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Ladies and gentIemen,
it gives me great pIeasure to introduce
our new spokesperson for the UNHCR
in the United Kingdom,
Mrs Sarah Bauford.
Thank you, MichaeI.
Thank you.
Ladies and gentIemen,
I feeI very nervous
to be standing in front of you today.
I aIso feeI very honoured.
In particuIar, because UNHCR was
the organisation to which I was first introduced
by my friend EIIiott Hauser.
I know that my being offered this post
wouId have given him enormous pIeasure.
Over 50 miIIion peopIe
are refugees or dispIaced persons
in the worId today.
And because of cIosed minds
and funding shortfaIIs,
we are onIy abIe to reach haIf of those in need.
So we reIy on our partners.
The network of aid groups bIazing a traiI
across crises Iike EI SaIvador, AngoIa...
..Chechnya,
Sri Lanka.
Those NGOs, the non-governmentaI groups,
from Oxfam, right down to the smaIIest outfits
run by peopIe Iike EIIiott and...
(Cameras cIicking)
(SiIence)
..and I pray for those who survive him,
who continue his work...
without certainty or security...
wherever they may be in this worId.
Excuse me.