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

April 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: The Federated States of Micronesia

April 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

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

April 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

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

April 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

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

April 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

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

April 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

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

April 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Compilation Report Universal Periodic Review: United States of America

April 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Nota de orientación sobre las solicitudes de la condición de refugiado relacionadas con las víctimas de pandillas organizadas

31 March 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

Guidance Note on Refugee Claims Relating to Victims of Organized Gangs

31 March 2010 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Policy/Position Papers

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