Francis Deng's visit to Asháninka area
Visit of the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees, Francis Deng, to the Asháninka area in the Central Jungle to inform about the humanitarian situation of the Asháninka people affected by the internal armed conflict.
In 1995, the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees, Francis Deng, visited the Asháninka area in the central jungle of Peru. The purpose of his visit was to raise international awareness of the grave humanitarian situation faced by the Asháninka people as a result of the internal armed conflict. This visit took place in a context where it was estimated that out of 55,000 Asháninka, about 10,000 were forcibly displaced, 6,000 people died and about 5,000 were held captive by the PCP-SL. During the years of the conflict, between 30 and 40 Asháninka communities disappeared.