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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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Ukraine as a country of asylum. Observations on the situation of asylum-seekers and refugees in Ukraine

July 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Racist Violence Recording Network : 2012 Annual Report

April 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Annual Reports

UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers from Iraq

31 May 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Hungary as a country of asylum. Observations on the situation of asylum-seekers and refugees in Hungary

24 April 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Excerpts of Concluding Observations and Recommendations from UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies Universal Periodic Review: Czech Republic

April 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR concerned as sub-Saharan Africans targeted in Libya

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

UNHCR's contribution to the Secretary-General's report with recommendations on global trends in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia, and related intolerance to the General Assembly for its 66th session pursuant to A/RES/64/148

June 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR's contribution to the Secretary-General's report on progress and implementation of the General Assembly Resolution 64/169 on the initiatives contributing to the activities in the framework of the International Year for People of African Descent

May 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

UNHCR chief returns to spotlight the displaced in Colombia and Ecuador

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

'Changing the way UNHCR does business? An evaluation of the Age, Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming Strategy'

June 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

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