Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the U.S.' Commitment to Refugees
Channel: United States Institute of Peace
Date: 2021-07-28

On July 28, USIP hosted U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield to reflect on the 70th anniversary of the Refugee Convention and its critical importance in the current global context. 

To learn more about this event, please visit: https://www.usip.org/events/convention-refugees-70-conversation-ambassador-linda-thomas-greenfield

"Our commitment to refugees is as strong as it ever was. We’ve had moments in previous years where there have been questions about our commitments. But we have continued to reaffirm our commitment. And as you know, President Biden is in the process right now of reaffirming our commitment to refugees and immigrants. The United States is one of the largest contributor to humanitarian and refugee programs. And we, as part of our responsibilities, and I worked, I've worked on refugee issues most of my career, we work on encouraging other countries to recommit and to reestablish and reaffirm their commitments to refugees."

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