Protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons A/RES/80/211 internally displaced persons, including their voluntary return in safety and with dignity, reintegration and rehabilitation, as well as related land and property issues, when advising on or proposing country-specific peacebuilding strategies for postconflict situations in cases under consideration; 40. Recalls the dedication by the African Union of 2019 to, inter alia, mark the tenth anniversary of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa (Kampala Convention), welcomes progress in the number of African States having signed and ratified the Convention, encourages further progress in this regard, and encourages other regional mechanisms to develop their own regional normative frameworks for the protection of internally displaced persons; 41. Encourages Member States, members of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, United Nations humanitarian coordinators and country teams to contribute to the provision of reliable data on internal displacement situations, with the cooperation of the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the technical support and assistance of the Joint Internal Displacement Profiling Service, and to provide financial resources, as appropriate, in these respects, and encourages States to take into account the International Recommendations on Internally Displaced Persons Statistics through their national statistics offices, where applicable; 42. Recalls the need to reflect on effective strategies to ensure adequate protection and assistance for internally displaced persons and to prevent and reduce such displacement, and in this regard encourages the Secretary -General to work with Member States and the United Nations system to explore ways to better address the long-term needs of internally displaced persons, support communities that host them and improve the lives of the many millions of internally displaced persons; 43. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Special Rapporteur, from within existing resources, with all assistance necessary to strengthen and carry out her mandate effectively, and encourages the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in close cooperation with the Emergency Relief Coordinator, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Organization for Migration and all other relevant United Nations offices and agencies and related organizations, to continue to support and cooperate with the Special Rapporteur; 44. Encourages the Special Rapporteur to continue to seek the contributions of States, relevant organizations and institutions in order to create a more stable basis for her work; 45. Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit to the General Assembly at its eighty-first and eighty-second sessions a report on the implementation of the present resolution; 46. Decides to continue its consideration of the question of protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons at its eighty-second session. 69th plenary meeting 18 December 2025 25-20967 13/13