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UN High Commissioner for Refugees

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. Today, a staff of around 6,689 people in 116 countries continues to help 20.8 million persons.  Website: www.unhcr.org
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UNHCR still concerned about security situation in camps near Goma

18 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Insecurity around Goma in Democratic Republic of the Congo continues to threaten IDPs

18 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Syria Crisis: UNHCR welcomes planned humanitarian operations centre in Jordan

17 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR Mission to the Republic of Nauru

14 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Note du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés relative à l'évaluation des demandes d'asile introduites par des femmes

14 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Legal Articles/Analyses/Commentaries

Gaps in Geneva, gaps on the ground: case studies of Somalis displaced to Kenya and Egypt during the 2011 drought

13 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers

High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges - Theme: Faith and Protection; Chairman's Summary

13 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Concluding Statement of the third High-Level Steering Meeting on the Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness in the Kyrgyz Republic

13 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Speeches/Statements

IDPs struggle to survive after escaping fighting in northern Mali

12 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Somali Refugees in the Region: As of 12 December 2012

12 December 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Maps

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