Danish Demining Group

Conference: UN Refugee Convention 60th anniversary

07.06.11

 

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Danish Refugee Council were hosting a conference on 7 June to mark the 60th anniversary of the UN Refugee Convention. The conference focused on the protection challenges in a future with more complex scenarios of conflict and displacement problems.

Among the speakers in Copenhagen was the patron of the Danish Refugee Council, H.R.H. Crown Princess Mary, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres, Minister of Development and Integration Soeren Pind and Secretary General of the Danish Refugee Council Andreas Kamm.

H.R.H. Crown Prinsess Mary's speech (PDF 41KB)

General Secretary Andreas Kamm's speech (PDF 61KB)