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People's Daily Online, China
Sept 11 2010
UN chief's representative to visit Georgia, Armenia on IDP
issue12:41, September 11, 2010
A representative of the United Nations secretary-general is scheduled
to visit Georgia and Armenia on a fact-finding mission about the
internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Walter Kalin's scheduled visit starts on Monday and concludes on
Saturday next week, according to information disseminated by the UN
Tbilisi office on Friday.
Kalin has visited the South Caucasus region before. A professor with
the University of Bern, Kalin has been working since 2004 as the UN
chief's representative on the human rights of IDPs.
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in August said that it was concerned
with the evictions of IDPs living in collective centers and shelters
in Tbilisi. The agency said that Georgia's IDP issue dates back to
over 15 years ago and there are some 100,000 long- standing IDPs in
the country.
In July and August, police reportedly evicted hundreds of IDPs from
state-owned buildings in the Georgian capital and the evictions set
off a series of protesting rallies in town.
According to local authorities, IDP families are being offered either
financial compensation or alternative housing. But the evicted IDPs
argue that the government-offered accommodation in rural areas lacks
employment opportunities.
The Georgian Public Defender's Office found in late August that some
alternative housing was not supplied with natural gas or electricity.
Source: Xinhua
From: A. Papazian
Sept 11 2010
UN chief's representative to visit Georgia, Armenia on IDP
issue12:41, September 11, 2010
A representative of the United Nations secretary-general is scheduled
to visit Georgia and Armenia on a fact-finding mission about the
internally displaced persons (IDPs).
Walter Kalin's scheduled visit starts on Monday and concludes on
Saturday next week, according to information disseminated by the UN
Tbilisi office on Friday.
Kalin has visited the South Caucasus region before. A professor with
the University of Bern, Kalin has been working since 2004 as the UN
chief's representative on the human rights of IDPs.
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) in August said that it was concerned
with the evictions of IDPs living in collective centers and shelters
in Tbilisi. The agency said that Georgia's IDP issue dates back to
over 15 years ago and there are some 100,000 long- standing IDPs in
the country.
In July and August, police reportedly evicted hundreds of IDPs from
state-owned buildings in the Georgian capital and the evictions set
off a series of protesting rallies in town.
According to local authorities, IDP families are being offered either
financial compensation or alternative housing. But the evicted IDPs
argue that the government-offered accommodation in rural areas lacks
employment opportunities.
The Georgian Public Defender's Office found in late August that some
alternative housing was not supplied with natural gas or electricity.
Source: Xinhua
From: A. Papazian