The Commission said a further $425,000 would be set aside for "vulnerable, displaced populations" in the north and west.

They form part of a displaced population of nearly 700,000.

The main liability now for the rebels is the displaced civilian population.

During the Continuation War some 260,000 of the displaced population returned home.

Shelters were being constructed that should be able to hold most of the displaced population.

Only 1% of the total Iraqi displaced population was estimated to be in the Western countries.

Some 4.4 million southern Sudanese have been driven from their homes, the largest displaced population in the world.

That makes more than six million people, one of the biggest displaced populations in the world.

We are therefore dealing here with a displaced population seeking protection in more peaceful areas.

Inside Rwanda, the internally displaced population were at risk of famine.