KATHMANDU: Newly appointed representative of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) in Nepal, Stéphane Jaquemet, presented the Letter of Credentials to the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sujata Koirala today. After assuming office, Jaquemet said: “I am happy to be in Nepal, a beautiful and cultured country, and happy to work for one of UNHCR’s largest resettlement operations in the world.” Since 2007, UNHCR has helped more than 25,600 Bhutanese refugees living in Nepal start new lives in the United States, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Norway, Denmark and New Zealand. The agency also carries out programmes to inform refugees of the option of resettlement to a third country, alongside a range of other protection and assistance programmes. Some 85,863 refugees still remain in seven camps in eastern Nepal. “We will continue working with the international community and the Governments of Nepal and Bhutan to find solutions for these refugees, including repatriation to Bhutan and resettlement to third countries,” Jaquemet said.