HIGHLIGHTS
The national event to mark this year’s World Refugee Day (June 20) was organized jointly by UNHCR and the Ministry of Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs (MIDIMAR) and attended by the Prime Minister of Rwanda as the guest of honour and on behalf of His Excellency the President, with high-level Rwandan legislative, executive and judiciary authorities as well as heads of the diplomatic corps, UN agencies, national and international partners and representatives of the refugee communities. A panel discussion on the theme “Rethinking about durable solutions for refugees; the role of good governance and international solidarity” was held, which featured UNHCR’s Deputy Director of the Division of International Protection from headquarters, Ms. Louise Aubin. Participants had the opportunity to discuss global and regional refugee challenges, measures to prevent root causes that force people to flee and actions related to durable solutions for refugees in Rwanda.
In addition to the national event, World Refugee Day was commemorated in all six refugee camps, reception centres, and in Kigali and Huye with urban refugees. Continued in UNHCR Rwanda’s “World Refugee Day 2016 Report”: www.unhcr.org/rw