António Guterres: Refugees have the right to be protected
António Guterres: Flyktninger har rett til å bli beskyttet
António Guterres is at the forefront of advocating for refugee rights around the world. Full bio
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thank you for coming to TED.
takk for at du kom til TED.
én million flyktninger og migranter til Europa
and migrants arrived in Europe
but also from Afghanistan
men også fra Afghanistan
of two different kinds:
and the long-term perspective.
spiked so fast in the last six months?
så fort de siste seks månedene?
what triggered this huge increase
som utløste denne svære økningen
into Europe from Africa, from Asia,
til Europa fra Afrika, fra Asia,
we had this massive increase
kom det denne svære økningen
in relation to Syrians,
clear for people.
to go back home,
at the end of the tunnel.
countries have been deteriorating.
are living very badly.
lever under dårlige vilkår.
what they have suffered,
very dramatic conditions.
veldig, veldig dramatiske forhold.
was when all of a sudden,
for lack of resources,
grunnet manglende ressurser,
to the Syrian refugees.
til de syriske flyktningene.
on international support,
internasjonal bistand,
is abandoning us."
in large numbers
enough to do it,
modig nok til å gjøre det,
many people is it's not only sudden,
mange er ikke bare at det er plutselig,
happening for five years.
and villages and towns around Syria.
og landsbyer og byer rundt Syria.
about the situation
of a breakdown of Libya, for example,
sammenbrudd i Libya, for eksempel,
you don't want to recognize the reality.
vil du ikke anerkjenne realiteten.
the capacity to make them.
the spike occurred,
selv når økningen fant sted,
a mechanism to manage the situation.
en mekanisme for å håndtere situasjonen.
is 550 million people,
unionen (EU) er 550 millioner mennesker,
per every 2,000 Europeans.
én per 2,000 europeere.
per three Lebanese.
én flyktning per tre lebanesere.
of course, but it's managing.
selvfølgelig, men de klarer seg.
that could have been managed
som kunne vært håndtert hvis -
important thing,
addressing the root causes,
together in solidarity
reception capacity of entry points?
inngangspunkter for å møte flyktningene?
points need to be massively supported,
inngangspunktene være godt støttet,
with security checks
må gjennom sikkerhetskontroller
into all European countries,
de europeiske landene blir fordelt,
of each country.
the relocation program
always too little too late,
kommisjonen, alltid for lite, for sent,
to receive four thousand.
if it is managed,
om det håndteres,
the pressure is at the point of entry,
er presset ved inngangspunktet,
in this chaotic way through the Balkans,
kaotiske måten gjennom Balkan,
Sweden, basically, and Austria.
Sverige og Østerrike.
in the end, receiving the refugees.
til slutt, mottar flyktningene.
without doing much.
three questions,
in Europe right now,
is not much, but realistically,
er ikke mye, men realistisk sett,
that has no answer,
the right to be protected.
tatt vare på.
as international law,
"I take 10,000 and that's finished."
"Jeg tar titusen, ferdig med saken".
I remember one minister saying,
jeg at en minister sa:
up to 100,000 people."
til 100,000 mennesker."
three-hundred thousand
if you count all refugees.
alle flyktningene.
how many we can take.
hvor mange vi kan ta imot.
how we can we organize ourselves
organisere oss
responsibilities?
internasjonale ansvar?
because there is no solidarity
det er ingen solidaritet i det
there are many other areas.
det er mange andre områder.
in which we need more Europe
der vi trenger mer Europa
in European institutions,
mindre tro i europeiske institusjoner,
to convince the public
overbevise folket om at
to solve these problems.
disse problemene.
shifts, particularly domestically.
særlig innenlands.
and over in many countries:
igjen og igjen i mange land:
and in Switzerland and elsewhere,
because of the numbers,
grunn av tallene,
in absolute numbers.
i absolutte tall.
opening the news every single day,
de ser på nyhetene hver eneste dag,
were of hundreds
is taking care of it --
kind of management.
"They are coming to my village."
"De kommer til min landsby".
that Europe was being invaded
falsk idé at Europa ble invadert
and everything will --
og alt vil -
had been properly managed,
håndtert skikkelig, om
screened at point of entry,
sikkerhetskontrollert ved inngangspunktet,
to different European countries,
fly til andre europeiske land,
a lot of people scared,
mennesker som er redde,
to do the job properly.
