United Nations
A/RES/71/128
General Assembly
Distr.: General
25 January 2017
Seventy-first session
Agenda item 69 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 December 2016
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/71/L.33 and Add.1)]
71/128. International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in
the field of natural disasters, from relief to development
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991, the annex to which
contains the guiding principles for the strengthening of the coordination of
emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations system, as well as all its
resolutions on international cooperation on humanitaria n assistance in the field of
natural disasters, from relief to development, and recalling the resolutions of the
humanitarian segments of the substantive sessions of the Economic and Social
Council,
Reaffirming also the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and
independence for the provision of humanitarian assistance,
Recalling the Sendai Declaration 1 and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction 2015–2030, 2 adopted by the Third United Nations World Conference on
Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Sendai, Japan, from 14 to 18 March 2015,
Recognizing that the Sendai Framework applies to the risk of small-scale and
large-scale, frequent and infrequent, sudden and slow -onset disasters caused by
natural or man-made hazards, as well as related environmental, technological and
biological hazards and risks,
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,
Welcoming the Paris Agreement 3 and its early entry into force, encouraging all
its parties to fully implement the Agreement, and parties to the United Nations
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1
Resolution 69/283, annex I.
Ibid., annex II.
3
See FCCC/CP/2015/10/Add.1, decision 1/CP.21, annex.
2
16-21331 (E)
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