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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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Southern Turkey: Shelter/NFI cluster-beneficiaries reached in October 2016 (Sub-district level)

30 November 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Syria Arab Republic: Syria hub Protection and Community Services Sector activities snapshot (as of April 2016) Beneficiaries reached by Protection and Community Services partners at Sub district level

21 May 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Sexual and Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response In Refugee Situations in the Middle East and North Africa - Executive Summary

25 November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Sexual and Gender-based Violence Prevention and Response In Refugee Situations in the Middle East and North Africa

25 November 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

UNHCR concerned at reports of sexual violence against refugee women and children

23 October 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Evaluation of Implementation of 2005 IASC Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian Settings in the Syria Crisis Response

10 October 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country Reports

Registered Syrians in Jordan (15 September 2015)

15 September 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: UNHCR Country Updates

Lebanon: SGBV Task Force, Activities Map (January to April 2015)

30 April 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Lebanon: Protection Sector, Activities Map (January to April 2015)

30 April 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Registered Syrians in Jordan (14 March 2015)

14 March 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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