This strategy features in the framework of Agenda 21 as formulated at UNCED (Rio de Janeiro, 1992), now coordinated by the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development and implemented through national and local authorities.
In 1993, the Sierra Leone Red Cross and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies commenced a resettlement and rehabilitation programme for displaced people.
In 1993, the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) various activities in the former Soviet Union and the former Yugoslavia included among others, processing emigrants for resettlement abroad, and placement in countries of temporary protection.