A/RES/61/132. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2006

• Year: 2006
• Resolution Number: A/RES/61/132
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation
• Session: 61st

United Nations A/RES/61/132

General Assembly Distr.: General

1 March 2007

Sixty-first session

Agenda item 69 (a)

06-50235

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 14 December 2006

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/61/L.44 and Add.1)]

61/132. Strengthening emergency relief, rehabilitation,

reconstruction and prevention in the aftermath of the

Indian Ocean tsunami disaster

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolutions 46/182 of 19 December 1991, 57/152 of 16 December

2002, 57/256 of 20 December 2002, 58/25 of 5 December 2003, 58/214 and 58/215

of 23 December 2003, 59/212 of 20 December 2004, 59/231 and 59/233 of

22 December 2004, 59/279 of 19 January 2005 and 60/15 of 14 November 2005,

Noting

the Declaration on Action to Strengthen Emergency Relief,

Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Prevention in the Aftermath of the Earthquake

and Tsunami Disaster of 26 December 2004, adopted at the special meeting of

leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, held in Jakarta on 6 January

2005,

1

Recalling

the Hyogo Declaration

2

and the Hyogo Framework for Action

2005–2015,

3

as well as the common statement of the special session on the Indian

Ocean disaster,

4

adopted at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held in

Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005,

Taking note

of the report of the Secretary-General,

5

Taking note with appreciation

of the convening of the Global Consortium for

Tsunami-Affected Countries by the Office of the United Nations Special Envoy for

Tsunami Recovery in April 2006, which brought together national Governments,

United Nations agencies, other intergovernmental organizations, the international

financial institutions, consortia of non-governmental organizations and donor

Governments with the aim of identifying common priorities and implementing

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1 A/59/669, annex.

2 A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, chap. I, resolution 1.

3 Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to

Disasters (A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, chap. I, resolution 2).

4 Common statement of the special session on the Indian Ocean disaster: risk reduction for a safer future

(A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, annex II).

5 A/61/87-E/2006/77.