International Media Contacts
Press contacts
Melissa Fleming
Head, Communications and Public Information Service, Spokesperson for the High Commissioner
Tel: +41 22 739 7965
Email: fleming@unhcr.org
Twitter: @melissarfleming
Adrian Edwards
Head, News and Media, UNHCR Spokesman
Tel: +41 22 739 8741
Mobile: +41 79 557 9120
Email: edwards@unhcr.org
Twitter: @adrianedwrds
William Spindler
Senior Communications Officer, North Africa and Yemen
Tel: +41 22 739 8956
Mobile: +41 79 217 3011
Email: spindler@unhcr.org
Twitter: @SpindlerWilliam
Cécile Pouilly
Senior Communications Officer, Europe
Tel: +41 22 739 7883
Mobile: +41 79 108 2625
Email: pouilly@unhcr.org
Twitter: @cecilepouilly
Charlie Yaxley
Communications Officer, Europe and Asia
Tel: +41 79 58 08 702
Email: yaxley@unhcr.org
Twitter: @yaxle
Aikaterina Kitidi
Communications Officer, West Africa & International Protection
Tel: +41 22 739 8011
Mobile: +41 79 580 8334
Email: kitidi@unhcr.org
Twitter: @katerinakit
Babar Baloch
Senior Communications Officer, East Africa, Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes
Tel: +41 22 739 8098
Mobile: +41 79 513 9549
Email: baloch@unhcr.org
Twitter: @iBabarBaloch
Andrej Mahecic
Senior Communications Officer, Iraq, Syria, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Australia
Tel: +41 22 739 8347
Mobile: +41 79 642 9709
Email: mahecic@unhcr.org
Twitter: @AndrejMahecic
Media Officers by region
| Responsibility | Name | Office phone | Mobile | Twitter handle | |
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| Regional Spokesperson for East, Horn and Great Lakes | Dana HUGHES | hughes@unhcr.org | +254 20 422 422 2120 | +254 733 440 536 | |
| Regional Spokesperson for West Africa | Romain DESCLOUS | desclous@unhcr.org | +221 33 859 70 50 ext.2130 | +221 77 786 396 385 | @UNHCRWestAfrica |
| Regional Spokesperson for Southern Africa |
Markku AIKOMUS |
aikomus@unhcr.org | +2712 762 7488 | +2781 797 7456 | @MarkkuAikomus |
| Burkina Faso | Marlies CARDOEN | cardoen@unhcr.org | +90 226 01 2102 | +226 65 50 47 86 | @UNHCR_BF |
| Burundi | Bernard NTWARI | ntwarib@unhcr.org | +257 22 22 32 45 ext.2112 |
+257 78 310 564 +257 79 204 364 |
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| Cameroon | Xavier BOURGOIS | bourgois@unhcr.org |
+237 690 049 996 |
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| CAR | Djerassem MBAIOREM | mbaiorem@unhcr.org | +236 72 30 12 88 | ||
| Chad | Aristophane NGARGOUNE | ngargoun@unhcr.org |
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+235 66 98 37 92 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Daouda GUIROU | guirou@unhcr.org | +225 22 52 76 76 | @UNHCRCIV | |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Andreas KIRCHHOF | kirchhof@unhcr.org | +243 996 410 00 | +243 817 009 484 | @andreaskirchh |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | Simon LUBUKU | lubuku@unhcr.org | +243 99 604 1000 | +243 81 950 0202 | @SimonEnglebert |
| Democratic Republic of Congo - Goma | Gloria RAMAZANI | ramazang@unhcr.org | +243 973 624 699 | +243 81 268 6039 | |
| Republic of Congo | Mohamed Ag ASSORY | assory@unhcr.org | +242 05 596 40 22 | +242 05 596 40 22 | |
