A/RES/73/212
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 January 2019
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 167
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 20 December 2018
[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/73/552)]
73/212.
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 implementation 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 personnel,
1.
Endorses the recommendations and conclusions of the Committee on
Relations with the Host Country contained in paragraph 111 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 cannot be subject to any
restrictions arising from the bilateral relations of the host country, are in the interest
of the United Nations and all Member States, takes seriously the recent concerns
raised by permanent missions regarding the normal performance of their functions,
requests the host country to continue to solve, through negotiations, problems that
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18-22530 (E)
Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-third Session, Supplement No. 26 (A/73/26).
Resolution 22 A (I).
See resolution 169 (II).
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