BREAKING: Senior appointments to help lead UNHCR have been announced by SG @antonioguterres. Tressa Rae Finerty will serve as Deputy High Commissioner. @anton_leis as Assistant High Commissioner for Operations. @EdemWosornu as Assistant High Commissioner for Protection.

Rohingya don't want aid forever, but to return home safely & w/ dignity. Until then, the world can't forget them.   The Joint Response Plan launched last week is a united plan to support refugees & host communities   Listen to @KellyTClements👇

As the world welcomes the holy month, @KellyTClements , Deputy UN High Commissioner for Refugees, reminds us of the strength & resilience of refugee families observing Ramadan far from home. Your generosity brings warmth to their Iftar tables & hope during times of uncertainty.

Today I begin my tenure as High Commissioner for @Refugees. Guided by our shared humanity and legal mandate, we will work with our partners and host nations, to protect refugees, deliver durable solutions, and confront the displacement crises affecting millions of people.

“… a crisis of global leadership, of failure of imagination and ambition, and a proliferation of populist rhetoric that is numbing us to the plight of others.” Read my Christmas Day op-ed on the @nytimes 👇🏻 eur02.safelinks.protection.o…

I am honoured to have been elected as the incoming United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. As a former refugee, I know first-hand how protection and opportunity can change the course of a life. That experience will inform a leadership approach grounded in empathy, pragmatism, and a principled commitment to international law. My foremost responsibility will be to refugees and others forced to flee—upholding their rights and dignity and advancing durable solutions so that displacement remains a temporary situation, not a permanent fate. At a time of record displacement and severe pressure on humanitarian resources, delivering on UNHCR’s mandate requires a renewed focus on impact, accountability, and efficiency. This is a shared responsibility. UNHCR will build on the important reforms undertaken in recent years to strengthen operational effectiveness and value for money. I will work with Member States and partners across the public, private, and philanthropic sectors to mobilize the capacity, resources, and collective will needed to reach those most in need. I am grateful to the Secretary-General, António Guterres, and to the General Assembly for their confidence, and to High Commissioner Filippo Grandi for his principled and tireless leadership during a period of extraordinary global challenge. I look forward to working closely with UNHCR’s dedicated staff, states, partners, host communities, and, most importantly, refugees themselves to advance protection and durable solutions fit for both the promise and the perils of the 21st century.

“This is one of the worst protection crises we’ve seen in decades.” UNHCR @KellyTClements Over 30 million people in Sudan need aid, 15 million children need support. UN agencies urge urgent global action unhcr.org/news/press-release…