Last Updated: Friday, 17 February 2012, 12:56 GMT
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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Protecting People Crossing Borders in the Context of Climate Change Normative Gaps and Possible Approaches
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February 2012
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Refugee Protection and International Migration: Achievements, Challenges and Lessons Learned from UNHCR's 10-Point Plan Project
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January 2012
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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UNHCR and CRTD.A Regional Dialogue on Gender Equality, Nationality and Statelessness : Overview and Key Findings
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January 2012
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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The cost of living: an analysis of the time and money spent
by refugees accessing services in Nairobi
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January 2012
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Category: Country Information
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Human trafficking in Mexico and neighbouring countries:
a review of protection approaches
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January 2012
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Category: Country Information
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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After the deluge: gender and early recovery housing in Sindh, Pakistan
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January 2012
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Category: Country Information
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Putting solidarity to the test: assessing Europe's response
to the asylum crisis in Greece
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January 2012
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Category: Country Information
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Mobilizing for refugee protection: reflections on the 60th anniversary of UNHCR and the 1951 Refugee Convention
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December 2011
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Engaging with refugee protection? The Organization of African Unity and African Union since 1963
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11 November 2011
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Invisible refugees: protecting Sahrawis and Palestinians
displaced by the 2011 Libyan uprising
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8 November 2011
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Category: Country Information
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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