News comment: Death of former High Commissioner Jean-Pierre Hocké
Former UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Jean-Pierre Hocké, who led the UN Refugee Agency from 1986 to 1989, passed away on Monday in Lausanne, Switzerland. Prior to becoming UNHCR’s sixth High Commissioner in 1986, Mr. Hocké, a Swiss national, served as Director of...
UNHCR and WFP warn refugees in Africa face hunger and malnutrition as COVID-19 worsens food shortages
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the World Food Programme (WFP) are warning that severe underfunding, conflict and disasters – as well as supply chain challenges, rising food prices and loss of income due to COVID19 – threaten to leave millions of refugees...
UN Refugee Chief welcomes South Sudan’s government of national unity
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi welcomes the formation of a long-awaited unity government in South Sudan, bringing political rivals together to work for lasting peace. The new government follows the ‘Revitalised agreement on the resolution of...