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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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"Refugee Protection: Challenges and Opportunities in the Australian Region and Beyond" (Melbourne, 18 February 2010): Statement by Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner - Protection, UNHCR

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

Commemoration of the Anniversary of the 100th Session of the Human Rights Committee (Statement by UNHCR)

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

Policy Statement on HIV Testing and Counselling in Health Facilities for Refugees, Internally Displaced Persons and other Persons of Concern to UNHCR

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

Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice - UNHCR Statement

April 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

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