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United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

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
– 100px Nansen, FridtjofFridtjof Nansen  Norway 1922–1927
League of Nations High Commissioner
1 100px Goedhart, Gerrit Jan van HeuvenGerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart  Netherlands 1951–1956
2 Auguste R. Lindt.jpg Lindt, Auguste R.Auguste R. Lindt  Switzerland 1956–1960
3 Schnyder, FélixFélix Schnyder  Switzerland 1960–1965
4 100px Aga Khan, SadruddinSadruddin Aga Khan 22x20px Iran 1965–1977
5 100px Hartling, PoulPoul Hartling 22x20px Denmark 1978–1985
6 Hocké, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Hocké  Switzerland 1986–1989
7 100px Stoltenberg, ThorvaldThorvald Stoltenberg  Norway 1990
8 Sadako Ogata - World Economic Forum on Africa 2008.jpg Ogata, SadakoSadako Ogata File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan 1990–2000
9 100px Lubbers, RuudRuud Lubbers  Netherlands 2001–2005
(Resign due to internal investigation)
10 100px Guterres, AntónioAntónio Guterres  Portugal 2005–2015
11 100px Grandi, FilippoFilippo Grandi File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 2016–present

United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees Media

  • Genf UNHCR.JPG

    Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

  • UNHCR DADAAB REGION, KENYA AFRICA DOD 2006.JPEG

    UNHCR packages containing tents, tarps, and mosquito netting sit in a field in Dadaab, Kenya, on 11 December 2006, following disastrous flooding

  • UNHCR Stamps of Tajikistan 2001.jpg

    UNHCR 50th anniversary. Stamp of Tajikistan, 2001.

  • An Aerial View of the Za'atri Refugee Camp.jpg

    Aerial view of Zaatari refugee camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan, July 2013

  • Darfur refugee camp in Chad.jpg

    Refugee camp in Darfur (Chad)

  • Army Lynx Helicopter Helps Transport Aid in Macedonia MOD 45108219.jpg

    A helicopter arrives at a refugee facility in Macedonia with an underslung load of aid.

  • Trucks loaded with supplies to aid Kurdish refugees.JPEG

    Trucks loaded with supplies drive across the border from Turkey into Iraq to take part in Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees.

  • USMC-120516-M-RU378-103.jpg

    An UNHCR-officer talks with a Marine during Exercise Eager Lion 12.

  • UNHCR in Kenya.jpg

    Workers from the UNHCR, and CARE International gather bundles of shelters and mosquito nets in Kenya.

  • Somalia (Somaliland), Hargeisa, UNHCR-compound.JPG

    Heavily fortified UNHCR offices in Somaliland

Related pages

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.
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