There are serious limits to the extent to which international agencies can protect nationals within countries of origin. C. Prevention 9. It aims to develop a concerted, comprehensive strategy to prevent involuntary movements and address the consequences of displacement within the region. Preventive activities may also include action within countries to minimize pressures to flee, including the activities, and their attendant limitations in effectiveness, outlined above. These activities must not, however, be considered to provide a substitute for the right to seek asylum.
Assistance is an important tool of protection.
Just as shelter, food, health care and other necessities are essential to safety and survival, access to them is also a broader part of protection. In conflict situations, ensuring humanitarian access and the delivery of relief supplies in areas of conflict to displaced persons or besieged local populations, through the international humanitarian presence that this entails, may also have a deterrent effect in averting some abuses. Humanitarian action may also help to stimulate political efforts to resolve conflicts by drawing international attention to the plight of the victims. The Office attempts to establish and reinforce the complementary, collaborative links with developmental and other actors, such as financial institutions, which also play a key role in any broader post-conflict reconstruction strategy, including the rebuilding of civil society. Refugee protection activities fall within the broader human rights framework.