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[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Primera Comisión (A/66/413)]", "66/54. Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz, el Desarme y el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 41/60 J, de 3 de diciembre de 1986, 42/39 K, de 30 de noviembre de 1987, y 43/76 H, de 7 de diciembre de 1988, sobre el Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz, el Desarme y el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe, con sede en Lima,", "Recordando también sus resoluciones 46/37 F, de 9 de diciembre de 1991, 48/76 E, de 16 de diciembre de 1993, 49/76 D, de 15 de diciembre de 1994, 50/71 C, de 12 de diciembre de 1995, 52/220, de 22 de diciembre de 1997, 53/78 F, de 4 de diciembre de 1998, 54/55 F, de 1 de diciembre de 1999, 55/34 E, de 20 de noviembre de 2000, 56/25 E, de 29 de noviembre de 2001, 57/89, de 22 de noviembre de 2002, 58/60, de 8 de diciembre de 2003, 59/99, de 3 de diciembre de 2004, 60/84, de 8 de diciembre de 2005, 61/92, de 6 de diciembre de 2006, 62/49, de 5 de diciembre de 2007, 63/74, de 2 de diciembre de 2008, 64/60, de 2 de diciembre de 2009, y 65/79, de 8 de diciembre de 2010,", "Reconociendo que el Centro Regional ha seguido prestando apoyo sustantivo para la puesta en práctica de iniciativas regionales y subregionales y ha intensificado su contribución a la coordinación de las actividades de las Naciones Unidas en favor de la paz y el desarme y para la promoción del desarrollo económico y social,", "Reafirmando el mandato del Centro Regional de prestar, cuando se le solicite, apoyo sustantivo a las iniciativas y demás actividades de los Estados Miembros de la región para aplicar medidas en favor de la paz y el desarme y para promover el desarrollo económico y social,", "Tomando nota del informe del Secretario General[1], y expresando su reconocimiento por la importante asistencia prestada por el Centro Regional a muchos países de la región, entre otras cosas mediante programas de creación de capacidad y de asistencia técnica, así como actividades de divulgación, para formular planes orientados a reducir y prevenir la violencia armada desde la perspectiva del control de armamentos, para promover la aplicación de los acuerdos y tratados pertinentes, y para emprender iniciativas de creación de capacidad con miras a apoyar los esfuerzos de los funcionarios encargados de hacer cumplir la ley por combatir el tráfico ilícito de armas de fuego,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito el apoyo que presta por el Centro Regional a los Estados Miembros en la aplicación de los instrumentos de desarme y no proliferación,", "Poniendo de relieve la necesidad de que el Centro Regional desarrolle y fortalezca sus actividades y programas de manera general y equilibrada, de conformidad con su mandato,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito el apoyo que sigue prestando el Centro Regional a los Estados Miembros en la aplicación del Programa de Acción para prevenir, combatir y eliminar el tráfico ilícito de armas pequeñas y ligeras en todos sus aspectos[2],", "Acogiendo con beneplácito también la iniciativa del Centro Regional de llevar a cabo, por primera vez, un curso dirigido específicamente a mujeres, en consonancia con los esfuerzos por incorporar una perspectiva de género en la promoción del desarme, la no proliferación y el control de armamentos, tal como pidió en su resolución 65/69, de 8 de diciembre de 2010,", "Recordando el informe del Grupo de Expertos Gubernamentales sobre la relación entre desarme y desarrollo, al que hace referencia en su resolución 59/78, de 3 de diciembre de 2004[3], que es de sumo interés en lo que se refiere al papel que desempeña el Centro Regional en la promoción del tema en la región en cumplimiento de su mandato de promover el desarrollo económico y social en relación con la paz y el desarme,", "Haciendo notar que las cuestiones de seguridad y desarme siempre se han considerado temas importantes en América Latina y el Caribe, primera región habitada del mundo declarada zona libre de armas nucleares,", "Poniendo de relieve la importancia de mantener el apoyo que presta por el Centro Regional al fortalecimiento de la zona libre de armas nucleares creada en virtud del Tratado para la proscripción de las armas nucleares en la América Latina y el Caribe (Tratado de Tlatelolco)[4], y sus esfuerzos por promover la educación para la paz y el desarme,", "Teniendo presente el importante papel que desempeña el Centro Regional en la promoción de medidas de fomento de la confianza, el control y la limitación de armamentos, el desarme y el desarrollo a nivel regional,", "Teniendo presente también la importancia que revisten la información, la investigación, la educación y la capacitación para la paz, el desarme y el desarrollo a fin de lograr el entendimiento y la cooperación entre los Estados,", "1. Reitera su firme apoyo al papel que desempeña el Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz, el Desarme y el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe en la promoción de las actividades de las Naciones Unidas a nivel regional y subregional para fortalecer la paz, el desarme, la estabilidad, la seguridad y el desarrollo de sus Estados miembros;", "2. Expresa su satisfacción por las actividades realizadas por el Centro Regional en el año transcurrido y solicita al Centro que continúe teniendo en cuenta las propuestas que le presenten los países de la región para promover, entre otras cosas, medidas de fomento de la confianza, el control y la limitación de armamentos, la transparencia, la reducción y prevención de la violencia armada, el desarme y el desarrollo a nivel regional y subregional;", "3. Expresa su reconocimiento por el apoyo político y las contribuciones financieras al Centro Regional, indispensables para que siga funcionando;", "4. Hace un llamamiento a los Estados Miembros, en particular a los de la región de América Latina y el Caribe, y a las organizaciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales y fundaciones internacionales para que aporten contribuciones voluntarias y las incrementen a fin de fortalecer el Centro Regional, su programa de actividades y la ejecución de ese programa;", "5. Invita a todos los Estados de la región a seguir tomando parte en las actividades del Centro Regional, proponiendo temas para su programa de actividades y haciendo un mayor y mejor uso de las posibilidades del Centro para hacer frente a los desafíos que se plantean a la comunidad internacional, con miras a alcanzar los objetivos de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas en las esferas de la paz, el desarme y el desarrollo;", "6. Reconoce que el Centro Regional desempeña un papel importante en la promoción y la formulación de iniciativas regionales y subregionales convenidas por los países de América Latina y el Caribe en la esfera de las armas de destrucción en masa, en particular las armas nucleares, y las armas convencionales, incluidas las armas pequeñas y las armas ligeras, así como en la esfera de la relación entre desarme y desarrollo;", "7. Alienta al Centro Regional a seguir desarrollando actividades en todos los países de la región en las importantes esferas de la paz, el desarme y el desarrollo;", "8. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución;", "9. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el subtema titulado “Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz, el Desarme y el Desarrollo en América Latina y el Caribe”.", "71ª sesión plenaria 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/66/140.", "[2]  Véase Informe de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Tráfico Ilícito de Armas Pequeñas y Ligeras en Todos sus Aspectos, Nueva York, 9 a 20 de julio de 2001 (A/CONF.192/15 y Corr.1), cap. IV, párr. 24.", "[3]  Véase A/59/119.", "[4]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 634, núm. 9068." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/413)]", "66/54. United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 41/60 J of 3 December 1986, 42/39 K of 30 November 1987 and 43/76 H of 7 December 1988 on the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, with headquarters in Lima,", "Recalling also its resolutions 46/37 F of 9 December 1991, 48/76 E of 16 December 1993, 49/76 D of 15 December 1994, 50/71 C of 12 December 1995, 52/220 of 22 December 1997, 53/78 F of 4 December 1998, 54/55 F of 1 December 1999, 55/34 E of 20 November 2000, 56/25 E of 29 November 2001, 57/89 of 22 November 2002, 58/60 of 8 December 2003, 59/99 of 3 December 2004, 60/84 of 8 December 2005, 61/92 of 6 December 2006, 62/49 of 5 December 2007, 63/74 of 2 December 2008, 64/60 of 2 December 2009 and 65/79 of 8 December 2010,", "Recognizing that the Regional Centre has continued to provide substantive support for the implementation of regional and subregional initiatives and has intensified its contribution to the coordination of United Nations efforts towards peace and disarmament and for the promotion of economic and social development,", "Reaffirming the mandate of the Regional Centre to provide, on request, substantive support for the initiatives and other activities of the Member States of the region for the implementation of measures for peace and disarmament and for the promotion of economic and social development,", "Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,[1] and expressing its appreciation for the important assistance provided by the Regional Centre to many countries in the region, including through capacity-building and technical assistance programmes as well as outreach activities, for the development of plans to reduce and prevent armed violence from an arms control perspective, for promoting the implementation of relevant agreements and treaties and for capacity-building initiatives aimed at bolstering the efforts of the law enforcement community to combat illicit firearms trafficking,", "Welcoming the support provided by the Regional Centre to Member States in the implementation of disarmament and non-proliferation instruments,", "Emphasizing the need for the Regional Centre to develop and strengthen its activities and programmes in a comprehensive and balanced manner, in accordance with its mandate,", "Welcoming the ongoing support provided by the Regional Centre to Member States in the implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects,[2]", "Welcoming also the initiative of the Regional Centre to conduct its first course specifically for women, in line with efforts to implement gender mainstreaming in promoting disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control, as called for in General Assembly resolution 65/69 of 8 December 2010,", "Recalling the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development, referred to in General Assembly resolution 59/78 of 3 December 2004,[3] which is of utmost interest with regard to the role that the Regional Centre plays in promoting the issue in the region in pursuit of its mandate to promote economic and social development related to peace and disarmament,", "Noting that security and disarmament issues have always been recognized as significant topics in Latin America and the Caribbean, the first inhabited region in the world to be declared a nuclear-weapon-free zone,", "Emphasizing the importance of maintaining the support provided by the Regional Centre for strengthening the nuclear-weapon-free zone established by the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco),[4] and its efforts in promoting peace and disarmament education,", "Bearing in mind the important role of the Regional Centre in promoting confidence-building measures, arms control and limitation, disarmament and development at the regional level,", "Bearing in mind also the importance of information, research, education and training for peace, disarmament and development in order to achieve understanding and cooperation among States,", "1. Reiterates its strong support for the role of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean in the promotion of United Nations activities at the regional and subregional levels to strengthen peace, disarmament, stability, security and development among its member States;", "2. Expresses its satisfaction for the activities carried out in the past year by the Regional Centre, and requests the Centre to continue to take into account the proposals to be submitted by the countries of the region for the promotion of, inter alia, confidence-building measures, arms control and limitation, transparency, the reduction and prevention of armed violence, disarmament and development at the regional and subregional levels;", "3. Expresses its appreciation for the political support for and financial contributions to the Regional Centre, which are essential for its continued operation;", "4. Appeals to Member States, in particular those within the Latin American and Caribbean region, and to international governmental and non-governmental organizations and foundations to make and to increase voluntary contributions in order to strengthen the Regional Centre, its programme of activities and the implementation thereof;", "5. Invites all States of the region to continue to take part in the activities of the Regional Centre, proposing items for inclusion in its programme of activities and making greater and better use of the potential of the Centre to meet the current challenges facing the international community, with a view to fulfilling the aims of the Charter of the United Nations in the areas of peace, disarmament and development;", "6. Recognizes that the Regional Centre has an important role in the promotion and development of regional and subregional initiatives agreed upon by the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean in the field of weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, and conventional arms, including small arms and light weapons, as well as in the relationship between disarmament and development;", "7. Encourages the Regional Centre to further develop activities in all countries of the region in the important areas of peace, disarmament and development;", "8. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;", "9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1]  A/66/140.", "[2]  See Report of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, New York, 9–20 July 2001 (A/CONF.192/15), chap. IV, para. 24.", "[3]  See A/59/119.", "[4]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 634, No. 9068." ]
A_RES_66_54
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/413)]", "66/54. United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 41/60 J of 3 December 1986, 42/39 K of 30 November 1987 and 43/76 H of 7 December 1988 on the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean, based in Lima,", "Recalling also its resolutions 46/37 F of 9 December 1991, 48/76 E of 16 December 1993, 49/76 D of 15 December 1994, 50/71 C of 12 December 1995, 52/220 of 22 December 1997, 53/78 F of 4 December 1998, 54/55 F of 1 December 1999, 55/34 E of 20 November 2000, 56/25 E of 29 November", "Recognizing that the Regional Centre has continued to provide substantive support for the implementation of regional and subregional initiatives and has intensified its contribution to the coordination of United Nations activities for peace and disarmament and to the promotion of economic and social development,", "Reaffirming the mandate of the Regional Centre to provide, upon request, substantive support to the initiatives and other activities of the Member States of the region to implement measures for peace and disarmament and to promote economic and social development,", "Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General[1], and expressing appreciation for the important assistance provided by the Regional Centre to many countries in the region, including through capacity-building and technical assistance programmes, as well as outreach activities, to develop plans to reduce and prevent armed violence from an arms control perspective, to promote the implementation of relevant agreements and treaties, and to undertake capacity-building initiatives to support the efforts of law enforcement officials,", "Welcoming the support of the Regional Centre for Member States in the implementation of disarmament and non-proliferation instruments,", "Emphasizing the need for the Regional Centre to develop and strengthen its activities and programmes in a comprehensive and balanced manner, in accordance with its mandate,", "Welcoming the continued support of the Regional Centre for Member States in the implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects,[2]", "Welcoming also the initiative of the Regional Centre to conduct, for the first time, a women-specific course in line with efforts to mainstream a gender perspective in the promotion of disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control, as requested in its resolution 65/69 of 8 December 2010,", "Recalling the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on the relationship between disarmament and development, referred to in its resolution 59/78 of 3 December 2004[3], which is of great interest in the role of the Regional Centre in promoting the topic in the region in fulfilling its mandate to promote economic and social