A/RES/73/302
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
24 June 2019
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 132
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 20 June 2019
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/73/L.90 and A/73/L.90/Add.1)]
73/302.
United Nations action on sexual exploitation and abuse
The General Assembly,
Recalling the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and
international law,
Recalling also its resolutions 71/278 of 10 March 2017 and 72/312 of
13 September 2018 on United Nations action on sexual exploitation and abuse, 72/304
of 13 July 2018 and 73/293 of 20 May 2019 on the comprehensive review of the whole
question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects, 71/297 of 30 June 2017 on
special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse and 72/112 of
7 December 2017 and 73/196 of 20 December 2018 on criminal accountability of
United Nations officials and experts on mission, and taking note of Security Council
resolutions 2242 (2015) of 13 October 2015 and 2272 (2016) of 11 March 2016,
1.
Reaffirms its commitment to the zero-tolerance policy on sexual
exploitation and abuse throughout the United Nations system, including the agencies,
funds and programmes, and takes note of the report of th e Secretary-General; 1
2.
Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-fourth session
the item entitled “Sexual exploitation and abuse: implementing a zero-tolerance
policy”, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to submit annual reports,
pursuant to resolution 57/306 of 15 April 2003, on special measures for protection
from sexual exploitation and abuse, including on progress made in implementing a
zero-tolerance policy within the United Nations system, for consideration by the
General Assembly under the aforementioned item, in line with existing mandates and
procedures.
91st plenary meeting
20 June 2019
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