A/RES/63/141. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2008

• Resolution Number: A/RES/63/141
• Year: 2008
• Session: 63rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/63/141

General Assembly Distr.: General

10 March 2009

Sixty-third session

Agenda item 65 (a)

08-47925

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 11 December 2008

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/63/L.53 and Add.1)]

63/141. International cooperation on humanitarian

assistance in the field of natural disasters, from

relief to development

The General Assembly

,

Reaffirming

its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991, the annex to which

contains the guiding principles for the strengthening of the coordination of

emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations system, as well as all its

resolutions on international cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of

natural disasters, from relief to development, and recalling the resolutions of the

humanitarian segments of the substantive sessions of the Economic and Social

Council,

Recognizing

the importance of the principles of neutrality, humanity,

impartiality and independence for the provision of humanitarian assistance,

Welcoming

the Hyogo Declaration,

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1

the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–

2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters

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2

and the

common statement of the special session on the Indian Ocean disaster: risk

reduction for a safer future,

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3

as adopted by the World Conference on Disaster

Reduction, held in Kobe, Hyogo, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005,

Emphasizing

that the affected State has the primary responsibility in the

initiation, organization, coordination and implementation of humanitarian assistance

within its territory and in the facilitation of the work of humanitarian organizations

in mitigating the consequences of natural disasters,

Emphasizing also

the responsibility of all States to undertake disaster

preparedness, response and early recovery efforts in order to minimize the impact of

natural disasters, while recognizing the importance of international cooperation in

support of the efforts of affected countries which may have limited capacities in this

regard,

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

2 Ibid., resolution 2.

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