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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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Convention Plus: Issues Paper Submitted by UNHCR on Addressing Irregular Secondary Movements of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers

11 March 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Convention Plus: Faire face aux mouvements secondaires irreguliers de réfugiés et de demandeurs d'asile

11 March 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

Agreement for the Establishment of a Tripartite Commission for the Voluntary Repatriation of Angolan Refugees between the Government of the Republic of Angola, the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

14 December 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2003 - South Africa

1 September 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Operations Plans

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2002 - South Africa

1 December 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Operations Plans

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Governing the Legal Status, Privileges and Immunities of the UNHCR Office and its Personnel in South Africa

2 September 1991 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Multilateral Treaties/Agreements

Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the Voluntary Repatriation and Reintegration of South African Returnees

16 August 1991 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Memoranda of Understanding

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