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| Foreword |
Uganda has been handling issues of human displacement for a long time stretching way back during the Second World War when the country hosted the Polish Refugees at Mpumude in the current Mukono district, earlier than any known legal instrument domestic or international catering for human displacement. Since then, to date, Uganda has been hosting Refugees from her neighbouring countries and beyond. Besides refugees crossing international borders, Uganda has also faced the challenge of internal human displacement since 1971 following the Military coup by Idi Amin, through to 1979 when the military government was overthrown. Between 1981 and 1986, the Luweero war displaced over 500,000 people and shortly after, the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) started the rebellion that has gone on in the North for the last 20 years. |
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The African Union, in collaboration
with its key partners, is holding a Special Summit of Heads of State and
Government on Refugees, Returnees
and Internally Displaced Persons in
Africa.
The Government of Uganda
is hosting the
Special Summit, the first ever of its
kind, timely and groundbreaking as the
African Heads of State and
Government are expected to also
adopt the African Convention on the
Protection and Assistance of Internally
Displaced Persons in Africa, the first
ever such Convention in the world. More ...
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| Speeches |
 Rt. Honorable Prime Minister of Uganda
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 Dr. Jean Ping,
Chairperson of the Commission of the African Union |
| I take this opportunity to welcome all of you to Uganda. I wish to thank the African Union for choosing Uganda to host this Extra Ordinary Session of the AU Executive Council and the Summit aimed at searching for durable solutions to the root causes of forced displacement of persons in Africa (download) |
Selon le message lancé le 20 juin dernier à l’occasion de la Journée mondiale du réfugié par Monsieur Le Haut Commissaire des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés dont je salue particulièrement la présence parmi nous... |
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