UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres and his new deputy, Alexander Aleinikoff in Geneva (photo: /UNHCR)
Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - Alexander Aleinikoff assumed his post as Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees Monday 1 February.”The work of UNHCR around the world plays a crucial role in the lives of millions of people,” he says. “And I am delighted to be joining the organization.”
Aleinikoff has been a consultant on international protection to the UNHCR in the past, and leaves his current position at Georgetown University, where he was dean of the Law School.
Aleinikoff worked on US President Obama’s transition team as part of the immigration policy review team, and was the general counsel of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1994-5.
He takes over from Craig Johnstone.
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News story, GenevaLunch, 2 February 2010.
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