United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/64/162
Distr.: General
17 March 2010
Sixty-fourth session
Agenda item 69 (b)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 18 December 2009
[on the report of the Third Committee (A/64/439/Add.2 (Part II))]
64/162. Protection of and assistance to internally
displaced persons
The General Assembly,
Recalling that internally displaced persons are persons or groups of persons
who have been forced or obliged to flee or to leave their homes or places of habitual
residence, in particular as a result of or in order to avoid the effects of armed
conflict, situations of generalized violence, violations of human rights or natural or
human-made disasters, and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State
border, 1
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Recognizing that internally displaced persons are to enjoy, in full equality, the
same rights and freedoms under international and domestic law as do other persons
in their country,
Deeply disturbed by the alarmingly high numbers of internally displaced
persons throughout the world, for reasons including armed conflict, violations of
human rights and natural or human-made disasters, who receive inadequate
protection and assistance, and conscious of the serious challenges that this is
creating for the international community,
Recognizing that natural disasters are a cause of internal displacement, and
concerned about factors, such as climate change, that are expected to exacerbate the
impact of natural hazards, and climate-related slow-onset events,
Recognizing also that the consequences of hazards can be prevented or
substantially mitigated by integrating disaster risk reduction strategies into national
development policies and programmes,
Conscious of the human rights and humanitarian dimensions of the problem of
internally displaced persons, including in long-term displacement situations, and the
responsibilities of States and the international community to strengthen further their
protection and assistance,
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See Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement (E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, annex), introduction, para. 2.
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