The Government Information Center

Internally Displaced Persons Desk

Consultant Mr Suntharalingum is in charge of this desk. The main objectives of are:

• To visit the internally displaced persons in their camps.
• To discuss their problems in their day to day life and coordinate with the relevant authorities.
• To report to the Government and Relief Agencies in order to help them to return to their homeland.
• To make the parties aware of the Deng Guiding Principles on internal displacement as Deng Principles applyto displacement due to natural as well as man made disasters.
• To help the IDPs to get their legal documents, such as Birth certificates, Identity Cards, etc.