A/RES/71/152
United Nations
Distr.: General
20 December 2016
General Assembly
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 165
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 13 December 2016
[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/71/522)]
71/152. Report of the Committee on Relations with
the Host Country
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Committee on Relations with the Host
Country, 1
Recalling Article 105 of the Charter of the United Nations, the Convention on
the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 2 the Agreement between the
United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the
United Nations 3 and the responsibilities of the host country,
Recalling also that, in accordance with paragraph 7 of General Assembly
resolution 2819 (XXVI) of 15 December 1971, the Committee should consider, and
advise the host country on, issues arising in connection with the i mplementation of
the Headquarters Agreement,
Recognizing that effective measures should continue to be taken by the
competent authorities of the host country, in particular to prevent any acts violating
the security of missions and the safety of their per sonnel,
1.
Endorses the recommendations and conclusions of the Committee on
Relations with the Host Country contained in paragraph 12 of its report; 1
2.
Considers that the maintenance of appropriate conditions for the normal
work of the delegations and the missions accredited to the United Nations and the
observance of their privileges and immunities, which is an issue of great
importance, are in the interest of the United Nations and all Member States, requests
the host country to continue to solve, through negotiations, problems that might
arise and to take all measures necessary to prevent any interference with the
functioning of missions, and urges the host country to continue to take appropriate
action, such as training of police, security, customs and border control officers, with
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1
Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-first Session, Supplement No. 26 (A/71/26).
Resolution 22 A (I).
3
See resolution 169 (II).
2
16-21855 (E)
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