1 day ago · As I prepare to step down after a decade as high commissioner for refugees, I see not only conflicts and emergencies affecting every region of the world, but also a crisis of global leadership, a ...

6 days ago · Now, shortly before his term comes to an end, and as more than 117 million people worldwide remain forcibly displaced, the long-serving UN High Commissioner for Refugees is …

1 day ago · I became the United Nations high commissioner for refugees in January 2016, when violence in Syria was in full spate. That conflict, which began in 2011 and lasted until the ouster of …

Dec 16, 2025 · The past year has produced a “perfect storm” of setbacks to global efforts to support and protect refugees, but it remains vital to press ahead and build on a decade of global partnership and …

For over a decade, Filippo Grandi served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, guiding the world’s response to one of the greatest humanitarian challenges of our time.

19 hours ago · In a remarkable chapter for global humanitarian leadership, Dr. Barham Ahmed Salih, the former President of Iraq, has been elected as the next United Nations High Commissioner for …

Dec 18, 2025 · Mr Salih, 65, will succeed Filippo Grandi, an Italian who steps down at the end of this month after a decade in the role. Mr Salih will serve a five-year term as UN High Commissioner for …