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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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"The Common European Asylum System - A vision for the future", Statement by Volker Türk, Director of International Protection (Stockholm, 3 November 2009, Conference on 'The Common European Asylum System: Future Challenges and Opportunities')
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3 November 2009
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Category: Policy Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Speeches/Statements
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Carte des Intentions de Retour des Angolais Vulnerables (et leurs dépendants) Installés Spontanés Vivant à Kinshasa et Bas Congo
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14 October 2009
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Maps
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Carte des Intentions de Retour des Angolais Installés Spontanés Vivant à Kinshasa et Bas Congo
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13 October 2009
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Maps
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Regional Conference on Refugee Protection and International Migration in the Americas, "Protection Considerations in the Context of Mixed Migration" (San José, Costa Rica, 19-20 November 2009)
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13 October 2009
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Conferencia Regional sobre Protección de Refugiados
y Migración Internacional en las Américas, "Consideraciones de Protección en el contexto de la Migración Mixta" (San José, Costa Rica, 19-20 de noviembre de 2009)
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13 October 2009
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Carte des sites de deplacés dans la province du Nord Kivu
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9 October 2009
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Maps
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Report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 60th session, 28 September-2 October 2009
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9 October 2009
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Sessional Reports
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Self-Study Module: Resettlement Learning Programme
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October 2009
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Training Manuals
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The Identification and Referral of Trafficked Persons to Procedures for Determining International Protection Needs
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October 2009
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Category: Reference Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Research, Background and Discussion Papers
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Changes to the Act of Granting International Protection to an Alien
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October 2009
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Category: Policy Documents
| Publisher: UN High Commissioner for Refugees
| Document type: Comments on National Legislation
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