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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 Policy on Emergency Preparedness and Response 2023

31 January 2023 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Operational Guidelines

2021 UNHCR Best Interests Procedure Guidelines: Assessing and Determining the Best Interests of the Child

May 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Operational Guidelines

Technical Guidance: Child Friendly Procedures

2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Operational Guidelines

Guide for Issuing Machine Readable Convention Travel Documents for Refugees and Stateless Persons, jointly published by UNHCR and the ICAO

February 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Operational Guidelines

Durable Solutions: Preliminary Operational Guide

January 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Operational Guidelines

Strategic Framework for the Prevention of Fraud and Corruption

July 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Operational Guidelines

UNHCR Accountability Frameworks for Age, Gender and Diversity Mainstreaming and Targeted Actions

24 June 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Operational Guidelines

Operational Guidance : Mental Health & Psychosocial Support Programming for Refugee Operations

2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Operational Guidelines

Guidelines on Exemption Procedures in respect of Cessation Declarations

December 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Operational Guidelines

Principes directeurs relatifs aux procédures d'exemption dans le contexte d'une déclaration de cessation

December 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Operational Guidelines

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