The Office of the United Nations High Commissionerfor Refugees (UNHCR), also known as the UN RefugeeAgency, is a United Nations agency mandated toprotect and support refugees at the request of a government or the UN itself and assists in theirvoluntary repatriation, local integration or resettlementto a third country. Its headquarters are in Geneva,Switzerland and is a member of the United NationsDevelopment Group