UNITED NATIONS (AP) — When Antonio Guterres became the U.N. refugee chief almost 10 years ago, the world counted 38 million people displaced by conflict and persecution and the number was declining. Today, it’s more than 60 million and rising.
As he prepares to step down at the end of the year, Guterres delivered a wide-ranging speech to the refugee agency’s executive committee in Geneva on Monday stressing the importance of upholding the 1951 convention on protecting refugees, especially in light of Europe’s refugee crisis, and how essential it is to build a positive relationship between the Western and Muslim worlds.
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Source: KXAN
