U.S. contributes USD 126.8 mln to UNHCR  http://www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgencyPublicSite/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2160258&Language=en

The U.S. contributed the amount of USD 126.8 million toward the 2011 operations of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the U.S. State Department announced here Friday evening.The State Department said in a statement that the contribution is funded through the State Department's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.It added that it will "support UNHCR's programs worldwide, including refugee returns to such places as Afghanistan and the Sudan; local integration and resettlement; and protection and life-saving assistance.

U.S. funding supports the provision of water, shelter, food, healthcare, and education to refugees, internally displaced persons, and other persons under UNHCR's care and protection in countries such as Iraq, Colombia, Thailand, Nepal, Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Rwanda."

"With this contribution, the United States will have provided more than USD 285 million toward UNHCR's 2011 operations so far this year," it indicated. The State Department said "we note that this year is the 60th anniversary of the Refugee Convention and the 50th anniversary of the Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness." "We salute the vital and courageous work of UNHCR, its many NGO partners, and refugee hosting countries in providing protection to vulnerable people around the world," it remarked. (end) 

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