Durable solutions for internally displaced persons: advancing the agenda: addressing the role of humanitarian and development actors in achieving durable solutions for internally displaced persons through peacebuilding in the aftermath of conflict 2013, para. 31
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In the 1980s, international efforts to bridge the gap between relief and development assistance included the UNHCR refugee aid and development approach, applied through the International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa, in 1981, and the Second International Conference on Assistance to Refugees in Africa, in 1984. It was followed by the International Conference on Central American Refugees process, launched in 1989 with the aim of supporting durable solutions for Central American refugees and internally displaced persons. According to UNDP, UNHCR and the World Bank, the conferences "demonstrated and to large extent created awareness and recognition that displacement has development challenges which can only be addressed by linking relief and development".6 The Development Programme for Displaced Persons, Refugees and Returnees in Central America complemented the Central American process and was seen as a "successful programme with UNDP playing a prominent role in engaging development actors".6 Although the longer-term success of the International Conference on Central American Refugees and the Development Programme for Displaced Persons, Refugees and Returnees in Central America processes has been questioned, the latter model was subsequently adjusted and replicated in numerous countries.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Governance & Rule of Law
Humanitarian
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Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2013
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Internally Displaced Persons, Report to the UNGA (2013), A/68/225, para. 31.