For over 70 years, the U.S. has remained a steadfast and robust ally of UNHCR, serving as a member of the Advisory Committee since 1951 and a founding member of the governing Executive Committee since 1959.
With vital contributions that enable UNHCR to realize its mandate to protect, assist, and seek solutions for refugees and displaced persons through programs such as child protection, resettlement, livelihoods support, registration, gender-based violence prevention, cash assistance, and statelessness mitigation, the U.S. is an unwavering champion of solidarity toward those most in need.
Additionally, since 2023, the U.S. has been leading, through UNHCR and partners, the Safe Mobility Initiative, which facilitates expedited resettlement processing and provides additional information on other legal and humanitarian pathways to refugees and displaced people in Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Costa Rica. Through the Safe Mobility Initiative in the Americas and resettlement programs in nearly thirty countries around the world, the U.S. is UNHCR’s largest resettlement partner, providing lasting solutions to the most vulnerable.
In 2023, the United States contributed a total of US$ 1.902 billion, including US$ 217 million in flexible funding. Flexible funding from the United States reaches nearly every corner of UNHCR’s work, allowing us to respond quickly in emergencies, continue supporting protracted crises, and maintain protection-related activities in neglected conflicts.
In 2023, the United States chaired the Comprehensive Regional Protection and Solutions Framework (MIRPS) Support Platform, coordinating assistance and raising awareness and solidarity with participating countries to address forced displacement in Central America. In December 2023, the U.S. once again led by example during the Global Refugee Forum in pledging support to promote solutions and inclusion and foster innovative partnerships that lead to improved outcomes for people forced to flee and stateless people.
11% of the contribution was softly earmarked
The impact of the United States as a donor
Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness in Lebanon
Since 2023, with the generous support of PRM, UNHCR has supported the Government of Lebanon in reforming the civil registration and nationality law through advocacy and providing technical advice to enhance simplified administrative procedures that could help prevent and resolve statelessness situations.
From Jordan to Joplin: Sudanese family finds safety and stability after resettlement to the USA
It’s early August 2023, and in a dark, humid, underground apartment in Amman, Asma Abdelkareem Abkar, a 39-year-old Sudanese refugee, is packing all her family’s belongings in a few bags. After more than 13 years as refugees in Jordan, the family is soon being resettled to the United States.
United States support across the globe
