Sweden is UNHCR's top donor of unearmarked funds, reducing aid bureaucracy and ensuring assistance is brought to displaced families worldwide – where needs are greatest
Thank you 🇸🇪
@SweMFA
@SwedenGeneva
@SwedenUN
for trusting
@refugees
with your contributions.
Thank you 🇨🇦 Canada for co-sponsoring the theme of Solutions at the Global
#RefugeeForum
By working together, we can share the responsibility - this is the Global Compact in action 🙌
📰BREAKING NEWS:
The
#RefugeeCompact
is a reality.
In a historic decision, member states of the UN General Assembly agreed a new international framework: the Global Compact on Refugees.
🤝Shared responsibility = stronger refugee response.
#Yemen
📽️
This site is home to over 170 Yemeni families who were displaced from Hodeida and Taiz. UNHCR are working on improving living conditions. In addition to the 🏘️ you see here, we plan to construct 🚽latrines & 👩🏽🍳👨🏽🍳 kitchens.
✍🏽🎒🎨📘 Education is a basic human right for all children.
With the support from our government partners, UNHCR works with govts & international organisations to ensure refugee children get a quality education.
🙌 Thank you 🙌
Resettlement is a life-saving tool for refugees, and essential in protecting the most vulnerable.
But in 2018, of the estimated 1.2 million refugees in need of resettlement, only 55,692 were actually resettled.
More countries need to step forward & welcome refugees.
Every.
Single.
Person.
In.
Yemen.
Has.
The.
Right.
To.
Live.
In.
Peace.
Yet almost 80% of the population - 24 million people - are in need of aid & protection.
#InvestInHumanity
UNHCR Special Envoy Angelina Jolie arrived in Yemen on Sunday.
She is there to help draw attention to the worst humanitarian crisis in the world and call on the international community to support humanitarian agencies like
@Refugees
to help the most vulnerable people in
#Yemen
.
Hundreds of thousands of people have fled Ukraine to neighbouring Moldova, a small country with limited resources.
Recent support from 🇨🇿 Czech Republic comes at a critical time. It means UNHCR can expand our presence and help refugees facing an uncertain future.
@strakovka
Today we welcomed 🇮🇸 Iceland to
@refugees
HQ.
@MFAIceland
is a reliable donor, focused on protection and their support enables UNHCR to work towards providing refugees a sustainable future - Þakka þér fyrir!
🐟🇳🇴Resettlement of refugees in Norway is done in an innovative way - focusing on applying and enhancing education & skills - helping relocated refugees to integrate
Takk Norge for supporting
@refugees
resettlement programme.
@NorwayMFA
@Utlendingsdir
@NorwayUN
@HansBrattskar
🇳🇴Norway helps UNHCR respond to a world in turmoil.
Today we are honored to welcome Merete Brattestad and the Norwegian delegation for a day of dialogue and information-sharing - strengthening this steadfast partnership even further 🤝
"What do you want to be when you grow up?" - "A teacher!"
Parliamentary Secretary 🇨🇦
@KamalKheraLib
asks Rohingya children at a learning centre during a visit to Kutupalong Camp.
Canada is generously supporting the response and is one of
@refugees
top donors 🙏🏽
🇺🇸 The United States is
@Refugees
biggest donor.
🌍 Together, we are making a difference to the lives of displaced people around the world
#WithRefugees
Two years ago, world leaders and change-makers came together for the first Global
#RefugeeForum
and made 1,400 pledges in solidarity with refugees.
📢 Today the international community gathers at the High-Level Official's meeting to reflect on progress
#chartingthefuture
As we wrap up Excom, we reflect on the support of our 🇺🇸partners.
Thanks
@usmissiongeneva
for hosting
@Refugees
@RefugeesChief
this week. Special mention to Acting Assistant Secretary Carol O’Connell for her words - recognizing the work of UNHCR & humanitarians around the 🌍
UNHCR provides urban accommodation and cash assistance to Iraqi refugee and asylum seekers, such as Banaz Said and her daughter, with the support of key donors.
🙏 🇺🇸
@StatePRM
🇩🇪
@GermanyDiplo
Today is the first day of the 73rd session of the
#UNHCR
Executive Committee meeting.
With more than 100 million people displaced around the world, we must continue to find solutions, protect those forced to flee, and share the responsibility
#ExCom2022
At UNHCR, flexible funding is used to support many different types of programs, ensuring we can support displaced people at the beginning of a crisis and into the future.
