Global Trends 2017 - Media

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War, violence, persecution push displacement to new unprecedented high

Press briefing

Footage from the June 13 embargoed press briefing with UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi:

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Democratic Republic of the Congo. Burundians seek refuge in neighbouring country

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Spokesperson for the High Commissioner

Melissa Fleming will be travelling with the High Commissioner and fielding requests for interviews with him.

mobile: +41 79 557 9122
e-mail: fleming@unhcr.org

Media contacts – Geneva

  • Adrian Edwards, +41 79 557 9120
  • Babar Baloch, +41 79 513 9549
  • Andrej Mahecic, +41 79 642 9709
  • Cécile Pouilly, +41 79 108 2625
  • William Spindler, +41 79 217 3011
  • Aikaterini Kitidi, +41 79 580 8334
  • Charlie Yaxley, +41 79 58 08 702

Media contacts – worldwide

To find additional spokespeople not listed here, visit our media centre.

Media contacts – Australia, Asia, Pacific, Middle East

  • Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific: Catherine Stubberfield, +61 424 545 569
  • Asia: Keane Shum, +66 922 75 25 85
  • Japan: Yuki Moriya, +81 909388 3249
  • Republic of Korea: Heinn Shin, +82 10 2033 0565
  • Pakistan: Dan McNorton, +92 (0) 300 054 0320
  • Afghanistan: Mohammad Nader Farhad, +93 791 99 00 18
  • Gulf: Mohammed Abu Asaker, +971 506 213 552
  • Middle East and North Africa : Rula Amin, +962 (0)790 04 58 49
  • Syria: Mysa Mohammad Ali Khalaf, +963 9933 57 860
  • Iraq: Kate Pond, +964 780 920 7286
  • Jordan: Mohammad Hawar, +962 79 89 56 781
  • Lebanon: Lisa Abou Khaled, +961 71 880 070
  • Egypt: Ragnhild Ek, +20 120 042 1996
  • Libya: Paula Barrachina Esteban, + 216 20 697 641

Media contacts – Africa and Europe

  • East Africa, Horn of Africa and South Sudan Situation: Dana Hughes, +254 733 440 536
  • West Africa: Romain Desclous, +221 77 786 396 385
  • Southern Africa: Markku Aikomus, +27 81 797 7456
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo: Andreas Kirchhof, +243 817 009 484
  • London: Matthew Saltmarsh, +44 7880 230 985
  • Paris: Céline Schmitt, +33 6 23 16 11 78
  • Berlin: Chris Melzer, +49 151 706 660 13
  • Madrid: Maria Jesus Vega, +34 670 661 263
  • Rome: Carlotta Sami, +39 335 679 47 46
  • Baltic and Nordic countries: Zoran Stevanovic, +46 708 99 01 60
  • South-eastern Europe: Neven Crvenkovic, +387 61 611 082
  • Athens: Leo Dobbs, +30 694 866 8989
  • Brussels: Vanessa Saenen, +32 (0)476 420 134
  • Switzerland: Julia Dao, +41 79 204 34 09
  • Turkey: Selin Unal, +90 530 2827862

Media contacts – Americas

  • New York (global desk): Kathryn Mahoney, +1 347 443 7646, Dana Sleiman, +1 347 541 1790
  • Washington, DC: Chris Boian, +1 202 489 6884
  • Latin America: Francesca Fontanini, +52 1 (55) 9197 2690

 

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