United Nations General Assembly A/RES/56/112 Distr.: General 12 February 2002 Fifty-sixth session Agenda item 20 (b) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [without reference to a Main Committee (A/56/L.60 and Add.1)] 56/112. Emergency assistance to the Sudan The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 54/96 J of 17 December 1999 and its previous resolutions on emergency assistance to the Sudan, Reaffirming its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 on strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations, Bearing in mind its resolution 55/175 of 19 December 2000 on the safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, Welcoming agreed conclusions 1998/1 of the Economic and Social Council, adopted by the Council at the humanitarian segment of its substantive session of 1998, 1 in which, among other things, the Council reaffirmed that international cooperation to address emergency situations should be provided in accordance with international law and national laws, and that the affected State has the primary role in the initiation, organization, coordination and implementation of humanitarian assistance within its territory, Welcoming also agreed conclusions 1999/1 of the Economic and Social Council, 2 in which the Council addressed the theme of “International cooperation and coordinated responses to humanitarian emergencies, in particular in the transition from relief to rehabilitation, reconstruction and development”, during its second humanitarian segment, Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General on humanitarian assistance to the Sudan, 3 Welcoming the decision of the Government of the Sudan to provide access to the Nuba Mountains and recent efforts towards its implementation, noting in that regard the results of the inter-agency needs-assessment mission undertaken by the _______________ 1 See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-third Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/53/3), chap. VII, para. 5. 2 Ibid., Fifty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/54/3/Rev.1), chap. VI, para. 5. 3 A/56/412. 01 48114