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The protestors demanded that UNHCR assist them with being relocated to a third country outside of South Africa and other than their country of origin. [5] [6] At its height the protest grew to include about 624 protestors, including 65 undocumented refugees, according to a lawyer for the South African Department of Home Affairs. [7]
In South Africa, in particular, Geddo represented UNHCR in the expert panel advising the Department of Home Affairs on the drafting of the 1998 Refugee Act, and was instrumental in the Department's efforts to scale up capacity to deal with the backlog in asylum claims, and supported the South African Human Rights Commission in the design and ...
UNHCR presently has major missions in Lebanon, South Sudan, Chad/Darfur, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kenya to assist and provide services to IDPs and refugees in camps and in urban settings. UNHCR maintains a database of refugee information, ProGres, which was created during the Kosovo War in the 1990s. The database ...
South Africa: Mathu Theda Joyini [4] 22 January 2021: Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations: 162. South Sudan: Cecilia Adout Majok Adeng: 12 February 2024: Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the United Nations: 163. Spain: Héctor José Gómez Hernández: 19 December 2023: Permanent Representative of Spain to ...
UNHCR tents at a refugee camp following episodes of xenophobic violence and rioting in South Africa, 2008. Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was established on 14 December 1950.
Nicolas Bwakira (November 10, 1941 [1] – March 5, 2021) [2] [3] was a Burundian diplomat, international civil servant and pan-africanist.During his long and exemplary career, Bwakira took on senior roles and responsibilities at various institutions, including the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the University of South Africa (UNISA), the African Union, the Institute for ...
Leanne Manas (born 14 October 1978) is a South African businesswoman and TV presenter at the SABC especially known as the anchor of the flagship show, Morning Live. She was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador by UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency in January 2019.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) [a] is a United Nations body whose mission is to promote and protect human rights around the world. [2] The Council has 47 members elected for staggered three-year terms on a regional group basis. [3]