"UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES - UNHCR"

Noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said that the 114 million refugees and displaced people worldwide are a tangible “but sometimes neglected symptom of the world’s current extreme disorder.” UNIFEED

Briefing by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Briefing by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said, “The world is increasingly divided, fragmented and inward looking,” adding that “forty-four new emergencies in 31 countries, capping off an awful record of number of crises in one year.” UNHCR

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

The UN Refugee Agency said that tens of thousands have been forced to flee to Armenia from Karabakh as a decades-long crisis flared up again last week. UNHCR

Addressing the Security Council about migrants in the Mediterranean, the Head of the UN Refugee Agency in New York, Ruven Menikdiwela, said, “Saving lives at sea and providing humanitarian assistance is one of the most basic obligations of humanity, and those performing rescue operations or helping in good faith should not be penalized for doing so.” UNIFEED / FILE

Maintenance of international peace and security - Security Council, 9428th meeting.