Resolution nº S/RES/1502 (2003) of the United Nations Security Council

• Year: 2003
• Issuer: Security Council of the United Nation

United Nations

S

/RES/1502 (2003)

Security Council

Distr.: General

26 August 2003

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Resolution 1502 (2003)

Adopted by the Security Council at its 4814th meeting, on

26 August 2003

The Security Council,

Reiterating its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international

peace and security and, in this context, the need to promote and ensure respect for

the principles and rules of international humanitarian law,

Reaffirming its resolutions 1296 (2000), of 19 April 2000, and 1265 (1999), of

17 September 1999, on protection of civilians in armed conflict, and resolution 1460

(2003), of 30 January 2003, on children and armed conflict, as well as other relevant

resolutions, and recalling the statements of its President on protection of civilians in

armed conflict

1

and on protection of United Nations personnel, associated personnel

and humanitarian personnel in conflict zones,

2

Welcoming the adoption by the General Assembly of resolutions 57/28 entitled

Scope of legal protection under the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and

Associated Personnel and 57/155 entitled Safety and security of humanitarian

personnel and protection of United Nations personnel,

Reaffirming the obligation of all humanitarian personnel and United Nations

and its associated personnel to observe and respect the laws of the country in which

they are operating, in accordance with international law and the Charter of the

United Nations, and underlining the importance for humanitarian organizations to

uphold the principles of neutrality, impartiality and humanity in their humanitarian

activities,

Emphasizing that there are existing prohibitions under international law

against attacks knowingly and intentionally directed against personnel involved in a

humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping mission undertaken in accordance with the

Charter of the United Nations which in situations of armed conflicts constitute war

crimes, and recalling the need for States to end impunity for such criminal acts,

Aware that the protection of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and its

associated personnel is a concern in situations of armed conflict and otherwise,

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1

Presidential Statements S/PRST/2002/6 and S/PRST/2002/41.

2

Presidential Statement S/PRST/2000/4.