BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Tendenci - The Open Source AMS for Associations//Tendenci Codeba se MIMEDIR//EN BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:--- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registration.\nEvent det ails subject to change. ---\nhttps://www.amclub.ch/events/79/\n\nEvent Tit le: Oct. 11 - Filippo Grandi\nStart Date / Time: Oct 11, 2016 11:45 AM Eur ope/Paris\nLocation: Hôtel Métropole\nSpeaker: Filippo Grandi\nGoogle\nh ttp://maps.google.com/maps?q=34+quai+Général+Guisan,Geneva,1204\n\nForec ast\nhttp://www.weather.com/weather/monthly/1204\n\nUnited Nations High Co mmissioner for Refugees.\nChallenges and Opportunities: The refugee questi on in a complex world.\n \nCurrently, there are over 60 million refugees a nd displaced persons in the world. A historical record number, for whom th e UN High Commissioner for Refugees is chartered to provide shelter, food, protection, education, all the basics of a continuation of acceptable liv ing conditions. All with the priority objective of helping Refugees to ret urn to their region of origin. Or, if this proves impossible, to find perm anent settlement elsewhere in the world.\nIn our current world situation, the political, cultural and religious conflicts present extreme challengin g conditions, which require very sophisticated interactions with the count ries and political regimes concerned.\nFilippo Grandi, High Commissioner s ince January 2016, has accepted to address the AIC on the subject of "Chal lenges and Opportunities: The refugee question in a complex world"\nGrandi has a unique experience in all dimensions of his difficult task. He start ed his career in the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Re fugees (UNHCR) in 1988, and has served in a variety of countries, includin g Sudan, Syria, Turkey, and Iraq after the first Gulf War. He also headed a number of emergency operations including in Kenya, Benin, Ghana, Liberia , the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa, Yemen and Afghanistan. Between 1996 and 1997, he was Field Coordinator for UNHCR and United Nations huma nitarian activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the civil w ar. From 1997 to 2001, he worked in the Executive Office of the UNHCR in G eneva, as Special Assistant and then Chief of Staff. From 2001 to 2004, he served as the UNHCR's Chief of Mission. \nHe then moved to the United Na tions Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in 2004, where he served a s Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General responsible for p olitical affairs from 2004&ndash\;2005. In 2005 he moved to UNRWA, first a s Deputy Commissioner-General and then from 2010 as Commissioner-General.\ nBSCC Members can benefit from the AIC Members Price\nEvent sponsored by \ n\n--- This iCal file does *NOT* confirm registration.Event details subjec t to change. ---\n\n--- By Tendenci - The Open Source AMS for Associations ---\n UID:uid79@amclub.ch SUMMARY:Oct. 11 - Filippo Grandi DTSTART:20161011T094500Z DTEND:20161011T120000Z CLASS:PUBLIC PRIORITY:5 DTSTAMP:20260508T163128Z TRANSP:OPAQUE SEQUENCE:0 LOCATION:Hôtel Métropole X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Event Title: Oct. 11 - Filippo Grandi

https://www.amclub.ch/events/79/

When: Oct 11, 2016 11:45 AM Europe/Paris
Speaker: Filippo G randi

Hôtel Métropole
34 quai Général Guisan
120 4
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34+quai+Général+Guisan,Geneva, 1204

Forecast: http://www.weather.com/weather/monthly/1204


United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

Challenges and Opportunities: The refugee question in a comp lex world.

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Currently, there are ove r 60 million refugees and displaced persons in the world. A histo rical record number, for whom the UN High Commissioner for Refugees is cha rtered to provide shelter, food, protection, education, all the basics of a continuation of acceptable living conditions. All with the priority obje ctive of helping Refugees to return to their region of origin. Or, if this proves impossible, to find permanent settlement elsewhere in the world.

In our current world situation, the political, cultural and religiou s conflicts present extreme challenging conditions, which require very sop histicated interactions with the countries and political regimes concerned .

Filippo Grandi, High Commissioner since January 2016, has accepte d to address the AIC on the subject of "Challenges and Opportuniti es: The refugee question in a complex world"

Grandi has a unique experience in all dimensions of his difficult task. He started his career in the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1988, and has served in a variety of countries, including Sudan , Syria, Turkey, and Iraq after the first Gulf War. He also headed a numbe r of emergency operations including in Kenya, Benin, Ghana, Liberia, the G reat Lakes Region of Central Africa, Yemen and Afghanistan. Between 1996 a nd 1997, he was Field Coordinator for UNHCR and United Nations humanitaria n activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the civil war. Fro m 1997 to 2001, he worked in the Executive Office of the UNHCR in Geneva, as Special Assistant and then Chief of Staff. From 2001 to 2004, he served as the UNHCR's Chief of Mission.  \;

He then moved to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in 2004, where he served as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-G eneral responsible for political affairs from 2004&ndash\;2005. In 2005 he moved to UNRWA, first as Deputy Commissioner-General and then from 2010 a s Commissioner-General.

BSCC Members can benefit from the AIC Membe rs Price

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