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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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High Commissioner's Dialogue on Protection Challenges - Theme: Faith and Protection; Opening remarks by Mr. António Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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

Returnees build their own village back in South Sudan

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

Number of Syrian refugees registered in region tops 500,000 mark

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

Myanmar's displaced wait for tide to turn

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

16 Days of Activism: a multiple rape victim faces uncertain future

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

Six months on, some 115,000 displaced people in need in Myanmar

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

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Grave human rights abuses as thousands continue to flee in South Kivu

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

Refugees return to northern Congo, but concerns remain

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

Struggling to make sense of communal unrest in western Myanmar

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

Helping young refugees in South Sudan find physical and emotional security

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

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