Officials from Salvador and Columbia talked about displacement

IOM and El Salvador’s Office for the Defence of Human Rights (PDDH) have organized a forum on Internal Displacement and Assistance to Victims: The Colombian Experience. The event was designed to share best practices and to promote the discussion of internal displacement in El Salvador, based on the experience of Colombia. It was opened by IOM Chief of Mission in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, Jorge Peraza and Attorney for the Defence of Human Rights in El Salvador, David Ernesto Morales. Participants included officials from the governments of El Salvador and Colombia, international organizations and civil society. (http://www.iom.int)