Internally Displaced Persons: Lusaka Protocol

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Internally Displaced Persons: Lusaka Protocol

Implementations

Internally Displaced Persons – 1994

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) put the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) at 303,800 for 1994.

Internally Displaced Persons – 1995

The United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III) reported that most IDPs would wait until the April farming season before returning to their homes.1

UNAVEM III reported a slow process of return for IDPs to their areas of origin in 1995. “In mid-October some 700 internally displaced people were transported by the World Food Program (WFF) from Benguela to Huambo in a joint effort by government authorities, United Nations agencies and NGOs.” Overall, they estimated that around 10 percent of the total displaced population of 1.2 million had returned to their homes. The slow rate of return was attributable to security concerns and the rainy season.2

  1. “First Progress Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III),” U.N. Security Council (S/1995/177), March 5, 1995.
  2. “Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III),” U.N. Security Council (S/1995/1012), December 7, 1995.

Internally Displaced Persons – 1996

“The spontaneous return of internally displaced persons continues on a limited scale.”1

It was reported that 1.2 million IDPs in Angola were dependent on food aid and had not yet returned. “[T]he resettlement of internally displaced persons, which was expected to take place on a large scale prior to the 1996/97 agricultural season, did not materialize.”2

  1. “Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III),” U.N. Security Council (S/1996/248), April 4, 1996.
  2. “Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III),” U.N. Security Council (S/1996/827), October 4, 1996.

Internally Displaced Persons – 1997

UNAVEM reported that the resettlement of internally displaced persons continues to be limited. No estimates were given.1

  1. “Progress Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III),” U.N. Security Council (S/1997/438), June 5, 1997.

Internally Displaced Persons – 1998

The Government of Angola and UNITA were at war in 1998 and tens of thousands fled from the violence in the countryside. From April to June, there was a “rapid increase in the number of newly displaced persons, as a result of the high level of insecurity.”1

The United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA) reported in November of 1998 that the number of internally displaced persons in Angola had tripled in the last three months to 331,000 new IDPs.2

The Uppsala Conflict Data Program coded the conflict between the Angolan government and UNITA as reaching the threshold of “war” in 1998 with over 1000 total deaths in the year. Coding for this case stops December 31, 1998.

  1. “Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA),” U.N. Security Council (S/1998/524), June 17, 1998.
  2. “Report of the Secretary-General on the United Nations Observer Mission in Angola (MONUA),” U.N. Security Council (S/1998/1110), November 23, 1998.