🙏🏽 to our top donors of flexible funds 🇺🇸
@StatePRM
🇩🇪
@GermanyDiplo
🇸🇪
@SweMFA
🇳🇴
@NorwayMFA
🇳🇱
@DutchMFA
The conflict in Tigray 🇪🇹 is generating worsening conditions for refugees and internally displaced people in Ethiopia and Sudan.
Support from our international donors is crucial to ensure the protection of these vulnerable populations.
🌍🤝
👉Learn more:
In 🇮🇸Iceland, Najmo is building a new life. She runs a popular YouTube channel and uses it to share messages on women's rights.
Support from countries like Iceland mean refugees like Najmo can get a fresh start 💙
@MFAIceland
@IcelandinGeneva
@katrinjak
#WithRefugees
🧐Did you know?
🇫🇷 is in the top 10 unearmarked donors to
@Refugees
💰$39 million donated in 2018
📈committed to tripling humanitarian aid to reach €500 million a year by 2020😲
🙏🏽Merci beaucoup France for empowering UNHCR to support refugees.
As
#WorldRefugeeDay
comes to a close, we can reflect that every person has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution, war or disaster at home. Today, and every day we stand in we solidarity
#WithRefugees
Displaced Venezuelans face continuing risks in the face of
#COVID19
💵Loss of income
🏠Evictions
👨👧👦Separations
#Together4Venezuelans
Join us in solidarity today at the virtual International Donors’ Conference 📅Thursday 17 June 15:00 – 18:30 CEST
Next stop: Sweden. 👍🏿🇸🇪
This young girl along with her mother and six brothers and sisters is ready for a new life. She's among the lucky few who are resettled to safe third countries.
Resettlement is a lifeline for some of the most vulnerable refugees in the world.
👏Highest ever amount pledged 👏
Thank you to our donors for pledging $926 million to
@Refugees
work in 2019.
Helping displaced & stateless families around the 🌎
#InvestInHumanity
🧐How is unearmarked funding from
@SweMFA
🇸🇪 making a difference to the
#COVID19
response?
UNHCR was able to quickly allocate $8.5 million for:
🧼Hygiene items
🚿WASH facilities
⚕️Medical tents
Tack Sweden!
Twins Alaa and Aya get ready for school in Amman. They came to Jordan as refugees 2013.
Thank you 🇰🇼State of Kuwait for being a prominent supporter for
@Refugees
and the Syria Situation, contributing $5 million in 2018, supporting UNHCR's response 🙌🏼
Happy
#InternationalDayofFamilies
UNHCR seeks durable solutions, including resettlement, for refugee families with the support of key countries like the US, Canada, Germany and Sweden.
🙏 🇺🇸🇨🇦🇩🇪🇸🇪
Venezuelan children arrive for meal time at the newly-established Integrated Assistance Center in the north of Colombia.
UNHCR relies on support from donors to ensure urgent humanitarian needs are met.
🙏🏼 Thank you 🇸🇪 for generously supporting the Venezuela Regional Response
🇨🇦🇻🇪This an example of solidarity!
🥘At the communal kitchen in Cúcuta, 4,000 meals are served each day for refugees & migrants from
#Venezuela
.
🙏🏾 to the support of
@CanadaDev
@CanadaColombia
more Venezuelans are able to enjoy their lunches.
"If we all take a step with people who are forced to flee, together we can make a world of difference"
@UNHCRAfg
Deputy Rep
@AurvasiPatel
speaking at a
#WorldRefugeeDay
event held jointly with
@USEmbassyKabul
Thank you 🇺🇸for helping alleviate suffering of vulnerable Afghans.
Tusind tak Denmark 🇩🇰 for significantly increasing your flexible, multi-year support to
@Refugees
This is absolutely vital, enabling UNHCR to continue making a difference to refugees and other displaced and stateless people around the 🌍
#dkaid
@DKUNmisgva
@UNHCR_NE
Today, UNHCR and 🇦🇹 held the first-ever bilateral consultations in Geneva.
We look forward to continuing to further grow our strategic partnership with
@MFA_Austria
and
@BMI_OE
in support of refugees.
Thank you 🇳🇴Norway for being such a pro-active partner to UNHCR
📆Multi-year support means we can plan ahead
♀️Gender & SGBV focus
🌿Environmental issues are prioritized
Here's to making a difference to displaced people, together.
Steadfast partnership in 2022 meant UNHCR could protect and provide humanitarian assistance to millions of people forcibly displaced from their homes. Thank you 🌟
Today we are reaffirming our partnership with our biggest donor of unearmarked funding, welcoming the Swedish delegation to UNHCR.
