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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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As 12,000+ Congolese flee to Zambia, aid funds slow to trickle

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

Nigeria Situation, Situational Update - 01-30 November 2017

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

Syria IDP Operations Summary, 2017 - Valid as of 29/11/2017

29 November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Afghanistan: 3W for Khost and Paktika as of 15 November 2017

27 November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Afghanistan: 3W for Khost and Paktika as of 15 November 2017

27 November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Syria IDP Operations Summary, 2017 - Valid as of 20/11/2017

20 November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Iraq Flash Update (20 November 2017)

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

Yemen, Operational Update - 10 – 16 November 2017

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

UNHCR Democratic Republic of the Congo - Operational Update, 1-15 November 2017 (Intermediate Report)

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

UNHCR Democratic Republic of the Congo - Operational Update, 1-15 November 2017 (Intermediate Report)

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

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