A/RES/70/104
United Nations
Distr.: General
28 December 2015
General Assembly
Seventieth session
Agenda item 73
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 10 December 2015
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/70/L.25 and Add.1)]
70/104. Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and
protection of United Nations personnel
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 on the strengthening of
the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations,
Recalling all relevant resolutions on the safety and security of humanitarian
personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, including its resolution
69/133 of 12 December 2014, as well as Security Council resolutions on the
protection of humanitarian personnel, including resolution 2175 (2014) of 29 August
2014, and relevant statements by the President of the Council,
Recalling also all Security Council resolutions and presidential statements and
reports of the Secretary-General to the Council on the protection of civilians in
armed conflict,
Reaffirming the principles, rules and relevant provisions of international law,
including international humanitarian law and human rights law, as well as all
relevant treaties, 1 and the need to further promote and ensure respect thereof,
Recalling the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 2 and the Additional
Protocols thereto of 8 June 1977, 3 and the obligation of parties to armed conflict to
respect and ensure respect for international humanitarian law in all circumstances,
and urging all such parties to comply with international humanitarian law and
ensure respect for and protection of all humanitarian personnel and United Nations
and associated personnel,
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1
These include, notably, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of
13 February 1946, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of
21 November 1947, the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel of
9 December 1994, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated
Personnel of 8 December 2005, the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in
Time of War of 12 August 1949 and the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 8 June 1977,
and Amended Protocol II of 3 May 1996 to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of
Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have
Indiscriminate Effects of 10 October 1980, as applicable.
2
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973.
3
Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513.
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