A/RES/65/30
Welcoming measures already taken by States to this end in conformity with
their international obligations,
Convinced that the role of the United Nations, which includes the reporting
procedures established pursuant to General Assembly resolution 35/168 of
15 December 1980 and further elaborated in subsequent Assembly resolutions, is
important in promoting efforts to enhance the protection, security and safety of
diplomatic and consular missions and representatives,
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Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General;1
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Strongly condemns acts of violence against diplomatic and consular
missions and representatives, as well as against missions and representatives of
international intergovernmental organizations and officials of such organizations,
and emphasizes that such acts can never be justified;
Urges States to strictly observe, implement and enforce the applicable
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principles and rules of international law governing diplomatic and consular
relations, including during a period of armed conflict, and, in particular, to ensure,
in conformity with their international obligations, the protection, security and safety
of the missions, representatives and officials mentioned in paragraph 2 above
officially present in territories under their jurisdiction, including practical measures
to prevent and prohibit in their territories illegal activities of persons, groups and
organizations that encourage, instigate, organize or engage in the perpetration of
acts against the security and safety of such missions, representatives and officials;
Also urges States to take all appropriate measures at the national and
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international levels to prevent any acts of violence against the missions,
representatives and officials mentioned in paragraph 2 above, including during a
period of armed conflict, and to ensure, with the participation of the United Nations
where appropriate, that such acts are fully investigated with a view to bringing
offenders to justice;
Recommends that States cooperate closely through, inter alia, contacts
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between the diplomatic and consular missions and the receiving State with regard to
practical measures designed to enhance the protection, security and safety of
diplomatic and consular missions and representatives, including measures of a
preventive nature, and with regard to the timely exchange of information on the
circumstances of all serious violations thereof;
Urges States to take all appropriate measures, in accordance with
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international law, at the national and international levels, to prevent any abuse of
diplomatic or consular privileges and immunities, in particular serious abuses,
including those involving acts of violence;
Recommends that States cooperate closely with the State in whose
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territory abuses of diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities may have
occurred, including by exchanging information and providing assistance to its
juridical authorities in order to bring offenders to justice;
Calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider becoming parties
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to the instruments relevant to the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and
consular missions and representatives;
Calls upon States, in cases where a dispute arises in connection with a
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violation of their international obligations concerning the protection of the missions
or the security of the representatives and officials mentioned in paragraph 2 above,
to make use of the means available for peaceful settlement of disputes, including the
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