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such personnel, urges States and all parties to armed conflict to develop and integrate
effective measures to prevent and address violence against such personnel, their
means of transport and equipment, as well as hospitals and other medical facilities,
and strongly urges States to conduct full, prompt, impartial and effective
investigations within their jurisdiction of violations of international humanitarian law
related to the protection of the wounded and sick, including internally displaced
persons, medical personnel and humanitarian personnel exclusively engaged in
medical duties, their means of transport and equipment, as well as hospitals and other
medical facilities in armed conflict, and, where appropriate, to take action against
those responsible in accordance with domestic and international law, with a view to
reinforcing preventive measures, ensuring accountability and addressing the
grievances of victims, including internally displaced persons;
29. Recognizes the adverse effects of climate change as contributors to
environmental degradation and extreme weather events, which may, among other
factors, contribute to human displacement, and in this regard recalls the Sendai
Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 22 and the political declaration of
its midterm review, 23 the Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change in December 2015 24 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 provi de
assistance through well-planned recovery programmes that support internally
displaced persons and their hosts and provide protection to those who are forced to
flee;
30. Affirms the need for the effective implementation of the Sendai Framework
for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030 to reduce the risk of displacement in the
context of disasters, including by addressing the underlying risk factors and causes of
such displacement, preparing for the adverse consequences and supporting durable
solutions to disaster-related displacement, and to integrate, as appropriate, postdisaster 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 multi -hazard
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 weather
events;
31. 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;
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22
Resolution 69/283, annex II.
Resolution 77/289, annex.
24
See FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21, annex.
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