The Panel officially began its work in February 2020, with the support of an Expert Advisory Group and a Secretariat.
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Rector of the College of Europe
Former High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission
Chair of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Former Finance Minister of Rwanda and 7th President of the African Development Bank
CEO of the IKEA Foundation
Senator, former Deputy Prime Minister and former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Director of Fundación Compaz
Former Head of the Victim’s Unit in Colombia and former Advisor to the President of Colombia on Human Rights
Commissioner for the National Disaster Risk Management Commission of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Professor of Sociology and Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs, the Rumbek University of Science and Technology and Chair, Sudd Institute, South Sudan
Member of the UN Secretary- General’s High-Level Advisory Board on Mediation
Former Special Envoy of the President and former Chair of the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission
-Report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement
Throughout its process, the Panel has benefited from the input of stakeholders in the form of written submissions, consultations and discussions, targeted research and more.
-Report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement
The Panel has heard the voices of internally displaced persons (IDPs) and host communities, States, UN agencies, NGOs, Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, International Financial Institutions, regional organizations, the private sector, academic researchers and others.
Here are some of the consultations:
The Panel has submitted its report to the UN Secretary-General on 29 September 2021 with recommendations to States, the international community, civil society and the private sector.
Make solutions a nationally owned, whole-of-government priority
Political will is key and should be catalysed
Ensure the whole of society is invested
Make better use of the capacities of the private sector for solutions
Make the UN fit for purpose and accountable for solutions
Harness international financing for solutions
Strengthen the effective use of internal displacement data
Address the drivers of displacement and reduce displacement risks
Strengthen the quality of protection and assistance to IDPs and host communities
Sustain momentum and ensure robust follow-up
– Donald Kaberuka, Panel Co-chair
– Paula Gaviria, Panel member
– Mitiku Kassa Gutile, Panel member
– Per Heggenes, Panel member
– Nasser Judeh, Panel member
– Sima Samar, Panel member
– Pauline Riak, Panel member
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OCHA/Giles Clarke
OCHA/Ivo Brandau
OCHA/Nicole Lawrence
UNHCR/Martim Gray Pereira
UNHCR/Ruben Salgado Escudero
UNHCR/Oksana Parafeniuk
Photo: UNHCR/Ruben Salgado Escudero
-Report of the UN Secretary-General’s High-Level Panel on Internal Displacement