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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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Coping with Contemporary Conflicts: 'Conflict refugees' and the 1951 Convention protection regime

23 April 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

'Lessons from Arusha and Cape Town: UNHCR's Perspective on the Relationship between IHL and International Refugee Law'

12 February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Statement by Ms. Erika Feller, Director, Department of International Protection, on the Refugee Definition (Brussels, Strategic Committee for Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum (SCIFA))

6 November 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

"Revitalizing the Refugee Protection Regime: The Road Ahead as the 1951 Convention Turns 50". Statement by Ms. Erika Feller, Director, Department of International Protection, to the 51st Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme

4 October 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

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