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High Commissioner’s statement at the International Conference in Support of Lebanon’s People and Sovereignty, Paris
The disaster in Lebanon has multiple humanitarian consequences. Displacement, as we heard, is one of the most catastrophic. Parts of the country have been depopulated. A fifth of the population has been displaced. And 430,000 people have crossed into Syria — 30 per cent Lebanese, 70 per cent Syrians: people who fled a war and are now fleeing another. I have seen myself a few days ago families at the border carrying what they can on their backs along a road destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.
News comment: UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for global support as more people flee to Uganda
This statement is attributable to Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees, on an official visit to Uganda.
Social media campaign tackles misinformation about treacherous Darién jungle
UNHCR’s ‘Trust the Toucan’ initiative uses social media to share testimonies from refugees and migrants who have survived the crossing with others considering the journey.
UN Refugee Agency partners with LIV Golf for its first-ever partnership in golf
Three-year partnership and $10 million commitment will support up to 1 million people of diverse ages, genders and abilities in displacement settings around the world.
High Commissioner’s closing statement to the seventy-fifth plenary session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme
As we conclude another session of the Executive Committee, let me thank all of you for your engagement, your support, and for the frank exchanges during the week. I, along with the senior UNHCR team, listened closely to every single one of your statements. And you heard me, I replied to all 152 statements during the general debate. I thank all those who have made efforts to keep the focus of our discussion firmly on issues of our immediate, humanitarian concern.
Grandi: UNHCR will uphold core mandate while seeking novel solutions
UN High Commissioner for Refugees wraps up Executive Committee meeting in Geneva with appeal for new approaches and funding to ensure sustainable support to refugees.
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