A/RES/49/139 Page 2 Recognizing the increasing need for humanitarian assistance and adequate financial resources to ensure a prompt, timely and effective response by the United Nations to humanitarian and natural disasters and other emergencies, both for relief and for the continuum to development, Recognizing also the need to strengthen further coordination of humanitarian assistance, in particular in the field, bearing in mind that coordination should be field-oriented, Welcoming the efforts being undertaken in the Inter-Agency Standing Committee to develop a coherent and complementary approach on the part of the relevant operational and development actors to the continuum-related activities, Welcoming also the efforts of the Department of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat, in particular in the context of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, to promote disaster prevention, mitigation and preparedness measures, Noting the encouraging results of the operation of the Central Emergency Revolving Fund and its increasing utilization by the agencies, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General of 21 June and 1 November 1994; 1/ 2. Takes note of the report of the President of the Economic and Social Council to the General Assembly on the informal consultations he conducted in accordance with Economic and Social Council decision 1994/291 of 27 July 1994; 3. Also takes note of the measures outlined by the Secretary-General in his report 2/ for strengthening field coordination of humanitarian assistance, and acknowledges the need further to develop and strengthen system-wide coordination, including cooperation among operational agencies, the Department of Humanitarian Affairs and non-governmental organizations, in accordance with the provisions of resolution 46/182, to improve the capability for a quick and coordinated response to natural disasters and other emergencies while preserving the non-political, neutral and impartial character of humanitarian action; 4. Further takes note of the measures and procedures recommended by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee regarding the in-country coordinator, and, with due regard to the provisions of paragraph 39 of the annex to resolution 46/182, requests the Secretary-General, through the Economic and Social Council in 1995, to report further on the matter, including the implications of those recommendations, taking fully into account the views of Governments on those recommendations; ____________ 1/ A/49/177-E/1994/80 and Corr.1 and Add.1. 2/ A/49/177-E/1994/80/Add.1, chap. II. /...