UN General Assembly re-elects Grandi as high commissioner for refugees

Nov 24, 2020

New York [US], November 24 (ANI/Sputnik): The UN General Assembly on Monday re-elected High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi for a two-and-a-half-year term, the...

UNHCR chief tests positive for COVID-19

Oct 07, 2020

Geneva [Switzerland], October 7 : United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi on Wednesday said he has tested positive for COVID-19.

UN High Commissioner for Refugees appeals for urgent support for Afghans

Sep 17, 2021

Kabul [Afghanistan], September 17 : UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, appealed for "urgent and sustained" support for Afghans inside the country and...

Number of refugees fleeing conflict-ridden Ukraine reaches 2 million, says UN

Mar 08, 2022

New York [US], March 8 : Filippo Grandi, head of the UN's refugee agency on Tuesday (local time), said that the number of people...

Over 90 migrants killed in Mediterranean boat accident: UN

Apr 04, 2022

Geneva [Switzerland], April 4 (ANI/Sputnik): Nearly 100 migrants died in the Mediterranean waters after the boat carrying them from Libya got shipwrecked, the UN...

Taliban has to fulfil promises if they want their financial resources to be unfrozen: UN official

Jan 10, 2022

Kabul [Afghanistan], January 10 : The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) High Commissioner Filippo Grandi has said that the Taliban has to fulfil some promises...