United Nations
General Assembly
A/RES/60/289
Distr.: General
18 September 2006
Sixtieth session
Agenda item 32
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 September 2006
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/60/478/Add.2 and Corr.1)]
60/289. Comprehensive review of a strategy to eliminate future
sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations
peacekeeping operations
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 2006 (XIX) of 18 February 1965 and all other relevant
resolutions,
Recalling in particular its resolution 60/1, paragraph 165, of 16 September
2005, and its resolutions 59/281 of 29 March 2005 and 59/300 of 22 June 2005,
Recalling its resolution 60/263 of 6 June 2006, in which it endorsed the
decision of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations, contained in
paragraph 74 of its report, 1 to consider, during the sixtieth session of the General
Assembly, the Secretary-General’s strategy for victim assistance and the revised
draft model memorandum of understanding, including a proposal on national
investigations officers,
Reaffirming its resolution 59/296 of 22 June 2005, as well as resolutions
59/300 and 60/263, and the need for the United Nations to implement its policy of
zero tolerance of sexual exploitation and abuse in its peacekeeping operations as
recommended by the Special Committee,
Affirming the need for a comprehensive strategy of assistance to victims of
sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations staff or related personnel,
Convinced of the need for the United Nations to take strong and effective steps
in this regard,
1.
Welcomes the report of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping
Operations on its 2006 resumed session; 2
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1
A/60/19. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement
No. 19.
2
A/60/19/Add.1. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session,
Supplement No. 19.
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