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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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Mali Situation Map - As at 15th May 2012

15 May 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Mali Situation Map - As at 22nd April 2012

22 April 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Mali Situation Map - As of 28nd March 2012

28 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

UNHCR completes repatriation of more than 24,000 Mauritanians

27 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

As tens of thousands flee, UNHCR ups assistance to Malian refugees

20 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness

8 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

More Malians fleeing to Mauritania and Burkina Faso

2 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Refugees from Mali continue to arrive in neighbouring countries

2 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR boosts aid as Mali outflow doubles in size

17 February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR stepping up aid as influx from Mali to neighboring countries doubles

17 February 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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