UN aid chief calls for renewed solidarity and kindness over ‘cataclysmic’ cuts - Tom Fletcher, the UN humanitarian chief, ...

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers today called on all governments neighbouring Iraq to keep their borders open to those in need of temporary protection and assistance. We rely on ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 19 December 2008 UNHCR has urged rebel ...

19 years ago, on this day, 19 August, a blast at the United Nations compound in Bagdad killed 22 staff, wounding more than 150 others. This tragedy marked a watershed moment, forever shattering the ...

Humanitarian intervention is intervention forced upon a sovereign state. It is either arbitrarily undertaken by one state or collectively by a group of states (at times under the platform of an ...

We, leaders of French and international humanitarian, development and human rights NGOs, call on the President of the Republic to take action for the survival of the Palestinian people. France, ...

The UN reported on Sunday that a new wave of armed attacks in northern Mozambique has forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, deepening an already dire humanitarian crisis and raising ...

MINSK, 28 February (BelTA) – Belarus views the Eurasian Charter as a tool for implementing UN principles at the regional level, Belarus’ Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Igor Sekreta said in an ...