Head of U.N. Refugee Agency to Step Down This Year

 Antonio Guterres

Reuters, 04/09 15:44 CET

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said on Friday he would step down at the end of this year and not seek a renewal of his mandate.

Guterres goes as Europe struggles with its biggest refugee crisis since World War Two, as some of the 4 million Syrians who have fled war seek safety in the West, adding to numbers of people escaping violence and hardship in Africa and Asia.

Guterres declined to confirm or deny rumours that he might seek to replace U.N. Secretary-General Ban 

Ki-moon who will step down next year. 

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Source: Euronews