Mirjana Spoljaric Egger
Mirjana Spoljaric Egger is a Swiss diplomat of Croatian origin who serves as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Before taking up the post in 2023, she was a member of the Swiss Council of States for the Social Democratic Party and previously headed the International Committee of the Red Cross in Geneva. She also held senior roles at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs.
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Ukrainian churches appeal to Pope Leo XIV over humanitarian crisis in occupied Oleshky
The All-Ukrainian Council of Churches and Religious Organizations has appealed to Pope Leo XIV, the UN, the ICRC and other religious bodies to intervene in what it calls a humanitarian catastrophe in Russian-occupied Oleshky in Kherson Oblast. Ukraine says the city has had no food deliveries since late May 2026, with civilians cut off from supplies and prevented from leaving, and announced it will raise the situation at the UN General Assembly High-Level Week.