2011 Refugee Conference - Conference Opening
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Opening of the 2011 UNSW Refugee Conference - "Looking to the Future, Learning from the Past". Host: Dr Eileen Pittaway, Centre for Refugee Research, UNSW Welcome to Country: Dennis Golding, Nura Gili, UNSW Welcome to UNSW: Professor James Donald, Dean Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Welcome to UNHCR Commemorations: Richard Towle, Regional Representative UNHCR Regional Office for Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Welcome to the Refugee Conference 2011: John Gibson, President of the Board, Refugee Council of Australia  
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