UNHCR tents at a refugee camp following episodes of Xenophobia in South Africa | xenophobic violence and rioting in South Africa, 2008

At UNHCR, Vieira de Mello participated in field work assignments in Bangladesh during its war of independence in 1971, in Sudan in 1972 following the Addis Ababa agreement which ended the First Sudanese Civil War and allowed the return of some 650, 000 Sudanese refugees and displaced persons, and Cyprus after the Turkish invasion in 1974.

She took a degree in Arabic in Paris and Cairo and, after graduation, was hired by the UNHCR in June 1999 for a field assignment in Rwanda.

Only two individuals were tasked with overseeing work in that area at UNHCR headquarters, though some field officers had been trained to address the issue.

Dadaab features a UNHCR base that serves refugee camps around the town: Hagadera, Ifo and Dagahaley.

Humanitarian and relief supplies delivered by a Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa airplane at the UNHCR base in Dadaab.

An outdoor school at the UNHCR base in Dadaab.

UNHCR presently has major missions in Lebanon, South Sudan, Chad / Darfur, Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Afghanistan as well as Kenya to assist and provide services to IDPs and refugees.

UNHCR was established on 14 December 1950 and succeeded the earlier United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

The individual who has raised the most money in benefit performances and volunteer work on behalf of UNHCR was Luciano Pavarotti.

On 6 September 2000, three UNHCR staff members were attacked and killed in Atambua, a town in West Timor ( see Attacks on humanitarian workers ).

Part of his achievement is that since he took on his duties as High Commissioner, the persistent criticism of UNHCR dating from before that time, subsided.

Lubbers met with the Secretary-General on 18 February 2005, and resigned as High Commissioner on Sunday, 20 February 2005, stating to the press: " For more than four years I gave all my energy to UNHCR.

It is also supported by the principles found in paragraph 171 of the Handbook on Procedures and Criteria for Determining Refugee Status which was issued by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ).

Prince Sadruddin began as a Special Envoy to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) in 1959 with a focus on World Refugee Year ( 1959 – 1960 ).

He had widened the UNHCR mandate well beyond its original focus on Eastern Europe, extending the organisation's reach to refugees from Palestine, Vietnam, Angola and Algeria.

Ruud Lubbers, then UNHCR High Commissioner, expressed the sadness of the UNHCR and the entire humanitarian community, commenting that " he left an indelible print on UNHCR's history — leading the agency through some of the most challenging moments.

* Early January-The UNHCR expresses serious concern for some 10, 000 Afghan refugees camping on the country's northern border with Tajikistan.

Prior to his role with RI, Michel served as the United Nations High Commission on Refugees ( UNHCR ) Regional Representative for the United States and the Caribbean.

* UNHCR Report on Atambua killings

On 16 November 2003, while driving through the streets of Ghazni in a clearly identified UNHCR vehicle, she was shot at point-blank range by two men on a motorcycle.

In every new emergency, no one knows for sure which agency or combination thereof will become involved. In 2005 there was an attempt to fix the problem by giving sectoral responsibilities to different humanitarian agencies, most notably with the UNHCR taking on the responsibility for protection and the management of camps and emergency shelters.

" In the same year, The UN refugee agency ( UNHCR ) named Memorial the winner of the annual Nansen Refugee Award for its wide range of services on behalf of forced migrants and internally displaced people in the Russian Federation, as well as refugees from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.

N. Subramanya worked on issues pertaining to refugees during his tenure as the UNHCR Chair.

An internal evaluation released in 2001 suggested that UNHCR had done little to exercise its mandate on statelessness.

In 2006, ExCom provided UNHCR with more specific guidance on how to implement its mandate on statelessness.

The Conclusion on the Identification, Prevention and Reduction of Statelessness and the Protection of Stateless Persons requires UNHCR to work with governments, other UN agencies, and civil society to address this problem.

At the beginning of 2006 the UNHCR claimed to have ' on its books ' 2. 4 million stateless persons, and made an estimate of 11 million as the size of the stateless population worldwide.

** UNHCR page on prevention and reduction of statelessness and protection of stateless persons-background information, tools and news From UNHCR website

Bettina Goislard ( 11 November 1974 – 16 November 2003 ) was a French employee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ), assigned to its mission in Afghanistan.

In 2008, Israel was the target of 5 / 11 UNHCR resolutions ( 45 %) and 1 / 28 decisions.

Headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) ( established December 14, 1950 ) protects and supports refugees at the request of a government or the United Nations and assists in their return or resettlement.

* Southern border Guinea – December 7, 2000 – Hundreds of people are left dead as rebels destroy the UNHCR centre.

The UNHCR was mandated by General Assembly Resolution 428 ( V ) of 14 December 1950 to " lead and coordinate international action for the worldwide protection

On December 2, 2009, Aleinikoff notified students and faculty of his intention to accept appointment as Deputy High Commissioner of Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ).

Until December, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) received over $ 1 million monthly.

The lead international agency coordinating refugee protection is the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ), which counted 8, 400, 000 refugees worldwide at the beginning of 2006.

** UNHCR Map ( 21 August 2006 ) Stateless Persons and Populations at Risk of Statelessness

KGU and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( UNHCR ) Representation in Japan concluded an agreement to establish a special university scholarship system for refugees in Japan in May 2006.

However, during a visit to Syria in May 2006, he was arrested in Syria in May 2006 along with Iranian Arabs who were registered as refugees by the UNHCR.

The refugees were repatriated following an agreement between UNHCR and the governments of the two countries in 2004.

In May 2004, Lubbers was accused by Cynthia Brzak, an American UNHCR employee, of sexual harassment following a meeting in his office that was attended by two other UNHCR staff members.