A/HRC/41/40/Add.1 C. Asia Afghanistan 58. Framing solutions for IDPs: In 2018, the number of Afghans affected or displaced by natural disasters reached an eight-year high. In late 2018 and early 2019, the western Region of Afghanistan faced the worst drought in decades, resulting in the displacement of more than 336,000 people in Herat, Badghis and Ghor provinces, 44 per cent were children. Following a survey conducted in areas of significant new displacement to assess needs and inform programming, the Afghanistan offices of the World Bank Group and IOM signed a data sharing agreement, enabling both organizations to share data in a safe and legal manner. The agreement covers data collection and analysis, knowledge management and joint programming to help better respond to the needs of IDPs and host communities.22 Myanmar 59. National strategy partnership: Building on the momentum and visibility generated by GP20, UNHCR is conducting awareness-raising activities on the Guiding Principles with IDP communities and drew attention to displacement and disability through a photo exhibition at the Yangon Photo Festival. A Core Group of government and UN agencies has also been established to work on the development of a Government National Strategy on Closure of IDP Camps and its work is ongoing with recommendations to the government based on the Guiding Principles. Iraq 60. Guidance on electoral participation of IDPs for 2018 election: Ahead of Iraq’s parliamentary election on 12 May 2018, the humanitarian community supported IDPs to exercise their right to vote, including in camps. The Humanitarian Country Team developed a note on the elections and protection of displaced voters, and the Protection and CCCM Clusters issued operational guidance for their partners. The Protection Cluster also compiled an election incidents tracking matrix used by partners to document incidents channeled to Governorate Electoral Offices. The Iraq Independent High Electoral Commission also prepared voter information materials, including for IDP voters, and humanitarians posted these materials in camps and other humanitarian spaces to increase IDP access to electoral information. 61. Supporting sustainable recovery and inclusion of IDPs and returnees: While most IDPs living outside of camps in Iraq initially saw their living conditions improve in the years following their displacement, now many live in a state of limbo – often working in the informal labour sector, still crowding extended families into small living spaces and relying on funds from family members or government pensions. IOM discovered these and other findings in a study conducted with Georgetown University. Now in its seventh phase, IOM’s community revitalization programming in Iraq, undertaken in partnership with various Ministries, provincial and local authorities, private sector partners, local and international NGOs, as well as the UN Country Team, including UNHCR and other humanitarian partners, contributes to a solutions-oriented transition in Iraq by improving the conditions for sustainable economic recovery and social inclusion to IDP and returnee communities. D. Europe Ukraine 62. Addressing protracted displacement with IDPs using a multi-stakeholder approach: Harnessing a series of multi-stakeholder and collective initiatives to address protracted internal displacement, a number of capacity building workshops for Ministries and Departments at national, regional and municipal levels were held in Kiev and in the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk in October 2018. The workshops discussed the draft action 22 https://www.iom.int/news/us-airlift-targets-70000-afghans-displaced-drought. 15