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Xavier Créach, is currently Deputy Director and Head of the Protection Service in the Regional Bureau for West and Central Africa. He is UNHCR Regional Coordinator for the Sahel.  He joined UNHCR in 1995 and throughout his 27 years has held a variety of positions in particular in the areas of refugee and IDP protection, emergency response, external relations, public information and management. He has carried out these functions in different regions of the world (Europe, Latin America, Africa and Middle East), both in the field and at Headquarters.  Mr. Creach was previously the Head of operations of the for the Venezuela Situation (2017-2019) and the Head of the Emergency and Protection Support Unit in the Europe Bureau during the “Mediterranean Emergency” (2015-2017). He has served in many emergencies of the last two decades: Ukraine (2014-2015), Cameroon and Central African Republic (2014), Iran, covering UNHCR’s operations in Iraq and Afghanistan (2003-2005), and Kosovo (1999).  Before joining UNHCR, Mr Creach was assistant teacher lecturer at the University of ParisNanterre.