A/66/269 highly concentrated, with 51 per cent of 2008 official development assistance for 43 fragile States benefiting just six countries, which account for only 23 per cent of the population of the total number of fragile States. 44 65. The volatility of support is another cause of concern. As already indicated, the sustainability of financial support is crucial for the adequate functioning of education systems. It can only be ensured through continued financial support enabling programmes to continue their course uninterrupted. Important opportunities are missed in post-emergency situations because of the lack of sustainable support and funding in the transition from a humanitarian response to a development framework. The need for further investment in national planning and information systems in recipient countries is also underlined in those contexts. 45 66. The Education For All — Fast Track Initiative is working to increase its support to fragile States, but so far has lacked the capacity to deliver financing in acute emergency settings. 46 In addition to bilateral support, a number of additional financing modalities exist to finance education in emergencies, but these are still clearly insufficient. 67. The Special Rapporteur underlines that emergencies do not relieve States from their obligation to take all appropriate measures to ensure the realization of the right to education of all persons in their territories, including non-nationals, refugees or internally displaced groups. Ensuring financial support for primary education in order to guarantee that it continues to be available during emergencies, making secondary education available without discrimination and promoting access to higher education on the basis of capacity are nothing more than the fulfilment of a human rights obligation. 68. Given the fragility of some States affected by emergencies, and the central role of international assistance and cooperation in that context, it is important to recall that the obligation to provide international assistance is established in human rights law. 47 It is also reflected in numerous international declarations, including the Dakar Framework of Action on Education for All, adopted by the World Education Forum in 2000. Moreover, as noted above, States requiring assistance are also obliged to seek and manage external assistance in accordance with human rights principles. __________________ 44 45 46 47 16 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)-Development Cooperation Directorate (DAC) factsheet, “Ensuring fragile States are not left behind”, Paris, December 2010. UNESCO, EFA Global Monitoring Report, 2011, p. 227. Meeting of the Education for All Fast Track Initiative Board of Directors, 2011. See Articles 55 and 56 of the Charter of the United Nations, articles 2.1 and 11 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, article 4 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and article 32 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 11-44589