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UNHCR presently has major missions in Lebanon, South Sudan, Chad/Darfur, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kenya to assist and provide services to IDPs and refugees in camps and in urban settings. UNHCR maintains a database of refugee information, ProGres, which was created during the Kosovo War in the 1990s. The database ...
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representation in Cyprus is an office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) opened in August 1974 upon the request of the Government of Cyprus [1] [2] and the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
A permanent representative to the United Nations (sometimes called a "UN ambassador") [1] is the head of a country's diplomatic mission to the United Nations.. Of these, the most high-profile UN permanent representatives are those assigned to headquarters in New York City.
IOM's main aid measures include shelter, protection, the provision of basic medical and sanitary care, life safety, coordination, telecommunications and logistics. On the instructions of the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator, IOM, together with UNHCR, is primarily responsible for camp coordination and management in humanitarian emergencies. [12]
Like many embassies to the Vatican City, the Republic of China's embassy to the Holy See is actually located in Rome, outside the borders of the Vatican and in a country with which the ROC has no official diplomatic recognition. The Vatican City State, governed by the Holy See, does not possess sufficient territory to host diplomatic missions.
The United Nations Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), was created in 2003 at the request of the United Nations High-Level Committee on Management, managed by the World Food Programme (), provides common air services, including light cargo transport for the wider humanitarian community to and from areas of crisis and intervention.
The head office of UNHCR's mission in India is located in Delhi, with a field office in Chennai. The current Chief of Mission is Areti Sianni. UNHCR won the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development in 2015. UNHCR was awarded the Mother Teresa Award for Social Justice by the Harmony Foundation, Mumbai. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Filippo Grandi (born 30 March 1957) is an Italian diplomat and United Nations official, currently serving as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. [1] He previously served as Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) [2] and United Nations Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan.