United Nations High Commissioner For Refugees

Last modified: 
24/04/2020 - 1:51pm

The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. It also has a mandate to help stateless people.

Acronym: 
UNHCR
Organisation Type: 
UN Agency
Founding Year: 
1950
Country of Origin: 
LB
Intervention Sector(s): 
Health
Human Rights & Protection
Refugees
Contact person's position: 
HR
Contact person's email: 
Contact person's phone number: 
N/A
Address: 
Dr. Philippe Hitti Street P.O.Box: 11-7332
Beirut , Beirut
Lebanon
Phone: +9611849201
Fax: +9611849201
Beirut LB
City: 
Beirut
Street: 
Dr. Philippe Hitti Street
Additional: 
P.O.Box: 11-7332
Phone: 
+9611849201
Email: 
lebbe@unhcr.org
Fax: 
+9611849201
Contact person's name: 
None
Partnerships: 
N/A

Calls

Call

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Beirut invites qualified and eligible vendors, registered with the Government of Lebanon, to make firm offers for the procurement of laptops.

Thursday, 27 March 2025
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Call

UNHCR Lebanon operation invites reputable transport and cargo companies to make a firm offer for the provision of transportation services for passengers and their luggage from multiple locations in Lebanon to multiple locations in Syria, for a period of one (1) year with possibility of extension for two (2) additional periods of one (1) year each, subject to satisfactory performance of the contracted companies.

Monday, 3 March 2025
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Press Releases

Press Release

Since the fall of the regime in Syria on 8 December, new arrivals have entered Lebanon, including approximately 91,000 Syrians and Lebanese to Baalbek Governorate in the Bekaa, as well as over 15,000 recent new arrivals to the North of the country fleeing recent violence in Syria’s coastal areas as of 17 March 2025.

Press Release

There are now 12.9 million forcibly displaced due to the outbreak of conflict in Sudan since April 2023, including 8.9 million internally and 3.8 million in neighbouring countries.

Jobs

Job

The Supply Associate manages and supports all activities pertaining to the supply chain function including planning, sourcing & procurement, transport, shipping, customs clearance, warehousing, assets & fleet management and monitoring within the area of responsibility.

Tuesday, 21 January 2025
Expired
Job

A Senior Resettlement Assistant position is typically located at Multi-Country Office, Branch Office or Field Office. Under supervision, the incumbent's primary role is to assist the supervisor in effective resettlement delivery of a given UNHCR Office in accordance with the UNHCR Resettlement Handbook, UNHCR Manual and relevant policy papers and publications

Sunday, 19 January 2025
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