• UN Press Release, International Community Fails Somali Displaced, UN Representative Says, 21 October 2009

• UN Press Release, UN Representative Discusses Freedom of Movement for a Quarter Million Displaced with Sri Lankan Government, 29 September 2009

• UN Press Release, "Additional Efforts Needed to End Displacement in Northern Uganda," Warns UN Representative, 17 July 2009

• UN Press Release, Serious Obstacles Remain for Internally Displaced in Balkans, Warns UN Special Representative, 7 July 2009

• UN Press Release, UN Expert Appeals to Save Lives of Internally Displaced Persons Trapped by Sri Lankan Conflict, 7 April 2009

• UN Press Release, Central African Republic Peace-building Must Include Displaced: Kälin, 12 February 2009

• UN Press Release, Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Calls for the Chadian State to Take Responsibility for the Displaced, 2 February 2009

• UN Press Release, Representative of the Secretary-General's Mission to Timor-Leste, 12 December 2008

• UN Press Release, Representative of the Secretary-General Concerned about Ongoing Forced Displacement in Colombia, 14 November 2008

• UN Press Release, UN Expert on Internally Displaced Persons Says Security is Key to Return, 4 October 2008
• Mission Report

• UN Press Release, UN Expert Calls for Durable and Sustainable Solutions for Those Displaced by Recent Floods in Mozambique, 1 July 2008

• UN Press Release, Representative of UN Secretary-General Concerned about Problems of Displaced Persons and Returnees in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 20 June 2008

• UN Press Release, UN Expert Calls for Renewed Efforts to Protect and Assist Kenya's Internally Displaced Persons as Essential to Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding, 27 May 2008

• UN Press Release, The Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Concludes His Visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, 22 February 2008 (also available in French)
• Mission Report (also available in French)

• UN Press Release, UN Expert Emphasizes Sustainable and Durable Solutions for Sri Lanka's Internally Displaced Persons, 27 December 2007 (available in Sinhala and Tamil)
• Mission Report

• UN Press Release, UN Expert Concerned about Growing Problem of Internal Displacement in Afghanistan, 20 August 2007

• UN Press Release, The Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Concludes Visit to Cote d'Ivoire, 2 July 2007 (available in French)

• UN Press Release, UN Expert on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Concludes His Visit to Azerbaijan, 6 April 2007
• Mission Report

• UN Press Release, The Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Concludes His Visit to the Central African Republic, 2 March 2007 (available in French)
• Conclusions and Recommendations
• Mission Report (currently available in French only)

• UN Press Release, UN Expert Calls for Adoption and Implementation of Georgian National Strategy for Internally Displaced Persons, 18 December 2006 (available in Georgian and Russian)

• Conclusions and Recommendations, October 2006

• Mission Report

• UN Press Release, Special Efforts Now Needed to Implement Uganda's National Policy for Internally Displaced Persons, UN Expert Says, 4 July 2006

• UN Press Release, In Colombia, the Laws and Institutional Framework to Assist IDPs Are Good, but Their Non-Application Affects the Rights of the Internally Displaced, 26 June 2006
• Mission Report (available in Spanish)

• UN Press Release, Côte d'Ivoire Facing Protection Crisis in Terms of Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Expert Says, 25 April 2006
• Mission Report (available in French)

• UN Press Release, UN Expert Voices Concern for Internally Displaced Persons in Georgia, 27 December 2005
• Mission Report

• UN Press Release, Much More Needs to be Done to Ensure Protection of Internally Displaced of Southern Sudan, Rights Expert Says, 17 October 2005
• Mission Report

• UN Press Release, Secretary-General's Representative Urges Flexible Solutions to Internal Displacement in Serbia and Montenegro, 24 June 2005
• Mission Report

• UN Press Release, UN Representative Urges Authorities to Use Human Rights as a Yardstick for Addressing the Remaining Problems of Displacement in Bosnia-Herzegovina, 15 June 2005
• Mission Report

• UN Press Release, UN Representative Urges Croatia to Bring Final Closure to National Issue of Internally Displaced Persons, 8 June 2005
• Mission Report

