A/HRC/29/34 linked to their displacement and can enjoy their human rights without discrimination on account of their displacement.”15 43. States and other national and international actors frequently misunderstand what constitute durable solutions. Neither return to place of origin nor establishing permanent settlement elsewhere constitute, on their own, durable solutions. In places of origin, homes, infrastructure and livelihoods may be destroyed and development projects are essential for early recovery and reconstruction. Property may have been occupied or sold creating significant obstacles to be resolved. IDPs opting for local integration require development assistance to overcome barriers to integration. Improved housing provision or cash grants, for example, do not constitute durable solutions if not combined with strategies to address livelihood and integration objectives. Host communities affected may also require sustained development assistance. 44. As highlighted in the IASC Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons, achieving durable solutions entails responding to key development challenges in addition to guaranteeing security and non-discrimination. They include ensuring access to livelihoods, education and health care in areas of return, local integration or other settlement areas, helping to establish or re-establish local governance structures and the rule of law, and supporting the rebuilding of houses and infrastructure. International humanitarian and development actors must have rapid and unimpeded access to assist IDPs in finding durable solutions. Such actors have a complementary role alongside national authorities and they should all work together to set up a rights-based process to support durable solutions for IDPs. 45. Humanitarian responses to displacement are frequently short-term and focused on immediate needs despite the fact that chronic and protracted crises have become the norm and are to a large extent predictable. Humanitarian actors commonly focus on narrowly defined mandates and objectives, for example the provision of shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene, food, health care or education. Humanitarian coordination has vastly improved, including through the use of thematic clusters, and in some situations working groups on durable solutions. However, responses rarely meet durable solutions criteria for protracted displacement situations. Holistic development approaches have longterm and sustainable objectives which recognize, for example, the fundamental interconnection between shelter and livelihood, and their importance for health, food security and education. E. Why should internally displaced persons be a priority within development agendas? 46. Due to conflict and political, social or other factors, including failure to implement international standards, many IDPs in all regions find themselves in protracted displacement situations. What were originally “temporary” solutions may regrettably become more permanent places of settlement. According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, when governments and international agencies understand that reality they must recognize that “internal displacement is not only a humanitarian issue but ultimately and most importantly a long-term development issue that requires the full and sustained engagement of a diversity of national and international actors”.16 15 16 12 A/HRC/13/21/Add.4. Hansjoerg Strohmeyer, Chief of Policy Development, Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, “The forgotten millions”. Available from https://medium.com/@UNOCHA/the-forgottenmillions-6a18188d165c.