Executive Committee
Executive Committee
In 2023, the main theme for the Regional Consultations is Solutions with a focus on Inclusion and Gender Equality. For more information, please consult the concept note.
The outcomes and recommendations of the Regional consultations will be presented at the seventy-fourth session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme (ExCom) from 9 to 13 October 2023. They will also feed into the 2024 Global Consultations, focusing on the same theme.
For further information about the Consultations in each region, please visit this page regularly.
The Executive Committee’s origins and mandate
More than 60,000 students in 80 countries have been taking part in the MUN Refugee Challenge since 2020. And over 250,000 students learned about forced displacement through their peers and the UNHCR and refugee guest speakers who joined their MUN. Ideas from past years have been presented at the High Commissioner’s Dialogue, a forum bringing together global decision-makers to discuss refugee protection.
- Press release about the announcement | 2020
- Full list of winners and special mentions | 2020
- Story about the 8 winning ideas | 2020
- Full list of winners and special mentions | 2021
- Story about the 8 winning ideas | 2021
Results from the 2022 edition will be announced at the beginning of 2023.
To better support refugees and the communities hosting them the New York Declaration calls on UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, to work with a wide range of partners. These include not just governments, NGOs, refugees and other UN agencies, but also the private sector, international financial institutions and civil society, including think tanks, academia and faith leaders. Together, we aim to:
- Ease pressure on countries that welcome and host refugees
- Build self-reliance of refugees
- Expand access to resettlement in third countries and other complementary pathways
- Foster conditions that enable refugees voluntarily to return to their home countries.
The GCR envisions a world where refugees have access to countries where they are safe, where they are better included, where they are no longer living in camps, and are not dependent on humanitarian assistance only. Based on the New York Declaration, the Global compact on refugees recognizes that when refugees are given the chance, they can support themselves and their families, and make positive contributions to the communities hosting them. In this virtuous cycle, refugees and host communities mutually empower each other, socially and economically.
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