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1993-1996 (Creation)
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- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
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20 cm of textual records
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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees was established on December 14, 1950 by the United Nations General Assembly. The agency is mandated to lead and co-ordinate international action to protect refugees and resolve refugee problems worldwide. Its primary purpose is to safeguard the rights and well-being of refugees. It strives to ensure that everyone can exercise the right to seek asylum and find safe refuge in another State, with the option to return home voluntarily, integrate locally or to resettle in a third country. It also has a mandate to help stateless people. In more than six decades, the agency has helped tens of millions of people restart their lives. Today, a staff of some 7,190 people in more than 120 countries continues to help some 36.4 million persons.
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Fonds consists of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) airlift situation reports for 1993-1996 and regarding Operation Airbridge. The reports documented the air supply mission between Ancona, Italy and Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina by Air Transport Group. Each report included the following information: period covered; chalks [loads] in period; chalks completed to date; chalks remaining; today’s airlift [in pounds]; total [pounds] airlifted to date; flying hours [to day and to date]; and remarks.
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Fonds was received 16 June 2008 from the Directorate of History and Heritage (DHH) War Diary Team.
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- English
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Copies of the finding aid are located in the first file of the fonds and in the Reading Room at the Directorate of History and Heritage. Electronic copies are also available.
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No further accruals are expected.
General note
Operation Airbridge was the biggest air supply mission in modern history. Its mission was to deliver humanitarian supplies to the besieged city of Sarajevo. Flying Hercules aircraft from Ancona, Italy, the men and women of Air Transport Group airlifted over 56 million pounds of freight and over 12,000 passengers.