{"id":17,"date":"2016-11-15T10:11:38","date_gmt":"2016-11-15T10:11:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anarieldesign.com\/themedemos\/liber\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-06-16T06:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T10:54:14","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wrmcouncil.org\/fr\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Council"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"17\" class=\"elementor elementor-17\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-500c83e6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"500c83e6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1a7e871d\" data-id=\"1a7e871d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea9e949 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea9e949\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Practical Solutions for Forced Displacement<\/h3>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">The World Refugee &amp; Migration Council (WRMC) is an independent global leadership council dedicated to strengthening international responses to forced displacement.<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>As record numbers of people are displaced by conflict, persecution, violence, and climate-related events, international cooperation is under growing strain. WRMC serves as a platform for dialogue, collaboration, and action, bringing together experienced leaders from government, international organizations, academia, and civil society to develop practical solutions to some of the world\u2019s most pressing displacement challenges.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Chaired by former UNHCR official Ninette Kelley and led by President Fen Osler Hampson, WRMC\u2019s membership includes former heads of government, ministers, diplomats, humanitarian leaders, academics, and human rights advocates from around the world.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>The Council&#8217;s&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/wrmcouncil.org\/fr\/publications\/a-call-to-action-transforming-the-global-refugee-system\/\">Appel \u00e1 l\u2019action : transformer le syst\u00e8me mondial d\u2019aide aux r\u00e9fugi\u00e9s<\/a>&nbsp;<\/em>report,&nbsp;launched in January 2019 at UN headquarters in New York, offers bold, actionable ideas for galvanizing political will and transforming the global refugee system.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Through strategic convening, policy development, and engagement with decision-makers, WRMC helps advance innovative ideas, build consensus, and catalyze action on behalf of refugees, asylum seekers, and other forcibly displaced populations.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>With more than 30&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wrmcouncil.org\/fr\/council-members\/\">thought leaders, practitioners and innovators from around the world<\/a>, and supported by a research advisory network, the&nbsp;Council seeks to offer bold strategic thinking about how the international community can comprehensively respond to refugees based on the principles of international cooperation and responsibility sharing.<\/div>\n<h3>What We Do<\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Convene senior leaders and experts across regions and sectors.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Foster dialogue, cooperation, and partnership among governments, international organizations, and civil society.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Develop practical policy solutions to displacement challenges.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Advance innovative approaches that strengthen protection, responsibility-sharing, and durable solutions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">Support action-oriented responses to emerging displacement challenges.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div>Since its establishment in 2017, WRMC has worked to strengthen international cooperation and advance equitable, sustainable, and practical responses to forced displacement.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>For more information, please contact <a href=\"mailto: &#105;&#x6e;&#102;&#x6f;&#64;&#x77;r&#x6d;c&#111;&#x75;&#110;&#x63;&#105;&#x6c;&#46;&#x6f;r&#103;\">info&#64;&#119;&#114;&#109;&#99;&#111;&#117;&#x6e;&#x63;&#x69;&#x6c;&#x2e;&#x6f;&#x72;&#x67;<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Practical Solutions for Forced Displacement The World Refugee &amp; Migration Council (WRMC) is an independent global leadership council dedicated to strengthening international responses to forced displacement. &nbsp; As record numbers of people are displaced by conflict, persecution, violence, and climate-related events, international cooperation is under growing strain. 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