International Media Contacts

Regional spokespersons

Africa
Americas
Asia
Europe
Middle East and North Africa

Responsibility	Name	Email	Office phone	Mobile	Twitter handle
Regional spokesperson for the East, Horn and Great Lakes	Faith KASINA	[email protected]		+254 113 427 094	@FaeKasina
Regional Spokesperson for West and Central Africa	Fatoumata SINKOUN KABA	[email protected]		+221 78 526 87 14	@FatiKaba
Regional Spokesperson for West and Central Africa	Alpha Seydi BA	[email protected]		+221 77 345 74 54 (+ WhatsApp)	@UNHCRWestAfrica
Regional Spokesperson for Southern Africa	Hélène CAUX	[email protected]	+27(0)12 762 7406		@helenecaux

Responsibility	Name	Email	Office phone	Mobile	Twitter handle
Regional Spokesperson for Latin America	William SPINDLER	[email protected]		+507 638 278 15	@SpindlerWilliam
Regional Spokesperson for Central America and Mexico	Sibylla BRODZINSKY	[email protected]		+52 55 804 850 54	@Sibylla21
Regional Spokesperson for South America	Jenny BARCHFIELD	[email protected]		+52 55 7918 3248
Regional Spokesperson for USA and the Caribbean	Chris BOIAN	[email protected]	+1 202 243 7634	+1 202 489-6884	@ChrisBoian

Responsibility	Name	Email	Office phone	Mobile	Twitter handle
Regional Spokesperson for Asia and the Pacific	Babar BALOCH	[email protected]		+66 80 086 5611	@iBabarBaloch

Responsibility	Name	Email	Office phone	Mobile	Twitter handle
Regional Spokesperson for Southern Europe	Carlotta SAMI	[email protected]	+39 06 802 123 16	+39 335 679 47 46	@UNHCRItalia @CarlottaSami
Regional Spokesperson for the Nordic and Baltic Countries	Elisabeth Arnsdorf HASLUND	[email protected]		+46 70 442 3199	@MsHaslund
Regional Spokesperson for Central Europe	Zoran STEVANOVIC	[email protected]	+36 1 336 3079	+36 305 309 633	@zoranmedia
Regional Spokesperson for EU Affairs	Maeve PATTERSON	[email protected]	+32 2 627 5980	+32 470 99 54 35	@mpat79

Responsibility	Name	Email	Office phone	Mobile	Twitter handle
Senior Communication Advisor and Spokesperson - Regional Bureau for the Middle East and North Africa	Rula AMIN	[email protected]	+962 (0)6 510 04 60 Ext.2108	+962 (0)790 04 58 49	@RulaAmin
Communication Officer, Regional Bureau for the Middle East and North Africa	Mysa KHALAF	[email protected]	+971 526 686 240	+971 585 924 930

