High Commissioner’s closing statement to the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme
Thank you, Madam Chair. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights sets out in Article 1 that, I quote, “all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of...
World Bank-UNHCR Data Sharing Agreement to Improve Assistance to the Forcibly Displaced
GENEVA/WASHINGTON/COPENHAGEN – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Bank today signed a new global data sharing framework agreement that will provide both organizations with quicker access to data, improving the timeliness of humanitarian aid and development...
UNHCR: Global refugee resettlement needs grow in 2024
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, has anticipated a significant rise in global refugee resettlement needs for next year. According to the Projected Global Resettlement Needs Assessment for 2024 released today, over 2.4 million refugees will be in need of...