CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Established in 1954, the UNHCR Nansen Refugee Award honours individuals, groups and organizations who go above and beyond the call of duty to protect refugees, as well as internally displaced and stateless people . The 2022 Global Laureate was Dr. Angela Merkel, the Former Federal Chancellor of Germany.

Detailed explanation-2: -The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a subsidiary organ of the UN General Assembly, which created it in 1949. It began operating in 1951, and its headquarters are in Geneva. The agency currently has a national and international staff of more than 7,190 working in 123 countries.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fridtjof Nansen served as the first High Commissioner for Refugees in the League of Nations after displacement caused by the First World War.

Detailed explanation-4: -UNHCR was established by the United Nations General Assembly on 1 January 1951, for a three-year period and has been renewed since for successive five-year periods.

Detailed explanation-5: -UNHCR and India. Even though India is not a signatory to the Refugee Convention and the Protocol, and also does not have a national refugee protection framework, it accepts a large number of asylum seekers and refugees into the country.