ANNUAL HARRELL-BOND LECTURE 2018: In a troubled and polarized Middle-East: challenges for Palestine Refugees and UNRWA

Event date
18 October 2018
Event time
17:00 - 18:30
Oxford week
Venue
Grove Auditorium - Magdalen College
Speaker(s)
Pierre Krähenbühl

We are delighted to announce that the Annual Harrell-Bond Lecture 2018 will be given by Pierre Krähenbühl on 18th October.

The Speaker:

Appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Pierre Krähenbühl became Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) on 30 March 2014. As Commissioner-General, he serves at the level of Under-Secretary-General, based in East-Jerusalem. He was confirmed for a second three year-term, from April 2017.

A Swiss national born in 1966, Mr. Krähenbühl has 27 years of experience in humanitarian, human rights and development work. He has led UNRWA and its 30,000 staff, at a time of great pressure on the Palestine refugee community resulting from unresolved conflicts and acute needs, particularly in the West Bank, Gaza and Syria: "I have discovered in UNRWA one of the most outstanding and innovative humanitarian organizations, able to deliver education, health-care, emergency and other services to millions of people in some of the most polarized environments of the Middle East," said Mr. Krähenbühl.

Prior to joining UNRWA, he served as Director of Operations at the International Committee of the Red Cross from July 2002 to January 2014, responsible for the conduct, management and supervision of 12,000 ICRC staff working in 80 countries.

The lecture will be followed by a drinks reception.   

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Public International Law