25 Jun 2015
NewsUNHCR Partner consultations and NGO Standing Committee in Geneva
SSI Case Manager Najeeba Wazefadost has adressed the UNHCR NGO Consultations in Geneva for a second time this week overnight. Ms Wazefadost, a former asylum seeker and refugee who is representing RCOA at the consultations, gave a closing speech.
Read Ms Wazefadost’s speech below:
Najeeba Wazefadost Closing Remarks133.39 KB
#UNHCRNGOs while some countries in Asia aren’t signatories to convention many strengths based programs run by NGOs in Asia Pac @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) July 2, 2015
International law only recognizes small class of displaced ppl. Says very little of those displaced by disasters #ClimateChange #UNCHRNGOs
— CFMS (@NUCFMS) July 2, 2015
#UNCHRNGOs looking at strengthening and deepening partnerships across MENA region to widen protection space for refugees @SSI_tweets
— Yamamah Agha (@AghaYamamah) July 2, 2015
#CBP #UNCHRNGOs in the Nuba Region of Sudan, digging bunkers to hide from aerial bombing. pic.twitter.com/scvdvLKBU6
— Carmen Lazar (@CarmenLazar3) July 2, 2015
“I want to be clear that traditional values cannot be an excuse for violating human rights.”–Najeeba Wazefadost #Youth #UNCHRNGOs
— CFMS (@NUCFMS) July 1, 2015
Good practice in refugee #Education: Uganda includes refugees in national primary education system. But school fees are challange #UNCHRNGOs
— louisa shea (@ICVATalks) July 1, 2015
#UNCHRNGOs good to hear UNHCR to launch 10 year campaign to end #statelessness. Everyone has the right to a nationality, to belong.
— Lucy Hovil (@LucyHovil) June 19, 2014
60% of Syrian refugee children in Turkey don’t have access to education. @SSI_tweets #UNCHRNGOs
— Yamamah Agha (@AghaYamamah) July 2, 2015
International community should assume responsibility for solutions in Syria Lebanon is a small country & can’t handle the load @SSI_tweets
— Yamamah Agha (@AghaYamamah) July 2, 2015
Caritas Lebanon: 750.000 refugee children do not attend school #UNCHRNGOs @SSI_tweets
— Yamamah Agha (@AghaYamamah) July 2, 2015
1.6 millions refugees have their food assistance reduced in Lebanon this year. @brunoatieh @SSI_tweets #UNCHRNGOs
— Yamamah Agha (@AghaYamamah) July 2, 2015
Refugees #UNHCRNGOs @SSI_tweets are critical partners with Oz NGOs in resettling people -offer value & added protection 2 their communities
— Violet Roumeliotis (@CeoRoumeliotis) July 2, 2015
#UNHCRNGOs day 2- Q&A session with Volker Turk.@SSI_tweets @estapaschchilas @CeoRoumeliotis pic.twitter.com/DL1C1lvVLN
— Yamamah Agha (@AghaYamamah) July 2, 2015
Former asylum seeker and refugee Najeeba Wazefadost has spoken at the UNHCR NGO Consultations Youth and Adolescent Session overnight. She described her experience, which included time in immigration detention while still a child, and called for a way to process and protect child refugees without placing them in detention.
Ms Wazefadost is a Case Manager for SSI, working with newly arrived refugees in Australia, but she is in Geneva representing the Australian National Committee on Refugee Women and the Asian Women’s Human Rights Council.
Read her speech in full, below.
Najeeba Wazefadost Youth and Adolescent Session Speech.127.61 KB
Najeeba Wazefadost at the UNHCR NGO Consultations in Geneva.
More Tweets from SSI representatives and other NGOs at the UNHCR NGO Consultations.
#unhcrngos #education 51% of refugees are younger than 18. Ave length of displacement is 20years! @SSI_tweets
— David Keegan (@Keegandj) July 1, 2015
#UNHCRNGOs Need to bring development actors together with humanitarian actors – #UNHCR High Commissioner @SSI_tweets
— David Keegan (@Keegandj) July 1, 2015
In 2014 42.5K per day displaced throughout the world!! #UNHCRNGOs @SSI_tweets
— David Keegan (@Keegandj) July 1, 2015
High commissioner for UNHCR Antonio Guterres says the humanitarian community is not broken but more effective today.#UNHCRNGOs @SSI_tweets
— Yamamah Agha (@AghaYamamah) July 1, 2015
First time for @SSI_tweets to be part of #UNHCRNGOs consults under own name. Proud to represent refugee comm’ty in Oz pic.twitter.com/4ouORxQb16
— David Keegan (@Keegandj) July 1, 2015
Read to hear from Antonio Guiteras at #UNHCRNGOs consults opening session with team from @SSI_tweets pic.twitter.com/w08JHIdyy1
— David Keegan (@Keegandj) July 1, 2015
Thanks to the great ATCR stewardship of the Norwegians & welcome to our wonderful Dutch colleagues the new Chairs #UNHCR15 @SSI_tweets
— Violet Roumeliotis (@CeoRoumeliotis) July 1, 2015
Children at risk need to be prioritised & protection solutions a focus says Paul Power @OzRefugeeCounc @SSI_tweets #UNHCRNGOs #UNHCR15
— Violet Roumeliotis (@CeoRoumeliotis) July 1, 2015
Volker Turk #UNHCR 15 says access to work and right to work are fundamental for refugees & internally displaced @SSI_tweets
— Violet Roumeliotis (@CeoRoumeliotis) July 1, 2015
After a week of Standing Committee meetings in the lead up to the 2015 UNHCR NGO Consultations this week, the leading NGOs from around the world agreed on and prepared prepared seven official statements to guide strategies for better protection and settlement of refugees.
