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Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters

A/RES/79/128View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 86Protection of persons in the event of disasters, published in 2024.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2016–2024
  • 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).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 topics
Disaster ReliefDisaster VictimsHumanitarian AssistanceInternational Instruments

What does this mandate say?

7 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 reports of the working group on protection of persons in the event of disasters, including the Chair’s summary of the deliberations in the working group at the seventy-eighth and seventy-ninth sessions;
3
Also takes note of all the views and comments expressed in the debates of the Sixth Committee on this topic, as well as the comments and observations received from Governments on the draft articles on the protection of persons in the event of disasters and on any future action thereon;
4
Decides to elaborate and conclude a legally binding instrument on the protection of persons in the event of disasters, without prejudice to the legal effects of any particular provisions contained therein, by the end of 2027 at the latest, at the dates and location and in accordance with the modalities to be determined by the General Assembly at its eightieth session;
5
Also decides that the Sixth Committee shall resume its session for up to five days by the end of April 2026 at the latest, in order to prepare a consolidated text including the draft articles and the proposals submitted by Governments in accordance with paragraph 6 below, within the framework of a working group of the Committee;
6
Invites Governments to submit to the Secretary-General, no later than 31 December 2025, proposals for amendments to the draft articles, with a view to preparing the consolidated text that will serve as the basis for the negotiations of the legally binding instrument as referred to in paragraph 4 above, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a compilation of all the proposals received to the working group;
7
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its eightieth session the item entitled “Protection of persons in the event of disasters”.

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