United Nations A/RES/60/42 General Assembly Distr.: General 6 January 2006 Sixtieth session Agenda item 83 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 8 December 2005 [on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/60/518)] 60/42. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 59/47 of 2 December 2004 on the scope of legal protection under the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, Recalling also its resolution 49/59 of 9 December 1994, by which it adopted the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel (“the Convention”), Noting that the Convention, which entered into force on 15 January 1999, has been ratified or acceded to by seventy-nine States as at the date of the present resolution, Reaffirming, in the context of the Convention and its Optional Protocol, the importance of maintaining the integrity of international humanitarian law, Reaffirming also the obligation of all humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel to respect the national laws of the country in which they are operating, in accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations, Deeply concerned by the increasing dangers and security risks faced by United Nations and associated personnel at the field level, and mindful of the need to provide the fullest possible protection for their security, Having considered the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Scope of Legal Protection under the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, 1 established pursuant to resolution 56/89 of 12 December 2001, and the report of the Working Group of the Sixth Committee, 2 Recalling paragraph 167 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 3 which stressed the need to conclude negotiations on a protocol expanding the scope of legal _______________ 1 Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 52 (A/60/52). A/C.6/60/L.4. 3 See resolution 60/1. 2 05-49012