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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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Forced displacement in Africa: Dimensions, difficulties and policy directions

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

The Refugee Convention as a rights blueprint for persons in need of international protection

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

Consulta regional especializada sobre migraciones indígenas: "Colombia, desplazamiento indígena y política publica: paradoja del reconocimiento"

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

10 Key Points on HIV/AIDS and the Protection of Refugees, IDPs and Other Persons of Concern

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

Extending the limits or narrowing the scope? Deconstructing the OAU refugee definition thirty years on

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

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers - A Displacement Perspective

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

Information Note: Preparatory Project for the Elaboration of a Comprehensive Plan of Action for Somali Refugees

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

Note d'information : Eléments préparatoires d'un plan d'action global pour les réfugiés Somaliens

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

Forced migrants as an under-utilized asset: refugee skills, livelihoods, and achievements in Kampala, Uganda

1 October 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Refugees, forced resettlers and 'other forced migrants': towards a unitary study of forced migration

30 September 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

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