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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/52/167
18 February 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 20
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/52/L.45/Rev.1 and Rev.1/Add.1)]
52/167. Safety and security of humanitarian personnel
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 on the strengthening of the coordination of
humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations,
Deeply concerned by the growing number of complex humanitarian emergencies, in particular armed
conflicts and post-conflict situations, in the last few years, which have dramatically increased the loss of
human lives, suffering of victims, flows of refugees and internally displaced persons, as well as material
destruction, which disrupt the development efforts of countries affected, particularly those of developing
countries,
Conscious of the need for the international community to assist and protect the affected civilian
population, including refugees and internally displaced persons, in complex humanitarian emergencies, in
particular armed conflicts and post-conflict situations,
Conscious also of the great importance of humanitarian and other recovery and rehabilitation assistance
in post-conflict situations, the voluntary return and reintegration of refugees and internally displaced persons,
the return to civilian life of former combatants and the re-establishment of respect for human rights, the need
to ensure a smooth transition from relief to rehabilitation and the promotion of economic and social
development,
Taking note of the statement by the President of the Security Council of 19 June 1997,1 and the views
expressed during the open debate at the 3778th meeting of the Security Council on 21 May 1997, on
protection for humanitarian assistance to refugees and others in conflict situations,
1
S/PRST/1997/34; see Resolutions and Decisions of the Security Council, 1997.
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