UNHCR continue support N/E resettlement

The United Nations' High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has pledged its continuing support to the Government's resettlement programs in the North and East.

UNHCR officials - Deputy Inspector General Tahir Ali and Senior Program Co-ordinating Officer Nabil Othman, after a meeting with Minister of Resettlement and Disaster Relief Services, Rishad Bathiudeen, have assured that UNHCR would continue to support the resettlement effort in conducting recovery programmes to ensure smooth functioning of the day-to-day activities of the resettled people, especially in the North and the East.

The Minister pointed out the need of 'motivation programme' to the resettled people to enable them to uplift their livelihood. The Minister said that over 165,000 displaced people have been resettled in 2006 through his Ministry with the support of the UNHCR office in Sri Lanka.