Updates from Civil Society
7 October 2016
Summit Week 2016: Hope and half-heartedness at the UN Summit
2. Events during ‘Summit week’
- 18 September
- 19 September
- UNGA Summit for Refugees and Migrants
- High-level Civil Society event of the UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants
- Side event snapshot with UNTV video: Responsibility and Solution Sharing: The Role of Religious Leaders and Faith-based Organizations Responding to Large Migrant and Refugee Movements
- Side event snapshot with UNTV video: Supporting Greater Dignity and Protection: Enhancing Self-Reliance in Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Refugee Situations
- Side event snapshot with UNTV video: Boosting Opportunities for Higher Education in Emergencies
- 20 September
- 21 September
- Side event snapshots with UNTV video: Beyond September 19 Responding to Migrants in Crisis: The Migrants in Countries in Crisis (MICIC) Initiative and Addressing Human Trafficking in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations
- Side event snapshot with UNTV video: Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants: Global Challenge, Regional Responses, Comprehensive Strategy
- Side event snapshot with UNTV video: San José Action Statement: A Regional Response to Address Protection Needs
3. Advocacy, action and promise-keeping at and after the Summit
- Joint civil society “ActNow” statement and Scorecard responding to the New York Declaration hits over 100 signatories
- Act Now commitment rings: Civil Society initiative during and after the UN Summit
- UN “Together” Campaign launched to highlight the positive contributions made by refugees and migrants