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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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Working Arrangement between the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)

13 December 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Bilateral Treaties/Agreements

Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

14 November 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Bilateral Treaties/Agreements

Agreement between the Office of the United National High Commissioner for Refugees and Government of Sudan and Government of Eritrea for the Voluntary Repatriation of Eritrean refugees in Sudan and their re-integration in Eritrea

7 April 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Bilateral Treaties/Agreements

Acuerdo entre España y la Organización de las Naciones Unidas relativo al establecimiento de una Delegación del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los refugiados en Madrid

14 March 1988 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Bilateral Treaties/Agreements

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