Refugees

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the closing session of the high-level plenary meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to a back-to-school event for resettled refugee children, in Los Angeles today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the opening of the exhibition to honour World Refugee Day, in New York today:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at an event on migrants, refugees and cities, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on “Forced Displacement:  A Global Challenge”, in Washington, D.C., today:

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the High-level Meeting on Global Responsibility Sharing through Pathways for Admission of Syrian Refugees, in Geneva, today:

Following are UN Deputy-Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the International Dialogue on Migration, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy-Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the fourteenth Coordination Meeting on International Migration, in New York today:

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Karen AbuZayd of the United States as Special Adviser on the Summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants, to be held in the General Assembly in September 2016.