Research Guides: Conference primer: Humanitarian Affairs, Refugees and Migration: Humanitarian Affairs, Refugees and Migration

Conference Primer: Humanitarian Affairs, Refugees and Migration

OCHA

UNHCR - the Refugee Agency

UNHCR - Executive Committee
Official page
2019 Executive Committee Session
70th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme (7-11 October 2019)
Deputy Secretary-General's plenary remarks at the 70th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme
Opening statement at the 70th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme
By Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Internal displacement a key issue discussed during the 70th Session of UNHCR’s Executive Committee in Geneva
High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement’s call for written submissions: Exchange among Member States, NGOs, and other stakeholders (20 April 2020) Summary
by the International Council of Voluntary Agencies (ICVA)
Global Refugee Forum
17 - 18 December 2019
Nansen Refugee Award
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IOM - UN Migration

UN Network on Migration

The United Nations system is committed to supporting the implementation, follow-up and review of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) and established the Network on Migration to ensure effective, timely and coordinated system-wide support to Member States.

Annual meeting
1st Annual Meeting: 11 December 2019, Geneva
Other events
2020 Event calendar

International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

The International Conference
33rd International Conference
9-12 December 2019
The International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent is the supreme deliberative body of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, where the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions come together with the components of the Movement to discuss key matters of humanitarian concern and to make joint commitments.
Council of Delegates
8 December 2019, Geneva
ICRC - Events
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International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

Umbrella organization of 192 member Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies, with its secretariat in Geneva and more than 60 delegations around the world.

IFRC General Assembly
22nd Session
5-7 December 2019, Geneva
The International Conference
33rd International Conference
9-12 December 2019
The International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent is the supreme deliberative body of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, where the High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions come together with the components of the Movement to discuss key matters of humanitarian concern and to make joint commitments.
Council of Delegates
8 December 2019, Geneva

More about Humanitarian Affairs and Refugees

From the UN Library & Archives Geneva: Research Guides on Refugees

Media

The New Humanitarian
Formerly IRIN News
Independent journalism from the heart of conflicts and disasters.

Other resources

The International Council of Voluntary Agencies

Conference primer: Humanitarian Affairs, Refugees and Migration