United Nations
A/RES/55/175
General Assembly
Fifty-fifth session
Agenda item 20
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/55/L.64 and Add.1)]
55/175. 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 strengthening of the
coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations,
Recalling its resolutions 53/87 of 7 December 1998 and 54/192 of
17 December 1999 on safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection
of United Nations personnel, as well as resolutions 52/167 of 16 December 1997 on
safety and security of humanitarian personnel and 52/126 of 12 December 1997 on
protection of United Nations personnel,
Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on protection of civilians in
armed conflicts, 1 and of Security Council resolutions 1265 (1999) of
17 September 1999 and 1296 (2000) of 19 April 2000 and the recommendations
made therein, as well as the statements by the President of the Security Council of
30 November 1999 on the role of the Security Council in the prevention of armed
conflicts, 2 of 13 January 2000 on humanitarian assistance to refugees in Africa, 3
of 9 February 2000 on protection of United Nations personnel, associated personnel
and humanitarian personnel in conflict zones, 4 and of 9 March 2000 on humanitarian
aspects of issues before the Security Council, 5 and in this context also noting the
range of views expressed during all open debates of the Security Council on these
issues,
Taking note also of the report of the Panel on United Nations Peace
Operations 6 and the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of that
report, 7
1
A/54/619 and S/1999/957.
S/PRST/1999/34; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1999.
3
S/PRST/2000/1; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 2000.
4
S/PRST/2000/4; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 2000.
5
S/PRST/2000/7; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 2000.
6
See A/55/305-S/2000/809.
7
A/55/502.
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