A/71/279 D. Changing people’s lives: from delivering aid to ending need 45. The relationship between humanitarian and development actors has been the subject of perennial discussion. In the Chair’s summary, the Summit recognized that humanitarian needs can no longer be viewed in isolation from broader sustainable development efforts that tackle the root causes of prolonged and recurrent need. The Summit took an important step towards transcending the humanitarian -development divide while reinforcing the importance of respecting humanitarian principles and space. A commitment to action on collaborating in a new way of working 7 was signed by the Secretary-General and eight United Nations entities and endorsed by the World Bank and the International Organization for Migration. 46. The commitment to action emphasizes that new ways of working require using resources and capabilities better, improving Sustainable Development Goal outcomes for people in situations of risk, vulnerability and crisis and shrinking humanitarian needs over the long term. It requires galvanizing new partnerships and collaboration, including the private sector, local actors and multilateral development banks, to provide additional capabilities and resources to achieve collective and measurable outcomes, based on a shared understanding of sustainability, vulnerability and resilience. Operationally, it will requi re shared data, analysis and information, joined-up planning and programming processes and more effective leadership, as well as new financing modalities to support collective outcomes. 7 In this new way of working, internally displaced persons must be take n fully into account by States and international partners in their efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, as examined by the Special Rapporteur in his 2015 report to the Human Rights Council (A/HRC/29/34). 47. The Special Rapporteur has consistently emphasized that transcending the humanitarian-development divide is essential for achieving durable solutions for internally displaced persons. A commitment to reduce internal displacement means a commitment to achieve durable solutions, which goes beyond the capacity of humanitarian actors alone and requires the integration of development actors at the outset of internal displacement. This will require increasing the understanding of what durable solutions are in practice and the complex process that is required to achieve them, as laid out in the Framework for Durable Solutions. 8 48. The Framework states that “a durable solution is achieved when internally displaced persons no longer have specific assistance and protection needs that are linked to their displacement and can enjoy their human rights without discrimination resulting from their displacement”. It outlines three routes to durable solutions (sustainable reintegration, local integration or integration in another part of the country) and provides a starting point for analysis, advocacy and programming. Eight criteria determine the extent to which a durable solution has been achieved: safety and security; adequate standard of living; access to livelihoods; restoration of housing, land and property; access to documentation; __________________ 7 8 16-13413 See https://consultations2.worldhumanitariansummit.org/bitcache/50b4cd3ad07469f44235f 8a4c60353dfda17dbb0?vid=581741&disposition=inline&op=view. The Brookings Institution-University of Bern Project on Internal Displacement, “Inter -Agency Standing Committee Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons” (Washington, D.C., 2010). Available from www.unhcr.org/50f94cd49.pdf. 13/25