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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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As conflict affects Syria's health sector, many sick and injured seek treatment outside

21 February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Second UNHCR aid convoy reaches northern Syria

13 February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR to help 30,000 Syrian refugees through ATM cash programme

6 February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR humanitarian aid convoy reaches displaced people in northern Syria

1 February 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

New camp due to open in Jordan as numbers continue to rise

25 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR mourns death of seven Syrian refugees killed in Jordan fire

17 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Winter conditions bring new hardship for more than 600,000 Syrian refugees

11 January 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Tough choices for Syrian refugees in need of life-saving assistance

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

Syria Crisis: UNHCR welcomes planned humanitarian operations centre in Jordan

17 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

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