24 November 2010

Recent UNHCR Events

A joint meeting between UNHCR and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) was held earlier in the year in Amman, Jordan.
- See the meeting report for the Regional Expert Meeting on the Human Rights of Stateless Persons in the Middle East and North Africa (Amman, 18-19 February 2010) (UNHCR, Nov. 2010)
- See also a report prepared by Laura van Waas for UNHCR entitled "The Situation of Stateless Persons in the Middle East and North Africa" (Oct. 2010).

Latin American nations gathered for a discussion co-organized by UNHCR and the Brazilian government on 11 November 2010 in Brasilia to mark the various upcoming anniversaries. Participants ended by adopting the Brasilia Declaration on the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in the Americas.
- See UNHCR's press release summarizing the event.
- See also introductory remarks by the Director of International Protection.

A "Round Table on Durable Solutions: Local Integration and Resettlement of Refugees" was co-hosted by UNHCR and the Council of Europe's Committee on Migration in Strasbourg on 15 November 2010.
- See press releases from UNHCR and the Council of Europe on the meeting.
- See also a Comment from the Council of Europe's Human Rights Commissioner on his blog.

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