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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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Extracts relating to nationality and statelessness from selected universal and regional human rights instruments

November 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: International Legal Instruments

Charter on Cooperation to Achieve the Coordinated Use of Space Facilities in the Event of Natural or Technological Disasters

25 April 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: International Legal Instruments

Protocol to the Agreement relating to Refugee Seamen

30 March 1975 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: International Legal Instruments

Agreement relating to Refugee Seamen

23 November 1957 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: International Legal Instruments

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