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Third Committee of the General Assembly, 70th Session (New York, November 3) United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres' statement on questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons
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Statement by António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Third Committee of the General Assembly, 69th Session, 5 November 2014
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Statement by António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Third Committee of the General Assembly, 68th Session
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Statement by António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Third Committee of the General Assembly, 67th Session
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Statement by António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Third Committee of the General Assembly, 66th Session
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Statement by António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Third Committee of the General Assembly, 65th Session
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Statement by António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Third Committee of the General Assembly, 64th Session, United Nations Headquarters, New York, Tuesday, 3 November 2009, 10 a.m.
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Statement by Mr. António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, 63rd Session, New York, 4 November 2008
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Statement by Mr. António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the Third Committee of the United Nations General Assembly, 62nd Session, New York, 8 November 2007
8 Nov 2007 Fulfilling UNHCR's precise mandate for refugees means understanding other causes of flight today
UNHCR now dealing with internal displacement in 24 countries
Examples: Uganda (returnee monitoring, road repair); Georgia (help drafting national internal displacement strategy); Liberia (funding a network of protection staff monitoring child protection and SGBV)
There are sometimes synergies between internal displacement and refugee work e.g. community-based assistance in return areas
Progress in addressing statelessness most marked in Nepal, where citizenship certificates issued to 2.6 million, and Bangladesh, where Urdu speakers ('Biharis') to be confirmed as full citizens
Last year 734,000 refugees repatriated voluntarily, over half with direct assistance from UNHCR
Sustainability of return still just as pressing a challenge as ever
Reshaping Resettlement Unit important in dealing with protracted situations e.g. Bhutanese in Nepal, Eritreans in eastern Sudan, Myanmarese in Thailand
Ratio of staff to operations costs much improved, money saved has gone to pressing needs in malnutrition, malaria, reproductive health, and sexual and gender-based violence
Internal reform details
