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UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. In more than five decades, the agency has helped an estimated 50 million people restart their lives. Today, a staff of around 7,092 people in 124 countries continues to help 35.8 million persons.  Website: www.unhcr.org
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A Thematic Compilation of Executive Committee Conclusions, 7th edition, June 2014

June 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conclusions on International Protection

Thematic Compilation of General Assembly & Economic and Social Council Resolutions

June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

Compilation thématique des conclusions du Comité exécutif

March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions: Report of the Third Committee

1 December 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Annual Reports

Note on International Protection

12 July 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Notes on International Protection

The political economy of extra-territorial processing: separating 'purchaser' from 'provider' in asylum policy

10 June 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Addendum to the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees: Report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the work of its 49th session (Geneva, 5-9 October 1998)

30 October 1998 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Extraterritorial Effect of the Determination of Refugee Status

17 October 1978 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conclusions on International Protection

Effet extra-territorial de la détermination du statut de réfugié

17 October 1978 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conclusions on International Protection

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