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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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Information Note: Launch of UNHCR's Internet-Based Refworld. Annual Tripartite Consultations on Resettlement, Geneva, 28-30 June 2007 (Agenda Item 3k)

28 June 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

The Hague Programme two years on: UNHCR's Recommendations to the German Presidency of the European Union (January-June 2007)

December 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

UNHCR-Analyse des Entwurfs der Staatendokumentationsbeirat-Verordnung

9 November 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Informacion des pais de origen. Iraq

12 August 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Country of Origin Information - Iraq

12 August 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Background Paper on Refugees and Asylum-Seekers from Sri Lanka

30 April 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Country of Origin Information: Towards Enhanced International Cooperation

February 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Comments on the Source Country Information Systems (SCIS) of the International Centre for Migration Policy (ICMPD)

May 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Common burdens and standards: legal elements in assessing claims to refugee status

3 October 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Final Report Consultancy on Country of Origin Information

March 1990 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

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