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UNHCR was established on 14 December 1950 [13] and succeeded the earlier United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees (other than Palestinian refugees, who are assisted by UNRWA) and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to ...
N21, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 (NCFRMI Act) to manage the affairs of refugees, migrants and internally displaced persons in Nigeria. The agency is one of the six agencies under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. [1] It is headed by a Federal Commissioner. [2 ...
The United Nations Office at Geneva in Switzerland is the second biggest U.N. centre after the United Nations Headquarters in New York City.. United Nations specialized agencies are autonomous organizations working with the United Nations and each other through the co-ordinating machinery of the United Nations Economic and Social Council at the intergovernmental level, and through the Chief ...
Spain - Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) [38] South Africa - Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) [39] Sweden - Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) Switzerland - Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), Helvetas; Taiwan - International Cooperation and Development Fund ...
Nigerian Content Monitoring and Development Board (NCMDB) Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) - defunct [1] Rural Electrification Agency (REA) Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN)
Asian Forum of Parliamentarians on Population and Development: 1996 Association tunisienne des mères 1996 Environmental Development Action in the Third World (ENDA) [13] 1996 Foundation for the Support of the United Nations 1996 Good Neighbors 1997 Adventist Development and Relief Agency: 1997 Association for Women's Rights in Development: 1997
The statutes adopted in 1928 at the XIIIth International Conference of the Red Cross in The Hague clarified and confirmed the roles of each entity. [11] In that same year, the "International Council" was founded to coordinate cooperation between the ICRC and the league, a task which was later taken over by the Standing Commission of the Red ...
In the years 1959, 1960, and 1961 following the 1959 Tibetan uprising and exile of the Dalai Lama, over 20,000 Tibetans migrated to Nepal. Since then many have emigrated to India or settled in refugee camps set up by the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Government of Nepal, the Swiss Government, Services for Technical Co-operation Switzerland, and Australian Refugees Committee.