Ambassador Bob Rae is President of the 2025 session of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, and Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations.

The Crisis of Global Displacement in a Time of Insecurity

The Sultan internally displaced persons (IDP) camp near Kelly village in Idlib, north-west Syria, April 2024. The camp hosts some 200 families who have been displaced from the southern Idlib countryside for almost five years. UNOCHA/Mohanad Zayat
Robert Keith Rae, Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, addresses the resumed 11th Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly on Ukraine. Credit: UN Photo/Rick Bajornas
Maaret Elekhwan IDP camp, home to 624 displaced families, in Idleb, Syria, March 2024. During Ramadan, displaced families living in IDP camps in north-west Syria struggled to secure food and the daily necessities of life. UNOCHA/Ali Haj Suleiman
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There is a difference between choosing to move and being forced to flee. That difference is essential in learning how to deal with the current wave of global insecurity.

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