{"id":38213,"date":"2021-07-28T15:15:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-28T22:15:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38213"},"modified":"2021-07-29T15:15:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T22:15:45","slug":"commemorating-the-70tth-anniversary-of-the-refugee-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=38213","title":{"rendered":"Commemorating the 70tth Anniversary of the Refugee Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>07\/28\/2021 02:21 PM EDT<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Antony J. Blinken, Secretary of State<\/p>\n<p>Today we commemorate the 70th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention.\u00a0 At this time of historic global forced displacement,\u00a0the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change have exacerbated the challenges refugees face, making\u00a0the international commitments in the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol more vital than ever.\u00a0 We are\u00a0committed to supporting refugees globally with our humanitarian leadership, diplomatic efforts to uphold refugee protection, advocacy for and support to durable solutions for refugees, and by upholding our international non-refoulement obligations.<\/p>\n<p>We continue to be the world\u2019s largest single donor of humanitarian assistance.\u00a0 In Fiscal Year 2020, we provided more than $10.5 billion in humanitarian aid globally, including assistance for refugees.<\/p>\n<p>We also are once again taking up the mantle of leadership on refugee resettlement, including through the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program, which has settled more than 3.1 million refugees since 1980.\u00a0 This program reflects America\u2019s highest values and finest traditions.\u00a0 That is why we have raised the annual refugee admissions target to 62,500 for Fiscal Year 2021 and restored regional allocations for resettlement to ensure that access to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program is based on refugees\u2019 vulnerability, responds to the emergency need for resettlement across all regions of the world, and reflects the American tradition of welcoming refugees.\u00a0 This Administration is putting America\u2019s highest values at the center of our foreign policy and offering reassurance to persecuted people for whom permanent resettlement is needed.<\/p>\n<p>More broadly, the Convention and Protocol, as well as the principle of non-refoulement, continue to guide the international community in its approach to refugee crises around the world.\u00a0 They help to guide the international community in ensuring refugees\u2019 access to services while displaced, and the United States continues to support broader responsibility-sharing and assistance to refugee-hosting countries.<\/p>\n<p>The United States appreciates the work of humanitarian partners around the globe, who embody the spirit of the Refugee Convention. We join them in working to provide refuge and protection to the world\u2019s most vulnerable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>07\/28\/2021 02:21 PM EDT &nbsp; Antony&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38214,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38213\/revisions\/38214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}