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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

Also called UNHCR. An organization created by the United Nations in 1950 and charged with providing assistance to and protection of persons displaced by a government as the result of a war, persecution or another reason. It helps them return to their homes or to settle in another country.

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No references found			The UN High Commission for Refugees initially rejected their appeal for refugee status, but ChinaAid's president Bob Fu went to Thailand to intervene and arrange for them to come to the United States, the group said. Chinese rights lawyer's wife gets US asylum: supporters by AFP / AFP American Edition The UN High Commission for Refugees initially rejected their appeal for refugee status, but ChinaAid's president Bob Fu went to Thailand to intervene and arrange for them to come to the United States, the group said. Chinese rights lawyer's wife gets US asylum: supporters by AFP / AFP Asian Edition The in-kind aid items, handed out by the department in association with the UN High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), comprised gas-operated heaters, blankets, covers, culinary utensils and household appliances," Mashkour al-Musawi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. In-kind winter aid for 300 displaced families in Najaf by Aswat al-Iraq (Erbil, Iraq)			Ukewatashi Kikan Ukewatashi Saiyasu Meigar Ukrainian Hryvnia Ukrainian Karbovanets Ulcer Index ULI Ultima cuota Ultima entrada primera salida Ultima venta Ultimate Beneficial Owner Ultimate Consignee Ultimate Consignor Ultimate Mortality Table Ultimate Net Loss Ultimo Day Ultimo dia de negociacion Ultra Vires Activities Ultra-Short-Term Bond Fund Ultradot UM Umbrella Personal Liability Policy Umbrella Policy Umbrella Reinsurance Umschuldung UN UN High Commission for Refugees Unadjusted Basis Unadjusted Trial Balance Unaffiliated Investments Unaffiliated Union Unaided Recall Unallocated Benefit Unamortized Bond Discount Unamortized Bond Premium Unamortized Cost Unamortized Premiums on Investments Unaudited Statement Unauthorized Insurance Unauthorized Insurer Unauthorized Investment Unauthorized Practice of Law Unauthorized Reinsurance Unauthorized Transfer Unauthorized Use Unavoidable Costs Unbalanced Growth Unbanked Unbiased Estimator Unbiased Expectations Hypothesis Unbiased Predictor Unbranding			UN Day UN Day UN Declaration of Universal Human Rights UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples UN Development Program UN Development Program UN Development Programme UN Development Programme UN Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration UN Economic and Social Council UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization UN Environment Program UN Environment Programme UN Environmental Programme Un Finished Object UN Food & Agriculture Organisation UN Food & Agriculture Organisation UN Food & Agriculture Organisation UN forces UN General Assembly UN General Assembly Resolution 217 UN Habitat UN Habitat UN Habitat UN Habitat UN Habitat Un hee hee hee Un hee hee hee UN High Commission for Refugees UN High Commissioner for Refugees UN Industrial Development Organization UN Industrial Development Organization UN Institute for Training and Research UN International Children's Emergency Fund UN International Children's Emergency Fund UN International Children's Emergency Fund UN International Day for the Eradication of Poverty Un Lit Un Loto Bientot Gagnant Un Monde Sans Danger Un Mundo Mejor Es Posible Un Mundo Por Civilizar Un Nouveau Guide Internet Un Nuevo Tiempo Un Nuevo Tiempo Juvenil Un paso adelante UN Peace Keeping Forces UN peacekeeping UN peacekeeping operations Un Pediatra per Amico UN Population Fund Un Punto Macrobiotico UN refugee agency UN Regional Economic Commissions UN Relief and Works Agency UN Relief and Works Agency

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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (redirected from UN High Commission for Refugees)

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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