Dayal 's career at the United Nations ( UN ) started at the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) and a year later , he was appointed as the chief of the UHCR 's Asia Desk at Geneva . In 1968 , he was promoted as Deputy Regional Representative and in 1971 , he became Regional Representative when he was a member of the UNHCR Focal Point Team , working for the rehabilitation of refugees who fled to India during the 1971 Bangladesh genocide . In 1972 , he continued his work in the region as a part of the United Nations Relief Operations in Bangladesh for onemore year , serving as the special assistant to the chief of mission , but , he returned to UNHCR in 1973 , after being posted at the New York Office as Regional Representative . It was during his tenure there , he was involved in the airlifting of refugees in South Asia and in the boat people crisis of Vietnam in his capacity as the executive assistant of the High Commissioner on Refugees . In 1979 , he was appointed as the director of the Office of Special Political Affairs , and three years later , he became Chef de Cabinet to Javier Pérez de Cuéllar , fifthSecretary-General of the United Nations
1971 Bangladesh genocide
1971 Bangladesh genocide
Virendra Dayal