{"id":63414,"date":"2016-02-02T12:36:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-02T10:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/au-commissioner-for-political-affairs-met-with-the-united-nations-high-commissioner-for-refugee\/"},"modified":"2016-02-02T12:36:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T10:36:42","slug":"au-commissioner-for-political-affairs-met-with-the-united-nations-high-commissioner-for-refugee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/au-commissioner-for-political-affairs-met-with-the-united-nations-high-commissioner-for-refugee\/","title":{"rendered":"AU Commissioner for political affairs met with the United Nations High Commissioner for refugee"},"content":{"rendered":"

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, February 2, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ — <\/span><\/p>\n

H.E. Dr. Aisha Laraba Abdullahi, Commissioner for Political Affairs of the African Union Commission met with H.E.MrFilippoGrandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. The UN Assistant Secretary General was accompanied by the Director of Africa Region Branch of the UNHCR and other staffs.<\/p>\n

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The Commissioner for Political Affairs welcomed H.E. Mr Filippo Grandiand congratulated him for being elected as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.<\/p>\n

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She also thanked him and his delegation for visiting the Department of Political Affairs (DPA) of the African Union Commission (AUC) and their continuous support to the DPA in the area of humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Abdullahi briefed the Delegationon the humanitarian situation in Africa which apart from being characterized by conflict, political instability, and terrorism, is getting\u00a0 worse\u00a0 by\u00a0 some environmental\u00a0 challenges\u00a0 such\u00a0 as\u00a0 El nino phenomenon , Famine, Drought , and\u00a0 flood.In\u00a0 this\u00a0 regards\u00a0 Dr\u00a0 Abdullahi requested the\u00a0 UNHCR\u00a0\u00a0 to\u00a0 focus\u00a0 more on Africa particularly\u00a0 in\u00a0 Somalia,\u00a0 Burundi and\u00a0 the\u00a0 Sahel Region in the area of\u00a0 Humanitarian\u00a0 Assistance.<\/p>\n

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H.E. Mr Filippo Grandi committed\u00a0 to provide support in human\u00a0 resource to\u00a0 the\u00a0 Department\u00a0 and\u00a0\u00a0 also specific capacity\u00a0 building programmes to the\u00a0 DPA\u00a0 on Humanitarian Effectiveness; Transformation through Innovation; Reducing Vulnerability and Managing Risk .<\/p>\n

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H.E. Dr. Abdullahi also responded to questions on theCommon African Position on humanitarian effectiveness, and AUC level of preparation for the World Humanitarian Summit to be held in Istanbul, Turkey in May 2016 whichis organized around four thematic areas: Humanitarian Effectiveness; Transformation through Innovation; Reducing Vulnerability and Managing Risk and Serving the needs of people in conflict.<\/p>\n

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Dr. Abdullahi further made\u00a0 a reference to\u00a0 the\u00a0 follow\u00a0 up mechanism after\u00a0 the\u00a0 Istanbul Summit\u00a0 that\u00a0 consist of\u00a0 a 10 year action plan\u00a0 to be implemented through future\u00a0 Africa Humanitarian\u00a0 Agency. She also\u00a0 praise the\u00a0 continuous\u00a0 efforts made\u00a0 by\u00a0 others Africans\u00a0 countries\u00a0 in\u00a0 hosting refugees and\u00a0 providing\u00a0 them\u00a0 all necessary needs\u00a0 .<\/p>\n

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The Commissioner also briefed the Delegation on \u201cProject 2016\u201d and its activities and programmes,\u00a0 the\u00a0 Kigali\u00a0 meeting\u00a0 as well as about the fives (5) upcoming election observation in Africa in February as well as the updates on issues on constitutionalism and terms limit in Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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