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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is a part of the United Nations. The purpose of this agency is to protect and support refugees when governments or the UN ask for help. The UNHCR helps refugees return home out of their voluntary will, settle locally, or move to a third country according to the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and other international law. The agency's headquarters are in Geneva, Switzerland. It is a member of the United Nations Development Group chaired by United Nations Development Programme. The UNHCR has won two Nobel Peace Prizes in 1954 and in 1981.

List of High Commissioners

# Photo High Commissioners Nationality Time
– Fridtjof Nansen 1925.jpg Nansen, FridtjofFridtjof Nansen  Norway 1922–1927
League of Nations High Commissioner
1 HeuvenGoedhart1944 (cropped).jpg Goedhart, Gerrit Jan van HeuvenGerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart  Netherlands 1951–1956
2 Auguste R. Lindt.jpg Lindt, Auguste R.Auguste R. Lindt  Switzerland 1956–1960
3 Schnyder, FélixFélix Schnyder  Switzerland 1960–1965
4 Sadruddin Aga Khan (1991) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg Aga Khan, SadruddinSadruddin Aga Khan  Iran 1965–1977
5 Poul Hartling.jpg Hartling, PoulPoul Hartling  Denmark 1978–1985
6 Hocké, Jean-PierreJean-Pierre Hocké  Switzerland 1986–1989
7 Thorvald Stoltenberg 2009.jpg Stoltenberg, ThorvaldThorvald Stoltenberg  Norway 1990
8 Sadako Ogata - World Economic Forum on Africa 2008.jpg Ogata, SadakoSadako Ogata  Japan 1990–2000
9 Ruud Lubbers, 2011 (cropped).jpg Lubbers, RuudRuud Lubbers  Netherlands 2001–2005
(Resign due to internal investigation)
10 António Guterres meeting with Iranian Interior Minister 01.jpg Guterres, AntónioAntónio Guterres  Portugal 2005–2015
11 Filippo Grandi April 2016 (26380573300) (cropped).jpg Grandi, FilippoFilippo Grandi  Italy 2016–present

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Images for kids

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    Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

  • UNHCR DADAAB REGION, KENYA AFRICA DOD 2006

    UNHCR packages containing tents, tarps, and mosquito netting sit in a field in Dadaab, Kenya, on 11 December 2006, following disastrous flooding

  • UNHCR Stamps of Tajikistan 2001

    UNHCR 50th anniversary. Stamp of Tajikistan, 2001.

  • Army Lynx Helicopter Helps Transport Aid in Macedonia MOD 45108219

    A helicopter arrives at a refugee facility in Macedonia with an underslung load of Aid

  • Trucks loaded with supplies to aid Kurdish refugees

    Trucks loaded with supplies drive across the border from Turkey into Iraq to take part in Operation Provide Comfort, a multinational effort to aid Kurdish refugees

  • USMC-120516-M-RU378-103

    An UNHCR-officer talks with a Marine during Exercise Eager Lion 12

  • UNHCR in Kenya

    Workers from the UNHCR, and CARE International gather bundles of shelters and mosquito nets in Kenya

  • Somalia (Somaliland), Hargeisa, UNHCR-compound

    Heavily fortified UNHCR offices in Somaliland

  • UNHCR camp

    A UNHCR refugee camp at Baharka - Iraq

  • UNHCR Camp für syrische Flüchtlinge (15945778191)

    UNHCR Camp, Kurdistan (North-Iraq) June 2014

  • Syrische Flüchtlingskinde rim UNHCR Camp (15947073972)

    UNHCR Camp, Kurdistan (North-Iraq) June 2014

  • UNHCR Camp (15947735935)

    Inside the refugee camps of northern Iraq

See also

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