United Nations
A/RES/64/74*
General Assembly
Distr.: General
27 January 2010
Sixty-fourth session
Agenda item 70 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 December 2009
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/64/L.19 and Add.1)]
64/74. Humanitarian assistance, emergency relief and rehabilitation
for El Salvador as a result of the devastating effects of
Hurricane Ida
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The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 53/1 B of 5 October 1998, 53/1 C of 2 November 1998,
54/96 E of 15 December 1999, 58/117 of 17 December 2003, 59/212 of 20 December
2004, 59/231 and 59/233 of 22 December 2004 and 60/220 of 22 December 2005,
Reiterating the need for the United Nations system to respond to requests for
assistance by Member States and for humanitarian assistance to be provided in
accordance with the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and
independence,
Deeply regretting the loss of human life and the scores of victims caused by
Hurricane Ida in El Salvador on 7 and 8 November 2009,
Conscious of the huge material losses sustained to crops, homes, basic
infrastructure and tourist and other areas,
Acknowledging the efforts of the Government of El Salvador to protect the
lives of its nationals and rapidly to assist the affected population,
Conscious that the Central American countries are vulnerable to cyclical
weather patterns and prone to natural hazards owing to their geographical location
and features, which impose additional challenges on their ability to achieve the
Millennium Development Goals,
Noting the enormous effort, as well as the fullest coordinated support and
solidarity of the international community, that will be required to rebuild the
affected areas and to alleviate the grave situation wreaked by these natural hazards,
Expresses its solidarity and support to the Government and the people of
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El Salvador;
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* Reissued for technical reasons on 30 March 2010.
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