A/HRC/RES/14/6
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
23 June 2010
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fourteenth session
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council*
14/6
Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of
internally displaced persons
The Human Rights Council,
Recalling all previous resolutions on internally displaced persons adopted by the
General Assembly, the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council,
including Assembly resolution 64/162 of 18 December 2009 and Council resolution 6/32 of
14 December 2007,
Recalling also General Assembly resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 on the
strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United
Nations and the Guiding Principles annexed thereto,
Recalling further Council resolutions 5/1, on the institution-building of the United
Nations Human Rights Council, and 5/2, on the code of conduct for special procedures
mandate holders of the Council, of 18 June 2007, and stressing that the mandate holder
shall discharge his/her duties in accordance with those resolutions and the annexes thereto,
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,
Welcoming the adoption, on 22 October 2009, of the African Union Convention on
the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, which marks a
significant step towards strengthening the national and regional normative framework for
the protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons,
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GE.10-14569
The resolutions and decisions adopted by the Human Rights Council will be contained in the report of
the Council on its fourteenth session (A/HRC/14/37), chap. I.