UNHCR events, after the fact

Various UNHCR events that have taken place recently are listed here, in reverse chronological order, with links to their resources:

High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges, Geneva, 8-9 December 2010 [info]
- The theme was "Protection Gaps and Responses." This year's discussion focused on "gaps in the existing international protection framework for forcibly displaced and stateless people, as well as possible ways to respond. In particular, this year's Dialogue...focus[ed] on international cooperation, burden sharing and comprehensive regional approaches; implementation and normative gaps; and issues relating to statelessness." Read the HC's opening speech, and visit the link above for the agenda, background paper, and collected relevant documents.

45 Años en el Sur de América Latina, Buenos Aires, 3 December 2010 [info]
- Event commemorating 45 years of the work of the UNHCR Regional Office for South of Latin America. Visit the link for a summary of the event, photos and videos.

Seminar to Support the AU Plan of Action for the Implementation of the Outcomes of the October 2009 AU Special Summit held in Kampala, Uganda, Addis Ababa, 29-30 November 2010 [info]
- Visit the link for the agenda and some of the presentations.

UNHCR Roundtable on Asylum-Seekers and Refugees Seeking Protection on Account of Their Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Geneva, 30 September–1 October 2010
- Read the discussion paper "The Protection of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Asylum-Seekers and Refugees" and the "Summary Conclusions." See also related UNHCR news story and briefing notes.

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