Strengthening of the coordination of emergency
humanitarian assistance of the United Nations
A/RES/74/118
the onset of emergencies, in this regard recognizes that such assistance protects
women, adolescent girls and infants from preventable mortality and morbidity that
occur in humanitarian emergencies, and calls upon Member States, the United Nat ions
and other relevant actors to give such programmes due consideration;
60. Encourages Member States, the United Nations and humanitarian
organizations to continue to work together to understand and address the different
protection needs of affected populations, particularly the most vulnerable, in
humanitarian crises and ensure that these needs are adequately integrated into
preparedness, response and recovery efforts;
61. Calls upon Member States and relevant organizations and actors to
recognize and address the consequences of humanitarian emergencies for migrants,
in particular those in vulnerable situations, and to strengthen coordinated
international efforts for their assistance and protection in concert with national
authorities;
62. Calls upon Member States to take steps to ensure the international
protection of and respect for the rights of refugees, including respect for the principle
of non-refoulement and adequate standards of treatment in accordance with
international law, including, as applicable, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status
of Refugees 13 and international human rights obligations;
63. Recognizes the importance of early registration and effective registration
systems as a tool of protection and as a means of carrying out the quantification and
assessment of needs for the provision and distribution of humanitarian assistance,
notes the many and diverse challenges faced by refugees who remain without any
form of documentation attesting to their status, and underlines the importance of
increasing accountability to ensure that humanitarian assistance reaches its
beneficiaries;
64. Reaffirms the obligation of all States and parties to an armed conflict to
protect civilians, in accordance with international humanitarian law, encourages
States that are parties to an armed conflict to take all measures necessary to enhance
the protection of civilians, and invites all States to promote a culture of protection,
taking into account the particular needs of women, girls, boys and men, older persons
and persons with disabilities;
65. Urges Member States to continue to take the steps necessary to ensure the
protection of the wounded and sick, as well as the safety and security of medical
personnel and humanitarian personnel exclusively engaged in medical duties, their
facilities, equipment, transports and supplies, including by de veloping effective
measures to prevent and address acts of violence, attacks and threats against them,
and in this regard reaffirms the need for States to ensure that those responsible for
violations of international humanitarian law do not operate with impunity, urges
States to conduct full, prompt, impartial and effective investigations within their
jurisdiction of violations of international humanitarian law with a view to ensuring
accountability, as provided for by national laws and obligations under in ternational
law, and to ensure that the wounded and sick receive, to the fullest extent practicable
and with the least possible delay, the medical care and attention required, and notes
the applicable rules of international humanitarian law relating to the non-punishment
of any person for carrying out medical activities compatible with medical ethics;
66. Also urges Member States to continue to take the steps necessary to ensure
the safety and security of humanitarian personnel, their facilities, equipment ,
transports and supplies, including by developing effective measures to prevent and
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