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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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UNHCR condemns bomb attack in Pakistan's Jalozai camp hosting internally displaced people

22 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Dangerous liaisons? A historical review of UNHCR's engagement with non-state armed actors

December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Twin blasts in Dadaab raise concerns of worsening security

21 December 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR condemns bombing of refugee camp in South Sudan

11 November 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Statement of UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the kidnapping of MSF staff at Kenya's Dadaab

13 October 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Sixty-first Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme, Agenda item 5(a): Statement by Ms. Erika Feller Assistant High Commissioner - Protection: Rule of Law 60 Years On

6 October 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Principes directeurs opérationnels sur le maintien du caractère civil et humanitaire de l'asile

September 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Guidelines

The Security, Civilian and Humanitarian Character of Refugee Camps and Settlements: Operationalizing the "Ladder of Options"

27 June 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

The Security, and Civilian and Humanitarian Character of Refugee Camps and Settlements

14 January 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

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