Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons

Country Visits

Country visits are a particularly important aspect of the mandate as they provide a means for assessing the extent to which the protection needs of the internally displaced are being met in specific situations and for engaging with Governments, non-state actors, international and local humanitarian agencies, local civil society, displaced persons, and other interested actors.

To date, Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons Walter Kälin (appointed September 2004) has undertaken visits to Bosnia and Herzegovina (June 2005), Croatia (June 2005), Nepal (April 2005), Serbia and Montenegro (June 2005) and Sudan (October 2005). Full reports on these visits are currently being finalized. In the meantime, the Representative’s preliminary impressions from each visit are noted in his press releases. He has requested future visits to Colombia, Nigeria and will undertake a visit to Georgia in December 2005.

Reports from country missions of the former Representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons, Francis M. Deng (1992-2004), are listed here in reverse chronological order.

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