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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 Country Operations Plan 2006 - United States of America and the Caribbean

1 September 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Operations Plans

Framework for Cooperation Between UNHCR and the Government of the United States of America for the Year 2005

18 May 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Memoranda of Understanding

Resettlement Handbook (country chapters last updated September 2009)

1 November 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Resettlement Handbook, Country Chapter: United States of America

June 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Handbooks/Manuals

Matter of Rodi Alvarado Peña (A73 753 922). Advisory Opinion on International Norms: Gender-Related Persecution and Relevance to "Membership of a Particular Social Group" and "Political Opinion"

9 January 2004 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2004 - United States of America and the Caribbean

1 September 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Operations Plans

Advisory Opinion From the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Cessation and Cancellation of Refugee Status

28 February 2003 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Court Interventions / Amicus Curiae

UNHCR Country Operations Plan 2003 - United States

1 September 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country Operations Plans

UNHCR Comments on the Draft Agreement between Canada and the United States of America for "Cooperation in the Examination of Refugee Status Claims from Nationals of Third Countries"

26 July 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries

Immigration Reform and the Reorganization of Homeland Defense - "Homeland Security Act of 2002"

8 July 2002 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries

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