Females in displaced persons camps are especially vulnerable the study notes that nearly a third of all displaced children (31 per cent) reported rape as a problem within their

(b) To take extra measures to protect refugee children and internally displaced children, particularly girls, from being abducted

There is a mechanism in place to reintegrate those children into society that includes the payment of school fees for all students whose parents are in camps for internally displaced persons and the rehabilitation of infrastructure.

It also recommends that effective measures be undertaken to ensure that displaced children have equal access to education and health care.

Its efforts included, for example, job training and health care assistance for former child abductees in Uganda, educational facilities for displaced children in Afghanistan and Georgia, and child empowerment activities, such as programmes training displaced children to advocate for the Convention on the Rights of the Child in Georgia and to reach out to child combatants in Liberia.

UNICEF has supported the construction of 27 temporary schools in camps for the internally displaced, trained 800 displaced teachers in psycho social counselling and established 18 early childhood development centres.

The loss of parents and family resources has boosted child labor, homelessness, and inclinations towards violence and rebellion.

Another factor that could lead to renewed instances of child abduction are renewed population movements connected with the return of IDPs and refugees to their homes.

In Colombia, many projects promoted greater awareness of IDP children's and adolescents' rights and sought to combat forced recruitment, domestic violence, drug addiction and prostitution.

(a) Situation of displaced persons

Tens of thousands more have become night commuters , travelling nightly by foot from IDP camps to urban centres to avoid abduction.

The downward trend in the number of newly displaced persons continued.

For Russia, the issue is simple because the crisis which has led to more homeless children than after either the Civil War or World War II is so stark.

The Committee is concerned about the extent of the problem of sexual exploitation of and trafficking in children in the State party and notes that internally displaced and street children are particularly vulnerable to such abuse.

The Mental Health Homelessness Initiative created 3,600 units of supportive housing for persons with a mental illness who were homeless or at risk of homelessness.

(k) To ensure the rights and well being of internally displaced persons

The number of displaced persons has slightly decreased.

In Azerbaijan, the situation of children affected by armed conflict remained a challenge. The country had a large number of internal displacements, and there was a need for continued international assistance in improving the living standards of those affected.

However, these efforts have been undermined by a persistent, deep mistrust of the police among the internally displaced population and many non internally displaced civilians.

(h) To ensure the rights and well being of internally displaced persons, returnees and refugee populations

Whole villages were removed and the Gaelic culture of the island devastated.

Returns also continued in Africa.

(e) To guarantee the rights and welfare of persons displaced within the country, repatriates and groups of refugees

Paragraphs 8 and 17 refer to displaced persons.

The conditions in the camps for internally displaced persons are far from perfect.

The Government will implement a comprehensive policy for the welfare of internally displaced persons.

The right to freedom of movement and protection of persons linked with displacement

Humanitarian activities related to the return of IDPs have until now focused mainly on transport assistance and the distribution of return packages, while working groups on sexual violence and child protection have been set up in a number of places.

The conditions for internally displaced populations are compounded by the fact that an estimated one third of the 25 million internally displaced persons are effectively denied access to humanitarian assistance.

These settlements of IDPs are supported by the Government and international agencies.

The number of internally displaced persons among them is currently 1.8 million.

Internationally displaced persons were the primary responsibility of States, as clearly indicated in the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement issued by UNHCR.

The Human Rights Committee (see CCPR CO 81 SEMO) and the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (see CERD C 62 CO 7) have also both raised issues of education of displaced children since the fifty ninth session of the Commission.

The study on the situation of internally displaced persons in the subregion should also be supported

We have noted with interest the encouraging results regarding freedom of movement and the return of displaced populations.

Special attention is due to the growing problem of internally displaced persons.

What we need is international assistance to resettle the displaced people.

Special measures were taken to ensure that internally displaced persons and refugees could register.

The number of internally displaced persons remains stable at close to 1.9 million.

To support the safe and sustainable return of Sudanese internally displaced persons and refugees

Activities in favour of IDPs also included regular visits to IDP camps, joint missions and interviews of IDPs, and cooperation with United Nations peacekeeping missions.

Evictions merely create more homeless people and more vacant homes.

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With some 2 million internally displaced persons, the situation has not improved.