S/RES/2730 (2024)
Taking note of the contribution of the updated Aide Memoire for the
consideration of issues pertaining to the protection of civilians in armed conflict, 1
Deeply concerned by continuous disregard for and violations of international
humanitarian law,
Gravely concerned about the growing number of attacks, acts of violence, and
threats against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel,
including national and locally recruited personnel, and their premises and assets,
including those involving landmines, explosive remnants of war, and improvised
explosive devices, and the impact of hostilities and violations related to the conduct
of hostilities on such personnel, its premises and assets, as well as the adverse impact
of such violence on humanitarian activities,
Deeply concerned about the particular vulnerability of national and locally
recruited humanitarian personnel to threats and acts of violence, who accounted in
recent years for the majority of safety and security incidents, and underscoring the
need for concerted efforts and concrete risk mitigation strategies to enhance their
safety and security,
Recalling the obligation of all parties to armed conflict to comply with
international humanitarian law, in particular their obligations under the Geneva
Conventions of 1949 and the obligations applicable to them under the Additional
Protocols thereto of 1977 to respect and protect humanitarian personnel, and that
attacks intentionally directed against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and
associated personnel, including national and locally recruited personnel, and their
premises and assets, as long as they are entitled to the protection given to civilians or
civilian objects under international humanitarian law, are considered a war crime
under international law,
Underlining the obligations of all parties to armed conflict under international
humanitarian law related to protecting civilians and civilian objects, which include
humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel, including
national and locally recruited personnel, and their premises and assets, entitled to
such protection, to meeting the basic needs of the civilian population within their
territory or under their control, and allowing and facilitating the rapid, safe and
unhindered passage of humanitarian relief to all those in need,
Recognizing the role of the United Nations Security Management System and
humanitarian organizations’ access, safety and security management systems to
enable a stay-and-deliver approach to deliver the most critical programmes, while
focusing on effectively managing the risks to which personnel are exposed, even in
high-threat environments,
Reaffirming the need for all parties to armed conflict to preserve the ability of
humanitarian organizations to act in a manner consistent with the humanitarian
principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and independence in order to provide
their activities to all persons in need and to provide for the protection and safety of
those persons and of the humanitarian personnel delivering such humanitarian
activities,
Recalling that in line with international humanitarian law impartial
humanitarian organizations may offer their services to any party to armed conflict;
recognizing the importance of consistent engagement by humanitarian organizations
with all parties to armed conflict for humanitarian purposes, including activities
aimed at ensuring respect for international humanitarian law and condemning the
targeting, killing, harassment, intimidation, reprisal, criminalization, prosecutions,
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The initial Aide Memoire was adopted on 15 March 2002 in S/PRST/2002/6.
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