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dialogue with Governments and issuing a series of reports on particular country situations, together with
proposals for remedial measures,
Welcoming the request made by the Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution 1997/39 of
11 April 1997,2 to the Secretary-General to ensure the rapid publication and the wide dissemination of
the compilation and analysis of legal norms prepared by his representative,
Welcoming also the decision by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee to extend a standing invitation
to the representative of the Secretary-General on internally displaced persons to participate in its meetings
and those of its subsidiary bodies, and encouraging further strengthening of this collaboration in order to
promote better assistance, protection and development strategies for internally displaced persons,
Recalling its resolution 50/195 of 22 December 1995,
1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the representative of the Secretary-General on
internally displaced persons;3
2. Commends the representative of the Secretary-General for the activities undertaken so far, despite
the limited resources available to him, and for the catalytic role he continues to play in raising the level
of consciousness about the plight of internally displaced persons;
3. Encourages the representative of the Secretary-General to continue his analysis of the causes of
internal displacement, the needs of those displaced, measures of prevention and ways to increase
protection, assistance and solutions for internally displaced persons;
4. Also encourages the representative of the Secretary-General to continue to pay specific attention
in his review to the protection and assistance needs of women and children, bearing in mind the relevant
strategic objective in the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action of the Fourth World Conference
on Women;4
5. Looks forward to the comprehensive study being prepared by the representative of the SecretaryGeneral to promote a comprehensive strategy for better protection, assistance and development for
internally displaced persons;
6. Welcomes Commission on Human Rights resolution 1997/39,2 in which the Commission
encouraged the representative of the Secretary-General to continue, on the basis of his compilation and
analysis of legal norms, to develop a comprehensive framework for the protection of internally displaced
persons, and takes note of his preparations for guiding principles to this end;
2
See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1997, Supplement No. 3 (E/1997/23),
chap. II, sect. A.
3
A/52/506, annex.
4
Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations
publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.
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