Kaladan News
Dated: Tuesday, June 21, 2005
Refugee Camp Celebrates World Refugee Day
Teknaf, June 21: The 5th World Refugee Day was duly celebrated in the
Burmese refugee camp in Cox's
This
relates to the cause of over 20,000 officials and a larger number of
undocumented Rohingyas now residing in Bangladeshi
soil.
Chandra
-- a representative from United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) --
delivered a speech focusing on the day and the status of refugees around the
world. He also read out a statement of High Commissioner António
Guterr while Shantush Barua of UNHCR translated in local language.
Arts
competition, essay writing, musical and dance numbers by the refugee youth
marked the day. A rally of about 200 refugee students started from the UNHCR
office. Some officials from the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner
(RRRC) and refugee camp took part.
At
Khan
Nabinur Rahman (Waheed) -- Field Assistant of the UNHCR --organized the event
on behalf of the UNHCR. He also made a made a video presentation to the
participants. Saifur Rahman
of RRRC and Shahjahan of WFP paid their tributes on
the occasion and promised support.
UNHCR
in
As
an expression of solidarity with
This
year, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) commemorated
the World Refugee Day for the fifth time with the inspirational theme:
"courage in the face of flight and exile" to pay tributes to the
indomitable spirit of tens of millions of refugees and displaced who have
overcome enormous loss and hardship to start.##
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