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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

	Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review (Excerpts of Treaty Body Concluding Observations and Special Procedure Reports): Guinea	November 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries
	Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Guinea Bissau	November 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries
	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 Guinea	November 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries
	Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Guyana	November 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries
	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 Kingdom of Lesotho	November 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries
	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 Kiribati	November 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries
	Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review (Excerpts of Treaty Body Concluding Observations and Special Procedure Reports): Spain	November 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries
	Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review: Spain	November 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries
	Comments on the European Commission Communication on the establishment of a Joint EU Resettlement Programme and the European Commission Proposal for the amendment of Decision No 573/2007/EC establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013	November 2009
Category: Policy Documents | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries
	Submission by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' Compilation Report - Universal Periodic Review (Excerpts of Treaty Body Concluding Observations and Special Procedure Reports): Sweden	November 2009
Category: Country Information | Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees | Document type: Commentaries

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