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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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La trata y su incidencia en la protección internacional de refugiados - Ponencia del ACNUR ante el Congreso Internacional sobre los Derechos Humanos de las Mujeres Migrantes, auspiciado por la Secretaría de Relaciones Exteriores del Gobierno de México (25 de abril de 2006)

25 April 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Ceremonia de inauguración Seminario sobre Protección Internacional a migrantes y refugiados organizado por la Facultad de derecho de la Universidad de Costa Rica - Presentación de Agni Castro Pita

20 March 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Statement by Mr. Ngonlardje Mbaidjol, Acting Director, Division of International Protection Services, to the 35th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner's Programme (Geneva, 8 March 2006)

8 March 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Convention Plus: Targeting of Development Assistance for Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement. Joint Statement by the Co-Chairs

10 February 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Convention Plus : Ciblage de l'aide au développement sur l'apport de solutions durables au déplacement forcé. Déclaration conjointe des co-présidents

10 February 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Statement by Ms. Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, to the First Meeting on Solidarity Resettlement in the Americas: "Global Trends in Refugee Resettlement: Challenges and Opportunities" (Quito, Ecuador, 2 February 2006)

2 February 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Presentación de Erika Feller: Primera Reunión sobre Reasentamiento Solidario en las Américas, Quito, Ecuador - "Tendencias globales en el reasentamiento de refugiados: Desafíos y oportunidades"

2 February 2006 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Speeches/Statements

The responsibility to protect - closing the gaps in the international protection regime and the new EXCOM Conclusion on Complementary Forms of Protection, Presentation by Erika Feller, Director of International Protection, UNHCR, to the "Moving On: Forced Migration and Human Rights" conference, NSW Parliament House, Sydney, Australia, 22 November 2005

22 November 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Convention Plus Groupe pilote sur les mouvements secondaires irréguliers de réfugiés et de demandeurs d'asile : Déclaration conjointe des co-présidents

8 November 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Speeches/Statements

Convention Plus Core Group on Addressing Irregular Secondary Movements of Refugees and Asylum-Seekers: Joint Statement by the Co-Chairs

8 November 2005 | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Speeches/Statements

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