• UN Press Release, Representative of the UN Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons Sees New Hope for the Internally Displaced Persons in Turkey, 6 May 2005

• UN Press Release, Internally Displaced in Nepal Overlooked and Neglected, UN Expert Says, 22 April 2005
• Mission Report

• Report, Protection of Internally Displaced Persons in Situations of Natural Disaster: A Working Visit to Asia, April 2005

• AU Convention on Internally Displaced: "A Beacon of Hope for 12 Million Africans," Says UN Representative, UN Press Release, 26 October 2009
• The Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Statement by Walter Kälin to the United Nations General Assembly, 26 October 2009
• African Union Convention on Protection and Assistance for Internally Displaced Persons, Statement by Walter Kälin on the occassion of the AU Special Summit on Refugees, Returnees and IDPs, 23 October 2009
• Report of the Representative of the Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons to the United Nations General Assembly, 3 August 209
• Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons in Serbia, Statement by Walter Kälin, Parliament of Serbia, 30 June 2009
• Climate Change, Natural Disasters, and Internal Displacement, Statement by Walter Kälin, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population of the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe, 24 June 2009
• Protracted Displacement in Europe, Statement by Walter Kälin, Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly Debate on Protracted Displacement in Europe, 24 June 2009
• HIV/AIDS and the Protection of the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Statement by Walter Kälin, UNAIDS Coordinating Board Meeting, 22 June 2009
• UN Expert Extremely Concerned about Situation of Displaced in Sri Lanka, UN Press Release, 15 May 2009
• Internal Displacement and the Role of Parliamentarians in Times of Crises, Statement by Walter Kälin, 120th Assembly Meeting of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, Addis Ababa, 9 April 2009
• Human Rights and Internal Displacement, Statement by the Representative to the Human Rights Council, 12 March 2009 
• UN Human Rights Expert Fears More Displacement in Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, UN Press Release, 27 January 2009
• The Future of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Article by Walter Kälin, Forced Migration Review, December 2008
• UN Expert Calls on Parties to the Sri Lankan Conflict to Better Protect the Displaced, UN Press Release, 23 December 2008
• UN Human Rights Experts Concerned about Serious Human Rights Violations in Eastern DRC, UN Press Release, 28 November 2008
• Protracted Displacement in Europe: Perspectives and Solutions, Statement of the Representative to the Council of Europe, Parliamentary Assembly, Committee on Migration, Refugees and Population, Geneva, 26 November 2008
• Renewed Effort Needed to Help the Displaced, Opinion by Walter Kälin, The Irish Times, 30 October 2008
• Taking Stock and Moving Forward, Statement by Walter Kälin to the United Nations General Assembly, Third Committee, New York, 27 October 2008
• Strengthening the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Opinion by Walter Kälin, Brookings-Bern Project on Internal Displacement, 16 October 2008
• Finding Durable Solutions for Sri Lanka's Displaced, Statement by Walter Kälin at the National Consultations on IDPs and Durable Solutions, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 23 September 2008
• UN Expert on Internally Displaced Persons Concerned about the Situation in Georgia, UN Press Release, 14 August 2008
• The Climate Change - Displacement Nexus, Statement by Walter Kälin to the ECOSOC Panel on Disaster Risk Reduction and Preparedness: Addressing the Humanitarian Consequences of Natural Disasters, 16 July 2008
• Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons: An Essential Dimension of Peacebuilding, Statement of the Representative to the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission Working Group on Lessons Learned, New York, 13 March 2008
• Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons: An Essential Dimension of Peacebuilding, Briefing Paper sutbmitted to the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission Working Group on Lessons Learned Meeting, 13 March 2008
• A Human Rights Perspective for Natural Disasters, Statement by Walter Kälin, Brookings Institution Seminar - Fires, Floods, Earthquakes and Tsunamis: A Human Rights Perspective for Major Natural Disasters, 14 January 2008
• Special Procedures Mandate Holders Deeply Concerned by Situation in Kenya, Statement by Walter Kälin and other Mandate Holders, 4 January 2008
