Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the international community to give its full support to refugees

June 20 is World Refugee Day. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Chairman Ashe respectively issued a statement calling on the international community to make every effort to provide support to those countries and communities that accept the forcibly displaced and help displaced persons return home sooner rather than later.

Secretary-General Dugarik pointed out at a press conference held at the headquarters in New York on the 20th that Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addressed the occasion of World Refugee Day that the conflicts in various parts of the world have forced an unprecedented number of people to flee their homes, 50 million people are currently displaced by war and violence and every 15 minutes a family is forced to flee; in the year alone there were over 10 million newly displaced and the Syrian conflict was a major cause of the dramatic increase in that number .

Dugarik: "These rising figures are a striking reminder of the inability of the international community to overcome their differences and prevent and end the conflict. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees and its partners continue to provide life-saving assistance: water and sanitation, Food and housing, education and protection services, but humanitarian response alone is not enough and a political solution is urgently needed. "

In his speech, Ban Ki-moon pointed out that many long-term conflicts have still to be resolved. For example, hundreds of thousands of people in countries such as Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, Somalia and Sudan live in exile and many have been exiled for decades or even Several generations have been living in exile, and while 86 per cent of the world's refugees live in developing countries, most of these countries have generously opened the door to those seeking security. Ban Ki-moon urged the international community to do its utmost to support countries and communities that embrace the forcibly displaced.

As Chairman of the UN General Assembly, Ash also delivered a speech on the same day and pointed out that as part of the 2015 development agenda to promote a peaceful and prosperous world, the international community must make unremitting efforts to ensure that refugees can return home and reduce violent conflicts, social inequalities and abuse Power and other threats to the future of the displaced people.

In 2000, the UN General Assembly passed a resolution deciding to set June 20 each year as World Refugee Day from 2001 to ensure inviolability of the fundamental rights of refugees and raise the general public's concern about the forcibly displaced. Give them support. (Zheng Nan, headquartered in New York, United Nations)