A/RES/62/214
United Nations
Distr.: General
7 March 2008
General Assembly
Sixty-second session
Agenda item 116
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 21 December 2007
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/62/595)]
62/214. United Nations Comprehensive Strategy on Assistance
and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse
by United Nations Staff and Related Personnel
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations
and international law, which are indispensable for a more peaceful, prosperous and
just world, and for the promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental
freedoms for all,
Deeply concerned by and strongly condemning all acts of sexual exploitation
and abuse committed by United Nations staff and related personnel,
Reiterating its support to the Secretary-General’s zero-tolerance policy on
sexual exploitation and abuse, and recalling all relevant United Nations standards of
conduct and regulations, including the Secretary-General’s bulletin on the special
measures for protection from sexual exploitation and sexual abuse, 1
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Also reiterating its support for the implementation of a comprehensive
approach throughout the United Nations system to assistance to victims of sexual
exploitation and abuse by United Nations staff and related personnel, which should
be provided in an appropriate and reliable manner,
Recalling the letter dated 24 March 2005 from the Secretary-General to the
President of the General Assembly, which contains the report of the special adviser
entitled “A comprehensive strategy to eliminate future sexual exploitation and abuse
in United Nations peacekeeping operations”, 2
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Recalling also that, in the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 3 the SecretaryGeneral was requested to submit proposals to the General Assembly leading to a
comprehensive approach to victims’ assistance,
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1
ST/SGB/2003/13.
A/59/710.
3
See resolution 60/1, para. 165.
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07-47661