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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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Global Roundtable on Alternatives to Detention of Asylum-Seekers, Refugees, Migrants and Stateless Persons: Summary Conclusions

July 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Regional Conferences on Refugee Protection and International Migration in Central America, Western Africa, Eastern Africa and Asia - Selected Conference Materials

June 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Summary of Deliberations on Climate Change and Displacement

April 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Better Protected? Stabilisation Strategies and the Protection of Civilians

25 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Regional Expert Roundtable on Good Practices for the Identification, Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and the Protection of Stateless Persons in South East Asia

2 March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

La situación del conflicto armado y la violencia y su impacto sobre la poblacion: Análisis del primer trimestre 2011

March 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Climate Change and Displacement: Identifying Gaps and Responses Expert Roundtable

February 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Breakout Session 1: Gaps in the International Protection Framework and in Its Implementation

8 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Breakout Session 3: Reduction of Statelessness and Protection of Stateless Persons

8 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Side Event to the High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges 2010: Climate Change Displacement and International Law

8 December 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

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