A/RES/70/104. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/104
• Year: 2015
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/70/104

General Assembly Distr.: General

28 December 2015

Seventieth session

Agenda item 73

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 2015

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/70/L.25 and Add.1)]

70/104. Safety and sec urity o f humanitarian perso nnel and

protectio n of U nited Nations personn el

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Rea ffirm ing

its resolu tion 4 6/182 o f 19 D ecembe r 1991 on the streng thenin g of

the coordin ation of huma nitaria n emer gency a ssista nce of the Uni ted Na tions,

Reca lli ng

all relev ant resol utions on th e s afety and se curity of hu manitar ian

pers onnel and prot ection o f Uni ted Nati ons p ersonn el, i ncludi ng it s res olutio n

69/1 33 o f 12 Decem ber 2014 , as wel l as S ecurit y Cou ncil res olutio ns o n the

prote ction of hu manitaria n per sonnel, includi ng re solution 2175 ( 2014) of 2 9 August

2014 , and r elevan t state ments b y the Preside nt of t he Cou ncil,

Reca lling also

al l Secu rity C ouncil resol utions and p residen tial s tateme nts an d

repo rts of th e Secret ary-Ge neral to the Coun cil on th e protec tion of c ivilian s in

arme d conf lict,

Rea ffirm ing

the princip les, rules and rel evant prov isions of inter nationa l la w,

incl uding int ernatio nal h umanit arian law and hu man r ights la w, a s wel l as all

rele vant tr eaties,

1

and the ne ed to further promo te and ensure respec t there of,

Reca lli ng

the Gene va Con ventio ns of 1 2 Augus t 1949

2

and the A dditio nal

Prot ocols theret o of 8 Jun e 19 77,

3

and the oblig ation of p arties to a rmed confli ct to

resp ect and ensure res pect for intern ationa l hu manitar ian law in all circums tances ,

and urg ing al l such parti es to com ply w ith in ternati onal h umanita rian l aw an d

ensu re re spect for and protect ion of al l hum anitar ian p ersonne l and Uni ted Nations

and associ ated pe rsonnel ,

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1 These include, notably, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nat ions 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.