6 October
A delegation led by Union Minister for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement Dr Win Myat Aye yesterday left Yangon for Switzerland to attend 70th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme.
The 70th Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner’s Programme and side events will be held from 7 to 11 October in Geneva, Switzerland.
During the visit to Geneva, the union minister and delegation will attend High-level segment on statelessness, general debate and 2019 Nansen Refugee Awarding ceremony, Statement General Debate and Consideration of reports on the work of the Standing Committee.
The delegation will also attend side events on predictable and decisive engagement on internal displacement, climate change and disaster displacement, the future of work: putting people first in a digital world and creating working cultures free from sexual misconduct.
MNA (Translated by Kyaw Zin Tun)