Event

08 April 2025

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New York City, USA

Expert-level briefing in New York

IDMC director briefs government and UN representatives on the state of internal displacement. 

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Alexandra Bilak, IDMC Director, presents the state of internal displacement and solutions to address it to representatives of Permanent Missions and UN agencies at the Permanent Mission of Switzerland in New York, 8 April 2025. (c) Permanent Mission of Switzerland 

8 April 2025

Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations

New York, United States

 

IDMC Director Alexandra Bilak discussed the current state of internal displacement globally with representatives from more than a dozen countries and UN agencies at an invitation-only event hosted by the Permanent Mission of Switzerland to the United Nations in New York.  

Ms. Bilak provided an overview based on IDMC data and analysis of the scale, drivers and impacts of internal displacement globally and reflected on the solutions to be brought to this issue. The conversation continued with discussion about how to maintain progress in addressing internal displacement in the current political and funding environment, including the value of quality data and how to preserve it and opportunities to advance integrated policy and financing.