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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 addresses "alarming" level of child mortality in Ethiopian camp

16 August 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Sharp rise in mortality seen at refugee camp in southeast Ethiopia

16 August 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Horn of Africa crisis - humanitarian update

12 August 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR calls for rapid response to measles threat in Somali refugee camps in Ethiopia

6 August 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Camps in east Ethiopia struggle to cope with influx of Somali refugees

4 August 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

East & Horn of Africa Update: Somali Displacement Crisis at a glance

3 August 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Regional Reports

Emergency Update: Dollo Ado, Ethiopia

1 August 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Emergency Update: Dollo Ado, Ethiopia

27 July 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Emergency Update: Dollo Ado, Ethiopia

25 July 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

East & Horn of Africa Update: Somali Displacement Crisis at a glance

25 July 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Regional Reports

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