A/HRC/19/54 the livelihoods and rights of residents of many islands, including the rights to housing, safe water and health. Moreover, other factors such as more frequent storms and flooding, coastal erosion, salination, overcrowding and the existential threat posed by rising sea levels, point to increased risks of potential internal displacement in the future. 13. On the basis of his visit, the Special Rapporteur concludes that the Government has made important efforts in recent years to put in place national development and disasterrisk reduction plans, and climate change adaptation strategies which are comprehensive in scope and address the socio-economic dimensions of these issues as well as the need for physical protection. The Government has also addressed the internal displacement resulting from the 2004 tsunami as a national priority, by providing assistance to over 12,000 IDPs, and establishing institutional structures to facilitate and coordinate IDP programmes. 14. In the context of the various challenges faced by the Maldives, however, the Special Rapporteur believes that disaster risk reduction and adaptation strategies, while essential, will not be sufficient to prevent internal displacement altogether, and that increased national attention and commitment to address issues related to internal displacement should now be a priority for the country. In particular, he urges the Government, with the support of the international community, to set in place a national framework on internal displacement, in line with international human rights and the Guiding Principles. 15. Towards this objective, he recommends that the Government: finalize and adopt the Bill on Disaster Management, and integrate within it a framework on IDPs; put in place policies, implementing legislation, and guidance documents to ensure a comprehensive national response to internal displacement, whether due to sudden and slow onset natural disasters; and strengthen the capacity of institutional support structures, such as the National Disaster Management Centre, and relevant local authorities. The Special Rapporteur further urges the Government to review the situation of the estimated 1,600 persons still displaced as a result of the 2004 tsunami, at the earliest opportunity in order to address their dire living conditions and assist them in finding durable solutions. Kenya 16. The Special Rapporteur conducted an official country visit to Kenya from 18-27 September 2011, in order to study the current situation of IDPs in the country, including those displaced as a result of the 2007/2008 post-election violence and other causes such as natural disasters and environmental conservation projects (see A/HRC19/54/Add.2). He found that the Government of Kenya had taken a number of significant steps to address internal displacement in the country, including by developing a draft IDP policy, and assisting the return and resettlement of some IDPs affected by the last post-election violence - which had resulted in the displacement of nearly 664,000 persons. At the time of writing of this report, a new Bill on IDPs, was also being developed. In view of the repeated waves and multiple causes of internal displacement in Kenya‟s recent history, however, the Special Rapporteur believes that a comprehensive strategy is necessary in order to prevent forced internal displacement in the future, and provide effective assistance, protection and durable solutions to displacement affected communities. 17. Based on his field visits to sites of displacement while in the country, he found there was an urgent humanitarian need to address the current living conditions and human rights of many IDPs, including persons displaced by the 2007/2008 post-election violence, and the Mau Forest evictees. He stressed that in many of the sites he visited, IDPs had been living in abject conditions over many years, under old emergency tents which no longer offered adequate shelter, appeared to be affected by various respiratory and other diseases (especially children), frequently suffered from lack of sufficient or nutritious food, and many children lacked regular access to a primary school education. 6