Responsibility	Name	Email	Office phone	Mobile	Twitter handle
Burkina Faso	Moussa BOUGMA	[email protected]	+226 253 405 22		@UNHCR_BF
Burundi	Bernard NTWARI	[email protected]	+257 22 22 32 45 ext.2112	+257 78 310 564 +257 79 204 364
Cameroon	Xavier BOURGOIS	[email protected]		+237 690 049 996	@RefugeesCmr
CAR	Stella FATIME	[email protected]		+236 755 58 464	@UNHCR_CAR
Côte d'Ivoire	Daouda GUIROU	[email protected]	+225 22 52 76 76	+225 0643 0761	@UNHCRCIV
Democratic Republic of Congo	Joel SMITH	[email protected]		+243 825 257 774
Djibouti	Dauoda GUIROU	[email protected]	+253 21 35 22 00	+253 (0) 77 12 92 07	@Dguirou @UNHCRDjibouti
Ethiopia	Kisut GEBREEGZIABHER	[email protected]	+251 116 612 822	+ 251 911 208 901	@Kisut_g
Ethiopia	Neven CRVENKOVIC	[email protected]		+251 948 053 450	NC_UNHCR
Ethiopia	Melike TRIGG	[email protected]		+251 (0) 905 01 29 22	@UNHCREthiopia
Ghana	Patience FOLLEY	[email protected]			@UNHCRGhana
Kenya	Eujin BYUN	[email protected]		+254 798 487 988	@eujin2
Malawi	Kenyi LUKAJO	[email protected]		+265 885 510 477
Mali	Chadi OUANES	[email protected]	+223 20 290 518	+223 75 997 247	@UNHCRMali
Niger	Jean-Sébastien JOSSET	[email protected]		+227 90 76 69 77	@UNHCRNiger
Nigeria	Gabriel Damilare ADEYEMO	[email protected]		+234 901 066 0496	@UNHCRNigeria
Rwanda	Eric Didier KARINGANIRE	[email protected]		+250 (0) 783 611 637	@erickadidier @RefugeesRwanda
Rwanda	Lily CARLISLE	[email protected]		+250 (0) 788 35 02 95	@LillyCarlisle
Senegal	Gosia COURTAY	[email protected]		+221 765 337 429
Somalia	Marco LEMBO	[email protected]		+254 (0) 714 524 339	@MarcoLembo01 @UNHCRSom
South Africa	Laura PADOAN	[email protected]		+27834635444
South Sudan	Charlotte HALLQVIST	[email protected]		+211 (0) 925 58 00 98	@C_Hallqvist
Sudan	Assadullah NASRULLAH	[email protected]		+249 912 178 991	@UNHCRinSudan
Sudan	Giulia RAFFAELLI	[email protected]		+249 91 216 7016
Tanzania	Goodness MREMA	[email protected]		+255 (0) 714 05 87 49	@goodmrema
Togo	Sefako SOSSA	[email protected]
Uganda	Frank WALUSIMBI	[email protected]		+256 (0) 772 70 11 40	@FrankWALUSIMBI
Zambia	Kelvin SHIMO	[email protected]	+260 211 265 873 x6	+260 979 585 832

Responsibility	Name	Email	Office phone	Mobile	Twitter handle
Argentina (covering Southern Latin America)	Analía KIM	[email protected]	+54 11 4014-1600	+54 911 4089-0846	@anitakim_AK
Brazil	Luiz Fernando GODINHO	[email protected]	+55 61 304 457 44 +55 61 304 457 01	+55 61 818 709 78	@LuizFGodinho
Canada	Melanie Gallant Gisèle NYEMBWE	[email protected] [email protected]	+1 613 232 0909 ext. 225	+1 613 986 4300	@giselenyembwe
Colombia	Rocìo CASTAÑEDA	[email protected]		+57 314 411 54 31	@rociocas99
Costa Rica	Diego Pérez DAMASCO	[email protected]	+506 2242 0714	+506 6364 9354	@DieDamasco
Ecuador	Diana DIAZ	[email protected]		+593 99 401 3567	@DianaDiazRod
El Salvador	Oscar RAMIREZ	[email protected]		+503 2209 3585	@oramirezsal
Guatemala	Daniel Calderon GONZALEZ	[email protected]		+502 3760 4567	@dodifog
Panama	Angela FLOREZ	[email protected]		+507 693 00 655	@angieflorez_
USA New-York	Dana SLEIMAN	[email protected]	+1 212 963 6211	+ 1 347 541 1790	@DanaSleiman
USA Washington (Spanish language media)	Andrea MUCINO-SANCHEZ	[email protected]	+1 202 751 9000		@andyymucino
Venezuela	Luca NICOSIA	[email protected]		+58 (0) 4145140394	@ACNUR_Venezuela

