Protect Refugees
The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees was made part of the U.N. in 1950 to assist and protect refugeees, stateless people, as well as forcibly displaced communities. The agency is meant to assist in voluntary repatriation, or resettlement in a new country to include local integration.
The predecessor to the UNHCR was the International Refugee Organization, which was founded in 1946 to assist refugees from World War II. Actually, the High Commissioner for Refugees existed since 1921 under the League of Nations. It wasn’t until 1952 it took over the responsibility of the IRO when it dissolved in 1952.
The UNHCR is involved in resolving refugee problems at the highest lavel, negotiating with home countries to end conflict that are the cause, as well as neighboring countries and third countries for accepting and protecting displaced people. UNHCR also includes providing food, shelter, medical assistance and other basic needs.
Note
The outer stamps of the second row of this album page were issued to promote the International Year of the Family in 1994. For more information on this, see the Family Year page in the Geneva album.
The stamps on the third row are meant to bring attention to population and development. This is covered in an earlier page, on Population Trends.
The stamps at the bottom of the page are related to thirtieth anniversary of the U.N. Trade and Development organization. See the earlier album page, Trade & Development for more on this.
Contains 10 spots: own 10 – 10 unused, 0 used.
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Stamp Details
The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.
spot |
own |
catalog |
subject |
description |
comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
✓ |
645 |
Stained Glass |
19c (apr 1994) |
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✓ |
644 |
10c (apr 1994) |
|||
✓ |
646 |
Mourning Owl |
$1 (apr 1994) |
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✓ |
637 |
29c (feb 1994) |
|||
✓ |
643 |
50c (apr 1994) |
|||
✓ |
638 |
45c (feb 1994) |
|||
✓ |
651 |
29c (sep 1994) |
|||
✓ |
652 |
52c (sep 1994) |
|||
✓ |
653 |
29c (oct 1994) |
|||
✓ |
654 |
50c (oct 1994) |
Footnotes
Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
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