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 Supply and delivery of Fire Rescue ladder

Thursday, 14 November 2024
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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 supply and delivery of Rescue Unit Truck.

Thursday, 14 November 2024
Expired

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Press Releases

Press Release

In support of the Government led emergency response, the humanitarian community launched a Flash Appeal to enable partners to rapidly deliver humanitarian assistance. The appeal seeks $425.7 million to assist 1 million people affected by the crisis until the end of the year.

Press Release

This report presents the endline post distribution and outcome monitoring (PDOM) results for the UNHCR multi-purpose cash assistance program (MCAP) targeting Syrian refugees in Lebanon implemented between January and November 2023.

Jobs

Job

The primary functions of project control are to complement programme management and provide support for oversight of projects including the formulation of a monitoring plan, quality assurance, and verification. Other activities of project control include: review of project agreements, project audit, monitoring that there is synchrony between financial and operational performance, participation in multi-functional monitoring activities and reviews, tracking project risk management, and supporting project closure.

Friday, 22 November 2024
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Job

Candidates will ideally have direct experience working in Resettlement and/or Refugee Status Determination with UNHCR, as well as experience interviewing refugees and asylum-seekers and assessing protection needs. Knowledge of relevant UNHCR policies and practices in this area is essential.

Friday, 15 November 2024
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