Last Updated: Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 12:44 GMT

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
Filter:
Showing 1-10 of 825 results
International Protection Considerations with regard to people fleeing the Syrian Arab Republic, Update VI

March 2021 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country/Situation Specific Position Papers

UN and partners launch plan to support five million Syrian refugees and countries hosting them

12 December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Syrian Refugees in Jordan - Governorate Level - Syrian Refugees in Jordan by end of November 2017

7 December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

UNHCR: Urban Refugee Women's Network – Turkey

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR: LGBTI Youth Group – Lebanon

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR: Sector Gender Focal Points Network – Jordan

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR: Sector Gender Focal Points Network – Jordan

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR: Emergency Shelter for Women and Girls – Lebanon

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR: Mobile SGBV Prevention and Response Services – Lebanon

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR: Mobile SGBV Prevention and Response Services – Lebanon

December 2017 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

Search Refworld