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older persons, persons with disabilities and severely traumatized individuals affected by
internal displacement, and their particular assistance, protection and development needs;
(e)
To continue to pay attention to the role of the international community in
assisting affected States, upon request, in meeting the protection and assistance needs of
internally displaced persons, including in implementing national strategies, and to
incorporate in his or her advocacy activities an emphasis on the mobilization of adequate
resources in response to the needs of affected countries and, in particular, to continue
cooperation with development donors and other providers of development assistance,
including United Nations agencies and other relevant actors, such as the World Bank, to
further strengthen international assistance efforts in support of prevention, protection and
durable solutions;
(f)
In the context of the ongoing reform of the United Nations development
system, to strengthen further the cooperation established between the Special Rapporteur and
the United Nations, including with United Nations Resident Coordinators, in the framework
of the Peacebuilding Commission and with other international and regional organizations, in
particular his or her participation in the work of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee and
its subsidiary bodies, as well as the Joint Steering Committee to Advance Humanitarian and
Development Cooperation;
(g)
To continue to use and promote in his or her activities the Framework on
Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee
and related tools developed under the leadership of the Special Rapporteur to support
Governments and humanitarian and development partners to implement the Framework
through comprehensive analysis, prioritization and action;
19.
Welcomes the initiatives undertaken by regional organizations, such as the
African Union, the Organization of American States, the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe and the Council of Europe, and subregional organizations to address
the protection, assistance and development needs of internally displaced persons and to find
durable solutions for them, and encourages such organizations to strengthen their activities
and their cooperation with the Special Rapporteur;
20.
Strongly welcomes the adoption, entry into force and ongoing process of
ratification of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally
Displaced Persons in Africa, which marks a significant step towards strengthening the
national and regional normative framework for the protection of and assistance to internally
displaced persons in Africa, encourages other regional mechanisms to consider the
development of similar regional normative frameworks for the protection of internally
displaced persons, and welcomes the decision by the African Union to declare 2019 the year
of refugees, returnees and internally displaced persons in order to raise awareness and
promote durable solutions for these vulnerable groups, including through national laws and
policies;
21.
Strongly encourages all Governments, in particular Governments of countries
with situations of internal displacement, to facilitate the activities of the United Nations and
other relevant actors addressing the protection, assistance and development needs of
internally displaced persons and to respond favourably and expeditiously to requests by the
Special Rapporteur for visits and information, stresses the need for unimpeded access by the
Special Rapporteur in accordance with the mandate, and urges Governments and the relevant
bodies of the United Nations system, also at the country level, to follow up effectively, where
appropriate, on the recommendations of the mandate holder and to make available
information on measures taken in that regard;
22.
Urges Governments, members of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee,
United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinators and country teams to ensure the
provision of relevant, reliable, timely, disaggregated and interoperable data on situations of
internal displacement, including on the characteristics of internally displaced persons and
host communities, in order to improve policies, programming and preventative measures on
and inform an effective and rights-based response to internal displacement, and to support
the achievement of durable solutions, and in this regard to engage with the work of the Expert
Group on Refugee and Internally Displaced Persons Statistics of the Statistical Commission,
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