Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Zakia Khudadadi made history at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, when she claimed bronze in Para taekwondo, becoming the first-ever member of the Refugee Paralympic Team to win a medal.

Today, she delivered opening remarks at the Global Refugee Forum (GRF) Progress Review - a key global gathering on refugee issues. The GRF, co-hosted by UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and Switzerland, runs from 15 to 17 December in Geneva and brings together senior government officials, civil society, the private sector, academia, faith leaders and, most importantly, refugees, to advance new solutions and assess how pledges made over the past years are being translated into real impact.

Learn more on our website: unhcr.org/events/global-refugee-forum-progress-review-2025

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