United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/60/15
Distr.: General
2 February 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 73
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 14 November 2005
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/60/L.20 and Add.1)]
60/15. Strengthening emergency relief, rehabilitation,
reconstruction and prevention in the aftermath of
the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 46/182 of 19 December 1991, 57/152 of 16 December
2002, 57/256 of 20 December 2002, 58/25 of 5 December 2003, 58/214 and 58/215
of 23 December 2003, 59/212 of 20 December 2004, 59/231 and 59/233 of
22 December 2004 and 59/279 of 19 January 2005,
Commending the prompt response, continued support, generous assistance and
contributions of the international community, by Governments, civil society, the
private sector and individuals, in the relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts,
which reflect the spirit of international solidarity and cooperation to address the
disaster,
Noting the Declaration on Action to Strengthen Emergency Relief,
Rehabilitation, Reconstruction and Prevention in the Aftermath of the Earthquake
and Tsunami Disaster of 26 December 2004, adopted at the special meeting of
leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, held in Jakarta on 6 January
2005, 1
Recalling the Hyogo Declaration 2 and the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–
2015, 3 as well as the common statement of the special session on the Indian Ocean
disaster, 4 adopted at the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held in Kobe,
Hyogo, Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005,
Noting the communiqué relating to support for tsunami and multihazard
warning systems within the context of the Global Earth Observation System of
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1
A/59/669, annex.
A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, chap. I, resolution 1.
3
Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to
Disasters (A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, chap. I, resolution 2).
4
Common statement of the special session on the Indian Ocean disaster: risk reduction for a safer future
(A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, annex II).
2
05-48844