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Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons
33. Notes with appreciation the increased attention paid to the issue of
internally displaced persons in humanitarian response plans, and encourages further
efforts in this regard;
34. Expresses deep concern at the insufficient funding levels of humanitarian
appeals, and in this respect urges all relevant actors to provide the relevant United
Nations agencies and humanitarian organizations with sufficient and predictable
resources to ensure adequate support for those who are forcibly displaced;
35. Notes with appreciation the increasing role of national human rights
institutions in assisting internally displaced persons and in promoting and protecting
their human rights;
36. Recognizes the need to collect reliable, timely, longitudinal and
disaggregated data, including data disaggregated by sex, age, disability and location,
on internally displaced persons and the impact of protracted displacement on host
communities in order to improve policy and programming, preventive measures on
and response to internal displacement and to promote the achievement of durable
solutions, including, in this respect, the relevance of the Global Internal Displacement
Database maintained by the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the
technical support available from the inter-agency Joint Internally Displaced Person
Profiling Service;
37. Encourages Member States, members of the Inter-Agency Standing
Committee, United Nations humanitarian coordinators and country teams to
contribute to the provision of reliable data on internal displacement situations, with
the cooperation of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the technical
support and assistance of the Joint Internally Displaced Pers on Profiling Service, and
to provide financial resources, as appropriate, in these respects;
38. Affirms the need for the effective implementation of the Sendai Framework
for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 13 to integrate post-disaster reconstruction and
recovery, including the principle of “build back better”, into the economic and social
sustainable development of affected areas, as well as temporary settleme nts where
displaced persons live, to promote periodic disaster preparedness and response
exercises in recovery and resettlement efforts, with a view to ensuring a rapid and
effective response to disasters and related displacement, and to promote
transboundary cooperation to build resilience and reduce disaster risk, including
displacement risk;
39. Takes note of the first World Humanitarian Summit, held in Istanbul,
Turkey, on 23 and 24 May 2016, and also takes note of the report of the Secretary General on the outcome of the World Humanitarian Summit, 15 which contains,
inter alia, recommendations to strengthen partnerships between Member States and
humanitarian and development actors to address the urgent and long-term needs of
internally displaced persons;
40. Welcomes the New Urban Agenda adopted at the United Nations
Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III), held in
Quito from 17 to 20 October 2016, 16 urges the United Nations, in that regard, to work
closely with Member States and other relevant actors, including local governments,
civil society and the private sector, to promote more effective emergency
preparedness and response in urban areas, and notes the importance of addressing, as
appropriate, the particular needs and vulnerabilities of internally displaced persons in
urban settings and of supporting host cities, in the spirit of international cooperation;
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