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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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UN High Commissioner calls for renewed international focus on Afghanistan

6 October 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

High-Level Segment of the 66th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme on the Afghan refugee situation

6 October 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Making a difference in refugees' lives through education

30 September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Survivors tell harrowing tales of fight for air on "boat of death" off Libya

28 August 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR facilitates the return of 51,000 Afghans refugees from Pakistan

27 August 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

A refugee separated from his mother but uniting a community

10 August 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Age, Gender and Diversity - UNHCR Accountability Report 2014

15 July 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Annual Reports

15 conflicts have erupted or reignited in the past 5 years, displacing tens of millions (18 Jun 2015)

18 June 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Afghanistan: Humanitarian Response in Khost and Paktika - NFIs, Tents, Vaccinations and Food Packages (24 May 2015)

24 May 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

IDP Returns Fact Sheet Updated (As of 31 March 2015)

31 March 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

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