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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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Overview of UNHCR's operations in the Americas

23 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Update on UNHCR's operations in the Americas

23 September 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

ACNUR Informe Mundial 2012, América del Norte y el Caribe

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

Safe Haven: Sheltering Displaced Persons from Sexual and Gender-Based Violence

May 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Safe Haven: Sheltering Displaced Persons from Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. Case Study, Haiti

May 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Actualización de los Programas y Estrategias del ACNUR 2013: Las Américas

2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

IDPs in Host Families and Host Communities: Assistance for Hosting Arrangements

April 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Programas y Estrategias del ACNUR 2012-2013 - Las Américas

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

UNHCR chief focuses on documentation programme during Haiti visit

9 September 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Global Report 2010 - North American and the Caribbean

20 June 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

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