Global Compact on Refugees can represent a new commitment to cooperation - head of UN refugee agency

A new international agreement to forge a stronger, fairer response to large refugee movements known as the Global Compact on Refugees was endorsed by members of the UN General Assembly (GA) today (17 Dec) to provide greater support for those fleeing their homelands, and for the countries that take them in, which are often among the poorest in the world.
At an event celebrating the GA endorsement, the head of the UN refugee agency, Filippo Grandi, said, “in this world of ours which often turns its back to people in need; that has shamefully politicized even the pain of exile; that has demonized and continues to demonize refugees and migrants, and sometimes even foreigners, this Compact - in synergy with the other Compact, the Compact on Migration - can really represent tangibly a new commitment to international cooperation.”
Grandi said the Compact was not “a silver bullet that will solve all the problems,” with the right level of support by stakeholders it, “can be transformative.”
The Compact is designed to provide a robust and systematic model to improve the lives of refugees and their host communities following two years of intensive consultations.