With the support of Sweden, UNHCR is able to protect and assist millions of displaced people worldwide 🌍
Tack 🇸🇪
At today's UNHCR ExCom, High Commissioner
@FilippoGrandi
reiterated his gratitude to top donors who have allowed UNHCR to reach high income level last year, with the United States 🇺🇸, and Germany 🇩🇪 leading the way.
By working together, we can find solutions to refugee situations.
A big thank you / tak 🇩🇰🙏 Denmark for co-sponsoring the themes of Solutions and Burden- and Responsibility-Sharing at the upcoming Global
#RefugeeForum
.
A huge thank you to our partner
@StatePRM
for your swift support in response to the devastating fire in Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh 🇧🇩
@usmissiongeneva
A very proud moment this morning as the
#NansenAward
winner is announced in Geneva.
Azizbek Ashurov was joined by
@RefugeesChief
and Nansen Refugee Award partners
@HansBrattskar
from 🇳🇴 and
@valzell
from 🇨🇭 - congratulations!
Now this is strong partnership 🤝
Representatives of France 🇫🇷&
@Refugees
met on Friday.
France are a long-term supporter of UNHCR, enabling us to protect and assist refugees around the world 🌍 Merci!
UNHCR is installing 270 solar streetlights in refugee settlements and host communities to improve safety and ensure the protection of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. 💡
UNHCR
@RefugeesChief
welcomed 🇳🇴Amb
@HansBrattskar
today.
Thank you 🙏🏽 Norway for the continued support, helping UNHCR build brighter futures for refugees.
👧🏽🧑🏽Smiles from children playing in Kutupalong Refugee Camp,
#Bangladesh
.
UNHCR continues to respond to humanitarian needs:
🏘️Shelter
🚰Clean water
🚽Sanitation
🔥Fuel
👉🏽🇬🇧This critical work is generously supported by
#UKaid
from the people of the United Kingdom.
UNHCR's HQ is honored to host Ireland for our annual bilateral meeting.
As we look forward to year two of our three-year partnership agreement, we extend our gratitude for 🇮🇪 predictable & flexible funding, and are pleased to continue working together towards common goals.🤝
Thousands of Venezuelan people risk life and limb to seek help.
Families cross the border to get to Colombia by a "trocha" (muddy footpath).
Thank you 🇮🇪
@Irish_Aid
for the recent contribution to the Venezuela crisis
#IrishAid
Thank you 🇨🇦
@CanadaDev
!
Your contribution of $2.5 million will enable
@Refugees
to step-up efforts in the fight against
#COVID19
, directly helping refugees & displaced people during this global health emergency.
At today's Pledging Conference
@FilippoGrandi
referred to the unprecedented number of crises which erupted in 2023.
He thanked our top donors 🇺🇸🇩🇪 and those which went the "extra mile" at the end of the year to help address our major funding shortfall 🇦🇹🇩🇰🇫🇮🇮🇪🇱🇺🇳🇴🇨🇭
Today at the UNHCR Pledging Conference
@FilippoGrandi
recognized record numbers of displacement, being met with record amounts of $
Special mentions to 🇺🇸
@StatePRM
as our biggest donor and 🇩🇪
@GermanyDiplo
as biggest flexible donor.
🧐How can the world better share responsibility for refugees?
The Global Compact on Refugees calls for greater support to refugees + the countries that host them.
#Explainer
@Refugees
Nansen Refugee Award winners are inspirational people doing amazing things for people who have fled war or conflict or are living without a nationality. Just like Efi, the 2016 winner from Greece.
Can you help us find our next everyday hero?
This Mother's Day, we remember the millions of women and their families who are living as refugees.
Thank you to our donors who help mothers like Annabel keep their families safe and secure
#MothersDay
Tánaiste
@simoncoveney
has announced that 🇮🇪 will immediately contribute US $11 million to the UN Global Humanitarian Response Plan for
#COVID19
.
Ireland is committed to standing in solidarity with the most vulnerable countries as they respond to the pandemic.
To our donors and UNHCR National Partners around the 🌍
Your pledges of $1.2 billion will provide refugees and internally displaced people with: Shelter🏠 + Food🍲 + Clean Water🚰+ Healthcare🏥 + Education📖 + Legal Protection🛡️
German funding supports humanitarian operations throughout the world.
On visiting Berlin last week,
@FilippoGrandi
had a special message of thanks to
@GermanyDiplo
and the German people, for the impact they make possible ⤵️
We're stepping up for refugees, making sure they have the essentials to play their part in the fight against the
#coronavirus
.
