President Obama on Tuesday urged world leaders to do more to help refugees, calling it “a crisis of epic proportions”.
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Murad, 23, was captured by IS in 2014 but escaped.
Danon said Hamas is infiltrating humanitarian organizations in Gaza and using strategically placed operatives to divert funds.
Taking the world stage for the last time as secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon unleashed years of pent-up anger at leaders who keep “feeding the war machine” in Syria, violate human rights and prevent aid deliveries to starving people.
Danon said Israel “will not relent until the United Nations and other aid organizations begin to track and follow every dollar that enters the Gaza Strip”.
Obama mentioned that more than 50 US businesses have pledged more than $650 million to help refugees get an education and find jobs.
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“I urge the worldwide community to collaborate strongly with the government of Somalia the construction and restoration of critical services in order to support repatriation and resettlement”, said the Deputy President.
“The bitter truth is, this summit has been called because we have been largely failing”, Zeid said.
“It’s very interesting because if we are able to translate that paper into a response in which many actors are going to participate, we will solve a lot of problems in emergency responses and in long-term refugee situations like the Syrian situation”, Fillipo Grandi, the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees told reporters. Failing others in now chronic conflict zones, for the same reason.
‘Customizing and extending these innovations to serve migrants will help improve the quality of life for millions around the world, ‘ he wrote.
World leaders on Monday approved a declaration aimed at providing a more coordinated and humane response to the refugee crisis that has strained resources and sparked divisions from Africa to Europe.
Ban and United Nations human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al Hussein urged states to implement commitments in the declaration, which Ban said could allow more children to go to school and more workers to seek jobs overseas.
The biggest more recent wave of refugees came from Syria. The desperate ordeal often faced by refugees and migrants in large movements, together with the recognition that these movements have political, economic, social, developmental, humanitarian and human rights ramifications that cross all borders, call for global approaches and global solutions.
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The Leaders’ summit – co-hosted by the United States, the UN Secretary General, Ethiopia, Canada, Mexico, Germany, Sweden and Jordan – came on the heels of the UN Summit on Refugees and Migrants, and sought concrete pledges in three areas: improved access to education and job opportunities for refugees, resettlement and other forms of admission, and humanitarian finance.
