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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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Joint IOM-UNHCR Statement on President Trump's Refugee Order

28 January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

UNHCR's reaction to Statement of the EU Heads of State and Government of Turkey, 7 March

8 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Statement by Volker Türk, Director of International Protection (57th Meeting of the Standing Committee, Agenda Item 3)

25 June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Introductory remarks by Mr. Volker Türk, Director of International Protection, UNHCR, to the International Meeting on Refugee Protection, Statelessness and Mixed Migration Movements in the Americas: Launch of the UNHCR Commemorations in the Americas, Brasilia, Brazil, 11 November 2010

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

Statement of Vincent Cochetel Representative to the United States and the Caribbean United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Regarding Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in and from Sudan Before the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, September 30, 2010

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

Remarks by Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner - Protection, at the CCME Conference "Towards the Common EU Resettlement Scheme - the Road Ahead" (Stockholm, Sweden, 25-28 August 2009)

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

European Council on Refugees and Exiles Biannual General Meeting (30-31 October 2008; Paris, France), Remarks by Sean Henderson

31 October 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

2nd Meeting of the Expert Group on Resettlement Fraud (10-11 September 2008, Amman, Jordan), Remarks by Sean Henderson

11 September 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Statement by Vincent Cochetel, Deputy Director, Division of International Protection Services (DIPS). Progress Report on Resettlement (UNHCR Standing Committee, 42nd Session)

25 June 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Strengthening NGO-UNHCR Partnerships in Refugee Resettlement to the EU

23 November 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

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