A/HRC/10/13 page 5 implement the Guiding Principles as a regional framework for providing protection and assistance to IDPs in the Great Lakes Region.9 States parties also assume the obligation to enact national legislation to domesticate the Guiding Principles and to provide a legal framework for their implementation. 8. More recently, the African Union has finalized the text of a convention for the protection and assistance of internally displaced persons in Africa, to be considered and hopefully adopted by the heads of State and Government in Kampala, at the African Union Special Summit on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa in April 2009. This would be a tremendous victory for the millions of displaced on the African continent and constitute an important example of leadership on human rights. 9. Having closely followed and supported the development of the African Union convention, the Representative notes with appreciation that - as the representative of the African Union Commission at the Oslo conference put it - the Guiding Principles were one of the documents that “greatly inspired the soon-to-be-adopted African Union convention”.10 The Representative strongly hopes that this will also be reflected in the final text. 10. In the Americas, resolution 2417 adopted by the Organization of American States on 3 June 2008 urges member States to consider using the Guiding Principles as a basis for their plans, policies, and programmes in support of IDPs and to continue to consider implementing them in their domestic law or policies.11 11. Recommendation 2006 (6) of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, which builds on the work of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council and which arguably remains the most authoritative statement on the protection of IDPs in Europe contains a similar recommendation.12 The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) has recognized that the principles provide “a useful framework” for its work in dealing with internal displacement.13 9 Art. 6, para. 1. 10 See speech by Macrine Majanya, “The Guiding Principles and the challenge of forced displacement in Africa. The response of the African Union”, available at http://www.internal-displacement.org/gp10. 11 Organization of American States General Assembly, AG/RES.2417 (XXXVIII-O/08): Internally Displaced Persons (2008), paras. 2 and 3. 12 See recommendation Rec (2006) 6 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on internally displaced persons (adopted on 5 April 2006); recommendation 1631 of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: Internal Displacement in Europe (adopted on 25 November 2003). 13 OSCE Ministerial Council decision No. 4/03 on tolerance and non-discrimination (December 2003), para. 13.