This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Melissa Fleming – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 9 October 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. High Commissioner António Guterres is scheduled to begin a two and a half-day mission to Greece tomorro...

President Muhammadu Buhari will begin a week-long official visit to Saudi Arabia and Qatar from Monday. Buhari, according to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, will be accompanied by a high-powered Federal Government delegation, including the Minister of Stat...

Slovakia appreciates the support of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in helping Ukraine and people fleeing war

By Nellie Peyton DAKAR, June 7 (Reuters) - An estimated 50,000 people have fled Boko Haram attacks in southeast Niger since Friday, the U.N. refugee agency said on Tuesday, adding to a humanitarian crisis caused by the spread of violence in the region. The Islamist group first took the town of...

A joint delegation representing the Burma Army, ethnic Karen rebels and the government-affiliated Myanmar Peace Center arrived in Colombia this week to study the country’s peace process. The delegation from Burma included senior Burmese military officials Lt-Gen Ye Aung and Maj-Gen Tun Tun Naug; ...

New York, Mar 5 : The United Nations on Friday, in a joint statement with other multilateral organizations, welcomed the final results of the second round of the presidential elections in the Central African Republic (CAR) announced earlier this week, congratulating President-elect Faustin-Archange ...

Press Releases, 20 April 2016 On Tuesday, a UNHCR team interviewed survivors of what could be one of the worst tragedies involving refugees and migrants in the last 12 months. If confirmed, as many as 500 people may have lost their lives when a large ship went down in the Mediterranean Sea at an ...

Rubber may be on the rebound in Mon State after Singapore signed a deal for 50,000 metric tons on Tuesday. A business-matchmaking session and exhibition featuring local rubber planters and producers was held in Mawlamyine, the state capital on November 14. Singapore signed the memorandum of under...