Such illegal seizures violently expel people from their land, thereby causing displacement.

Their problems included displacement from their land, poor socio economic development and lack of access to decision making.

No short term measures have been adopted to protect the rights of inhabitants of informal settlements and prevent further displacement.

In certain circumstances, they may be regarded as indigenous peoples but, following their displacement, they will not be indigenous in relation to receiving countries.

The majority of the displaced Tajiks are of rural background and worked in kolkhozes(collective farms) prior to being displaced.

The current death toll is estimated at 500, and over 100,000 people are estimated to have been displaced and left homeless.

On some occasions, internally displaced persons who have returned to their villages of origin to cultivate their fields have been attacked, resulting in their redisplacement back to the refugee camps.

Minorities remained particularly vulnerable to human rights abuses, as did civilians in conflict situations, who were often displaced or became refugees.

Allegations of indiscriminate and excessive use of force, including the use of aerial attacks resulting in non combatant deaths, injuries and displacement, are a major cause of concern.

The deteriorating health and nutritional condition of many of these people, newly displaced by insecurity and lack of food due to drought, has continued to be of grave concern to the United Nations.

Emphasizing that States have the primary responsibility to provide protection and assistance to internally displaced persons within their jurisdiction as well as to address the root causes of the displacement problem in appropriate cooperation with the international community,

Emphasizing that States have the primary responsibility to provide protection and assistance to internally displaced persons within their jurisdiction as well as to address the root causes of the displacement problem in appropriate cooperation with the international community,

In addition, more than 200,000 innocent civilians are estimated to have been displaced within the city, many of them living in substandard conditions and facing severe hardship, even starvation, this winter.

Regarding the population displaced by violence, it was noted that, although the number of new internal displaced persons (IDPs) in 2004 fell as compared to 2003, the total number of IDPs in the country actually increased.

With reference to the population displaced by violence, it was noted that in spite of a slight decrease in the number of new internally displaced persons (IDPs) in 2004 as compared to 2003, the total number of IDPs in Colombia increased in 2004.

However, we continue to be deeply disappointed, because we see yet another country, a Member State of the United Nations, Bosnia and Herzegovina, being subjected to aggression, its land usurped, its population murdered and displaced by the thousand, while the world continues to stand idly by and do nothing but talk instead of taking effective action.