Sida’s support to the High Commissioner for Refugees

UNHCR is one of the world’s largest humanitarian organisations which works in130 countries and have 10,966 employees of whom 87% are based in the field. Theprimary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees, inaccordance with the Refugee Convention. In 2016, Sida allocated SEK 297.5 millionto the UNHCR. Sida’s support is complementary to the core support provided bythe Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SEK 815.7 million), making the totalcontribution more than SEK 1.1 billion in 2016. Sweden is thereby the sixth largestdonor to UNHCR.