Every Action Counts: International Conference to mark the World Refugee Day
The conference launched with the video message of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, which was followed by the video message of the RA Minister of Foreign Affairs Zohrab Mnatsakanyan. The Minister depicted the mass flows of refugees to Armenia over...
Everyone can make a Difference, Every Action Counts – World Refugee Day 2020
This year’s WRD which goes under the tagline “Everyone can make a difference, Every Action Counts”, is commemorated during the global COVID-19 crisis. COVID-19 crisis has equally affected the locals and the displaced population, and the communities hosting them․ Our...
1 per cent of humanity displaced: UNHCR Global Trends report
UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report, which comes two days ahead of 20 June World Refugee Day, shows that an unprecedented 79.5 million were displaced as of the end of 2019. UNHCR has not seen a higher total. The report also notes diminishing prospects for refugees...
UNHCR Armenia and partners ensure no displaced person is left behind during COVID-19
UNHCR Armenia and its implementing partners – Mission Armenia NGO, Armenian Red Cross Society, KASA Swiss Humanitarian Foundation, Children’s Support Centre of the Fund for Armenian Relief and Human Rights Defender’s Office in Armenia – ensure that...
UNHCR Armenia Emergency Humanitarian Assistance
At a glance In total, 507 households that complied with UNHCR-developed eligibility criteria received emergency monetary assistance. The overall budget for extra one-time cash assistance related to COVID-19 comprised around USD 125,000. Personal data on beneficiaries...
UNHCR and Partners commemorate 2019 World Refugee Day and promote #StepWithRefugees campaign
The commemoration events included a variety of activities, e.g. a special WRD awareness-raising session with a group of journalists and Media NGOs on the global refugee trends and the refugee situation in Armenia and worldwide, watched and discussed WRD thematic...
Worldwide displacement tops 70 million, UN Refugee Chief urges greater solidarity in response
Data from UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report, released today, shows that almost 70.8 million people are now forcibly displaced. To put this in perspective, this is double the level of 20 years ago, 2.3 million more than a year ago, and corresponds to a population...
Event on the occasion of 2019 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
The event, held on 23 May 2019 at the UN House, gathered some 70 guests, granted the audience the opportunity to listen to the project participants’ own radio broadcasts, their testimonies and genuine chat recorded during the two half-day radio workshops, which were...
Refugee Youth benefitting from the 89th International Session of the European Youth Parliament (EYP) in Yerevan
Owing to the partnership agreement between UNHCR and EYP, a group of ten young people (seven girls and three boys) representing Armenia and Georgia, participated in the nine-day event. Among them were refugees and displaced youth from Iraq, Iran and Syria, an...