NGOs Draft Rights-based Conclusion on Self-Reliance
A number of NGOs from refugee hosting and donor nations have drafted a
rights-based Conclusion on Self-Reliance with equitable international
responsibility sharing (www.refugees.org/conclusion) for consideration
at the 2009 session of UNHCR’s Executive Committee. This is the product
of extensive discussions over the past few years (see below) and is the
successor to the USCRI-RCK draft put forward earlier.
USCRI’s President and CEO Lavinia Limón sent a letter September 16, 2008
(http://www.refugees.org/uploadedFiles/Investigate/Anti_Warehousing/UN_Docs_&_Exchanges/USCRI%20080916%20Letter%20to%20PRM.pdf)
to the U.S. Department of State encouraging them to consider the draft
and to share it with their fellow ExCom members at upcoming meetings in
Geneva. If you would like to send a similar letter to your foreign
ministry and other influential ExCom members, here’s one you can modify
to taste http://uscri.refugees.org/self_reliance that we will deliver
for you. If your organization is based in Bangladesh, Egypt, Iran,
Japan, Lebanon, Pakistan, or Thailand your voice is particularly important!
Thanks,
Merrill
Merrill Smith
Director of Government Relations and International Advocacy
U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
New address: 2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 350
Arlington VA 22202-3711
703-310-1164 direct
703-310-1130 switchboard
703-769-4241 fax
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www.refugees.org/warehousing
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