"VENEZUELA"

Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the number of people fleeing wars, violence, persecution and human rights violations in 2020 rose to nearly 82.4 million people, according to UNHCR’s latest annual Global Trends report released on Friday.. This is a further four per cent increase on top of the already record-high 79.5 million at the end of 2019. UNHCR

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

Colombia is offering a temporary protection status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan refugees and migrants, paving the way for them to access support services, health care, education, and work. For Sikíu, it means her son Lucas can finally get the help he needs. UNHCR

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

The outflow of refugees and migrants from Venezuela is one of the largest external displacement crises in the world. To date, over 5.6 million people have left their country. On June 17th, Canada will host an international donor conference bringing together governments and key actors involved in the response to the Venezuela situation, including the private sector, development banks and civil society. UNHCR

Vulnerable Venezuelan migrants and refugees who have been hit particularly hard by the COVID-19 health and socio-economic crisis urgently need greater support from the international community, UN humanitarians said today, ahead of a donor conference hosted by Canada next week. UNTV CH

Solving world’s problems requires ‘global cooperation based on agreed rules’, European Union High Representative tells Security Council.

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

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, warned on Wednesday that the onset of winter, compounded by the devastating effects of COVID-19, poses a direct threat to the health and livelihoods of displaced Venezuelans in southern Latin America. UNHCR

Electing Maldives Foreign Minister Abdulla Shahid President of Seventy-Sixth Session, General Assembly selects Main Committee Bureaus, Economic and Social Council members.