UNHCR pledges commitment with world leaders to address refugees’ crises
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Commitment
By Lizzy Agbaji
Abuja, Sept. 20, 2016 (NAN) Mr Fillipo Grandi, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said on Monday at the UN General Assembly (UNGA), that the commission was committed to working with world leaders in addressing refugees and migrants crises.
This is contained in a statement released in Abuja to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by Mr HansonTamfu, the External Relations officer, UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Nigeria.
Grandi, speaking at the opening ceremony of the Assembly said that the declaration marked a political commitment of unprecedented force and resonance.
He said that the UNHCR welcomed the adoption of the declaration by 193 governments at the UNGA first ever summit addressing the large movement of refugees and migrants.
“It fills what has been a perennial gap in the international protection system of truly sharing responsibility for refugees in the spirit of the UN Charter.
“UNHCR pledges to work with world leaders to manage forced displacements in a principled manner, and resolve it with courage and vision.
“We call on governments to provide political engagement, funding, and concrete acts of solidarity in support of host communities and pursuit of solution for refugees.
“The world, shocked by images of people fleeing in huge numbers and dying at sea does not want our intentions to remain on paper, it demands practical actions and results,’’ Grandi said.
NAN reports that the New York declaration tasked UNHCR to develop a comprehensive refugees’ response framework in addressing refugees concerns as contained in the New York Declaration.
It called on countries with the capacity of resettling and uniting more refugees and migrants to do so.
It also encouraged richer nations to recognise their responsibility to provide timely and dependable human funding, while robustly investing in communities hosting of large numbers of refugees.
The declaration encouraged host countries to increase opportunities for refugee’s adults to work and for children to go to school.
The declaration committed governments to better address the drivers and triggers causing the record numbers of the forcibly displaced in today’s world.
It stated that the summit brought together governments, UN leaders and representatives of civil society to better safeguard the rights of refugees and migrants and share responsibility on a global scale. (NAN)
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Edited by Emmanuel Nwoye/Grace Yussuf