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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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UNHCR-Stellungnahme zur Eidgenössischen Volksinitiative "für die Ausschaffung krimineller Ausländer (Ausschaffungsinitiative)"

15 October 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zur Eidgenössischen Volksinitiative "für die Ausschaffung krimineller Ausländer (Ausschaffungsinitiative)"

September 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report (Excerpts of Treaty Body Concluding Observations and Special Procedure Reports) - Universal Periodic Review: Switzerland

7 January 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR-Stellungnahme zur Teilrevision des Asylgesetzes

May 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Comments on National Legislation

Tripartites Abkommen zwischen dem Schweizerischen Bundesrat, der Regierung der Islamischen Republik Afghanistan und dem UN-Flüchtlingshochkommissariat (UNHCR)

5 October 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

Accord tripartite entre le Conseil fédéral suisse, le Gouvernement de la République islamique d'Afghanistan et le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR)

5 October 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2006 - Switzerland and Liechtenstein

1 September 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Operations Plans

Switzerland Atlas Map

30 July 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Convention Plus: Issues Paper Submitted by UNHCR on Addressing Irregular Secondary Movements of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers

11 March 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Convention Plus: Faire face aux mouvements secondaires irreguliers de réfugiés et de demandeurs d'asile

11 March 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

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