UNHCHR

Committee's Background: 

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on 14 December 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly during the aftermath of the Second World War to help millions of Europeans who had fled or lost their properties. The agency's primary purpose is to coordinate and lead international action for refugee protection worldwide and to safeguard the rights and well-being of people who have been forced to flee. For over half a century communities and the organization’s international staff of 7,685 workers in 126 countries, UNHCR has helped millions of refugees, returnees, stateless people, the internally displaced and asylum-seekers in 135 countries around the world, to restart their lives. And continues working in ensuring that everybody has the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another country, always considering the strive to secure lasting solutions.

The committee's main faculties are: 

• Creation of emergency accommodation and transportation for refugees and returnees.

•  Legal advice on asylum matters, to have a more diligent reintegration into society.

•  Provision of resources such as prevention, protection and treatment of diseases,

• reproductive health services, food security, nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene services