In view of its resolution 319 A (IV) of 3 December 1949, 1. Adopts the annex to the present resolution, being the Statute of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; 2. Calls ...

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order withdrawing Washington from a number of United Nations bodies, ...

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk ... The Austrian Türk's office mentioned some 2,400 arbitrary detentions by Maduro's regime in the ensuing protests and spoke ...

The use of rape and sexual violence against women has been prevalent in the conflicts, which have been raging for decades in ...

UN High Commissioner Volker Turk calls for $500 million funding by 2025 to address human rights globally. He highlights past ...

The United Nations has cited the failure ... a spokeswoman for the Office of the High Commissioner, at a press briefing.

Formally known as the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR was established by the General Assembly of the United Nations in 1950 in the aftermath of the Second World War to help the ...

Sciences and Culture Organisation (UNESCO), Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations ...

The Committee thanked the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for all it has done for countless refugees and expressed the hope the organization will continue its work in ...

The prize was awarded to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in appreciation of its work in bringing relief and aid to the countless refugees and displaced persons to ...

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