A/RES/58/122 Recalling that primary responsibility under international law for the security and protection of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and its associated personnel lies with the Government hosting a United Nations operation conducted under the Charter or its agreements with relevant organizations, Urging all other parties involved in armed conflicts, in compliance with international humanitarian law, in particular their obligations under the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 8 and the obligations applicable to them under the Additional Protocols thereto, of 8 June 1977, 9 to ensure the security and protection of all humanitarian personnel and United Nations and its associated personnel, Bearing in mind that reaching the vulnerable is essential for providing adequate protection and assistance in the context of natural disasters and complex emergencies as well as for strengthening local capacity to cope with humanitarian needs in such contexts, Welcoming the fact that the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, 10 which entered into force on 15 January 1999, has been ratified or acceded to by sixty-nine States as at the present date, and mindful of the need to promote universality of the Convention, Reaffirming the need to ensure adequate levels of safety and security for United Nations personnel and humanitarian personnel and a culture of accountability at all levels, Reaffirming also that ensuring the safety and security of United Nations personnel constitutes an underlying duty of the Organization, which must be based on a necessary cost-sharing arrangement with the relevant agencies, funds and programmes within the United Nations system, Guided by the relevant provisions on protection contained in the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of 13 February 1946, 11 the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of 21 November 1947, 12 the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 13 and the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions, and Amended Protocol II of 3 May 1996 14 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, 15 1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General, 16 while noting that it does not cover developments after 30 June 2003; _______________ 8 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973. Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513. 10 Resolution 49/59, annex. 11 Resolution 22 A (I). 12 Resolution 179 (II). 13 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973. 14 CCW/CONF.I/16 (Part I), annex B. 15 See The United Nations Disarmament Yearbook, vol. 5: 1980 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.81.IX.4), appendix VII. 16 A/58/344. 9 3