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the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, requesting the support of the Joint
Internally Displaced Person Profiling Service and providing financial resources, as
appropriate, in these respects;
35. Welcomes the call in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
2015–2030 14 to integrate post-disaster reconstruction into the economic and social
sustainable development of affected areas, as well as temporary settlements where
the displaced live, to promote regular disaster preparedness, response and recovery
exercises with a view to ensuring rapid and effective response to disasters and
related displacement and to promote transboundary cooperation to build resilience
and reduce disaster risk, including displacement risk;
36. Also welcomes the initiative of the Secretary-General to hold the World
Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, Turkey, on 23 and 24 May 2016, and notes the
opportunity the Summit presents, inter alia, to strengthen the partnerships between
Member States and humanitarian and development actors in addressing the
emergency and long-term needs of internally displaced persons;
37. Further welcomes the initiative to hold the United Nations Conference on
Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito from 17 to
20 October 2016, and notes the importance of addressing, as appropriate, the
particular needs and vulnerabilities of internally displaced persons in urban settings;
38. Encourages Governments, United Nations agencies and other
stakeholders to promote an inclusive approach to durable solutions that addresses
the needs of internally displaced persons and their host communities, including the
promotion of opportunities to fully harness the human potential of the displaced
populations by promoting self-sufficiency through income-generating activities and
sustainable livelihood opportunities;
39. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Special
Rapporteur, from within existing resources, with all assistance necessary t o
strengthen and carry out his mandate effectively, and encourages the Office of the
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in close cooperation with the
Emergency Relief Coordinator, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs of the Secretariat, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees and all other relevant United Nations offices and agencies, to continue to
support and cooperate with the Special Rapporteur;
40. Encourages the Special Rapporteur to continue to seek the contributions
of States, relevant organizations and institutions in order to create a more stable
basis for his work;
41. Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit to the General Assembly at its
seventy-first and seventy-second sessions a report on the implementation of the
present resolution;
42. Decides to continue its consideration of the question of protection of and
assistance to internally displaced persons at its seventy-second session.
80th plenary meeting
17 December 2015
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