Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Urges all States to take the necessary measures to ensure the full and effective implementation of the relevant principles and rules of international law, including international humanitarian law, as well as the relevant provisions of human rights and refugee law related to the safety and security of humanitarian personnel and UN personnel; strongly condemns any act or failure to act, contrary to international law, which obstructs or prevents humanitarian personnel and UN personnel from discharging their humanitarian functions; strongly urges all States to take stronger actions to ensure that any threat or act of violence committed against humanitarian personnel and UN and its associated personnel on their territory is investigated fully and to ensure that the perpetrators of such acts are brought to justice in accordance with international law and national law; emphasizes the need to give further consideration to the safety and security of locally recruited humanitarian personnel, who account for the majority of casualties.

Adopted without vote, 75th plenary meeting

7 p.

Issued in GAOR, 58th sess., Suppl. no. 49.