News Articles (continued)
From displacement to resilience: formerly displaced women in South Sudan voice long-term concerns to Panel
2 June 2021
Protracted displacement has far-reaching consequences beyond short-term humanitarian needs. This was underlined by former South Sudanese internally displaced persons (IDPs) in a semi-virtual consultation with the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement.
As disaster displacement rises, Member States reflect on ways forward
11 May 2021
Member States sounded the alarm on disaster displacement in a virtual joint consultation on coordination for solutions and financing on May 11.
In the search for durable solutions: Panel’s roundtable reviews coordination challenges and opportunities
5 May 2021
The UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement convened a third virtual roundtable on 11 May as part of its current phase of testing and refining its recommendations.
Roundtable informs on-going work of Panel on catalytic and long-term financing
29 April 2021
In a virtual expert roundtable on 29 April 2021, representatives of States, international financial institutions (IFIs), UN agencies and NGOs shared their inputs on catalytic and long-term financing for solutions to inform the work of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement.
“Fundamental shift” needed in urban internal displacement response as global urbanization increases
19 April 2021
Leaders and managers of municipalities and urbanization experts called for a “fundamental shift” in internal urban displacement response in a virtual global roundtable that took place on 19 April 2021.
Member States inform Panel on peace and security dimensions of internal displacement
11 March 2021
ąú˛úAV and security cannot be treated as afterthoughts in the search for durable solutions, concluded a consultation with Member States in New York to inform the work of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement.
Press Release: Pacific governments call for urgent action on disaster displacement in light of the climate crisis
11 February 2021
Climate change is not a “doomsday proposition” but a living existential threat to humanity, Pacific government officials have warned.
Joint Panel-EU event on durable solutions stresses the need to break silos across nexus and foster common understanding
10 February 2021
Representatives of Member States, the European Commission, UN agencies and NGOs reflected on the international community’s current approach in addressing internal displacement in an event on “Supporting Nationally Owned Durable Solutions Processes” on February 10.