United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/58/122
Distr.: General
12 February 2004
Fifty-eighth session
Agenda item 40
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 17 December 2003
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/58/L.47 and Add.1)]
58/122. Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and
protection of United Nations personnel
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 on strengthening of the
coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations,
Recalling its resolutions 53/87 of 7 December 1998, 54/192 of 17 December
1999, 55/175 of 19 December 2000, 56/217 of 21 December 2001 and 57/155 of
16 December 2002 on safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection
of United Nations personnel, as well as resolutions 52/167 of 16 December 1997 on
safety and security of humanitarian personnel and 52/126 of 12 December 1997 on
protection of United Nations personnel, and Economic and Social Council
resolution 2003/5 of 15 July 2003,
Welcoming the adoption by the Security Council of resolution 1502 (2003) of
26 August 2003 on the safety and security of humanitarian personnel and United
Nations and its associated personnel,
Taking note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the protection of
civilians in armed conflict 1 and of Security Council resolutions 1265 (1999) of
17 September 1999 and 1296 (2000) of 19 April 2000 and the recommendations
made therein, as well as the statements by the President of the Council of
30 November 1999, on the role of the Council in the prevention of armed conflicts, 2
13 January 2000, on humanitarian assistance to refugees in Africa, 3 9 February
2000, on protection of United Nations personnel, its associated personnel and
humanitarian personnel in conflict zones, 4 9 March 2000, on humanitarian aspects
of issues before the Council, 5 and 15 March 2002, on the aide-memoire for the
consideration of issues pertaining to the protection of civilians in armed conflict, 6
_______________
1
S/2001/331 and S/2002/1300.
S/PRST/1999/34; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1999.
3
S/PRST/2000/1; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 2000.
4
S/PRST/2000/4; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 2000.
5
S/PRST/2000/7; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 2000.
6
S/PRST/2002/6; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1 January 2001–31 July 2002.
2
03 50190