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UNHCR Washington
The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) is the UN agency charged with protecting and assisting the world's refugees and finding long-term solutions to their problems. Currently, UNHCR is responsible for 32.9 million people. This includes 9.9 million refugees, 12.8 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), 5.8 million stateless people, 2.6 million returnees, 740,000 asylum seekers and 1 million others of concern.
UNHCR’s Washington Office opened in 1979. In 1997, it became the regional office covering the U.S., Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. In 2007, the office began covering the French overseas territories of Martinique and Guadeloupe, as well as the British overseas territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos, and Montserrat.
The head of the office is
Regional Representative Michel Gabaudan
Deputy Regional Representative Thomas Albrecht
Contact Information
UNHCR
1775 K Street N.W.
Suite 300
Washington, DC 20006
Phone: (202)296-5191
Fax: (202)296-5660
Email: usawa@unhcr.org
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The external relations unit is the liaison with governmental and non-governmental agencies.
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Information for prospective interns.
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The legal unit informs government officials, attorneys, and nongovernmental organizations in the U.S. and the Caribbean about international standards of refugee protection.
News, speakers, information and materials about refugees and UNHCR are available to organizations and educators, free of charge or at cost, through the PI section.
Resettlement counselors work with government officials, non-governmental organizations and local resettlement authorities on admission of refugees identified by UNHCR as needing international resettlement.
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Current vacancies open for external recruitment.
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