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High Commissioner for Refugees, earthquake that struck Morocco and
while there is no specific body the floods that struck Yemen were also
specialized in protecting internally recorded. Especially since some
displaced persons, so responsibility is countries in the region suffer from
divided. Several institutions provide internal displacement in a complex
support to them, such as the Red manner, such as Syria, which is still
Crescent and the World Health grappling with one of the largest
Organization. The rights of internally protracted internal displacement cases
displaced persons are enshrined in in the world - 7.2 million displaced
international human rights law and people by the end of 2023, a 6 percent
international humanitarian law. increase from 2022. The effects of
However, peace operations must conflicts were multiplied by
include a specific focus on internally earthquakes, which in turn affected
displaced people since their needs development and infrastructure. In
often differ from those of refugees and addition to Libya, where the
other war-affected populations. population of Derna was already in a
In the Middle East, the total number fragile situation as a result of conflict
of internally displaced people reached and repeated violence, and with the
15.3 million, an all-time high. About collapse of two dams, the governorate
5.4 million internally displaced people was flooded, resulting in more internal
were recorded across the Middle East displacement.
and North Africa. After three years in With the launching of the Arab
which conflict-related displacement Strategy for Youth, Peace and Security
declined, it increased more than eight- in Jordan last August, which aims to
fold between 2022 and 2022. And develop the role of youth in peace-
2023. This is due to the Israeli building processes and overcome
aggression on Gaza, which alone religious, ethnic and sectarian
caused 3.4 million internally displaced differences while establishing peace in
people, according to the Global the region, I would like to propose
Report on Internal Displacement some recommendations, as internally
GRID. Cases of internal displacement displaced people rarely participate
were also recorded in Syria, Lebanon, directly in peace processes due to فhe
Yemen, Iraq and Libya. Cases of formal and high-level nature of these
displacement resulting from disasters processes, the lack of skills and
such as the capacities to participate, and
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