UNHCR and Sanremo Institute train specialists to reduce statelessness
The International Institute of Humanitarian Law (Sanremo Institute) is one of UNHCR’s longstanding international partners providing courses on human rights, including refugee law and statelessness, to UNHCR’s partners worldwide. UNHCR has recently supported the...
Armenian children benefit from assistance provided by the people of Japan
These photos show playgrounds located in Sisian and Goris communities in Syunik province, which were constructed by UNHCR’s partner – Mission Armenia NGO – with a generous donation provided by the people of Japan. Spring has come to Syunik, and lots...
UNHCR and partners promote #IBELONG campaign to end statelessness
In her opening remarks, the newly appointed Representative in Armenia, Ms. Kavita Belani, greeted the participants wishing all a productive discussion and acknowledged their joint efforts aimed at prevention and reduction of statelessness in Armenia. She particularly...
Ms. Kavita Belani handed her letter of accreditation to the Foreign Ministry
Mr. Vahe Gevorgyan congratulated Ms. Belani on her appointment and expressed confidence that cooperation with the Representation will be further strengthened under her leadership. The interlocutors touched upon the recent developments in the region, as well as the...
“Let’s Walk” psycho-educational sketchbook presented to field specialists
The presentation was conducted by the co-author, Ms. Maïda Chavak, who developed the book together with her colleague, a psychologist, Ms. Anouch Chahbenderian (both living in France), for the children of Armenia undergoing difficult post-conflict times, resulting in...
Online training programme on asylum and refugee rights for legal professionals concluded in Yerevan
This hybrid event brought together the twenty-one graduates of this pilot course representing Migration Service, General Prosecutor’s Office, National Security Service and its Border Guards Troops and Investigation Department of Jurisdiction, Administrative Court of...
Announcement. “SUITCASE 2022” annual journalistic contest
[UPDATED] The Migration Service of Armenia, the UN Armenia, the UN Refugee Agency, and the People in Need INGO carry on the decade-long tradition of the “SUITCASE” annual media contest. This year, materials published during the period of 1 December 2021 to 27 November...
UN Armenia launched a report on the 2020-2021 inter-agency humanitarian response to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
As the co-coordinators of the inter-agency response, the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office and UNHCR – the UN Refugee Agency – together with the United Nations (UN) Country Team, Partners, and Representatives of the Government of Armenia presented the final...
Heads of UN Agencies in Armenia meet with a group of local and displaced youth in Syunik
The meeting was attended by the Acting UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia Lila Pieters Yahia, and the Heads/representatives of UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO, UNHCR, IOM, ILO, FAO, WFP, IOM, UNIDO, UNAIDS, GCD and other UN organizations, and was facilitated by the UNICEF...