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Dennis McNamara

World’s 25 million displaced people pose toughest challenge for aid efforts – UN official

10 February 2006
Ousted from their homes by violence and conflict, the 25 million people living in limbo within the borders of their own nations remain the toughest assignment for the humanitarian community, a senior United Nations relief official said today.

Annan selects Swiss legal professor to uphold rights of internally displaced

22 September 2004
Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed a legal professor from Switzerland with a long record of human rights advocacy as his Representative on the human rights of the world's 24.6 million internally displaced persons (IDPs).

On-site visits key to assessing plight of internally displaced, UN rights body told

12 April 2001
A United Nations expert on internally displaced persons said today that country visits were "critical" to his work, and urged the Organization to find a way of engaging those governmental authorities who refuse visits by UN investigators to change their minds.