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Foreword by the Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator I launch this Global Humanitarian Overview for 2025—my...

‘In a world on fire, we must reset our relationship with people in crises’ (Geneva, 4 December 2024) An estimated 305 million people around the world will require humanitarian assistance in the...

Egypt: President al-Sisi must reject new asylum law which violates refugee rights President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi must not ratify the new asylum law approved by parliament, which, if enacted, would...

Convoluted Residency Requirements, Costs, Discrimination Impede Access to Schools (Beirut) – Tens of thousands of refugee and asylum-seeking children in Egypt are out of school, in many cases due to...

(N’Djamena, Chad, 29 November 2024) I have spent the past week traveling across Sudan, talking to communities, leaders, humanitarian partners and our UN family. The message to the international...

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. 29 November 2024 Across...

Quality education equips individuals and nations for the future. The level and relevance of learning and skills gained today will dictate an individual’s employment, wealth and wellbeing tomorrow...

The UK has announced an aid package for Sudan and neighbouring countries UK announces a major aid increase of £113 million for people in Sudan and those who have fled to neighbouring countries...

UNHCR report reveals climate change is a growing threat to people already fleeing war Baku – People forced to flee war, violence and persecution are increasingly finding themselves on the front line...

Since the conflict in Sudan erupted 19 months ago, over three million individuals have been forcibly displaced, seeking refuge in neighboring countries and beyond. Egypt has become the largest host...

This summary of the 2023–2024 ESCWA survey of economic and social developments in the Arab region considers the impact of the latest developments in the global economy on the Arab region. The...

29 October 2024, Paul Anthem The Middle East is in crisis, with millions forced from their homes, destitute and hungry amid a spreading war that has claimed thousands of lives. Corinne Fleischer,...

I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to Security Council resolution 2729 (2024), by which the Council extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)...

HIGHLIGHTS • Acute malnutrition rates remain above the famine threshold in Zamzam IDP camp, North Darfur State. • Cholera continues to spread across the country reaching about 28,400 cases, including...

One and a half years into the conflict in Sudan, refugees are still fleeing to eastern Chad in search for safety, where they arrive at camps in dire conditions. Access to clean water, sanitation and...

One and a half years into the conflict in Sudan, refugees are still fleeing to eastern Chad in search for safety, where they arrive at camps in dire conditions. Access to clean water, sanitation and...

On World Polio Day, UNICEF warns that polio cases in these settings have more than doubled over the past five years NEW YORK, 24 October 2024 — Of the 541 children affected by polio globally in 2023,...

I. Introduction 1. The present report is submitted pursuant to paragraph 5 of Security Council resolution 2708 (2023), in which the Council requested to be informed of progress in implementing the...

I. Introduction 1. The present report is prepared pursuant to the presidential statement dated 26 October 2010 (S/PRST/2010/22), in which the Security Council requested annual reports on the...

Thousands in Amhara Camps Need Security, Relocation to Safer Areas Recent fighting between Ethiopian government forces and militias in the northwestern Amhara region has put Sudanese refugees at...