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; 8/13 25-20967