A/RES/77/333
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
1 September 2023
Seventy-seventh session
Agenda item 131
Sexual exploitation and abuse: implementing a
zero-tolerance policy
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 25 August 2023
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/77/L.98)]
77/333.
United Nations action on sexual exploitation and abuse
The General Assembly,
Recalling the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and
international law,
Recalling also its resolutions 71/278 of 10 March 2017, 72/312 of 13 September
2018, 73/302 of 20 June 2019, 75/321 of 2 September 2021 and 76/303 of
2 September 2022 on United Nations action on sexual exploitation and abuse, 72/304
of 13 July 2018, 73/293 of 20 May 2019, 74/277 of 18 June 2020, 75/281 of 24 May
2021, 76/263 of 10 May 2022 and 77/302 of 29 June 2023 on the comprehensive
review of the whole question of peacekeeping operations in all their aspects,
resolution 71/297 of 30 June 2017 and section IV of resolution 76/274 of 29 June
2022 on special measures for protection from sexual exploitation and abuse and
resolutions 72/112 of 7 December 2017, 73/196 of 20 December 2018, 74/181 of
18 December 2019, 75/132 of 15 December 2020, 76/106 of 9 December 2021 and
77/98 of 7 December 2022 on criminal accountability of United Nations officials and
experts on mission, and taking note of Security Council resolutions 2242 (2015) of
13 October 2015 and 2272 (2016) of 11 March 2016,
Strongly condemning, and expressing deep concern about, sexual exploitation
and abuse by United Nations personnel throughout the system, as well as by
non-United Nations personnel serving under a mandate of the Security Council, and
underscoring the commitment of Member States to strengthening measures to address
sexual exploitation and abuse,
Acknowledging the work of all United Nations personnel throughout the United
Nations system, including peacekeepers, who serve the purposes and principles of the
Charter, and stressing that the actions of a few will not be allowed to tarnish the
achievements of all,
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