UNHCR
Organizations & Companies abbreviation · International Organization
| Stands for | Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
|---|---|
| Categories | Organizations & Companies |
UNHCR stands for Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, an international organization abbreviation.
UN Refugee Agency, which protects refugees, forcibly displaced people and stateless people, provides emergency shelter and assistance and works toward long-term solutions such as resettlement.
Example: UNHCR registered more than 50,000 new arrivals at the border in a single week.
Usage notes
Created in 1950, it helped draft and now supervises the 1951 Refugee Convention. It has won the Nobel Peace Prize twice, in 1954 and 1981. It is often confused with UNHRC, the Human Rights Council. The number of forcibly displaced people worldwide passed 100 million in the 2020s.
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