UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi has today welcomed the appointment of Ms. Gillian Triggs as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection to oversee the agency’s international protection work for millions of refugees, internally displaced, stateless and other people of concern.
Read moreGillian Triggs appointed UNHCR’s Assistant High Commissioner for Protection
UNHCR and Religions for Peace invite your leadership to support #WithRefugees, a new campaign and petition that calls on world leaders to show solidarity to find solutions for people displaced by war or persecution.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees was represented by Volker Türk, UN Director of International Protection, who gave an address on the institution of asylum is founded upon fundamental human values.
Read moreNinth World Assembly: UNHCR Representative Addresses Human Values