A/RES/80/211 Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons as well as voluntary local integration in the areas to which persons have been displaced or voluntary settlement in another part of the country, without prejudice to the right of internally displaced persons to leave their country or to seek asylum, Emphasizing that all durable solutions for internally displaced persons should be approached from a humanitarian and development perspective, involving the timely engagement of internally displaced persons and host communities, Mindful of the significant humanitarian and development assistance required to meet the needs of people in protracted situations of internal displacement and of the large gap between needs and resources, Recognizing the need for increased coverage, quality and availability of information on internal displacement and 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 new and 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 Internal Displacement Profiling Service and the Expert Group on Refugee, Internally Displaced Persons and Statelessness Statistics, and noting the adoption by the Statistical Commission of the International Recommendations on Internally Displaced Persons Statistics, Expressing its appreciation to those Governments and intergovernmental, regional and non‑governmental organizations that have supported and facilitated the work of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons, and of her predecessors, the former representatives of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, and have helped, according to their roles and responsibilities, to provide protection and assistance to internally displaced persons, Welcoming the continuing cooperation between the Special Rapporteur and national Governments and the relevant offices and agencies of the United Nations as well as with other international and regional organizations, and encouraging further strengthening of this collaboration in order to promote better strategies for, protection of, assistance to and durable solutions for internally displaced persons, Acknowledging with appreciation the important and independent contribution of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and other humanitarian agencies in protecting and assisting internally displaced persons, in cooperation with national Governments and relevant international bodies, Taking note with appreciation of the four thematic priorities set by the Special Rapporteur as contained in the report to the Human Rights Council at its fifty -third session 18 and the two strategic objectives of supporting Governments in developing national instruments and institutions on internal displacement and facilitating viable, durable solutions for internally displaced persons, including through the engagement of development actors, and further noting the Special Rapporteur’s latest reports, 19 1. Takes note with appreciation of the main report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons 20 and the conclusions contained therein; _______________ 18 A/HRC/53/35. A/80/212 and A/79/334. 20 A/HRC/59/46. 19 6/13 25-20967