Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74aOffice of the United Nations Disaster Relief Coordinator, published in 1983.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 1977–1987

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/41/201

1987A/RES/41/201Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinatorLatestCompare with previous version
1985A/RES/39/207Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinatorCompare with previous version
1983A/RES/37/144Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief CoordinatorCompare with previous version
1981A/RES/35/107Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinatorCompare with previous version
1979A/RES/34/55Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinatorCompare with previous version

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What subjects does this mandate have?

7 topics

Budget Contributions Coordination Within UN System Disaster Preparedness Disaster Relief Emergency Relief Management Resources Mobilization

What does this mandate say?

14 operative paragraphs

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Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the work of the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator33 and of the statement made by the Co-ordinator before the Second Committee on 2 November I 982;34 2.

Takes note of the progress made by the Secretary- General and the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination in initiating improvements in the management operati<_)ns of the Office of the United Nations Disaster ReliefCo-ordmator and in establishing modalities for the implementation of the procedures, outlined in General Ass~~bly _resolution. 36/ 225 and decision 1982/ I of the Admmistrat1ve Committee on Co-ordination, for dealing with requests for disaster relief

from a disaster-stricken State and for dealing with complex disasters and emergencies of exceptional magnitude;

Takes note of the appreciation expressed by the Governments of Chad and Lebanon for the activities undertaken by the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator in those two countries, and requests him to continue his action in response to needs as they arise;

Requests the Secretary-General to facilitate, when necessary, rapid appointment of temporary staff and procurement of supplies by the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator in order to permit a timely response to requests for emergency assistance;

Requests the Secretary-General to raise the normal maximum of $30,000 to $50,000, the additional $20,000 to come from voluntary sources, to permit the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator to respond with grants to requests for emergency disaster assistance up to a total of $600,000 in any one year, with a normal ceiling of $50,000 per country in the case of any one disaster;

Authorizes the Secretary-General to permit the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator to mobilize additional voluntary resources to meet the needs presented by complex disasters and emergencies of exceptional magnitude;

Decides to maintain, as from I January 1984, the Trust Fund of the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator and its sub-accounts;

Reiterates, in particular, the appeals made in its resolutions 35/107 and 36/225 for increased contributions to the Trust Fund established pursuant to its resolution 3243

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and modified as indicated in the second preambular paragraph and in paragraph 7 above;

Endorses the measures taken by the Secretary- General and the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination to implement General Assembly resolution 36/225 and calls upon the Secretary-General, who will normally be represented by the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator, to consult with the concerned agencies of the United Nations system in order to develop concerted relief programmes as a basis for united appeals for funds to be launched by the Co-ordinator on behalf of the Secretary-General;

Reiterates its desire further to strengthen and improve the capability of the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator to take full advantage of information provided by existing early-warning systems and to co-ordinate, to the extent feasible and useful, all relevant early-warning systems, taking into account new technological developments in this field, including communications;

Urges all Governments and relevant organs and organizations to co-operate with the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator and to improve in particular their flow of information on relief assistance, actions and plans;

Calls upon the specialized agencies and other constituent organizations of the United Nations system, in order to eliminate wasteful duplication of resources, to coordinate, in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 3 of General Assembly resolution 36/225, their efforts at all stages of the response of the international community to natural disasters and other disaster situations;

Reaffirms its belief that the strengthening and reinforcing of the Office of the United Nations Disaster Relief Co-ordinator offers the most efficient and economic means of effectively co-ordinating the relief activities of the United Nations system as a whole in the interest of the survivors of disasters, and requests the Secretary-General to assign a higher priority to strengthening, preferably within the means \! his disposal, the financial and manpower resources of the Office;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a comprehensive report on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 36/225, including a report on the implementation of the present resolution, to the Assembly at its thirty-eighth session, through the Economic and Social Council at its second regular session of 1983.

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