Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons, Francis M. Deng, submitted pursuant to Commission on Human Rights resolution 2002/56
Contributors: UN. Representative of the Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons
Publisher: UN
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Geneva
Language: eng; ara; chi; fre; rus; spa
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: DISPLACED PERSONS; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE; PRINCIPLES; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LAW OF WAR; TRAINING PROGRAMMES; TECHNICAL COOPERATION; REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; INTER-AGENCY COOPERATION; AID COORDINATION; FACT-FINDING MISSIONS; RESEARCH; PUBLICATIONS; Inter-Agency Standing Committee; UN. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights; Senior Inter-Agency Network on Internal Displacement; UN. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (1998)
Description: Reviews the development of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and their increasing use by Governments, regional bodies, international agencies and non-governmental organizations; institutional reforms designed to strengthen the response to internal displacement; country missions undertaken by the Representative this past year; the development and current directions of the Representative's research agenda; progress of the mandate, and a discussion of the importance of addressing the underlying causes of displacement.
Notes: UN Job no.: G0310453 E.

Material type: Reports/studies.

Issued under agenda item 14, agenda document E/CN. 4/2003/1.

Issued under agenda item 14c, agenda document E/CN. 4/2003/1.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 23-24).

Distribution: General.