Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
A world in which less people will be forced to fleeI wish to call on you to join hands in the building of a world in which less people will be forced to flee, and in which refugees are protected until they can safely return home one day.
(UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 1990-2000)
Sadako Ogata Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
An important opportunityWorld Refugee Day is an important opportunity to remind us about the ongoing plight of millions of refugees around the world.
Robert Alan Silvestein Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
Extraordinary courage and contributions of refugeesI urge you to celebrate the extraordinary courage and contributions of refugees past and present.
Kofi Annan Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
Going home is the deepest wish of most refugeesIn countries where people have to flee their homes because of persecution and violence, political solutions must be found, peace and tolerance restored, so that refugees can return home. In my experience, going home is the deepest wish of most refugees.
Angelina Jolie Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
I wish that our people recover their dignityToday, I wish that the millions of displaced people would be able to return with the necessary conditions of safety and dignity, that people in exile could return to their home-country as the intelligence is needed, that cruelty, political killings, poverty and hunger cease. I wish that our people recover their dignity, truth is revealed and justice exists.
Alirio Uribe Munoz Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
In accordance with principles of international solidarity and human rightsWe call on the international community to share equitably the responsibility for protecting, assisting and hosting refugees in accordance with principles of international solidarity and human rights.
Widad Akreyi Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
Let us take time to recognizeThus, on this World Refugee Day, let us take time to recognize and draw inspiration from these ordinary people who have shown such extraordinary courage – the world’s millions of refugees and displaced.
(U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees)
Antonio Guterres Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
Refugee problemsThere are many challenges facing the international community today but few, in my mind, are more pressing than those of finding humanitarian solutions to refugee problems. We talk of regional conflicts, of economic and social crises, of political instability, of abuses of human rights, of racism, religious intolerance, inequalities between rich and poor, hunger, over-population, under-development and. I could go on and on. Each and every one of these impediments to humanity’s pursuit of well-being are also among the root causes of refugee problems.
(UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 1978-1985)
Poul Hartling Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
The courage not only to surviveWhile every refugee’s story is different and their anguish personal, they all share a common thread of uncommon courage – the courage not only to survive, but to persevere and rebuild their shattered lives.
(U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees)
Antonio Guterres Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
The only dignified solutionA lasting solution, the possibility to begin a new life, is the only dignified solution for the refugee himself.
(UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 1978-1985)
Poul Hartling Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
Their issues are our issuesDisplaced societies are of value. Their issues are our issues.
Cynthia Basinet Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
They are our guestsThere are no refugees, no displaced persons here, ... They are our guests and we treat them as such.
Mike Turner Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
This is more than poverty...in the midst of migrants in search of a better life there are people in need of protection: refugees and asylum-seekers, women and children victims of trafficking...Many move simply to avoid dying of hunger. When leaving is not an option but a necessity, this is more than poverty.
Antonio Guterres Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
Two basic prerequisites for solutionRefugee problems may often seem intractable but they are not insoluble. In our experience there are two basic prerequisites for solution: the political will of leaders to tackle the causes and to settle for peace, and international determination to push for peace and then to consolidate it. Consolidating peace means helping societies emerging from war to reintegrate refugees in safety and dignity, to rebuild their institutions - including in the field of justice and human rights - and to resume their economic development.
(UN High Commissioner for Refugees, 1990-2000)
Sadako Ogata Quotes and wishes: «Quotes from the U.N. and other Officials»
We are all part of the human familyWe are all part of the human family and we should be about doing what all good families do - caring for our less fortunate brothers and sisters.
(Founder, Mercy Corps)
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