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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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Mise à jour sur les conditions de retour en Bosnie-Herzégovine

January 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Update on Conditions for Return to Bosnia and Herzegovina

January 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

UNHCR's Concerns with the Designation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a Safe Country of Origin

July 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

The Status of the Croatian Serb Population in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Refugees or Citizens?

May 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

UNHCR's Position on Categories of Persons From Bosnia and Herzegovina in Continued Need of International Protection

1 September 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

The Interface Between Migration and Asylum in Bosnia and Herzegovina

22 January 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Update of UNHCR's Position on Categories of Persons From Bosnia and Herzegovina in Need of International Protection

1 August 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Extremely Vulnerable Individuals: The Need for Continuing International Support in Light of Difficulties to Reintegration Upon Return

1 November 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Deserters and Persons Avoiding Military Service Originating From the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in Countries of Asylum: Relevant Considerations

1 October 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Update of UNHCR's Position on Categories of Persons from BiH in Continued Need of International Protection

1 May 1999 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

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