A/HRC/32/35 World Humanitarian Summit 13. The Special Rapporteur considers the World Humanitarian Summit, to be held in Istanbul in May 2016, to be a unique and timely opportunity to refocus attention on the situation of internally displaced persons and explore new approaches to protection and assistance at the national and international levels. He welcomes the report of the SecretaryGeneral for the World Humanitarian Summit, entitled “One Humanity: Shared Responsibility”1 and its timely and critical call to set a target to reduce new and protracted internal displacement by 50 per cent by 2030, monitored through targets and indicators. The Special Rapporteur emphasizes that this must be achieved through securing durable solutions that are sustainable and through prevention of new displacement. 14. This important call for action will require the development of prevention and response strategies and national action plans recognizing that national Governments have the primary responsibility for the protection of internally displaced persons. Of particular importance is the focus of the Summit on obtaining high-level commitments by Member States. The Special Rapporteur supports the call of the Secretary-General for humanitarian and development actors to work together differently and collaboratively towards collective outcomes in the measurable reduction of displacement and achieving durable solutions for such persons. 15. The Special Rapporteur participated in Summit preparation events, attending three regional consultations for West and Central Africa in Côte d’Ivoire on 19 and 20 June 2014, for the Middle East and North Africa in Jordan from 3 to 5 March 2015 and for Latin America in Guatemala from 5 to 7 May 2015, and the global consultation held in Geneva from 14 and 16 October 2015. In January 2016, he attended the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa and participated in an event aimed at galvanizing African leaders to continue their engagement in the Summit preparation process and to strengthen dialogue among African States. He urged enhanced attention to internal displacement, including through implementation of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (the Kampala Convention). B. Engagement with countries 16. In accordance with his mandate, the Special Rapporteur has consistently engaged with States and has sought constructive and transparent dialogue with them. He thanks the many States that he has engaged with or visited for their cooperation. During his tenure as mandate holder, and up until March 2016, he conducted 15 official missions to Azerbaijan, Côte d’Ivoire, Georgia, Haiti, Honduras, Iraq, Kenya, the Maldives, the Philippines, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic and Ukraine. The Special Rapporteur also visited Serbia and Kosovo.2 Before the end of his mandate, agreements have also been reached to make official visits to Afghanistan and Nigeria. Other official visits have been requested by the Special Rapporteur to Colombia and Mexico, and he encourages those countries to respond favourably to his requests. 17. The Special Rapporteur has conducted working visits and follow-up visits to numerous countries during his tenure as mandate holder. During the reporting period, he conducted working visits to the African Union in Ethiopia, and to Kenya, South Sudan, Uganda and Zambia between 17 August and 26 September 2015, in order to consult with 1 http://sgreport.worldhumanitariansummit.org. All references to Kosovo in the present document should be understood to be in compliance with Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) and without prejudice to the status of Kosovo. 2 5