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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 Submission on Cuba: 30th UPR session

May 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Overview of UNHCR's operations in the Americas

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

Compilation of recommendations relating to statelessness made during the Second Cycle (13th - 16th sessions) of the Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review

11 July 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

ACNUR Informe Mundial 2012, América Latina

June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Annual Reports

Actualización de los Programas y Estrategias del ACNUR 2013: Las Américas

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

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees For the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report -Universal Periodic Review: Cuba

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

More people are risking lives in the Caribbean to reach safety

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

Age, Gender and Diversity: Best Practice Compilation (Bureau for the Americas)

2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

Compilación de Buenas Prácticas en Materia de Edad, Género y Diversidad (Oficina para las Américas)

2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

Programas y Estrategias del ACNUR 2012-2013 - Las Américas

2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

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