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New International Humanitarian Order

A/RES/42/120No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 106New international humanitarian order, published in 1988.

What other versions does this mandate have?

16 versions · 1982–2009
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/63/147
  • 2009A/RES/63/147New international humanitarian orderLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2007A/RES/61/138New international humanitarian orderCompare with previous version
  • 2005A/RES/59/171New international humanitarian orderCompare with previous version
  • 2003A/RES/57/184New international humanitarian orderCompare with previous version
  • 2001A/RES/55/73New international humanitarian orderCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 topics
Aid CoordinationHuman RightsHumanitarian Assistance

What does this mandate say?

5 operative paragraphs
3
Requests the Independent Commission to transmit its report to Member States and to the executive heads of specialized agencies and programmes of the United Nations system in order to enable them to consider its analyses and conclusions:
4
Invites ali non-governmental organizations concerned with the humanitarian issues examined by the Independent Commission to bear in mind the recommendations and suggestions made in its report in the context of their policies and actions in the field;
5
Invites Governments to make available to the Secretary-General, on a voluntary basis, information and expertise on humanitarian issues of concern to them, in order to identify opportunities for future action and to strengthen international co-operation in the humanitarian field;
6
Requests the Secretary-General to remain in contact with Governments, relevant specialized agencies and programmes of the United Nations system, governmental organizations concerned and the lndependent Bureau for Humanitarian Issues and to report to the General Assembly at its forty-third session, on the basis of information made available to him, on the progress made in the humanitarian field;
7
Decides to review at its forty-third session the question of a new international humanitarian order.

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