Announced against the backdrop of an ongoing United Nations (UN) summit in New York, Soros explained that he wished to harness the power of the private sector for public good.
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“From Syria alone, almost 5 million refugees have crossed the Syrian border trying to seek safety from barrel bombs and chemical weapons attacks and terrorist attacks”, said Samantha Power, the USA ambassador to the United Nations.
On Tuesday, Ban Ki-moon will make his last address as secretary-general to world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly. It also encourages resettlement and includes plans for a campaign to combat xenophobia. That may prove an uphill struggle, however, as the declaration comes at a time that refugees and migrants have become a divisive issue in Europe and the United States.
Last week, the White House announced that the USA would resettle 110,000 refugees in the coming year, a 30 percent increase over the 85,000 allowed in this year. The US and a number of other countries also objected to language in the original draft that said children should never be detained, so the agreement now says children should seldom, if ever, be detained.
The meetings will begin later on Tuesday, and will continue until September 26, with over 140 heads of state and government scheduled to deliver speeches at the General Assembly Hall during the sessions throughout the week. Shetty said the declaration merely kicks the can down the road by calling for separate global compacts for refugees and migrants to be adopted within two years.
More than 6 million refugees in more than 20 countries stand to benefit from the assistance announced Tuesday as President Barack Obama was set to host a special summit on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in NY. “They are facing very uncertain futures and they’re looking to the rest of the world and to the United Nations, of course, for help”.
NEW YORK (AP) – More than four dozen USA businesses have pledged $650 million in support to help some of the world’s refugees, the White House announced Tuesday as President Barack Obama seeks to highlight the refugee plight before world leaders gathered for the annual U.N. General Assembly session. The U.N. and Unicef calculate that a record 65 million people were forcibly displaced from their homes in 2015, with more than half from just three countries: Syria, Afghanistan and Somalia, Reuters reported. Failing the long-suffering people of Syria, in not ending the war in its infancy.
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According to the UN Refugee Agency, refugees are people forced to flee due to armed conflict or persecution, while migrants choose to move in search of a better life.
