Angelina Jolie UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador says Don't Forget Refugees :World Refugee Day 2010 Massage
WORLD REFUGEE DAY 2010-
World Refugee Day 2010
This year's World Refugee Day on June 20 has as its theme, "Home," in recognition of the plight of more than 40 million uprooted people around the world. Around 10 million of them are refugees of special concern to UNHCR.
At UNHCR we help people find new homes and new futures through resettlement, through voluntary repatriation and through local integration. Most of the time, and where it's possible, refugees prefer to return to their home countries. Nonetheless, and with conflict continuing or escalating in many countries, finding new homes and allowing people to restart their lives is increasingly difficult.
This year, for World Refugee Day, we are planning events around the world to highlight the plight of refugees under our care and to advocate on their behalf for the help they need. We will be asking you to think about what it means to be one of those millions of individual human beings. And we will ask you to contribute in whatever way you can to helping them rebuild their lives.
Help us help them to find a place to call home.
MORE READ http://unhcr.org/
and World Refugee Day 2010 LIVE to JUNE 16,18,20
information & schedule
http://wrdlive.org/
June 16, 2010, Wednesday
8:30 AM EST / 1:30 PM GMT
Live online interview with Susan, a Chin refugee and humanitarian worker in Kuala Lumpur.
June 18, 2010, Friday
10:00 AM EST / 3:00 PM GMT
Live feed between High Commissioner, António Guterres, in Damascus, Syria, and an audience in Washington, D.C.
Part of a commemorative event in the United States capital
June 20, 2010, Sunday
3:00 AM EST / 8:00 AM GMT
Press conference with the High Commissioner and outreach workers broadcast live.
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