United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/60/123
Distr.: General
24 March 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 73
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 December 2005
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/60/L.37 and Add.1)]
60/123. 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 all relevant resolutions on safety and security of humanitarian
personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, including its resolution
59/211 of 20 December 2004, as well as Security Council resolution 1502 (2003) of
26 August 2003 and relevant statements by the President of the Council,
Recalling also all Security Council resolutions and presidential statements and
reports of the Secretary-General to the Council on the protection of civilians in
armed conflict,
Recalling further all relevant provisions of international law, including
international humanitarian law and human rights law, as well as all relevant
treaties, 1
Reaffirming the need to promote and ensure respect for the principles and rules
of international law, including international humanitarian law,
Recalling that primary responsibility under international law for the security
and protection of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated
personnel lies with the Government hosting a United Nations operation conducted
under the Charter of the United Nations or its agreements with relevant
organizations,
Urging all parties involved in armed conflicts, in compliance with
international humanitarian law, in particular their obligations under the Geneva
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They include, notably, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of
13 February 1946, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of
21 November 1947, the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel of
9 December 1994, the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of
12 August 1949 and the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 8 June 1977, and Amended
Protocol II of 3 May 1996 to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain
Conventional Weapons Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate
Effects of 10 October 1980.
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