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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Caribbean Regional Conference on the Protection of Vulnerable Persons in Mixed Migration Flows - Promoting Cooperation and Identification of Good Practices
23 May 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports |
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Summary of Deliberations on Climate Change and Displacement
April 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports |
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Climate Change and Displacement: Identifying Gaps and Responses Expert Roundtable
February 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports |
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Side Event to the High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges 2010: Climate Change Displacement and International Law
8 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports |
