E. Displaced children

Refugee and displaced children

Refugee and internally displaced children

Refugee and internally displaced children

Refugee and internally displaced children

C. Refugee and internationally displaced children

Internally displaced children separated from their families often face extremely precarious situations.

The status of families accommodating refugee or displaced children should be regularized.

(b) To take extra measures to protect refugee children and internally displaced children, particularly girls, from being abducted

(b) To take extra measures to protect refugee children and internally displaced children, particularly girls, from being abducted

The document will also address specific needs of internally displaced women and children.

Many children were displaced and homeless for various reasons, without anybody addressing their needs.

Violence and exploitation are not the only problems faced by displaced women and children.

Millions of people a large number of them children are now displaced or homeless.

Protection of civilians also includes the special protection needs of displaced persons, women and children.

Bearing in mind that the majority of refugees and displaced persons are women and children,

As regards education, displaced children were to some extent accommodated within the existing school system.

There is also a large population of refugees and displaced persons, including women and children.

Following a community reintegration approach, other war affected children such as street or working children, internally displaced children and child returnees will also benefit from the programme.

51. The categories of children identified as having special protection needs include ex combatant youth, refugee and internally displaced children, sexually abused girls and unaccompanied and street children.

It notes with particular concern the very poor living conditions of many internally displaced children and children living in so called informal settlements.

It was therefore able to attend to the needs of children affected by war, who constituted the majority of refugee and displaced children.

Displaced women and children face a range of particular risks, and their needs require special attention.

3. Expresses its deep concern about the growing number of unaccompanied refugee and internally displaced children, and calls upon all States and United Nations bodies and agencies to ensure the early identification and registration of unaccompanied refugee and internally displaced children, to give priority to programmes for family tracing and reunification, and to continue monitoring the care arrangements for unaccompanied refugee and internally displaced children

3. Expresses its deep concern about the growing number of unaccompanied refugee and internally displaced children, and calls upon all States and United Nations bodies and agencies to ensure the early identification and registration of unaccompanied refugee and internally displaced children, to give priority to programmes for family tracing and reunification and to continue monitoring the care arrangements for unaccompanied refugee and internally displaced children

Females in displaced persons camps are especially vulnerable the study notes that nearly a third of all displaced children (31 per cent) reported rape as a problem within their

Efforts to promote quality basic education among the displaced children in the transitional zone focused on training in Theatre for Life for 80 master trainers from different displaced schools.

43. Calls for the continual monitoring of the care arrangements of unaccompanied refugee and internally displaced children

The population of internally displaced persons is overwhelmingly made up of women and children, and women and children number high among the killed and wounded.

Certain groups of children are particularly exposed to high risk situations for example street children and displaced families affected by evictions, armed conflicts and natural disasters.

In resolution 1997 78 V the Commission called upon all states to protect refugee and internally displaced children.

UNHCR and UNICEF are hoping soon to receive Government donor support to launch the Liberia Children apos s Initiative to implement a programme of such measures for returnee and internally displaced children in Liberia, who form an astounding 55 per cent of the displaced population.

There are many serious manifestations of the impact of the prolonged conflict on children, such as street children, child combatants, displaced children, unaccompanied children, and victims of atrocities, as well as the collapse of health and education services.

During the course of the conflict, over 25,000 children have been abducted, while 1.7 million people have been displaced.

24. Greater protection must be afforded children affected by armed conflict, not only those living in war zones, but also refugee and internally displaced children, child headed families and children charged with war crimes.

For example, the Convention on the Rights of the Child provides a host of crucial protections for children including displaced children and accession to it is nearly universal.

(e) In operative paragraph 23, the words the special needs of refugee women and children, including those with special protection needs, as well as displaced persons were revised to read the special needs of refugee women and children and displaced persons, including those with special protection needs .

The Committee expresses its concern about the difficult access to education and health care for refugee and internally displaced children.

UNHCR and the Special Representative have agreed to work closely to promote the protection of refugee and internally displaced children.

Displaced populations, particularly women and children who are displaced as a result of conflict, emergencies or trafficking, are more likely to be marginalized and face sexual violence, exploitation and dislocation from support networks and services.

It also recommends that effective measures be undertaken to ensure that displaced children have equal access to education and health care.

UNICEF continued to play a central role in addressing such needs for displaced and other war affected children around the world.

The provision of adequate food rations and other assistance also reduces the vulnerability to recruitment of displaced and war affected children.

He has called upon Governments and other authorities to meet their obligations regarding the protection of refugee and internally displaced children.

She called for a reassessment of assistance modalities and renewed focus of support on emergency assistance to displaced people and other groups at risk of hunger and malnutrition as well as primary education for displaced children.