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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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Commemorating the Refugee and Statelessness Conventions - A Compilation of Summary Conclusions from UNHCR's Expert Meetings

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

Anniversaire des conventions relatives aux réfugiés et à l'apatridie - Compilation des Résumés des conclusions des Réunions d'experts

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

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Gabon

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

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Czech Republic

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

Selected Country Guidance and / or Reference Documents Regarding Children in Afghanistan

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

Age, Gender and Diversity: Best Practice Compilation (Bureau for the Americas)

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

Compilación de Buenas Prácticas en Materia de Edad, Género y Diversidad (Oficina para las Américas)

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

Thematic Compilation of General Assembly & Economic and Social Council Resolutions

September 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Compilations

Migration

June 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Compilations

Interception

June 2011 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Compilations

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