United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a part of the United Nations. The purpose of this agency is to protect and support refugees when governments or the UN ask for help. The UNHCR helps refugees return home out of their voluntary will, settle locally, or move to a third country according to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and other international law. The agency's headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group chaired by United Nations Development Programme.[1] The UNHCR has won two Nobel Peace Prizes in 1954 and in 1981.[2]

List of High Commissioners

# Photo High Commissioners Nationality Time
  Nansen, FridtjofFridtjof Nansen   Norway 1922–1927
League of Nations High Commissioner
1   Goedhart, Gerrit Jan van HeuvenGerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart   Netherlands 1951–1956
2   Lindt, Auguste R.Auguste R. Lindt   Switzerland 1956–1960
3 Schnyder, FélixFélix Schnyder   Switzerland 1960–1965
4   Aga Khan, SadruddinSadruddin Aga Khan   Iran 1965–1977
5   Hartling, PoulPoul Hartling   Denmark 1978–1985
6 Hocké, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Hocké   Switzerland 1986–1989
7   Stoltenberg, ThorvaldThorvald Stoltenberg   Norway 1990
8   Ogata, SadakoSadako Ogata   Japan 1990–2000
9   Lubbers, RuudRuud Lubbers   Netherlands 2001–2005
(Resign due to internal investigation)
10   Guterres, AntónioAntónio Guterres   Portugal 2005–2015
11   Grandi, FilippoFilippo Grandi   Italy 2016–present

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References

  1. "UNDG Members". Archived from the original on 2011-05-11. Retrieved 2011-11-22.
  2. "Nobel Laureates Facts – Organizations". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2009-10-13.