Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons A/RES/74/160 communities, encouraging the United Nations and all relevant actors to strengthen efforts in cooperation with national Governments aimed at addressing the needs of persons displaced internally by natural disasters, including those exacerbated by climate change, and noting in this regard the importance of sharing best practices to prevent and prepare for such displacements, Expressing concern that many millions of people are displaced each year by sudden- and slow-onset disasters, recognizing that building resilience of nations and communities, including through preparedness, prevention, disaster risk r eduction and climate-change adaptation measures can reduce disaster displacement risk, including through integrating disaster risk reduction strategies into national, regional and global development policies and programmes, and in this regard recognizing a lso the important role of sustainable development in averting and reducing the risk of loss and damage, Recognizing that the vulnerability of internally displaced persons may increase when their host communities are affected by disasters, Conscious of the human rights, humanitarian and development dimensions, as well as the possible peacebuilding and transitional justice dimensions, of internal displacement, including in protracted and repeated temporary displacement situations, and the responsibilities of States, with the support of the international community, to ensure the provision of protection and assistance, including by respecting and protecting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all internally displaced persons, with a view to finding durable solutions, Recognizing the important contributions made by national and local authorities and host communities to protect and assist internally displaced persons, acknowledging that the hosting of large groups of internally displaced persons can put pressure on those authorities and communities, and recognizing also the importance of adequately supporting host communities, as well as local capacities, by addressing their needs, Recalling the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, 3 regarding the need to develop global strategies to address the problem of internal displacement, and recalling also all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council, Recalling also General Assembly resolution 72/182 of 19 December 2017 and Human Rights Council resolution 41/15 of 11 July 2019, 4 Recognizing that internally displaced persons are to enjoy, in full equality and without discrimination, the same rights and freedoms under international and domestic law as do other persons in their country, including the right to freedom of movement and residence, and should be protected against arbitrary displacement, Recalling the relevant norms of international law, which includes international human rights law, inter alia, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 5 as well as international refugee law and international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions of 1949 6 and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977, 7 as applicable, as a vital legal framework for the protection of and assistance to civilians in armed conflict and under foreign occupation, including internally displaced persons, __________________ 3 4 5 6 7 19-22287 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. See Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-fourth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/74/53), chap. V, sect. A. United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531. Ibid., vol. 75, Nos. 970–973. Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513. 3/12