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15.
Requests that in preparing appeals the Department of Humanitarian
Affairs and the agencies highlight funds borrowed from the Central Emergency
Revolving Fund and indicate which projects those borrowed funds supported;
16.
Stresses the responsibility of organizations having drawn from the
Central Emergency Revolving Fund to reimburse the Fund in the first instance
from the voluntary contributions received in response to consolidated appeals,
and urges that resources advanced by the Fund be reimbursed fully and in a
timely manner;
17.
Endorses the recommendation of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee
that the arrangement for financing rapid-response coordination from the
interest earned by the Central Emergency Revolving Fund should be continued;
18.
Urges all operational agencies to collaborate fully with the
Department of Humanitarian Affairs, particularly in the early phase of an
emergency, in providing sufficient financial and human resources for rapid
coordination arrangements in order to enhance the rapid-response capability of
the system as a whole;
19.
Stresses the need to create a sound and stable financial basis for
the Department of Humanitarian Affairs, and invites the Secretary-General to
explore all solutions to achieve an adequate level of financing from the
regular budget;
20.
Welcomes the adoption of the Convention on the Safety of United
Nations and Associated Personnel. 3/
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Participation of volunteers, "White Helmets", in activities of
the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief,
rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolutions 46/182 of 19 December 1991, in particular,
the guiding principles embodied in the annex thereto, 47/168 of
22 December 1992 and 48/57 of 14 December 1993,
Recalling Economic and Social Council resolution 1993/205 of
12 February 1993 and the agreed conclusions of the coordination segment of the
Council of 1993, 4/ as well as Council decision 1994/291 of 27 July 1994,
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Resolution 49/59, annex.
4/
See Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-eighth
Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/48/3/Rev.1), chap. III.
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