• Deteriorating Situation in Sri Lanka, Interview of Walter Kälin, U.N. Radio, 4 January 2008
• Promotion and Protection of Human Rights - Review, Rationalization and Improvements of Mandates, Statement to the 6th Session of the UN Human Rights Council, 13 December 2007
• Legal Aspects of Return of Internally Displaced Persons and Refugees to Abkhazia, Georgia, Statement to the Panel on the Legal Aspects of Return of IDPs and Refugees to Abkhazia, Georgia, United Nations, 29 November 2007
• Statement to the 62nd Session of the General Assembly, Third Committee by RSG Walter Kälin, 29 October 2007
• Statement on IDPs in Afghanistan— "UN highlights conflict's impact on civilians, IRIN News, 17 August 2007
• A Tragedy of Increasing Proportions: Internal Displacement in Iraq, Forced Migration Review, Special Issue, June 2007
• Statement of the Representative at The International Conference on Addressing the Humanitarian Needs of Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons inside Iraq and in Neighbouring Countries, 18 April 2007
• Statement of the Representative to the 4th Session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, 20 March 2007
• The Future of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Forced Migration Review, Special Edition, December 2006
• Statement by the Representative at the Presentation of the Draft of the National Strategy for Internally Displcaed Persons in Georgia, Tbilisi, 15 December 2006
• Address by the Representative at the Launch of the Migration and Internally Displaced Population Survey, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, 6 December 2006
• Statement of the Representative to the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights, 18 November 2006
• Statement of the Representative to the 61st Session of the General Assembly, Third Committee, 23 October 2006
• Statement of the Representative to the Human Rights Council, Second Session, 19 September 2006
• "Internal Displacement and the Protection of Property," Swiss Human Rights Book, Volume 1, July 2006
• UN Human Rights Experts Urge Parties to the Current Conflict in the Middle East to Fully Respect and Protect the Rights of the Civilian Populations, 21 July 2006
• Statement of the Representative to the Forum Asia Training Workshop and Consultation on Internally Displaced Persons in South Asia, 13 July 2006
• Opening Statement of the Representative to the Workshop on the Implementation of Uganda's National Policy for Internally Displaced Persons, Kampala, Uganda, 3-4 July 2006
• RSG Kälin Calls on All Actors to Halt Forced Displacement in Eastern Chad, 26 June 2006
• Keynote Address to IOM Colloquium on Political Participation of IDPs, 13 June 2006
• "Georgia Must Act on Promises to End Displacement Crisis," Forced Migration Review #25, May 2006
• Statement to the 39th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights, Banjul, The Gambia, 12 May 2006
• Opening Statement of the Representative to the First Regional Conference on Internal Displacement in West Africa, Abuja, Nigeria, 24-26 April 2006
• Keynote Address at the Panel on Internal Displacement and the Marsh Arabs of Iraq, AMAR Foundation Conference, London, 1 March 2006
• What Remains to Be Done in the Balkans, International Herald Tribune, 22 December 2005
• Relief and Rehabilitation Efforts Remain Problematic One Year After Asian Tsunami, Say UN Experts, 19 December 2005
• Keynote Address to First National Multi-Stakeholders' Forum on Promoting & Protecting the Rights of IDPs, Philippines, 9 December 2005
• Keynote Address to Asian Development Bank Regional Workshop, Philippines, 8 December 2005
• Time to Strengthen Protection of IDPs, Forced Migration Review, November 2005
• Donors Must Meet International Responsibilities to Survivors of the South Asia Earthquake, UN Experts Warn, 21 November 2005
• The Role of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Forced Migration Review, October 2005
• UN Representative Calls Zimbabwe Crisis Massive Internal Displacement, 29 July 2005
• Natural Disasters and IDPs' Rights, Forced Migration Review Special edition, July 2005
• UN Human Rights Experts Deplore Recent Killings During Relocation of Displaced Persons in Sudanese Capital, 20 May 2005
• The Voting Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Statement to the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Challenges of Election Technologies and Procedures, Vienna, 21-22 April 2005
• UN Human Rights Expert Deplores Ongoing Displacement in Darfur, 11 November 2004
• Statement of Representative at Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting, 4 November 2004