| Djibouti | Vanessa PANALIGAN | panaliga@unhcr.org | +253 213 522 ext.2108 | +253 77 23 01 80 | @UNHCRDjibouti |
| Ethiopie | Kisut GEBREEGZIABHER | gegziabk@unhcr.org | +251 116 612 822 | +251 911 208 901 | @Kisut_g |
| Kenya |
Yvonne NDEGE |
+254 20 423 2122 | +254 79 773 5977 | @yvonnendege | |
| Liberia | Ana BIURRUN RUIZ | biurrun@unhcr.org | +41 22 739 72 86 | ||
| Malawi | Monique EKOKO | ekoko@unhcr.org | +265 772 155 | +265 885 672 221 | |
| Mali |
Chadi OUANES |
ouanes@unhcr.org | +223 20 290 518 | +223 75 997 247 | @UNHCRMali |
| Niger |
Louise DONOVAN |
DONOVAN@unhcr.org | +227 20752065 | +227 92183473 | @UNHCRNiger |
| Nigeria | Hanson Ghandi TAMFU | tamfu@unhcr.org | +234 80 90 359 400 | +234 80 57 98 19 73 | |
| Rwanda | Daniela IONITA | ionita@unhcr.org | +250 78 831 0125 | @RefugeesRwanda | |
| Senegal | Simplice KPANDJI | kpandji@unhcr.org | +221 33 867 6207 | +221 77 333 9883 | |
| South Sudan | Eujin BYUN | byun@unhcr.org | +41 22 739 7554 ext. 2116 | +21 1922 405 683 | @eujin2 |
| Sudan | Mohamed El-Fatih EL-NAIEM | elnaiem@unhcr.org | +249 183 471 101 | +249 912 3 08 842 | @mfnaiem |
| Tanzania | Faya Foko MILLIMOUNO | millimof@unhcr.org | +255 22 26 02 708 10 | +255 784 730 427 | |
| Uganda | Duniya Aslam KHAN | khand@unhcr.org | +256 772 701 101 | ||
| Zambia | Kelvin SHIMO | shimo@unhcr.org | +260 211 265 873 x6 | +260 979 585 832 |
| Responsibility | Name | Office phone | Mobile | Twitter handle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Regional Spokesperson For USA, American Territories, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Bahamas, Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, St. Kitts St. Vincent & the Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago
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Chris BOIAN | boian@unhcr.org | +1 202 243 7634 | @ChrisBoian | |
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Regional Spokesperson for Latin America |
Francesca FONTANINI | fontanin@unhcr.org | +52 55 5083 17 45 | +52 1 (55) 9197 2690 | @fontanin |
| Argentina (covering Southern Latin America) | Analía KIM | kiman@unhcr.org | +54 11 4815 7870 | ||
| Brazil | Luiz Fernando GODINHO | godinho@unhcr.org |
+55 61 304 457 44 +55 61 304 457 01 |
+55 61 818 709 78 | @LuizFGodinho |
| Canada | Gisèle NYEMBWE | nyembwe@unhcr.org | +1 613 232 0909 ext. 225 | +1 613 986 4300 | @giselenyembwe |
| Colombia | Rocìo CASTAÑEDA | castaner@unhcr.org | +57 314 411 54 31 | @rociocas99 | |
| Costa Rica | Muñoz DANIELA | daniela@unhcr.org | |||
| Ecuador | Daniel ALMEIDA | almeidad@unhcr.org |
+593 99 875 5277 |
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| El Salvador | Oscar RAMIREZ | ramirezo@unhcr.org | +503 7003 7684 | @oramirezsal | |
| Guatemala | Pablo VILLAGRAN | villagra@unhcr.org | +502 5001 9750 | @aaronvillagt | |
| Honduras | Pamela VILLARS | villars@unhcr.org | +504 9928 4727 | ||
| Panama | Angela FLOREZ | florez@unhcr.org | +507 693 00 655 | @angieflorez_ | |
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USA New-York |
Dana SLEIMAN | sleiman@unhcr.org | +1 212 963 6211 | + 1 347 541 1790 | @DanaSleiman |
