Participation of Volunteers, "White Helmets", In the Activities of the United Nations in the Field of Humanitarian Relief, Rehabilitation and Technical Cooperation for Development

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 70a Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, published in 2010.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2002–2015

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/105

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2015	A/RES/70/105	Participation of volunteers, "White Helmets", in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development	1,173	65%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/84	Participation of volunteers, "White Helmets", in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development	1,186	56%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/75	Participation of volunteers, "White Helmets", in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development	946	60%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/220	Participation of volunteers, "White Helmets", in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development	877	53%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/118	Participation of volunteers, "White Helmets", in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development	814	46%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2009–2012

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2012	A/67/89	Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/64/75
2009	A/64/84	Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/61/220

What subjects does this mandate have?

12 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Disaster Preparedness Disaster Relief Emergency Relief Food Security Humanitarian Assistance Humanitarian Emergencies International Voluntary Services Regional Cooperation Resources Mobilization Training Programmes White Helmets

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General, in particular section IV.C, on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, prepared pursuant to its resolution 46/182 and submitted in response to resolutions 63/139 of 11 December 2008 and 61/220;⁴

⁴A/64/84-E/2009/87.

Recognizes the effort being made by the White Helmets initiative to strengthen national and regional agreements aimed at facilitating coordination between the United Nations system and trained standby national volunteer corps, in accordance with accepted United Nations procedures, through the United Nations Volunteers and other agencies of the system;

Notes the emphasis placed on the development of mechanisms to facilitate the local management of humanitarian emergencies, through the organization and participatory involvement and empowerment of affected communities and the training of the members of local volunteer corps;

Also notes the importance of the international efforts being made by the White Helmets initiative to strengthen the comprehensive regional mechanisms for managing prevention and response activities in emergency and disaster situations, in particular its model for setting up regional networks of focal points, with a view to linkage with other international structures;

Recognizes that the White Helmets initiative can play an important role in the promotion, diffusion and implementation of the decisions contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,1 and invites Member States in a position to do so to consider means to ensure the integration of the White Helmets initiative into their programme activities and to make financial resources available to the Special Voluntary Fund of the United Nations Volunteers;

Takes note of the efforts made by the World Food Programme and the White Helmets to coordinate integration mechanisms that allow for joint action within the framework of food security, on the basis of their general agreements of 1998;

Encourages operational partners of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Volunteers and the World Health Organization, in providing psychosocial support to the disaster-affected population in emergency and disaster situations, to draw, as appropriate, on the voluntary expertise of the White Helmets, which has been successfully tested;

Encourages the White Helmets to continue enhancing coordination with the international humanitarian system and to explore mechanisms for sharing best practices on disaster response and preparedness with other regional organizations in disaster-prone areas, in an effort to improve the coordination of humanitarian assistance provided by the United Nations in emergency situations;

Invites the Secretary-General, on the basis of the experience acquired, to continue considering the use of the White Helmets initiative as a resource suitable for preventing and mitigating the effects of humanitarian disaster situations;

Also invites the Secretary-General, on the basis of the extensive international work experience acquired by the White Helmets, as recognized by the General Assembly since the adoption of its resolution 49/139 B, the first resolution on the White Helmets initiative, and in view of the success of coordinated actions carried out with, inter alia, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Volunteers, to suggest measures to enhance the integration of the White Helmets initiative into the work of the United Nations system and to report thereon to the Assembly at its sixty-seventh session in a separate section of the annual report on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations.

Reissued for technical reasons on 7 April 2010.

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