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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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Memorandum of Understanding between UNDP and UNHCR - regional cooperation on the Syria and Iraq situations

4 December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Memoranda of Understanding

Memorandum of Understanding For Co-operative Activities Between United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) And The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

15 June 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Memoranda of Understanding

Microfinance and refugees: lessons learned from UNHCR's experience.

19 January 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Concept Note - Transitional Solutions Initiative UNDP and UNHCR in collaboration with the World Bank

October 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

The 'refugee aid and development' approach in Uganda: empowerment and self-reliance of refugees in practice

10 October 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Convention Plus : Ciblage de l'aide au développement sur l'apport de solutions durables au déplacement forcé. Déclaration conjointe des co-présidents

10 February 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Convention Plus: Targeting of Development Assistance for Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement. Joint Statement by the Co-Chairs

10 February 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Convention Plus at a Glance

1 June 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Putting Refugees on the Development Agenda: How Refugees and Returnees Can Contribute to Achieving the Millennium Development Goals

18 May 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Inscrire les réfugiés à l'agenda du développement: Comment les réfugiés et les rapatriés peuvent contribuer à atteindre les objectifs du millénaire pour le développement

18 May 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

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