å gjøre jobben skikkelig.
management of the situation
blitt håndtert på en ordentlig måte
of people all over Europe,
folk over hele Europa,
the percentage that I mentioned:
prosentandelen som jeg nevnte:
properly managed
håndteres skikkelig
and of course if you have a village --
selvfølgelig om du har en landsby -
Lebanon has been living with that.
Lebanon har levd med det.
to happen in Europe,
skal skje i Europa, at alle
more refugees than inhabitants.
flere flyktninger enn innbyggere.
to do the job properly,
skal gjøre jobben skikkelig,
to receive people
til å ta imot folk
were forced to do in the past.
har vært tvunget til tidligere.
situation not only at Europe --
situasjonen, ikke bare i Europa -
so, not only at Europe,
situasjonen, ikke bare på Europa,
a long list of countries
list med land
in the other part --
i den andre delen -
who's doing the right thing?
of the refugees in the world
countries like Ethiopia --
more than 600,000 refugees.
600.000 flyktninger.
that every refugee should be received.
at enhver flyktning skal taes imot.
welcoming of refugees coming,
når det gjelder flyktninger,
for borders to be open.
at grensene er åpne.
with the Syrian situation,
syriske situasjonen,
into also a major security crisis,
utviklet seg til en stor sikkerhetskrise,
were open for, at the time,
grensene var åpne
the trend in the developing world
trenden i utviklingsland
is for these questions to become
disse spørsmålene blir
in the public opinion,
protections on one side
flyktningebeskyttelser på ene siden
misinterpreted -- on the other side.
mistolket - på andre siden.
of funding and the vouchers
og kupongene
of the organizations
underfinansieringen av
med disse problemene.
and more support,
close to the levels of last year.
to address the needs of the people
takle folkets behov
of the criteria, the objectives,
av kriteriene, målene,
cooperation that is required.
utviklingssamarbeid som trengs.
are middle-income countries.
er mellominntektsland.
or grants from the World Bank.
stipend fra Verdensbanken.
a global public good.
of stability in the region,
stabilitet i regionen, med alle
of our collective security.
av vår felles sikkerhet.
are not a first priority
in very dramatic circumstances
dramatiske omstendigheter
themselves are suffering,
at today's situation
ser på dagens situasjon
their poor groups of the population,
de fattige gruppene i populasjonen,
because of the crisis they are facing.
krisen de står overfor.
organizations, the European Union?
cooperation is essential.
er nødvendig.
cooperation is essential.
er nødvendig.
institutions should have flexibility
finansinstitusjoner burde ha fleksibilitet
more massively
and to understand that today,
forstå at, i dag,
at a certain moment,
to make a distinction
and development aid
about children in school,
that is overcrowded.
that require a long-term perspective,
behøver langtidsperspektiv,
humanitarian aid perspective.
by the current front-runner
som leder i kampen
for US President, Donald Trump.
til USAs president, Donald Trump.
and complete shutdown
og komplett slutt
can figure out what's going on."
finne ut av hva som skjer."
around the world
mennesker rundtom i verden
saying, for instance,
som sier, for eksempel,
should not be received.
ikke burde tas imot.
that by doing or saying this,
de gjør eller sier dette,
the security of their countries.
to Muslim refugees,"
for muslimske flyktninger,"
is the best possible help
of terrorist organizations.
by all the Muslims in your own country,
i ditt eget land,
for the recruitment
through technology,
and all those other groups
og alle de andre gruppene
"You are right, we are against you."
"Du har rett, vi er mot dere."
in societies that are all multiethnic,
samfunn som er multietniske,
in which, really,
of these terrorist organizations
disse terroristorganisasjonene
people for terror acts
rekruttering av folk til terrorhandlinger
of sentences are expressed.
utsagn blir uttrykt.
and the reactions to them
og reaksjonene til den
for many people the first reaction
for mange er førstereaksjonen
attacks is: close all borders --
terroristhandling: steng alle grensene -
problem in Europe is largely homegrown.
