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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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Statement from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, António Guterres, Regarding Solutions for the Residents of Camp New Iraq (Ashraf)
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27 December 2011
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Category: Country Information
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“Refugees: Citizens of the World” - Statement by Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner
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26 November 2011
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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Statement of UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the kidnapping of MSF staff at Kenya's Dadaab
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13 October 2011
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Category: Country Information
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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UNHCR Statement on the Australia-Malaysia Arrangement
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25 July 2011
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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Challenges to the Development of the Common European Asylum System on the 60th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Convention relating to the Status of Refugees - Keynote Address by Volker Türk, Director, Division of International Protection
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11 July 2011
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Category: Legal Information
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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High Commissioner's message for World Refugee Day, 20 June 2011
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20 June 2011
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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Current Challenges and Commitments in the OSCE Region Relating to IDPs, Refugees and Stateless Persons - Speech by Volker Türk, Director of International Protection, UNHCR
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27 May 2011
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Category: Policy Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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Panel in the context of Dialogue with Member States on rule
of law at the international level organized by the Rule of Law Unit Informal forum to promote exchange of information, ideas and experiences - Talking Points, Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner - Protection, UNHCR
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20 May 2011
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Category: Policy Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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Address by Ms Erika Feller Assistant High Commissioner (Protection), UNHCR - Counter-Terrorism Committee, New York, 19 May 2011
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19 May 2011
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Category: Policy Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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"The Refugee Convention at 60: Still fit for its Purpose?" - Protection Tools for Protection Needs Statement by Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner (Protection), UNHCR
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2 May 2011
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Category: Policy Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
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