A/RES/69/133. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2014

• Resolution Number: A/RES/69/133
• Session: 69th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/69/133

General Assembly Distr.: General

19 January 2015

Sixty-ninth session

Agenda item 69

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 12 December 2014

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/69/L.33 and Add.1)]

69/133. Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and

protection of United Nations personnel

The General Assembly

,

Reaffirming

its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 on the strengthening of

the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations,

Recalling

all relevant resolutions on safety and security of humanitarian

personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, including its resolution

68/101 of 13 December 2013, as well as Security Council resolutions on the

protection of humanitarian personnel, including resolution 2175 (2014) of

29 August 2014, and relevant statements by the President of the Council,

Recalling also

all Security Council resolutions and presidential statements and

reports of the Secretary-General to the Council on the protection of civilians in

armed conflict,

Reaffirming

the principles, rules and relevant provisions of international law,

including international humanitarian law and human rights law, as well as all

relevant treaties,

1

and the need to further promote and ensure respect thereof,

Recalling

the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949

2

and the Additional

Protocols thereto of 8 June 1977,

3

and the obligation of parties to armed conflict to

respect and ensure respect for international humanitarian law in all circumstances,

and urging all such parties to comply with international humanitarian law and

ensure respect for and protection of all humanitarian personnel and United Nations

and associated personnel,

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1 These include, notably, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of

13 February 1946, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of

21 November 1947, the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel of

9 December 1994, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated

Personnel of 8 December 2005, the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in

Time of War of 12 August 1949 and the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 8 June 1977,

and Amended Protocol II of 3 May 1996 to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of

Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have

Indiscriminate Effects of 10 October 1980, as applicable.

2 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973.

3 Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513.