News comment: UNHCR urges action as famine is declared in Sudan
This statement is attributed to Mamadou Dian Balde, Regional Refugee Coordinator for the Sudan situation and UNHCR’s Regional Director for the East and Horn of Africa and Great Lakes region The warning signs were there for months. Now we have the tragic confirmation...
Speech by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at the University of Nairobi
Dear Vice-Chancellor, Dear Principal Secretary, Dear students, Ambassadors, Colleagues: from the UN and Resident Coordinator — from the aid community — from UNHCR, Ladies and gentlemen: What a privilege and a great pleasure to be here today! I have been looking...
UNHCR warns against apathy and inaction amid spike in forced displacement
Overall numbers rise to 120 million by May 2024; conflicts from Sudan to Gaza and Myanmar are creating new displacement and urgently require resolution OTTAWA – The 2024 Global Trends Report from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, reveals a historic surge in forced...