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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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Niger: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review - Niger - UPR 38th Session (2021)

October 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR's Recommendations for the European Commission's Proposed Pact on Migration and Asylum

January 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

Position on Returns to North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Adjacent Areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Affected by Ongoing Conflict and Violence – Update II

September 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

COI Note on the Situation of Yazidi IDPs in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

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

UNHCR Ukraine Legislative Updates (February 2019)

February 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR Ukraine Operational Update (January 2019)

January 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR Ukraine Operational Update (December 2018)

December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR Mauritania Operational Update (November 2018)

15 November 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

UNHCR Ukraine Operational Update (November 2018)

November 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Joint letter from UNHCR and ICRC on Enhancing Cooperation on Internal Displacement

24 October 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Memoranda of Understanding

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