Ms. Kavita Belani handed her letter of accreditation to the Foreign Ministry
Mr. Vahe Gevorgyan congratulated Ms. Belani on her appointment and expressed confidence that cooperation with the Representation will be further strengthened under her leadership. The interlocutors touched upon the recent developments in the region, as well as the...
“Let’s Walk” psycho-educational sketchbook presented to field specialists
The presentation was conducted by the co-author, Ms. Maïda Chavak, who developed the book together with her colleague, a psychologist, Ms. Anouch Chahbenderian (both living in France), for the children of Armenia undergoing difficult post-conflict times, resulting in...
Online training programme on asylum and refugee rights for legal professionals concluded in Yerevan
This hybrid event brought together the twenty-one graduates of this pilot course representing Migration Service, General Prosecutor’s Office, National Security Service and its Border Guards Troops and Investigation Department of Jurisdiction, Administrative Court of...
Announcement. “SUITCASE 2022” annual journalistic contest
[UPDATED] The Migration Service of Armenia, the UN Armenia, the UN Refugee Agency, and the People in Need INGO carry on the decade-long tradition of the “SUITCASE” annual media contest. This year, materials published during the period of 1 December 2021 to 27 November...
UN Armenia launched a report on the 2020-2021 inter-agency humanitarian response to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict
As the co-coordinators of the inter-agency response, the UN Resident Coordinator’s Office and UNHCR – the UN Refugee Agency – together with the United Nations (UN) Country Team, Partners, and Representatives of the Government of Armenia presented the final...
Heads of UN Agencies in Armenia meet with a group of local and displaced youth in Syunik
The meeting was attended by the Acting UN Resident Coordinator in Armenia Lila Pieters Yahia, and the Heads/representatives of UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA, WHO, UNHCR, IOM, ILO, FAO, WFP, IOM, UNIDO, UNAIDS, GCD and other UN organizations, and was facilitated by the UNICEF...
Comprehensive review of national legislation on international protection by UNHCR and stakeholders
The meeting was co-organized by the Migration Service of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure of the Republic of Armenia and the Representation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Armenia, in the framework of the...
The Chamber of Advocates and UNHCR pledge to improve accessibility and quality of free legal aid
During the official signing ceremony, the Chairman of the Chamber of Advocates, Mr. Simon Babayan, highlighted the importance of the strengthened partnership allowing to further improve the mechanisms for the protection of the rights of displaced persons. Stressing...
UNHCR: Global displacement hits another record, capping decade-long rising trend
The number of people forced to flee their homes has increased every year over the past decade and stands at the highest level since records began, a trend that can be only reversed by a new, concerted push towards peacemaking, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said today....