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 |
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Opinion of UNHCR Regarding the Question of "Non-State Persecution", As Discussed With the Committee on Human Rights and Humanitarian Aid of the German Parliament (Lower House) on 29 November 1999
29 November 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries |
