74th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme – Statement by Ms Gillian Triggs, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
Mister Chair, Excellencies, ladies and gentlemen, colleagues, The High Commissioner’s Note on International Protection this year takes its inspiration from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, agreed 75 years ago. For it was the Declaration that first affirmed...
UNHCR and ANTA Group partner to empower young refugees through learning and sport
Under ‘Moving for Change’ partnership, ANTA Group will contribute 1.2 million items of clothing and at least $1.5 million to support UNHCR sports and education programmes GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and ANTA Group today launched a new partnership...
High Commissioner’s opening statement to the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme
Madam Chair, Vice Chairs, Rapporteur, Distinguished delegates, including our newest member, Angola, The shocking images of the appalling attacks carried out by Hamas against Israeli civilians have filled our screens in the last 48 hours. We are now witnessing another...
Rohingya refugee volunteers combat stresses of camp life with mental health support
Equipped with training by UNHCR, Rohingya refugees and local Bangladeshis are delivering counselling and awareness-raising on mental health By Shahirah Majumdar in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh Nur Kalam, 21, sits cross-legged on the floor of a community health centre...
UN and partners appeal for US$97 million to respond to urgent needs of refugees and their hosts in Armenia
GENEVA – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, with UN agencies and NGO partners, is appealing for US$97 million to provide urgent humanitarian aid and protection to refugees and those generously hosting them in Armenia, in support of the government-led response....
As Sudan conflict rages on, health crisis hits displacement camps
Nearly six months of conflict has pushed Sudan’s health system to breaking point. In overcrowded camps, infectious diseases are spreading and child deaths are on the rise By Omer Elnaiem in White Nile State, Sudan At the entrance to the living room in their...
A decade after the Lampedusa shipwreck, the continuing tragedies need to end
Joint statement by the Coordinator of the UN Network on Migration, Amy E. Pope, and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi When a boat crammed with over 500 women, men, and children sank off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa 10...
UNHCR welcomes generous US decision on refugee resettlement, urges other countries to step up
WASHINGTON – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, commends the United States for its decision to admit up to 125,000 refugees for resettlement over the fiscal year beginning October 2023, highlighting the global need for safe and legal pathways for those forcibly displaced....