Respect for Refugees

U.N. New York, Page 2000.1 (BL-2)

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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

Besides the colorful stamp at the center of the top row commemorating the refugee agency, there’s a souvenir sheet with the same stamp on the next page. There’s also a souvenir sheet with the two stamps in the middle of the second row commemorating the fifty-fifth anniversary of the U.N.

Contains 11 spots: own 11 – 11 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
1.1	✓	782	Intl. Flag of Peace	33 (sep 2000) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	787	Respect for Refugees	33 (nov 2000) comm., multicolor
1.3	✓	777	Crawling the Millennium Sam Yeates	33 (may 2000) comm., multicolor

International Year of Thanksgiving

2.1

✓

772

Glory Window

33 (jan 2000) comm., multicolor

United Nations Anniversary

2.2	✓	779	U.N. 55th Anniversary	33 (jul 2000) comm., multicolor
2.3	✓	780	U.N. 55th Anniversary	55 (jul 2000) comm., multicolor

Other

2.4

✓

778

Crossing Masakasu Takahata

60 (may 2000) comm., multicolor

Endangered Species

3.1	✓	773	Brown Bear	33 (apr 2000) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	774	Black-Bellied Bustard Lissotis melanogaster	33 (apr 2000) comm., multicolor
4.1	✓	775	Chinese Crocodile Lizard	33 (apr 2000) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	776	Bonobo	33 (apr 2000) comm., multicolor

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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