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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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Ecuador, Honduras and Portugal accede to Statelessness Conventions

2 October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees (UNHCR) for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Bangladesh

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Compilations

Réintégration Économique des Femmes et Filles Refugiées dans des Centres Urbaines - RDC

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

Mentor-Mentee Program

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

Self-Study Module: Resettlement Learning Programme

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Training Manuals

Mapping Statelessness in Belgium

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

Youth Empowerment Centres

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

Self-Study Module on Statelessness

1 October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Training Manuals

Community Centre for Refugee Women and Children

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

Mapping Statelessness in Belgium - Summary Report

October 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Reports

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