Huge thanks to
@UNCERF
for allocating $6.9 million to
@Refugees
🚿🧼🧽
🇨🇦🇨🇦Happy Canada Day to one of our top donors 🇨🇦🇨🇦
@CanadaDev
@CanadaUN
UNHCR is grateful to the Canadian people for their continuous support to refugees around the world and welcoming them to Canada
#Pride
Human rights education helps all individuals to uphold their own rights and those of others.
Ms. Aya Abdullah, former refugee & UNHCR Global Youth Ambassador speaks at the Transforming Lives exhibition today
@Refugees
HQ supported by the permanent missions of 🇧🇷 🇨🇷 🇮🇹 🇸🇮
"It is important to recognise that migration is a phenomenon as old as human life itself on our planet. Its greatest negative impact, in human terms, is when it is involuntary."
Statement by President Higgins for the
#GlobalRefugeeForum
in Geneva:
👩🏾🏫“I learned to teach when I came to Nyarugusu in 2015. I love teaching”
Burundian refugee Nimbona stands proudly with her class in western Tanzania.
The Burundi crisis is under-funded & relies on unearmarked contributions from donors like 🇨🇦
@CanadaDev
.
🙏🏼from
@Refugees
Members of Venezuela's indigenous refugee communities living at a settlement in Boa Vista, Brazil, receive:
🚰Water 💡 Solar lamps 🦟 Mosquito nets from
@ACNURBrasil
🙏🏽 to top donors 🇨🇦🇩🇰🇪🇺🇩🇪🇮🇪🇰🇷🇱🇺🇫🇷🇮🇹🇯🇵🇳🇱🇳🇴🇸🇪🇨🇭🇬🇧🇺🇸 +
@UNCERF
🇦🇹 Ein großes Dankeschön to the people of Austria!
The
@MFA_Austria
has doubled donations by Austrians through the “Nachbar in Not” initiative, meaning UNHCR can deliver lifesaving support for people in Idlib 🙏
"When I grow up, I want to be a doctor" - Somali refugee Filsan, age 5, in Dadaab, Kenya.
A five-year agreement with
@DFID_UK
🇬🇧means UNHCR can support more than 400,000 Somali refugees in Dadaab & Kakuma with shelter, water, and core relief items.
#UKAid
#UKAidWorks
On a recent visit to Colombia, Assistant High Commissioner for Operations
@RaoufMazou
saw the impact of 🇺🇸 funding.
Thank you
@StatePRM
+
@usmissiongeneva
. Together we are making a difference to the lives of Venezuelan refugees and migrants.
As we enter the second year of the war in Ukraine, millions of people have been displaced. Support from the people of 🇯🇵 and
@MofaJapan_en
came quickly - helping us protect and assist people most in need.
📽️
@FilippoGrandi
explains how you've made a difference:
#Venezuela
Hand-wash time for a young Venezuelan boy, at a new Integrated Assistance Centre in the north of Colombia.
UNHCR is supporting refugees at centers with food & childcare.
Our work is made possible thanks to donors like 🇫🇷
@francediplo_EN
- merci!
Thank you to the people of 🇯🇵 +
@MofaJapan_en
for standing in solidarity with refugees from
#Ukraine
.
Generous financial support & in-kind contributions of core relief items means
@Refugees
can respond to the most urgent needs in Poland, Hungary, Moldova, Slovakia & Romania.
A warm welcome from
@FilippoGrandi
to the incoming Ambassador of Belgium, Mr. Pecsteen.
🤝 Long-standing partner to UNHCR
📅 Top donor of multi-year funding
🧮 Nearly half of its contribution is unearmarked.
@BelgiumMFA
allows us to plan for the unexpected.
What is the real impact of the war in
#Yemen
on children?
Salah lost his leg and hand in an explosion. His best friend did not survive the blast.
@Refugees
colleague
@BathoulAhmed
met Salah & describes the scale of the crisis 👉🏼
#InvestInHumanity
#ThxITA
! 🇮🇹 for being the 1st to contribute to the Venezuela Situation Supplementary Appeal with EUR 500,000 from the Emergency Bilateral Fund with
#UNHCR
. This is a quick emergency contribution that is essential to our response.
@cooperazione_it
@ItalyMFA
@ItalyUN_Geneva
🔥 Heating, ⚕️healthcare, 🧥 clothing.
Winter means extra expenses for refugees in Lebanon. For many, it’s their eighth consecutive winter in displacement.
Thanks to contributions from donors, our winter assistance programmes can help the most vulnerable stay warm.
🤝A great first meeting with 🇸🇪
@SweMFA
Minister for Int Development Cooperation +
@Refugees
High Commissioner.
A chance to reconfirm the importance of great partnership with our top unearmarked donor. Thanks for coming to visit us at UNHCR.