Protecting Refugees and IDPs in the Americas: Update on the Mexico Plan of Action

This event, co-sponsored by USIP, Refugees International, and the Refugee Council USA, analyzed the roots and consequences of the crisis, the frameworks that are emerging for its resolution, and the responsibilities of governments, civil society, and international donors as elaborated within the frame of the 2004 Mexico Plan of Action and Declaration.

Speakers

• David Robinson, Interim Assistant Secretary
  Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration, U.S. Department of State
• Michel Gabaudan, President
  Refugees International
• Zully Laverde, Director
  Ecuador Office of CODHES
• Buti Kale, Deputy Representative
  Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
• Fernando Ponce Leon, S.J., Director
  Jesuit Refugee and Migration Service, Latin America
• Melanie Nezer, Senior Director, U.S. Policy & Advocacy
  Refugee Council USA
• Virginia Bouvier, Moderator
  Senior Program Officer, USIP Centers of Innovation

Explore Further

• View the Event Page
• View the Event: Saving Lives, Securing Interests: Reflections on Humanitarian Response and U.S. Foreign Policy
  A Talk by Eric P. Schwartz, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration
• Read Refugees and IDP's after Conflict : Why They Do Not Go Home by Patricia Weiss Fagen

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