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The Agony and the Exodus

That exodus of qualified persons was very costly.

2005 Human rights and mass exodus

Monitoring the human rights of persons in mass exodus

This led to a significant exodus of people from the area.

Recent examples of mass exodus, both as a result of armed conflict and as a consequence of massive natural disasters, have highlighted the need to address comprehensively the human rights of victims of mass exodus.

The internally displaced constitute a specific category of people affected by mass exodus.

A wide range of causes of mass exodus were cited in the report of the Secretary General.

The continuing exodus of young people has been a concern to the Islanders for many years.

Human rights violations are most often the root as well as immediate cause of mass exodus.

The Government considered that chronic underdevelopment was ultimately the basic cause of the mass exodus phenomenon.

Host populations in those areas were in a desperate condition at the time of the exodus.

It was concerned, however, about the continued exodus of well trained staff during the critical drawdown phase.

Abandoned buildings became a security risk, which further accelerated the exodus from the city.

To be fully understood, the phenomena of mass exodus and displacement must also be viewed within this framework.

Problems in inter ethnic relations arose, and there was a mass exodus of national minorities, especially Russian speakers.

Ironically, many countries of origin took advantage of that exodus of human capital in the form of migrants' remittances from abroad.

This three way interrelationship was most apparent in situations of exodus and displacement of large numbers of people around the world.

121. Unfortunately, the possibility of a mass exodus of Croatian Serbs from the Region continues to be a major cause for concern.

The Office noted that, following the reintroduction of granting British citizenship for Saints in 2002, the island had experienced an exodus.

The exodus of those persons was due to the war that had been forced on the Sudan for over 13 years.

Reintegration could provide a material incentive for repatriation and should address the complex problems arising from the mass exodus of peoples.

NEW HAVEN In his First Inaugural Address, during the depths of the Great Depression, US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt famously told Americans that, The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Invoking the Book of Exodus, he went on to say that, We are stricken by no plague of locusts.

At each of these stages, persons in mass exodus have specific human rights entitlements under international law, arising from a variety of sources.

In his statement, Foreign Minister Granic makes no mention of the ongoing exodus of the Serbs from Eastern Slavonia, Baranja and Western Sirmium.

The second element, resulting from the first, is the massive exodus of refugees towards inhospitable regions with no access for humanitarian organizations.

In other words, the exodus of human capital, while providing a source of currency in the short term hampers our countries' long term development.

National human rights institutions also play an important role in promoting national responsibility and reinforcing protection of the rights of persons in mass exodus.

Further, the situation of children in Haiti was critical because of poor economic and social conditions, poverty, rural exodus, anarchic urbanization and family disintegration.

191. UNU, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan organized an international seminar on the Indo Chinese Exodus and the International Response in October at UNU headquarters in Tokyo, for the purpose of increasing understanding of the exodus and its immediate and long term effects.

The situation was aggravated by the war in the northern part of the country, which had triggered the exodus of thousands of Iraqis to neighbouring countries.

Globalization is creating urgent demands for the new century. One of these arises from the pain that is giving rise to a new exodus.

In countries such as the Philippines, the exodus of the rural population to urban areas has been exacerbated by natural and man made disasters.

Bumped into Eurasia around 16 million years ago, and then we had the first African exodus, as we call it.

The Special Rapporteur presented as fact his allegations that Israel intended to confiscate Palestinian land, encourage an exodus of Palestinians and incorporate settlers into Israel.

Spain In the late 1980s, Santiago de Compostela experienced a mass exodus caused by the decay and deterioration of the medieval city's historic city centre.

If persons in exodus cross an international boundary and become subject to the jurisdiction of another State, the human rights obligations of that State come into play.

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As recognized by the Commission in its resolution 2003 52, conflict and persecution are only two among a number of causes for mass exodus and displacement.

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Taking note of the work in progress of the United Nations system to clarify the role of the United Nations in post conflict transition situations, including mass exodus situations,

For its part, his Government had sought to eliminate the causes of the exodus of its citizens and had reaffirmed its support for the voluntary repatriation programmes of UNHCR.

However, the Territory still faces problems associated with a shrinking tax base, an ageing population and the exodus of skilled individuals leaving in pursuit of higher wages offshore.

Alongside the traditional causes of mass exodus, the Secretary General identified a number of specific environmental issues that had the potential to provoke mass exoduses in the future.