Responsibility	Name	Email	Office phone	Mobile	Twitter handle
Afghanistan	Peter KESSLER	[email protected]		+93 70 246 56 14
Afghanistan	Tony ASEH	[email protected]		+93 702 465 611
Australia	Jade HERRON	[email protected]	+61 2 6281 9107	+61 424 545 569
Australia	Charlotta LOMAS	[email protected]	+612 6281 9112	+61 424 545 569	@charlottalomas
Bangladesh	Regina DE LA PORTILLA	[email protected]		+88 018 473 272 79
Bangladesh	Mostafa Mohammad Sazzad HOSSAIN	[email protected]		+88 013 130 464 59
China	XU nan	[email protected]	+86 10 6532 0975	+86 13 91 00 57 802
Indonesia	Mitra Salima SURYONO	[email protected]	+62 21 2964 3602	+62 811 136 1046	@Mitrasalima
Iran	Duniya ASLAM KHAN	[email protected]		+98 991 205 8010
Iran	Farha BHOYROO	[email protected]	+98 21 89349 112	+98 912 132 7183	@FarhaBhoyroo
Japan	Yuki MORIYA	[email protected]	+81 334 992 042	+81 90 1709 7620	@UNHCR_Tokyo
Myanmar	Reuben LIM Wende Stephanie FERRY	[email protected] [email protected]
Myanmar	Yin Yin MYINT	[email protected]		+95 943 12 18 30
Korea, Republic of	Saegil LEE	[email protected]		+82 10 3169 7281
Malaysia	Yante ISMAIL	[email protected]	+603 21 17 14 40	+601 3 352 6286	@yanteism
Pakistan	Aoife MCDONNELL	[email protected]		+92 3202 538 941 (mobile and WhatsApp)
Pakistan	Qaiser Khan AFRIDI	[email protected]	+92 51 260 08 60-76	+92 (0) 300 501 8696	@qaiserafridi
Philippines	Maria Jorica PAMINTUAN	[email protected]	+63 2 8403 2336	+63 917 596 8654	@unhcrph
Thailand	Morgane ROUSSEL-HEMERY	[email protected]		+66 81 140 4353

Responsibility	Name	Email	Office phone	Mobile	Twitter handle
Albania	Artur MARKU	[email protected]	+355 42 276 600/ext.612	+355 69 600 64 76
Armenia	Anahit HAYRAPETYAN	[email protected]	+374 10 54 5936/105	+374 91 41 61 27
Austria	Ruth SCHOEFFL	[email protected]	+43/1 26060 5307	+43/699 1459 5307	@CorneliaRuth
Azerbaijan	Elsevar AGHAYEV	[email protected]	+994 12 492 1443	+994 50 214 6037	@Elsevar_Aghayev
Belgium	Frederik BORDON	[email protected]	+32(0)2 627 5932	+32(0) 476 420 134	@UNHCRBelgie @UNHCRBelgique
Bulgaria	Christine Pirovolakis Yana Dodnikova-Pashkunova	[email protected] [email protected]	+44 7931 832164 +359 2 980 2453/54	+359 0887 500 137 +359 885665676 / +359 878865431
Bosnia & Herzegovina	Dorijan KLASNIC	[email protected]
Croatia	Jan KAPIC	[email protected]	+385 137 134 15	+385 911 150 115
Cyprus	Emilia STROVOLIDOU	[email protected]	+37 223 590 43	+357 9983 2614
Denmark	Elisabeth Arnsdorf HASLUND	[email protected]		+46 70 442 3199	@MsHaslund
France and Monaco	Céline SCHMITT	[email protected]	+33 1 44 43 48 55	+33 6 23 16 11 78
Georgia	Nino KAJAIA	[email protected]	+995 322 386 202 ext2071	+995 595 11 54 64	@UNHCRGeorgia
Germany	Chris MELZER	[email protected]	+ 49 30 202 202 10	+49 151 706 660 13	@ChrisMelzer_NYC
Greece	Stella NANOU	[email protected]	+30 216 200 7800	+30 694 458 6037
Greece	Louise DONOVAN	[email protected]	+30 21 6200 7813	+30 693 668 8157
Hungary	Erno SIMON	[email protected]	+36 1 336 33 45	+36 30 657 03 23	@Embrrrr
Ireland	Jody CLARKE	[email protected]	+353 1 631 4614	+353 87 989 3461	@jodyhclarke
Italy	Federico FOSSI	[email protected]	+39 34 908 434 61	+39 349 084 3461
Italy	Barbara MOLINARIO	[email protected]	+39 06 802 123 33	+39 33 85 46 29 32
Lithuania	Renata KULES	[email protected]	+ 370 5210 7416		@RenataKules
Luxembourg	Frederik BORDON	[email protected]	+32(0)2 627 5932	+32(0) 476 420 134
FYRo Macedonia	Ljubinka BRASHNARSKA	[email protected]	+389 231 186 41 ext. 202	+389 722 693 46	@brashnarska
Montenegro	Mensur BAJRAMSPAHIC	[email protected]
Netherlands	Femke JOORDENS	[email protected]	+31 70 250 18 07	+31 6 23 84 55 40	@unhcrnederland
Norway	Anders AALBU	[email protected]	+46 10 10 12 820	+46 (0)707 57 6285	@aalbu
Poland	Rafał KOSTRZYNSKI	[email protected]	+48 22 390 3860	+48 788 22 40 10	@UNHCRPoland
Poland	Tarik ARGAZ	[email protected]
Romania	Gabriela LEU	[email protected]	+40 21 201 7898	+40 722 212097
Russian Federation	Dinara GALAKHOVA	[email protected]	+7 495 660 0859	+7 903 721 7560	@UNHCRussia
Serbia	Mirjana IVANOVIC-MILENKOVSKI	[email protected]	+381 11 308 2100/103	+ 381 63 275 154
Spain	Maria Jesus VEGA	[email protected]	+34 91 556 35 03	+34 670 661 263	@ACNURspain
Spain	Rosa OTERO	[email protected]	+34 91 556 35 03 x22	+34 670 661 263	@RosaOteroG
Sweden	Elisabeth Arnsdorf HASLUND	[email protected]		+46 70 442 3199	@MsHaslund
Switzerland and Liechtenstein	Vincent Bürgy (for French speaking media) Martin Reichlin (for German-speaking media)	[email protected] [email protected]	+41 31 309 60 92 +41 31 309 60 93	+41 31 309 60 92 +41 31 309 60 93	@unhcr_ch
Turkey	Selin UNAL	[email protected]	+90 312 409 7065	+90 530 2827862	@selinunal79
United Kingdom	Catherine STUBBERFIELD	[email protected]		+44 7880 230 985
Ukraine	Victoria ANDRIEVSKA	[email protected]	+380 44 288 9424 (ext. 128)	+380 50 413 8404	@UNHCRUkraine

