A/RES/73/137. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

• Resolution Number: A/RES/73/137
• Year: 2018
• Session: 73rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /73/ 137

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

15 Janu ary 201 9

18-220 64 (E) 170119

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Seventy -third sess ion

Agen da item 75 (a)

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 14 December 2018

[witho ut reference to a Mai n Commit tee (A/7 3/L.5 1 and A/73 /L.5 1/Ad d.1)]

73/137. Safe ty and security o f huma nitari an personnel and protection

of United Nation s pers onnel

The General Assembly ,

Reaf firm ing its reso lution 46/182 o f 19 De cember 1991 on the str engthen ing of

the coordina tion of humanit arian em ergency assistan ce of th e Unite d Nation s,

Reca llin g all relev ant resolut ions on the safet y an d security of hum anitari an

perso nnel and protecti on of Unit ed Natio ns person nel, incl uding its r esolutio n 72/1 31

of 11 De cember 2017, as well as Securit y Cou ncil r esoluti ons o n the prote ction of

huma nitarian per sonnel, inc luding reso lution 217 5 (2 014) of 29 Au gust 2014, and

relev ant sta tements by the P residen t of the Council ,

Reca lling a lso all Securi ty Cou ncil re solution s and presiden tial st atements and

repor ts of the S ecretary -Gener al to the Co uncil on t he protec tion of civ ilians in armed

confl ict, inc luding r esoluti on 2286 (2016) of 3 Ma y 2016,

Reaf firm ing the princ iples, rules and rele vant provisio ns o f int ernation al l aw,

inclu ding int ernation al human itarian la w and hum an rights law, as well as all rele vant

treat ies,

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and the nee d to fur ther pro mote an d ensure respec t thereo f,

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These i nclude, notab ly, the Conven tion on the P rivileg es and Immun ities of the United Natio ns

of 13 Febr uary 19 46, th e Conve ntion on the Privil eges a nd Imm unities of th e Spec ialized

Agen cies of 21 No vember 1947, the Co nventi on on the S afety of Unit ed Nat ions a nd Assoc iated

Pers onnel of 9 De cember 1994, the Op tional Proto col to the Co nventi on on t he Saf ety of United

Nati ons and Associ ated P ersonne l of 8 Decem ber 200 5, the Genev a Conv ention relati ve to t he

Prot ection of Civ ilian P ersons in Tim e of War of 12 A ugust 1949 an d the A ddition al Pro tocols to

the Geneva Conve ntions of 8 J une 197 7, and Amende d Proto col II of 3 M ay 199 6 to t he

Conv ention on Pro hibiti ons or Restri ctions on the Use o f Cert ain Con ventio nal Weap ons Whi ch

May Be Dee med to Be Ex cessiv ely Inj urious or to Have I ndiscri minate Effect s of 1 0 Octo ber

1980 , as ap plicab le.