The UNHCR and world politics : a perilous path /
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created over 50 years ago to be a human rights and advocacy organization. But governments also created the agency to promote regional and international stability and to serve the interest of states. Consequently, the UNHCR has always tr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) was created over 50 years ago to be a human rights and advocacy organization. But governments also created the agency to promote regional and international stability and to serve the interest of states. Consequently, the UNHCR has always trod a perilous path between its mandate to protect refugees and asylum seekers and the demands placed upon it by states to be a relevant actor in international relations. A key focus is to examine the extent to which the evolution of the UNHCR has been framed by the crucial events of international politics and international security during the past half century and how, in turn, the actions of the first eight High Commissioners have helped shape the course of world history. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 431 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-409) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191529948 019152994X 0199246912 9780199246915 9780191599781 0191599786 |