A/RES/68/78. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2013

• Resolution Number: A/RES/68/78
• Year: 2013
• Session: 68th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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/RES/68/78

General Assembly

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16 December 2013

Sixty-eighth session

Agenda item 51

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 11 December 2013

[on the report of the Special Political and Decoloniza tion Committee

(Fourth Committee) (A/68/424)]

68/78. Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency

for Palestine Refugees in the Near East

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Reca lling

its r esoluti ons 194 (III) o f 11 Decemb er 1 948, 212 (III) o f

19 N ovembe r 194 8, 3 02 (IV ) o f 8 Decem ber 19 49 and al l s ubseque nt rel ated

reso lutions , inclu ding i ts resol ution 67/116 o f 18 D ecembe r 2012,

Reca lling also

the releva nt reso lution s of the Secur ity Co uncil,

Hav ing co nsidere d

th e rep ort of the Co mmissio ner-Ge neral of the Unit ed

Nati ons R elief and Works Age ncy fo r Pal estine Refug ees i n the Near East cover ing

the period from 1 Januar y to 31 Dece mber 20 12,

1

Taking no te

of the letter dat ed 17 June 20 13 from the Chai r o f th e A dvisor y

Com mission of the Agency to the Commi ssioner -Gener al,

2

Dee ply con cerned

ab out the ex tremel y cr itical fin ancial situ ation of t he

Age ncy, ca used in p art b y the stru ctural under fundin g of the Agenc y, as w ell a s its

risi ng e xpendi tures re sulting fro m t he d eterior ation o f th e so cioeco nomic a nd

huma nitari an co ndition s and the risin g inst ability in the r egion and their signif icant

nega tive im pact on the pr ovision of nec essary Age ncy ser vices to the Pa lestine

refu gees, includi ng its emerg ency-r elated and d evelop ment p rogram mes i n all fields

of o peratio n,

Reca lling

Articles 100, 104 and 105 of t he Ch arter of the U nited Natio ns a nd

the Conven tion on the Pr ivilege s and Immuni ties of the Un ited N ations,

3

Reca lling also

th e Con vention on t he Saf ety o f Unit ed Nat ions a nd Ass ociate d

Personnel,

4

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1

Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/68/13); and ibid.,

Supplement No. 13A (A/68/13/Add.1).

2

Ibid., Supplement No. 13 (A/68/13), pp. vi-viii.

3

Resolution 22 A (I).

4

United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2051, No. 35457.