A/HRC/10/13 page 25 (e) Strengthen peace processes, in particular for “frozen” conflicts causing situations of protracted displacement, allow the displaced a voice in peace processes, and comprehensively address their rights, needs and interests in peace agreements; (f) Mainstream a human rights approach in national strategies for disaster preparedness, mitigation and adaptation to negative effects of natural hazards, to better protect the rights of affected persons, including those displaced; (g) Advocate for the protection of persons displaced by the effects of climate change to be addressed by current efforts to strengthen the normative framework on climate change. 95. The Representative calls on de facto authorities and armed groups to scrupulously respect their obligation under international humanitarian and criminal law, to refrain from all acts causing displacement or violating the rights of the displaced and to grant safe humanitarian access to agencies and organizations. 96. The Representative calls on Governments, humanitarian and development agencies, and donors to: (a) Ensure that return, or any other solution, is the result of an individual decision freely taken, without coercion, on the basis of adequate information; (b) Take all measures to facilitate the main elements prerequisite for durable solutions, in particular: (a) the assurance of physical safety during and after return or resettlement; (b) the restitution of property and the (re)construction of adequate housing and necessary infrastructure; and (c) the creation of an economic and social environment conducive to sustainability, including access, without discrimination, to public services, livelihoods and income-generating activities, the restitution or replacement of identity documents lost or destroyed during displacement, and the reinstatement of voting rights and other political rights; (c) Rigorously address these issues when drafting peace agreements and reconstruction plans following a conflict or natural disaster, in consultation with displaced persons; (d) More resolutely pursue early recovery strategies while carrying out humanitarian, peacebuilding and development activities, taking into account the specific characteristics of each situation; (e) Develop more appropriate funding mechanisms to bridge the gap between emergency phase funding and development phase funding, which now results in the systematic underfunding of early recovery activities. Funding mechanisms must be flexible enough to respond not only to the needs of IDPs themselves, but also to the needs of all displacement-affected communities - host communities as well as communities receiving returnees and resettling IDPs. -----

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