A/HRC/16/43 housing which remains a persistent concern, and health and education rights. Stronger efforts are, in particular, necessary to provide internally displaced persons with livelihood opportunities and to decrease dependency on Government transfers. The Representative encouraged the Government to continue their efforts to address these issues, to reduce both the isolation and the insular effects experienced by some displaced communities, and to promote self-reliance and the full economic and social integration of internally displaced persons. He further stressed the need to increase initiatives and promote mechanisms to engage internally displaced persons in consultative and participatory processes on issues affecting them. 26. The Representative also emphasized the need to strengthen efforts towards achieving a peace agreement, including one which takes the rights of internally displaced persons into consideration. Central African Republic 27. From 9 to 17 July 2010, the Representative conducted a follow-up mission to the Central African Republic (A/HRC/16/43/Add.4). In the Northwest of the country (OuhamPendé and Ouham prefectures), the situation had stabilized and there had been many returns since his last visit. However, those who remained continued to face a humanitarian crisis and were exposed to a general situation of insecurity. 28. In and around Ndélé (Bamingui-Bangouran prefecture), many fled into the bush due to armed clashes and were in need of urgent assistance. The Representative was encouraged by the fact that shortly after his visit military restrictions on humanitarian access in and around Ndélé had been lifted. The Representative received alarming reports about grave acts of violence against the local civilian population committed by the armed forces and rebel groups. 29. In the south-east of the country, thousands of people became displaced due to attacks against the civilian population by the Lord’s Resistance Army, which were often accompanied by murder, abductions of children, rape and other atrocities. The Representative called on the Government, together with the international community, to protect the civilian population, including by reinforcing the presence of security forces in the region. 30. In order to build sustainable peace in the country, it is essential that the return and reintegration of the displaced, the process of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of combatants, and the rights of the 200,000 remaining IDPs are addressed in accordance with the commitments under the Strategic Framework for Peacebuilding in the Central African Republic 2009-2011. In this context, the Representative was encouraged by the recommendations of a workshop he attended to develop a law and a strategy on internal displacement and the preparatory work undertaken since then. Chad 31. As a follow-up to his mission to the country in February 2009, the Representative attended a workshop on durable solutions for internally displaced persons in Eastern Chad from 16-18 March 2010. Jointly organized by the Ministry of Economy and Planning, UNDP, OCHA, UNHCR and the Representative, the workshop brought together key stakeholders from Government, the international community and civil society to discuss strategies for addressing challenges related to durable solutions. The workshop also addressed the need to ratify the Kampala Convention. The Representative further engaged with the Government by writing a follow-up letter on 30 April providing the Government suggestions on promoting durable solutions in areas of return and local integration. He highlighted that achieving durable solutions for displaced populations is a key element 8