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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Background Information on the Situation in the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Context of the Return of Asylum Seekers 19 August 2003 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers
UNHCR's Concerns with the Designation of Bosnia and Herzegovina as a Safe Country of Origin July 2003 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers
Background Information on the Situation in the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Context of the Return of Asylum Seekers 1 October 2002 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers
UNHCR Comments on the Draft Agreement between Canada and the United States of America for "Cooperation in the Examination of Refugee Status Claims from Nationals of Third Countries" 26 July 2002 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Commentaries
UNHCR's Observations on the European Commission's Proposal for a Council Regulation Establishing the Criteria and Mechanisms for Determining the Member State Responsible for Examining an Asylum Application Lodged in One of the Member States by a Third-Country National (COM (2001) 447 final) 1 February 2002 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Commentaries
Revisiting the Dublin Convention: Some Reflections by UNHCR in Response to the Commission Staff Working Paper 19 January 2001 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Commentaries
Background Information on the Situation in the Republic of Uzbekistan in the Context of the Return of Asylum Seekers 1 August 2000 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers
Implementation of the Dublin Convention: Some UNHCR Observations 1 May 1998 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Commentaries
Background Information on the Situation in Belarus in the Context of the "Safe Third Country" Concept 1 March 1997 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers
Background Information on the Situation in Ukraine in the Context of the "Safe Third Country" Concept 1 October 1996 \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) \| Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

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