Read them in the documents below:
1. NGO Statement on Protection Oral 2 SCOM June 2015230.33 KB
2. NGO Statement on Statelessness Oral SCOM June 2015165.71 KB
3. NGO Statement on Detention Oral SCOM June 2015262.08 KB
4. NGO Statement on CBP and AGD Oral SCOM June 2015165.24 KB
5. NGO Statement on Solutions Oral SCOM June 2015132.92 KB
6. NGO Statement on Public Health HIV Oral SCOM June 2015151.45 KB
7. NGO Statement on Cash Draft Oral SCOM June 2015192.58 KB
Below is the updated scehdule for the NGO Consultations in Geneva, starting today.
Here is the final revised agenda for #UNHCRNGOs in Geneva tomorrow: http://t.co/ho5LgAfsJd pic.twitter.com/2096USpIqB
— Partnership Section (@UNHCRPartners) June 30, 2015
TOMORROW: 3pm, Room 2, Int Conv Cntr Geneva IRRI’s @LucyHovil hosts “Alternatives to Camps – Making it Work” panel #UNHCRNGOs consultations
— IRRI (@IntRefRights) June 30, 2015
TOMORROW: 3pm, Room 2, Int Conv Cntr Geneva IRRI’s @LucyHovil hosts “Alternatives to Camps – Making it Work” panel #UNHCRNGOs consultations
— IRRI (@IntRefRights) June 30, 2015
New @UNESCO report says ~$2.3 bil required to send children to school in war-torn countries http://t.co/e5NGcp0Q2O pic.twitter.com/V5vNVxqxyr
— UN News Centre (@UN_News_Centre) June 29, 2015
@UN_News_Centre @UNESCO @CeoRoumeliotis Painfully difficult when the financial gap in providing education is such a huge mountain to climb
— DOR AKECH ACHIEK (@Leopardthebeast) June 30, 2015
Proud to take on the role of co-chair of the international Youth & Adolescents in Emergencies (YAE) group with @RachaelWRC @SSI_tweets
— David Keegan (@Keegandj) June 30, 2015
#IOM new approaches on migrant movement, supported 220k migrants to leave Libya and then some to return @SSI_tweets pic.twitter.com/bxnDnZtfvn
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 30, 2015
Next week #UNHCRNGOs consultation with @UNHCRPartners to ensure that #education is at the core of the durable solution agenda for #refugees
— Andrea Naletto (@nale_andrea) June 26, 2015
Joining the #UNHCRNGOs Consultations remotely? Check out the agenda with outline of filmed sessions: http://t.co/g7S0W6R7VQ @UNHCRPartners
— Jessie Thomson (@jessiecthomson) June 25, 2015
Aussie delegation prepping for #UNHCRNGOs consultations later this week @UNHCRPartners @SSI_tweets @OzRefugeeCounc pic.twitter.com/hPg1EeU8TZ
— David Keegan (@Keegandj) June 28, 2015
#UNHCR Jordan using biometrics, level of accuracy & security is very high! Ensures identity of vulnerable people is protected @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 26, 2015
US resettles approx. 70k refugees/year, gathering biometrics since 2012 and see benefits in re-settlement process as well @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 26, 2015
#UNHCR raising donor funds in new ways – $208M provided by the US private sector, the highest ever @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 26, 2015
#UNHCR increased funding gaps & budget reductions against backdrop of increased demand & displacement of people around globe @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 26, 2015
#UNHCR global budgets 36% to Middle East, Africa 34%, Asia & Pacific 8% a moderate decrease, Europe 6% and the Americas 2% @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 26, 2015
Former refugee employees from @SSI_tweets are taking part in this year’s #UNHCRNGOs consultations #refugeeyouth session @UNHCRPartners
— David Keegan (@Keegandj) June 26, 2015
#UNHCRNGOs annual consultations start in 5 days – 500 participants, 270 orgs (113 int’l and 157 national) @SSI_tweets is one of them!
