Sony provides the first major corporate contribution to UNHCR’s COVID-19 appeal
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes Sony Corporation’s announcement of establishing “Sony Global Relief Fund for COVID-19”, through which a US$3 million contribution will be made to help protect refugees from the threat of this pandemic. This is the first major...
UN Human Rights Committee decision on climate change is a wake-up call, according to UNHCR
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes this week’s ruling of the UN Human Rights Committee in the case of Teitiota v. New Zealand.
UNHCR, Praya Lundberg and media partners debut documentaries and take part in a special talk on the Venezuela refugee and migrant crisis
Since 2015, people continue to leave Venezuela to escape violence, insecurity and threats as well as due to a lack of food, medicine and essential services.
Baker McKenzie’s Bangkok Office Collaborates with UNHCR
Continuing to support the United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees (UNHCR), Baker McKenzie Bangkok once again collaborated with us to host a CSR event to help raise funds to support refugees and stateless people around the world. The “Baker McKenzie Silent...
Private sector pledges US$250 million in refugee assistance
The growing role of the private sector in mobilizing vital resources to support millions of refugees worldwide went on show today at the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, where business leaders made US$250 million in pledges. The scale and reach of the assistance became...
UNHCR welcomes Thai Cabinet approval of national screening mechanism
This follows the Cabinet’s January 2017 approval of a proposal to finalise and implement such a mechanism.
First Global Refugee Forum, 17 and 18 December 2019, Palais des Nations, Geneva
The two-day global conference is the first gathering at the Ministerial level to follow up on the practical implementation of the Global Compact on Refugees, affirmed at the UN in New York in December 2018.
UNHCR welcomes Thailand’s efforts to reduce statelessness among children
More than 60,000 stateless students in Thailand could benefit from the recent revision of a government guideline.
UN High Commissioner for Refugees warns of risks to the fight against statelessness
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi warned today that recent advances in the battle to end statelessness.