Actions must speak louder than words: five asks to achieve equity in vaccine delivery
Joint UN/ Red Cross/Red Crescent Statement NEW YORK / GENEVA – In June 2020, a few months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the United Nations and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement jointly called on governments, the private sector, international and...
More than 60,000 Burundian refugees voluntarily return home this year
This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Shabia Mantoo – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. A convoy carrying 343 Burundian refugees returned to the country from Uganda on...
UNHCR restarts operation to help return of refugees from the Central African Republic
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has restarted an operation to help thousands of people who fled as refugees from the Central African Republic (CAR) to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), return voluntarily to their home country. On Friday 250 refugees left Mole...