Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2004
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SymbolA/RES/59/141
TitleStrengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
Encourages the Emergency Relief Coordinator to continue his efforts to strengthen the coordination of humanitarian assistance, and calls upon relevant UN organizations as well as other humanitarian and development actors to work with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat in enhancing the coordination, effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian assistance; strongly encourages the UN to address more systematically protection of civilians and other humanitarian issues with regional organizations; decides to raise the maximum limit of an emergency cash grant to US$100,000 per country in the case of any one disaster, within existing resources available from the regular budget of the UN; strongly condemns all acts of violence committed against civilian populations in situations of humanitarian crisis and reiterates that such acts can constitute serious violations or grave breaches of international humanitarian law and constitute, in defined circumstances, a crime against humanity and/or a war crime; calls upon relevant UN organizations to continue to improve transparency and reliability of humanitarian needs assessments; encourages the Secretary-General to continue to improve his reporting on emergency humanitarian assistance, including with respect to natural disasters.
Action note2004-12-15
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 72nd plenary meeting
Meeting record
A/59/PV.72
Agenda information
A/59/251 39a Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE
Date[New York] : UN, 25 Feb. 2005
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4 p.
Notes
Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.