At the Summit, a geographically diverse group of 52 leaders and senior officials, including 32 heads of state or government, pledged to increase multilateral humanitarian assistance by approximately $4.5 billion over 2015 levels.
On 20 September 2016, the United Nations Secretary-General and seven Member States cohosted the Leaders’ Summit on Refugees to increase global responsibility sharing for refugees worldwide and thereby strengthen the international community’s capacity to address mass displacement. At the Summit, a geographically diverse group of 52 leaders and senior officials, including 32 heads of state or government, pledged to increase multilateral humanitarian assistance by approximately $4.5 billion over 2015 levels. 17 Member States with significant refugee populations pledged to enact policy changes that will allow one million more refugee children to attend school and one million additional refugees to pursue lawful employment and livelihood activities.
Rwanda was one of 9 African nations invited to the Leaders’ Summit. During the summit, Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Ms Louise Mushikiwabo pledged the following on behalf of the Rwandan Government:
Additional information on the commitments made by Member States can be found here: http://refugeesmigrants.un.org/sites/default/files/public_summary_document_refugee_summit_final_11-11-2016.pdf
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