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Our partnerships with donor governments enable UNHCR to protect the tens of millions of people forced to flee and help them build better futures.
Delivering Life-changing education to refugees amid corona virus pandemic
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UNHCR has long-standing partnerships with donor governments, which provide crucial funding on an annual basis. It is through these partnerships that UNHCR can protect, save lives and build better futures for the tens of millions of refugees, internally displaced and stateless people around the world. 

For more information about how UNHCR is funded and details on our latest publications, as well as in-depth information on budgets, contributions and expenditure, visit the Global Focus website, UNHCR’s main operational reporting portal for donors and other key partners. 

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Voluntary contributions from government partners and the European Union (EU) are vital to our work, accounting for almost 80 per cent of our annual income.    

As of 31 December 2023, our three largest partners were the United States of America, Germany and the European Union, while our largest government partners of unearmarked funds were Sweden, Norway, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands. Unearmarked funding provides the backbone of UNHCR’s activities on a global scale, allowing us to respond to emergencies as they happen and enabling us to stay and deliver long after the headlines have faded.

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Global Appeal
The Global Appeal provides information about UNHCR’s plans for the coming year and the funding it needs to protect, assist and empower a record number of forcibly displaced and stateless people, and to help them find solutions to their situations.
Global Appeal 2025
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Global Report 2023
The Global Report presents the work carried out by UNHCR in 2023 to protect and improve the lives of tens of millions of refugees, returnees, internally displaced people, stateless persons, and others of concern. 
Read the Global Report
Report on Use of Flexible Funding
This report focuses on the role and lasting impact that such funding made in the lives of the world's most vulnerable people and showcases UNHCR's efforts to respond to COVID-19, internal displacement, and other emergencies.
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