PARTNERSHIP IN ACTION – UNDP AND UNHCR COOPERATION ON FORCED DISPLACEMENT AND STATELESSNESS Many national and local governments will need targeted assistance in scaling up their work on durable solutions. Along with the continued vital contribution of humanitarian organisations in laying the groundwork for solutions, there is an urgent need for stepped-up, earlier and more predictable engagement of development actors. I express my full support for a shift towards a strengthened development approach to solutions and confirm the UN’s commitment to deliver in this direction. UN Secretary-General’s Action Agenda on Internal Displacement This year’s pledges and commitments breathe life into the great promise of the Global Compact on Refugees not only to support refugees, but to ease pressure on host countries and tackle the systemic issues that cause people to flee in the first place. They also give me hope that we can forge global consensus to address, once and for all, the great challenges of our time that are fuelling the refugee crisis. From climate breakdown, a growing cause of displacement. To the development crisis, which is starving many countries of the resources they need to invest in social protection, health and education systems, leaving their citizens and refugees alike without ladders of opportunity. And above all, to the crisis of peace in our world today. We need to build much stronger political will to end conflicts, and reverse the cycle of division, destruction and denial of human rights that drives people from their homes and places tens of millions of people in harm’s way. UN Secretary-General at the second Global Refugee Forum 26 U N H C R a n d U N D P | PA R T N E R S H I P I N A C T I O N – U N D P A N D U N H C R C O O P E R AT I O N O N F O R C E D D I S P L A C E M E N T A N D S TAT E L E S S N E S S