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With around 1,5 million refugees fleeing to Lebanon since the beginning of the war in Syria, it is clear that the situation in the country is untenable and that substantial help is needed to avoid a complete breakdown, not only in terms of financial assistance, but also through improved resettlement tools, says Civil Liberties Committee Chair Claude Moraes who this week heads a delegation to Beirut.

The United Nations welcomes the release the day before by the Government of Sudan of twenty one children allegedly associated with armed groups. These children, who have been in the custody of the government security forces, were captured during fighting between the Government of Sudan and the Justice and Equality Movement in Darfur, in 2015.

Meeting at the level of ministers for foreign affairs, the Security Council unanimously adopts resolution 2309 (2016) on aviation security and safety.

Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-first session.

Parliament President Georges Spénale addressing the ministers at the signing ceremony (Brussels, 20 September 1976)

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has welcomed the significant new support committed Tuesday by governments to improve protection and solutions for refugees at the Leaders’ Summit on Refugees, convened by US President Barack Obama in New York.

US President Barack Obama addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-first session.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon presents his annual report on the work of the Organization at the opening of the general debate of the General Assembly’s seventy-first session.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has welcomed the historic adoption of the New York Declaration by 193 governments at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, during the first-ever UN Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, takes note of the report published this week by Human Rights Watch on the repatriation programme for Somali refugees living in Dadaab, and shares some of the concerns raised by the organisation.