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and traditions in the host country, and the standards that they are required to meet,
including those contained in relevant domestic and international law, and that
adequate training in security, human rights and international humanitarian law is
provided so as to enhance their security and effectiveness in accomplishing their
functions, and reaffirms the necessity for all other humanitarian organizations to
provide their personnel with similar support;
19. Emphasizes the need to give further consideration to the safety and
security of locally recruited humanitarian personnel, who account for the majority of
casualties, and United Nations and associated personnel;
20. Requests the Office of the United Nations Security Coordinator to
continue to play a central role in promoting increased cooperation and collaboration
among agencies, funds and programmes in the planning and implementation of
measures aimed at improving staff security training and awareness;
21. Stresses the need to ensure that all United Nations staff members receive
adequate security training, including physical and psychological training, prior to
their deployment to the field, the need to attach a high priority to the improvement
of stress and trauma counselling services available to United Nations staff members,
including through the implementation of a comprehensive security and stress and
trauma management training, support and assistance programme for United Nations
staff throughout the system, before, during and after missions, and the need to make
available to the Secretary-General the means for this purpose;
22. Encourages all States to contribute to the Trust Fund for Security of Staff
Members of the United Nations System;
23. Reaffirms the need to strengthen the Office of the United Nations
Security Coordinator, and in this regard reiterates the need for the appointment of a
full-time Security Coordinator, at the appropriate level, so as to enable the Office to
enhance its capacity in the discharge of its duties, in consultation with the Office for
the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat and appropriate agencies
within the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, and calls for expeditious
consideration of this recommendation;
24. Recognizes the need for a strengthened and comprehensive security
management system for the United Nations system, both at the headquarters and the
field level, and requests the United Nations system, as well as Member States, to
take all appropriate measures needed to that end;
25. Also recognizes the need for enhanced coordination and cooperation,
both at the headquarters and the field level, between the United Nations security
management system and non-governmental organizations on matters relating to the
safety and security of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated
personnel, with a view to addressing mutual security concerns in the field;
26. Welcomes the establishment, in accordance with resolution 56/89 of
12 December 2001, of an Ad Hoc Committee open to all Member States or members
of the specialized agencies or of the International Atomic Energy Agency, to
consider the recommendations made by the Secretary-General in his report on
measures to strengthen and enhance the protective legal regime for United Nations
and associated personnel; 20
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