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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 UNHCR Operational Update, January 2017

January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

For many along Ukraine's division line, cold is also an enemy

28 November 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

After a year of restrictions, people in eastern Ukraine face alarming hardships crossing contact line

30 September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Ukraine Situation UNHCR Operational Update, 7-22 October 2015

22 October 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Ukraine - aid delivered to area not controlled by govt for first time in weeks

1 September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR delivers humanitarian assistance following August fighting in eastern Ukraine

1 September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Ukraine: Protection Strategy, June 2015

June 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Ukraine internal displacement nears 1 million as fighting escalates in Donetsk region

6 February 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Ukraine conflict pushes more people from their homes

2 September 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Ukraine: UNHCR External Update on the Situation of Displaced Persons

10 July 2014 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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