development in relation to peace and disarmament,", "Noting that security and disarmament issues have always been considered important issues in Latin America and the Caribbean, the first inhabited region of the world declared a nuclear-weapon-free zone,", "Emphasizing the importance of maintaining the support provided by the Regional Centre for the strengthening of the nuclear-weapon-free zone established by the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in Latin America and the Caribbean (Treaty of Tlatelolco)[4], and its efforts to promote education for peace and disarmament,", "Bearing in mind the important role of the Regional Centre in promoting confidence-building measures, arms control and limitation, disarmament and development at the regional level,", "Bearing in mind also the importance of information, research, education and training for peace, disarmament and development in order to achieve understanding and cooperation among States,", "1. Reiterates its strong support for the role of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean in promoting the activities of the United Nations at the regional and subregional levels to strengthen the peace, disarmament, stability, security and development of its member States;", "2. Expresses its satisfaction at the activities undertaken by the Regional Centre in the past year and requests the Centre to continue to take into account the proposals submitted to it by the countries of the region to promote, inter alia, confidence-building measures, arms control and limitation, transparency, reduction and prevention of armed violence, disarmament and development at the regional and subregional levels;", "3. Expresses its appreciation for the political support and financial contributions to the Regional Centre, which are indispensable for its continued functioning;", "4. Calls upon Member States, in particular those in the Latin American and Caribbean region, and governmental and non-governmental organizations and international foundations to contribute and increase voluntary contributions to strengthen the Regional Centre, its programme of activities and the implementation of that programme;", "5. Invites all States of the region to continue to take part in the activities of the Regional Centre, proposing items for its programme of activities and making greater and better use of the Centre ' s potential to address the challenges facing the international community, with a view to achieving the objectives of the Charter of the United Nations in the areas of peace, disarmament and development;", "6. Recognizes that the Regional Centre plays an important role in the promotion and formulation of regional and subregional initiatives agreed upon by Latin American and Caribbean countries in the field of weapons of mass destruction, in particular nuclear weapons, and conventional weapons, including small arms and light weapons, as well as in the field of the relationship between disarmament and development;", "7. Encourages the Regional Centre to further develop activities in all countries of the region in the important areas of peace, disarmament and development;", "8. Requests the Secretary-General to report at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;", "9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1] A/66/140.", "[2] See Report of the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, New York, 9-20 July 2001 (A/CONF.192/15 and Corr.1), chap. IV, para. 24.", "[3] See A/59/119.", "[4] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 634, No. 9068." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Primera Comisión (A/66/413)]", "66/55. Medidas de fomento de la confianza en el plano regional: actividades del Comité Consultivo Permanente de las Naciones Unidas encargado de las cuestiones de seguridad en África Central", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones anteriores sobre la cuestión, en particular su resolución 65/84, de 8 de diciembre de 2010,", "Recordando también las directrices para el desarme general y completo aprobadas en su décimo período extraordinario de sesiones, primer período extraordinario de sesiones dedicado al desarme,", "Teniendo presente que el 28 de mayo de 1992 el Secretario General estableció el Comité Consultivo Permanente de las Naciones Unidas encargado de las cuestiones de seguridad en África Central, cuya función es promover la limitación de los armamentos, el desarme, la no proliferación y el desarrollo en la subregión,", "Reafirmando que el Comité Consultivo Permanente tiene la función de realizar en África Central actividades de reconstrucción y consolidación de la confianza entre sus Estados miembros, incluso mediante medidas de fomento de la confianza y de limitación de los armamentos,", "Tomando nota de la Declaración de Santo Tomé sobre una posición común de África Central relativa al Tratado sobre el Comercio de Armas, aprobada por los Estados miembros del Comité Consultivo Permanente el 16 de marzo de 2011 durante su 32ª reunión ministerial, celebrada en Santo Tomé del 12 al 16 de marzo de 2011[1],", "Convencida de que los recursos liberados por el desarme, incluido el desarme regional, pueden destinarse al desarrollo económico y social y a la protección del medio ambiente en beneficio de todos los pueblos, en particular los de los países en desarrollo,", "Considerando la importancia y la eficacia de las medidas de fomento de la confianza adoptadas por iniciativa de todos los Estados interesados y con su participación y que tienen en cuenta las características propias de cada región, en vista de que esas medidas pueden contribuir a la estabilidad regional y a la paz y la seguridad internacionales,", "Convencida de que el desarrollo solo puede alcanzarse en un clima de paz, seguridad y confianza mutua, tanto dentro de los Estados como entre ellos,", "Recordando la Declaración de Brazzaville sobre la cooperación para la paz y la seguridad en el África central[2], la Declaración de Bata para la promoción de la democracia, la paz y el desarrollo duraderos en el África central[3] y la Declaración de Yaundé sobre la paz, la seguridad y la estabilidad en el África central[4],", "Teniendo presentes las resoluciones 1196 (1998) y 1197 (1998), aprobadas por el Consejo de Seguridad los días 16 y 18 de septiembre de 1998 respectivamente, después de examinar el informe del Secretario General sobre las causas de los conflictos y el fomento de la paz duradera y el desarrollo sostenible en África[5],", "Poniendo de relieve la necesidad de reforzar la capacidad de prevención de conflictos y mantenimiento de la paz en África y acogiendo con beneplácito la estrecha colaboración establecida con ese fin entre las Naciones Unidas y la Comunidad Económica de los Estados de África Central,", "Tomando nota con interés de la atención cada vez mayor que presta el Comité Consultivo Permanente a las cuestiones relativas a la seguridad humana, tales como la trata de personas, especialmente mujeres y niños, como una consideración importante para la paz, la estabilidad y la prevención de conflictos en el plano subregional,", "Expresando preocupación por las crecientes repercusiones de la delincuencia transfronteriza, en particular las actividades del Ejército de Resistencia del Señor y el aumento de los incidentes de piratería en el Golfo de Guinea, para la paz, la seguridad y el desarrollo de África Central,", "Tomando en consideración la urgente necesidad de prevenir el posible desplazamiento de armas ilícitas y mercenarios del conflicto de Libia a los países vecinos de la región de África Central,", "1. Reafirma su apoyo a los esfuerzos encaminados a promover medidas de fomento de la confianza en los planos regional y subregional con el fin de mitigar las tensiones y los conflictos en África Central y promover la paz, la estabilidad y el desarrollo sostenibles en la subregión;", "2. Reafirma la importancia de los programas de desarme y limitación de los armamentos en África Central puestos en práctica por los Estados de la subregión con el apoyo de las Naciones Unidas, la Unión Africana y otros asociados internacionales;", "3. Renueva su llamamiento a los Estados miembros del Comité Consultivo Permanente de las Naciones Unidas encargado de las cuestiones de seguridad en África Central y a otros Estados interesados para que faciliten apoyo financiero destinado a la aplicación de la Convención de África Central para el control de las armas pequeñas y las armas ligeras, sus municiones y todas las piezas y componentes que puedan servir para su fabricación, reparación y ensamblaje (Convención de Kinshasa), aprobada el 30 de abril de 2010 en la 30ª reunión ministerial del Comité Consultivo Permanente, celebrada en Kinshasa del 26 al 30 de abril de 2010[6];", "4. Acoge con beneplácito la aprobación por los Estados miembros del Comité Consultivo Permanente de la Declaración de Santo Tomé sobre una posición común de África Central relativa al Tratado sobre el Comercio de Armas¹, alienta al Comité a que adopte las medidas necesarias para aplicar las disposiciones de la Declaración, con miras a la participación continua de sus Estados miembros en el proceso hacia un tratado sobre el comercio de armas, y solicita a la Oficina Regional de las Naciones Unidas para África Central y a los asociados internacionales que apoyen esas medidas;", "5. Acoge con beneplácito también la participación activa de expertos de Estados miembros del Comité Consultivo Permanente en la reunión de expertos gubernamentales de participación abierta del Programa de Acción para prevenir, combatir y eliminar el tráfico ilícito de armas pequeñas y ligeras en todos sus aspectos, que se celebró en Nueva York del 9 al 13 de mayo de 2011;", "6. Alienta a los Estados miembros del Comité Consultivo Permanente a poner en práctica los programas de actividades aprobados en sus reuniones ministeriales;", "7. Alienta también a los Estados miembros del Comité Consultivo Permanente a proseguir sus actividades encaminadas a que el mecanismo de alerta temprana en África Central funcione a plena capacidad como instrumento de análisis y seguimiento de la situación política en la subregión, en el marco de la prevención de las crisis y los conflictos armados, y solicita al Secretario General que preste al mecanismo la asistencia que necesite para su buen funcionamiento;", "8. Acoge con beneplácito la firma de la Convención de Kinshasa por los once Estados miembros del Comité Consultivo Permanente y los exhorta a que ratifiquen oportunamente la Convención con el fin de facilitar su entrada en vigor y su aplicación;", "9. Hace un llamamiento a la comunidad internacional para que apoye los esfuerzos desplegados por los Estados interesados para poner en práctica sus programas de desarme, desmovilización y reintegración;", "10. Solicita a la Oficina Regional de las Naciones Unidas en África Central que, en colaboración con el Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz y el Desarme en África, facilite los esfuerzos desplegados por los Estados miembros del Comité Consultivo Permanente, en particular en el marco de la ejecución del plan para la aplicación de la Convención de Kinshasa, aprobado por el Comité el 19 de noviembre de 2010 en su 31ª reunión ministerial, celebrada en Brazzaville del 15 al 19 de noviembre de 2010[7];", "11. Solicita al Secretario General y a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados que sigan prestando asistencia a los países de África Central para que encaren los problemas de los refugiados y los desplazados que se encuentran en su territorio;", "12. Solicita al Secretario General y a la Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos que sigan prestando todo su apoyo al buen funcionamiento del Centro Subregional para los Derechos Humanos y la Democracia en África Central;", "13. Recuerda a los Estados miembros del Comité Consultivo Permanente los compromisos que adquirieron al aprobar, el 8 de mayo de 2009, la Declaración relativa al Fondo Fiduciario del Comité Consultivo Permanente de las Naciones Unidas encargado de las cuestiones de seguridad en África Central (Declaración de Libreville)[8], e invita a los Estados miembros del Comité que aún no lo hayan hecho a contribuir al Fondo Fiduciario;", "14. Insta a los demás Estados Miembros y a las organizaciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales a apoyar con eficacia las actividades del Comité Consultivo Permanente haciendo contribuciones voluntarias al Fondo Fiduciario;", "15. Insta a los Estados miembros del Comité Consultivo Permanente a que, de conformidad con la resolución 1325 (2000) del Consejo de Seguridad, de 31 de octubre de 2000, refuercen el componente de género de las distintas reuniones del Comité sobre el desarme y la seguridad internacional;", "16. Expresa su satisfacción al Secretario General por su apoyo a la inauguración efectiva de la Oficina Regional de las Naciones Unidas en África Central en Libreville, acoge con beneplácito la labor realizada por la Oficina desde su apertura y alienta encarecidamente a los Estados miembros del Comité Consultivo Permanente y a los asociados internacionales a que apoyen las actividades de la Oficina;", "17. Acoge con beneplácito los esfuerzos desplegados por el Comité Consultivo Permanente a fin de hacer frente a las amenazas a la seguridad transfronteriza en África Central, incluidos los efectos de la situación de Libia, y acoge con beneplácito la función que desempeña la Oficina Regional de las Naciones Unidas en África Central como coordinadora de esos esfuerzos, en estrecha colaboración con la Comunidad Económica de los Estados de África Central, la Unión Africana y todos los asociados regionales e internacionales pertinentes;", "18. Expresa su satisfacción al Secretario General por su apoyo a la revitalización de las actividades del Comité Consultivo Permanente y le solicita que continúe prestando la asistencia necesaria para que este celebre con éxito sus reuniones ordinarias semestrales;", "19. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución;", "20. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el subtema titulado “Medidas de fomento de la confianza en el plano regional: actividades del Comité Consultivo Permanente de las Naciones Unidas encargado de las cuestiones de seguridad en África Central”.", "71ª sesión plenaria 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase A/66/72‑S/2011/225, anexo.", "[2]  A/50/474, anexo I.", "[3]  A/53/258‑S/1998/763, anexo II, apéndice I.", "[4]  A/53/868‑S/1999/303, anexo II.", "[5]  A/52/871‑S/1998/318.", "[6]  Véase A/65/517‑S/2010/534, anexo.", "[7]  Véase A/65/717‑S/2011/53, anexo.", "[8]  Véase A/64/85‑S/2009/288, anexo." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/413)]", "66/55. Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, in particular resolution 65/84 of 8 December 2010,", "Recalling also the guidelines for general and complete disarmament adopted at its tenth special session, the first special session devoted to disarmament,", "Bearing in mind the establishment by the Secretary-General on 28 May 1992 of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, the purpose of which is to encourage arms limitation, disarmament, non-proliferation and development in the subregion,", "Reaffirming that the purpose of the Standing Advisory Committee is to conduct reconstruction and confidence-building activities in Central Africa among its member States, including through confidence-building and arms limitation measures,", "Taking note of the Sao Tome Declaration on a Central African Common Position on the Arms Trade Treaty, adopted by the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee on 16 March 2011 at their thirty-second ministerial meeting, held in Sao Tome from 12 to 16 March 2011,[1]", "Convinced that the resources released by disarmament, including regional disarmament, can be devoted to economic and social development and to the protection of the environment for the benefit of all peoples, in particular those of developing countries,", "Considering the importance and effectiveness of confidence-building measures taken on the initiative and with the participation of all States concerned and taking into account the specific characteristics of each region, since such measures can contribute to regional stability and to international peace and security,", "Convinced that development can be achieved only in a climate of peace, security and mutual confidence both within and among States,", "Recalling the Brazzaville Declaration on Cooperation for Peace and Security in Central Africa,[2] the Bata Declaration for the Promotion of Lasting Democracy, Peace and Development in Central Africa[3] and the Yaoundé Declaration on Peace, Security and Stability in Central Africa,[4]", "Bearing in mind resolutions 1196 (1998) and 1197 (1998), adopted by the Security Council on 16 and 18 September 1998, respectively, following its consideration of the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa,[5]", "Emphasizing the need to strengthen the capacity for conflict prevention and peacekeeping in Africa, and welcoming the close cooperation established between the United Nations and the Economic Community of Central African States for that purpose,", "Taking note with interest of the increasing focus of the Standing Advisory Committee on human security questions, such as trafficking in