
Nearly 6 million refugee children were out of school worldwide in 2025, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned today, as deepening funding cuts threaten to shut millions more out of classrooms and reverse years of progress in refugee education.
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