Start date: As soon as possible
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is offering a 6-month Temporary Appointment/Assignment within the development team in our office in Betou, Republic of Congo.
UNHCR is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. Every year, millions of men, women and children are forced to flee their homes to escape conflict and persecution. We are in over 125 countries, using our expertise to protect and care for millions.
UNHCR s mandated responsibility for finding solutions to refugee situations has long required stronger cooperation with development partners and the inclusion of persons of concern within development planning and programming instruments, including national development programmes. Due to a variety of factors, the proportion of refugees and internally displaced persons in protracted displacement situations remains high. Moreover, the
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On Global Governance of Migration
In observance of the International Migrants Day, Dec 18
Formalization of global governance requires a set of globally agreed guidelines, a lead agency in charge of implementation, and funding. Discussions on global governance of migration often get drowned in noisy, chaotic discussion of issues. However, the issues to be addressed are well-known. Indeed, they are now well-documented in the Global Compact on Migration. Since the adoption of the GCM in Marrakesh two years ago, the International Organization of Migration (IOM) has become a UN-related agency, well positioned to play the role of the lead agency. A continuing problem is a lack of consensus on a set of globally agreed guidelines on the governance of migration.