Job Opening: Senior Protection Assistant (JR2450080)
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus Staff Member / Affiliate Type: UNOPS LICA5 Target Start Date: 1 January 2025 Deadline to Apply: 20 November 2024 Terms of Reference General Background: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (“UNHCR”) is the agency entrusted by the...
Job Opening: Communications Intern (JR2448696)
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus Staff Member / Affiliate Type: Internship Target Start Date: 2024-11-01 Deadline to Apply: October 30, 2024 Terms of Reference Organizational context: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a...
Coldplay, next band to feature on front of Barça jersey in association with Spotify
Sharing an announcement of an initiative on behalf of FC Barcelona and FC Barcelona Foundation that will benefit UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Five trailblazing women win UNHCR’s Nansen Refugee Awards for their life-changing work
Ελληνικά GENEVA – Five trailblazing women – a nun, an activist, a social entrepreneur, a volunteer aid worker, and an advocate for ending statelessness – will be honoured as winners of the 2024 UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. This year’s...
In Syria, UNHCR’s Grandi calls for greater support to those fleeing escalating conflict in Lebanon
Ελληνικά DAMASCUS – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, concluded an urgent visit to Syria on Tuesday to mobilize support for 250,000 people who have fled the airstrikes in Lebanon and crossed into Syria. Grandi visited the border crossing at...
UNHCR: Attacks on civilians pile fresh misery on Lebanon
This is a summary of what was said by Ivo Freijsen, UNHCR Representative in Lebanon – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.