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Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons
particularly vulnerable or specifically targeted especially for sexual and gender-based
violence and sexual exploitation and abuse, trafficking in persons in al l its forms, 16
forced recruitment and abduction, encourages the continued commitment of the
Special Rapporteur to promote action to address their particular assistance and
protection needs, and calls upon States, in cooperation with international agencies
and other stakeholders, to provide protection and assistance to internally displaced
persons who are victims of the above-mentioned threats, violations and abuses, as
well as other groups of internally displaced persons with special needs, such as
severely traumatized individuals, older persons and persons with disabilities, taking
into account all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security
Council;
15. Encourages the international community to provide technical cooperation
to States affected by displacement, upon their request, including for the training of
staff members of institutions in charge of registration and development of national
laws and policies on internal displacement and issues related to land and property
restitution and compensation;
16. Emphasizes the central role of the Emergency Relief Coordinator in the
coordination of the protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, inter
alia, through the inter-agency cluster system, welcomes continued initiatives to
ensure better protection, assistance and development strategies for internally
displaced persons, as well as better coordination of activities regarding them, and
emphasizes the need to strengthen the capacities of national and local authorities, host
communities, local organizations, United Nations organizations and other relevant
actors to meet the immense humanitarian challenges of internal displacement;
17. Notes with appreciation the increased attention paid to the issue of
internally displaced persons in humanitarian response plans, and encourages further
efforts in this regard;
18. Emphasizes the importance of communication and consultation with
internally displaced persons and host communities by Governments and other relevant
actors, in accordance with their specific mandates, during all phases of displacement,
as well as the participation of internally displaced persons, where appropriate, in
policies, programmes and activities pertaining to them, taking into account the
primary responsibility of States for the protection of and assistance to internally
displaced persons within their jurisdiction;
19. Calls upon States, in cooperation with international agencies and other
stakeholders, to provide for and support, in particular, the full and mean ingful
participation of internally displaced women at all levels of decision -making processes
and in all activities that have a direct impact on their lives, in all aspects of internal
displacement, including the promotion and protection of human rights, t he prevention
of human rights violations and the design and implementation of durable solutions,
peace processes, peacebuilding, transitional justice, post -conflict reconstruction and
development;
20. Encourages all relevant United Nations organizations and humanitarian
assistance, human rights and development organizations to enhance their
collaboration and coordination through the Inter-Agency Standing Committee and
United Nations country teams in countries with situations of internal displacement
and to provide all possible assistance and support to the Special Rapporteur, and
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Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against
Transnational Organized Crime (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2237, No. 39574).
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