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Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons
the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 in March 2015, 17 the
Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change in December 2015 18 and relevant initiatives related to internal
displacement, such as the Nansen Initiative, and their follow-up processes, and
encourages the Special Rapporteur, in close collaboration with States and
intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to continue to explore the
human rights implications and dimensions of disaster-induced internal displacement,
with a view to supporting Member States in their efforts to build local resilience and
capacity to prevent and prepare for displacement or to provide assistance through
well-planned recovery programmes that support internally displaced persons and their
hosts and provide protection to those who are forced to flee;
28. Affirms the need for the effective implementation of the Sendai Framework
for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 to integrate, as appropriate, 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
settlements 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, including by establishing or improving early warning systems,
including heatwave early warning, connected to longer-term risk management
systems and supported by public awareness campaigns, recognizing that early action
following quality forecasts can reduce the impact of extreme wea ther events;
29. Recognizes that internal displacement is not only a humanitarian but also
a development challenge, and in some cases can also be a peacebuilding challenge,
and calls upon States to provide durable solutions and address possible obstacles in
this regard and to include the needs, vulnerabilities and capacities of internally
displaced persons and host communities in their national development plans;
30. Encourages closer cooperation between development and humanitarian
actors, in accordance with their respective mandates, towards collective results over
multiple years, with the aim of reducing the needs and vulnerabilities of internally
displaced persons, in support of national priorities, while fully respecting the
importance of humanitarian principles for humanitarian action;
31. Also encourages strengthened international cooperation, in particular
between humanitarian and development actors, including through the provision of
resources, coherent multi-year planning that addresses protracted displacement and
expertise to assist affected countries, in particular developing countries, in their
national efforts and policies related to assistance, protection, resilience -building and
rehabilitation for internally displaced persons and host commun ities, as appropriate,
and the integration of the human rights and needs of internally displaced persons into
both rural and urban development strategies, as well as the participation of both
internally displaced persons and host communities in the design and implementation
of those strategies;
32. Calls upon the United Nations to work closely with Member States and
other relevant actors, including local governments, civil society and the private sector,
in furtherance of the New Urban Agenda 12 in order to promote more effective
emergency preparedness and response in urban areas, and notes the importance of
addressing, as appropriate, the particular needs and vulnerab ilities of internally
displaced persons in urban settings and of supporting host cities, in the spirit of
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