U.N. News Centre: All countries must contribute to solving global refugee crisis, says General Assembly President
“All countries must contribute to solving the global refugee crisis, the president of the United Nations General Assembly said today, underscoring that the international community has an unequivocal obligation towards the women, men, and children seeking refuge from conflict and violence. … ‘[W]ith winter approaching in the northern hemisphere, it is only going to get worse,’ Mogens Lykketoft cautioned during his first formal press conference since taking office last week…” (9/21).