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We have to be able to work effectively with partners. There is no way UNHCR can deal with all of these issues on its own.Lloyd Dakin, director of UNHCR's Division of External Relations, stressed the importance of partnerships for the refugee agency. "We have to be able to work effectively with partners. There is no way UNHCR can deal with all of these issues on its own," he said."In an increasingly more complex and challenging environment we have to find ways to undertake our parnerships together as effectively as possible. And that's why these consultations are so important, because this is the opportunity where we can interact and have a true dialogue."For the past two decades, the annual consultations have brought together NGOs and UNHCR managers to examine all aspects of their partnership on behalf of the world's uprooted people.NGOs are vital partners for UNHCR, implementing programmes for refugees and internally displaced people in some of the world's most remote and difficult places. The UN refugee agency works with more than 600 NGOs worldwide.Lloyd Dakin
