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Africa: Five Key Challenges for New UN Refugee Chief
IRIN, 5 January 2016
Getting back to work following the end-of-year break can be tough. But spare a thought for Filippo Grandi, who arrived in Geneva this week to begin his five-year term as head of… Read more »
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Africa: Solutions Needed to Stem Global Refugee Crisis, Says New UN Agency Chief
UN News, 7 January 2016
With record numbers of refugees and displaced people worldwide, the new head of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is urging greater diplomatic… Read more »
Five Key Challenges for UN's New Refugee Chief
Getting back to work following the end-of-year break can be tough. But spare a thought for Filippo Grandi, who arrived in Geneva this week to begin his five-year term as head of the UN's refugee agency. Not only is he replacing António Guterres, who held the office of High Commissioner for the past 10 years and was widely revered, but he is doing so at a time when record numbers of people around the world are fleeing persecution and conflict and in need of UNHCR's protection and support, writes Kristy Siegfried for Irin.
Filippo Grandi, the former head of the UN Relief and Works Agency, has taken up the position of head of the UN's refugee agency.
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