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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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As South Sudan crisis deepens, more funds needed for refugees

15 May 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Briefing Folders

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Eritrea 2010

27 January 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Briefing Folders

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Sudan 2010

27 January 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Briefing Folders

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2010

December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Briefing Folders

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Central African Republic

March 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Briefing Folders

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Ethiopia

January 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Briefing Folders

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Zimbabwe

December 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Briefing Folders

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Iran

September 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Briefing Folders

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Democratic Republic of the Congo

June 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Briefing Folders

UNHCR Country Briefing Folder on Sudan

May 2009 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Briefing Folders

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