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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.

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UNHCR Note on Diplomatic Assurances and International Refugee Protection

August 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Note on HIV/AIDS and the Protection of Refugees, IDPs and Other Persons of Concern

5 April 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Note sur le VIH/SIDA et la protection des réfugiés, des déplacés internes et des autres personnes relevant de la compétence du HCR

5 April 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Nota sobre VIH/SIDA y la Protección de los refugiados, los desplazados internos y otras personas de la competencia del ACNUR

5 April 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Posición del ACNUR con respecto a las solicitudes de la condición de refugiado según la Convención de 1951 sobre el Estatuto de Refugiado con base en temores de persecución por motivos de pertenencia de una persona a una familia o a un clan vinculado en una disputa mortal

17 March 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Position de l'UNHCR sur les demandes de statut de réfugié dans le cadre de la Convention de 1951 relative au Statut des Réfugiés, fondées sur une crainte de persécution en raison de l'appartenance d'un individu à une famille ou à un clan impliqué dans une vendetta

17 March 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR Position on Claims for Refugee Status Under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees Based on a Fear of Persecution Due to an Individual's Membership of a Family or Clan Engaged in a Blood Feud

17 March 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR Note on the Impact of Security Council Resolution 1624 (2005) on the Application of Exclusion Under Article 1F of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees

9 December 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Note du HCR relative à l'impact de la résolution 1624 (2005) du Conseil de sécurité sur l'application des clauses d'exclusion de l'article 1F de la Convention de 1951 relative au statut des réfugiés

9 December 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Ergänzende Stellungnahme des UNHCR zu den Voraussetzungen der Beendigung der Flüchtlingseigenschaft nach Art. 1 C (5) 1 des Abkommens von 1951 über die Rechtsstellung der Flüchtlinge (Genfer Flüchtlingskonvention)

October 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

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