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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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Campaign Update, December 2017

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

"This is Our Home" Stateless Minorities and their Search for Citizenship

3 November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Stateless in Serbia: how to survive without existing

17 July 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Implementation of the Durable Solutions Process (Sarajevo Process) for refugees from Croatia displaced by the 91-95 conflict, including cessation of refugee status

April 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

The Problem of Statelessness in Ukraine and the Ways of Addressing It

2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Co-chair Conclusions of the Regional Conference on Access to Civil Registration and Documentation in South-Eastern Europe: Progress and Remaining Challenges since the 2011 Zagreb Declaration, Podgorica, 25 October 2013

25 October 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Free legal aid helps Kosovo communities

14 May 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

"A Numbers Game: Counting Refugees and International Burden-Sharing"

19 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

International Protection: The Arab Spring, Modern Movements and the Decades Ahead

19 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Statelessness: Citizenship hopes draw closer for Roma asylum-seeker

5 December 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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