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Marina Satti

Marina Satti

Marina Satti squats and greets a child with a huge smile.

Field visit at Lesvos camp (December 2024).

© UNHCR/Angelina Tsoukala
Four children hold their hands over a child's drawing of the world.
© UNHCR/Jaime Giménez

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Global Compact on Refugees

The Global Compact on Refugees, affirmed by the United Nations General Assembly in 2018, put in place measures to support a new comprehensive refugee response framework that aims to:
  1. Ease pressures on countries that host refugees
  2. Enhance opportunities for refugees to become self-reliant
  3. Expand refugees’ access to third-country solutions such as resettlement and other pathways
  4. Support conditions in refugees’ countries of origin so that they may be able to return in safety and dignity.

The key global arrangement is the Global Refugee Forum where States and other actors come together every four years to take stock of progress made and pledge further contributions to help reach the objectives of the Compact.

Learn more about the Compact

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Livestream and webcasts
A livestream and webcasts of the plenary session will be available once the Forum commences.
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Please note that participation in the Global Refugee Forum 2023 is by invitation only. 

Second Formal Preparatory Meeting For the Global Refugee Forum

Wednesday, 17 May 2023, 15:00 – 18:00 hours CEST.

Watch the meeting on UNTV
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Official programme
View the programme for the Global Refugee Forum 2023. Details of the plenary session, including speakers, will be added as available.
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