Archive for 'Press Releases'
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 [...]
Diplomatic Corps in BiH Receives Regional Project Brief
In preparation for international Donors Conference held in Sarajevo on 24 April, BiH Minister for Human Rights and Refugees, Mr. Damir Ljubic, and UNHCR Representative Mr. Andrew Mayne, briefed the diplomatic corps in BiH on the regional initiative. [...]
UNHCR delivered emergency food supplies to the public kitchen in Glamoc
UNHCR delivered emergency food supplies to the public kitchen in Glamoc, run by the NGO, Mission Without Borders, which provides regular meals to nearly one hundred vulnerable IDPs and returnees, many of whom are elderly and [...]
UNHCR and Private Donor Distribute New Year Gifts for Children in Need
Private donations from the international community purchased gifts for some 130 children in BiH, ages 1 to 13. The children belong to some of the most vulnerable returnee and collective center households in the country living [...]
UNHCR-Funded Specialized Housing Opens in Zenica
UNHCR and partners open a social housing project in Zenica municipality that provides safe and dignified housing for vulnerable elderly. [...]
1400 Roma Receive Free Legal Aid to Obtain Civil Documentation
1400 Roma Receive Free Legal Aid to Obtain Civil Documentation as UNHCR and Partners Finalize Project to Reduce Statelessness. [...]
UNHCR and Partner Hold Workshops for 16 Days of Activism Against SGBV
UNHCR, its partner, Bosnia-Herzegovina Women’s Initiative (BHWI), and its persons of concern held workshops in support of the international awareness-raising campaign, 16 Days of Activism Against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. [...]
UNHCR and Partners Deliver Emergency Assistance to Roma Families
UNHCR, in cooperation with Bosnia-Herzegovina Women’s Initiative (BHWI) and Vasa Prava BiH delivered emergency assistance to Roma families living in dire and inhumane conditions near Capljina. [...]
UNHCR Provides Urgent Support to Collective Center Residents
UNHCR assists in the delivery of food parcels to a collective centre in Tesanj, where 22 internally displaced families continue to reside in sub-standard conditions, in dire need of support. [...]
UNHCR Representative’s Farewell Visit to RS Authorities
UNHCR Representative, Naveed Hussain, paid a farewell visit to the RS authorities where he met with the President of Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, as well as the Minister of Refugees and Displaced Persons, Mr. Davor Cordas. [...]
