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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's Recommendations for the Croatian and German Presidencies of the Council of the European Union (EU)

9 January 2020 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: General Comments/Recommendations

UNHCR flags winter relief operations for refugees

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

Housing programme tackles the lingering problem of displacement in Croatia

25 November 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Country News

UNHCR welcomes latest regional effort to end refugee displacement in Balkans

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

World: IDPs Protected / Assisted by UNHCR - End-2009

15 June 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: The Republic of Croatia

April 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Compilations

Map of Estimate of Refugees and Displaced Persons Still Seeking Solutions in South-Eastern Europe

30 April 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

Map of Croatia as of June 2003

1 June 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Maps

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