Strengthening of the Coordination of Humanitarian and Disaster Relief Assistance of the United Nations, Including Economic Assistance Strengthening of the Coordination of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance of the United Nations

A/RES/49/139[B]View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 37a Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, published in 1995.

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3 documents · 1995

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1995	A/RES/49/139[B]	Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including economic assistance strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations :	—	–
1995	A/RES/49/139[A]	Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including economic assistance strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations :	—	–
1995	A/RES/49/139	Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including economic assistance strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations :	1,886	–

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A/RES/49/139 [B]

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Resolution 49/59, annex.

See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-eighth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/48/3/Rev.1), chap. III.

Notes with satisfaction the initiatives undertaken by the international community in order to facilitate quick and adequate response to humanitarian emergencies and to provide effective support to the rehabilitation and development efforts of affected countries;

Encourages voluntary national and regional actions aimed at providing the United Nations system, on a stand-by basis, with specialized human and technical resources for emergency relief and rehabilitation, and, in this regard, notes with satisfaction the establishment, in particular in developing countries, of national volunteer corps;

Also encourages those national volunteer corps to develop the appropriate capabilities in order to cooperate, at the field level and in their respective area of expertise, with the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations, in accordance with the relevant provisions of resolution 46/182 and other relevant United Nations resolutions;

Invites Governments to promote at the national level the development of innovative financial mechanisms to fund these national stand-by capacities, by involving, inter alia, the private sector;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the Economic and Social Council at its next substantive session incorporating the views expressed by Governments and appropriate intergovernmental organizations and relevant entities within the United Nations system, in particular the Department of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat and the United Nations Volunteers, on ways and means of strengthening national and regional stand-by arrangements, including the establishment and full utilization of national volunteer corps, in the area of emergency humanitarian assistance, as well as in the promotion of a smooth transition from relief to rehabilitation, reconstruction and development, taking into account existing mandates and activities of the United Nations system;

Invites the Secretary-General, in this context, to include in his report for consideration at the next substantive session of the Economic and Social Council the results of his assessment of the potentials of:

The provision by the Department of Humanitarian Affairs and the United Nations Volunteers of coordination for activities to be undertaken by national volunteer corps, including the supportive role of the Resident Coordinator at the country level;

The establishment of a distinct window within the Special Voluntary Fund of the United Nations Volunteers for channelling funds for operational purposes;

The use of databases within the United Nations system to coordinate and facilitate the rapid provision of assistance by national volunteer corps to the United Nations system;

Experiences at the national level with regard to, inter alia, selection and training, deployment, status and security, and the effective utilization of stand-by arrangements;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fiftieth session on the implementation of the present resolution, in the context of his annual report on strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, in accordance with resolution 46/182.

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