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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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Information Note on the Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Sub-Committee of the Whole on International Protection

23 August 1993 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Report of the June 25 Meeting of the Sub-Committee of the Whole on International Protection

13 October 1992 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Note d'information sur les réunions intersessions du Sous-Comité plénier sur la protection internationale

14 July 1992 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Report of the 23 January Meeting of the Sub-Committee of the Whole on International Protection

7 July 1992 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Rapport de la réunion du 23 janvier du Sous-Comité plénier sur la protection internationale

7 July 1992 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

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