— David Keegan (@Keegandj) June 26, 2015
In the lead up to the NGO consultations, UNHCR Special Envoy for Refugee Issues Angelina Jolie Pitt spoke in Turkey on World Refugee Day, June 20, about the worsening crisis.
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More Tweets from the standing committee meetings in Geneva, where NGOs and UNHCR regional bodies are meeting to discuss refugee issues and to plan and strategies for solutions.
Without more funds now #UNHCR and partners may not be able to meet survival needs of millions #refugees in next 6mos. http://t.co/cqsiuyIKJ5
— Leo Dobbs (@LDUNHCR) June 25, 2015
Dutch Refugee Council #UNHCR advocates optimum conditions in asylum hosting countries especially given how long people stay on @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 25, 2015
#UNHCR Sweden and Turkey allow asylum seekers to work while they wait for decisions or return home under improved circumstances @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 25, 2015
#UNHCR protection at sea with European countries unifying to save lives – 2,700 people saved on Monday @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 25, 2015
massive spike in displacement #UNHCR looking at non-traditional protection solutions like labour visas and regional responses @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 25, 2015
The failure is not from refugees, the failure is from the international committee to stop the violence around the world.@SSI_tweets #UNHCR
— Yamamah Agha (@AghaYamamah) June 25, 2015
#actalliance on behalf of NGOs #UNHCR welcomes youth focused work done and calls for target funding for youth and adolescents @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 25, 2015
Great to hear that Netherlands supports focus on displaced women and girls.@SSI_tweets
— Yamamah Agha (@AghaYamamah) June 25, 2015
Sweden #UNHCR welcomes work with vulnerable communities and the focus on age, gender and diversity @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 25, 2015
Canada #UNHCR welcomes meaningful participation of people in programs while they await protection claim determination @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 25, 2015
Australia #UNHCR acknowledges community based protection initiatives and upcoming report on gender and diversity @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 25, 2015
Turkey is calling for strengthening solidarity with countries hosting highest numbers of refugees @SSI_tweets .#UNHCR standing committee
— Yamamah Agha (@AghaYamamah) June 25, 2015
SSI Case Manager Najeeba Wazefadost came to Australia with her family to seek asylum in 2000, when she was 11. She and er family were detained in immigration detention before being granted refugee protection by Australia. Ms Wazefadost is at the UNHCR Partner Consultations representing the Australian National Committee on Refugee Women and the Asian Women’s Human Rights Council: she read the global NGO statement on alternatives to detention at UNHCR’s Standing Committee meeting.
.@SSI_tweets Najeeba Wazefadost delivers NGO statement on alternatives to detention at #UNHCR standing committee pic.twitter.com/Rfc9s2mj7q
— David Keegan (@Keegandj) June 25, 2015
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.@SSI_tweets .@OzRefugeeCounc turkey largest host of Syrian refugees allowing them work &education rights so kudos to the Turkish people!
— Violet Roumeliotis (@CeoRoumeliotis) June 24, 2015
@SSI_tweets @OzRefugeeCounc kudos to Germany issuing 33,000 visas to Syrian refugees and 90,000 to Syrian asylum seekers. Come on Oz!
— Violet Roumeliotis (@CeoRoumeliotis) June 24, 2015
Canada announces over 23,000 refugees this year with a targeted increase of 3,000 Syrians @SSI_tweets
— Esta Paschalidis (@estapaschchilas) June 24, 2015
@SSI_tweets @OzRefugeeCounc EU wants build worldwide partnerships to protect those seeking asylum offers 20,000 resettlement places by 2020
— Violet Roumeliotis (@CeoRoumeliotis) June 24, 2015
@SSI_tweets @OzRefugeeCounc Oz Govt will continue to act robustly against ‘criminals’ people smuggling & committed to rule of law
— Violet Roumeliotis (@CeoRoumeliotis) June 24, 2015
@SSI_tweets @OzRefugeeCounc rule of law imperative to embed humanity & dignity for our vulnerable -international protection essential
— Violet Roumeliotis (@CeoRoumeliotis) June 24, 2015
@SSI_tweets @OzRefugeeCounc #humanrights more equitable burden sharing needed 4 states carrying load of unprecedented numbers asylum seekers
— Violet Roumeliotis (@CeoRoumeliotis) June 24, 2015
Women now comprise 46% of community based leaders in #refugee communities. @SSI_tweets
— David Keegan (@Keegandj) June 24, 2015
@SSI_tweets 1/2 worlds refugees from 3 countries Syria Afghanistan Somalia need to address root causes says Volker Turk UNHCR
— Violet Roumeliotis (@CeoRoumeliotis) June 24, 2015
@SSI_tweets @OzRefugeeCounc nation states should remember border protect & offering protection not mutually exclusive UNHCR’s Volker Turk
— Violet Roumeliotis (@CeoRoumeliotis) June 24, 2015
