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UNHCR
Extracted from the Wikipedia article United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.
After the second world war: Europe
UNHCR's mandate was originally set out in its statute, annexed to Resolution 428(V) of the General Assembly of 1950. According to UNHCR, its mandate is to provide, on a non-political and humanitarian basis, international protection to refugees and to seek permanent solutions for them. This mandate has been subsequently broadened by numerous resolutions of the General Assembly and its Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC). People who were already receiving assistance from other organs of the United Nations, such as UNKRA and UNRWA, were excluded from UNHCR’s mandate.