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Assistance in Cases of Natural Disaster

A/RES/2034(XX)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1966.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1966–1971
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/2717(XXV)
YearSymbolTitleWord lengthText similarity
1971
A/RES/2717(XXV)

Assistance in cases of natural disaster

1,2933%Compare
1970
A/RES/2608(XXIV)

Assistance in cases of natural disaster

904%Compare
1969
A/RES/2435(XXIII)

Assistance in cases of natural disaster

94314%Compare
1966
A/RES/2034(XX)

Assistance in cases of natural disaster

643–

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects
Coordination Within UN SystemDisaster ReliefFundsNatural DisastersNon-Governmental OrganizationsResident Coordinators

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs
2
Requests Member States, whe? offering. emergency assistance in cases of natural disa~ter, to m_form and make use of the appropriate standmg. machmery set up in the stricken countries and to mfor!ll the Secretary-General of the type of emergency assistance they are in a position to offer;
3
Notes with satisfaction the existing arrangemer.its which the United Nations and the specialized agencies have for providing emergency assistance, ir.iclu_ding their relationships with non-governmental orgamz~tt~ns, particularly with the League of Red Cross Societies;
4
Invites the executive heads of the organizations and programmes within the United Nations system, under the leadership of the Secretary-General, to continue and intensify their efforts to ensure the full coordination of the assistance made available by and through those organizations and programmes to countries stricken by natural disasters;
5
Approves the proposal of the Secreta_ry-Gen~ral that he be authorized to draw on the Workmg Capital Fund in the amount of $100,000 for emergency aid in any one year, with a normal ceiling of $20,000 per country in the case of any one disaster ;
6
Decides to review at its twenty-third session the experimental arrangements referred to in paragraph 5 above.
7 December 1965.
5,

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