On Tuesday, 23 September 2025, Member States and partners gathered at the UNICEF Office in New York to discuss the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) Solutions Agenda. Organized by the International Organization for Migration (IOM), as Convenor of the Global Champions on Solutions to Internal Displacement, with support from the Global Solutions Hub, the event brought together senior leaders and experts. Key speakers included Ms. Amy Pope, IOM Director General; H.E. Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President of the Central African Republic; H.E. Salah Ahmed Jama, Deputy Prime Minister of Somalia; and H.E. Ambassador Patricia Danzi, Director General of the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation. 

Ms. Shoko Noda, Assistant Secretary-General and UNDP Crisis Bureau Director gave closing remarks:

Allow me to thank our co-hosts, IOM, UNHCR and the Global Solutions Hub on Internal Displacement, as well as today’s speakers and all of you for a rich and thoughtful discussion. It is encouraging to see such strong commitment to advancing solutions for internally displaced people, and for host and return communities. 

Excellence, Monsieur Faustin-Archange Touadéra, President de la République de Centrafrique. Je voudrais vous exprimer mes sincères remerciements pour avoir reçu en audience la mission conjointe de haut niveau des Nations Unies qui a eu lieu à Bangui du 18 au 21 mars et dont je faisais partie.   

Enfin, je vous informer que j’ai récemment visité le Pavillon de la République de Centrafrique à Osaka Expo 2025. J’ai été particulièrement impressionnée par ce que j’ai vu sur votre beau pays, la Centrafrique. Toutes mes félicitations ! 

Five key points stand out as we close. 

First, government leadership. Solutions must be nationally owned and led. We have seen how governments are embedding displacement into national plans, budgets, and development strategies. This leadership is essential—and it works. Our role as partners is to support, accompany, and help scale these local and national efforts. 

Second, collective responsibility. The scale of internal displacement requires all Member States to engage. More countries are being affected, and increasingly none are immune. Donor governments play a critical role, not only through financing but also by championing this issue in global forums. Let us expand the circle of champions: those directly affected who can share lessons, and those able to provide sustained support. 

Third, financing. The Hamburg Call to Action on Internal Displacement offers a platform to bring together public and private partners around solutions. Just as we need a whole-of-government approach, we need a whole-of-financing approach—domestic and international, public and private. Financing must be predictable, flexible, and aligned with government-led strategies. I call on all actors to join the Hamburg Call to Action and engage in the growing coalition ahead of the next Hamburg Sustainability Conference in June 2026. 

Fourth, the role of New York. More dialogue is needed across intergovernmental processes—at ECOSOC, in the General Assembly, the Peacebuilding Commission, and in UN reform discussions. The Special Rapporteur on the human rights of IDPs, also a Solutions Champion, will present her next report to the General Assembly on 21 October, focusing on (re)integration in urban settings. This will be an important opportunity to advance the conversation, and we hope you will attend. As the incoming convenor of the global arrangements in 2026 we want these discussions to be meaningful, action-oriented, and firmly grounded in the realities of displaced people’s lives. 

Fifth, reform. The Humanitarian Reset and UN80 are a call for a more coherent, efficient, and accountable UN system. Solutions to displacement are reform in action. They bring together humanitarian, development, peace, and climate actors—anchored in existing mechanisms rather than new mandates. They align behind government priorities, work under Resident Coordinator leadership, and unite humanitarian and development systems from Day One. Advancing displacement solutions is therefore not only the right thing to do, but also a test of our collective ability to deliver reform where it matters most. 

Excellences, solutions to internal displacement are within reach. But they require political leadership, broad coalitions, and sustained investment in prevention, early response, and long-term solutions. If there is one message to take forward from today, it is this: displacement can be resolved. But only if we act together—and act now. 

Thank you.