persons, especially in women and children, as an important consideration for subregional peace, stability and conflict prevention,", "Expressing concern about the increasing impact of cross-border criminality, in particular the activities of the Lord’s Resistance Army and increasing incidents of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, on peace, security and development in Central Africa,", "Considering the urgent need to prevent the possible movement of illicit weapons and mercenaries from the conflict in Libya into the neighbouring countries in the Central African region,", "1. Reaffirms its support for efforts aimed at promoting confidence-building measures at the regional and subregional levels in order to ease tensions and conflicts in Central Africa and to further sustainable peace, stability and development in the subregion;", "2. Reaffirms the importance of disarmament and arms limitation programmes in Central Africa carried out by the States of the subregion with the support of the United Nations, the African Union and other international partners;", "3. Renews its encouragement to the States members of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa and other interested States to provide financial support for the implementation of the Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and All Parts and Components That Can Be Used for Their Manufacture, Repair and Assembly (Kinshasa Convention), adopted on 30 April 2010, at the thirtieth ministerial meeting of the Standing Advisory Committee, held in Kinshasa from 26 to 30 April 2010;[6]", "4. Welcomes the adoption by the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee of the Sao Tome Declaration on a Central African Common Position on the Arms Trade Treaty,¹ encourages the Committee to take the necessary measures for the implementation of the steps identified in the Declaration, towards the continued active participation of its member States in the process for the arms trade treaty, and requests the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa and international partners to support those measures;", "5. Also welcomes the active participation of experts of States members of the Standing Advisory Committee in the open-ended meeting of governmental experts on the Implementation of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, held in New York from 9 to 13 May 2011;", "6. Encourages the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to carry out the programmes of activities adopted at their ministerial meetings;", "7. Also encourages the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to continue their efforts to render the early warning mechanism for Central Africa fully operational as an instrument for analysing and monitoring the political situation in the subregion within the framework of the prevention of crises and armed conflicts, and requests the Secretary-General to provide the assistance necessary for its smooth functioning;", "8. Welcomes the signing of the Kinshasa Convention by all eleven States members of the Standing Advisory Committee, and appeals to them to ratify the Convention in a timely manner in order to facilitate its early entry into force and implementation;", "9. Appeals to the international community to support the efforts undertaken by the States concerned to implement disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes;", "10. Requests the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa, in collaboration with the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, to facilitate the efforts undertaken by the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee, in particular for their execution of the Implementation Plan for the Kinshasa Convention, as adopted on 19 November 2010 at their thirty-first ministerial meeting, held in Brazzaville from 15 to 19 November 2010;[7]", "11. Requests the Secretary-General and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue to assist the countries of Central Africa in tackling the problems of refugees and displaced persons in their territories;", "12. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide their full assistance for the proper functioning of the Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa;", "13. Reminds the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee of the commitments they undertook at the adoption of the Declaration on the Trust Fund of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa (Libreville Declaration) on 8 May 2009,[8] and invites those States members of the Committee that have not already done so to contribute to the Trust Fund;", "14. Urges other Member States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to support the activities of the Standing Advisory Committee effectively through voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund;", "15. Urges the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000, to strengthen the gender component of the various meetings of the Committee relating to disarmament and international security;", "16. Expresses its satisfaction to the Secretary-General for his support for the effective inauguration of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa in Libreville, welcomes the efforts made by the Office since its opening, and strongly encourages the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee and international partners to support the work of the Office;", "17. Welcomes the efforts of the Standing Advisory Committee towards addressing cross-border security threats in Central Africa, including the fallout from the situation in Libya, and welcomes the role of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa in coordinating those efforts, working closely with the Economic Community of Central African States, the African Union and all relevant regional and international partners;", "18. Expresses its satisfaction to the Secretary-General for his support for the revitalization of the activities of the Standing Advisory Committee, and requests him to continue to provide the assistance needed to ensure the success of its regular biannual meetings;", "19. Calls upon the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;", "20. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1]  See A/66/72‑S/2011/225, annex.", "[2]  A/50/474, annex I.", "[3]  A/53/258‑S/1998/763, annex II, appendix I.", "[4]  A/53/868‑S/1999/303, annex II.", "[5]  A/52/871‑S/1998/318.", "[6]  See A/65/517‑S/2010/534, annex.", "[7]  See A/65/717‑S/2011/53, annex.", "[8]  See A/64/85‑S/2009/288, annex." ]
A_RES_66_55
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/413)]", "66/55. Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, in particular its resolution 65/84 of 8 December 2010,", "Recalling also the guidelines for general and complete disarmament adopted at its tenth special session, the first special session devoted to disarmament,", "Bearing in mind that on 28 May 1992, the Secretary-General established the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa, whose role is to promote arms limitation, disarmament, non-proliferation and development in the subregion,", "Reaffirming that the role of the Standing Advisory Committee in Central Africa is to undertake reconstruction and confidence-building activities among its member States, including through confidence-building and arms limitation measures,", "Taking note of the Sao Tome Declaration on a Common Position of Central Africa on the Arms Trade Treaty, adopted by the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee on 16 March 2011 at its thirty-second ministerial meeting, held at Sao Tome from 12 to 16 March 2011[1],", "Convinced that the resources released by disarmament, including regional disarmament, can be devoted to economic and social development and to the protection of the environment for the benefit of all peoples, in particular those of developing countries,", "Considering the importance and effectiveness of confidence-building measures taken at the initiative of all interested States and with their participation and taking into account the specific characteristics of each region, since such measures can contribute to regional stability and international peace and security,", "Convinced that development can be achieved only in a climate of peace, security and mutual trust, both within and among States,", "Recalling the Brazzaville Declaration on Cooperation for Peace and Security in Central Africa[2], the Bata Declaration for the Promotion of Durable Democracy, Peace and Development in Central Africa[3] and the Yaoundé Declaration on Peace, Security and Stability in Central Africa[4],", "Bearing in mind resolutions 1196 (1998) and 1197 (1998), adopted by the Security Council on 16 and 18 September 1998 respectively, following consideration of the report of the Secretary-General on the causes of conflict and the promotion of durable peace and sustainable development in Africa[5],", "Emphasizing the need to strengthen conflict prevention and peacekeeping capacity in Africa, and welcoming the close cooperation established for that purpose between the United Nations and the Economic Community of Central African States,", "Noting with interest the increasing attention given by the Standing Advisory Committee to human security issues, such as trafficking in persons, especially women and children, as an important consideration for peace, stability and conflict prevention at the subregional level,", "Expressing concern at the growing impact of cross-border crime, in particular the activities of the Lord ' s Resistance Army and the increased incidents of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea, on the peace, security and development of Central Africa,", "Taking into consideration the urgent need to prevent the possible displacement of illicit weapons and mercenaries from the Libyan conflict to neighbouring countries in the Central African region,", "1. Reaffirms its support for efforts to promote confidence-building measures at the regional and subregional levels to mitigate tensions and conflicts in Central Africa and to promote sustainable peace, stability and development in the subregion;", "2. Reaffirms the importance of disarmament and arms limitation programmes in Central Africa implemented by the States of the subregion with the support of the United Nations, the African Union and other international partners;", "3. Renews its call to the States members of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa and other interested States to provide financial support for the implementation of the Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and all parts and components that may serve for their manufacture, repair and assembly ( Kinshasa Convention), adopted on 30 April 2010 at the thirtieth ministerial meeting of the Advisory Committee,", "4. Welcomes the adoption by the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee of the Sao Tome Declaration on a Common Position of Central Africa on the Arms Trade Treaty,1 encourages the Committee to take the necessary steps to implement the provisions of the Declaration, with a view to the continued participation of its member States in the process towards an arms trade treaty, and requests the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa and international partners to support such measures;", "5. Also welcomes the active participation of experts from States members of the Standing Advisory Committee in the open-ended meeting of governmental experts of the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects, held in New York from 9 to 13 May 2011;", "6. Encourages the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to implement the programmes of activities adopted at its ministerial meetings;", "7. " Also encourages the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee to continue their efforts to ensure that the early warning mechanism in Central Africa operates in full capacity as a tool for analysing and monitoring the political situation in the subregion, in the context of crisis prevention and armed conflict, and requests the Secretary-General to provide the mechanism with the necessary assistance for its smooth functioning;", "8. Welcomes the signature of the Kinshasa Convention by the eleven States members of the Standing Advisory Committee and calls upon them to ratify the Convention in a timely manner in order to facilitate its entry into force and implementation;", "9. Calls upon the international community to support the efforts of the States concerned to implement their disarmament, demobilization and reintegration programmes;", "10. Requests the United Nations Regional Office in Central Africa, in collaboration with the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa, to facilitate the efforts of the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee, in particular within the framework of the implementation of the plan for the implementation of the Kinshasa Convention, adopted by the Committee on 19 November 2010 at its thirty-first ministerial meeting, held in Brazzaville from 15 to 19 November 2010[7];", "11. Requests the Secretary-General and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to continue to assist Central African countries in addressing the problems of refugees and displaced persons within their territory;", "12. Requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to support the smooth functioning of the Subregional Centre for Human Rights and Democracy in Central Africa;", "13. Recalls the commitments made by the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee in adopting, on 8 May 2009, the Declaration on the Trust Fund of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa ( Libreville Declaration)[8], and invites the States members of the Committee that have not yet done so to contribute to the Trust Fund;", "14. Urges other Member States and governmental and non-governmental organizations to effectively support the activities of the Standing Advisory Committee by making voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund;", "15. Urges the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000, to strengthen the gender component of the various meetings of the Committee on Disarmament and International Security;", "16. Expresses its satisfaction to the Secretary-General for his support for the effective inauguration of the United Nations Regional Office in Central Africa in Libreville, welcomes the work of the Office since its opening and strongly encourages the States members of the Standing Advisory Committee and international partners to support the activities of the Office;", "17. " Welcomes the efforts of the Standing Advisory Committee to address threats to cross-border security in Central Africa, including the impact of the Libyan situation, and welcomes the role of the United Nations Regional Office in Central Africa as coordinator of such efforts, in close collaboration with the Economic Community of Central African States, the African Union and all relevant regional and international partners;", "18. Expresses its satisfaction to the Secretary-General for his support for the revitalization of the activities of the Standing Advisory Committee and requests him to continue to provide the necessary assistance for the successful holding of its regular semi-annual meetings;", "19. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;", "20. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “Regional confidence-building measures: activities of the United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1] See A/66/72‐S/2011/225, annex.", "[2] A/50/474, annex I.", "[3] A/53/258-S/1998/763, annex II, appendix I.", "[4] A/53/868-S/1999/303, annex II.", "[5] A/52/871-S/1998/318.", "[6] See A/65/517‐S/2010/534, annex.", "[7] See A/65/717‐S/2011/53, annex.", "[8] See A/64/85‐S/2009/288, annex." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Primera Comisión (A/66/413)]", "66/56. Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz y el Desarme en Asia y el Pacífico", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 42/39 D, de 30 de noviembre de 1987, y 44/117 F, de 15 de diciembre de 1989, en las que estableció el Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz y el Desarme en Asia y decidió cambiar su nombre por el de Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz y el Desarme en Asia y el Pacífico, con sede en Katmandú y con el mandato de prestar, a solicitud de los interesados, apoyo sustantivo a las iniciativas y demás actividades mutuamente acordadas por los Estados Miembros de la región de Asia y el Pacífico para aplicar medidas de paz y desarme aprovechando apropiadamente los recursos disponibles,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito que el Centro Regional funcione desde Katmandú, de conformidad con su resolución 62/52, de 5 de diciembre de 2007,", "Recordando el mandato del Centro Regional de prestar, a solicitud de los interesados, apoyo sustantivo a las iniciativas y demás actividades mutuamente acordadas por los Estados Miembros de la región de Asia y el Pacífico para aplicar medidas de paz y desarme,", "Tomando nota del informe del Secretario General[1] y expresando su reconocimiento al Centro Regional por la importante labor que desempeña en la promoción de medidas de fomento de la confianza mediante la organización de reuniones, conferencias y cursos prácticos en la región, como las conferencias celebradas en la Isla de Jeju (República de Corea) los días 2 y 3 de diciembre de 2010 y en Matsumoto (Japón) del 27 al 29 de julio de 2011, un curso práctico regional sobre el fortalecimiento de la capacidad de los medios de difusión en la promoción del desarme, celebrado en Beijing los días 20 y 21 de enero de 2011, y un seminario regional sobre la prevención de la violencia armada, celebrado en Katmandú del 16 al 18 de marzo de 2011,", "Apreciando que Nepal haya cumplido puntualmente sus compromisos financieros relacionados con el funcionamiento del Centro Regional,", "1. Expresa su satisfacción por las actividades realizadas por el Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz y el Desarme en Asia y el Pacífico durante el año transcurrido e invita a todos los Estados de la región a seguir apoyando las actividades del Centro Regional, entre otras cosas continuando su participación en ellas, cuando sea posible, y proponiendo temas para el programa de actividades del Centro con el fin de contribuir a la aplicación de medidas de paz y desarme;", "2. Expresa su gratitud al Gobierno de Nepal por su cooperación y apoyo financiero, que han permitido al Centro Regional funcionar en Katmandú;", "3. Expresa su aprecio al Secretario General y a la Oficina de Asuntos de Desarme de la Secretaría por prestar el apoyo necesario para asegurar la buena gestión del Centro Regional desde Katmandú y para que el Centro pueda funcionar eficazmente;", "4. Hace un llamamiento a los Estados Miembros, especialmente a los de la región de Asia y el Pacífico, así como a las organizaciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales y fundaciones internacionales, para que aporten contribuciones voluntarias, único recurso con que cuenta el Centro Regional, para fortalecer el programa de actividades del Centro y su ejecución;", "5. Reafirma su enérgico apoyo al papel que desempeña el Centro Regional en la promoción de las actividades de las Naciones Unidas a nivel regional para fortalecer la paz, la estabilidad y la seguridad entre sus Estados Miembros;", "6. Subraya la importancia del proceso de Katmandú para desarrollar la práctica del diálogo sobre la seguridad y el desarme en toda la región;", "7. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución;", "8. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el subtema titulado “Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz y el Desarme en Asia y el Pacífico”.", "71ª sesión plenaria 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/66/113." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/413)]", "66/56. United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 42/39 D of 30 November 1987 and 44/117 F of 15 December 1989, by which it established the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and renamed it the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, with headquarters in Kathmandu and with the mandate of providing, on request, substantive support for the initiatives and other activities mutually agreed upon by the Member States of the Asia-Pacific region for the implementation of measures for peace and disarmament, through appropriate utilization of available resources,", "Welcoming the physical operation of the Regional Centre from Kathmandu in accordance with General Assembly resolution 62/52 of 5 December 2007,", "Recalling the mandate of the Regional Centre to provide, on request, substantive support for the initiatives and other activities mutually agreed upon by the Member States of the Asia-Pacific region for the implementation of measures for peace and disarmament,", "Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General[1] and expressing its appreciation to the Regional Centre for its important work in promoting confidence-building measures through the organization of meetings, conferences and workshops in the region, including conferences held on Jeju Island, Republic of Korea, on 2 and 3 December 2010 and in Matsumoto, Japan, from 27 to 29 July 2011, a regional workshop on strengthening the media’s capacity in promoting disarmament held in Beijing on 20 and 21 January 2011 and a regional seminar on armed violence prevention held in Kathmandu from 16 to 18 March 2011,", "Appreciating the timely execution by Nepal of its financial commitments for the physical operation of the Regional Centre,", "1. Expresses its satisfaction for the activities carried out in the past year by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, and invites all States of the region to continue to support the activities of the Centre, including by continuing to take part in them, where possible, and by proposing items for inclusion in the programme of activities of the Centre, in order to contribute to the implementation of measures for peace and disarmament;", "2. Expresses its gratitude to the Government of Nepal for its cooperation and financial support, which has enabled the Regional Centre to operate from Kathmandu;", "3. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General and the Office for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat for providing necessary support with a view to ensuring the smooth operation of the Regional Centre from Kathmandu and to enabling the Centre to function effectively;", "4. Appeals to Member States, in particular those within the Asia-Pacific region, as well as to international governmental and non-governmental organizations and foundations, to make voluntary contributions, the only resources of the Regional Centre, to strengthen the programme of activities of the Centre and the implementation thereof;", "5. Reaffirms its strong support for the role of the Regional Centre in the promotion of United Nations activities at the regional level to strengthen peace, stability and security among its Member States;", "6. Underlines the importance of the Kathmandu process for the development of the practice of region-wide security and disarmament dialogues;", "7. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;", "8. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1]  A/66/113." ]
A_RES_66_56
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/413)]", "66/56. United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 42/39 D of 30 November 1987 and 44/117 F of 15 December 1989 establishing the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and decided to change its name for the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific, based in Kathmandu and with the mandate to provide, at the request of the concerned, substantive support for the appropriate disarmament efforts and other activities", "Welcoming the functioning of the Regional Centre from Kathmandu, in accordance with its resolution 62/52 of 5 December 2007,", "Recalling the mandate of the Regional Centre to provide, at the request of stakeholders, substantive support for initiatives and other activities mutually agreed upon by Member States of the Asia-Pacific region to implement peace and disarmament measures,", "Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General[1] and expressing its appreciation to the Regional Centre for its important work in promoting confidence-building measures through the organization of meetings, conferences and workshops in the region, such as the conferences held at the Isle of Jeju, Republic of Korea, on 2 and 3 December 2010 and at Matsumoto, Japan, held from 27 to 29 July 2011, a regional workshop on strengthening the capacity of the media in Beijing,", "Appreciating Nepal ' s timely implementation of its financial commitments related to the functioning of the Regional Centre,", "1. Expresses its satisfaction at the activities of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific during the past year, and invites all States of the region to continue to support the activities of the Regional Centre, including by continuing their participation, where possible, and proposing items for the programme of activities of the Centre in order to contribute to the implementation of peace and disarmament measures;", "2. Expresses its gratitude to the Government of Nepal for its cooperation and financial support, which have enabled the Regional Centre to operate in Kathmandu;", "3. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General and the Office for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat for providing the necessary support to ensure the good management of the Regional Centre from Kathmandu and for the effective functioning of the Centre;", "4. Calls upon Member States, especially those in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations and international foundations, to make voluntary contributions, the only resource available to the Regional Centre, to strengthen the programme of activities of the Centre and its implementation;", "5. Reaffirms its strong support for the role of the Regional Centre in promoting United Nations activities at the regional level to strengthen peace, stability and security among its Member States;", "6. Stresses the importance of the Kathmandu process in developing the practice of dialogue on security and disarmament throughout the region;", "7. Requests the Secretary-General to report at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;", "8. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1] A/66/113." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Primera Comisión (A/66/413)]", "66/57. Convención sobre la Prohibición de la Utilización de Armas Nucleares", "La Asamblea General,", "Convencida de que el empleo de armas nucleares constituye la más grave amenaza para la supervivencia de la humanidad,", "Teniendo presente la opinión consultiva de la Corte Internacional de Justicia de 8 de julio de 1996 sobre la legalidad de la amenaza o el empleo de las armas nucleares[1],", "Convencida de que un acuerdo multilateral, universal y vinculante que prohíba la utilización o la amenaza de la utilización de armas nucleares contribuiría a eliminar la amenaza nuclear y a crear un clima propicio para celebrar negociaciones que culminen en la eliminación de las armas nucleares, fortaleciendo así la paz y la seguridad internacionales,", "Consciente de que algunas medidas adoptadas por los Estados Unidos de América y la Federación de Rusia para reducir sus armas nucleares y mejorar el clima internacional pueden contribuir al logro del objetivo de la eliminación completa de las armas nucleares,", "Recordando que en el párrafo 58 del Documento Final de su décimo período extraordinario de sesiones[2] se declara que todos los Estados deberían participar activamente en los esfuerzos por crear, en las relaciones internacionales entre Estados, condiciones en que se pueda acordar un código de conducta pacífica de las naciones en los asuntos internacionales y que excluyan el empleo o la amenaza del empleo de armas nucleares,", "Reafirmando que todo empleo de armas nucleares constituiría una violación de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y un crimen de lesa humanidad, como declaró en sus resoluciones 1653 (XVI), de 24 de noviembre de 1961, 33/71 B, de 14 de diciembre de 1978, 34/83 G, de 11 de diciembre de 1979, 35/152 D, de 12 de diciembre de 1980, y 36/92 I, de 9 de diciembre de 1981,", "Decidida a conseguir que se concierte una convención internacional por la que se prohíba el desarrollo, la producción, el almacenamiento y la utilización de armas nucleares, cuya aplicación culmine en la destrucción de esas armas,", "Destacando que una convención internacional sobre la prohibición de la utilización de armas nucleares sería un paso importante en un programa escalonado para lograr la eliminación completa de las armas nucleares dentro de un plazo preestablecido,", "Observando con pesar que, en su período de sesiones de 2011, la Conferencia de Desarme no pudo iniciar las negociaciones sobre este tema como le había pedido la Asamblea General en su resolución 65/80, de 8 de diciembre de 2010,", "1. Reitera su solicitud a la Conferencia de Desarme de que inicie negociaciones encaminadas a llegar a un acuerdo sobre una convención internacional que prohíba el empleo o la amenaza del empleo de armas nucleares en cualquier circunstancia;", "2. Solicita a la Conferencia de Desarme que la informe de los resultados de esas negociaciones.", "71ª sesión plenaria 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/51/218, anexo; véase también Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1996, pág. 226.", "[2]  Resolución S‑10/2." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/413)]", "66/57. Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons", "The General Assembly,", "Convinced that the use of nuclear weapons poses the most serious threat to the survival of mankind,", "Bearing in mind the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 8 July 1996 on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons,[1]", "Convinced that a multilateral, universal and binding agreement prohibiting the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons would contribute to the elimination of the nuclear threat and to the climate for negotiations leading to the ultimate elimination of nuclear weapons, thereby strengthening international peace and security,", "Conscious that some steps taken by the Russian Federation and the United States of America towards a reduction of their nuclear weapons and the improvement in the international climate can contribute towards the goal of the complete elimination of nuclear weapons,", "Recalling that paragraph 58 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly[2] states that all States should actively participate in efforts to bring about conditions in international relations among States in which a code of peaceful conduct of nations in international affairs could be agreed upon and that would preclude the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons,", "Reaffirming that any use of nuclear weapons would be a violation of the Charter of the United Nations and a crime against humanity, as declared in its resolutions 1653 (XVI) of 24 November 1961, 33/71 B of 14 December 1978, 34/83 G of 11 December 1979, 35/152 D of 12 December 1980 and 36/92 I of 9 December 1981,", "Determined to achieve an international convention prohibiting the development, production, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons, leading to their ultimate destruction,", "Stressing that an international convention on the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons would be an important step in a phased programme towards the complete elimination of nuclear weapons, with a specified framework of time,", "Noting with regret that the Conference on Disarmament, during its 2011 session, was unable to undertake negotiations on this subject as called for in General Assembly resolution 65/80 of 8 December 2010,", "1. Reiterates its request to the Conference on Disarmament to commence negotiations in order to reach agreement on an international convention prohibiting the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons under any circumstances;", "2. Requests the Conference on Disarmament to report to the General Assembly on the results of those negotiations.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1]  A/51/218, annex; see also Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1996, p. 226.", "[2]  Resolution S‑10/2." ]
A_RES_66_57
