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BY: Filippo Grandi
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On 14 December, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will be 70 years old. For an organization that should have ceased to exist after three years, it is an uncomfortable birthday that we are not in the mood to celebrate.
As a shattered world started to rebuild after the Second World War, UNHCR had the task of finding homes for Europe’s refugees. Brought into being on 14 December 1950, its mandate was time-limited and explicitly non-political, as if its existence was a reminder of miseries that were best swept away along with the rubble.
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Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) – 70th anniversary (14 Dec. 2020) Share
Today is the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the UN General Assembly resolution establishing the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). While the movement of populations forced to flee their countries has reached a record high, France takes this opportunity to commend the work of the UNHCR. Its action is all the more essential given that the Covid-19 pandemic particularly affects refugees and displaced persons.
France reaffirms its commitment to supporting the work of the UNHCR, both by implementing the commitments it made at the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva in December 2019 as well as through its financial contributions to the UNHCR.
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U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration 2021 Julia Taft Fund for Refugees
The U.S. Embassy in Kampala, under the auspices of the Office of the Regional Refugee Coordinator, is pleased to announce the availability of a funding opportunity through
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What is the Julia Taft Fund for Refugees?
The Julia Taft Fund for Refugees is an initiative by the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM) to respond to critical unmet needs of refugees. Created in 2000, the Julia Taft Fund for Refugees supports projects that fill gaps in refugee services not already being addressed by other organizations and that can be filled locally. Successful projects are those that are not being addressed by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), other international organizations, or non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that are already receiving U.S. governm