Filippo Grandi

From Tiny Barbados, a Scolding to the World: ‘We Have Not Moved the Needle!’

• September 24, 2021

The fourth day of the United Nations General Assembly debate soldiered on, with pointed speeches by, among others, the Caribbean island nation of Barbardos, whose prime minister, Mia Amor Mottley, asked the General Assembly Hall, “How many crises and natural disasters need to hit before we see that old conventions of aid mean that …

Climate and Environment, General Assembly, Health and Population, UNGA76, US-UN Relations

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The UN Refugee Agency’s Bold Plan to Manage the Crisis of Climate Migrants

Dali ten Hove

• August 1, 2021

As the world inches closer to catastrophic global heating and vulnerable communities from Mali to Myanmar are already suffering the consequences, the United Nations Refugee Agency has been grappling with the growing role of climate change as a driver of displacement. In a first for the agency, it has begun considering whether international refugee …

Human Rights, Refugees, US Foreign Relations

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GEOPOLITICS

Washington to UN Refugee Agency: If You Want Our Money, Put Our Name on It

Stéphanie Fillion

• July 10, 2018

The United States is the biggest donor to the UN Refugee Agency, and the Trump administration wants the world to know it. A new framework, or agreement, signed by the State Department and the refugee agency (UNHCR) requires it to acknowledge US contributions in most — and eventually all — of its public-information materials. …

Geopolitics, Humanitarian Aid, Refugees, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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WORLDVIEWS

Brazil Can Lead the Way on Managing the World’s Refugee Crisis

Adriana Erthal Abdenur and Maiara Folly

• June 5, 2018

RIO DE JANEIRO — Only weeks from the start of the 2018 World Cup, soccer teams of refugees from Mali, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, Angola, Burkina Faso and Gambia who had migrated to Brazil became the protagonists in a recent soccer competition: the Multicultural Cup, organized by Instituto Adus, a nongovernmental …

Migration, Refugees, US-UN Relations, WORLDVIEWS

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WORLDVIEWS

To Make a Bigger Impact, the UN Refugee Agency Needs a Crisis Fund

Vera Dimoplon and Patricia Mace

• August 11, 2017

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is facing the largest refugee crisis since its inception. The agency, which was created to respond to the overwhelming number of refugees after World War II, has seen its mandate expand while its resources have stayed flat. A funding reform that gives the agency the autonomy and …

Refugees, WORLDVIEWS

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How’s He Doing? António Guterres’s First Month as UN Secretary-General

Dulcie Leimbach

• February 5, 2017

Thirty-two days in office as United Nations secretary-general, António Guterres spoke extensively to the media for the first time at UN headquarters, on Feb. 1. Indicative of the chaos gripping many parts of the world as a result of new White House actions, Guterres might be forgiven for waiting a month to address the …

Migration, Peace and Security, Refugees, Secretary-General, UN Peacekeeping, US Foreign Relations, US-UN Relations

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Peter Sutherland, UN Migration Envoy, Says: Do Not Shirk the Refugee Crisis

Joanne Myers

• September 14, 2016

As the special envoy to the United Nations secretary-general on international migration since 2006, Peter Sutherland, an Irishman, has minced few words on the topic of people leaving their homes in search of better lives. In his role at the UN, he advises the secretary-general on issues related to international migration and development and promotes …

General Assembly, Human Rights, Migration, Refugees, UN Special Envoys

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GOINGS-ON

Filippo Grandi of Italy to Lead the UN Refugee Agency Amid Continued Crisis

Dulcie Leimbach

• November 11, 2015

Filippo Grandi of Italy has been selected by Ban Ki-moon, the United Nations secretary-general, to become the 11th UN High Commissioner for Refugees, a post based in Geneva. Grandi will be officially voted into office by the UN General Assembly next week. Grandi replaces António Guterres of Portugal, 66, who has been high commissioner …