GENEVA, Feb 24 (UNHCR) - U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Ruud Lubbers on Thursday said an emotional goodbye to some 6,000 UNHCR staff around the world and handed over temporary leadership ...

The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights is one of the most difficult jobs at the international body. On the one hand, some UN member-states are corrupt dictatorships that ...

In 2007, then UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres launched the first in a series of Dialogues on Protection Challenges. This annual event in Geneva facilitates a lively and informal ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to inform the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights’ report on the rights of the child and violations of human rights in armed ...

Barham Salih, who fought against Saddam Hussein’s rule in Iraq and later served as president, was chosen to lead the U.N. High Commission for Refugees. By Farnaz Fassihi and Nick Cumming-Bruce The ...

Electricity supply has been restored to the Nigerian High Commission in Pretoria, South Africa, after the diplomatic mission ...

I recently encountered the outgoing British High Commissioner to Guyana, Jane Miller, not at a formal function or behind security barriers, but on the streets of Georgetown near the GPO. She was ...