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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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Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa : Report of the Secretary-General

21 August 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Sixty-first Session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme, Agenda item 5(a): Statement by Ms. Erika Feller Assistant High Commissioner - Protection: Rule of Law 60 Years On

6 October 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Update on UNHCR's operations in Africa - 2010

30 September 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Update on UNHCR's operations in the Middle East and North Africa - 2010

30 September 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Update on UNHCR's operations in Europe - 2010

30 September 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Update on UNHCR's operations in Asia and the Pacific - 2010

30 September 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Update on UNHCR's global programmes and partnerships - 2010

30 September 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 53rd session, 30 September-4 October 2002

4 October 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Fiftieth Session (4-8 October 1999)

8 October 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Report of the 49th session of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme, Geneva, 5-9 October 1998

12 October 1998 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

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