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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 Submission on Democratic Republic of the Congo: 33rd UPR Session

May 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Commentaries

Rwanda: Population of Concern to UNHCR (as of 30th November 2017

30 November 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Central African Republic Regional Situation, Internal Displacement and Refugee Movements (as of 31 July 2017)

14 August 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Democratic Republic of Congo: Central African Refugees (Situation as of April 30, 2017)

30 April 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Democratic Republic of the Congo - Burundian Refugees (Situation as of April 30, 2017)

30 April 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Democratic Republic of Congo: South Sudanese Refugees Situation (as of March 31, 2017)

31 March 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

North-West Tanzania: Age & Gender update of Registered Refugees as of 31 March 2017

4 March 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

RD Congo - Sud-Kivu - Territoire de Fizi : Situation du camp de réfugiés de Lusenda (au 2 mars 2017)

2 March 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Uganda - Refugees and Asylum-Seekers in Country (as of 1 February 2016)

1 February 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Democratic Republic of Congo: Central African Refugees Situation as of December 31, 2016

25 January 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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