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Show Notes
Anja Klug, Head of the Office for Switzerland and Liechtenstein at the UNHCR - the UN refugee agency, discusses the UNHCR's role and the role of postal networks. We discuss:
- What the UNHCR does, and how it differs from other humanitarian organisations
- Impact of the conflict in Ukraine on refugees
- UNHCR support for refugees
- UNHCR Ukraine partnering with Ukrainian postal operator Ukposhta
- Cooperation with postal operators to offer services for internally displaced persons
- Leveraging post offices' position in the centre of communities to facilitate support services for refugees and internally displaced persons
- Offering support to vulnerable and young refugees