Citizenship and Immigration committee  The UNHCR—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would say, again, it's not one of those black and white, either-or situations. It's increasingly—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Unfortunately, the Security Council, which under the charter had the prime responsibility for maintaining peace and security, is becoming very dysfunctional because of the great power disputes and the exercise of the veto. As a result, a lot of conflict situations are simply bypa

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It would always be great to have full unity around these issues, but to get unity of 193 governments is not so easy. As a result, I think what we've learned in the last decade or two is that we can mobilize reform and international action without having a full court press. We'v

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I think there have always been displaced persons. We've made, however, some legal distinctions, so a refugee has to be somebody who crosses a border in search of protection against persecution. Internally displaced people are affected by exactly the same conditions—conflicts, s

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the opportunity to be here on behalf of the World Refugee Council, and to begin by simply saying I think we as a council strongly endorse the importance of the compact. We underline that it is a very critical piece of architecture to be able