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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UNHCR makes new aid delivery push in Yemen, welcomes 72-hour ceasefire
21 October 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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One war forced a family to flee Somali, and now another has forced them to return
11 September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News |
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UNHCR Child Protection Regional Initiative - Live, Learn & Play Safe 2014-2016. Mid-Way Project Report, January 2014 – June 2015
2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports |
