Antonio Guterres
Antonio Guterres
António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, GCL GCCis a former Portuguese politician who was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002. He also served for a time as President of the Socialist International. He served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from June 2005 to December 2015...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth30 April 1949
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achieved agreement darfur improvement months next peace refugees return security start steady sustained
In these next 12 months what we'd like to see is the steady start of the return to the south, a peace agreement to be achieved in Darfur and the east, progressive improvement of security in Darfur and the start of the sustained return of refugees there,
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We are extremely concerned about those who have been left with no shelter, no heat and none of the basic essentials required for daily subsistence.
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There is no justification for such violence and loss of life. This is a terrible tragedy, and our condolences go to all the families of those who died and to the injured.
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There is no justification for such violence and loss of life.
ensure government responsibility security sudan
The government of Sudan has a responsibility to ensure security for all of its citizens,
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When food becomes scarce, refugees often turn to desperate measures to feed themselves and their families. We are particularly worried about the health of the refugee population, domestic violence and refugees resorting to illegal employment or even to prostitution, just to put enough food on the table.
inspiration people ordinary
Thus, on this World Refugee Day, let us take time to recognize and draw inspiration from these ordinary people who have shown such extraordinary courage - the world's millions of refugees and displaced.
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The international community has to overcome its differences and find solutions to the conflicts of today in South Sudan, Syria, Central African Republic and elsewhere. Non-traditional donors need to step up alongside traditional donors. As many people are forcibly displaced today as the entire populations of medium-to-large countries such as Colombia or Spain, South Africa or South Korea,
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...in the midst of migrants in search of a better life there are people in need of protection: refugees and asylum-seekers, women and children victims of trafficking...Many move simply to avoid dying of hunger. When leaving is not an option but a necessity, this is more than poverty.
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Syria has become the great tragedy of this century - a disgraceful humanitarian calamity with suffering and displacement unparalleled in recent history,
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While every refugee's story is different and their anguish personal, they all share a common thread of uncommon courage - the courage not only to survive, but to persevere and rebuild their shattered lives.
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We can't deter people fleeing for their lives. They will come. The choice we have is how well we manage their arrival, and how humanely
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We are really very concerned. The whole region is very unstable.
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We are particularly worried about the health of the refugee population, domestic violence and refugees resorting to illegal employment or even to prostitution, just to put enough food on the table, ... When food becomes scarce, refugees often turn to desperate measures to feed themselves and their families.