News: 71st Session of EXCOM

The 71st session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme (EXCOM) will be held 5-9 October 2020. A hybrid format will be followed, with a limited in-person event in Geneva and remote participation otherwise. More information about the arrangements is available on the EXCOM 2020 web page.

You will also find a provisional agenda, a limited set of documents (including the Note on International Protection and regional updates), and information about various side events via the a/m link. A webcast of the proceedings will be available as well as of Monday morning.

In addition, the Nansen Refugee Award ceremony will take place the evening of 5 October. The recipient was announced yesterday: The award will go to Mayerlín Vergara Pérez, a child rights defender with  Fundación Renacer in Colombia. Regional winners were announced last month.