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In Focus: Action Agenda on Internal Displacement

Following the report of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement, the Secretary-General decided to develop an Action Agenda on Internal Displacement that would set out steps to better resolve, prevent, and address internal displacement crises.

The Action Agenda includes 31 concrete commitments by the UN system, and also makes calls to Member States, International Financial Institutions, and other actors.

Factsheet: Second Anniversary of the Action Agenda and Joint Statement

More on the Action Agenda

 

Photo: A young girl stands by her tent in the Warga Dalal camp in Zakho, northern Iraq. ©OCHA/Iason Athanasiadi

About Us

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Background

The Office of the Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement was established to mobilize action on protracted displacement and catalyze a change in approach in how the UN system and other actors engage on this issue.

 

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One photo is of the UN Secretary-General with Mr. Piper, another is of Mr. Piper at a press briefing.

Special Adviser

Mr. Robert Piper took up the post of the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement in June 2022. Prior to taking up this post, Mr. Piper served as Assistant Secretary-General for Development Coordination.

 

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Launch of the Action Agenda

The United Nations Secretary-General’s Action Agenda on Internal Displacement was launched on 24 June 2022. In 2024, on the occasion of the second anniversary of the Action Agenda, a Factsheet is released.

 

Message from the UN Secretary-General on the Action Agenda on Internal Displacement. (00:01:46)

 

Press Conference by Mr. Robert Piper, the Secretary-General's Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement, on the launch of the Secretary-General's Action Agenda on Internal Displacement. (00:19:36)

 

Launch of the Action Agenda. The UN Secretary-General, senior UN leaders, Ambassadors, a former member of the UN Secretary-General's High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement, and IDPs themselves talk about the Action Agenda; reflecting on how we reached this moment, why the Action Agenda is so important, and next steps from here. (00:42:54)

Latest updates

Sep
24
2024
2024 Global Report on Internal Displacement

2024 Global Report on Internal Displacement

The 2024 edition presents data and analysis behind the 75.9 million people living in internal displacement as of the end of 2023 and includes insights into the risk, scale and impacts of internal displacement.

IDMC's 2024 GRID report

June
24
2024
Joint Statement

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

March
8
2024
Press Release

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