A/RES/63/137. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2008

• Resolution Number: A/RES/63/137
• Year: 2008
• Session: 63rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/63/137

General Assembly Distr.: General

3 March 2009

Sixty-third session

Agenda item 65 (a)

08-47901

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 11 December 2008

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/63/L.47 and Add.1)]

63/137. 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, 60/15 of 14 November 2005, 61/132

of 14 December 2006 and 62/91 of 17 December 2007,

Commending

the prompt response, continued support, generous assistance and

contributions of the international community, Governments, civil society, the private

sector and individuals, in the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts, which

reflect the spirit of international solidarity and cooperation to address the disaster,

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,

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Recalling

the Hyogo Declaration

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and the Hyogo Framework for Action

2005–2015,

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

Ocean disaster,

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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,

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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/63/84-E/2008/80.