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USA Washington |
Gary SEIDMAN | seidman@unhcr.org | +1 202 461 2346 | +1 202 419 8095 | @Gary1980 |
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USA Washington (Spanish language media) |
Sibylla BRODZINSKY | brodzins@unhcr.org | +1 202 640 0245 | @Sibylla21 | |
| Venezuela | Irma ALVAREZ | alvarezi@unhcr.org | +58 41 41 81 11 55 | ||
| Venezuela situation | Regina DE LA PORTILLA | delaport@unhcr.org | +57 310 202 6029 | @ReDeLaP |
| Responsibility | Name | Office phone | Mobile | Twitter handle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regional Spokesperson for Asia | |||||
| Afghanistan | Mohammad Nader FARHAD | farhadm@unhcr.org | +93 20 220 0381 | +93 791 99 00 18 | |
| Australia | Catherine STUBBERFIELD | stubberf@unhcr.org | +61 424 545 569 | +61 424 545 569 | @UNHCRCanberra |
| Bangladesh | Caroline GLUCK | gluck@unhcr.org | +880 341 63716-7 | +880 1872 699 849 | @carogluck |
| Bangladesh | Joseph TRIPURA | tripura@unhcr.org | +880 1713 090 375 | ||
| China | ZHANG Zhilan | zhangz@unhcr.org | +86 10 6532 0972 | +86 139 1031 0407 | |
| India | Elsa Sherin MATHEWS | mathews@unhcr.org | +91 11 4353 0444 | ||
| Indonesia | Mitra Salima SURYONO | suryono@unhcr.org | +62 21 2964 3602 | +62 811 136 1046 | @Mitrasalima |
| Iran |
Sharareh JALALI |
jalalis@unhcr.org | +98 21 893 491 12 | ||
| Japan | Yuki MORIYA | moriya@unhcr.org | +81 334 992 042 | +81 909388 3249 | @UNHCR_Tokyo |
| Myanmar | Paul VRIEZE | vrieze@unhcr.org | +95 1 524 022 | +95 9 448 034 427 | |
| Myanmar | Yin Yin MYINT | myinty@unhcr.org | +95 943 12 18 30 | ||
| Korea, Republic of | Heinn SHIN | shinh@unhcr.org | +82 2 773 7012 | +82 10 2033 0565 | @heinn81 |
| Malaysia | Yante ISMAIL | ismaily@unhcr.org | +603 21 17 14 40 | +601 3 352 6286 | @yanteism |
| Nepal | Deepesh DAS SHRETA | shrestde@unhcr.org |
+977 1 441 2521 +977 1 441 4724 |
+977 98 51 0819 31 | |
| Pakistan | Dan McNorton | mcnorton@unhcr.org | +92 51 260 08 60-76 | +92 (0) 300 054 0320 | @DanMcNorton |
| Pakistan | Qaiser Khan AFRIDI | afridiq@unhcr.org | +92 51 260 08 60-76 | +92 (0) 300 501 8696 | @qaiserafridi |
| Philippines | Althea GONZALES | gonzalea@unhcr.org | +63 2 403 2336 | +63 917 844 3180 | @unhcrph |
| Sri Lanka | Upul RATNAYAKA | ratnayak@unhcr.org | +94 11 268 3968 | ||
| Thailand | Hannah Macdonald | macdonah@unhcr.org | +66 2 288 1842 | +66 642 236 291 |
| Responsibility | Name | Office phone | Mobile | Twitter handle | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regional Spokesperson for Southern Europe | Carlotta SAMI | sami@unhcr.org | +39 06 802 123 16 | +39 335 679 47 46 | |
| Regional Spokesperson for Northern Europe | Zoran STEVANOVIC | stevanoz@unhcr.org | + 46 8 457 4880 | +46 708 99 01 60 | @zoranmedia |
| Regional Spokesperson for Central Europe | |||||
| Spokesperson for South Eastern Europe (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, FYRo Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Kosovo) | Neven CRVENKOVIC | crvenkov@unhcr.org | +387 (0)33 290 470 | +387 (0)61 611 082 | @NC_UNHCR |
