International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in
the field of natural disasters, from relief to development
A/RES/74/115
Noting with concern that slow-onset disasters such as droughts are on the rise
in many places and can have significant impacts on affected populations and lead to
increased vulnerability to other hazards,
Recognizing the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction as the main forum
at the global level for strategic advice coordination and partnership development for
disaster risk reduction, and recognizing also the contribution of the relevant regional
and subregional platforms,
Reaffirming the Paris Agreement 3 and its early entry into force, and encouraging
all the parties to the Agreement to fully implement the Agreement and parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 4 that have not yet done
so to deposit their instruments of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession,
where appropriate, as soon as possible,
Highlighting the synergies between the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development 5 and the Paris Agreement, and noting with concern the
findings contained in the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
Noting with appreciation the hosting by the Government of Poland of the
twenty-fourth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change, the fourteenth session of the Conference
of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and the third
part of the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the
Parties to the Paris Agreement, held in Katowice, Poland, from 2 to 15 December
2018, and noting with appreciation also the convening by the Government of Chile,
with the assistance of the Government of Spain, of the twenty-fifth session of the
Conference of the Parties, the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties
serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and the second session of
the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris
Agreement, in Madrid from 2 to 13 December 2019,
Welcoming the holding of the 2019 Climate Action Summit convened by the
Secretary-General on 23 September, and taking note of the multi-partner initiatives
and commitments presented during the Summit,
Noting with appreciation the hosting by the Government of Switzerland of the
sixth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, held i n Geneva from
13 to 17 May 2019,
Taking note of its resolution 71/1 of 19 September 2016, in which the General
Assembly adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants and the
annexes thereto,
Welcoming the convening of the intergovernmental conference held on 10 and
11 December 2018 in Marrakech, Morocco, and recalling that it adopted the Global
Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration, also known as the Marrakech
Compact on Migration, 6
Emphasizing the fundamentally civilian character of humanitarian assistance,
reaffirming, in situations in which military capacity and assets are used as a last resort
to support the implementation of humanitarian assistance in the field of natural
disasters, 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
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