United Nations
A/RES/60/196
General Assembly
Distr.: General
2 March 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 52 (c)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2005
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/60/488/Add.3)]
60/196. Natural disasters and vulnerability
The General Assembly,
Recalling its decision 57/547 of 20 December 2002 and its resolutions 58/215
of 23 December 2003 and 59/233 of 22 December 2004,
Reaffirming the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development 1 and
the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, 2
adopted by the World Summit, held in Johannesburg, South Africa, from 26 August
to 4 September 2002,
Reaffirming also the Hyogo Declaration 3 and the Hyogo Framework for Action
2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters, 4 as
adopted by the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, held at Kobe, Hyogo,
Japan, from 18 to 22 January 2005,
Taking note that the scope of the Hyogo Framework for Action encompasses
disasters caused by hazards of natural origin and related environmental and
technological hazards and risks and thus reflects a holistic and multi-hazard
approach to disaster risk management and the relationship between them, which can
have a significant impact on social, economic, cultural and environmental systems,
as stressed in the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World: Guidelines for Natural
Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action, 5
Recalling the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 6
Recognizing the need to continue to develop an understanding of, and to
address, the underlying risk factors, as identified in the Hyogo Framework for
Action, including socio-economic factors, that exacerbate the vulnerability of
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1
Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–
4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I,
resolution 1, annex.
2
Ibid., resolution 2, annex.
3
A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, chap. I, resolution 1.
4
Ibid., resolution 2.
5
A/CONF.172/9, chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.
6
See resolution 60/1.
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