UN Reports Given by the Representative

• Question & Answer Session on Darfur, The Washington Post, 18 August 2004
• UN Press Release, UN Expert Says Comprehensive Settlement Needs to Address Root Causes of Displacement in Darfur and all Sudan, 2 August 2004
• UN Press Release, Secretary-General's Representatives Welcome Appointment of African Rapporteurs on Human Rights Defenders and Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons, 14 June 2004
• UN Press Release, Secretary-General's Representative Congratulates Peru on New IDP Law, 3 June 2004
• The Plight of the Internally Displaced: A Challenge to the International Community, UN High Level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, 8 April 2004
• UN Press Release, Generous Response to Needs of Those Displaced by Earthquake in Iran Urged by Representative, 30 December 2003
• The Role of National and International Protection in Internal Displacement, OSCE Informal Briefing, 27 October 2003
• Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Internally Dispalced Persons Concludes His Visit to the Russian Federation, 15 September 2003
• UN Press Release, Statement on Visit to Uganda, 15 August 2003
• Representative of UN Secretary-General Calls for Swift Action to Ensure Protection and Assistance for IDPs in Liberia, 4 August 2003
• The OSCE and Internal Displacement in the Caucasus, Testimony before the U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, 10 June 2003
• UN Press Release, UN Representative Calls for Action on Displaced in Iraq, 16 May 2003
• Statement by Dr. Francis M. Deng at the Meeting to Launch the Spanish Edition of the Handbook on Applying the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, Bogota, Colombia, 5 December 2002. Statement also available in Spanish
• The Global Launch of the 2003 UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals, 19 November 2002
• UN Press Release, Representative of UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons Concludes Visit to Philippines, 13 November 2002
• Statement by Dr. Francis M. Deng at the International Seminar on Displacement: Implications and Challenges for Governance, Democracy and Peace. Colombia, September 2002
• UN Press Release, Representative of UN Secretary-General Concludes Visit to Mexico, 28 August 2002
• UN Press Release, Secretary-General's Representative on Internally Displaced Persons Concludes Visit to Turkey, 5 June 2002. Turkish Translation
• "Following the Danforth Report: Defining the Next Step on the Path to Peace in Sudan," House Committee on International Relations (PDF— 642 KB), June 2002
• UN Press Release, UN Officials Concerned with Internal Displacement Call for Immediate Humanitarian Access to the Displaced and Other Vulnerable Groups in Afghanistan, 16 November 2001
• Reaching the Vulnerable: the Global Launch of the 2002 UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals, Helsinki, Finland, 27 November 2001
• Statement at OSCE 2001 Implementation Meeting, Freedom of Movement: Human Rights and Humanitarian Issues. Delivered by Simon Bagshaw, Warsaw, Poland, September 2001
• International and National Responses to the Plight of IDPs, with Dennis McNamara, in Forced Migration Review #10, April 2001
• Statement at Global Launch of the United Nations Inter-Agency Consolidated Appeals for 2001, Oslo, Norway, 29 November 2000
• The Global Challenge of Internal Displacement, Grand Inaugural Colloquium of the Institute for Global Legal Studies, Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, MO, 18 November 2000
• UN Press Release, Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons Concludes Visit to Angola, 10 November 2000
• Keynote Address, OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Migration and Internal Displacement. Vienna, Austria, 25 September 2000
• Internal Displacement in Colombia, International Seminar on the Evaluation of the Pastrana Government's Policy on Human Rights: Agenda to Overcome the Human Rights Crisis in Colombia, delivered by Gimena Sanchez. Bogota, Colombia, 7 September 2000
• The Consolidated Appeals and IDPs: the Degree to Which UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeals for the Year 2000 Support Internally Displaced Populations, August 2000
• Displaced in Azerbaijan, The New York Times, 28 July 2000
• Statement, Fifth Meeting of the Steering Group of the Regional Conference to Address the Problems of Refugees, Displaced Persons, Other Forms of Involuntary Displacement and Returnees in the Countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States and Relevant Neighbouring States, Geneva, 13 July 2000
• Statement by Dr. Francis M. Deng, CODHES International Seminar on Displacement: Conflict, Peace, and Development, Bogota, Colombia. Delivered in Spanish by Gimena Sanchez, 30 May 2000
• IDPs in Africa, UN OCHA Integrated Regional Information Network for Southern Africa [IRIN-SA], 19 May 2000
• Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons Concludes Visit to Georgia, 17 May 2000
• Human Security and the Global Challenge of Internal Displacement, Summary of Keynote Address to the Ministerial Meeting on Human Security. Lucerne, Switzerland, 11 May 2000
• UN Press Release, Representative of the UN Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons Shares Findings of His Mission to East Timor, 1 March 2000
• Foreward to War Brought Us Here: Protecting Children Displaced Within Their Own Countries (Save the Children Fund-UK, 2000).
• IDPs: The Hot Issue for a New Millennium, Refugees Magazine Issue 117, December 1999
• UN Press Release, Representative of the UN Secretary General on Internally Displaced Persons Calls on the Russian Federation to Observe the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, 20 December 1999
• Don't Overlook Colombia's Humanitarian Crisis, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 October 1999
• UN Press Release, United Nations Experts Call on Indonesia to Ensure Protection of Rights of East Timorese, 8 September 1999
• Out of Sight, Out of Mind, The Washington Post, 30 April 1999
• "Flocks Without Shepherds: The International Dilemma of Internal Displacement", Rights Have No Borders: Worldwide Internal Displacement, Global IDP Survey of the Norwegian Refugee Council, 1998. Available from the Norwegian Refugee Council (http://www.nrc.no)
• Reintegration and Development for Internally Displaced Women and Children, presented by Roberta Cohen on behalf of Francis Deng at the Organization of African Unity Seminar on Enhancing the Participation of Returnees, Refugees and Internally Displaced Women and Children in Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Peace-Building. Addis Ababa, October 1998
• Exodus Within Borders: The Uprooted Who Never Left Home, with Roberta Cohen, Foreign Affairs, July/August 1998
• Statement presented on Human Rights and Forced Displacement, Centre for Refugee Studies, York University, 7-9 May 1998
• Interview in Human Rights Tribune, June 1997
  Copies of this interview can be obtained by emailing hri@hri.ca

