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Two-year anniversary of the UN Secretary-General’s Action Agenda on Internal Displacement

Joint Statement by Principals of the UN Steering Group on Solutions to Internal Displacement: IOM, OCHA, UNDP, UNDPO, UNDPPA, UNICEF and UNHCR

Joint Statement - 2 year anniversary

UNHCR's Grandi and UN’s Piper call for renewed focus on Mozambique displacement

GENEVA – The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement, Robert Piper, today called for a renewed international commitment to finding solutions for displaced people in Mozambique.

Press Release - Mozambique

UN encouraged by Libya’s progress on finding solutions for remaining internally displaced persons

Since late 2020, the Libyan government has found solutions for 80% of internally displaced persons working with communities to help address their issues.

Press Release - Libya [PDF]

GRID 2023: Robert Piper, Special Adviser to the UN SG on Solutions to Internal Displacement.

IDMC's Global Report on Internal Displacement (GRID) is the world’s most trusted source of data and analysis on the risk, scale and impacts of internal displacement.

Video statement on the GRID 2023

Twenty-five years of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement

A Call to Action: Ending the curse of internal displacement - By Paula Gaviria, Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons and Robert Piper, UN Secretary General’s Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement

Press Release - 25 years

Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement visits Somalia

Baidoa - The United Nations’ top adviser for finding solutions for internally displaced people completed his first visit to Somalia, which included meeting with both senior government officials and displaced Somalis.

Full article - Somalia visit

UN Secretary-General’s Action Agenda on Internal Displacement: Time to lead by example, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons says

OHCHR press release

Secretary-General's video message for the launch of the Action Agenda on Internal Displacement

Full text  Video message (00:01:46)

Joint Statement by the Principals of DCO, IOM, OCHA, UNDP and UNHCR

Joint statement

Secretary-General's Action Agenda on Internal Displacement - Press Conference

New York - launch event of the Action Agenda on Internal Displacement

Press conference video (00:19:36)

Mr. Robert Andrew Piper of Australia - Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on Solutions to Internal Displacement

New York - Statement by the UN Secretary-General announcing the appointment of Mr. Robert Piper.

Statement announcing the appointment