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/413)]", "66/57. Convention on the Prohibition of the Use of Nuclear Weapons", "The General Assembly,", "Convinced that the use of nuclear weapons constitutes the most serious threat to the survival of humanity,", "Bearing in mind the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 8 July 1996 on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons[1],", "Convinced that a multilateral, universal and binding agreement prohibiting the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons would contribute to the elimination of the nuclear threat and to creating an enabling environment for negotiations leading to the elimination of nuclear weapons, thereby strengthening international peace and security,", "Aware that some measures taken by the United States of America and the Russian Federation to reduce their nuclear weapons and improve the international climate can contribute to the achievement of the goal of the complete elimination of nuclear weapons,", "Recalling that paragraph 58 of the Final Document of its tenth special session[2] states that all States should actively participate in efforts to create, in international relations between States, conditions under which a code of peaceful conduct of nations in international affairs can be agreed and that exclude the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons,", "Reaffirming that any use of nuclear weapons would constitute a violation of the Charter of the United Nations and a crime against humanity, as stated in its resolutions 1653 (XVI) of 24 November 1961, 33/71 B of 14 December 1978, 34/83 G of 11 December 1979, 35/152 D of 12 December 1980 and 36/92 I of 9 December 1981,", "Determined to ensure the conclusion of an international convention prohibiting the development, production, stockpiling and use of nuclear weapons, whose implementation culminates in the destruction of such weapons,", "Stressing that an international convention on the prohibition of the use of nuclear weapons would be an important step in a phased programme to achieve the complete elimination of nuclear weapons within a preset period,", "Noting with regret that, at its 2011 session, the Conference on Disarmament was unable to begin negotiations on this item as requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 65/80 of 8 December 2010,", "1. Reiterates its request to the Conference on Disarmament to initiate negotiations aimed at reaching agreement on an international convention prohibiting the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons in any circumstances;", "2. He requested the Conference on Disarmament to report on the outcome of those negotiations.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1] A/51/218, annex; see also Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 1996, p. 226.", "[2] Resolution S‐10/2." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Primera Comisión (A/66/413)]", "66/58. Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz y el Desarme en África", "La Asamblea General,", "Teniendo presentes las disposiciones del Artículo 11, párrafo 1, de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, en el que se establece que una de las funciones de la Asamblea General es considerar los principios generales de la cooperación en el mantenimiento de la paz y la seguridad internacionales, incluso los principios que rigen el desarme y la limitación de los armamentos,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 40/151 G, de 16 de diciembre de 1985, 41/60 D, de 3 de diciembre de 1986, 42/39 J, de 30 de noviembre de 1987, y 43/76 D, de 7 de diciembre de 1988, relativas al Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz y el Desarme en África, y sus resoluciones 46/36 F, de 6 de diciembre de 1991, y 47/52 G, de 9 de diciembre de 1992, relativas al desarme regional, incluidas las medidas de fomento de la confianza,", "Recordando también sus resoluciones 48/76 E, de 16 de diciembre de 1993, 49/76 D, de 15 de diciembre de 1994, 50/71 C, de 12 de diciembre de 1995, 51/46 E, de 10 de diciembre de 1996, 52/220, de 22 de diciembre de 1997, 53/78 C, de 4 de diciembre de 1998, 54/55 B, de 1 de diciembre de 1999, 55/34 D, de 20 de noviembre de 2000, 56/25 D, de 29 de noviembre de 2001, 57/91, de 22 de noviembre de 2002, 58/61, de 8 de diciembre de 2003, 59/101, de 3 de diciembre de 2004, 60/86, de 8 de diciembre de 2005, 61/93, de 6 de diciembre de 2006, 62/216, de 22 de diciembre de 2007, 63/80, de 2 de diciembre de 2008, y 64/62, de 2 de diciembre de 2009,", "Reafirmando la función que cumple el Centro Regional en la tarea de promover el desarme, la paz y la seguridad en el plano regional,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la continua y cada vez más estrecha cooperación entre el Centro Regional y la Unión Africana, en particular sus instituciones en los ámbitos del desarme, la paz y la seguridad, así como entre el Centro y los órganos y programas pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas en África, y teniendo en consideración el comunicado aprobado por el Consejo de Paz y Seguridad de la Unión Africana en su 200ª reunión, celebrada en Addis Abeba el 21 de agosto de 2009,", "Recordando la decisión adoptada por el Consejo Ejecutivo de la Unión Africana en su octava reunión ordinaria, celebrada en Jartum del 16 al 21 de enero de 2006[1], en la que el Consejo exhortó a los Estados miembros a hacer contribuciones voluntarias al Centro Regional para que pudiera continuar funcionando,", "Recordando también la exhortación del Secretario General a los Estados Miembros a que siguieran aportando contribuciones financieras y en especie[2], lo que permitiría al Centro Regional ejecutar cabalmente su mandato y responder más eficazmente a las solicitudes de asistencia de los Estados de África,", "1. Toma nota del informe del Secretario General[3];", "2. Acoge con beneplácito el carácter continental de las actividades emprendidas por el Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz y el Desarme en África en respuesta a las necesidades cambiantes de los Estados Miembros de África en los ámbitos del desarme, la paz y la seguridad;", "3. Acoge con beneplácito también el compromiso asumido por el Centro Regional de ofrecer desarrollo de la capacidad, programas de asistencia técnica y servicios de asesoramiento a la Comisión de la Unión Africana y a organizaciones subregionales sobre el control de las armas pequeñas y armas ligeras, lo que incluye la gestión de arsenales y la destrucción de armas, el proyecto de tratado sobre el comercio de armas y las cuestiones relativas a las armas de destrucción en masa que se detallan en el informe del Secretario General;", "4. Acoge con beneplácito además la contribución del Centro Regional al desarme, la paz y la seguridad en el continente, en particular su asistencia a la Comisión de la Unión Africana en la elaboración de la Estrategia de la Unión Africana de lucha contra la proliferación, la circulación y el tráfico ilícitos de armas pequeñas y armas ligeras y en el proceso iniciado en busca de una posición africana común sobre el proyecto de tratado sobre el comercio de armas, y a la Comisión Africana de Energía Nuclear para la aplicación del Tratado sobre una zona libre de armas nucleares en África (Tratado de Pelindaba)[4];", "5. Observa con aprecio los logros y la influencia tangibles del Centro Regional en el plano regional, incluida la asistencia que ha prestado a los Estados de África central para la elaboración de la Convención de África Central para el control de las armas pequeñas y las armas ligeras, sus municiones y todas las piezas y componentes que puedan servir para su fabricación, reparación y ensamblaje (Convención de Kinshasa)[5], a los Estados de África central y África occidental para la elaboración de sus respectivas posiciones comunes sobre el proyecto de tratado sobre el comercio de armas, a los Estados de África occidental sobre las iniciativas de reforma del sector de la seguridad, y a los Estados de África oriental sobre los programas para el control de la intermediación en armas pequeñas y armas ligeras;", "6. Observa con aprecio también la contribución del Centro Regional a la iniciativa “Una ONU” y a los mecanismos interinstitucionales de las Naciones Unidas, como el Marco de Asistencia de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, las evaluaciones comunes para los países y los documentos de estrategia de lucha contra la pobreza, en varios países africanos;", "7. Insta a todos los Estados, así como a las organizaciones gubernamentales y no gubernamentales y fundaciones internacionales, a hacer contribuciones voluntarias para que el Centro Regional pueda llevar a cabo sus programas y actividades y atender las necesidades de los Estados de África;", "8. Insta, en particular, a los Estados miembros de la Unión Africana a hacer contribuciones voluntarias al Fondo Fiduciario del Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz y el Desarme en África de conformidad con la decisión adoptada por el Consejo Ejecutivo de la Unión Africana en Jartum en enero de 2006¹;", "9. Solicita al Secretario General que siga facilitando una cooperación estrecha entre el Centro Regional y la Unión Africana, especialmente en los ámbitos del desarme, la paz y la seguridad;", "10. Solicita también al Secretario General que siga proporcionando al Centro Regional el apoyo necesario para que pueda mejorar sus actividades y los resultados de estas;", "11. Solicita además al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución;", "12. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el subtema titulado “Centro Regional de las Naciones Unidas para la Paz y el Desarme en África”.", "71ª sesión plenaria 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/60/693, anexo II, decisión EX.CL/Dec.263 (VIII).", "[2]  Véase A/66/159, párr. 58.", "[3]  A/66/159.", "[4]  Véase A/50/426, anexo.", "[5]  Véase A/65/517‑S/2010/534, anexo." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/413)]", "66/58. United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa", "The General Assembly,", "Mindful of the provisions of Article 11, paragraph 1, of the Charter of the United Nations stipulating that a function of the General Assembly is to consider the general principles of cooperation in the maintenance of international peace and security, including the principles governing disarmament and arms limitation,", "Recalling its resolutions 40/151 G of 16 December 1985, 41/60 D of 3 December 1986, 42/39 J of 30 November 1987 and 43/76 D of 7 December 1988 on the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa and its resolutions 46/36 F of 6 December 1991 and 47/52 G of 9 December 1992 on regional disarmament, including confidence-building measures,", "Recalling also its resolutions 48/76 E of 16 December 1993, 49/76 D of 15 December 1994, 50/71 C of 12 December 1995, 51/46 E of 10 December 1996, 52/220 of 22 December 1997, 53/78 C of 4 December 1998, 54/55 B of 1 December 1999, 55/34 D of 20 November 2000, 56/25 D of 29 November 2001, 57/91 of 22 November 2002, 58/61 of 8 December 2003, 59/101 of 3 December 2004, 60/86 of 8 December 2005, 61/93 of 6 December 2006, 62/216 of 22 December 2007, 63/80 of 2 December 2008 and 64/62 of 2 December 2009,", "Reaffirming the role of the Regional Centre in promoting disarmament, peace and security at the regional level,", "Welcoming the continuing and deepening cooperation between the Regional Centre and the African Union, in particular its institutions in the fields of disarmament, peace and security, as well as between the Centre and relevant United Nations bodies and programmes in Africa, and considering the communiqué adopted by the Peace and Security Council of the African Union at its two-hundredth meeting, held in Addis Ababa on 21 August 2009,", "Recalling the decision taken by the Executive Council of the African Union at its eighth ordinary session, held in Khartoum from 16 to 21 January 2006,[1] in which the Council called upon member States to make voluntary contributions to the Regional Centre to maintain its operations,", "Recalling also the call by the Secretary-General for continued financial and in kind support from Member States,[2] which would enable the Regional Centre to discharge its mandate in full and to respond more effectively to requests for assistance from African States,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;[3]", "2. Welcomes the continental dimension of the activities of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa in response to the evolving needs of African Member States in the areas of disarmament, peace and security;", "3. Also welcomes the undertaking by the Regional Centre to provide capacity-building, technical assistance programmes and advisory services to the African Union Commission and subregional organizations on the control of small arms and light weapons, including on stockpile management and destruction, the proposed arms trade treaty and issues related to weapons of mass destruction, as detailed in the report of the Secretary-General;", "4. Further welcomes the contribution of the Regional Centre to continental disarmament, peace and security, in particular its assistance to the African Union Commission in the elaboration of the African Union Strategy on the Control of Illicit Proliferation, Circulation and Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons and the ongoing process of seeking an African common position on the proposed arms trade treaty, and to the African Commission on Nuclear Energy in its implementation of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba);[4]", "5. Notes with appreciation the tangible achievements and impact of the Regional Centre at the regional level, including its assistance to Central African States in their elaboration of the Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and All Parts and Components That Can Be Used for Their Manufacture, Repair and Assembly (Kinshasa Convention),[5] to Central and West African States in the elaboration of their respective common positions on the proposed arms trade treaty, to West Africa on security sector reform initiatives, and to East Africa on programmes to control brokering of small arms and light weapons;", "6. Also notes with appreciation the contribution of the Regional Centre to the “One United Nations” approach and to United Nations inter-agency mechanisms, including the United Nations Development Assistance Framework, the common country assessments and the poverty reduction strategy papers, in a number of African countries;", "7. Urges all States, as well as international governmental and non‑governmental organizations and foundations, to make voluntary contributions to enable the Regional Centre to carry out its programmes and activities and meet the needs of the African States;", "8. Urges, in particular, States members of the African Union to make voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund for the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa in conformity with the decision taken by the Executive Council of the African Union in Khartoum in January 2006;¹", "9. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to facilitate close cooperation between the Regional Centre and the African Union, in particular in the areas of disarmament, peace and security;", "10. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the necessary support to the Regional Centre for greater achievements and results;", "11. Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;", "12. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1]  A/60/693, annex II, decision EX.CL/Dec.263 (VIII).", "[2]  See A/66/159, para. 58.", "[3]  A/66/159.", "[4]  See A/50/426, annex.", "[5]  See A/65/517‑S/2010/534, annex." ]
A_RES_66_58
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/413)]", "66/58. United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa", "The General Assembly,", "Bearing in mind the provisions of Article 11, paragraph 1, of the Charter of the United Nations, which stipulates that one of the functions of the General Assembly is to consider the general principles of cooperation in the maintenance of international peace and security, including the principles governing disarmament and arms limitation,", "Recalling its resolutions 40/151 G of 16 December 1985, 41/60 D of 3 December 1986, 42/39 J of 30 November 1987 and 43/76 D of 7 December 1988 concerning the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa and its resolutions 46/36 F of 6 December 1991 and 47/52 G of 9 December 1992,", "Recalling also its resolutions 48/76 E of 16 December 1993, 49/76 D of 15 December 1994, 50/71 C of 12 December 1995, 51/46 E of 10 December 1996, 52/220 of 22 December 1997, 53/78 C of 4 December 1998, 54/55 B of 1 December 1999, 5561/34 D of 20 November 2000, 56/25 D of 29 November 2002,", "Reaffirming the role of the Regional Centre in promoting disarmament, peace and security at the regional level,", "Welcoming the continued and increasingly close cooperation between the Regional Centre and the African Union, in particular its institutions in the areas of disarmament, peace and security, as well as between the Centre and relevant United Nations bodies and programmes in Africa, and taking into account the communiqué adopted by the African Union Peace and Security Council at its 200th meeting, held in Addis Ababa on 21 August 2009,", "Recalling the decision taken by the Executive Council of the African Union at its eighth regular meeting, held in Khartoum from 16 to 21 January 2006[1], in which the Council called upon member States to make voluntary contributions to the Regional Centre for its further functioning,", "Recalling also the Secretary-General ' s call on Member States to continue to provide financial and in-kind contributions,[2] which would enable the Regional Centre to fully implement its mandate and to respond more effectively to requests for assistance from African States,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General[3];", "2. Welcomes the continental nature of the activities undertaken by the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa in response to the changing needs of African Member States in the areas of disarmament, peace and security;", "3. Also welcomes the commitment of the Regional Centre to provide capacity-building, technical assistance programmes and advisory services to the African Union Commission and subregional organizations on the control of small arms and light weapons, including stockpile management and the destruction of weapons, the draft arms trade treaty and issues relating to weapons of mass destruction as detailed in the report of the Secretary-General;", "4. " Further welcomes the contribution of the Regional Centre to disarmament, peace and security on the continent, in particular its assistance to the African Union Commission in the development of the African Union Strategy to Combat the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons and in the process initiated in search of a common African position on the draft arms trade treaty and the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Energy Commission4", "5. Notes with appreciation the tangible achievements and influence of the Regional Centre at the regional level, including the assistance it has provided to Central African States for the development of the Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Their Ammunition and all parts and components that can serve for their manufacture, repair and assembly (the Convention on Small Arms Reform)[5], to the States of Central Africa and West Africa for the development of their respective common positions on the trade in West", "6. Also notes with appreciation the contribution of the Regional Centre to the " One United Nations " initiative and the United Nations inter-agency mechanisms, such as the United Nations Development Assistance Framework, common country assessments and poverty reduction strategy papers, in several African countries;", "7. Urges all States, as well as governmental and non-governmental organizations and international foundations, to make voluntary contributions to enable the Regional Centre to carry out its programmes and activities and to meet the needs of African States;", "8. Urges, in particular, African Union member States to make voluntary contributions to the Trust Fund of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa in accordance with the decision taken by the Executive Council of the African Union in Khartoum in January 2006;1", "9. