About UNHCR
We help to save lives and build better futures for millions forced from home.
UNHCR Essentials
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What We Do
We work to ensure that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge, having fled violence, persecution, war or disaster at home.
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Our Story
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created in 1950, during the aftermath of the Second World War,.
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Our mandate
Our mandate is defined by the 1950 UNHCR Statute.
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Strategic Directions
We work in 128 countries, with staff based in a mixture of regional and branch offices and sub and field offices.
UNHCR Executive Management
Divisions
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Division of Emergency, Security and Supply
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Division of External Relations
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Division of Financial and Administrative Management
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Division of Human Resources Management
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Division of Information Systems and Telecommunications
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Division of International Protection
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Division of Programme Support and Management
Regional Bureaux
Key Contacts
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Intranet team
