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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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Birth Registration and Statelessness in the Member States of the Southern Africa Development Community

22 December 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

UNHCR Position on Returns to North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Adjacent Areas in the Democratic Republic of Congo Affected by Ongoing Conflict and Violence – Update III

November 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

Southern African Development Community Road map on the eradication of statelessness 2022 - 2024

19 August 2022 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Regional Reports

#IBelong Campaign Update, July – September 2021

20 October 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Campaign Update, October 2020 - December 2020

11 January 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Citizenship and Statelessness in the Member States of the Southern African Development Community

December 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

High-Level Segment on Statelessness: Results and Highlights

May 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Thematic Reports

Position on Returns to North Kivu, South Kivu, Ituri and Adjacent Areas in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Affected by Ongoing Conflict and Violence – Update II

September 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

1ère réunion tripartite entre les représentants du Gouvernement d'Angola, du Gouvernement de la République Démocratique du Congo et du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés relative au rapatriement volontaire des réfugiés congolais vivant en Angola dans la Province de Lunda Norte

24 August 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Sessional Reports

Accord tripartite entre le Gouvernement de la République d'Angola, le Gouvernement de la République Démocratique du Congo (RDC) et le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés (HCR) relatif au rapatriement volontaire des réfugiés congolais vivant en Angola dans la Province de Lunda Norte

23 August 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

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