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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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Joint Conclusions of the 2nd Regional Conference on the Right to Legal Identity and Prevention of Statelessness: Leaving No One Behind at Birth

6 September 2019 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Report on the Annual Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations 15-17 June 2016

September 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Workshop on Researching Statelessness and Citizenship in Asia and the Pacific University of Melbourne, Australia, 27-29 January 2016 - Summary Report

29 January 2016 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

UNHCR and the Kenya Human Rights Commission: Kenya Dialogue on Gender Equality, Nationality and Statelessness

23 March 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

UNHCR & ECOWAS, Summary of the Ministerial regional conference on statelessness in West Africa, 23-25 February 2015

February 2015 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Access to Civil Documentation and Registration in South Eastern Europe: Progress and Remaining Challenges since the 2011 Zagreb Declaration

11 November 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Roundtable on Statelessness Determination Procedures and Law Reform in Central Asia : Summary Conclusions

3 October 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Ministerial Intergovernmental Event on Refugees and Stateless Persons - Pledges 2011

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Expert Roundtable on National Security Assessments For Refugees, Asylum-seekers and Stateless Persons in Australia - Chair's Summary

3 May 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

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

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