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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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Refugee protection and international migration in West Africa. Statement by the Assistant High Commissioner for Protection at the Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration in West Africa (Dakar, 13-14 November 2008)

13 November 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

West Africa as a Migration and Protection Area

November 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

L'Afrique de l'Ouest comme espace migratoire et espace de protection

November 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

UNHCR Recommendations for the Ministerial Conference of the Euro-African Process on Migration and Development (Paris, 20-21 October 2008)

31 July 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Recommandations de l'UNHCR à la Conférence Ministérielle du Processus Euro-Africain sur la Migration et le Développement (Paris, 20-21 octobre 2008)

31 July 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Recomendaciones del ACNUR a la Conferencia Ministerial sobre el proceso Euro Africano sobre Migración y Desarrollo (Paris, 20-21 de octubre del 2008)

30 July 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration in the Gulf of Aden (Sana'a, Yemen, 19-20 May 2008). Summary Report

July 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Points saillants de l'exposé sur le Dialogue du Haut Commissaire concernant les défis de protection

28 February 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Outline for the Oral Update on the High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges

28 February 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

"The Work of the Refugee Protection Division in the International Context", Statement by Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner - Protection, UNHCR, at the Immigration and Refugee Board, Refugee Protection Division National Training Seminar (Toronto, Canada, January 28-30, 2008)

28 January 2008 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

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