While a number of different actors have a role to play, not least UNHCR as the designated lead cluster agency for IDP protection, OCHA fully agreed that it was critically important that the Representative, as the principal official within the United Nations system with an express mandate for the protection of human rights of IDPs, provides and is seen to provide moral leadership in drawing attention to and speaking out in situations where States violate the human rights of their internally displaced populations.
While a number of different actors have a role to play, not least UNHCR as the designated lead cluster agency for IDP protection, OCHA fully agreed that it was critically important that the Representative, as the principal official within the United Nations system with an express mandate for the protection of human rights of IDPs, provides and is seen to provide moral leadership in drawing attention to and speaking out in situations where States violate the human rights of their internally displaced populations.