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84.
With respect to other countries, the Representative:
(a)
Encourages States, on the basis of the Guiding Principles on Internal
Displacement, to prevent and minimize internal displacement and to incorporate the
Guiding Principles into their national laws and policies;
(b)
Recalls his willingness to provide technical assistance on issues of internal
displacement;
(c)
Encourages civil society to continue to gather information on human rights
aspects of internal displacement and to engage in dialogue with their governments, the
Representative, OHCHR, UNHCR and others involved in humanitarian assistance to IDPs.
85.
With respect to the international community, the Representative:
(a)
Calls upon all agencies working with IDPs to pursue efforts to enhance the
protection of IDPs and to mainstream the human rights of these persons into their
activities;
(b)
Recommends to United Nations agencies that they seek ways of including the
Operational Guidelines on Human Rights and Natural Disasters in both their training
programmes and in their programmatic work;
(c)
Calls upon OHCHR to redouble its efforts to promote the human rights of
IDPs and to consider ways in which OHCHR field monitors can play a more active role in
protecting IDPs; and urges donors to support OHCHR in these efforts;
(d)
Calls upon UNHCR to continue and to strengthen its work as cluster lead for
the protection of IDPs in complex emergencies;
(e)
Requests UNDP, as the cluster lead for early recovery, to consider the
particular protection needs of IDPs and returning IDPs in the long-term context of
development;
(f)
Invites the donor community, when working with specific groups of IDPs to
integrate a long-term perspective in their analysis and their programmes until durable
solutions are found for the IDPs involved;
(g)
Encourages national human rights institutions and civil society to
incorporate the specific protection concerns of IDPs into their on-going work;
(h)
Calls upon regional organizations to consider ways in which they can support
the development of both national legislation for countries in their regions and regional
standards which promote the human rights of IDPs and recommends that they integrate
the Guiding Principles in their institutional frameworks.
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