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  2. Refugees in Nepal - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies - Wikipedia

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    The Consortium of Humanitarian Agencies (CHA) was established in Sri Lanka in April 1997 to serve a membership and has since become a national service provider in the non-profit sector. CHA's field offices are located in 12 districts in the North, South and East in Sri Lanka.

  4. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Wikipedia

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    The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country.

  5. List of current permanent representatives to the United Nations

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    Sri Lanka: Peter Mohan Maithri Pieris [4] 13 January 2021: Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations: 165. Sudan: Al-Harith Idriss Al-Harith Mohamed: 23 May 2023: Permanent Representative of Sudan the United Nations: 166. Suriname: Sunil Algram Sitaldin: 4 January 2022: 167. Sweden: Anna Karin Eneström: 6 January 2020

  6. Foreign aid to Nepal - Wikipedia

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    At least seventeen countries offered bilateral assistance. Under the auspices of World Bank, the Nepal Aid Group was created in 1976. By 1987 sixteen countries and six international agencies participated in the group. The level of commitment from the Nepal Aid Group had increased from Rs1.5 billion in 1976-77 to Rs5.6 billion in 1987-88.

  7. United Nations Human Rights Council - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka's position is that this fact is significantly detrimental to the impartiality of the UNHRC activities, especially when dealing with the developing world. As a result, Sri Lanka, along with Cuba and Pakistan, sponsored a resolution seeking transparency in funding and staffing the UNHRC, during its 19th session starting in February 2012 ...

  8. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representation ...

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    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]

  9. Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional ...

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    Secretary-General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation is head of a SAARC Secretariat, which is headquartered in Kathmandu, Nepal. [1] SAARC is an economic and geopolitical union between the eight South Asian member nations, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. [2]