This is a summary of what was said by the UNHCR spokesperson at today’s Palais des Nations press briefing in Geneva. Further information can be found on the UNHCR websites, www.unhcr.org and www.unhcr.fr, which should also be checked for regular media updates on non-briefing days UNHCR urges CAR’...

GENEVA (6 October 2016) – A delegation of the United Nations Working Group on the use of mercenaries will visit the Central African Republic from 10 to 19 October 2016 to gather information on the activities of mercenaries and foreign fighters that have been engaged in the conflict there. The Group...

The renowned soprano visits Damba camp in northern Burkina Faso to raise awareness about the refugees in Africa’s Sahel region and to help raise funds. By: Helene Caux, ed. Leo Dobbs | 9 July 2012 | Français DAMBA CAMP, Burkina Faso, July 9 (UNHCR) - Renowned soprano Barbara Hendricks has ...

The head of UNHCR’s Executive Committee, Ambassador Hisham Badr of Egypt, will be visiting refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya starting this Sunday week to see for himself the situation there amid the ongoing crisis in the Horn of Africa. <p>The visit follows High Commissioner António Guterres’ m...

16 May 2017 – During his first working visit to Mali, United Nations peacekeeping chief Jean-Pierre Lacroix met today in the capital, Bamako, with President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and other senior Malian officials, whom he thanked for their constructive and sustained cooperation with the UN integrat...

The United Nations Assistant High Commissioner (Protection), Mr. Volker Türk, concluded on Wednesday a two-day visit to Myanmar, during which he called for unrestricted humanitarian access for communities in need, and for the voluntary return of refugees in safety and dignity.