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First Regional Conference on Internal Displacement in West Africa

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The First Regional Conference on Internal Displacement in West Africa took place in Abuja, Nigeria from 26 to 28 April 2006. The meeting was hosted by the Federal Government of Nigeria and co-sponsored by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), and the Brookings Institution-University of Bern Project on Internal Displacement.
The aim of the conference was to explore the scope and nature of internal displacement in West Africa, the needs and vulnerabilities of the displaced, and national, regional and international responses to the problem. Over 70 participants attended the meeting, representing the ECOWAS governments; the ECOWAS Secretariat; national human rights institutions; the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights; local, regional and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs); donor governments; research institutions; and international organizations including the United Nations (UN).

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Abuja : ., 2006

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