On “Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSME) Day”, the UN calls for support to MSMEs as effective agents of change to help advance in rebuilding and recovery efforts
The United Nations set aside 27 June to annually celebrate the role that micro, small and medium enterprises play in the global economy, poverty reduction and the attainment of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. This year, UN agencies in Iraq share a statement to...
On World Refugee Day: Everyone has the right to seek safety
This year, World Refugee Day reminds us that every person has a right to seek safety – whoever they are, wherever they come from and whenever they are forced to flee conflict or persecution. In Iraq and especially in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), we commend the...
On World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, UN and NGOs call for action to support Iraq in managing water and adapting to climate change
As Iraq confronts multiple challenges caused and exacerbated by climate change, including prolonged heat waves, declining precipitation, loss of fertile land, salinisation, insufficient infrastructure investments, transboundary water shortages and a prevalence of dust...
Opening of new primary health care centre in Kawergosk to support the local and refugee communities
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the General Directorate of Health (DoH) of the Kurdistan Reginal Government inaugurated the new Primary Health Care Centre (PHCC) in Kawergosk sub-district in Erbil governorate, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. The new Kawergosk Public...
UNHCR is grateful for Government of Japan’s renewed commitment to support thousands of displaced persons, returnees, and Syrian refugees in Iraq
The Government of Japan contributed a generous USD five million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), renewing its longstanding commitment to improving the lives of vulnerable displaced families in Iraq in 2022. This contribution from Japan...
Syrian refugees in Iraq will lose access to basic foods without urgent funds
Syrian families living in camps in Iraq face alarming levels of food insecurity, according to a new figure from the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency. With very little funding in place to assist people with their day-to-day lives, many appear...
On “Earth Day”, UN in Iraq Renews Commitment to Joint Climate Action
In recognition of the 52nd Earth Day today, the United Nations in Iraq renews its commitment to protect the environment, and jointly confront climate change. This is the first Earth Day celebrated within the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration. Anchored under the 2022...
UNHCR receives clothing donation from H&M for people forced to flee
In close collaboration with fashion retailer H&M, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is delivering clothes to more than 250,000 displaced people in Iraq. People who have been forced to leave everything behind are among the most vulnerable in the world, and...
UNHCR and AsiaHawala launch partnership and winter fundraising campaign to support displaced people and refugees in Iraq
Today, Adel Essam Hameed, Deputy CEO of AsiaHawala and Jean-Nicolas Beuze, Representative of UNHCR in Iraq, signed a partnership agreement to launch fundraising campaigns to support Syrian and other refugees and Iraqi families displaced by armed violence in the past...