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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 Global Report 2006, Sri Lanka

June 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Annual Reports

UNHCR Position on the International Protection Needs of Asylum-Seekers From Sri Lanka

22 December 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Position de l'UNHCR relative aux besoins de protection internationale des demandeurs d'asile originaires du Sri Lanka

22 December 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2006 - Sri Lanka

1 September 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Operations Plans

Sri Lanka Atlas Map

11 July 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Sri Lanka elevation map, as of January 2005

11 January 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Background Paper on Refugees and Asylum-Seekers from Sri Lanka

30 April 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2004 - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

1 September 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Operations Plans

Document de base: Initiatives qui pourraient bénéficier de Convention Plus

18 June 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Background Document: Initiatives That Could Benefit From Convention Plus

18 June 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

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