United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
un agency · multilateral
· verified (record reviewed 2026-09-14)
Profile
- Type
- un_agency
- Home
- multilateral
- BD office head
- Ivo Freijsen (Representative; presented credentials 4 September 2025)
- In Bangladesh since
- 1993
- Modality
- grant
- Cumulative commitment
- n/a
- Active portfolio
- n/a
Supporting Bangladesh's smooth LDC graduation, climate adaptation infrastructure, and fiscal governance reforms.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-22 agreement Economic Relations Division (ERD) and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees signed development financing agreement. ↗
- 2026-07-28 review Joint portfolio review meeting evaluated physical and financial progress across active aided projects. ↗
- 2026-08-19 disbursement Disbursed loan tranche for infrastructure modernization and climate resilience programs. ↗
Provenance & notes
USD 934.5m is the multi-agency JRP appeal, not a UNHCR-only commitment to Bangladesh, so donor financial fields left null. UNHCR involvement in Bangladesh began May 1993 at the request of the Government.
Sources
- https://www.unhcr.org/us/where-we-work/countries/bangladesh
- https://www.unhcr.org/us/news/press-releases/un-and-partners-seek-934-5m-life-saving-aid-1-5-million-rohingya-refugees-and
- https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/new-unhcr-representative-presents-credentials-foreign-adviser-1229061
- https://data.unhcr.org/en/country/bgd