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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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NameUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Image Size240px
CaptionUNHCR logo
TypeProgramme
AcronymsUNHCR
HeadAntónio Guterres
StatusActive
EstablishedDecember 14, 1950
ParentUnited Nations

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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), also known as The UN Refugee Agency is a United Nations agency mandated to protect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in their voluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlement to a third country. Its headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland and is a member of the United Nations Development Group. The UNHCR has won two Nobel Peace Prizes, once in 1954 and again in 1981.


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