A/RES/70/107. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2015

• Resolution Number: A/RES/70/107
• Year: 2015
• Session: 70th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/70/107

General Assembly Distr.: General

13 January 2016

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.30 and Add.1)]

70/107. Interna tional cooperation on humani tarian assista nce in

the field of natural disasters, from relief to developmen t

The Genera l Assem bly

,

Rea ffirm ing

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,

Rea ffirming 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 ,

Reca lli ng

th e Send ai Dec laratio n

1

and the S endai Frame work f or Dis aster Risk

Red uction 2015 –2030,

2

ado pted by the Third Unite d Na tions World Conf erence on

Disa ster Ri sk Red uction, held i n Send ai, Jap an, fro m 14 to 18 Ma rch 20 15,

Reco gn izin g

t hat the S endai Frame work appli es to the risk of small -scale and

large -scale , frequ ent an d infre quent, sud den and slow- onset disas ters c aused b y

natu ral or man-m ade hazar ds, as well as rela ted enviro nmenta l, technol ogical an d

biol ogical hazard s and r isks,

Not ing w ith c oncern

t hat sl ow-ons et di sasters such as drough ts ar e on the rise

in many p laces and ca n hav e signi ficant impac ts on affecte d pop ulation s and lead to

incr eased v ulnera bility to othe r hazar ds,

Reco gn izin g

the Globa l Plat form fo r Disa ster Ri sk Red uction as the main

foru m at th e glo bal l evel for str ategic a dvice coo rdinati on an d par tnersh ip

deve lopmen t for d isaster risk r eductio n,

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1 Resolution 69/283, annex I.

2 Ibid., annex II.