In 2005, António Guterres was elected by the UN General Assembly to become the 10th High Commissioner for Refugees, serving for a decade until the end of 2015. Before joining UNHCR, Guterres spent ...

15 June 2005 GENEVA - Declaring firm support for the core values of international refugee protection, Mr. António Guterres officially assumed his duties Wednesday as the 10th United Nations High ...

GENEVA, October, October 1 (UNHCR) - The head of the UN refugee agency, Antonio Guterres, warned today that UNHCR and other humanitarian actors are under increasing strain from a combination of ...

GENEVA, June 15 (UNHCR) - Mr. António Guterres today started work as the 10th UN High Commissioner for Refugees by reaffirming his commitment to the protection of refugees, asylum seekers and ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, February 5 (UNHCR) - High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres stressed the need for a strong partnership between UNHCR and the Muslim world when he met King Abdullah bin ...

GENEVA, October 8 (UNHCR) - High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres wrapped up his organization's annual meeting on Friday by calling for a "new deal" to help developing nations who shoulder ...

GENEVA, Oct 5 (UNHCR) - The global refugee crisis is so great that the UN refugee agency and other agencies are struggling to respond to and meet all the humanitarian needs they face. That was the ...

GENEVA, September 28 (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Friday called for a strengthened strategic partnership between the refugee agency and its many NGO partners. His ...

GENEVA, July 1 (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Wednesday outlined major challenges facing his agency and the entire humanitarian community warning that the "moment of ...

GENEVA, November 26 (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has stressed that preventing sexual and gender-based violence must remain one of the UN refugee agency's highest ...

GENEVA, June 17 (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres on Tuesday told hundreds of aid workers in Geneva that the empowerment of women was vital to better resolve a multitude of ...

QUITO, Ecuador, December 22 (UNHCR) - UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has been visiting Colombia and Ecuador over the past week to assess the situation of millions of uprooted ...