United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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"UNHCR" redirects here. Not to be confused with UNHRC, the United Nations Human Rights Council.
The Office of 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 18,879 staff working in 138 countries as of 2020.[1]
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Abbreviation | UNHCR, HCR |
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Formation | 14 December 1950; 73 years ago (1950-12-14) |
Type | United Nations Programme |
Legal status | Nonprofit |
Headquarters | Geneva, Switzerland |
Head | Filippo Grandi (High Commissioner for Refugees) |
Parent organization | United Nations General Assembly United Nations Economic and Social Council |
Website | unhcr.org |
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