Humanitarian Assistance, Emergency Relief, Rehabilitation, Recovery and Reconstruction in Response to the Humanitarian Emergency in Haiti, Including the Devastating Effects of the Earthquake

A/RES/65/135View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 69a Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, published in 2011.

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2011

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2011	A/66/332	Humanitarian assistance, emergency relief, rehabilitation, recovery and reconstruction in response to the humanitarian emergency in Haiti, including the devastating effects of the earthquake report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/65/135

What subjects does this mandate have?

17 subjects

Accountability Capacity Building Civil Society Cooperation Between Organizations Coordination Within UN System Disaster Relief Displaced Persons Earthquakes Epidemics Gender Mainstreaming Gender-Based Violence Haiti Humanitarian Assistance Land Rights Natural Disasters Reconstruction Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to resolution 64/250;²

²A/65/335.

Affirms the leading role of the Government of Haiti in all aspects of the humanitarian response and in the rehabilitation, recovery, reconstruction and development plans for the country;

Underlines the overall coordinating role of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in assisting the Government of Haiti in ensuring a coherent international response to the humanitarian emergency in Haiti;

Calls upon Member States, the United Nations system and relevant humanitarian organizations, including the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, to continue to cooperate with the Government of Haiti for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the affected population, and emphasizes the importance of improved coordination in this regard, including with civil society organizations, which include faith-based organizations;

Urges the international community to provide increased and prompt support to the efforts of the Government of Haiti, led by the Ministry of Public Health and Population and supported by humanitarian actors, to respond to the cholera epidemic, and in this context stresses the importance of addressing the continuing challenges posed to the health system and to the water and sanitation sectors, including in the reconstruction process;

Stresses the need to enhance efforts towards reconstruction and social, environmental and economic recovery, including as a means to address the humanitarian situation in Haiti;

Underlines the urgency of taking actions that lead to a durable and sustainable solution to the situation of internally displaced persons in Haiti, in particular women, children and persons with disabilities, and bearing in mind their particular needs, and in this regard urges humanitarian and development actors to support the Government of Haiti, upon request, in addressing, inter alia, the issues of land rights, rubble removal and the promotion of livelihoods for the affected population;

Recognizes the important role of the United Nations system in supporting efforts to address the issue of sexual and gender-based violence in Haiti, including with regard to internally displaced persons, and encourages the United Nations system and invites humanitarian and development actors to promote gender mainstreaming in all assistance and recovery processes for Haiti;

Reiterates its appeal to all Member States and all relevant organs and bodies of the United Nations system, as well as the international financial institutions and development agencies, to provide speedy, sustainable and adequate support for the relief, early recovery, rehabilitation, reconstruction and development efforts of Haiti;

Calls for support for the Haiti Reconstruction Fund from donors and other partners, and urges them to fulfil, without delay, their pledges made earlier in 2010 at the International Donors’ Conference entitled “Towards a New Future for Haiti”, held in New York, and at the World Summit for the Future of Haiti, held in Punta Cana;

Commends the creation of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission, co-chaired by the Prime Minister of Haiti, Mr. Jean-Max Bellerive, and the former President of the United States of America, Mr. William Jefferson Clinton, aimed at conducting strategic planning and coordination and implementing resources from bilateral and multilateral donors, civil society organizations and the private sector, with all necessary transparency and accountability, and looks forward to continued support from donors and other national, regional and international organizations, partners and stakeholders in connection with the implementation of the mandate of the Commission;

Requests the Secretary-General and all relevant organs and bodies of the United Nations system, as well as the international financial institutions and development agencies, to assist Haiti, whenever possible, through continued effective humanitarian, technical and financial assistance that contributes to overcoming the humanitarian emergency and to the rehabilitation and recovery of the economy and the affected population, as well as to the reconstruction, in conformity with the priorities identified at the national level, including through projects that promote capacity-building and facilitate the transition from relief to development;

Requests the Secretary-General, in this regard, to consult with Member States, including through the Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti, relevant United Nations organs and bodies, including the Peacebuilding Commission and the Economic and Social Council, regarding ways to achieve enhanced coordination of reconstruction and development efforts in Haiti;

Requests the relevant organs and bodies of the United Nations system and other relevant international organizations to increase their support and assistance in strengthening the capacity of Haiti for cholera response and disaster preparedness, as well as in reducing its vulnerability to natural disasters and in integrating disaster risk reduction and management in its development strategies and programmes, in accordance with the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters;³

³A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, chap. I, resolution 2.

Requests the Secretary-General to keep Member States regularly informed on the humanitarian assistance efforts in Haiti and to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session on the implementation of the present resolution and on the progress made in the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts of the affected country, under the sub-item entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations”.

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

Table of contents