Syllabus: GS-II
Subject: International Relations (I)
Topic: International institutions, agencies and for a
Issue: Sudan Refugees
Context: UN High Commissioner for Refugees called for urgent and additional support to meet the needs of Sudan refugees.
- Sudan war – conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces erupted in mid-April last year.
- Places in news(Prelims): Darfur region and Abyei
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees:
- Established in 1950 to address the refugee crisis that resulted from World War II.
- HQ: Geneva, Switzerland
- Mandate:
- 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.
- Functions in accordance with the
- 1951 Refugee Convention and
- 1967 Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees
- India is not a party to the 1951 Refugee Convention or its 1967 Protocol.
