A/HRC/35/27 Indeed, the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants points to links between internal displacement and large movements of migrants and refugees: We recognize the very large number of people who are displaced within national borders and the possibility that such persons might seek protection and assistance in other countries as refugees or migrants. We note the need for reflection on effective strategies to ensure adequate protection and assistance for internally displaced persons and to prevent and reduce such displacement. 9 33. At the same time, the Special Rapporteur points out that the primary responsibility for protecting populations of internally displaced persons within national State boundaries remains with the respective States. While on the one hand, a good number of these internally displaced persons may be able to cross borders, as pointed out above, a good number remain in the territory of their respective States. The Special Rapporteur is of the strong view that political will and resources must be ensured for protection of the human rights of internally displaced persons, whether or not they would potentially cross international borders. 34. The Special Rapporteur favours continuity in the core strategic work of the mandate on achieving the most important global objectives for the protection of internally displaced persons, and giving necessary attention to the most critical displacement situations and the most vulnerable groups or sectors. In this regard, she will continue activities under her mandate to engage with countries experiencing urgent conflict-induced displacement. In her first visit to the Middle East, the Special Rapporteur participated in the international conference on human rights-based approaches to conflict situations in the Arab region, which was held on 20 and 21 February 2017 in Doha and was hosted by the National Human Rights Committee of Qatar and OHCHR, where she interacted with States and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) from the region. 35. The Special Rapporteur will continue to engage in global and regional initiatives and processes to identify, raise awareness of and concretely address the impact of slow-onset disasters and climate change and its implications on internal displacement. The Special Rapporteur considers that more attention needs to be given to this evolving issue, particularly to the links between climate change and internal displacement, and their implications in relation to human security and conflict. 36. During his tenure, the former Special Rapporteur focused on durable solutions as an essential pillar of the responses to internal displacement from the very onset of displacement. As durable solutions remain elusive and many internally displaced persons globally still live in protracted displacement, the Special Rapporteur is convinced that durable solutions must remain high on the agenda if all stakeholders are to address internal displacement in a comprehensive way. Promoting durable solutions for internally displaced persons will continue to be a primary focus of the work of the mandate, and new initiatives towards this goal will include focused thematic attention to strengthening the participation of internally displaced persons in decisions affecting them, and to ensuring that internally displaced persons are included fully in transitional justice, the restoration of housing, land and property, and peacebuilding processes, which are essential components of durable solutions. 37. The Special Rapporteur will continue to lead an inter-agency project on measuring progress towards durable solutions for internally displaced persons, which is implemented by the Joint IDP Profiling Service in collaboration with a broad group of development, humanitarian and peacebuilding actors. The project is aimed at operationalizing the Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons 10 by developing a library of indicators, tools, methodologies and guidance, for shared and comprehensive yet practical approaches to durable solutions analysis in displacement situations. 38. The goal of reducing displacement, in line with the outcomes of the World Humanitarian Summit, in which an ambitious goal was set of halving it by 2030, must be 9 10 10 See General Assembly resolution 71/1, para. 20. Available from www.unhcr.org/50f94cd49.pdf.