UN Refugee Initiatives, a talk with Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Please join the Foreign Policy Association in welcoming Filippo Grandi, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Mr. Grandi will be speaking on current UN refugee initiatives. 

Registration for the lecture will begin at 5:30 p.m., the lecture will begin at 6:00 p.m. 

Please note that the Knickerbocker Club requires a jacket and tie for gentlemen and similar formal attire for women.

The Foreign Policy Association’s year-long Centennial Lecture Series, commencing in the spring of 2017, celebrates 100 years of commitment to fostering an educated public discourse on the most influential topics in U.S. foreign policy. The Foreign Policy Association’s Centennial Lecture Series features extraordinary speakers, who will take the long view and imagine the future in their respective disciplines. The importance of providing citizens with accessible, in-depth, non-partisan material is vital to future world peace and prosperity. In one of his final public addresses, President Franklin D. Roosevelt told the Foreign Policy Association that “In a democracy the Government functions with the consent of the whole people. The latter must be guided by the facts.” Now more than ever, this message continues to have resonance, and will remain the guiding principle and goal of the Foreign Policy Association.