Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of UN personnel

Urges all States to take the necessary measures to ensure the full and effective implementation of the relevant principles and rules of international humanitarian law; calls upon all Governments and parties in complex humanitarian emergencies to cooperate fully with the UN and other humanitarian agencies and organizations; strongly condemns any act or failure to act which obstructs or prevents humanitarian personnel and UN personnel from discharging their humanitarian functions; urges all States to ensure that any threat or act of violence committed against humanitarian personnel on their territory is fully investigated and to take all appropriate measures to ensure that the perpetrators of such acts are prosecuted; also urges all States to provide adequate and prompt information in the event of arrest or detention of humanitarian personnel or UN personnel; reaffirms the obligation of all humanitarian personnel and UN and its associated personnel to observe and respect the national laws of the country in which they are operating; requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to ensure that security matters are an integral part of the planning for existing and newly mandated UN operations; also further requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to ensure that UN and other personnel carrying out activities in fulfilment of the mandate of a UN operation are properly informed about the conditions under which they are called to operate.

Adopted without vote, 84th meeting

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Adopted at the 84th plenary meeting, 17 Dec. 1999.