Title: 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
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.
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)