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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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High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges - Faith and Protection: A Concept Paper

24 October 2012 | 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

Report on the Annual Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations prior to the Fifty-eighth Session of the Executive Committee of UNHCR

October 2007 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Report on the Annual Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations prior to the Fifty-Seventh Session of the Executive Committee of UNHCR

October 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Report on the Annual Consultations with Non-Governmental Organizations prior to the Fifty-sixth Session of the Executive Committee of UNHCR

October 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Report on Consultations with Non-Governmental Organisations prior to the Fifty-fifth Session of the Executive Committee of UNHCR

October 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Report on Pre-ExCom Consultations with Non-Governmental Organisations prior to the Fifty-fourth Session of the Executive Committee of UNHCR

October 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Report on Pre-ExCom Consultations with Non-Governmental Organisations prior to the Fifty-third Session of the Executive Committee of UNHCR

14 October 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Report on the Meeting with Non-Governmental Organizations prior to the Fifty-second Session of the Executive Committee of UNHCR

October 2001 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

Report on the UNHCR-NGO Consultations Prior to the 51st Session of the Executive Committee of UNHCR

5 October 2000 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) | Document type: Conference Reports

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