Who of the following has been appointed as new chief of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)?
Who of the following has been appointed as new chief of UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)?
[A]Helle Thorning
[B]Jeffry Sachs
[C]Filippo Grandi
[D]Achim Steiner
Filippo Grandi
Italian diplomat, Filippo Grandi has become the new chief of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). He succeeded Antonio Guterres, who was high commissioner for refugees since 2005. Prior to this, Grandi was the head of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA from 2010 to 2014. He was also deputy envoy to the UN aid mission in Afghanistan. The UNHCR organisation works worldwide to protect, assist and find solutions for refugees, internally displaced people and stateless populations.
