United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
un_agency · multilateral
· verified (verified 2026-05-25)
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
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- Active portfolio
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Co-leading the 2025-26 Rohingya Joint Response Plan with IOM; appeal reported 21.7% funded mid-2025.
Recent activity
- 2025-09-04 appointment New UNHCR Representative Ivo Freijsen presented his credentials to Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain. ↗
- 2025-03-01 country_strategy UNHCR and IOM, under the Government of Bangladesh, launched the 2025-26 Joint Response Plan seeking USD 934.5 million in its first year for ~1.48 million people. ↗
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