UNHCR maintains direct contact with the Government both at the central and local level.It is an active member of a number of joint UN coordination mechanisms in the country and leads several thematic coordination mechanisms.Nepal, the persons of concern to UNHCR include the refugees from Bhutan, the Tibetan new arrivals, and the urban refugees and asylum-seekers. Nepal has not acceded to either the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol, and has no domestic asylum legislation.The Government has adopted different approaches for various refugee populations.the refugees from Bhutan, most of the health parameters remain within or above the UNHCR accepted standard. For urban refugees, health services are provided through a semi government hospital.The nutrition programme in the camps concentrates on the most vulnerable groups such as children under five years, pregnant and lactating women, and elderly refugees. Food rations are distributed by WFP.Since the start of the group resettlement programmer for the refugees from Bhutan in 2007, over 92,000 individuals have resettled to eight different countries Australia, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Some 24,000 refugees remain in two camps and UNHCR will continue in cooperation with the Government the search for other durable solutions for those remaining in the camps.national partners to support legal awareness and activities to enable marginalized groups to acquire citizenship certificates. Legal advocacy continues together with civil society and UN agencies to promote the adoption of citizenship provisions in the new Constitution in line with international human rights standards.
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Keywords:
POPULATION-S CHARACTERRISTICS, COORDINATION AND SYNERGY, IMPORTANCE OF COOPERATION, PROTECTION AND SOLUTIONS, HEALTH SERVICE, FOOD SECURITY, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, DURABLE SOLUTION TEAM, ACCESS SERVICE, CONTRIBUTION , RESETTLEMENT PROGRAM
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Thematic Group:
UNHCR
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Refugees and Migration
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- Food And Nutrition
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