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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 warns that underfunding threatens international response to Syria crisis

19 March 2013 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR welcomes Turkey's registration of Syrians in urban areas

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

UNHCR's Guterres: Syria refugees reach one million

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

Statement by Ms. Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner (Protection) High Level Segment of the 22nd session of the Human Rights Council

26 February 2013 | 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

Syria situation regional update

13 November 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

UNHCR makes progress in assisting up to 500,000 people by year's end

13 November 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Record numbers of Syrian refugees flee as UN warns of critically low funding

9 November 2012 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Country News

Number of Syrian refugees in Lebanon passes 100,000 mark

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

Number of registered Syrian refugees triples to more than 300,000 in three months

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

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