78/331. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2024

• Year: 2024
• Resolution Number: 78/331
• Date: 11 September 2024
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation
• Session: 78e

United Nations

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/RES /78/ 331

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

11 Se ptember 2024

24-164 26 (E)

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Seventy -eighth ses sion

Agen da item 128

Sexual exploitatio n and abuse: implementin g a

zero-to lerance poli cy

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 6 September 2024

[witho ut reference to a Mai n Commit tee (A/7 8/L.109)]

78/331. United Nations action on sexual ex ploitation a nd abuse

The General Assembly ,

Reca llin g t he purp oses an d princ iples o f the C harter of the United Nation s and

inter nationa l law,

Reca lling als o its resol utions 71 /278 of 10 March 201 7, 72/31 2 of 13 Sept ember

2018 , 73/30 2 of 20 Jun e 2019, 75/32 1 of 2 Septe mber 2 021, 7 6/303 of 2 Septemb er

2022 and 77 /333 o f 25 Augu st 2023 on Un ited Nat ions ac tion on sexual exploit ation

and abuse, 7 2/304 o f 13 Jul y 2018, 73/293 of 20 May 201 9, 74/2 77 of 1 8 June 2 020,

75/2 81 of 24 May 202 1, 76/2 63 of 10 May 20 22, 77/3 02 of 29 June 20 23 and 78/291

of 28 June 20 24 on the compre hensive review o f the wh ole quest ion of p eacekee ping

oper ations in al l their aspe cts, r esolutio n 71 /297 o f 30 June 2017 and s ection IV of

resol ution 76/27 4 of 29 June 2022 on spec ial m easures for prot ection from sexu al

expl oitation and a buse an d resol utions 72/11 2 of 7 Decemb er 201 7, 73/1 96 of

20 Dece mber 2018, 7 4/181 of 18 De cember 201 9, 75/132 of 1 5 D ecember 2 020,

76/1 06 of 9 Dec ember 2021, 77/98 of 7 Decemb er 202 2 and 78/10 2 of 7 Dec ember

2023 on c riminal accoun tabilit y of United Nations offici als an d expe rts on missio n,

and taking n ote of Security Counci l resolu tions 2242 (2 015) of 13 Oct ober 20 15 and

2272 (2016) of 11 Ma rch 201 6,

Stron gly co ndemnin g, and expre ssing deep concern abo ut, s exual exploit ation

and abus e by Unit ed Nat ions p ersonne l thro ughout the syst em, as well as by

non- United Nations person nel ser ving un der a mandate of th e Secur ity Cou ncil, a nd

unde rscoring the commi tment of M ember St ates to str engtheni ng measu res to a ddress

sexu al explo itation and abu se,

Ackn owle dgin g t he work o f all Un ited Nat ions per sonnel th roughou t the Un ited

Nati ons syste m, includ ing peace keepers , who serv e the purpo ses and pr inciples of the