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Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations
assistance, including by addressing the specific needs of women, girls, boys and
men in a comprehensive and consistent manner, and to take into account the needs
of affected populations, including persons with disabilities,
Expressing its deep concern about the increasing challenges faced by Member
States and the United Nations humanitarian response system and their capacities as
a result of the consequences of natural disasters, including those related to the
continuing impact of climate change, and reaffirming the importance of
implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience
of Nations and Communities to Disasters, 3 inter alia, by providing adequate
resources for disaster risk reduction, including investment in disaster preparedness,
and by working towards building back better in all phases from relief to
development,
Recognizing that building national and local preparedness and response
capacity is critical to a more predictable and effective response and contributes to
the achievement of humanitarian and development objectives, including enhanced
resilience and a reduced need for humanitarian response,
Emphasizing that enhancing international cooperation on emergency
humanitarian assistance is essential, and reaffirming its resolution 66/227 of
23 December 2011 on international cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the
field of natural disasters,
Emphasizing also the fundamentally civilian character of humanitarian
assistance, and, in situations in which military capacity and assets are used to
support the implementation of humanitarian assistance, reaffirming the need for
their use to be undertaken with the consent of the affected State and in conformity
with international law, including international humanitarian law, as well as
humanitarian principles,
Condemning the increasing number of deliberate threats and violent attacks
against humanitarian personnel and facilities, including medical personnel and
facilities, and noting the negative implications for the provision of humanitarian
assistance to populations in need,
Recognizing the high numbers of persons affected by humanitarian
emergencies, including internally displaced persons, bearing in mind their particular
needs, and welcoming in this regard the adoption and ongoing process of ratification
of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally
Displaced Persons in Africa, which marks a significant step towards strengthening
the national and regional normative framework for the protection of and assistance
to internally displaced persons in Africa,
Recognizing also the importance of the Geneva Conventions of 1949, 4 which
include a vital legal framework for the protection of civilian persons in time of war,
including the provision of humanitarian assistance,
Noting with grave concern that violence, including gender-based violence,
particularly sexual violence, and violence against children, continues to be
deliberately directed against civilian populations in many emergency situations,
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