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At the opening of UNHCR's annual Executive Committee meeting, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi urged continued support to better prepare for an uncertain future. During the pandemic, sustaining aid will mitigate marginalization that will be more costly to address later, Grandi tells high-level meeting. UNHCR

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi ended a two-day visit to Syria with an appeal for increased international assistance to relieve the plight of families still struggling to secure even the most basic provisions years after the end of fighting in some areas. UNHCR

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi visited Jordan and Luminus Technical University College where vocational education is giving refugees in Jordan a second chance to achieve their dreams. UNHCR

UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, concluded his tour of Lebanon with a visit to refugee families in Tripoli and in the Bekaa valley, where he heard accounts of growing hardship and challenges. UNHCR

The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, visited families impacted by the blast in Beirut to support and listen to the plight of all those affected by the explosion and to mobilize necessary aid efforts for the country to get back on its feet. UNHCR

The COVID-19 pandemic is accelerating, with more than 150,000 new cases of COVID-19 reported to World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday – “the most in a single day so far,” the WHO’s chief, Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus said today in Geneva. WHO

“Covid has stopped many things that we were doing but it doesn’t seem to have stopped war,” Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees told the Security Council on Thursday calling on its members to “depoliticize humanitarian issues including issues related to refugees and their return when it is possible.” UNIFEED

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

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

The United Nations (UN) and partners launched a (USD) 6.7 billion appeal to protect millions of lives and halt the spread of COVID-19 in more than 60 of the world’s most fragile countries. UNIFEED