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Improvement

In this article I'll speak about the procedures of the UNHCR. So if you are not interesting in refugee's issues or human rights, it's better for you not to waste your time on this article. I’ll speak in details about the files of the refugees; these files are the core of the relation between the refugees and UNHCR. I hope my article will help you to understand that relation. And to work together to improve the procedures of the UNHCR as a way to improve the situation of the refugees in the world. 

First I would like to make it clear that I don’t criticize the procedures of UNHCR for personal interests. My target is to discuss these procedures of the UNHCR publicly, to find what is not good and to change it and hope that it will improve its performance in helping all refugees. I have had a lot of experience as a registered refugee with the UNHCR in Lebanon, with good understanding of our problems as refugees, and of the UN 51 convention. From all I have learned, I think that if we want to improve the situation of the refugees in the world for better. We must start with UNHCRs' procedures and clear up the misunderstandings of the meaning of UN 51 convention, also what the UNHCR actually exist to do!

I had spoken a lot about this in the past, and there is more to be said in the future. My idea is that we can improve the situation of refugees in the world by improving the procedures of UNHCR, not by just spending more money! My friends, all the time they tell you that there are financial shortages in the UNHCR and please make donations! We, the refugees would like to tell you that this is not the real problem, the problem for refugees at the moment is to find some one who is ready to listen to our voice and to understand our problems with the UNHCR procedures and to help us to change these procedures.

To spend money anywhere and for any reason, there must be good strategies with good procedures, without these all the money in the world means nothing. I hope to look at the procedures in public discussion, to find what is not good and to change it on behalf all refugees everywhere in the world.

I know that some of you have a big desire to help the refugees, and some of you don’t have spare money to donate. I’ll give you the chance to help by sending E-mails to open discussion on our real problems as refugees, and this will cost you nearly nothing but it will be a big help, this brings the eyes of the world to our problems and makes the UNHCR know that they can get away with nothing, that they are under scrutiny. This sort of help is worth more than millions of dollars wasted doing the wrong thing.

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