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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. UNHCR now has more than 16,803 personnel and work in a total of 134 countries to help 70.8 million persons.

 Website: www.unhcr.org
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Statelessness and Climate Change Factsheet

29 October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Background Note on Discrimination in Nationality Laws and Statelessness

20 October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

#IBelong Campaign Update, July – September 2021

20 October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR Ukraine Legislative Updates September 2021

September 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR Fact Sheet: The 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness

25 August 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR Ukraine Legislative Updates August 2021

August 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR and UNICEF: Background Note on Sex Discrimination in Birth Registration

6 July 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR Ukraine Legislative Updates July 2021

July 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

The Impact of COVID-19 on Stateless Populations: Policy recommendations and good practices on vaccine access and civil registration

3 June 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR Ukraine Legislative Updates June 2021

June 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

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