"UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGUEES - UNHCR"

As the award-winning film “Capharnaum” premiers in the Arab world, its leading actor, a 13-year-old Syrian refugee’s life was forever changed. UNHCR

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

A twelve-year-old refugee student discovered a gift for mathematics thanks to his Lebanese professor. UNHCR

Amid concerns that a severe funding shortfall threatens the “most vulnerable” victims of the Syrian conflict, the United Nations warned today that a full-scale military offensive on Idlib risks creating the worst humanitarian tragedy of the 21st century. UNTV CH

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

During his trip to Pakistan, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi met with Afghan refugees at a voluntary repatriation centre where UNHCR is helping with their repatriation. UNHCR

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

South Sudanese refugees met with the parties involved in a newly initialed peace deal in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, aiming to ensure that refugees play a role in the revitalized peace effort to end South Sudan’s devastating civil war. UNHCR

The UN Humanitarian Affairs Chief Mark Lowcock and the High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi visited a village in Afghanistan where over a thousand returnee families have made home for themselves. UNHCR

Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.