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Waiting for solutions in uncertain times: Palestine refugees in the Middle East context

Filippo Grandi

Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture

Wednesday, 16 November 2011, 5pm to 6.30pm

The Examination Schools, University of Oxford, 75-81 High Street, Oxford OX1 4BG

About the speaker

Filippo Grandi serves as Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). He was appointed to this post by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon in 2010. Prior to this Filippo Grandi served as Deputy Commissioner-General from 2005.

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