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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 seeks common sense European approach towards those fleeing violence

19 January 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

"Protection Gaps in Europe?  Persons fleeing the indiscriminate effects of generalized violence"

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

UNHCR welcomes breakthrough Mexico legislation on protection

10 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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

Brasilia Declaration on the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons in the Americas

11 November 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Resolutions/Recommendations/Declarations

Q&A: Brazil's Justice Minister committed to helping the displaced and stateless

9 November 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Protection Policy Paper: The return of persons found not to be in need of international protection to their countries of origin: UNHCR's role

November 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR and community development: a weak link in the chain of refugee protection?

12 October 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

ExCom: UNHCR chief calls for "New Deal" in managing the world's displaced

8 October 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

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