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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with over 17,300 staff working in 135 countries.

Abbreviation: UNHCR, HCR
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BornYear: 1861; 1901; 1905; 1910; 1914; 1927; 1931; 1933; 1938; 1939; 1948; 1949; 1957
Comment: enThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with over 17,300 staff working in 135 countries.
Department: enHigh Commissioner for Refugees
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DiedYear: 1930; 1956; 1992; 2000; 2003; 2018; 2019
First: Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart
Formation: 14 December 1950; 1 January 1951
Founding date: 14 December 1950
Has abstract: enThe United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a United Nations agency mandated to aid and protect refugees, forcibly displaced communities, and stateless people, and to assist in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, with over 17,300 staff working in 135 countries.
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Headquarter: Geneva; Switzerland
Headquarters: Geneva; Switzerland
Homepage: www.unhcr.org/%7Cunhcr.org
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Incumbent: Filippo Grandi
Incumbentsince: enJanuary 2016
Insignia: enEmblem of the United Nations.svg
Is primary topic of: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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LeaderFunction: United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees PersonFunction 1
LeaderName: Filippo Grandi
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Link from a Wikipage to an external page: www.unhcr.org/%7Cunhcr.org; www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/4579701b2.pdf; web.archive.org/web/20070814193807/http:/www.refugees.org/article.aspx%3Fid=1109&rid=1179; www.unhcr.org/figures-at-a-glance.html; web.archive.org/web/20070323161515/http:/ninemillion.org/; www.unhcr.org/; www.unhcr.org/admin/dipstatements/42b927dc12/inaugural-address-ms-erika-feller-director-department-international-protection.html; newleftreview.org/issues/ii42/articles/jacob-stevens-prisons-of-the-stateless; www.unhcr.org/the-high-commissioner.html; www.refworld.org
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Name: enOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Name: enOffice of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Officeholder: António Guterres; August R. Lindt; Félix Schnyder; Filippo Grandi; Fridtjof Nansen; Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart; Poul Hartling; Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan; Ruud Lubbers; Sadako Ogata; Thorvald Stoltenberg; Wendy Chamberlin
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OfficeholderTitle: enHigh Commissioner
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Parent organisation: United Nations Economic and Social Council; United Nations General Assembly
ParentOrganization: enUnited Nations Economic and Social Council; United Nations General Assembly
Post: enHigh Commissioner
ReportsTo: United Nations General Assembly
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