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Filippo Grandi (born March 30, 1957) is an Italian diplomat and United Nations official, currently serving as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees .[1] He previously served as Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) [2] and United Nations Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan .
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Grandi graduated with a degree in modern history from the University of Milan in 1981, and with a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the Gregorian University in Rome in 1987.[3]
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Grandi started his career in the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in 1988, and has served in a variety of countries, including Sudan , Syria , Turkey , and Iraq after the first Gulf War. He also headed a number of emergency operations including in Kenya , Benin , Ghana , Liberia , the Great Lakes Region of Central Africa , Yemen and Afghanistan . Between 1996 and 1997, he was Field Coordinator for UNHCR and United Nations humanitarian activities in the Democratic Republic of Congo during the civil war . From 1997 to 2001, he worked in the Executive Office of the UNHCR in Geneva , as Special Assistant and then Chief of Staff. From 2001 to 2004, he served as the UNHCR's Chief of Mission.[citation needed ]
Grandi in Djibouti with Penny Mordaunt
Grandi then moved to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in 2004, where he served as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General responsible for political affairs from 2004 to 2005. In 2005 he moved to UNRWA, first as Deputy Commissioner-General and then from 2010 as Commissioner-General until 29 March 2014.[citation needed ]
On 11 November 2015 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced his intention to appoint Grandi as the next United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to take office in 2016.[4] On 23 November 2020, the United Nations General Assembly re-elected Grandi for an additional 2.5 year mandate as High Commissioner for Refugees.[5]
Since 2019, Grandi has been a member of the World Economic Forum High-Level Group on Humanitarian Investing, co-chaired by Børge Brende , Kristalina Georgieva and Peter Maurer .[6]
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References
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^ Grandi, Filippo. "Filippo Grandi: United Nations High Commissioner for refugees" . United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Retrieved 30 July 2021 .
^ "Secretary-General Nominates Filippo Grandi of Italy United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees" . un.org . 2015-11-11. Retrieved 2020-07-16 .
^ "UN General Assembly extends mandate for High Commissioner Grandi" . UNHCR . Retrieved 18 February 2021 .
^ World Economic Forum 2019 Annual Meeting launching a new Humanitarian Investing Initiative World Economic Forum , press release of January 18, 2019.
^ Leadership Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
^ Members International Gender Champions (IGC).
^ Strategic Committee Paris School of International Affairs (PSIA).
^ Global Future Council: The Future of the Humanitarian System World Economic Forum .
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