What is the full form of UNHCR?
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What is the full form of UNHCR?
- United Nations High Level Committee for Rights
- United Nations High Level Committee for Refugees
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- United Nations Health Committee for Refugees
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
UNHCR stands for the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the UN refugee agency created by the General Assembly in 1950 and operating from 1951. It protects and assists refugees, asylum seekers, stateless and internally displaced persons, and supervises the application of the 1951 Refugee Convention. It is headed by a High Commissioner elected by the General Assembly, not by a committee, and its mandate is refugees rather than health or rights generally.
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