A/RES/70/106. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/106
• Year: 2015
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/70/106

General Assembly Distr.: General

28 December 2015

Seventieth session

Agenda item 73 (a)

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Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 2015

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/70/L.29 and Add.1)]

70/106. Strengthening of t he coor dinatio n of em ergency

humanita rian a ssistance of the United Nations

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Rea ffirm ing

its r esoluti on 46/1 82 of 19 Decemb er 1991 an d t he g uiding

prin ciples cont ained i n the a nnex th ereto, other r elevan t Gener al Asse mbly a nd

Econ omic a nd Soc ial Cou ncil re soluti ons and agreed concl usions of the Counci l,

Taking note

of the reports of t he Sec retary- Genera l on the st rengthe ning of the

coor dinatio n of emergen cy human itarian as sistanc e of the Unite d N ations

1

and o n

the Central Emerge ncy Re sponse Fund,

2

Rea ffirm ing

the p rincip les of hu manity, n eutrali ty, impar tiality a nd

inde penden ce i n th e pr ovisio n of hum anitari an a ssistan ce, and reaffir ming also the

need for all actors engage d in the provisi on of huma nitaria n ass istance in situati ons

of co mplex em ergenci es and nat ural disa sters to p romote a nd fully r espect th ese

prin ciples,

Exp ressing g rave co ncern

at th e i ncreasi ng c hallen ges caus ed by th e

unpr eceden ted numbe r o f p eople affe cted by hum anitari an emerge ncies, inc luding

prot racted displ acemen t, whi ch ar e incr easing in n umber, scale and severit y and are

stre tching huma nitaria n res ponse capac ities, and expres sing deep concern abo ut the

impa ct o f cli mate change, the ongo ing c onsequ ences of t he fi nancial and econ omic

cris is, region al food cris es, conti nuing foo d a nd energy in securit y, wate r s carcit y,

unpl anned a nd rapid urbaniz ation of p opulat ions, epi demics , natura l hazard s and

envi ronmen tal de gradatio n, whi ch are add ing to unde rdevelo pment, pover ty and

ineq uality and are in creasin g the vulner abilit y of people while reduc ing th eir ab ility

to c ope wit h huma nitaria n crise s,

Und ers cori ng

the need, in ord er to ensure a smoo th transit ion from reli ef to

reha bilitat ion a nd d evelop ment, to b etter align , whe rever appro priate, hum anitari an

and devel opment assis tance with nationa l deve lopme nt pri orities and strateg ies, a nd

enco uragin g Membe r State s, as wel l as the United Nation s syste m and re gional

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1 A/70/77-E/2015/64.

2 A/70/96.