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UNHCR Launches “The Promise” Amid Funding Cuts, Sudanese Crisis

7/28/2026

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UNHCR launched “The Promise” on 28 July 2026 to renew global commitment to asylum protection.
UNHCR marked the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention in Geneva on the same day.
Funding shortfalls are forcing agencies to cut shelter, medicine and school aid for refugee women and children.
More than 4 million Sudanese have fled the war, with Chad hosting 1.3 million of them.

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UNHCR launched “The Promise” on 28 July 2026 to renew global commitment to asylum protection.
UNHCR marked the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention in Geneva on the same day.
Funding shortfalls are forcing agencies to cut shelter, medicine and school aid for refugee women and children.
More than 4 million Sudanese have fled the war, with Chad hosting 1.3 million of them.