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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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Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme Conclusion No. 116 (LXXIII) on mental health and psychosocial support

October 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conclusions on International Protection

Conclusion of the executive committee on international protection and durable solutions in the context of a public health emergency

October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conclusions on International Protection

Conclusions on International Protection Adopted by the Executive Committee of the UNHCR Programme 1975 – 2017 (Conclusion No. 1 – 114)

October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conclusions on International Protection

A Thematic Compilation of Executive Committee Conclusions (7th Edition)

June 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conclusions on International Protection

UNHCR Executive Committee Conclusions related to Statelessness

July 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conclusions on International Protection

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