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UN envoy for Internally Displaced persons in Burundi

    NAIROBI

    The UN Secretary-General's Representative on Internally Displaced Persons(IDPs) Francis M Deng is currently on a five-day visit to Burundi at the government's invitation, a statement from the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said. "The purpose of the visit is to ascertain developments since his last visit," it said.

    Deng is also making the visit at the request of international humanitarian and development agencies and NGOs concerned about the plight of the internally displaced of Burundi which has reportedly affected 12 per cent of the population - some 800,000 people.

    Deng is set to meet Burundian President Pierre Buyoya, government
    officials, the donor and diplomatic communities, UN agencies and NGOs besides visiting a number of IDP camps. His first visit to the country was in 1994.

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