The Global Compact on Refugees – Are We Making Any Headway RL XIII No 551 MMXIX

The Global Compact on Refugees

Are We Making Any Headway?

CSO Consultation on the State of Refugees & IDPs - 2019

Public Lecture Respublica Litereria - RL Vol XIII No 551 MMXIX

Costantinos Berhutesfa Costantinos, PhD

Former Chairperson of the AU AC Advisory Board

Professor of Public Policy & Sustainable Institutional Reforms

https://addisababa.academia.edu/CostyCostantinos

Abstract

The framework of global humanitarianism is currently undergoing a structural overhaul. Localisation of humanitarian work, the process of recognising, respecting and strengthening the independence of leadership and decision making by national actors in humanitarian action, in order to better address the needs of affected populations, is at the forefront of that change, since the lead up to the World Humanitarian Summit. On 17 Dec 2018, the UN General Assembly affirmed the Global Compact on Refugees, after two years of extensive consultations led by UNHCR with Member States, international organisations, refugees, civil society, the private sector, and experts. The Global Compact on Refugees is a framework for more predictable and equitable responsibility-sharing, recognizing that a sustainable solution to refugee situations cannot be achieved without international cooperation. It provides a blueprint for governments, international organisations, and other stakeholders to ensure that host communities get the support they need and that refugees can lead productive lives. It constitutes a unique opportunity to transform the way the world responds to refugee situations, benefiting both refugees and the communities that host them. Its four key objectives are to ease the pressures on host countries, enhance refugee self-reliance, expand access to third-country solutions and support conditions in countries of origin for returning safety and dignity. A Case study on Concrete progress on the Global Compact is presented besides the actions to be undertaken by member states, donors, CSOs, regional institutions and the private sector and the social capital and the logic of collective action to stem the tide of displacement and the humanitarian implications of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness. The most dramatic advance in the history of human thought came about not as a result of the discovery of new answers for old problems but as a result of the unfolding of new queries for erstwhile problems. The questions necessary for understanding of human crises refer to those structural elements that strive, in the face of apparent bountifulness, to make livelihood unavailable to those in need.

Key words: World Humanitarian Summit, Global Compact on Refugees, responsibility sharing, Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness

see paper here or https://www.academia.edu/39709864/The_Global_Compact_on_Refugees_Are_We_Making_Any_Headway_RL_Vol_XIII_No_551_MMXIX

It is time now turn the Agenda for Humanity into an instrument of global transformation. Let this stand as a testimony to our an invitation to governments, business and civil society organisations of a renewed commitment to contribute to stemming the tide of famine, displacement and human distress. Costantinos