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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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UNHCR Eligibility Guidelines for Assessing the International Protection Needs of Members of Religious Minorities from Pakistan

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

Displaced from fighting in northwest Pakistan exceed 181,000

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

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Pakistan

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

More than 100,000 flee fighting in Northwestern Pakistan this year

30 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR assisting thousands displaced by security operation in Pakistan

30 March 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Excerpts of Concluding Observations and Recommendations from UN Treaty Bodies - Universal Periodic Review: Pakistan

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

After the deluge: gender and early recovery housing in Sindh, Pakistan

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

After the deluge: gender and early recovery housing in Sindh, Pakistan

January 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

For Afghan refugee miners, bright dreams beckon from the depths

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

In a Pakistan medical centre, pauper patients benefit from refugee initiative

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

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