Last Updated: Thursday, 31 October 2019, 14:44 GMT

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
Filter:
Showing 1-10 of 319 results
UN and partners launch plan to support five million Syrian refugees and countries hosting them

12 December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR: Urban Refugee Women's Network – Turkey

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR: LGBTI Youth Group – Lebanon

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR: Sector Gender Focal Points Network – Jordan

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR: Emergency Shelter for Women and Girls – Lebanon

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR: Mobile SGBV Prevention and Response Services – Lebanon

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR: Art Therapy to Prevent and Respond to SGBV – Egypt

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR: Building Capacity for Protection of LGBTI Persons of Concern – Jordan

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Aleppo returnees assess scale of rebuilding

13 November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Good Practices Paper - Action 7: Ensuring birth registration for the prevention of statelessness

November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Search Refworld