Q&A: Antonio Guterres United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was re-elected last April by the UN General Assembly to serve a second five-year term as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Guterres visited Syria last month to commemorate World Refugee Day and Syria Today sat down with him to get an update on the agency's work and the Iraqi refugee situation.
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