Lebanon This is a summary of what was said by Ivo Freijsen, UNHCR Representative in Lebanon – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.

A project led by fishermen and internally displaced people in northern Colombia, is bringing an endangered ecosystem and a conflict-affected community back to life.

People forced to flee war, violence and persecution are increasingly finding themselves on the front line of the global ...

In eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a worsening humanitarian crisis is testing the resilience of displaced people.

TERMEZ, UZBEKISTAN – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and LONGi Green Technology Co Ltd, a global leader in solar technology, have completed a groundbreaking project to solarize the UNHCR Regional ...

BAKU – UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, unveiled today the “Refugees for Climate Action” network, an initiative designed to amplify the voices of displaced communities in the global climate debate. The ...

As world leaders gather at the COP29 summit, climate change has reduced the availability of natural resources in Nigeria, aggravating clashes between communities in Benue State, and displacing some ...

As he collapsed under a desert tree, crippled by the searing pain from a bullet wound in his calf, and with gunfire still echoing in his burning village in Darfur, western Sudan, Abdoulaye had two ...

ADDIS ABABA/GENEVA/NEW YORK – The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have joined forces to ...

GENEVA – As we approach next week’s grim mark of 1,000 days since the Russian Federation’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the needs of civilians are growing amid intense attacks and as another ...