A/RES/74/118. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2019

• Resolution Number: A/RES/74/118
• Session: 74th
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

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/RES /74/ 118

General Assembly

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Seventy -fourth ses sion

Agen da item 71 (a)

Strength ening of the coordinatio n of humanit arian and

disast er relief assis tance of the United Nati ons, includi ng

special economic as sistance: s trengthening of the

coordin ation of eme rgency human itarian assi stance

of the Unit ed Nations

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly

on 16 December 2019

[witho ut reference to a Mai n Commit tee (A/7 4/L.3 4 and A/74 /L.3 4/Ad d.1)]

74/118. St rengthening of the coordinatio n of emergen cy humanita rian

assistance o f the United Nations

The General Assembly ,

Reaf firm ing its resol ution 46/182 of 19 Dece mber 1991 and the g uiding

princ iples c ontained in the annex t hereto, other r elevant General A ssembly and

Econ omic an d Social Counci l resolut ions an d agreed conclu sions of the Cou ncil,

Taking note of the reports of the Secre tary-Ge neral on the streng thening of the

coor dination of emerge ncy huma nitaria n assista nce of the United N ations

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and o n the

Cent ral Emer gency Re sponse Fund,

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Reaf firm ing th e prin ciples of hum anity, n eutralit y, impar tiality and

inde pendenc e in the provis ion o f hu manitari an a ssistan ce, and r eaffirmi ng al so th e

need for all act ors en gaged in the provi sion of human itarian assist ance i n situa tions

of comp lex emerg encies and n atural dis asters to pr omote and f ully respe ct these

princ ipl es,

Expre ssin g gra ve c once rn at the increa sing c halleng es caus ed by the

unpr ecedente d n umber of peopl e a ffected by huma nitaria n e mergencie s, includin g

protr acted displac ement, which are inc reasing in n umber, s cale a nd seve rity a nd are

stret ching humanit arian respons e capa cities, and expressi ng dee p c oncern about the

impa ct of climat e cha nge, t he on going consequ ences of the fina ncial and e conomic

crisi s, regional fo od crises, con tinuing foo d a nd energy inse curity, water sc arcity,

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A/74/13 8.

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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency

humanitarian assistance of the United Nations

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unpl anned and ra pid urban ization of po pulatio ns, epidem ics, natur al hazar ds,

envi ronmenta l degr adation , arme d conf licts and a cts of terror ism, which a re add ing

to underde velopmen t, pov erty a nd ine quality and a re incr easing the v ulnerabi lity o f

peop le while reducin g their ability to cope with hu manitar ian crise s,

Unde rsco rin g the need, in orde r to ens ure a s mooth trans ition from relie f to

reha bilitatio n and deve lopment, to better align, wher ever appropri ate, humanita rian

and develop ment a ssistanc e with natio nal dev elopmen t prior ities a nd stra tegies, and

enco uraging M ember S tates, a s well as t he Unite d Nations system a nd region al

organ izations in sup porting the effo rts of M ember S tates, t o tackle the roo t causes of

huma nitarian crises, includin g povert y and un derdeve lopment, build t he resili ence of

affec ted Stat es, incl uding h ost co mmunitie s, and r educe hu manitar ian need s,

Conc erne d about the g rowing gap between human itarian needs and resour ces,

welc oming non-tr aditiona l dono rs, a nd emp hasizin g the need to mobilize adeq uate,

pred ictable, timely and flexible resou rces fo r huma nitar ian ass istance, based on a nd

in propor tion to a ssessed ris ks a nd ne eds, with a view to p lanning for, mitig ating,

prep aring fo r, respon ding to and reco vering from hu manitari an emerg encies,

Reco gniz ing , in this reg ard, the sign ificant ach ievemen ts of the Cent ral

Emer gency Res ponse Fu nd in fac ilitating life-s aving ass istance t o crisis -affected

peop le by prov iding timely fund ing, enabling hum anitaria n org anizatio ns a nd th eir

impl ementin g p artners to ac t q uickly wh en tragedy st rikes and ste er resourc es to

crise s tha t do not r eceive the a ttention that they need and d eserve, empha sizing the

need to broade n and diver sify the i ncome base of t he Fu nd, a nd wel coming in this

rega rd the c all by the Secr etary- General to incr ease the level of the F und to 1 billio n

Unit ed State s dollar s,

Reco gniz ing also the si gnifica nt achiev ements o f country -based p ooled fu nds in

facil itating assista nce to pe ople in need, no ting the Secreta ry-Ge neral’s call for

dono rs to inc rease th e propor tion of h umanita rian app eal fund ing chan nelled t hrough

count ry-base d poo led fu nds, and no ting also t hat ot her po oled funding mecha nisms

can make imp ortant contribu tions,

Emph asiz ing that strength ened needs analys is, r isk managem ent a nd s trategic

plan ning, in coordin ation wi th affec ted Stat es, inclu ding th rough th e use of open an d

disa ggregate d data, are c rucial elements to e nsure a better inform ed, mor e effec tive,

tran sparent and coll ective r esponse to the needs of people affected by cris es,

Reit erati ng the ne ed for Member States, releva nt Unit ed Nat ions org anizatio ns

and o ther rel evant a ctors to mainstr eam a ge nder pe rspectiv e into h umanitar ian

assis tance and i ntegrate a g ender perspec tive i nto al l disa ster ri sk red uction efforts ,

inclu ding by addre ssing the spec ific needs, an d pr omoting the pr iorities an d

capa cities, o f women, girls, me n and bo ys in a com prehens ive and co nsistent manner,

and al so respe cting and protect ing their r ights, r ecognizi ng that in humanita rian

emer gencies, women, girls and bo ys face height ened ri sks to their safety, he alth a nd

well -being, and reit erating also tha t it is essen tial to e nsure that women are

empo wered to effectiv ely and meaning fully partici pate in l eadersh ip a nd d ecision -

maki ng proce sses,

Reit erati ng a lso the need for Mem ber Stat es, rele vant Uni ted Nati ons

organ izations and other relevant actor s to improve accou ntabilit y at all lev els to the

need s of aff ected po pulatio ns, and recogni zing the import ance of inclusi ve

part icipatio n in dec ision-m aking,

Reco gniz ing t hat perso ns with dis abilitie s are dispro portion ately affec ted in

huma nitarian e mergenci es and fac e multiple b arriers in a ccessing assistan ce, recall ing

the ne ed for the invo lvement o f persons wi th disabi lities in dec ision -making pr ocesses

and for main streami ng, whe re possi ble, the ir persp ectives and nee ds in h umanitar ian