UNHCR spokespeople are available at our headquarters in Geneva, our regional offices and in many of our field operations to answer media enquiries and provide interviews. Our content team provides ...

One of the key United Nations agencies overseeing the provision of aid into Gaza is the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, or OCHA. Its leader, Tom Fletcher ...

The United Nations Human Rights Council today agreed by consensus to launch an urgent fact-finding mission and commission of inquiry into atrocities being committed by all parties to the armed ...

The UN Human Rights Council approved the launch of this mechanism in Geneva on Friday, to be followed by an International Commission of Inquiry. The resolution was approved by consensus at an ...

Between 165 and 167 women were assaulted by male inmates during the jailbreak, an internal UN document seen by the BBC says. The report states that most of the women were killed after the inmates ...

(Beirut) - Houthi authorities, who control much of Yemen, arbitrarily detained at least eight United Nations staff members in late January, 2025, 25 organizations including Human Rights Watch said ...

A series of UBS branches in Geneva were attacked by vandals in the early hours of ... care and benefits as the canton believed she was no longer living in Geneva. Swiss aerial team to be scrapped The ...

United States President Donald Trump is planning to cut off US engagement with the United Nations Human Rights Council and extend a funding ban on the UN agency for Palestinian refugees ...

head of the UN Information Service at UN Geneva, highlighted the UN Secretary-General’s appeal for a relationship of trust with the Trump administration. “We are looking at continuing this work ...

While discussions are still ongoing, UN officials said, the possibility of holding INC-5.2 in Geneva in mid-July is being explored. The United Nations is considering holding the next – and sixth – ...

The DRC government has officially designated the M23 rebel group as a terrorist organization, while the United Nations and the ... journalists at a briefing in Geneva Friday there has been a ...

United Nations (UN) investigators in Geneva say there’s still plenty of evidence of crimes in Syria, despite images showing compromised sites or missing documents. The investigators also ...