Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons A/RES/68/180 human rights of internally displaced persons and, according to their roles and responsibilities, have helped to provide protection and assistance to internally displaced persons, Welcoming the continuing cooperation between the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons and national Governments and the relevant offices and agencies of the United Nations as well as with other international and regional organizations, and encouraging further strengthening of this collaboration in order to promote better strategies for, protection of, assistance to and durable solutions for internally displaced persons, Acknowledging with appreciation the important and independent contribution of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and other humanitarian agencies in protecting and assisting internally displaced persons, in cooperation with national Governments and relevant international bodies, Welcoming the priorities set by the Special Rapporteur as contained in his report to the Human Rights Council at its sixteenth session and the two strategic objectives of supporting Governments in developing national instruments on internal displacement and facilitating viable durable solutions for internally displaced persons, including through the engagement of development actors, 7 Recalling the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights on 25 June 1993, 8 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 its resolution 66/165 of 19 December 2011 and Human Rights Council resolutions 20/9 of 5 July 2012 9 and 23/8 of 13 June 2013, 10 1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons 11 and the conclusions and recommendations contained therein; 2. Commends the Special Rapporteur for the activities undertaken so far, for the catalytic role that he plays in raising the level of awareness about the plight of internally displaced persons and for his ongoing efforts to address their development and other specific needs, including through the mainstreaming of the human rights of internally displaced persons into all relevant parts of the United Nations system; Encourages the Special Rapporteur, through continuous dialogue with 3. Governments and all intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned, to continue his analysis of the root causes of internal displacement and of the needs and human rights of those displaced, measures of prevention, including early warning, and ways to strengthen protection and assistance, as well as durable solutions for internally displaced persons, and, in the latter regard, to use in his activities the Framework on Durable Solutions for Internally Displaced Persons of the _______________ 7 See A/HRC/16/43. A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III. 9 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 53 and corrigendum (A/67/53 and Corr.1), chap. IV, sect. A. 10 Ibid., Sixty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/68/53), chap. V, sect. A. 11 A/68/225. 8 3/8