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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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High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges - Theme: Faith and Protection; Chairman's Summary

13 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges - Theme: Faith and Protection; Opening remarks by Mr. António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

12 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges -Theme: Faith and Protection

29 November 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Speech of High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres - 2010 Dialogue on Protection Gaps and Responses

8 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

UN chief says global refugee picture changing fast, new approaches needed

8 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Response by George Okoth-Obbo, Director, Division of International Protection Services to Member States' Interventions on the Oral Update on the High Commissioner's 2008 Dialogue on Protracted Refugee Situations, Agenda Item 4(c)

5 March 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Oral Report on the First Meeting of the High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges, 11 and 12 December 2007, by George Okoth-Obbo, Director, Division of International Protection Services

3 March 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

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