{"id":94354,"date":"2017-06-26T12:01:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T11:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=94354"},"modified":"2017-07-03T10:55:09","modified_gmt":"2017-07-03T09:55:09","slug":"on-world-refugee-day-20-jun-un-urges-support-solidarity-for-record-number-of-displaced-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2017\/06\/on-world-refugee-day-20-jun-un-urges-support-solidarity-for-record-number-of-displaced-people\/","title":{"rendered":"On World Refugee Day 20 Jun UN Urges Support, Solidarity for Record Number of Displaced People"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>20 June 2017 \u2013 With a record 65.6 million people last year forcibly uprooted from their homes by violence and persecution, United Nations Secretary-General<\/a> Ant\u00f3nio Guterres today called on the international community to provide support and solidarity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe reflect on the courage of those who fled and the compassion of those who welcome them,\u201d the Secretary-General said in his video message for World Refugee Day<\/a>, marked annually on 20 June.<\/p>\n

He noted that more people than ever in our lifetimes are fleeing war, disasters and persecution.<\/p>\n

\u201cHardship, separation, death,\u201d Mr. Guterres said, recalling nightmare stories heard from refugees and displaced persons, whose number rose 300,000 since the end of 2015.<\/p>\n

Conflicts have displaced 12 million Syrians, 7.7 million Colombians, 4.7 million Afghans and 4.2 million Iraqis, according to a report<\/a> released yesterday by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Despite the hardships of fleeing with nothing, \u201cthey never lose their dreams for their children or their desire to better our world,\u201d Mr. Guterres said. \u201cThey ask for little \u2013 only our support in their time of greatest need and our solidarity.\u201d<\/p>\n

The UN chief said it is \u201cso inspiring to see countries with the least doing the most for refugees.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After three days on the road, South Sudanese refugees arrive at the newly constructed Gure Shembola Camp in Ethiopia. Photo: UNHCR\/Diana Diaz<\/p><\/div>\n

According to the report, about 84 per cent of the people were in low- or middle-income countries as of end 2016. Of that figure, one in every three people, roughly 4.9 million people, were hosted by the least developed countries.<\/p>\n

To mark the Day, Mr. Guterres, will hold a press conference in New York later today.<\/p>\n

When we stand #WithRefugees, we also stand for respect and diversity for all<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In his remarks, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi said the Day is also a moment to recognize those communities and people<\/a> around the world who receive refugees and the internally displaced in their midst, offering them a safe place, and welcoming them in their societies.<\/p>\n

In a world in which uncertainty often abounds; economic instability, political upheaval and violence close to home \u201ccan make us want to shut our eyes or close our doors. But fear and exclusion will not lead us to a better place \u2013 they can only lead to barriers, alienation and despair,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s time to change this trajectory. And for the better,\u201d he stated, noting that in countless communities, including in the poorest countries that host the vast majority of the world’s refugees, business people, faith communities, teachers, journalists and many more are joining together to provide refuge to the displaced and foster their inclusion in their societies.<\/p>\n

\u201cInclusion requires opening our minds, hearts and communities to refugees. It requires a whole of society approach,\u201d Mr. Grandi underscored.<\/p>\n

World Refugee Day is a moment to ask what each of us can do to overcome indifference or fear and embrace the idea of inclusion, \u201cto welcome refugees to our own communities, and to counter narratives that would seek to exclude and marginalize refugees and other uprooted people,\u201d he emphasized.<\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 un.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

20 June 2017 \u2013 With a record 65.6 million people last year forcibly uprooted from their homes by violence and persecution, UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres today called on the international community to provide support and solidarity. World Refugee Day is a moment to ask what each of us can do to overcome indifference or fear and embrace the idea of inclusion, \u201cto welcome refugees to our own communities, and to counter narratives that would seek to exclude and marginalize refugees and other uprooted people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[197,224,66,204,82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-special-feature","category-human-rights","category-middle-east-north-africa","category-syria-in-context","category-united-nations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94354\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}