UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants(01 of14)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK, NY. - SEPTEMBER 19: A general view of United Nations (UN) Summit for Refugees and Migrants at UN headquarters in New York, USA on September 19, 2016. (Photo by Bilgin S. Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
UN Summit for Refugees and Migrants(02 of14)
Open Image ModalNEW YORK, NY. - SEPTEMBER 19: A general view of United Nations (UN) Summit for Refugees and Migrants in U.N. headquarters in New York, USA on September 19, 2016.\n (Photo by Mohammed Elshamy/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) (credit:Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-REFUGEES(03 of14)
Open Image ModalMexican President, Enrique Pena Nieto addresses the High-level plenary meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants in the Trusteeship Council Chamber during the 71st session of the United Nations in New York September 19, 2016.\nA summit to address the biggest refugee crisis since World War II opens at the United Nations on Monday, overshadowed by the ongoing war in Syria and faltering US-Russian efforts to halt the fighting. World leaders will adopt a political declaration at the first-ever summit on refugees and migrants that human rights groups have already dismissed as falling short of the needed international response.\n / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TIMOTHY A. CLARY via Getty Images)
UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-REFUGEES(04 of14)
Open Image ModalEuropean Council President Donald Tusk speaks during the High-level plenary meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants in the Trusteeship Council Chamber during the 71st session of the United Nations in New York September 19, 2016.\nA summit to address the biggest refugee crisis since World War II opens at the United Nations on Monday, overshadowed by the ongoing war in Syria and faltering US-Russian efforts to halt the fighting. World leaders will adopt a political declaration at the first-ever summit on refugees and migrants that human rights groups have already dismissed as falling short of the needed international response.\n / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TIMOTHY A. CLARY via Getty Images)
UN-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-REFUGEES(05 of14)
Open Image ModalGreek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras speaks during the High-level plenary meeting on addressing large movements of refugees and migrants in the Trusteeship Council Chamber during the 71st session of the United Nations in New York September 19, 2016.\nA summit to address the biggest refugee crisis since World War II opens at the United Nations on Monday, overshadowed by the ongoing war in Syria and faltering US-Russian efforts to halt the fighting. World leaders will adopt a political declaration at the first-ever summit on refugees and migrants that human rights groups have already dismissed as falling short of the needed international response.\n / AFP / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:TIMOTHY A. CLARY via Getty Images)
Protestors Create A "Graveyard Of Lifejackets" To Coincide With The UN Migration Summit(06 of14)
Open Image ModalLifejackets that have been used by refugees to cross the sea to Europe are laid out in Parliament Square on September 19, 2016 in London, England. 2,500 lifejackets, worn by refugees during their crossing from Turkey to the Greek island of Chios, are displayed as the UN Migration Summit takes place in New York. The jackets represent the thousands of refugees who have died trying to reach Europe since 2015. (Photo by Jay Shaw Baker/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (credit:NurPhoto via Getty Images)
US-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-REFUGEES(07 of14)
Open Image ModalUS President Barack Obama (R) speaks with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during a Refugee Summit on the sidelines of the 71st United Nations General Assembly inNew York on September 20, 2016. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JIM WATSON via Getty Images)
US-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-REFUGEES(08 of14)
Open Image ModalActor George Clooney (R) and his wife Amal (L) attend a Refugee Summit on the sidelines of the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, New York, on September 20, 2016. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JIM WATSON via Getty Images)
US-GENERAL ASSEMBLY-REFUGEES(09 of14)
Open Image ModalChinese Premier Li Keqiang (C) attends a Refugee Summit on the sidelines of the 71st United Nations General Assembly inNew York on September 20, 2016. / AFP / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit:JIM WATSON via Getty Images)
United Nations-Refugee Summit(10 of14)
Open Image ModalIn this Sept. 16, 2016 file photo, hundreds of life jackets line the shore of the New York City waterfront in the Brooklyn borough of New York, placed there by advocates with Oxfam America to draw attention to the refugee crisis. Many of the life jackets used for the action had been collected on beaches in Greece after being used by adult and child refugees. The undertaking was a prelude to the United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants. The question of what to do about the worldâs 65.3 million displaced people takes center stage at the UN General Assembly Monday, Sept. 19, when leaders from around the globe converge on New York for the first-ever summit on Addressing Large Movements of Refugees and Migrants. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
UN General Assembly and Hamdi Ulukaya(11 of14)
Open Image ModalIMAGE DISTRIBUTED FOR TENT - Tent Foundation Founder Hamdi Ulukaya (C) smile during the Round Table 4 â Global Compact for Responsibility Sharing for Refugees; Respect for International Law at the United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, in New York. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/AP Images for TENT) (credit:AP Images for TENT)
Obama(12 of14)
Open Image ModalPresident Barack Obama joined by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, and King Abdullah II of Jordan, right, stand with other leaders for the Refugee Summit family photo during the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
UN-ASSEMBLY/(13 of14)
Open Image ModalTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan looks down during the Refugee Summit at the United Nations in New York September 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (credit:Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)
UN-ASSEMBLY/(14 of14)
Open Image ModalActor George Clooney waves as he sits beside former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (L) at the Refugee Summit during United Nations General Assembly in New York September 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (credit:Kevin Lamarque / Reuters)