{"id":2562,"date":"2020-09-28T09:58:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T13:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/?p=2562"},"modified":"2026-04-07T14:12:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:12:05","slug":"malual-bol-kiir-announced-as-the-newest-refugee-advisor-to-the-delegation-of-canada-to-the-2020-meeting-of-unhcrs-executive-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/lerrn\/2020\/malual-bol-kiir-announced-as-the-newest-refugee-advisor-to-the-delegation-of-canada-to-the-2020-meeting-of-unhcrs-executive-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"Malual Bol Kiir Announced as the Newest Refugee Advisor to the Delegation of Canada to the 2020 Meeting of UNHCR\u2019s Executive Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada has delivered on its commitment to include a refugee advisor in its delegation to\u00a0UNHCR<\/a>\u2019s Executive Committee meeting this year. LERRN is proud to be supporting that position, and will be working closely with Malual Bol Kiir, as he undertakes this work on behalf of the\u00a0Refugee Advisory Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Malual is the founder of the African Youth Action Network<\/a> (AYAN), a leadership and peacebuilding organization based in Uganda, which recruits youths to work together as agents of peace and conflict prevention. He is also a founding member for the Search for Common Ground\u2019s Global Youth Leadership Council<\/a> (GYLC).<\/p>\n

His role to the Canadian delegation will be to bring the refugee perspective to global refugee policy discussions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s very important to have refugees in the conversation. Refugees are the most experts in the refugee issues,\u201d Malual says. \u201cMy involvement will be really different because it\u2019ll bring in that refugee perspective and also show how Canada is committed to refugee representation. I\u2019m very happy that Canada is living up to its commitment to meaningfully involve refugees.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Malual Bol Kiir is the Newest Refugee Advisor to the Delegation of Canada to the 2020 Meeting of UNHCR\u2019s Executive Committee.<\/p><\/div>\n

A former refugee, Malual lived in a northern Uganda refugee camp from the young age of seven. His family had to flee Sudan in 2001 due to the civil war, leaving everything behind for an uncertain future. Four years later, peace was restored and he was able to return back home. Unfortunately it was short lived, with the war breaking out in 2013. Once again Malual found himself in a refugee camp.<\/p>\n

He started noticing that there was division among refugees in the camp, especially those from South Sudan. That\u2019s when Malual\u2019s advocacy began.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe faced the first civil war so I did not want us to go through what we went through again. It\u2019s about asking myself \u2018What difference could I make?\u2019 \u2018What is it that I can do for my refugee community?\u2019 How can we be better refugees and better citizens when we go back home?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

From there Malual reached out to other refugees and began mobilizing themselves as peace agents within the refugee camp.<\/p>\n

Now resettled in Canada, Malual is determined to give refugees a voice on issues that concern them. \u201cI hope Canada continues to engage with refugees. I hope I won\u2019t be the last refugee that will be part of conversations,\u201d Malual says.<\/p>\n

Malual is very proud of the crucial role refugee-led organizations are playing in the response to COVID-19 in their communities, including translating health resources into several local languages for people to better understand health and safety protocols.<\/p>\n

The 71st<\/sup> session of UNHCR\u2019s Executive Committee meeting will take place on October 5-9. For more updates on the meeting and on refugee participation activities, follow us on Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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