"DISPLACED PERSONS"

With deteriorating economy, record-level food insecurity, Syria's people at ‘a breaking point’, humanitarian chief tells Security Council.

Grave violations against children still unacceptably high despite unprecedented number of action plans for better protection, experts tells Security Council.

Peace operations chief urges Central African Republic actors to focus on political agreement, inclusive elections, in Security Council briefing.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, airlifted 88 tons of emergency aid for refugees and internally displaced people in Burkina Faso. UNHCR

Briefing by Reem Abaza, Spokesperson for the President of the 74th Session of the General Assembly.

Briefing by UN High Commissioner for Refugees - Security Council Open VTC

Forced displacement now affects more than one percent of humanity – one in every 97 people – and with fewer and fewer of those who flee being able to return home, according to UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report. UNHCR

Discussing the findings in UNHCR’s flagship annual report, Global Trends in Forced Displacement, High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi expressed “great concern” for the almost 80 million displaced persons around the world, “the highest that the UNHCR has recorded since these statistics have been systematically collected.” UNHCR

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

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has today launched a USD 186 million appeal to mainly provide lifesaving protection and assistance to refugees, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees and host communities in the central Sahel region. UNHCR