In , against the background of the approaching twentieth anniversary of the Guiding Principles the following year, the UN General Assembly, in its biannual resolution on IDPs, called on States, UN entities, the Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, regional organizations, national human rights institutions, non-governmental organizations NGOs and other stakeholders to mark the event in This multi-stakeholder plan of action successfully supported country-level initiatives on internal displacement around four priorities: increasing the participation of IDPs in the processes that affect them; supporting states to develop laws and policies on internal displacement; improving data and analysis on internal displacement; and the response to protracted situations of internal displacement, implementing durable solutions.
Following the conclusion of the Plan of Action, and building on the momentum to address internal displacement, GP20 organizations are continuing to collaborate under the GP2. This community of experts serves as an informal platform for joint initiatives and events, as well as for sharing of information and good practices on internal displacement.
Internal displacement is often a protracted situation — many people remain in limbo for years in IDP camps, urban slums, or other areas of refuge. Most protracted displacement is due to prolonged or frozen conflicts that have not yet reached a political solution — this is also often accompanied by a lack of alignment between broader development frameworks and specific plans for internal displacement solutions. Lacking a permanent home or sustainable livelihoods, they often have little prospect of reaching a durable solution.
Durable solutions for IDPs can be achieved through:. National Governments bear the primary responsibility for IDP protection and welfare. If national Governments are unable or unwilling to meet their responsibilities, the international community has a role to play in promoting and reinforcing efforts to ensure protection, assistance and solutions for IDPs.
However, the international community cannot address internal displacement through short-term humanitarian assistance alone, which often fosters dependence and has proven to be inadequate, unsustainable, and unsuited to the protracted nature of many IDP crises. As such, a fundamental shift in focus is under way, based on the recognition that achieving durable solutions requires coordinated efforts among humanitarian, development and, where relevant, peace actors to support IDPs themselves in finding long-term solutions for their displacement.
This strategy aims to promote the preservation of dignity, encourage self-reliance, support livelihoods, and improve opportunities for those displaced. By working together, humanitarian and development institutions will be able to meet immediate needs, while developing sustainable outcomes for both IDP and host communities.
There must be better humanitarian-development cooperation for sustainable results on the ground. A family stands in front of their tent in an IDP settlement in Khamir, some km north of the Yemeni capital, Sana'a. In , the Secretary-General presented an agenda for UN reform, which included the consolidation of the role of the Emergency Relief Coordinator ERC — including with regard to internal displacement.
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