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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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Shelter from the storm: A real-time evaluation of UNHCR's response to the emergency in Côte d'Ivoire and Liberia

June 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Fears mount that Côte d'Ivoire conflict could spill into Liberia

24 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR shocked at mounting violence in Côte d'Ivoire

18 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Ivorian exodus grows as violence escalates in Côte d'Ivoire

18 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Côte d'Ivoire + 5: Population Movements and violences (as of 07 Mar 2011)

7 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Crisis deepens in Cote d'Ivoire, with 200,000 displaced within Abidjan

4 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

As some 30,000 flee to Liberia, UNHCR urges help for civilians in besieged Abidjan district

1 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR launches relocation of Ivorian refugees to new camp in Liberia

18 February 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

As number of Ivorian refugees in Liberia tops 22,000, UNHCR speeds up aid delivery

5 January 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR to establish new camp in Liberia for refugees from Côte d'Ivoire

31 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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