A/RES/60/124
Noting with grave concern that violence, including sexual abuse and sexual
and other violence against women, girls and boys, continues to be, in many
emergency situations, deliberately directed against civilian populations,
Concerned about the need to mobilize adequate support, including financial
resources, for emergency humanitarian assistance at all levels, including at the
national, regional and international levels,
Recognizing the clear relationship between emergency, rehabilitation and
development and that, in order to ensure a smooth transition from relief to
rehabilitation and development, emergency assistance must be provided in ways that
will be supportive of recovery and long-term development, and that emergency
measures should be seen as a step towards long-term development,
Welcoming the ongoing efforts to strengthen international humanitarian
response, including the emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations,
Emphasizing that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of
the Secretariat should benefit from adequate and more predictable funding, while
stressing the importance for the Office to continue to make efforts to broaden its
donor base,
Takes note with appreciation of the outcome of the eighth humanitarian
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affairs segment of the Economic and Social Council held during its substantive
session of 2005;
Calls upon all Governments and parties in complex humanitarian
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emergencies, in particular in armed conflicts and in post-conflict situations, in
countries in which humanitarian personnel are operating, in conformity with the
relevant provisions of international law and national laws, to cooperate fully with
the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies and organizations and to ensure
the safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel and delivery of supplies
and equipment in order to allow them to perform efficiently their task of assisting
the affected civilian population, including refugees and internally displaced persons;
Reaffirms the obligation of all States and parties to an armed conflict to
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protect civilians in armed conflicts in accordance with international humanitarian
law, and invites States to promote a culture of protection, taking into account the
particular needs of women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities;
Calls upon States to adopt preventive measures and effective responses
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to acts of violence committed against civilian populations and to ensure that those
responsible are promptly brought to justice, as provided for by national law and
obligations under international law;
Also calls upon States to elaborate and implement strategies to report on,
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prevent and punish all forms of violence against women, girls and boys, in
particular sexual violence and abuse;
Recognizes the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement 5 as an
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important international framework for the protection of internally displaced persons,
and encourages Member States and humanitarian agencies to work together in
endeavours to provide a more predictable response to the needs of internally
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E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, annex.