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

A/RES/70/105View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 73 Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance, published in 2015.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2002–2015

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?

10 subjects

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

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, submitted in compliance with resolutions 46/182 and 69/135,³ in particular paragraph 85 of the report, in which it is noted that in 20 years of experience, the White Helmets have participated in over 260 international humanitarian assistance missions;

³A/70/77-E/2015/64.

Recognizes the work done by the White Helmets in coordination with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat to promote the interchange of humanitarian experiences and best practices among the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean and foster a number of regional mechanisms for international humanitarian assistance;

Takes note of the activities of the White Helmets involving the exchange of experiences with several countries with a view to mutually strengthening international humanitarian assistance and promoting volunteer work;

Recognizes the work undertaken with the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction to strengthen the disaster risk reduction agenda and generate practical tools for the campaign entitled “Making Cities Resilient: My city is getting ready”, as well as the active participation in the consultations leading to the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030;⁴

⁴Resolution 69/283, annex II.

Commends national and international volunteers for their contributions and their fundamental role in disaster risk reduction, response and recovery;

Recognizes the agreement signed between the United Nations Volunteers and the White Helmets Commission, which extends until 2017 and will allow for continuation of the joint work launched in 1995, and invites Member States to consider means of supporting collaboration of the White Helmets with their programme activities and to consider making financial resources available to the Special Voluntary Fund of the United Nations Volunteers;

Takes note of the renewal, signed in 2014, of the memorandum of understanding between the White Helmets and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which established the framework for the deployment of White Helmets volunteers in support of the emergency responses of the Office of the High Commissioner, and recognizes 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, including the exchange of information among stakeholders in the field, and the international humanitarian assistance activities that the White Helmets developed with the International Organization for Migration and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan;

Recognizes the international humanitarian activities that the White Helmets developed in the period from 2012 to 2015 in coordination with the national authorities of disaster-affected countries and the agencies of the United Nations system and its partners;

Notes the work of the White Helmets initiative in assisting the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to promote greater legal preparedness for international disaster assistance in the Americas;

Recognizes the participation of the White Helmets in the Latin American and Caribbean regional consultation held in preparation for the World Humanitarian Summit, to be held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 23 and 24 May 2016;

Encourages the White Helmets to continue to enhance 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 order 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 to consider 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 work experience acquired by the White Helmets in the international field, as recognized in various resolutions of the General Assembly, and in view of the success of coordinated actions carried out with, inter alia, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Volunteers, to suggest measures to enhance the collaboration of the White Helmets initiative with the United Nations system and to report thereon to the Assembly at its seventy-third session in a separate section of the annual report on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations.

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