On 8 June 2018, in Ankara, Turkey, the Vice-Governor for Social Development Strategy of the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), Ms Rosa Sánchez-Yebra, signed a grant agreement for the construction of a new general hospital in Kilis, near the Syrian border, funded by the European Union under its Facility for Refugees in Turkey (FRiT). The CEB will oversee the construction and equipment of the new 300-bed state hospital in Kilis, which has recently come under tremendous pressure owing to the massive influx of refugees. The new hospital will provide access to quality health services for the large number of refugees in the area as well as for the local community. The Vice-Governor,Sánchez-Yebra, stressed the importance of this project for the province of Kilis and said: “The CEB, as the social development bank in Europe, has a specific mandate to support social infrastructure projects in its member states, to help the most vulnerable population groups. The construction of this new hospital is a high priority both for Kilis and for the CEB. The agreement was signed during a ceremony at the Ministry of Health in Ankara, in the presence of the Turkish Undersecretary of the Ministry of Health,Mr Eyüp Gümüş, the Head of the EU Delegation to Turkey Ambassador, Mr Christian Berger, and the Mayor of Kilis, Mr Hasan Kaya.
Newsletter - June 2018
Mandat
La Division des migrations et des réfugiés (DMR) a été créée le 1er février 2025 au sein de la Direction Générale Droits humains et Etat de droit (DG1) pour assurer le suivi de l'action de l'ancien Représentant spécial du Secrétaire général sur les migrations et les réfugiés. Son mandat consiste notamment à proposer une assistance et un soutien aux Etats membres, en particulier par le biais du Réseau de correspondants sur les migrations, à rechercher, collecter et analyser des informations sur la situation des droits de l'homme des migrants et des réfugiés, ainsi qu'à compléter et coordonner les activités d'autres organes compétents du Conseil de l'Europe et notre action avec d'autres partenaires internationaux, notamment le HCR, l'OIM, l'UE et ses agences spécialisées, et d'autres parties prenantes nationales, régionales et internationales, y compris des organisations de la société civile. La DMR représente le Conseil de l'Europe au sein du Comité de sélection du Distinction Nansen pour les réfugiés du HCR, ainsi que dans les Forums consultatifs de Frontex et de l'EUAA.
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