Responsibility	Name	Email	Office phone	Mobile	Twitter handle
Algeria	Eunice OHANUSI	[email protected]	+213 661 970 315		@unhcralgeria
Dubai	Khaled KABARRA	[email protected]		+971 506 410 868
Dubai	Ola Anan	[email protected]		+90 971 01 2123
Egypt	Christine BESHAY	[email protected]	+2 022 728 56 00	+2 012 835 798 32	@UNHCREgypt
Jordan	Roland Schönbauer	[email protected]		+962 79 119 2532	@R_Schoenbauer
Jordan	Meshal ELFAYEZ	[email protected]		+962 797 045 391
Iraq	Firas AL-KHATEEB	[email protected]		+964 780 918 9700	@UNHCRIraq
Israel	Sharon HAREL	[email protected]	+972 (0)3 637 6504	+972 (0)52 3240 118
Lebanon	Lisa ABOU KHALED	[email protected]	+961 1 849 201, ext: 2134	+961 71 880 070	@lisa_ak @UNHCRLebanon
Libya	Caroline GLUCK	[email protected]		M/WhatsApp +218 91 000 7195 (Tripoli) M/WhatsApp +216 299 255 06 (Tunis)
Mauritania	Josephine LEBAS-JOLY	[email protected]	+222 28 88 21 05
Morocco	Sarah MOKADADER	[email protected]		+212 659 740720	@UnhcrMorocco
North Lebanon	Khaled KABBARA	[email protected]		+961 70 100 740
Tunisia	Chiara CAVALCANTI	[email protected]	+216 719 633 83	+216 505 043 73	@cavalcantichi

International Media Contacts

Global spokespersons

Joung-ah Ghedini-Williams

Matthew Saltmarsh

Shabia Mantoo

William Spindler

Boris Cheshirkov

Kathryn Mahoney

Olga Sarrado Mur

Yuko Narushima

Regional spokespersons

National spokespersons