Europa stammer hovedsakelig hjemmedyrket.
of European fighters in Syria and in Iraq,
krigere i Syria og i Irak,
by just not allowing Syrians to come in.
stenge syrere ute.
by the person who has blown --
personen som sprengte -
of Daesh is against refugees,
mot flyktninger,
that should be with the caliphate
som burde være med kalifatet
strategy to make Europe react,
strategi for å få Europa til å reagere,
for muslimske flyktninger
towards Muslims inside Europe,
it was not the refugee movement
ikke var flyktningebevegelsen
is today a homegrown movement
hjemmedyrket bevegelse
that we are facing,
som vi står imot,
to prove these groups wrong,
gruppene tar feil,
from that part of the world.
is that to a large extent,
til en stor grad,
in the '70s, in the '80s,
that took place at that time
som fant sted på denne tiden
in many of the people, for instance,
for mange mennesker, for eksempel,
that are not adequately provided
har ordentlig tilgang
sometimes even anger,
noen ganger til og med sinne,
of integration policies,
integrasjonspolitikk,
a much stronger investment
større investering
to live together and respect each other.
leve sammen og respektere hverandre.
will be multiethnic, multicultural,
vil være multietniske, multikulturelle,
in my opinion, impossible.
umulig.
that they will be like that,
god ting at de vil være slik,
for that to work properly,
dersom det skal fungere skikkelig
of your own societies.
failed in that investment
gjelder denne investeringen
from your job at the end of the year,
slutten av året,
for the first time, what do you see?
kontoret for første gang, hva ser du?
one million people go back home
mennesker å dra hjem
because conflicts had ended.
fordi det var slutt på konflikter.
displaced by conflict in the world.
mennesker forflyttet grunnet konflikt.
of new conflicts
av nye konflikter
Democratic Republic of Congo.
republikken Kongo.
is much more dangerous than it was.
farligere enn den var.
of the international community
samfunnets kapasitet
and to timely solve them,
på kort tid,
than what it was 10 years ago.
var for ti år siden.
power relations in the world,
i verden,
styringsmekanismer som fungerer,
tend to prevail, and that means
pleier å vinne, og det betyr
displaced by conflicts.
forflyttet grunnet konflikter.
i amerikansk
the Oval Office for the last time,
ovale kontoret for siste gang,
on the desk for his successor
kontoret for hans
et par timer senere.
to your successor, Filippo Grandi,
til din etterkommer, Filippo Grandi
I would write any message.
skrevet noe budskap.
when one leaves an office
forlater et kontor
instrukser til den
hva den skal gjøre.
and do your best."
ditt beste".
for the job you do.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
António Guterres - Designate Secretary-General of the United NationsAntónio Guterres is at the forefront of advocating for refugee rights around the world.
Why you should listen
A former Portuguese prime minister, António Guterres was elected by the UN General Assembly to become the 10th United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in June 2005. In October 2016 the United Nations Security Council announced he would be the next United Nations Secretary General, succeeding the retiring Ban Ki-moon.
As High Commissioner, he heads one of the world's foremost humanitarian organizations. UNHCR has twice won the Nobel Peace Prize. Its over 9,300 staff members work in 123 countries providing protection and assistance to nearly 55 million refugees, returnees, internally displaced people and stateless persons. Some 88 percent of UNHCR staff work in the field, often in difficult and dangerous duty stations.
Before joining UNHCR, Guterres spent more than 20 years in government and public service. He served as Portuguese prime minister from 1995 to 2002, during which time he was heavily involved in the international effort to resolve the crisis in East Timor. As president of the European Council in early 2000, he led the adoption of the so-called Lisbon Agenda and co-chaired the first European Union-Africa summit. He also founded the Portuguese Refugee Council in 1991 and was part of the Council of State of Portugal from 1991 to 2002.
From 1981 to 1983, Guterres was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, as well as chairman of the Committee on Demography, Migration and Refugees. In addition, he has been active in Socialist International, a worldwide organization of social democratic political parties. He was the group's vice-president from 1992 to 1999 and president from 1999 until mid-2005.
Guterres was born on April 30, 1949, in Lisbon and educated at the Instituto Superior Técnico, where he remains a visiting professor. He is married and has two children.
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