Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons 2009, para. 1
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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,
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Humanitarian
Movement
Person(s) affected
Persons on the move
Year
2009
Paragraph type
PP
Reference
UNGA resolution, Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons (2009), A/RES/64/162, PP 1.