A/RES/75/125
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
21 December 2020
Seventy-fifth session
Agenda item 73 (a)
Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and
disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including
special economic assistance: strengthening of the coordination
of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 11 December 2020
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/75/L.42 and A/75/L.42/Add.1)]
75/125.
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 74/116
of 16 December 2019, 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, including resolution 2286 (2016) of 3 May 2016,
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,
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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.
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