A/RES/80/211
Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons
cooperation and the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement and to ensure that
humanitarian assistance, early recovery and development assistance efforts are
appropriately funded;
9.
Requests Member States to strengthen their efforts to ensure the protection
of and better assistance to internally displaced persons, in particular to address the
challenges of protracted displacement, by adopting and implementing gendersensitive policies and strategies, in accordance with national and regional
frameworks, while recognizing the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement as an
important international framework for the protection of internally displaced persons,
encourages all relevant actors, in accordance with their mandates, to make use of the
Guiding Principles when dealing with situations of internal displacement, and in this
regard recognizes the central role of national and local authorities and institutions in
addressing the specific needs of internally displaced persons and in finding solutions
to displacement through, inter alia, continued and enhanced international support,
upon request, for the capacity-building of States;
10. Encourages States to ensure that internally displaced persons, including
children, have access to a process to obtain appropriate identification documents;
11. Notes with appreciation the report of the Secretary-General’s High-level
Panel on Internal Displacement and the follow-up Action Agenda on Internal
Displacement, acknowledges that increased efforts on addressing the root causes as
well as prevention, protection and improved assistance to internally displaced persons
and durable solutions for internal displacement are critically important, and
encourages the Secretary-General to work with Member States, the United Nations
system and other relevant actors, as appropriate, including international financial
institutions,
non‑governmental
organizations,
and
displacement -affected
communities on taking forward these efforts, including through regular and enhanced
follow-up and collaboration, and further appreciates the efforts of the United Nations
system, and notes the establishment of the inter-agency Solutions Hub within the
United Nations Secretariat and the Solutions Champion Group to support nationally
led and development-oriented approaches to durable solutions;
12. Expresses its appreciation for the fact that an increasing number of States
have adopted domestic legislation and policies dealing with all stages of
displacement, encourages States to continue to do so in an inclusive and
non‑discriminatory way, consistent with the Guiding Princip les on Internal
Displacement, urges States to increase their efforts to implement such domestic laws
and policies, including through the identification of national focal points within
Governments for issues of internal displacement, in particular for setti ng national
targets and indicators for policy and programmes and for the allocation of budget
resources, and encourages the international community and national actors to provide
financial support and cooperation to Governments, upon request, in this regar d;
13. Calls upon Governments to provide protection and assistance, including
reintegration and development assistance, to internally displaced persons and to
facilitate the efforts of the relevant United Nations agencies and humanitarian
organizations in this regard by allowing and facilitating safe and unhindered access
for humanitarian personnel and the delivery of supplies and equipment to internally
displaced persons, in accordance with international law, by maintaining the civilian
and humanitarian character of camps and settlements for internally displaced persons,
where they exist, and by taking the steps necessary to ensure the safety and security
of humanitarian personnel so that they may efficiently perform their task of assisting
internally displaced persons;
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