A/RES/73/138. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2018

• Resolution Number: A/RES/73/138
• Year: 2018
• Session: 73rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations

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/RES /73/ 138

General Assembly

Distr. : Genera l

9 Janu ary 2019

18-220 66 (E) 110119

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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 3 and A/73 /L.5 3/Add.1)]

73/138. Whit e He lmet s Co mmission : pa rtic ipat ion of v olun teer s in the

activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief,

rehabilitatio n and technical coopera tion for de velopment

The General Assembly ,

Reaffirm ing i ts resolut ions 50/1 9 of 28 Novembe r 1995, 52 /171 of 16 Decembe r

1997 , 54/9 8 o f 8 Dec ember 1999 , 56/1 02 of 14 Dec ember 2001, 58/118 o f

17 Dece mber 2 003, 61 /220 of 20 Dece mber 20 06, 64 /75 of 7 Dec ember 2009, 6 7/84

of 13 De cember 201 2, 69/134 of 12 December 20 14 and 70/105 of 10 Dece mber 201 5,

Reaf firming also its res olution 46/ 182 of 19 Dec ember 1991 and the gui ding

princ iples co ntained in the annex th ereto, an d reaffir ming furt her othe r relevan t

resol utions o f the Ge neral Ass embly a nd relev ant reso lutions and agre ed concl usions

of th e Econo mic and Social Council,

Emph asiz ing the principl es of h umanity, neut rality, imp artialit y a nd

inde pendenc e in the p rovisio n of humanit arian assista nce, a nd re affirming the need

for all acto rs engaged in the pro vision of huma nitaria n as sistanc e in sit uations of

comp lex e mergenci es and natu ral di sasters to pro mote and full y resp ect th ese

princ iples,

Emph asizing also the nee d for clos e col laborati on be tween reli ef an d

deve lopment act ivities in the con text o f huma nitarian emerge ncies, taki ng int o

acco unt the 2030 Agen da for Sustaina ble Deve lopment ,

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Reco gniz ing that th e int ernatio nal c ommunit y, in add ressing the gr owing

magn itude a nd compl exity o f disast ers and chronic challe nges, su ch as h unger,

maln utrition and poverty, must r ely on the formula tion o f a w ell-c oordinat ed glo bal

respo nse withi n t he framewo rk of the Unite d Nations an d o n t he promot ion of a

smoo th trans ition fr om relie f to reh abilitat ion, rec onstruc tion and develop ment,

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Resolut ion 70 /1.