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to facilitate close cooperation between the Regional Centre and the African Union, especially in the areas of disarmament, peace and security;", "10. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Regional Centre with the necessary support to enable it to improve its activities and results;", "11. Further requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;", "12. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1] A/60/693, annex II, decision EX.CL/Dec.263 (VIII).", "[2] See A/66/159, para. 58.", "[3] A/66/159.", "[4] See A/50/426, annex.", "[5] See A/65/517‐S/2010/534, annex." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Primera Comisión (A/66/414)]", "66/59. Informe de la Conferencia de Desarme", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo examinado el informe de la Conferencia de Desarme[1],", "Convencida de que la Conferencia de Desarme, único foro multilateral de la comunidad internacional para las negociaciones de desarme, desempeña el papel principal en las negociaciones sustantivas sobre las cuestiones prioritarias de desarme,", "Reconociendo las alocuciones del Presidente de la Asamblea General y del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, así como de los ministros de relaciones exteriores y otros altos funcionarios en la Conferencia de Desarme, como expresiones de apoyo a la labor de la Conferencia,", "Reconociendo también la necesidad de que las negociaciones multilaterales se celebren con el objetivo de lograr acuerdos sobre cuestiones concretas, y considerando que el actual clima internacional debería dar renovado impulso a las negociaciones multilaterales,", "Recordando, a este respecto, que la Conferencia de Desarme tiene diversas cuestiones urgentes e importantes que negociar,", "Tomando nota de las deliberaciones de seguimiento de la reunión de alto nivel sobre la revitalización de la labor de la Conferencia de Desarme y la promoción de las negociaciones multilaterales de desarme, celebrada el 24 de septiembre de 2010 por iniciativa del Secretario General, y reconociendo el apoyo constante a la Conferencia expresado por altos funcionarios en 2011,", "Observando con renovada preocupación que la Conferencia de Desarme no ha podido iniciar su labor sustantiva, incluidas las negociaciones, durante más de un decenio, según lo previsto por la Asamblea General en su resolución 65/85, de 8 de diciembre de 2010, ni llegar a un acuerdo sobre un programa de trabajo,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito el hecho de que la abrumadora mayoría haya reiterado su pedido de una mayor flexibilidad con respecto a que se inicie la labor sustantiva de la Conferencia de Desarme sin más demoras, sobre la base de un programa de trabajo equilibrado y exhaustivo,", "Apreciando la constante cooperación entre los Estados miembros de la Conferencia de Desarme, así como de los seis sucesivos Presidentes de la Conferencia, en su período de sesiones de 2011,", "Observando con aprecio las importantes contribuciones efectuadas en el período de sesiones de 2011 para promover deliberaciones sustantivas sobre las cuestiones incluidas en la agenda, así como las deliberaciones celebradas en relación con otras cuestiones que asimismo podrían ser pertinentes para la situación actual de la seguridad internacional,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito el aumento de la interacción entre la sociedad civil y la Conferencia de Desarme en su período de sesiones de 2011 de acuerdo con las decisiones adoptadas por la Conferencia,", "Destacando la necesidad urgente de que la Conferencia de Desarme inicie su labor sustantiva al principio de su período de sesiones de 2012,", "1. Reafirma el papel de la Conferencia de Desarme como único foro multilateral de la comunidad internacional para las negociaciones de desarme;", "2. Exhorta a la Conferencia de Desarme a seguir intensificando las consultas y estudiando las posibilidades con miras a concertar un acuerdo sobre un programa de trabajo equilibrado y exhaustivo lo antes posible durante su período de sesiones de 2012, teniendo en cuenta la decisión sobre el establecimiento de un programa de trabajo adoptada por la Conferencia el 29 de mayo de 2009[2];", "3. Expresa su reconocimiento por el firme apoyo manifestado por los ministros de relaciones exteriores y otros altos funcionarios a la Conferencia de Desarme durante su período de sesiones de 2011 y toma en cuenta sus llamamientos a ejercer mayor flexibilidad con respecto al inicio de la labor sustantiva de la Conferencia sin más demoras;", "4. Acoge con beneplácito la decisión de la Conferencia de Desarme de solicitar al Presidente actual y al Presidente entrante que celebren consultas en el intervalo entre períodos de sesiones y, de ser posible, formulen recomendaciones, teniendo en cuenta todas las propuestas pertinentes pasadas, presentes y futuras, incluidas las presentadas como documentos de la Conferencia, las opiniones expresadas y las deliberaciones celebradas, y que procuren mantener debidamente informados de sus consultas a los miembros de la Conferencia;", "5. Solicita a todos los Estados miembros de la Conferencia de Desarme que cooperen con el Presidente actual y sus sucesores en las gestiones que realicen para que la Conferencia inicie con prontitud su labor sustantiva, incluidas las negociaciones, en su período de sesiones de 2012;", "6. Reconoce la importancia de que se sigan celebrando consultas sobre la cuestión del aumento del número de miembros de la Conferencia de Desarme;", "7. Solicita al Secretario General que siga velando por que se presten a la Conferencia de Desarme todos los servicios de apoyo administrativo, sustantivo y de conferencias que requiera, y de ser necesario, por que se fortalezcan esos servicios;", "8. Solicita a la Conferencia de Desarme que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre su labor;", "9. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el subtema titulado “Informe de la Conferencia de Desarme”.", "71ª sesión plenaria 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 27 (A/66/27).", "[2]  CD/1864." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/414)]", "66/59. Report of the Conference on Disarmament", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the report of the Conference on Disarmament,[1]", "Convinced that the Conference on Disarmament, as the sole multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community, has the primary role in substantive negotiations on priority questions of disarmament,", "Recognizing the addresses of the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as well as the addresses of Ministers for Foreign Affairs and other high-level officials in the Conference on Disarmament, as expressions of support for the endeavours of the Conference,", "Recognizing also the need to conduct multilateral negotiations with the aim of reaching agreement on concrete issues, and considering that the present international climate should give additional impetus to multilateral negotiations,", "Recalling, in this respect, that the Conference on Disarmament has a number of urgent and important issues for negotiation,", "Noting the follow-up discussions to the high-level meeting on revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarmament and taking forward multilateral negotiations, held on 24 September 2010 at the initiative of the Secretary-General, and acknowledging the continued support for the Conference expressed by high-level officials in 2011,", "Noting with renewed concern that the Conference on Disarmament has been unable to commence its substantive work, including negotiations, for over a decade, as envisaged by the General Assembly in its resolution 65/85 of 8 December 2010, or to agree on a programme of work,", "Welcoming the renewed overwhelming call for greater flexibility with respect to commencing the substantive work of the Conference on Disarmament without further delay, on the basis of a balanced and comprehensive programme of work,", "Appreciating the continued cooperation among the States members of the Conference on Disarmament as well as the six successive Presidents of the Conference at its 2011 session,", "Noting with appreciation the significant contributions made during the 2011 session to promote substantive discussions on issues on the agenda, as well as the discussions held on other issues that could also be relevant to the current international security environment,", "Welcoming the enhanced engagement between civil society and the Conference on Disarmament at its 2011 session according to decisions taken by the Conference,", "Stressing the urgent need for the Conference on Disarmament to commence its substantive work at the beginning of its 2012 session,", "1. Reaffirms the role of the Conference on Disarmament as the sole multilateral disarmament negotiating forum of the international community;", "2. Calls upon the Conference on Disarmament to further intensify consultations and explore possibilities with a view to adopting a balanced and comprehensive programme of work at the earliest possible date during its 2012 session, bearing in mind the decision on the programme of work adopted by the Conference on 29 May 2009;[2]", "3. Expresses its appreciation for the strong support expressed for the Conference on Disarmament during its 2011 session by Ministers for Foreign Affairs and other high-level officials, and takes into account their calls for greater flexibility with respect to commencing the substantive work of the Conference without further delay;", "4. Welcomes the decision of the Conference on Disarmament to request the current President and the incoming President to conduct consultations during the intersessional period and, if possible, make recommendations, taking into account all relevant proposals, past, present and future, including those submitted as documents of the Conference, views presented and discussions held, and to endeavour to keep the membership of the Conference informed, as appropriate, of their consultations;", "5. Requests all States members of the Conference on Disarmament to cooperate with the current President and successive Presidents in their efforts to guide the Conference to the early commencement of its substantive work, including negotiations, in its 2012 session;", "6. Recognizes the importance of continuing consultations on the question of the expansion of the membership of the Conference on Disarmament;", "7. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure and strengthen, if needed, the provision to the Conference on Disarmament of all necessary administrative, substantive and conference support services;", "8. Requests the Conference on Disarmament to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on its work;", "9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “Report of the Conference on Disarmament”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/66/27).", "[2]  CD/1864." ]
A_RES_66_59
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/414)]", "66/59. Report of the Conference on Disarmament", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the report of the Conference on Disarmament[1],", "Convinced that the Conference on Disarmament, the sole multilateral forum of the international community for disarmament negotiations, plays the primary role in substantive negotiations on priority disarmament issues,", "Recognizing the addresses of the President of the General Assembly and the Secretary-General of the United Nations, as well as of foreign ministers and other senior officials in the Conference on Disarmament, as expressions of support for the work of the Conference,", "Recognizing also the need for multilateral negotiations to be held with the objective of reaching agreements on specific issues, and considering that the current international climate should give renewed impetus to multilateral negotiations,", "Recalling, in this regard, that the Conference on Disarmament has a number of urgent and important issues to negotiate,", "Taking note of the follow-up to the high-level meeting on the revitalization of the work of the Conference on Disarmament and the promotion of multilateral disarmament negotiations, held on 24 September 2010 at the initiative of the Secretary-General, and recognizing the continued support for the Conference expressed by senior officials in 2011,", "Noting with renewed concern that the Conference on Disarmament has not been able to initiate its substantive work, including negotiations, for more than a decade, as envisaged by the General Assembly in its resolution 65/85 of 8 December 2010, or reach agreement on a programme of work,", "Welcoming the fact that the overwhelming majority has reiterated its request for greater flexibility with regard to the commencement of the substantive work of the Conference on Disarmament without further delay, on the basis of a balanced and comprehensive programme of work,", "Appreciating the continued cooperation between the States members of the Conference on Disarmament and the six successive Presidents of the Conference at its 2011 session,", "Noting with appreciation the important contributions made at the 2011 session to promote substantive discussions on issues on the agenda, as well as the discussions on other issues that might also be relevant to the current international security situation,", "Welcoming the increased interaction between civil society and the Conference on Disarmament at its 2011 session in accordance with decisions taken by the Conference,", "Stressing the urgent need for the Conference on Disarmament to begin its substantive work at the beginning of its 2012 session,", "1. Reaffirms the role of the Conference on Disarmament as the sole multilateral forum of the international community for disarmament negotiations;", "2. Calls upon the Conference on Disarmament to continue to intensify consultations and explore possibilities with a view to concluding an agreement on a balanced and comprehensive programme of work as soon as possible during its 2012 session, taking into account the decision on the establishment of a programme of work adopted by the Conference on 29 May 2009[2];", "3. Expresses its appreciation for the strong support expressed by the Ministers for Foreign Affairs and other senior officials to the Conference on Disarmament during its 2011 session and takes into account their calls for greater flexibility with regard to the commencement of the substantive work of the Conference without further delay;", "4. Welcomes the decision of the Conference on Disarmament to request the current President and the incoming President to consult at the intersessional interval and, if possible, make recommendations, taking into account all relevant past, present and future proposals, including those submitted as documents of the Conference, the views expressed and the discussions held, and to seek to keep the members of the Conference informed of their consultations;", "5. Requests all States members of the Conference on Disarmament to cooperate with the current President and his successors in their efforts to enable the Conference to promptly begin its substantive work, including negotiations, at its 2012 session;", "6. Recognizes the importance of further consultations on the issue of the increase in the membership of the Conference on Disarmament;", "7. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure that all administrative, substantive and conference support services as required are provided to the Conference on Disarmament and, if necessary, that such services are strengthened;", "8. Requests the Conference on Disarmament to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on its work;", "9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “Report of the Conference on Disarmament”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/66/27).", "[2] CD/1864." