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Panel, which is going to focus on the implementation of the refugee act of 1980. And moderating that potential is eric schwartz, former assistant secretary of state for population refugees and migration under the obama administration. He was Senior Adviser for humanitarian affairs during the Clinton Administration on the National Security council and most importantly on the highest board. He also happens to be the president of Refugees International and hes seated next to the expresident of Refugees International. Eric . Thanks. Thank you, mark. It is a distinct pleasure to be here today and i want to thank hias, and the Carter Center for bringing us all together for this very important event. This is a critical time for us to be considering not only the refugee act of 1980, but also the very future of refugee protection in the United States and around the world. At a time when the number of people displaced by conflict, human rights violations, persecution is at the highest number in
All right, welcome back, everyone. I want to introduce the next panel which is going to focus on the implementation of the refugee act of 1980. And moderating that panel is eric schwartz, former assistant secretary of state for population frunles and migration under the Obama Administration. He was Senior Adviser for humanitarian affairs during the Clinton Administration on the National Security councils. And most importantly he is on the hias board. He also happens to be the president of Refugees International. And he is seated next to the expresident of Refugees International. So eric. Thanks. Thank you, mark. It is it is a distinct pleasure to be here today. And i want to thank hias and the Carter Center for bringing us all together for this very important event. And needless to say this is a critical time for us to be considering not only the refugee act of 1980 but also the very future of refugee protection in the United States and around the world. At a time when the number of pe