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  2. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. 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.

  4. List of specialized agencies of the United Nations - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of United Nations organizations by location - Wikipedia

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    The Palace of Nations.The United Nations Office at Geneva (Switzerland) is the second most important UN centre, after the United Nations Headquarters.. While the Secretariat of the United Nations is headquartered in New York City, its many bodies, specialized agencies, and related organizations are headquartered in other parts of the world, particularly in Europe.

  6. List of government agencies of Nepal - Wikipedia

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    Foreign Employment Promotion Board; Hydroelectricity Investment and Development Company Limited; Higher Secondary Education Board; Land Management Training Centre; Nepal Tourism Board; Nepal Law Commission; National Planning Commission (NPC) Nepal Police; Nepali Army; Nepal Red Cross Society; Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC) Nepal ...

  7. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ...

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    This established UN training plays a critical role in building capacity to facilitate effective coordination in the field by bringing together approximately 30 practitioners from the spectrum of actors sharing operational space during a humanitarian crisis and training them on UN coordination mechanisms and internationally recognized guidelines ...

  8. National human rights institution - Wikipedia

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    The International Council on Human Rights Policy reported that NHRIs are established in three key ways: in countries that are experiencing conflict (usually internal like South Africa, Ireland or Spain), or to respond to claims of serious human rights abuses. [12]

  9. District Development Committee - Wikipedia

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    Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development (MoFALD) is the governing body for the DDCs. [1] There are 77 districts in Nepal and currently total of 3157 under the DDCs. [2] Post constitution 2015 of Nepal, Districts will comprise Village Council and Municipalities only meaning no more VDCs forming a new governance structure in the country ...