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Primera Comisión (A/66/414)]", "66/60. Informe de la Comisión de Desarme", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo examinado el informe de la Comisión de Desarme¹,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 47/54 A, de 9 de diciembre de 1992, 47/54 G, de 8 de abril de 1993, 48/77 A, de 16 de diciembre de 1993, 49/77 A, de 15 de diciembre de 1994, 50/72 D, de 12 de diciembre de 1995, 51/47 B, de 10 de diciembre de 1996, 52/40 B, de 9 de diciembre de 1997, 53/79 A, de 4 de diciembre de 1998, 54/56 A, de 1 de diciembre de 1999, 55/35 C, de 20 de noviembre de 2000, 56/26 A, de 29 de noviembre de 2001, 57/95, de 22 de noviembre de 2002, 58/67, de 8 de diciembre de 2003, 59/105, de 3 de diciembre de 2004, 60/91, de 8 de diciembre de 2005, 61/98, de 6 de diciembre de 2006, 62/54, de 5 de diciembre de 2007, 63/83, de 2 de diciembre de 2008, 64/65, de 2 de diciembre de 2009, y 65/86, de 8 de diciembre de 2010,", "Tomando en consideración la función que se ha confiado a la Comisión de Desarme y la contribución que debe hacer en relación con la tarea de examinar diversos problemas en la esfera del desarme y de formular recomendaciones al respecto, así como de promover la aplicación de las decisiones pertinentes adoptadas por la Asamblea General en su décimo período extraordinario de sesiones,", "1. Toma nota del informe de la Comisión de Desarme[1];", "2. Reafirma la validez de su decisión 52/492, de 8 de septiembre de 1998, relativa al funcionamiento eficiente de la Comisión de Desarme;", "3. Recuerda su resolución 61/98, en la que aprobó medidas adicionales para aumentar la eficacia de los métodos de trabajo de la Comisión de Desarme;", "4. Reafirma el mandato de la Comisión de Desarme como el órgano especializado de deliberación dentro del mecanismo multilateral de desarme de las Naciones Unidas que permite la celebración de deliberaciones a fondo sobre cuestiones específicas de desarme, de resultas de las cuales se presentan recomendaciones concretas acerca de esas cuestiones;", "5. Reafirma también la importancia de que se sigan afianzando el diálogo y la cooperación entre la Primera Comisión, la Comisión de Desarme y la Conferencia de Desarme;", "6. Solicita a la Comisión de Desarme que prosiga su labor de conformidad con su mandato, enunciado en el párrafo 118 del Documento Final del décimo período extraordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General[2], y con el párrafo 3 de la resolución 37/78 H de la Asamblea, de 9 de diciembre de 1982, y que, con ese fin, haga todo lo posible por formular recomendaciones concretas sobre los temas de su programa, teniendo en cuenta los “Métodos y recursos para realzar el funcionamiento de la Comisión de Desarme” previamente aprobados[3];", "7. Recomienda que la Comisión de Desarme intensifique las consultas con miras a llegar a un acuerdo respecto de los temas de su programa, de conformidad con la decisión 52/492, antes del comienzo de su período de sesiones sustantivo de 2012;", "8. Solicita a la Comisión de Desarme que en 2012 se reúna durante no más de tres semanas, del 2 al 20 de abril, y que presente a la Asamblea un informe sustantivo en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones;", "9. Solicita al Secretario General que transmita a la Comisión de Desarme el informe anual de la Conferencia de Desarme[4], junto con todos los documentos oficiales del sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones de la Asamblea General relativos a asuntos de desarme, y que preste a la Comisión toda la asistencia que esta necesite para aplicar la presente resolución;", "10. Solicita también al Secretario General que vele por que se presten servicios completos de interpretación y traducción a los idiomas oficiales a la Comisión de Desarme y a sus órganos subsidiarios y que, con carácter prioritario, asigne a ese fin todos los recursos y servicios necesarios, incluida la redacción de actas literales;", "11. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el subtema titulado “Informe de la Comisión de Desarme”.", "71ª sesión plenaria 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 42 (A/66/42).", "[2]  Resolución S‑10/2.", "[3]  A/CN.10/137.", "[4]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 27 (A/66/27)." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/414)]", "66/60. Report of the Disarmament Commission", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the report of the Disarmament Commission,[1]", "Recalling its resolutions 47/54 A of 9 December 1992, 47/54 G of 8 April 1993, 48/77 A of 16 December 1993, 49/77 A of 15 December 1994, 50/72 D of 12 December 1995, 51/47 B of 10 December 1996, 52/40 B of 9 December 1997, 53/79 A of 4 December 1998, 54/56 A of 1 December 1999, 55/35 C of 20 November 2000, 56/26 A of 29 November 2001, 57/95 of 22 November 2002, 58/67 of 8 December 2003, 59/105 of 3 December 2004, 60/91 of 8 December 2005, 61/98 of 6 December 2006, 62/54 of 5 December 2007, 63/83 of 2 December 2008, 64/65 of 2 December 2009 and 65/86 of 8 December 2010,", "Considering the role that the Disarmament Commission has been called upon to play and the contribution that it should make in examining and submitting recommendations on various problems in the field of disarmament and in promoting the implementation of the relevant decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Disarmament Commission;¹", "2. Reaffirms the validity of its decision 52/492 of 8 September 1998 concerning the efficient functioning of the Disarmament Commission;", "3. Recalls its resolution 61/98, in which it adopted additional measures for improving the effectiveness of the Disarmament Commission’s methods of work;", "4. Reaffirms the mandate of the Disarmament Commission as the specialized, deliberative body within the United Nations multilateral disarmament machinery that allows for in-depth deliberations on specific disarmament issues, leading to the submission of concrete recommendations on those issues;", "5. Also reaffirms the importance of further enhancing the dialogue and cooperation among the First Committee, the Disarmament Commission and the Conference on Disarmament;", "6. Requests the Disarmament Commission to continue its work in accordance with its mandate, as set forth in paragraph 118 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly,[2] and with paragraph 3 of Assembly resolution 37/78 H of 9 December 1982, and to that end to make every effort to achieve specific recommendations on the items on its agenda, taking into account the adopted “Ways and means to enhance the functioning of the Disarmament Commission”;[3]", "7. Recommends that the Disarmament Commission intensify consultations with a view to reaching agreement on the items on its agenda, in accordance with decision 52/492, before the start of its substantive session of 2012;", "8. Requests the Disarmament Commission to meet for a period not exceeding three weeks during 2012, namely from 2 to 20 April, and to submit a substantive report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "9. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Disarmament Commission the annual report of the Conference on Disarmament,[4] together with all the official records of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly relating to disarmament matters, and to render all assistance that the Commission may require for implementing the present resolution;", "10. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure full provision to the Disarmament Commission and its subsidiary bodies of interpretation and translation facilities in the official languages and to assign, as a matter of priority, all the necessary resources and services, including verbatim records, to that end;", "11. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “Report of the Disarmament Commission”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 42 (A/66/42).", "[2]  Resolution S‑10/2.", "[3]  A/CN.10/137.", "[4]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/66/27)." ]
A_RES_66_60
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/414)]", "66/60. Report of the Disarmament Commission", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the report of the Disarmament Commission,1", "Recalling its resolutions 47/54 A of 9 December 1992, 47/54 G of 8 April 1993, 48/77 A of 16 December 1993, 49/77 A of 15 December 1994, 50/72 D of 12 December 1995, 51/47 B of 10 December 1996, 52/40 B of 9 December 1997, 53/79 A of 4 December 1998, 54/56 A of 1 December", "Taking into account the role entrusted to the Disarmament Commission and its contribution to the task of examining and making recommendations on various problems in the field of disarmament, as well as promoting the implementation of the relevant decisions adopted by the General Assembly at its tenth special session,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Disarmament Commission[1];", "2. Reaffirms the validity of its decision 52/492 of 8 September 1998 on the efficient functioning of the Disarmament Commission;", "3. Recalls its resolution 61/98, in which it adopted additional measures to enhance the effectiveness of the working methods of the Disarmament Commission;", "4. Reaffirms the mandate of the Disarmament Commission as the specialized deliberative body within the United Nations multilateral disarmament machinery that allows for in-depth discussions on specific disarmament issues, as a result of which concrete recommendations are made on those issues;", "5. Reaffirms also the importance of further strengthening dialogue and cooperation between the First Committee, the Disarmament Commission and the Conference on Disarmament;", "6. Requests the Disarmament Commission to continue its work in accordance with its mandate, as set out in paragraph 118 of the Final Document of the Tenth Special Session of the General Assembly[2], and paragraph 3 of Assembly resolution 37/78 H of 9 December 1982, and to do its utmost to make concrete recommendations on the items on its agenda, taking into account the “Methods and resources adopted by the Disarmament Commission”", "7. Recommends that the Disarmament Commission intensify its consultations with a view to reaching agreement on the items on its agenda, in accordance with decision 52/492, before the commencement of its substantive session of 2012;", "8. Requests the Disarmament Commission to meet for no more than three weeks in 2012 from 2 to 20 April and to submit to the Assembly a substantive report at its sixty-seventh session;", "9. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Disarmament Commission the annual report of the Conference on Disarmament[4], together with all the official documents of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly relating to disarmament matters, and to provide the Commission with all the assistance it needs to implement the present resolution;", "10. Also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that full interpretation and translation services are provided to the Disarmament Commission and its subsidiary bodies in the official languages and that, as a matter of priority, all necessary resources and services, including the drafting of verbatim records, are allocated to that end;", "11. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “Report of the Disarmament Commission”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 42 (A/66/42).", "[2] Resolution S‐10/2.", "[3] A/CN.10/137.", "[4] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 27 (A/66/27)." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Primera Comisión (A/66/415)]", "66/61. El riesgo de proliferación nuclear en el Oriente Medio", "La Asamblea General,", "Teniendo presentes sus resoluciones sobre la materia,", "Tomando nota de las resoluciones pertinentes aprobadas por la Conferencia General del Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica, la última de las cuales es la resolución GC(55)/RES/14, aprobada el 23 de septiembre de 2011[1],", "Consciente de que la proliferación de las armas nucleares en la región del Oriente Medio plantearía una grave amenaza para la paz y la seguridad internacionales,", "Teniendo presente la necesidad inmediata de someter todas las instalaciones nucleares de la región del Oriente Medio al régimen de salvaguardias totales del Organismo,", "Recordando la decisión sobre los principios y objetivos para la no proliferación de las armas nucleares y el desarme nuclear adoptada el 11 de mayo de 1995 por la Conferencia de 1995 de las Partes encargada del examen y la prórroga del Tratado sobre la no proliferación de las armas nucleares[2], en que la Conferencia instó a la adhesión universal al Tratado[3] como prioridad urgente y exhortó a todos los Estados que aún no eran partes en él a que se adhirieran al Tratado a la mayor brevedad, particularmente los Estados que explotaban instalaciones nucleares sin salvaguardias,", "Reconociendo con satisfacción que, en el Documento Final de la Conferencia de las Partes del Año 2000 encargada del examen del Tratado sobre la no proliferación de las armas nucleares[4], la Conferencia se comprometió a realizar esfuerzos decididos para lograr el objetivo de que el Tratado fuera universal, exhortó a los Estados que aún no fueran partes en el Tratado a adherirse a él, asumiendo de esa forma un compromiso internacional jurídicamente vinculante de no adquirir armas nucleares ni dispositivos explosivos nucleares y de aceptar las salvaguardias del Organismo en todas sus actividades nucleares, y subrayó la necesidad de lograr una adhesión universal al Tratado y de que todas las partes cumplieran estrictamente las obligaciones que habían contraído en virtud de él,", "Recordando la resolución relativa al Oriente Medio aprobada el 11 de mayo de 1995 por la Conferencia de examen y prórroga de 1995², en que la Conferencia observó con preocupación que seguía habiendo en el Oriente Medio instalaciones nucleares no sometidas a salvaguardias, reafirmó la importancia de la pronta realización de la adhesión universal al Tratado y exhortó a todos los Estados del Oriente Medio que aún no lo hubieran hecho a que, sin excepción, se adhirieran al Tratado a la brevedad posible y sometieran todas sus instalaciones nucleares a las salvaguardias totales del Organismo,", "Observando con satisfacción que, en el Documento Final de la Conferencia de las Partes de 2010 encargada del examen del Tratado sobre la no proliferación de las armas nucleares[5], la Conferencia destacó la importancia de un proceso que condujera a la plena aplicación de la resolución de 1995 relativa al Oriente Medio y decidió, entre otras cosas, que el Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas y los copatrocinadores de la resolución de 1995, en consulta con los Estados de la región, convocarían una conferencia en 2012, en la que participarían todos los Estados del Oriente Medio, sobre el establecimiento en el Oriente Medio de una zona libre de armas nucleares y de todas las demás armas de destrucción en masa, mediante arreglos libremente concertados entre los Estados de la región y con el apoyo pleno y el compromiso de los Estados poseedores de armas nucleares,", "Recordando que Israel sigue siendo el único Estado del Oriente Medio que todavía no es parte en el Tratado,", "Preocupada por las amenazas que plantea la proliferación de las armas nucleares para la seguridad y la estabilidad de la región del Oriente Medio,", "Destacando la importancia de que se adopten medidas de fomento de la confianza, en particular de que se cree una zona libre de armas nucleares en el Oriente Medio, a fin de afianzar la paz y la seguridad en la región y consolidar el régimen mundial de no proliferación,", "Poniendo de relieve la necesidad de que todas las partes directamente interesadas consideren seriamente la posibilidad de adoptar las medidas prácticas y urgentes necesarias para dar efecto a la propuesta de establecer una zona libre de armas nucleares en la región del Oriente Medio de conformidad con las resoluciones pertinentes de la Asamblea General y, como medio de promover este objetivo, invitando a los países interesados a adherirse al Tratado y a aceptar, a la espera de que se establezca la zona, someter todas sus actividades nucleares a las salvaguardias del Organismo,", "Observando que ciento ochenta y dos Estados han firmado el Tratado de prohibición completa de los ensayos nucleares[6], entre ellos algunos Estados de la región,", "1. Acoge con beneplácito las conclusiones relativas al Oriente Medio de la Conferencia de las Partes de 2010 encargada del examen del Tratado sobre la no proliferación de las armas nucleares[7];", "2. Reafirma la importancia de que Israel se adhiera al Tratado sobre la no proliferación de las armas nucleares³ y someta todas sus instalaciones nucleares a salvaguardias amplias del Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica para realizar el objetivo de la adhesión universal al Tratado en el Oriente Medio;", "3. Exhorta al Estado mencionado a adherirse al Tratado sin más demora, a no desarrollar, producir, ensayar ni adquirir de otro modo armas nucleares, a renunciar a la posesión de dichas armas y a someter todas sus instalaciones nucleares no sujetas a salvaguardias a las salvaguardias totales del Organismo como medida importante de fomento de la confianza entre todos los Estados de la región y como paso para afianzar la paz y la seguridad;", "4. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución;", "5. