Does the UNHCRs mandate and mission include internally displaced persons?
Internally displaced persons are, first of all, the primary responsibility of the state concerned. There is no mandate for the international community to address the problem there is a mechanism that was defined in the broader humanitarian community at the so-called inter-agency standing committee with responsibility sharing among agencies. Whenever countries are willing to accept support from the international community, different agencies [will] assume different coordinating responsibilities. There are reports that the U.S. and, possibly, Canada and Australia, are willing to take in the estimated 1,06,000 Bhutanese refugees living in camps in eastern Nepal for the past 16 years. Can you give us an update? We have been working consistently in order to provide durable solutions for this population that has been living in Nepal for so long. As you know, based on an agreement between the governments of Nepal and Bhutan, there is an expectation that Bhutan will accept a certain number of
