legal protection.
Prime responsibility for such displaced persons lies
with their government and, as the booklet points out,
without that government's consent it is extremely difficult for anyone to assist them. The League of Red Cross and Crescent Societies (LRCS), the Internationall
Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), UNHCR and voluntary
agencies can all help. The LRCS has a mandate, together
with the National Red Cross Society, to bring relief to
all victims of natural disasters, including those
displaced. The International Committee of the Red Cross
has a mandate to ensure that the victims of armed
conflicts, international or not and of internal
disturbances and tensions, receive (legal) protection and
assistance. The UNHCR has a mandate to provide material
assistance and legal protection to mandate refugees and
to offer its good offices in the assistance of displaced
persons. These three organisations co-operate closely
with one another, the governments concerned and other voluntary agencies to ensure/ as far as possible within
that,
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available resources, the material needs of the displaced
are met. Thus there seems little need for major changes
in the machinery existing to provide material for the
material needs of displaced persons.
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The main problem in Central America lies in the
physical and legal protection of persons displaced as a
result of armed conflict or civil strife. As said above,
the ICRC has a mandate to provide legal assistance
Only