{"id":7621,"date":"2023-12-13T11:56:47","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T11:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=7621"},"modified":"2023-12-13T11:56:47","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T11:56:47","slug":"un-opens-global-refugee-forum-in-geneva","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/13\/un-opens-global-refugee-forum-in-geneva\/","title":{"rendered":"UN opens Global Refugee Forum in Geneva"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sudan Events \u2013 Sumaya Sayed<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Wednesday opened the Global Refugee Forum with a call for an &#8220;immediate and sustained humanitarian cease-fire.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;A major human catastrophe is unfolding in the Gaza Strip, and so far, the (UN) Security Council has failed to stop the violence,&#8221; Grandi said in Geneva, addressing the three-day forum.<br \/>\nNoting that the events happening since Oct. 7 are &#8220;outside the mandate of UNHCR,&#8221; he said: &#8220;However, we foresee more civilian deaths and suffering, and also further displacement that threatens the region.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I cannot open the global refugee forum without first echoing the call of the United Nations Secretary-General (Antonio Guterres) for an immediate and sustained humanitarian ceasefire,&#8221; he said.<br \/>\nThe high commissioner also asked for the release of hostages and said the resumption of a genuine dialogue would bring a &#8220;real peace and security to the people of Israel and Palestine.&#8221;<br \/>\nIsrael has bombarded the Gaza Strip from the air and land, imposed a siege and mounted a ground offensive in retaliation for a cross-border attack by Hamas on Oct. 7.<br \/>\nAt least 18,412 Palestinians have been killed and 50,100 injured in the Israeli onslaught since then, according to Gaza\u2019s health authorities.<br \/>\nThe official Israeli death toll in the Hamas attack stands at 1,200, while around 139 hostages remain in captivity, according to official figures.<br \/>\nThe UN General Assembly on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza. There were 153 votes in favor, 10 against and 23 abstentions.<br \/>\nHe stressed that there are 114 million people worldwide forcibly displaced and 75% of refugees are being hosted by low- and middle-income countries which are often &#8220;already struggling themselves to provide and care for their own citizens.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sudan Events \u2013 Sumaya Sayed UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on Wednesday opened the Global Refugee Forum with a call for an &#8220;immediate and sustained humanitarian cease-fire.&#8221; &#8220;A major human catastrophe is unfolding in the Gaza Strip, and so far, the (UN) Security Council has failed to stop the violence,&#8221; Grandi said in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7623,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7621\/revisions\/7623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}