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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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Statement by Ms. Janet Lim, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner High Level Segment of the 16th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council

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

Update no 1: Humanitarian Situation in Libya and the Neighbouring Countries

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

UNHCR's observations on the European Commission's proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004 establishing a European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (FRONTEX), COM(2010)61 final

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

'No Entry! A review of UNHCR's response to border closures in situations of mass refugee influx'

June 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

10-Point Plan Expert Round Table No. 2: "Different People, Different Needs" (Tunis, Tunisia, 6-8 July 2009). Summary Report

29 September 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Diez años después de Tampere: Recomendaciones del ACNUR a Suecia para su Presidencia de la Unión Europea (Julio a Diciembre de 2009)

June 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Moving Ahead: Ten Years after Tampere. UNHCR's Recommendations to Sweden for its European Union Presidency (July-December 2009)

June 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Conférence régionale sur la protection des réfugiés et les migrations internationales en Afrique de l'Ouest (Dakar, Sénégal, 13-14 novembre 2008). Rapport sommaire

15 April 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration in West Africa (Dakar, Senegal, 13-14 November 2008). Summary Report

5 March 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

10-Point Plan Expert Round Table No. 1: "Controlling Borders While Ensuring Protection" (Geneva, 20-21 November 2008). Summary Report

December 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

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