1954: UN high commissioner for refugees: 'keeping pace with history in the making'.(The Nobel Prize) From: UN Chronicle | Date: September 1, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 United Nations Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

The second Nobel Peace Prize for the United Nations went not to an individual but to one of its specialized agencies: the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). Seen as a bridge between the community of States, as reflected by the institution of the United Nations, and the world community of individual men and women, many of whom are stateless, UNHCR focuses global attention on those who find themselves living outside known boundaries and subject to prejudice, persecution and poverty.

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