UNHCR

UNHCR plans major budget cuts amid soaring refugee numbers

With a surge in displaced people, the UNHCR plans major budget cuts and office closures due to funding shortages.

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Syrians, who were living in Lebanon and returned to Syria due to hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah terrorists, wait outside Ministry of Interior Immigration and Passports Department, at the Syrian-Lebanese border, in Jdaydet Yabous, Syria, October 7, 2024; illustrative.

Syrian returns from Lebanon to start under UN-backed plan, marking major shift

Returning Syrians will be provided with $100 each in Lebanon and $400 per family upon arrival in Syria, Lebanese Social Affairs Minister Haneen Sayed said.

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Idit Ohel pleads for her sons release at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, filled to capacity by protestors marking Alon's 24th birthday - his second in Hamas captivity - in the shadow of the potential collapse of the hostage deal, and calling on the government to keep the deal alive.

Chained, beaten, starved: Idit Ohel appeals to UN Human Rights Council for release of her son

Earlier on Wednesday, family members of Nimrod Cohen, Omri Miran, and Elkana Bohbot met with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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JORDAN’S FOREIGN MINISTER Ayman Safadi (right) meets with UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini, in Amman, last week. In 1949, when Israel supported the establishment of UNRWA, it was supposed to fulfill its goal and disband.

Now is a unique opportunity for UNRWA to change, Israel should take it - opinion

The problems with UNRWA are not a new revelation: Even before the war, laws were proposed to limit it, and these are proceeding through the legislative channels.

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Taliban's treatment of women under scrutiny at UN rights meeting

Since they swept back into power, most girls have been barred from high school and women from universities.

APRIL 29, 2024ByREUTERS
Taliban members on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul, near the US embassy in the Afghan capital, Aug. 15, 2023

Israel must be kicked out of international bodies, Palestinian Authority tells UNHRC

PA FM Maliki accused Israel of “genocide” against Palestinians due to its war in Gaza, charging that it enjoyed immunity for its “crimes against humanity” because the US protected it.

FEBRUARY 26, 2024ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Foreign Minister of the Palestinian National Authority Riyad Al-Maliki attends a UN side event during an event commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, December 12, 2023.

UNRWA’s time is up – let’s shut it down - opinion

The UNHCR will do better work for Palestinians in Gaza than UNRWA previously has.

FEBRUARY 6, 2024BySTEPHEN M. FLATOW
PALESTINIAN WOMEN take part in a protest against the suspension of UNRWA funding by some Western states, in front of UNRWA’s building in Beirut, last week. The dislocation of Arabs from Palestine could have been quickly solved by the UNHCR, the writer argues.

UNRWA complicit in indoctrinating Gazans with antisemitism - opinion

At this point, UNRWA is just as problematic as Hamas in Gaza, and it is the only organization in the world not held accountable for these actions.

JANUARY 24, 2024ByZINA RAKHAMILOVA
Palestinian employees of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) take part in a protest against job cuts by UNRWA, in Gaza City September 19, 2018.

More than $2.2 billion promised for global refugee crisis at UN forum

"This forum is helping to stem the tide of misery," said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in closing remarks, after citing humanitarian crises in Myanmar, Yemen, Somalia and Gaza.

DECEMBER 15, 2023ByREUTERS
Civilians who fled the war-torn Sudan following the outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) arrive at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) transit centre in Renk, South Sudan, May 1, 2023.

UN refugee chief: Gaza refugee crisis must be prevented

UN Refugee Chief warns that an Israeli assault on Rafah could trigger a refugee crisis, making Israeli-Palestinian conflict resolution impossible. Global condemnation mounts as tensions escalate.

DECEMBER 15, 2023ByREUTERS
Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner for Refugees attends People on the Move Side Event during Geneva Conference on Afghanistan. (27/11/2018)

'Genocide' panel is another UN failure - editorial

The international community must be aware of the implications of such actions, and recognize that a fair and balanced approach is essential for fostering lasting peace in the region

DECEMBER 13, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL
The results of a vote to adopt a draft resolution are shown on a display during an emergency special session of the UN General Assembly on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, at UN headquarters in New York City, US, October 27, 2023

Pakistan's decision to expel illegal Afghan refugees draws backlash

“The repatriation of refugees should be done voluntarily and without any pressure or violence,” UNHCR says. 

OCTOBER 6, 2023ByARSHAD MEHMOOD/THE MEDIA LINE
A boy plays with a tyre on an a street in an Afghan refugee camp in Islamabad, Pakistan October 31, 2017.

United Nations reopens European office after security issue

A spokesperson told Reuters the closure was due to a "perimeter intrusion" earlier on Friday morning.

AUGUST 25, 2023ByREUTERS
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UN called on to fire envoy for questioning Israel's right to defense

After Albanese questioned Israel's right to defend itself on her Twitter account, the International Legal Forum called for her dismissal.

APRIL 12, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE UN Human Rights Council meets in Geneva, February 2020.

Ukrainian soldiers can now read their refugee kids books with new app

The app, which is funded by donations, offers five titles selected to help children between 3 and 7 years old process the trauma of war.

OCTOBER 28, 2022ByREUTERS
Ukrainian family Mykhalchenko read and listen to Better Time Stories, a project introduced for Ukrainian children who are seperated from their families in Rotterdam, Netherlands October 25, 2022.