| Albania | Lorena ISLA RODRIGUEZ | isla@unhcr.org |
+335 42 250 205 |
+355 69 704 4122 | |
| Armenia | Anahit HAYRAPETYAN | hayrapet@unhcr.org | +374 10 54 5936/105 | +374 91 41 61 27 | |
| Austria | Ruth SCHÖFFL | schoeffl@unhcr.org | +43/1 26060 5307 | +43/699 1459 5307 | |
| Azerbaijan | Elsevar AGHAYEV | aghayev@unhcr.org | +994 12 492 1443 | +994 50 214 6037 | @Elsevar_Aghayev |
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Belarus |
Maryna MELNIK | melnik@unhcr.org | +375 17 328 69 61 (ext. 112) | +375 44 552 66 28 | @UNHCRBelarus |
| Belgium | Vanessa SAENEN | saenen@unhcr.org | +32 2 627 59 32 | +32 (0)476 420 134 | |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | Neven CRVENKOVIC | crvenkov@unhcr.org | +387 (0)33 290 370 | +387 (0)61 611 082 | @NC_UNHCR |
| Bulgaria | Borislav GROZDANOV | grozdano@unhcr.org | +359 2 980 24 50 | +359 878 865 431 | |
| Croatia | Jan KAPIC | kapic@unhcr.org | +385 137 134 15 | +385 911 150 115 | |
| Cyprus | Emilia STROVOLIDOU | strovoli@unhcr.org | +37 223 590 43 | +35799 58 25 29 | |
| Denmark | Elisabeth ARNSDORF-HASLUND | haslund@unhcr.org | +45 45 33 65 16 | +45 21 42 55 64 | @MsHaslund |
| Estonia | Didzis MELBIKSIS | MELBIKSI@unhcr.org | + 46 8 4574 876 | +467 3587 97 33 | @didzis_m |
| France and Monaco | Céline SCHMITT | schmittc@unhcr.org | +33 1 44 43 48 55 | +33 6 23 16 11 78 | @Ce_Schmitt |
| Georgia | Nino KAJAIA | kajaia@unhcr.org | +995 322 386 202 ext2071 | +995 595 11 54 64 | @UNHCRGeorgia |
| Germany | Chris MELZER | melzer@unhcr.org | + 49 30 202 202 10 | +49 151 706 660 13 | @ChrisMelzer_NYC |
| Germany | Martin RENTSCH | rentsch@unhcr.org | +49 30 202 202 15 | +49 151 706 660 15 | @MartinRentsch |
| Greece | Leo DOBBS | dobbs@unhcr.org | +30 216 2007800 | +30 694 866 8989 | @LDUNHCR |
| Greece | Stella NANOU | nanou@unhcr.org | +30 216 200 7800 | +30 694 458 6037 | |
| Greece, Thessaloniki | Liene VEIDE | veide@unhcr.org |
+30 694 572 0301 |
@lieneveide | |
| Greece (Islands) | Boris CHESHIRKOV | cheshirk@unhcr.org | +30 216 200 078 00 | +30 6951 854 661 | |
| Hungary | Erno SIMON | simoner@unhcr.org | +36 1 336 33 45 | +36 30 657 03 23 | @Embrrrr |
| Ireland | Jody CLARKE | clarke@unhcr.org | +353 1 631 4614 | +353 87 989 3461 | @jodyhclarke |
| Italy | Federico FOSSI | fossi@unhcr.org | +39 34 908 434 61 | +39 349 084 3461 | |
| Italy | Barbara MOLINARIO | molinarb@unhcr.org | +39 06 802 123 33 | +39 33 85 46 29 32 | |
| Kosovo | Shpend HALILI | Halilis@unhcr.org | + 383 38 241 509 | + 377 45 286 862 | @ShpendHalili |
| Latvia | Didzis MELBIKSIS | MELBIKSI@unhcr.org | + 46 8 4574 876 | + 467 3587 97 33 | @didzis_m |
| Lithuania | Renata KULES | kules@unhcr.org | + 370 5210 7416 | @RenataKules | |
| Luxembourg | Vanessa SAENEN | saenen@unhcr.org | +32 2 627 59 32 | +32 (0)476 420 134 | |
| FYRo Macedonia | Ljubinka BRASHNARSKA | brashnar@unhcr.org | +389 231 186 41 ext. 202 | +389 722 693 46 | @brashnarska |
| Malta | Fabrizio ELLUL | ellul@unhcr.org | +356 22 489 401 | +356 99 69 00 81 | |
| Montenegro | Mensur BAJRAMSPAHIC | bajramsp@unhcr.org | +382 20 447 438 | +382 69 303 635 | |
| Netherlands | Femke JOORDENS | joordens@unhcr.org | +31 70 3 454 454 | +31 6 23 84 55 40 | |
