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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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Tripartites Abkommen zwischen dem Schweizerischen Bundesrat, der Regierung der Islamischen Republik Afghanistan und dem UN-Flüchtlingshochkommissariat (UNHCR)

5 October 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

Accord tripartite entre le Conseil fédéral suisse, le Gouvernement de la République islamique d'Afghanistan et le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR)

5 October 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

Exchange of Notes Between the Embassy of Switzerland in Sri Lanka and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka

12 January 1994 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

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