International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in
the field of natural disasters, from relief to development
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manage the risk related to climate change and of disasters and development setbacks
over multi-year planning cycles, including through integrating risk management into
national sustainable development plans and ensuring the connectivity of humanitarian
plans with the longer-term sustainable development priorities of Member States, with
a view to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals;
76. Stresses the need to strengthen resilience at all levels, and in this regard
encourages Member States, the United Nations system and other relevant actors to
support efforts, as appropriate, to integrate resilience into humanitarian and
development programming, and encourages humanitarian and development actors to
pursue, where appropriate, common resilience and risk management objectives,
achievable through joint analysis, planning, programming and funding;
77. Encourages Member States, international financial institutions and the
private sector to support further development and, where appropriate, the
strengthening of anticipatory financing approaches, to mo bilize predictable and
multi-year support and to work collectively towards common results in order to
reduce need, risk and vulnerability, making use of a wide range of financing flows
and instruments and partnerships to mobilize additional resources in th e field of
natural disasters;
78. Calls upon Member States, the United Nations and humanitarian
organizations to provide emergency assistance in ways that are supportive of recovery
and long-term development, in collaboration with development organizatio ns, as
appropriate, in accordance with their respective mandates, including by prioritizing
humanitarian tools and approaches that strengthen resilience, including preparedness,
and support livelihoods, and to support further development and, where appropr iate,
the strengthening of anticipatory financing approaches, such as, but not limited to,
cash transfers, vouchers, local procurement of food and services and social safety nets;
79. Encourages the United Nations system and other relevant humanitarian
and development actors to support humanitarian coordinators and resident
coordinators in order to strengthen their capacity, inter alia, to support the host
Government in implementing preparedness measures and to coordinate preparedness
activities of country teams in support of national efforts, and encourages the United
Nations system and other relevant humanitarian actors to further strengthen the ability
to quickly and flexibly deploy humanitarian professionals to support Governments
and country teams in the immediate aftermath of a disaster;
80. Encourages Member States, the United Nations and humanitarian and
development organizations to identify ways to improve the current financing
architecture in order to better provide coherent, predictable and fle xible longer-term
funding for risk management in multi-year strategies and forecasting, in particular
preparedness, on the basis of a global assessment of risk, allowing for better
prioritization of resources where the risk is greatest;
81. Emphasizes the need to mobilize adequate, flexible and sustainable
resources for preparedness and disaster risk reduction, early action, rapid response
and early recovery activities in order to ensure predictable and timely access to
resources for humanitarian assistance in emergencies resulting from disasters
associated with natural hazards;
82. Welcomes the important achievements of the Central Emergency Response
Fund in ensuring a more timely and predictable response to humanitarian
emergencies, stresses the importance of continuing to improve the functioning of the
Fund, and in this regard encourages the United Nations funds and programmes and
the specialized agencies to review and evaluate, where necessary, their partnership
policies and practices in order to ensure the timely disbursement of funds from the
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