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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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Ethiopia: South Sudanese new arrivals in Gambella - Post 15th December 2013 (as of 20-March-2015)

20 March 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Statement delivered by Volker Türk, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner for Protection on behalf of UN Women, OHCHR and UNHCR at the High-Level Side Event on Equal Nationality Rights

10 March 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Echoes From Syria Issue 10 - March 2015

March 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report Universal Periodic Review: Mauritania

March 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

République centrafricaine : UNHCR protection monitoring et reponse (as of 15 December 2014)

15 December 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

République centrafricaine : UNHCR protection monitoring et reponse (as of 15 December 2014)

15 December 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

République centrafricaine : UNHCR protection monitoring et reponse (as of 15 December 2014)

15 December 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Survival and Loss: A young Syrian woman's deadly voyage to Europe

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

Echoes From Syria Issue 3 - August 2014

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

UNHCR welcomes entry into force of the Istanbul Convention and encourages worldwide accession

30 July 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

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