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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, 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

Update on UNHCR's operations in Africa

23 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Ministerial Meeting on the Comprehensive Solutions Strategy for Rwandan Refugees Joint Communiqué

2 October 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Update on UNHCR's operations in Africa

24 September 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

Repatriation of Burundians from Congo launched with convoy of 240

7 October 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Burundi: UNHCR General Map - as of Sept 2010

15 September 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Tripartite Agreement on the Voluntary Repatriation of Burundian Refugees in Rwanda

18 August 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

UNHCR Policy on Return to Burundi - List of Questions of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany

7 May 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Accord relatif a l'etablissement d'un groupe de travail technique chargé de la promotion des solutions durables en faveur des refugiés burundais entre le Gouvernement de la République du Burundi, le Gouvernement de la République Unie de Tanzanie, et le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés

27 August 1991 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

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