United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees


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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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SOUNDBITE (English) Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR):
Refugees should not be blamed for terror attacks, Guterrres
With the transition in Afghanistan in 2014, the need for humanitarian assistance may very well increase," said the statement by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
UN refugee chief to visit Iran for talks about Afghans
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie (R) visits a refugee camp in the southern Turkish town of Altinozu in Hatay province June 17, 2011.
Angelina Jolie Travels to Turkey to visit Syrian Refugees
Sponsored by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie will offer a prize to the winner in each category.
World Refugee Day Poster Contest. (Announcements)
In 1981, when Afghanistan was at center stage in the Cold War, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spent $109 million for refugees here.
Afghan refugees find hope in camps: drought, wars drive Afghans to Pakistan
In 1954 and 1931, it was given to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), in 1961 to United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold, in 1965 to UNICEF, and in 1988 to the United Nations Peacekeeping Forces.
UN and Annan Win Nobel Peace Prize
Shortly after returning to her work as a corporate lawyer in Montreal, Canada, she received a phone call from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
Inside the `perimetre cellulaire': (Amah Assiama's work in Rwanda)
THE United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees yesterday issued a plea for the plight of millions of destitute Afghans not to be forgotten in the rush towards military action.
The plight of millions of destitute Afghans not to be forgotten
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates the number at 24 million people-- about half of them children.
The Lost Boys Look for Home
A spokesman for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said 94 people from 15 families were on the flight from Kupang in West Timor.
Return to East Timor
Instead of an opening celebration, The Durst Organization continued the family tradition of helping refugees by making contributions to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (www.
Durst opens Conde Nast Building at 4 Times square
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