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Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters

A/RES/71/141No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 78Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 68th session, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2016–2024
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/128
  • 2024A/RES/79/128Protection of persons in the event of disastersLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2021A/RES/76/119Protection of persons in the event of disastersCompare with previous version
  • 2019A/RES/73/209Protection of persons in the event of disastersCompare with previous version
  • 2016A/RES/71/141Protection of persons in the event of disasters

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

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
Disaster ReliefDisaster VictimsHumanitarian AssistanceInternational Instruments

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2018.

  • 2018A/73/229Protection of persons in the event of disasters report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

3 operative paragraphs
1
Expresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for its continuing contribution to the codification and progressive development of international law;
2
Takes note of the draft articles on the protection of persons in the event of disasters, presented by the Commission,2 and invites Governments to submit comments concerning the recommendation by the Commission to elaborate a convention on the basis of these articles;3
3
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session an item entitled “Protection of persons in the event of disasters”.

iParagraph content is machine-extracted from UN documents. For authoritative content, please refer to the official UN document.

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