UN High Commissioner for Refugees

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/UN_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees
GPTKB entity
Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:nonprofit_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:UNHCR
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:United_Nations_Refugee_Agency
gptkbp:annualReport gptkb:Global_Trends
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Physics
gptkbp:budget over 8 billion USD (2023)
gptkbp:currentHighCommissioner gptkb:Filippo_Grandi
gptkbp:currentHighCommissionerStartYear 2016
gptkbp:emblem two hands sheltering a person
gptkbp:firstCommissioner gptkb:Gerrit_Jan_van_Heuven_Goedhart
gptkbp:firstHighCommissionerEndYear 1956
gptkbp:firstHighCommissionerStartYear 1951
gptkbp:focusArea child protection
humanitarian assistance
advocacy
emergency response
asylum policy
refugee protection
resettlement
education for refugees
statelessness reduction
gender-based violence prevention
voluntary repatriation
legal protection
livelihood support
local integration
resettlement to third countries
gptkbp:founded 1950
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Geneva
gptkb:Switzerland
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label UN High Commissioner for Refugees
gptkbp:legalBasis gptkb:UN_General_Assembly_Resolution_428(V)
gptkbp:mandate assist internally displaced persons
protect refugees
support stateless people
gptkbp:NobelPrizeYear 1954
1981
gptkbp:officialWebsite https://www.unhcr.org/
gptkbp:operatesIn over 130 countries
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:United_Nations
gptkbp:publicLawNumber gptkb:Statute_of_the_Office_of_the_United_Nations_High_Commissioner_for_Refugees
gptkbp:reportsTo gptkb:United_Nations_General_Assembly
gptkb:United_Nations_Economic_and_Social_Council
gptkbp:staffedBy over 18,000
gptkbp:UNSystemType Programme
gptkbp:worksWith gptkb:government
gptkb:NGOs
governments
civil society
other UN agencies
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:UNOG
gptkb:UN_headquarters_in_Europe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6