A/RES/68/103. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2013

• Resolution Number: A/RES/68/103
• Year: 2013
• Session: 68th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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/RES/68/103

General Assembly

Distr.: General

19 February 2014

Sixty-eighth session

Agenda item 70 (a)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 13 December 2013

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/68/L.27 a nd Add.1)]

68/103. International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in

the field of natural disasters, from relief to development

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Reaffirming

its reso lution 46/182 of 19 D ecembe r 1991, the a nnex to whic h

cont ains the guid ing princi ples for the str engthen ing of the coor dinatio n of

emer gency huma nitaria n as sistanc e of the Unit ed N ations syst em, as we ll a s all its

reso lutions on in ternati onal coop eration on hu manitar ian assist ance in the fiel d o f

natu ral disas ters, fro m relief to d evelop ment, and r ecallin g t he resol utions of th e

huma nitari an seg ments of t he sub stantiv e sess ions o f the Eco nomic and Soci al

Cou ncil,

Reaf firming also

the p rincipl es of hum anity, n eutrali ty, impar tiality a nd

inde penden ce for the pro vision of hum anitari an ass istance ,

Reaf firming furt her

t he Hyo go De clarat ion,

1

the Hyog o Fra mework for Action

2005 –2015: Bui lding the Resil ience of Nation s an d C ommuni ties to D isaster s

2

and

the c ommon stateme nt of th e speci al sessi on on the Indian Ocean d isaster : risk

redu ction for a sa fer fu ture,

3

as adop ted b y the World Conf erence on D isaster

Red uction, held in Ko be, Hy ogo, J apan, from 18 to 22 Jan uary 2 005, a nd be aring in

mind tha t the imp lement ation of t he H yogo Frame work for Action is comin g to an

end in 201 5,

Taking note w ith app reciatio n

of t he resu lts of t he midt erm rev iew of the

Hyog o Frame work for Act ion, and not ing the res ults of the fou rth sessio n of the

Glob al Platfo rm for Disa ster Risk Re duction , held in Gene va from 19 to 23 May

2013 , an d re cogniz ing it a s the mai n fo rum at the global leve l fo r st rategic adv ice

coor dinatio n and partner ship d evelop ment fo r disas ter ris k reduc tion,

Reco gnizing

t hat th e Thi rd Worl d Con ference on Disast er Ris k Re duction will

be held in Sendai, Japa n, fr om 1 4 to 18 M arch 2015, to review the imple mentat ion

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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.