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"GLOBAL VISION LECTURES: Global Development and Refugee Issues - How do young pe...
Published：15/11/2018
OnNovember 13th，the UNHCRRepresentative in China, Mr. Sivanka Dhanapala, invited by the United NationsEnvironment Program - Tongji Institute of Environment for SustainableDevelopment (IESD) , gave a lecture entitled “Global Development and RefugeeIssues – How do young people participate in International Organizations” to thestudents in lecture hall 10th floor, the Zhonghe Building. Mr. Dhanapala gave adetailed introduction to the global refugee problem and described the UNHCR'sgoals, efforts and challenges. In the world today, the number of refugees keepsgrowing. UNHCR has made great efforts in the resolution of refugee problems. Ithas provided assistance to refugees, especially refugee children, women andasylum-seekers, and has sought the support of the governments of the world’srefugees.
（Mr. Sivanka Dhanapala at the lecture）
In the Q&A session, Chinese studentsand international students from the Environmental College and other collegesactively asked questions. Mr. Dhanapala answered questions revolved around howstudents should participate in refugee volunteering, how to make refugeessafely return, and how to solve climate refugee problems and so on. He also expressedthe wish of the United Nations to cooperate more with China and absorb moreChinese people to work in the United Nations, and provided suggestions forstudents to enter refugee agencies to work.
At the endof the lecture, Prof. Li Fengting, Executive Deputy Dean of the IESD and ViceDean of the College of Environmental Science and Engineering of TongjiUniversity, presented Mr. Dhanapala with a gift carefully prepared by IESD —— A wonderful picture of Mr. Dhanapalaspeech.
（Prof. Li Fengting presented thepicture to Mr. Dhanapala）
The issueof refugees is becoming more and more prominent. In today’s globalized world,every citizen has an unshakable responsibility to resolvethis serious challenge. China's peace and stability have given us more strengthto participate in the work of international organizations, to help more people,and to make some efforts for peace and beauty in the world. The lectureprovided a way for those who desire to enter the refugee community and enablethose who do not understand the refugee problem to know more about it. ThankIESD and the UNHCR. Doing more for the world, Tongji university is in action.
（After the lecture, Mr. Dhanapalaconducted in-depth discussions with the participants.）
（The lecture）