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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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Draft Overview of Pledges [Extracts Relating to Statelessness]

1 August 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic 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

The Digest: The Newsletter of the Global Protection Cluster

August 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

'Earth, wind and fire: a review of UNHCR's role in recent natural disasters'.

June 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

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