The third lesson learned is the need to coordinate policies internally.

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that about one million IDPs have spontaneously returned home in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

The Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimated that in 2005 some 13 million of the world's 25 million internally displaced persons were in 21 countries in Africa.

The mine risk education field teams of the UNMEE Mine Action Coordination Centre focused their community based outreach activities on internally displaced persons who were returning to the Shilalo region in Sector West.

Internally displaced persons

UNMIS staff monitor the Government sponsored tribal reconciliation process and together with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and African Union Mission in the Sudan (AMIS) police, facilitate dialogue between internally displaced persons and local police.

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Internally displaced persons

The UNMEE Mine Action Coordination Centre's Mine Risk Education field teams focused their outreach activities on the recently returned internally displaced persons in Sector West, in accordance with the priorities established in collaboration with the Eritrean authorities.

Refugee and internally displaced children

They will not become internally displaced persons.

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.

Refugee and internally displaced children

This process is known as internalization.

Refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons

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Internally displaced persons in Africa

Return of refugees and internally displaced persons

Human rights of internally displaced persons

The internally displaced persons continue to suffer.

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Addendum

Following a request for contributions from relevant agencies, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and the Representative of the Secretary General on the human rights of internally displaced persons provided comments.

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

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Iran is also internally divided.

Returns of refugees and displaced persons

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13. Emphasizes the central role of the Emergency Relief Coordinator for the inter agency coordination of protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, and notes with appreciation the work of the Inter Agency Internal Displacement Division within the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat

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

Fragmentation also affects societies internally.

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

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.

C. Harmonization of international recommendations

B. Harmonization of international recommendations