Internationally displaced persons were the primary responsibility of States, as clearly indicated in the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement issued by UNHCR.

Internally displaced persons

Internally displaced persons

Internally displaced persons

132. We recognize the Guiding Principles on Internal DisplacementE CN.4 1998 53 Add.2, annex. as an important international framework for the protection of internally displaced persons and resolve to take effective measures to increase the protection of internally displaced persons.

Refugees and displaced persons

Internally displaced persons 189

Most interviewees were internally displaced persons from Azerbaijan, although some were displaced persons from the Gyumri earthquake.

(a) Situation of displaced persons

Internally displaced persons in Africa

Internally displaced persons 14 190

refugees, returnees and displaced persons and

Refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons

and displaced persons and humanitarian questions

(c) Mass exoduses and displaced persons

(c) Mass exoduses and displaced persons

Returns of refugees and displaced persons

Human rights of internally displaced persons

We recognize the importance of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement as the minimum international standard for the protection of internally displaced persons and strive to promote the implementation of those principles through national legislation and practices and to explore new, innovative ways to strengthening the protection of internally displaced persons.

Return of refugees and internally displaced persons

The internally displaced persons continue to suffer.

Mr. Kälin (Representative of the Secretary General on the human rights of internally displaced persons), introducing his report (A 60 338), said that his activities were based on the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, which clearly underlined that States had the primary duty to provide protection and assistance to internally displaced persons.

The number of displaced persons has slightly decreased.

Paragraphs 8 and 17 refer to displaced persons.

Anybody but Georgian refugees and internally displaced persons?

(h) To create a secure environment that would facilitate the voluntary return of displaced persons in safety and dignity and to respect fully the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement in this regard

Housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons

Housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons

Housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons

Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa

San José Declaration on Refugees and Displaced Persons (1994)

Within the United Nations system, the creation of an Internal Displacement Division in OCHA alongside the mandate of the Representative of the Secretary General on the human rights of internally displaced persons has advanced the Organization's institutional response to mass exoduses and internal displacement.

Almost l million Ugandans have been displaced and forced to live in camps for internally displaced persons.

Recognize the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement as the basic international norm for the protection of internally displaced persons and commitments to promote the incorporation of those principles through national legislation and national practices

60 168. Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons

56 164. Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons

58 177. Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons

62 153. Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons

Housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons 10

Housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons 39

Similar protections are required for immigrants, refugees and displaced persons.

One major issue is the protection of internally displaced persons.

2005 Housing and property restitution for refugees and displaced persons

Recognizes the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement as an important international framework for the protection of internally displaced persons, and encourages Member States and humanitarian agencies to work together in endeavours to provide a more predictable response to the needs of internally displaced persons, and in that regard calls for international support, upon request, to capacity building efforts of Governments

The latest information available indicates that 35 internally displaced persons were killed and 10 wounded in the violence, and over 4,000 internally displaced persons and villagers were forced to flee.