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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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Campaign Update, July - October 2019

November 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

As 12,000+ Congolese flee to Zambia, aid funds slow to trickle

1 December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Zambia faces crisis as thousands flee violence in DRC

3 October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

DRC violence drives more than 3,300 Congolese into Zambia in a month

3 October 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Zambia, Emergency Update - 30 September 2017

30 September 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR Submission on Zambia : UPR 28th Session

March 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

UNHCR Regional Update 33 - Burundi Situation, January 2016

January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Democratic Republic of Congo: Refugees, Returnees and IDPs (as of December 31, 2016)

31 December 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

The 10-Point Plan in Action, 2016 Update, Chapter 3: Protection-Sensitive Entry Systems

December 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

UNHCR, African host countries agree on final steps to resolve Rwandan refugee situation

3 October 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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