- Summary
- "Gil Loescher, one of the world's leading experts on refugee affairs, draws upon decades of personal experience and research to examine the origins and evolution of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees as well as to identify many of the major challenges facing the organization in the years ahead. 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 during the past half century and how, in turn, the actions of the eight past High Commissioners have helped shape the course of world history." "The book argues that the UNHCR has overstretched itself in recent decades and has strayed from its central human rights protection role. The protection of refugees remains a litmus test of the international community's commitment of defend human rights and to uphold liberal democratic values. Loescher offers a series of policy recommendations aimed at making the agency a more effective and accountable advocate for the millions of refugees in the world today."--Jacket.
- Variant Title
- Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and world politics
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Loescher, Gil, 1945-2020.
- Published
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001
- Contents
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The UNHCR at 50: state pressures and institutional autonomy
International recognition of refugees
The Cold War origins of the UNHCR under Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart
The emerging independence of the UNHCR under Auguste Lindt
'The good offices' and expansion into Africa under Felix Schnyder
"The global expansion of the UNHCR under Prince Sadruddin Aga Kahn
The new Cold War and the UNHCR under Poul Hartling
The UNHCR's 'new look', financial crisis, and collapse of morale under Jean-Pierre Hocke and Thorvald Stoltenberg
The post-Cold War era and the UNHCR under Sadako Ogata
Towards the future: the UNHCR in the twenty-first century.
- Notes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 384-409) and index.
The UNHCR at 50: state pressures and institutional autonomy -- International recognition of refugees -- The Cold War origins of the UNHCR under Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart -- The emerging independence of the UNHCR under Auguste Lindt -- 'The good offices' and expansion into Africa under Felix Schnyder -- "The global expansion of the UNHCR under Prince Sadruddin Aga Kahn -- The new Cold War and the UNHCR under Poul Hartling -- The UNHCR's 'new look', financial crisis, and collapse of morale under Jean-Pierre Hocke and Thorvald Stoltenberg -- The post-Cold War era and the UNHCR under Sadako Ogata -- Towards the future: the UNHCR in the twenty-first century.
