09 July 2008

Recent UNHCR Meetings: EXCOM Conclusions, NGOs, Standing Committee

Annual Consultations with NGOs, 25-27 June 2008 [web site]
- Provides access to detailed agendas for the consultations and side meetings, NGO profiles, and previous years' meeting documents. Topics discussed this year include human rights mechanisms, protection of women and children, IDP protection, resettlement, detention, education/employment creation, refugee law, reducing statelessness, and urban refugees.

Informal Consultative Meeting, 9 June 2008 [documents]
- Held to discuss ways to improve the drafting process for EXCOM Conclusions and to examine their use.

Standing Committee Meeting, 24-26 June 2008 [documents]
- Topics addressed include protracted refugee situations, resettlement, HIV/AIDS, IDPs, staff/refugee security, among others.

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