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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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Diálogo del Alto Comisionado sobre los Desafíos de Protección: "Protección y soluciones en entornos urbanos: comprometerse con las ciudades"

17 December 2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

UNHCR Mauritania Operational Update (February 2018)

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

Protect Urban Refugee Children: Innovation Challenge Report

2018 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Mauritania - UNHCR Operational Update, As of 16 January 2017

16 January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Overview on UNHCR's operations in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

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

South Sudan: Refugee population by State | 30 April 2016

10 May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Tanzania: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Tanzania – UPR 25th Session (2016)

May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Tajikistan: UNHCR Submission for the Universal Periodic Review – Tajikistan – UPR 25th Session (2016)

May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Mali: UNHCR Operational Update, 01 - 31 March 2016

31 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Cameroon: Administrative map - refugees and IDPs locations (as of 31 March 2016)

31 March 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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