United Nations Secretary-General Guterres Urges Renewal of 1951 Refugee Convention on Its 75th Anniversary
July 28, 2026
July 28, 2026
NEW YORK, July 28 -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued the following statement on the 75th Anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention:
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Seventy-five years ago, in the aftermath of the Second World War, States made a solemn promise: that no one fleeing persecution would be returned to a place where their life or freedom would be threatened on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. . . .
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Seventy-five years ago, in the aftermath of the Second World War, States made a solemn promise: that no one fleeing persecution would be returned to a place where their life or freedom would be threatened on account of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion. . . .