A/RES/59/141
Concerned about the need to mobilize adequate support, including financial
resources, for emergency humanitarian assistance at all levels, including at national,
regional and international levels,
Emphasizing that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of
the Secretariat should benefit from adequate and more predictable funding, while
stressing the importance for the Office to continue to make efforts to broaden its
donor base,
Reiterating that contributions for humanitarian assistance should be provided
in a way that is not to the detriment of resources made available for international
cooperation for development,
Recognizing the importance of humanitarian assistance in ensuring the
effective transition from conflict to peace and the positive effect it may have in
preventing the recurrence of armed conflict, and that humanitarian assistance must
be provided in ways that will be supportive of recovery and long-term development,
Noting with grave concern the growing intensity and recurrence of natural
disasters, and reaffirming the importance of sustainable measures to reduce the
vulnerability of societies to natural hazards using an integrated, multi-hazard and
participatory approach to addressing vulnerability, risk assessment and disaster
prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response and recovery,
Takes note with appreciation of the outcome of the seventh humanitarian
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affairs segment of the Economic and Social Council, during its substantive session
of 2004;
Encourages the Emergency Relief Coordinator to continue his efforts to
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strengthen the coordination of humanitarian assistance, and calls upon relevant
United Nations organizations as well as other humanitarian and development actors
to work with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the
Secretariat in enhancing the coordination, effectiveness and efficiency of
humanitarian assistance;
Recognizes the importance of secure and predictable funding to the
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coordinated, appropriate and timely delivery of humanitarian assistance, stresses the
need to increase in an incremental way, in the normal course of the budget process,
the share of the budget of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
borne by the regular budget of the United Nations, and requests the SecretaryGeneral to give this matter full consideration;
Emphasizes the importance of the discussion of humanitarian policies
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and activities in the General Assembly and in the Economic and Social Council and
that these discussions should be further revitalized by Member States;
Calls upon Governments, relevant organizations of the United Nations
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system, other relevant international organizations and non-governmental
organizations to cooperate with the Secretary-General and the Emergency Relief
Coordinator to ensure timely implementation of and follow-up to resolutions of the
General Assembly and resolutions of the Economic and Social Council adopted at
the humanitarian affairs segment of its substantive sessions;
Strongly encourages the United Nations to address more systematically
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protection of civilians and other humanitarian issues with regional organizations, in
accordance with their respective mandates, inter alia, through dialogue;
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