본 연설문은 2019년에 유엔 사무총장이 글로벌 난민 포럼에서 한 연설로 앞부분 삭제하고 뒷부분 위주로 편집되었습니다.
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Glossary
UNHCR | 1 | 유엔난민기구 |
1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol | 2 | 1951 난민 협약과 1967 의정서 |
the Global Compact on Refugees 혹은 줄여서 ‘Compact’ 라고 칭함. | 3 | 난민 글로벌 콤팩트 |
Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is a pleasure to join you.
The current global context can seem forbidding. Divisions and rivalries around the world are contributing to unpredictability and insecurity. The climate crisis is deepening existing fragilities. Many in our societies feel alienated and left behind.
More than 70 million people have been forced from their homes, including 25 million refugees. UNHCR has described these numbers as the “highest levels of displacement on record”.
Now more than ever, we need international cooperation and practical, effective responses. And this is the reason why we are here.
We need better answers for those who flee, and better help for communities and countries that receive and host them.
Developing and middle-income countries admirably host the vast majority of refugees and warrant greater support, not just in the humanitarian response but also in the context of development plans, as well as more financial support.
More fundamentally, we need to re-establish the integrity of the international refugee protection regime, with the 1951 Refugee Convention and 1967 Protocol at its core.
Indeed, at a time when the right to asylum is under assault, when so many borders and doors are being closed to refugees, when even child refugees are being detained and divided from their families, we need to reaffirm the human rights of refugees.
And the Global Compact on Refugees gives us the blueprint.
And this Forum is an opportunity to give the implementation of the Compact energy and dynamism – by drawing together the expertise, ideas, resources, commitments and new forms of collaboration that will drive it forward.
I urge you to be bold and concrete in the pledges you will make.
This is a moment for ambition.
It is a moment to get rid of a model of support that too often left refugees for decades with their lives on hold: confined to camps, just scraping by, unable to flourish or contribute.
It is a moment to build a more equitable response to refugee crises through a sharing of responsibility. Humankind came together to address many huge refugee challenges across the 20th century; we should be able to do the same in the 21st. This is not an unmanageable situation.
This is a moment to mobilize international cooperation and solidarity to galvanize real progress on access to education, livelihoods, and energy; to build the resilience of refugees and their host communities; to preserve humanitarian space and access to people in need; and to strengthen services.
This work needs diverse coalitions.
I am encouraged that this Forum brings together States, refugees and stateless people, international and regional organizations, business leaders, financial institutions, the civil society, faith organizations and the world of sport.
I am also glad that bilateral, regional and multilateral development institutions are emerging as central to these efforts. Large refugee flows can create enormous structural strains, and undermine development advances.
Data and technological innovation will also be crucial.
And we must ensure a comprehensive approach that addresses humanitarian, development, human rights and security aspects, targeting root causes and working to build and sustain peace.
United Nations reforms will help us advance this work by connecting the pillars and better supporting governments.
Together, we can chart a bold and practical path to help millions of people find protection and dignity, and to help all of us find a shared path towards a better future.
Thank you.