Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

The U.N. approved two global treaties in Dec. 2018 intended to help refugees and migrants.

Global vows to millions of migrants and refugees still largely unfulfilled

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Most of the world's 8 billion inhabitants prefer to stay within their nation of birth, but almost 1-in-20 have left that behind.

Volker Türk, then UNCHR's assistant high commissioner for protection, at the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit

Human Rights

Austria's Türk wins approval to lead top U.N. human rights body

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U.N. career diplomat Volker Türk of Austria won approval to replace former U.N. human rights chief Michelle Bachelet.

A street scene from the northern city of Axum in Ethiopia's Tigray region

Humanitarians & Peace

WHO chief calls out role of racism in his homeland's dire Tigray crisis

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The U.N. health chief blamed racism in world leaders' neglect for the humanitarian crisis in Ethiopia’s Tigray region.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tours the Mykolaiv and Odesa regions.

Security & Geopolitics

Ukraine maps $750B postwar recovery plan at Swiss conference

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More than 40 nations and international organizations signed onto a roadmap for Ukraine's recovery with longterm support.

Ukrainian firefighters check damage from a Russian rocket attack in Kyiv

Migrants and Refugees

As the war intensifies, more Ukrainians shelter away from home

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While many Ukrainians stay to fight, several million Ukrainians have fled their country, mostly to Poland.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

UNDP warns of long-term poverty and economic risks for Ukraine

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A long drawn-out war would erase almost two decades of prosperty-building, according to UNDP estimates.

A villager in Afghanistan's northeast Badakhshan Province

Humanitarians & Peace

U.N. fundraiser raises billion-dollar 'lifeline' of aid for fleeing Afghans

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As the Taliban consolidates power, donors pledged to provide emergency aid for Afghans at a U.N.-sponsored fundraiser.

A Syrian refugee camp on the outskirts of Athens, Greece

Migrants and Refugees

Nearly 3 million more displaced people from wars and conflicts

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Despite the pandemic, the number of people fleeing for safety around the world rose to almost 82.4 million last year.

Venezuelan refugees at Albergue Douglas in Pamplona, Colombia

Humanitarians & Peace

Humanitarian aid groups confront toll of pandemic on poor nations

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U.N. officials released a 2021 humanitarian plan that projects a 40% increase in people who need aid from a year earlier.

Three women on Adigrat Street in Tigray, Ethiopia

Migrants and Refugees

U.N. refugee agency warns of 'dramatic' Tigray crisis in Ethiopia

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After warning of 'a full-scale humanitarian crisis' in Ethiopia, officials said 32,000 people fled and 200,000 more may follow.

Hiroshima's Atomic Bomb Dome, 160 meters from the bomb's hypocenter, now an official UNESCO World Heritage Site

Nuclear Security & WMD

Nationalism rejected on 75th A-bomb anniversary

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On the 75th anniversary of the first atomic bombing, Hiroshima's mayor called on world leaders to ban atomic weapons and boost international cooperation.

Muslim students on a field trip in Uganda

Migrants and Refugees

Groups find authorities prey on African migrants

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A new report found government officials inflicted almost half the violence suffered by people risking grave dangers to transit through North Africa for Europe.