Books 

A Strategic Vision for Africa: The Kampala Movement, by Francis M. Deng and I. William Zartman, Brookings Institution Press, 2002
Masses in Flight: The Global Crisis of Internal Displacement, by Roberta Cohen and Francis M. Deng, Brookings Institution Press, 1998
The Forsaken People, edited by Roberta Cohen and Francis M. Deng, Brookings Institution Press, 1998
African Reckoning: A Quest for Good Governance, edited by Francis M. Deng and Terrence Lyons, Brookings Institution Press, 1998
War of Visions: Conflict of Identities in the Sudan, by Francis M. Deng, Brookings Institution Press, 1995
Protecting the Dispossessed: A Challenge for the International Community, by Francis M. Deng, Brookings Institution Press, 1993
The Challenges of Famine Relief: Emergency Operations in the Sudan, by Francis M. Deng and Larry Minear, 1992
Conflict Resolution in Africa, edited by Francis M. Deng and I. William Zartman, Brookings Institution Press, 1991
Human Rights in Africa: Cross-Cultural Perspectives, edited by Abdullahi Ahmed an-Naim and Francis M. Deng, Brookings Institution Press, 1990

UN Reports

Report on Darfur to the United Nations, Summer 2004
Profile on Displacement: Indonesia, 15 February 2002
Statement of the Representative of the Secretary General on Internally Displaced Persons to the 56th Session of the General Assembly, November 2001
Profiles in Displacement: Angola, 25 January 2001
Statement by the Representative of the Secretary General on Internally Displaced Persons to the 55th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights, April 1999
Profiles in Displacement: Azerbaijan, 25 January 1999
Profiles in Displacement: Tajikistan, 24 October 1996