{"id":48724,"date":"2016-03-23T18:14:23","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T22:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/?p=48724"},"modified":"2016-03-24T16:36:21","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T20:36:21","slug":"united-nations-summit-on-refugees-and-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/2016\/03\/23\/united-nations-summit-on-refugees-and-migrants\/","title":{"rendered":"United Nations Summit on Refugees and Migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_48728\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/slide2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-48728\" class=\"wp-image-48728 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/70\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/slide2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"United Nations Summit on Refugees and Migrants\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/slide2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2016\/03\/slide2.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-48728\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9UNHCR\/Prickett<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">The UN General Assembly on 19 September 2016 will host a high-level meeting to address large movements of refugees and migrants, with the aim of bringing countries together behind a more humane and coordinated approach. The issue of large movements of refugees and migrants is too vast for any one state to handle on its own. The international community must work together to find durable solutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">In January 2016, the UN Secretary-General <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/press\/en\/2016\/sga1623.doc.htm\">appointed<\/a> a Special Adviser, Karen AbuZayd, to work with United Nations entities and undertake consultations with Member States and other relevant stakeholders in the lead up to the Summit. This will include overseeing the Secretary-General\u2019s report on large movements of refugees and migrants, to be submitted to the General Assembly in May 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">On 9 February 2016, the President of the General Assembly appointed H.E. Mrs. Dina Kawar, Permanent Representative of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan and H.E. Mr. David Donoghue, Permanent Representative of Ireland as \u00a0co-facilitators to lead consultations with Member States to finalize the organizational arrangements, including on a possible outcome, for the high level meeting of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>For more information: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/infocusRel.asp?infocusID=90\">UN News Centre | News Focus: Migration and Refugees<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"news\"><div class=\"woo-sc-divider\"><\/div><\/p>\n<p class=\"news\">\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 UN General Assembly on 19 September 2016 will host a high-level meeting to address large movements of refugees and migrants, with the aim of bringing countries together behind a more humane and coordinated approach. 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