United Nations
- From
- 1950
- Alternative Names
- UNHCR
- Url
- http://www.unhcr.org
- Location
- Case Postale 2500
CH-1211 Genève 2 Dépôt
Switzerland
Tel: +41 22 739 8111 - Summary
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UNHCR, "was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide."
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Organisations
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Published Resources
Reports
- The World Bank, HIV/AIDS, Nutrition, and Food Security: What We Can Do - A Synthesis of International Guidance, The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development / The World Bank, Washington, DC, 2007, 83 pp. (Also available at http://siteresources.worldbank.org/NUTRITION/Resources/281846-1100008431337 /HIVAIDSNutritionFoodSecuritylowres.pdf) [ Details... ]
- UNAIDS Inter Agency Task Team on Education, Education Sector Global HIV & AIDS Readiness Survey 2004: Policy Implications for Education & Development, ED-2006/WS/12, UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, 2006, 66 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- UNDP India; UNESCO; ILO; World Bank; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime; UNAIDS; UNICEF; World Health Organization Country Office for India; UNFPA; UNIFEM; UNHCR and World Food Programme, Joint UN Support Plan for HIV and AIDS India 2007-2011, n/d, 73 pp. (Also available at http://www.unaids.org.in/new /Publications_JointUNSupportPlanForHIVAndAIDSIndia2007-2011.pdf) [ Details... ]
- UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Educational Responses to HIV and AIDS for Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons: Discussion Paper for Decision-Makers, Composed and Printed by UNESCO ED-2007/WS/1 REV - CLD 31149, UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris, January 2007, 33 pp. [ PDF File | Details... ]
- UNHCR - The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 10 Key Points on HIV/AIDS and the Protection of Refugees, IDPs and Other Persons of Concern, n/d, 1 pp. (Also available at http://www.ohchr.org/english/issues/hiv/docs/summary_hiv.pdf) [ Details... ]
- UNHCR - The United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees, Note on HIV/AIDS and the Protection of Refugees, IDPs and Other Persons of Concern, n/d, 15 pp. (Also available at http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/444e20892.pdf) [ Details... ]
- UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, HIV/AIDS and Refugees: UNHCR's Strategic Plan 2002-2004, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, 1 Jan 2004, 26 pp. (Also available at http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/lib.nsf/db900SID/LHON-679DWG/$FILE /HIV-AIDS_Strategic_Plan_UNHCR_Jan_2004.pdf?OpenElement) [ Details... ]
- UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Behavioral Surveillance Survey Among Refugees and Surrounding Host Community: Jhapa and Morang Districts, Nepal, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, November 2005, 140 pp. (Also available at http://www.unhcr.org/protect/PROTECTION/4590eff72.pdf) [ Details... ]
- UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Refugees, HIV and AIDS: UNHCR's Strategic Plan 2005-2007, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, n/d, 36 pp. (Also available at http://www.unhcr.org/publ/PUBL/42f31d492.pdf) [ Details... ]
Sources used to compile this entry: UNHCR.
Prepared by: Susan Chong
Created: 29 July 2004, Last modified: 12 February 2007