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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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Joint Conclusions of the 2nd Regional Conference on the Right to Legal Identity and Prevention of Statelessness: Leaving No One Behind at Birth

6 September 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Summary Conclusions on the Right to Family Life and Family Unity in the Context of Family Reunification of Refugees and Other Persons In Need Of International Protection

4 December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Summary Conclusions on Non-Penalization for Illegal Entry or Presence: Interpreting and Applying Article 31 of the 1951 Refugee Convention

15 March 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Report on the Annual Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations 15-17 June 2016

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

A Call to Action Protection Needs in the Northern Triangle of Central America - Proposal for a regional response - Concept Paper

8 July 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Summary of key outcomes - 30 March 2016 High Level Meeting on global responsibility sharing through pathways for admission of Syrian refugees

14 April 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

High-level meeting on global responsibility sharing through pathways for admission of Syrian refugees, Geneva, 30 March 2016 - Background Note

30 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Workshop on Search and rescue of refugees and migrants in the Mediterranean: Practitioners' perspectives - Sanremo, 7-9 March 2016

9 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Building Communities of Practice for Urban Refugees. Europe Regional Workshop Report

19 February 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Inter‐Agency Coordination Group Against Trafficking (ICAT) Chair's Report – 2015 (UNHCR)

11 February 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

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