The Fund should support the efforts made by Member States to provide international protection and a durable solution in their territories to refugees and displaced persons identified as eligible for resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (‘UNHCR’), such as the assessment of the resettlement needs and transfer of the persons concerned to their territories, with a view to granting them a secure legal status and to promoting their effective integration.

Specifically, the organizations receiving CIDA funds are: the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR; the United Nations World Food Programme, WFP; the International Committee of the Red Cross, ICRC; Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors without Borders, MSF; Care; Oxfam Canada and World Vision. In response to b) CIDA funding has been provided in response to appeals for humanitarian operations in Sri Lanka from UN partners and the ICRC and based on proposals from Canadian NGOs.

Within Third Committee this year, Canada has co-sponsored the following resolutions: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa Implementation of the World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons: realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities Policies and programmes involving youth: youth in the global economy Promoting youth participation in social and economic development Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Aging Intensification of efforts to eliminate all ...[+++]forms of violence against women Eliminating rape and other forms of sexual violence in all their manifestations, including as instruments to achieve political or military objectives United Nations Development Fund for Women Term of office of the members of the Consultative Committee on the United Nations Development Fund for Women Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Supporting efforts to end obstetric fistula The girl child Rights of the child Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Declaration on the Right and Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of Society to Promote and Protect Universally Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms Strengthening the role of the United Nations in enhancing the effectiveness of the principle of periodic and genuine elections and the promotion of democratization Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons Elimination of all forms of intolerance and of discrimination based on religion or belief Human rights in the administration of justice Effective promotion of the Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities Protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms while countering terrorism The right to food Situation of human rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea Situation of human ri ...

The Fund should also support the voluntary efforts made by Member States to provide international protection and a durable solution in their territories to refugees and displaced persons identified as eligible for resettlement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), such as the actions that the Member States implement to assess the resettlement needs and transfer the persons concerned to their territories, with a view to granting them a secure legal status and to promoting their effective integration.

UN agencies working with ECHO include the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA).

Most of the major donors involved in relief programme in Africa participated in the meeting: EEC Member States, Australia, Austria, Canada, Switzerland, Nordic Countries (Norway, Sweden, Finland) and the United States, the World Food Programme (WFP), the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), the UN Children Fund (UNICEF), the UN Disaster Reflief Organisation (UNDRO), the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Commission of the Euro ...[+++]pean Communities.