(k) To ensure the rights and well being of internally displaced persons

There has been real suffering, particularly among the 330,000 people who were relocated after the accident.

58 177. Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons

60 168. Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons

62 153. Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons

Ten years on, what impact have the Principles had on displaced people s lives?

56 164. Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons

(h) To ensure the rights and well being of internally displaced persons, returnees and refugee populations

Reaffirming the primary responsibility of States to ensure the protection of refugees and internally displaced persons,

1. Welcomes the report of the Representative of the Secretary General on internally displaced persons See A 58 393.

(d) The increase in the number of refugees and internally displaced persons, in particular in the eastern part of the country

1. Welcomes the appointment of the new Representative of the Secretary General on the human rights of internally displaced persons

1. Welcomes the report of the Representative of the Secretary General on internally displaced persons See A 56 168.

(d) The situation of the large number of internally displaced persons and the flow of refugees to neighbouring countries

Today, the number of people who have been internally displaced by conflicts alone is twice that of refugees.

The number of those displaced by natural disasters is rising, as the adverse effects of climate change continue to mount.

This will enable hundreds of thousands of displaced people to return to their village communities and live from farming.

Civilians have become the main victims of a strategy aimed at undermining the guerrillas, which has resulted in forced labor, the use of human minesweepers, and massive relocations of entire villages. There are now an estimated 600,000 to one million internal refugees.

The return of internally displaced persons and due care for them must be a core component of any such arrangement.

37. The repatriation of some 360,000 refugees and displaced persons was completed by 30 April 1993.

The President Draft resolution XIX is entitled Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons .

This leaves another two million who have been displaced internally, and who represent an emerging humanitarian tragedy.

There is also a moral and practical case for doing more to ease the plight of refugees and internally displaced persons.

Confusing the construction of new homes with the housing market is most absurd when dealing with displaced families.

A no fly zone and a safe zone in northern Syria for the millions of displaced people could reinforce American diplomacy.

There are now more than two million Syrian refugees in bordering countries and more than four million displaced persons inside Syria.

(d) Should facilitate the urgent delivery of humanitarian assistance and the orderly return of refugees and internally displaced persons, when the situation permits,

20. Decides to continue its consideration of the question of protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons at its sixtieth session.

21. Decides to continue its consideration of the question of protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons at its sixty second session.

24. Decides to continue its consideration of the question of protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons at its sixty fourth session.

The plight of these victims long went unrecognized, as governments and the international community alike failed to acknowledge their rights to protection and assistance. In 1998, the UN issued Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, which sets out these legal rights.

As many as 50 million people around the world are estimated to be displaced each year by floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, earthquakes, and landslides.

All people and regions of the country must participate, including the internally displaced and citizens in Darfur s rebel controlled areas.

In 1998, the UN issued Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, which sets out these legal rights.

17. Decides to continue its consideration of the question of protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons at its fifty eighth session.

According to the UN, 69 of those displaced since February 2006 come from Baghdad, which demonstrates the extent of the sectarianization of the capital.

Despite the vulnerability of minorities, the religious breakdown of displaced people closely reflects that of the country 64 Shi a, 32 Sunni, and 4 Christian.

Genuinely free and fair local elections, with the participation of all displaced people and refugees, will never be possible without a substantial international presence.

(s) To make further efforts to address effectively the problem of internally displaced persons, including ensuring their access to effective protection and assistance

(a) Holding the Subregional Conference on the Question of Refugees and Displaced Persons in Central Africa at Bujumbura from 14 to 16 August 2000

Recognizing the need for concerted international action on behalf of refugees and displaced persons of concern to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,

(g) To cooperate fully with the National Commission of Inquiry on the alleged massacres of a large number of refugees and displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Many are separated from their families, and thousands more join the ranks of displaced persons every day in what is becoming the largest humanitarian catastrophe of our time.

Refugees and internally displaced persons are relatively few supplies of food, water and medicine are mostly adequate or at least improving.

(e) Holding the Subregional Conference on the Question of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Central Africa at Bujumbura from 14 to 16 August 2000