SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPRESENTATIVE ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN VISIT TO UGANDA

11 August 2003





The Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons, Dr. Francis M. Deng, will visit Uganda from 11 to 15 August 2003 at the invitation of the Government.

The mission should allow the Representative to study the situation of internal displacement in the country and to conduct a dialogue with the Government, international agencies, non-governmental organizations and other relevant actors aimed at ensuring effective responses to internal displacement in Uganda.

Dr. Deng will hold meetings in the capital Kampala as well as in the north of the country, where he is also scheduled to visit a number of camps hosting internally- displaced persons.

Dr. Deng has been the Representative of the Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons since 1992, at the recommendation of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights .



***