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Fiji assumes Chairmanship of the Platform on Disaster Displacement
Geneva, Switzerland, 4 February 2021 – The Government of Fiji chaired the first Steering Group meeting since assuming Chairmanship of the Platform on Disaster Displacement (PDD) on 1 January 2021.…
IOM and UNHCR call for improved safeguards for the displaced on the frontlines of climate emergency
Joint IOM / UNHCR Press Release Geneva – IOM, the International Organization for Migration, and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), are calling on states to strengthen the protection and assistance of people…
Webinar | Legal Response to Cross-Border ‘Environmental’ Mobility
How can law respond to situations when people move across an international border in the context of disasters, climate change and environmental degradation? During this webinar, leading scholars and experts…
Central America – First Regional Pilot of the eLearning Tool on the ‘Words into Action’ Guidelines on Disaster Displacement
Central America, 25-29 January 2021 – This week, government representatives from all seven member countries of the Central American Coordination Center for the Prevention of Natural Disasters (CEPREDENAC) took part…
Virtual Conference | 5th Anniversary Commemoration
Virtual Conference – 4 February 2021 Commemoration of the 5th Anniversary of the Endorsement of the Nansen Initiative Protection Agenda, the Adoption of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction,…
Second New York Meeting of the Group of Friends of the Platform on Disaster Displacement
On 15 January 2021, the Permanent Mission of the Kingdom of Morocco to the UN and the EU Delegation to the UN, in their capacity as co-chairs, organized the second…
