Statements
Statements
Latest speeches and statements
- Assistant High Commissioner for Protection's Keynote address at the Refugee Law Initiative Annual Conference, 3 June 2024 (Conference theme: ‘Pacts, promises and refugee protection’)
4 October 2024 - Statement by the High Commissioner at the Summit of the Future 2024, New York
22 September 2024 - UNHCR’s Grandi: Let’s make refugee inclusion the norm
19 June 2024 - Remarks by Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees at Georgetown University, Washington, DC
3 June 2024 - Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: No time to lose as famine stalks millions in Sudan amid intense fighting and access denials
31 May 2024 - Statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the United Nations Security Council
30 May 2024 - High Commissioner's statement at the Brussels Syria Conference
27 May 2024 - Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on the Democratic Republic of the Congo
30 April 2024 - Statement by the High Commissioner on Sudan, Paris
15 April 2024 - Civilians in Gaza in extreme peril while the world watches on: Ten requirements to avoid an even worse catastrophe
21 February 2024 - Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: We cannot abandon the people of Gaza
31 January 2024 - Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, One in five people in the Central Sahel needs humanitarian aid: Now is the time to turn words into action
12 January 2024 - Global Refugee Forum Opening remarks of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi
13 December 2023 - Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, on the situation in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory, "We need an immediate humanitarian ceasefire"
5 November 2023 - High Commissioner's 2023 Kofi Annan Geneva peace address
3 November 2023 - High Commissioner’s statement to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly
31 October 2023 - High Commissioner’s statement to the United Nations Security Council
31 October 2023 - High Commissioner’s closing statement to the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme
13 October 2023 - High Commissioner’s opening statement to the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme
9 October 2023 - UNHCR expresses alarm at Sudan clashes, urges de-escalation
17 April 2023 - High Commissioner's Statement to UN Security Council Arria Formula Meeting
22 March 2023 - High Commissioner's remarks at the International Donors' Conference 'Together for the people in Türkiye and Syria' in Brussels, Belgium
20 March 2023 - High Commissioner's speech at the International Conference in Solidarity with Venezuelan Refugees and Migrants and their Host Countries and Communities in Brussels, Belgium
17 March 2023 - High Commissioner's Statement at The International Conference on Climate Resilient Pakistan
09 January 2023