Internally displaced persons.
- Author: UN Commission on Human Rights (48th sess. : 1992 : Geneva)
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Date:
5 March 1992
1992/73.
Internally displaced persons
1. Takes note of the analytical report of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons (E/CN.4/1992/23);
2. Requests the Secretary-General to designate a representative to seek again views and information from all Governments on the human rights issues related to internally displaced persons, including an examination of existing international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law and standards and their applicability to the protection of and relief assistance to internally
3. Encourages the Secretary-General to seek also views and information from the specialized agencies, relevant United Nations organs, regional intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and experts in all regions on these issues, as well as of the Emergency Relief Coordinator, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration, the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Ad Hoc Working Group on Early Warning regarding New Flows of Refugees and Displaced Persons established by the Administrative Committee on Coordination;
4. Encourages all interested Governments to make known their views on the subject;
5. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive study to the Commission at its forty-ninth session, identifying existing laws and mechanisms for the protection of internally displaced persons, possible additional measures to strengthen implementation of these laws and mechanisms and alternatives for addressing protection needs not adequately covered by existing instruments;
6. Invites the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration and the International Committee of the Red Cross to contribute to the preparation of this study;
7. Decides to continue its consideration of the question at its forty-ninth session under an appropriate agenda item.
55th meeting,5 March 1992
[Adopted without a vote. See chap. XI.]
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