A/RES/80/211 Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons 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 5 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 78/205 of 19 December 2023 and Human Rights Council resolution 59/12 of 7 July 2025, 6 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, 7 as well as international refugee law and international humanitarian law, including the Geneva Conventions of 1949 8 and the Additional Protocols thereto of 1977, 9 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, Recognizing that internally displaced persons, including women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities, without identity documents, may be at risk of human rights violations and abuses, and may face difficulties in the realization of their rights and in accessing services, Recognizing also that the protection of internally displaced persons has been strengthened by identifying, reaffirming and consolidating specific standards for their protection, in particular through the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement, 10 Welcoming the increasing dissemination, promotion, application and integration into domestic laws and policies of the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement when dealing with situations of internal displacement, Noting with appreciation the important role of national human rights institutions, during all phases of displacement, in ensuring that all human rights issues of internally displaced persons are appropriately addressed, Deploring practices of forced displacement and their negative consequences for the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by large groups of populations, and recalling the relevant provisions of the Rome Statute of the _______________ 5 A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. See Official Records of the General Assembly, Eightieth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/80/53), chap. VI, sect. A. 7 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531. 8 Ibid., vol. 75, Nos. 970–973. 9 Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513. 10 E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, annex. 6 4/13 25-20967