Skip to Main Content

× Veterans Day: The Sherrill and Moriarty Libraries will be closed on Monday, November 11th.
Enjoy the holiday!

History of Humanitarian Organizations Research Guide

Professor Kimberly Lowe

UNHCR

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees 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. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. In more than six decades, the agency has helped tens of millions of people restart their lives. Today, a staff of some 8,600 people in more than 125 countries continues to help some 33.9 million persons.

Find out more from their website: www.unhcr.org
Watch their YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/unhcr

Featured library resource