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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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UNHCR position on mixed Azeri-Armenian couples from Azerbaijan and the specific issue of their admission and asylum in Armenia

April 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Note sur l'applicabilité de l'article 1D de la Convention de 1951 relative au Statut des réfugiés aux réfugiés palestiniens

2 October 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Nota sobre la aplicación del artículo 1D de la Convención sobre el Estatuto de los Refugiados de 1951 a los refugiados palestinos

2 October 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Note on the Applicability of Article 1D of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees to Palestinian Refugees

2 October 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Note über die Anwendbarkeit von Artikel 1D des Abkommens von 1951 über die Rechtsstellung der Flüchtlinge auf palästinensische Flüchtlinge

2 October 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR's Commitments to Refugee Women

12 December 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Reinforcing a Community Development Approach

15 February 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Résumé de la stratégie et des activités du HCR concernant les enfants et adolescents réfugiés

September 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Interception of Asylum-Seekers and Refugees: the International Framework and Recommendations for a Comprehensive Approach

9 June 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR's Policy on Older Refugees

19 April 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

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