Proceedings of the Standing Senate Committee on
Human Rights
Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 2013-14-15
Chair: The Honourable MOBINA S. B. JAFFER
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Issue No. 16
Eighth and ninth meetings:
Examine and report on how the mandates and practices of the UNHCR and UNICEF have evolved to meet the needs of displaced children in modern conflict situations, with particular attention to the current crisis in Syria
WITNESSES
Thursday, April 23, 2015
As individuals:
Maggie Black, UNICEF Historian (by video conference);
Martin Barber, Honorary Fellow, University of Edinburgh and Former Director, United Nations Mine Action Service (by video conference).
Islamic Relief Canada:
Zaid Al-Rawni, CEO.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
UNICEF Headquarters:
Dr. Yasmin Ali Haque, Deputy Director, Office of Emergency Programmes (by video conference).
Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada:
Mark Gwozdecky, Director General, Middle East and Maghreb;
Leslie E. Norton, Director General, International Humanitarian Assistance.
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:
Furio De Angelis, Representative in Canada.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE
The Honourable Mobina S. B. Jaffer, Chair
The Honourable Salma Ataullahjan, Deputy Chair
and
The Honourable Senators:
Andreychuk, *Carignan, P.C. (or Martin), *Cowan (or Fraser), Eaton, Eggleton, P.C., Hubley, Nancy Ruth, Ngo, Tannas
*Ex officio members
(Quorum 4)
Change in membership of the committee:
Pursuant to rule 12-5, membership of the committee was amended as follows:
The Honourable Senator Tannas replaced the Honourable Senator Frum (February 23, 2015).