UNHCR 60th Anniversary |
Vulnerable displaced people have been a priority for UNHCR in Iraq
UN refugee agency marks its 60th anniversary
The agency appeals for renewed international commitment to helping the world’s forcibly displaced
The head of the UN refugee agency, António Guterres, marked today’s 60th anniversary of the organization he heads by appealing for strengthened global impetus in tackling the world’s new and fast-evolving displacement and statelessness problems.
Speaking at the agency’s headquarters in Geneva, Guterres warned of multiple new factors that are causing displacement. He said many of these did not exist at the time of UNHCR’s founding or when the major international refugee and statelessness conventions were created.
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