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2. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Wikipedia

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   The UNHCR's Mid-Year Trends report of June 2015 (based on information for mid-2015 or latest available information up to that date) reported an "unprecedented" 57,959,702 individuals falling under its mandate (for reference, on 1 January 2007, 21,018,589 people – or less than half of the number in 2015 – fell under the mandate of the UNHCR).

3. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

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   OHCHR presence at the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in Kenya. The mandate of OHCHR derives from Articles 1, 13 and 55 of the Charter of the United Nations, the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action and General Assembly resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993, by which the Assembly established the post of United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. [8]

4. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Representation ...

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   The head office of UNHCR's mission in India is located in Delhi, with a field office in Chennai. The current Chief of Mission is Areti Sianni. UNHCR won the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development in 2015. UNHCR was awarded the Mother Teresa Award for Social Justice by the Harmony Foundation, Mumbai. [1] [2] [3] [4]

5. List of Nansen Refugee Award recipients - Wikipedia

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   The award was established by UNHCR the organizations first High Commissioner, Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart 1954 as a tribute to Fridtjof Nansen. [2] Fridtjof Nansen was a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, explorer, and League of Nations High Commissioner for Refugees [ 3 ] and the award was established in honour of his work to support refugees. [ 4 ]

6. International Refugee Organization - Wikipedia

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   In 1952, operations of the IRO ceased, and it was replaced by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). The Constitution of the International Refugee Organization, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 15 December 1946, is the founding document of the IRO. The constitution specified the organization's ...

7. Sexual exploitation and abuse in humanitarian response

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   The report was based on a field mission by the team, which conducted interviews and focus groups with approximately 1,500 individuals (children and adults) in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone: The researchers found that not only was sexual exploitation widespread, it was also perpetrated by aid workers, peacekeepers, and community leaders.

8. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian ...

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   The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is a United Nations (UN) body established in December 1991 by the General Assembly to strengthen the international response to complex emergencies and natural disasters. [1]

9. Francesca Albanese - Wikipedia

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   Francesca P. Albanese (Italian pronunciation: [franˈtʃeska albaˈneːse,-eːze]; born 30 March 1977) is an Italian international lawyer and academic. [2] On 1 May 2022, she was appointed United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories for a three-year term. [3]