United Nations General Assembly A/RES/59/47 Distr.: General 16 December 2004 Fifty-ninth session Agenda item 149 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2004 [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/59/515 and Corr.1)] 59/47. Scope of legal protection under the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 58/82 of 9 December 2003 on the scope of legal protection under the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, as well as the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 1502 (2003) on 26 August 2003, Recalling also its resolution 57/338 of 15 September 2003, in which it strongly condemned the atrocious and deliberate attack against the headquarters of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq in Baghdad on 19 August 2003, Recalling further its resolution 49/59 of 9 December 1994, by which it adopted the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, Recalling the letter dated 24 October 2000 addressed to the President of the Security Council on behalf of the global staff of the United Nations system, 1 drawing attention to the safety and security problems faced by United Nations and associated personnel, Recalling also the report of the Secretary-General 2 on the scope of legal protection under the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel and the recommendations contained therein, and also recalling the further report of the Secretary-General 3 on this issue, Reaffirming the need to promote and ensure respect for the principles and rules of international law, including international humanitarian law, as well as relevant provisions of human rights and refugee law, Reaffirming also the obligation of all humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel to respect the national laws of the country in which they are operating, in accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations, _______________ 1 S/2000/1133, annex. A/55/637. 3 A/59/226. 2 04-47908