Strengthening of the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator

A/RES/3243(XXIX)View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1975.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 1975–1991

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/45/221

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1991	A/RES/45/221	Strengthening of the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator	—	—
1975	A/RES/3243(XXIX)	Strengthening of the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator	680	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 subjects

Budget Contributions Disaster Preparedness Disaster Prevention Disaster Relief Financing

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Calls upon the Secretary-General to provide sufficient staff, equipment and facilities to strengthen the capacity of the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator to provide an efficient and effective world-wide service of mobilizing and co-ordinating disaster relief, including particularly the collection and dissemination of information on disaster assessment, priority needs and donor assistance;

Decides that the additional costs of providing this strengthened capability should be met by voluntary contributions during the first year, commencing as soon as possible, and during the biennium 197 6-1977, at which time the method of financing for succeeding periods shall be subject to review in the light of experience, with the understanding that the additional resources made available under the terms of the present resolution should be concentrated on strengthening the co-ordinating capability of the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator, but without prejudice to any improvements that can be made in the roles of that Office in disaster prevention and in predisaster planning within the resources otherwise available to it;

Requests the Secretary-General to take appropriate measures, drawing upon the aforementioned voluntary funds, to prepare a plan and budget for this increased capability, and to proceed with its immediate implementation;

Requests the Secretary-General, as called for in Economic and Social Council resolution 1891 ( L VII), to continue to investigate the feasibility of measures to strengthen the United Nations machinery with regard to disaster prevention and pre-disaster planning;

Requests the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of the present resolution to the Economic and Social Council at its fifty-ninth session and to the General Assembly at its thirtieth session.

General A111embly-Twenty-ninth Se111ion 15 E/CEPAL/ AC.67 /2 and Corr.I and 2.

16 Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 9A (E/5608/ Add. I).

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18 Official. Records of the General Assembly, Twenty-ninth Session, Second Committee, 1620th meeting, paras. 1-7.

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