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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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	Joint United Nations Comments on The European Commission Proposal for a Directive establishing minimum standards on the rights, support and protection of victims of crime	March 2012
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Commentaries
	UNHCR comments on the European Commission's Amended Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on common procedures for granting and withdrawing international protection status (Recast) COM (2011) 319 final	January 2012
Category: Legal Information \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Commentaries
	Keep the doors open	20 January 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Commentaries
	UNHCR seeks common sense European approach towards those fleeing violence	19 January 2011
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Commentaries
	As states increase border controls, UNHCR calls for sensitivity for those fleeing persecution	7 January 2011
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Commentaries
	60th Anniversary: UNHCR marks landmark with appeal for renewed commitment to helping the world's forcibly displaced	14 December 2010
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Commentaries
	UNHCR issues recommendations for incoming Hungarian EU Presidency	14 December 2010
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Commentaries
	World AIDS Day: HIV and AIDS remain a policy priority for UNHCR	1 December 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Commentaries
	Latin America nations pledge more for protection of the displaced and stateless	12 November 2010
Category: Reference Documents \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Commentaries
	Latin American nations urged to accede to statelessness conventions	11 November 2010
Category: Country Information \| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees \| Document type: Commentaries

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