The 1961 Statelessness Convention: 60 years of promoting and protecting the right to a nationality
Ensuring the right to a nationality and eradicating statelessness is achievable and more pressing than ever, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, stressed today, as the international community marks the 60th anniversary of the adoption of the 1961 UN Convention on the...
UNHCR receives largest private sector contribution for Afghanistan crisis in 2021
The LEGO Foundation and KIRKBI, the owners of the LEGO Group, contribute 30 million DKK US$4.7 million) to support UNHCR’s emergency response in Afghanistan. Today, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes the announcement of a 30 million DKK (US$4.7 million)...
Afghanistan Humanitarian Crisis: A Timeline
Afghanistan is currently experiencing one of the biggest displacement crises in modern history—and is on course to witness the highest number of documented civilian casualties in a single year since the UN’s records began. Iran and Pakistan host nearly 90 per cent of...
Burundian taekwondo athlete set to make his mark at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
Parfait Hakizimana has overcome numerous challenges to take the stage in Tokyo as part of the Refugee Paralympic Team. By Catherine Wachiaya in Mahama refugee camp, Rwanda When Parfait Hakizimana first heard the news that he would be participating in the Tokyo 2020...
UNHCR warns that humanitarian needs in Afghanistan cannot be forgotten
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. UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is concerned about the prevailing humanitarian needs...
‘Climate action should be a major focus of emergency preparedness’
UNHCR has more than 17,800 staff working around the world. This World Humanitarian Day, meet Ehsanul Hoque, who works with the environment unit in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. By Kristy Siegfried Name: Ehsanul Hoque, 40, from Bangladesh. Why did you become an aid worker?...
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) on Afghanistan
The people of Afghanistan need our support now more than ever. Our organizations are committed to helping and protecting them. We will stay in Afghanistan and we will deliver. At the start of 2021, half the population of Afghanistan – including more than 4 million...
Afghanistan
Afghanistan Situation Hundreds of thousands forced to flee due to intense fighting. The crisis in Afghanistan is a cycle of conflict and loss that has lasted more than 40 years. Generations have never known peace. Millions of people in Afghanistan are experiencing...