Archive for 'Media'
Donors Pledge Some EUR 300 million to Refugees in Balkans
A new social housing project for displaced people in eastern Bosnia. The inhabitants used to live in a dilapidated building. SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, April 25 (UNHCR) –International donors have pledged an initial sum of more than [...]
Renewed Focus Required on Roma Issues
Today, on a visit to Ada Roma near Capljina, UNHCR Representative Andrew Mayne and the Head of the Delegation of the European Union/EU Special Representative Ambassador Peter Sorensen called for dignified solutions for Roma living on [...]
Suffering goes on for 330,000 refugees of the Yugoslav war
More than 330,000 people who were forced to flee their homes during the war in the former Yugoslavia are still classified as refugees or displaced, 20 years on from the start of one of the bloodiest [...]
UNHCR, Partners, and Roma Commemorate International Roma Day
UNHCR, its partners and Roma volunteers and refugee children took to school playgrounds to distribute information leaflets in light of International Roma Day, 8 April. The leaflets are part of awareness raising initiatives for equal access [...]
Sarajevo 2012: Book Fair
UNHCR’s publications on the BiH operation 1992-1995. Sarajevo 2012 Book Fair. Photography: Marco Lambooij. View full album here. [...]
UNHCR and War Media: Sarajevo 2012
In commemoration of Sarajevo 2012, UNHCR compiled a video of its operation in Bosnia-Herzegovina 1992-1995. Sarajevo 2012 commemorates an occasion where 20 years ago international news representatives covered the war in BiH. UNHCR worked in [...]
UNHCR Supports Opening of Centre for Women
Yesterday UNHCR, United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) and Foundation for Local Democracy (FLD) held a press conference to for the opening of the Centre for Women. Funded by UNHCR and UNFPA and implemented by FLD the Centre is [...]
UNHCR Representative Visits Returnees and Displaced Persons in Srebrenica and the North East
Together with the municipality and implementing partner Vasa Prava UNHCR BiH Representative Andrew Mayne visited IDP families at the new social housing facility in Srebrenica where some of the most vulnerable families received furniture and household [...]
Preparation for the Donor Conference: Personal Envoy of the High Commissioner Visits the Region
Mr. Anne Willem Bijleveld, Personal Envoy to the Western Balkans of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, met with senior government partners and the international diplomatic corps in Sarajevo on Monday at the start of a [...]
UNHCR Partner Commemorates 8 March by Increasing Safety
To commemorate International Women’s Day, UNHCR partner Bosnia-Herzegovina Women’s Initiative held a round table discussion yesterday in city of Mostar on the safety of women and girls. The main objective of the round table was to [...]
