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DEVELOPMENT REPORT

June 3, 2002: Internally Displaced Persons


By Jill Moss 1


31 May 2002, 19:45 UTC
This is the VOA Special English Development Report.


The word “refugee”
describes a person who flees his or her own country because of violence, natural tragedies
or political problems. However, many people do not know about “internally displaced persons”
or I-D-P’s. ID-
P’s are driven from their homes for the same reasons as refugees. Yet, they do not leave their native countries
or cross international borders.


The United States Committee for Refugees estimates there
are about fifteen-million refugees around the world. The
number of internally displaced persons is much higher, as
many as twenty-five -million. Supporters of these homeless
victims are trying to increase public knowledge about their
problem.


When large numbers of refugees cross into other countries,
their arrival usually results in large amounts of international
aid. The receiving country will often ask the United Nations
High Commissioner 2 for Refugees for help in the emergency.
Other U-N agencies and the International Red Cross may also
be asked to help. These relief groups help set up camps, hand
out food and give emergency health care to victims.


Yet, it is often difficult for relief organizations to help I-DP’s.
Their crisis rarely gets international consideration. The
victims often go unprotected and receive little help because
international refugee laws do not apply to them. In fact,
sometimes governments try to keep aid agencies out because they do not want to show any weakness.


The Global I-D-P Project estimates about four-million internally displaced people live in both Angola and Sudan.
There are about two-million I -D-P’s in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In the Americas, Colombia has the
most displaced people with more the two-million. Indonesia leads the list for Asia with as many as two-million ID-
P’
s.


In Nineteen-Fifty-One, the United Nations Refugee Convention clearly defined refugees and demanded that they
be protected. There is no similar document defining internally displaced people. The U -N has released a guide
that describes how I-D-P’s should be treated. The document offers a set of rules for governments and non governmental
organizations to follow in their efforts to help displaced people. Yet, countries are not required to
follow them. International aid organizations hope this changes soon.


This VOA Special English Development Report was written by Jill Moss.


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n.苔,藓,地衣
  • Moss grows on a rock.苔藓生在石头上。
  • He was found asleep on a pillow of leaves and moss.有人看见他枕着树叶和苔藓睡着了。
n.(政府厅、局、处等部门)专员,长官,委员
  • The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
  • He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。
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