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PROTECTING REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PEOPLE WORLDWIDE home in order for them to build a better future. Furthermore, UNHCR works to eliminate statelessness. The world is facing an unprecedented level of global displacement – more than 68.5 million people have been forced to flee their homes, and we need continued support to help and protect them. UNHCR is almost entirely funded by voluntary contributions from governments, intergovernmental organisations, corporations, foundations and individual donors.
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WHAT WE DO UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is leading international action to protect and assist people, who are forced to flee their homes due to conflict, violence and persecution. With a staff of almost 12,000 across 128 countries, UNHCR works tirelessly to help millions of people of concern. We deliver life-saving support like shelter, food and water in emergencies around the world. We help safeguard fundamental human rights, including access to territory and the right to seek asylum. We develop solutions that ensure that people have a safe place to call
The private sector brings great value in its ability to mobilise funds, raise awareness and build engagement – and through partnerships we can also leverage the technical know-how and innovation capacity of the private sector for the benefit of refugees. UNHCR IN DENMARK UNHCR is headquartered in Geneva, but UN City in Copenhagen hosts several of our Headquarter functions. They include the Private Sector Partnerships Service, Field Information Coordination Support Section, Registration and Identity Management and The Education Section among others. UNHCR’s Regional Representation for Northern Europe, which covers the eight Nordic and Baltic countries, is also present in UN City in Copenhagen through a Liaison Office. Please visit www.UNHCR.org to learn more.
FOR EVERY CHILD tonnes of life-saving supplies to support development programmes and emergencies each year. In 2016, UNICEF procured over USD 3.5 billion worth of supplies and services for children, including 2.5 billion vaccine doses that reached 45 percent of the world’s children under five years old. UNICEF’s mission is to advocate for the realisation of children’s rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. In 190 countries and territories, UNICEF works with governments and partners for equal access to services and care that can make all the difference in children’s lives.
For tens of millions of children, vaccines, medicines, therapeutic food and items for learning and play are tangible expressions of UNICEF’s commitment. Copenhagen is home to Supply Division, UNICEF’s procurement and logistics headquarters, sending 14,000
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Responding urgently to infectious disease crises, in 2016, UNICEF Supply and partner action included the procurement and delivery of one million oral cholera vaccine doses to Haiti, more than 29 million yellow fever vaccine doses to Angola and the Democratic Republic of Congo and 191 million polio vaccine doses to Nigeria and neighbouring countries. UNICEF, partners and industry launched a systematic effort to develop a point of care diagnostic device and discover a vaccine to stop the Zika virus. In the seemingly interminable upheavals of emergencies that have forced 50 million children to flee for their lives, supplies were fundamental to sustaining hope and accelerating results for children.