| Poland | Rafał KOSTRZYNSKI | kostrzy@unhcr.org | +48 22 390 3860 | +48 788 22 40 10 | @UNHCRPoland |
| Romania | Gabriela LEU | leu@unhcr.org | +40 21 201 7898 | +40 722 212097 | |
| Russian Federation | Anastasia SOLTANOVSKAYA | soltanov@unhcr.org | +7 495 660 0859 | +7 903 721 7560 | |
| Serbia | Mirjana IVANOVIC-MILENKOVSKI | ivanovim@unhcr.org | +381 11 308 2100/103 | + 381 63 275 154 | |
| Spain |
Maria Jesus VEGA |
+34 91 556 35 03 | +34 670 661 263 | @ACNURspain | |
| Spain | Rosa OTERO | otero@unhcr.org | +34 91 556 35 03 x22 | +34 670 661 263 | @RosaOteroG |
| Sweden | Caroline BACH | bach@unhcr.org | +46 8 457 4874 | +46 709 165 719 | @carolinebach |
| Switzerland and Liechtenstein | Julia DAO | daoj@unhcr.org | +41 22 739 85 69 | +41 79 204 34 09 | |
| Turkey | Selin UNAL | unal@unhcr.org | +90 312 409 7065 | +90 530 2827862 | @selinunal79 |
| United Kingdom |
Matthew SALTMARSH |
saltmars@unhcr.org | +44(0)203 761 8091 | +44(0)7880 230 985 | |
| United Kingdom |
Laura PADOAN |
padoan@unhcr.org | +44 203 761 8092 | +44 777 556 6127 | |
| Ukraine | Hugo REICHENBERGER | reichenb@unhcr.org | +380 44 280 5500 ext.102 | +380 50 334 2293 |
| Responsibility | Name | Office phone | Mobile | Twitter handle | |
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Senior Communication Advisor and Spokesperson |
Rula AMIN | aminr@unhcr.org | +962 (0)6 510 04 60 Ext.2108 | +962 (0)790 04 58 49 | @RulaAmin |
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Regional Spokesperson for the Gulf |
Mohammed ABU ASAKER | abuasake@unhcr.org | +971 266 776 68 | +971 506 213 552 | @mabuasaker |
| Algeria | Russell FRASER | fraser@unhcr.org | +213 661 278 876 | @fraserunhcr | |
| Egypt | Ragnhild EK | ek@unhcr.org | +20 120 042 1996 | ||
| Egypt | Christine BESHAY | beshay@unhcr.org | +2 022 728 56 00 | +2 012 835 798 32 | @UNHCREgypt |
| Iraq | Kate POND | pond@unhcr.org | +964 780 920 7286 | ||
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Iraq - Erbil |
Amira ABD EL-KHALEK | abdelkha@unhcr.org | +964 772 616 3729 | ||
| Jordan |
Mohammad HAWARI (Arabic) |
hawari@unhcr.org | +962 79 89 56 781 | @malhawari | |
| Jordan | Nida YASSIN (Arabic) | yassinn@unhcr.org | +962 79 71 52 336 | ||
| Jordan - Za'atri camp | Marwa HASHEM (incl. Arabic) | hashemma@unhcr.org | +962 79 004 98 24 | @MarwaHashem | |
| Lebanon | Lisa ABOU KHALED | aboukhal@unhcr.org | +961 1 849 201, ext: 2134 | +961 71 880 070 | |
| Libya | Paula BARRACHINA ESTEBAN | barrachi@unhcr.org | |||
| Mauritania | Helena PES | pes@unhcr.org | +222 22 887 9040 | @helena_pes | |
| Morocco | Malgorzata BRATKRAJC | bratkraj@unhcr.org | +212 537 75 79 92 | +212 661 95 85 63 | @UnhcrMorocco |
| North Lebanon | Khaled KABBARA | kabbara@unhcr.org | +961 70 100 740 | ||
| East Lebanon, Bekaa | Tatiana AUDI | audit@unhcr.org | +961 71 910 335 | ||
| Syria | Mysa Mohammad Ali KHALAF | khalafm@unhcr.org | +963 11 218 12 147 | +963 9933 57 860 | |
| Tunisia | Zeineb MARZOUK | marzoukz@unhcr.org | +216 58 33 51 20 | ||
| Yemen | Shabia MANTOO | mantoo@unhcr.org | +967 1 469 771 Ext 2104 | +967 71 222 5121 | @Shabia_M |