Statement of the United States, September 2016.

Extract:

“Because in the eyes of innocent men and women and children who, through no fault of their own, have had to flee everything that they know, everything that they love, we have to have the empathy to see ourselves.”

PeaceWomen Consolidated Themes:

Displacement and Humanitarian Response

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