{"id":39047,"date":"2016-01-13T16:00:15","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T21:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/?p=39047"},"modified":"2016-01-14T14:14:58","modified_gmt":"2016-01-14T19:14:58","slug":"meeting-with-new-unhcr-chief-filippo-grandi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/01\/13\/meeting-with-new-unhcr-chief-filippo-grandi\/","title":{"rendered":"Meeting with new UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_39052\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/01\/UNHCR_Grandi.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-39052\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-39052\" src=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/01\/UNHCR_Grandi-300x165.png\" alt=\"Mogens Lykketoft welcomed new UNHCR chief Filippo Grandi\" width=\"300\" height=\"165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/01\/UNHCR_Grandi-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/01\/UNHCR_Grandi.png 1012w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-39052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9Mathiasen<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The President of the General Assembly \u00a0congratulated Mr. Filippo Grandi on his election as UN High Commissioner for Refugees and wished him success during his tenure. They exchanged views on humanitarian situation in different parts of the world and challenges posed by the global humanitarian and refugee crisis. They also exchanged views on important meetings and summits scheduled in 2016 such as<\/p>\n<p>(i) \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Syria Donors Conference in London on 4 February<br \/>\n(ii) \u00a0 \u00a0 UNHCR Meeting on legal pathways for Syrian refugees in Geneva on 30 March<br \/>\n(iii) \u00a0 \u00a0World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul on 23-24 May and<br \/>\n(iv) \u00a0 \u00a0High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on 19 September to address large movement of\u00a0refugees and migrants<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><div class=\"woo-sc-divider\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of the General Assembly \u00a0congratulated Mr. Filippo Grandi on his election as UN High Commissioner for Refugees and wished him success during his tenure. 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