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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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Shelter from the storm: A real-time evaluation of UNHCR's response to the emergency in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia

June 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for urgent resolution of Côte d'Ivoire crisis

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

Iraq: Refugee Return to Iraq - Nov 2009 - Oct 2010

8 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Iraq: Return to Iraq - Nov 2009 - Oct 2010

8 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

FC Barcelona scores goals with indigenous tribe in Colombia

13 October 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Statement of Vincent Cochetel Representative to the United States and the Caribbean United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Regarding Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in and from Sudan Before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, September 30, 2010

30 September 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Update on UNHCR's operations in Asia and the Pacific - 2010

30 September 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Update on UNHCR's global programmes and partnerships - 2010

30 September 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Update on UNHCR's global programmes and partnerships - 2010

30 September 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Reconceiving refugees and internally displaced persons as transitional justice actors

April 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

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