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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 resumes aid distribution to displaced in Ivorian massacre town

7 April 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Statement by Ms. Janet Lim, UNHCR Assistant High Commissioner High Level Segment of the 16th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council

2 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Speeches/Statements

UNHCR launches relocation of Ivorian refugees to new camp in Liberia

18 February 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UN High Commissioner for Refugees calls for urgent resolution of Côte d'Ivoire crisis

10 February 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR Position on Returns to Côte d'Ivoire

20 January 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

As number of Ivorian refugees in Liberia tops 22,000, UNHCR speeds up aid delivery

5 January 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR to establish new camp in Liberia for refugees from Côte d'Ivoire

31 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR beefing up Cote d'Ivoire preparedness, as emergency deepens

21 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Ivorian refugees continue to enter Liberia

14 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Post-electoral tensions drive Ivorians into Liberia and Guinea

10 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

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