30.03.1998

OHR Reconstruction and Return, March 1998

RRTF: Report March 1998

An Action Plan in support of the return of refugees and displaced persons in Bosnia and Herzegovina

March 1998

Annex 1 – Definitions

Refugees:
Persons originating from Bosnia and Herzegovina, currently hosted in third countries, with refugee status as defined by international law.
Displaced Persons:
Persons having left their place of origin as a result of war or persecutions and currently accommodated in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Repatriation:
Return of refugees to Bosnia and Herzegovina, regardless of their place of destination within the country.
Return:
Return of refugees and/or displaced persons to their place of origin.
Relocation:
Reintegration of refugees or displaced persons in areas different from their places of origin.
Durable Solutions:
Resident status in third countries; resettlement in third countries (incl. naturalization); repatriation.
Minority Return:
Return to areas controlled by a ethnic group other than the returnees’.
Majority Return:
Return to areas controlled by the returnees’ ethnic group.
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