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High-Level Meeting on the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants: One Year On [1]

UNHCR and the Office of the UN Special Representative for International Migration hosted an anniversary event for the New York Declaration.  

Wednesday 20 September 2017 from 09:30 to 11:00 a.m.
Secretariat Building – Conference Room 7, United Nations Headquarters, New York

The event marked the first anniversary of the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants and served as a high-level briefing on the global compact on refugees and the global compact for safe, orderly and regular migration. 

Speakers included:

  • Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres [2] [Video [3]]
  • President of the General Assembly, Miroslav Lajčák [4] [Video [5]]
  • UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi [6] 
  • UN Special Representative for International Migration, Louise Arbour [7]
  • Director General of the International Organization for Migration, William Lacy Swing [8] 

The event was moderated by the UN Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Alison Smale.

Watch online:

You can rewatch the event on UN Web TV [9]. 

Get involved:

You can tweet about the event using #UN4RefugeesMigrants

Join UNHCR #WithRefugees campaign by signing the petition [10] today. 

 


Source URL: https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/high-level-meeting-new-york-declaration-refugees-and-migrants-one-year

Links
[1] https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/high-level-meeting-new-york-declaration-refugees-and-migrants-one-year
[2] https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/sg/speeches/2017-09-20/sgs-follow-new-york-declaration-remarks
[3] http://webtv.un.org/watch/ant%C3%B3nio-guterres-secretary-general-at-high-level-meeting-on-%E2%80%9Cthe-new-york-declaration-for-refugees-and-migrants-one-year-on%E2%80%9D-/5581786436001/
[4] http://www.un.org/pga/72/2017/09/20/joint-briefing-on-the-new-york-declaration-for-refugees-and-migrants-one-year-on/
[5] http://webtv.un.org/watch/miroslav-laj%C4%8D%C3%A1k-general-assembly-president-at-high-level-meeting-on-%E2%80%9Cthe-new-york-declaration-for-refugees-and-migrants-one-year-on%E2%80%9D-/5581786434001/
[6] http://www.unhcr.org/admin/hcspeeches/59c27eb67/remarks-general-assembly-side-event-refugees-migrants.html
[7] https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/sites/default/files/20_sept_-_migration_-_one_year_on_-_remarks_by_srsg.pdf
[8] https://refugeesmigrants.un.org/sites/default/files/ga_side_event_nyd_one_year_on_-iom_dg_remarks.pdf
[9] http://webtv.un.org/search/the-new-york-declaration-for-refugees-and-migrants-one-year-on/5582060248001/?term=&lan=english&page=5
[10] http://www.unhcr.org/withrefugees/petition/