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17.03.2021 Article

The EU’s IRINI mission: Enforcing the UN arms embargo against Libya

The EU operation EUNAVFOR MED IRINI has helped to enforce the United Nations arms embargo against Libya since 2020. In addition, the operation is tasked with investigating illegal exports of oil as well as combating human trafficking.

Eine Fregatte der deutschen Bundeswehr im Hamburger Hafen
15.03.2021 Article

Ten years of conflict in Syria – Seven questions for German foreign policy

The conflict in Syria has been raging for ten years. What began with demonstrations against the Syrian regime is now a conflict with an international dimension. Here, we provide answers to the seven most important questions.

The ten-year-long conflict has had a devastating impact: more than 500,000 people have died, while more than half of the Syrian population have had to leave their homes.
02.12.2020 Article

UNHCR pledging conference on 2 December: Germany pledges 119 million euro to UN Refugee Agency

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is particularly severe for refugees and other displaced persons. Germany is the second-largest donor to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) and will be continuing this close partnership in the coming year.

Reintegration centre in Kananga, the Democratic Republic of Congo: Sister Adolphine talks to John, a UNHCR staffer, at the reintegration centre in Kananga, where she trains women recovering from gender-based violence.
12.11.2020 Article

Implementing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration: the regional process

The Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) is the first ever international framework instrument designed to improve cooperation in the field of migration. Germany and other UNECE Member States submitted the first voluntary National Implementation Reports on 31 October.

Flags in front of the United Nations Headquarters
21.07.2020 Article

Focus on Europe: Foreign Minister Maas in Greece

Germany’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union, dealing with Turkey and Europe’s refugee policy are the focus of Foreign Minister Maas’ trip to Athens.

Skyline of Athens, Greece
23.06.2020 Article

UNRWA pledging conference – Germany pledges humanitarian aid

At the pledging conference for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Germany once again pledged comprehensive humanitarian assistance for 2020.

Rafah, Palestinian territories – a family eating breakfast beside the ruins of their home in Rafah in the southern part of the Gaza Strip. The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has reported that over half the population in the Gaza Strip may not have enough to eat.

Press releases

  1. 06.08.2020 Press release

    Commissioner for Human Rights Policy and Humanitarian Assistance Kofler on the attack on a camp for internally displaced persons in Cameroon

  2. 03.08.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on the current development of the migration situation in the Mediterranean

  3. 21.07.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Heiko Maas prior to his departure for Greece and the UK

  4. 22.06.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Heiko Maas prior to his departure for Italy

  5. 20.06.2020 Press release

    Foreign Minister Maas on World Refugee Day

  6. 18.06.2020 Press release

    Human Rights Commissioner on new data published in the annual UNHCR Global Trends report on forced displacement and migration

  7. 09.03.2020 Press release

    “Europe’s message to Turkey is clear”

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