Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees and Migration (PRM) Julieta Valls Noyes travels to Uganda July 9-15 and Geneva July 16-19.
While in Uganda, Assistant Secretary Noyes will meet with international organizing partners and Ugandan government officials to discuss the recent influx of refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo and to coordinate humanitarian priorities for the more than 1.5 million refugees hosted in Uganda. She will also visit refugee settlements to hear directly from refugees about health, food, education and protection needs while being hosted in Uganda.
While in Geneva, Assistant Secretary Noyes will meet with international humanitarian organizations, NGOs and other donor governments to discuss humanitarian issues affecting vulnerable populations around the world.