High Commissioner definition

High Commissioner means the High Commissioner or his/her authorized delegate;

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High Commissioner means the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;

High Commissioner means the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees or the officials to whom the High Commissioner has delegated authority to act on his behalf;

Examples of High Commissioner in a sentence

• The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is the UN Agency dedicated to protect the rights and seek durable solutions of people who have been forced to flee, including refugees, returnees, stateless people, the internally displaced and asylum-seekers.

• The Parties call upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (“UNHCR”) to develop in close consultation with asylum countries and the Parties a repatriation plan that will allow for an early, peaceful, orderly and phased return of refugees and displaced persons, which may include priorities for certain areas and certain categories of returnees.

• UNHCR in Turkey also registers asylum-seekers, conducts RSD under the Mandate of the High Commissioner for all non- Europeans (with the exception of Syrians), intervenes to strengthen the protection environment and access to social support mechanisms, and endeavors to find durable solutions for the most vulnerable amongst those who are recognized as refugees provided they meet the criteria of the resettlement countries.

• The Parties call upon the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ("UNHCR") to develop in close consultation with asylum countries and the Parties a repatriation plan that will allow for an early, peaceful, orderly and phased return of refugees and displaced persons, which may include priorities for certain areas and certain categories of returnees.

• In pursuance of the above, technical and material assistance may be sought from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights and other relevant international organisations.

More Definitions of High Commissioner

High Commissioner means the United Nations High Com- missioner for Refugees and includes the Representative for Ireland of the High Commissioner;

High Commissioner means a person sent by Nauru as a diplomat and its foreign representative to another country;

High Commissioner means the High Commissioner of the Cook Islands:

High Commissioner means, in relation to a country mentioned in Schedule 3 to the 1981 Act(3), the High Commissioner for Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom appointed to that country, and includes the acting High Commissioner; and

High Commissioner means the United Nations High Com- missioner for Refugees;

High Commissioner means Her Majesty’s High Commissioner in the State of Brunei, and references to the High Commissioner include any person for the time being discharging the functions of the High Commissioner;

High Commissioner means the High Commissioner of Western Samoa appointed under this Part of this