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “El riesgo de proliferación nuclear en el Oriente Medio”.", "71ª sesión plenaria 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica, Resoluciones y otras decisiones de la Conferencia General, quincuagésima quinta reunión ordinaria, 19 a 23 de septiembre de 2011 [GC(55)/RES/DEC(2011)].", "[2]  Véase Conferencia de 1995 de las Partes encargada del examen y la prórroga del Tratado sobre la no proliferación de las armas nucleares, Documento Final, primera parte [NPT/CONF.1995/32 (Part I)], anexo.", "[3]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 729, núm. 10485.", "[4]  Conferencia de las Partes del Año 2000 encargada del examen del Tratado sobre la no proliferación de las armas nucleares, Documento Final, vols. I a III [NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I-IV) y (Parts I‑II)/Corr.1)].", "[5]  Conferencia de las Partes de 2010 encargada del examen del Tratado sobre la no proliferación de las armas nucleares, Documento Final, vols. I a III [NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vols. I-III)].", "[6]  Véase la resolución 50/245.", "[7]  Conferencia de las Partes de 2010 encargada del examen del Tratado sobre la no proliferación de las armas nucleares, Documento Final, vol. I [NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. I)], primera parte, Conclusiones y recomendaciones sobre medidas de seguimiento, secc. IV." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/415)]", "66/61. The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East", "The General Assembly,", "Bearing in mind its relevant resolutions,", "Taking note of the relevant resolutions adopted by the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the latest of which is resolution GC(55)/RES/14, adopted on 23 September 2011,[1]", "Cognizant that the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region of the Middle East would pose a serious threat to international peace and security,", "Mindful of the immediate need for placing all nuclear facilities in the region of the Middle East under full-scope safeguards of the Agency,", "Recalling the decision on principles and objectives for nuclear non‑proliferation and disarmament adopted by the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons on 11 May 1995,[2] in which the Conference urged universal adherence to the Treaty[3] as an urgent priority and called upon all States not yet parties to the Treaty to accede to it at the earliest date, particularly those States that operate unsafeguarded nuclear facilities,", "Recognizing with satisfaction that, in the Final Document of the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,[4] the Conference undertook to make determined efforts towards the achievement of the goal of universality of the Treaty, called upon those remaining States not parties to the Treaty to accede to it, thereby accepting an international legally binding commitment not to acquire nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices and to accept Agency safeguards on all their nuclear activities, and underlined the necessity of universal adherence to the Treaty and of strict compliance by all parties with their obligations under the Treaty,", "Recalling the resolution on the Middle East adopted by the 1995 Review and Extension Conference on 11 May 1995,² in which the Conference noted with concern the continued existence in the Middle East of unsafeguarded nuclear facilities, reaffirmed the importance of the early realization of universal adherence to the Treaty and called upon all States in the Middle East that had not yet done so, without exception, to accede to the Treaty as soon as possible and to place all their nuclear facilities under full-scope Agency safeguards,", "Noting with satisfaction that, in the Final Document of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,[5] the Conference emphasized the importance of a process leading to full implementation of the 1995 resolution on the Middle East and decided, inter alia, that the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the co-sponsors of the 1995 resolution, in consultation with the States of the region, would convene a conference in 2012, to be attended by all States of the Middle East, on the establishment of a Middle East zone free of nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction, on the basis of arrangements freely arrived at by the States of the region and with the full support and engagement of the nuclear-weapon States,", "Recalling that Israel remains the only State in the Middle East that has not yet become a party to the Treaty,", "Concerned about the threats posed by the proliferation of nuclear weapons to the security and stability of the Middle East region,", "Stressing the importance of taking confidence-building measures, in particular the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East, in order to enhance peace and security in the region and to consolidate the global non‑proliferation regime,", "Emphasizing the need for all parties directly concerned to seriously consider taking the practical and urgent steps required for the implementation of the proposal to establish a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and, as a means of promoting this objective, inviting the countries concerned to adhere to the Treaty and, pending the establishment of the zone, to agree to place all their nuclear activities under Agency safeguards,", "Noting that one hundred and eighty-two States have signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty,[6] including a number of States in the region,", "1. Welcomes the conclusions on the Middle East of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;[7]", "2. Reaffirms the importance of Israel’s accession to the Treaty on the Non‑Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons³ and placement of all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, in realizing the goal of universal adherence to the Treaty in the Middle East;", "3. Calls upon that State to accede to the Treaty without further delay, not to develop, produce, test or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons, to renounce possession of nuclear weapons and to place all its unsafeguarded nuclear facilities under full‑scope Agency safeguards as an important confidence-building measure among all States of the region and as a step towards enhancing peace and security;", "4. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;", "5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1]  See International Atomic Energy Agency, Resolutions and Other Decisions of the General Conference, Fifty-fifth Regular Session, 19–23 September 2011 (GC(55)/RES/DEC(2011)).", "[2]  See 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, Part I (NPT/CONF.1995/32 (Part I) and Corr.2), annex.", "[3]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No. 10485.", "[4]  2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vols. I-III (NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I-IV)).", "[5]  2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vols. I-III (NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vols. I-III)).", "[6]  See resolution 50/245.", "[7]  2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. I)), part I, Conclusions and recommendations for follow-on actions, sect. IV." ]
A_RES_66_61
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/415)]", "66/61. The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East", "The General Assembly,", "Bearing in mind its relevant resolutions,", "Taking note of the relevant resolutions adopted by the General Conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the latest of which is resolution GC(55)/RES/14, adopted on 23 September 2011[1],", "Mindful that the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region of the Middle East would pose a serious threat to international peace and security,", "Bearing in mind the immediate need to place all nuclear facilities in the region of the Middle East under full Agency safeguards,", "Recalling the decision on the principles and objectives for nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear disarmament adopted on 11 May 1995 by the 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons[2], in which the Conference urged universal adherence to the Treaty[3] as an urgent priority and called upon all States that were not yet parties to the Treaty to accede to the Treaty as soon as possible,", "Recognizing with satisfaction that, in the Final Document of the 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons[4], the Conference undertook to make determined efforts to achieve the goal of the Treaty being universal, called upon States that were not yet parties to the Treaty to accede to it, thereby assuming a legally binding international commitment not to acquire nuclear weapons or nuclear explosive devices, and stressed the need for strict adherence to the Treaty,", "Recalling the resolution on the Middle East adopted on 11 May 1995 by the 1995 Review and Extension Conference,2 in which the Conference noted with concern that unsafeguarded nuclear facilities remain in the Middle East, reaffirmed the importance of the early realization of universal adherence to the Treaty and called upon all States of the Middle East that had not yet done so to accede to the Treaty without exception as soon as possible and to place all its nuclear facilities under safeguards,", "Noting with satisfaction that, in the Final Document of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons[5], the Conference stressed the importance of a process leading to the full implementation of the 1995 resolution on the Middle East and decided, inter alia, that the Secretary-General of the United Nations and the co-sponsors of the 1995 resolution, in consultation with the States of the region, would convene a conference concluded in 2012,", "Recalling that Israel remains the only State in the Middle East that is not yet a party to the Treaty,", "Concerned about the threats posed by the proliferation of nuclear weapons to the security and stability of the Middle East region,", "Stressing the importance of confidence-building measures, including the establishment of a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the Middle East, to strengthen peace and security in the region and to consolidate the global non-proliferation regime,", "Emphasizing the need for all parties directly concerned to give serious consideration to taking the necessary practical and urgent measures to give effect to the proposal to establish a nuclear-weapon-free zone in the region of the Middle East in accordance with the relevant General Assembly resolutions and, as a means of promoting this objective, inviting the countries concerned to accede to the Treaty and to accept, pending the establishment of the zone, to place all their nuclear activities under the Agency ' s safeguards,", "Noting that one hundred and eighty-two States have signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty[6], including some States in the region,", "1. Welcomes the conclusions concerning the Middle East of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons[7];", "2. Reaffirms the importance of Israel ' s accession to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons3 and submits all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency to realize the goal of universal adherence to the Treaty in the Middle East;", "3. Calls upon the State concerned to accede to the Treaty without further delay, not to develop, produce, test or otherwise acquire nuclear weapons, to renounce the possession of such weapons and to place all its nuclear facilities not subject to safeguards of the Agency as an important confidence-building measure among all States in the region and as a step towards enhancing peace and security;", "4. Requests the Secretary-General to report at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;", "5. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “The risk of nuclear proliferation in the Middle East”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1] See International Atomic Energy Agency, Resolutions and other decisions of the General Conference, fifty-fifth regular meeting, 19-23 September 2011 [GC(55)/RES/DEC(2011)].", "[2] See 1995 Review and Extension Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, Part One [NPT/CONF.1995/32 (Part I)], annex.", "[3] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 729, No. 10485.", "[4] 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vols. I-III [NPT/CONF.2000/28 (Parts I-IV) and (Parts I-II)/Corr.1)].", "[5] 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vols. I-III [NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vols. I-III)].", "[6] See resolution 50/245.", "[7] 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vol. I [NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. I)], part one, Conclusions and recommendations on follow-up action, sect. IV." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Primera Comisión (A/66/416)]", "66/62. Convención sobre prohibiciones o restricciones del empleo de ciertas armas convencionales que puedan considerarse excesivamente nocivas o de efectos indiscriminados", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 65/89, de 8 de diciembre de 2010,", "Recordando con satisfacción la aprobación y la entrada en vigor de la Convención sobre prohibiciones o restricciones del empleo de ciertas armas convencionales que puedan considerarse excesivamente nocivas o de efectos indiscriminados[1], y su artículo 1 enmendado[2], el Protocolo sobre fragmentos no localizables (Protocolo I)¹, el Protocolo sobre prohibiciones o restricciones del empleo de minas, armas trampa y otros artefactos (Protocolo II)¹ y su versión enmendada[3], el Protocolo sobre prohibiciones o restricciones del empleo de armas incendiarias (Protocolo III)¹, el Protocolo sobre armas láser cegadoras (Protocolo IV)[4] y el Protocolo sobre los Restos Explosivos de Guerra (Protocolo V)[5],", "Acogiendo con beneplácito los resultados de la Tercera Conferencia de las Altas Partes Contratantes encargada del examen de la Convención sobre prohibiciones o restricciones del empleo de ciertas armas convencionales que puedan considerarse excesivamente nocivas o de efectos indiscriminados, celebrada en Ginebra del 7 al 17 de noviembre de 2006,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito también los resultados de la Reunión de las Altas Partes Contratantes en la Convención de 2010, celebrada en Ginebra los días 25 y 26 de noviembre de 2010,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito además los resultados de la 12ª Conferencia Anual de las Altas Partes Contratantes en el Protocolo II Enmendado, celebrada en Ginebra el 24 de noviembre de 2010,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito los resultados de la Cuarta Conferencia de las Altas Partes Contratantes en el Protocolo V, celebrada en Ginebra los días 22 y 23 de noviembre de 2010,", "Recordando la función desempeñada por el Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja en la elaboración de la Convención y de sus Protocolos, y acogiendo con beneplácito la especial labor de sensibilización respecto de las consecuencias humanitarias de los restos explosivos de guerra que llevan a cabo diversas organizaciones internacionales, no gubernamentales y de otra índole,", "1. Exhorta a todos los Estados que aún no lo hayan hecho a adoptar todas las medidas necesarias para pasar a ser partes, lo antes posible, en la Convención sobre prohibiciones o restricciones del empleo de ciertas armas convencionales que puedan considerarse excesivamente nocivas o de efectos indiscriminados¹ y sus Protocolos, en su forma enmendada, con miras a lograr cuanto antes el mayor número posible de adhesiones a esos instrumentos con el fin último de lograr su universalidad;", "2. Exhorta a todos los Estados partes en la Convención que aún no lo hayan hecho a expresar su consentimiento en obligarse por los Protocolos de la Convención y por la enmienda por la cual se amplía el alcance de la Convención y sus Protocolos para incluir los conflictos armados de carácter no internacional;", "3. Pone de relieve la importancia de la universalización del Protocolo sobre los Restos Explosivos de Guerra (Protocolo V)⁵;", "4. Acoge con beneplácito las nuevas ratificaciones y aceptaciones de la Convención y adhesiones a ella, así como las expresiones de consentimiento en obligarse por sus Protocolos;", "5. Acoge con beneplácito también la aprobación por la Tercera Conferencia de Examen de las Altas Partes Contratantes en la Convención de un plan de acción para promover la universalidad de la Convención y sus Protocolos[6], y expresa su reconocimiento por los constantes esfuerzos del Secretario General, en su calidad de depositario de la Convención y sus Protocolos, del Presidente de la Reunión de las Altas Partes Contratantes en la Convención, del Presidente de la Cuarta Conferencia de las Altas Partes Contratantes en el Protocolo V y del Presidente de la 12ª Conferencia Anual de las Altas Partes Contratantes en el Protocolo II Enmendado, en nombre de las Altas Partes Contratantes, por lograr el objetivo de la universalidad;", "6. Recuerda la decisión de la Tercera Conferencia de Examen de las Altas Partes Contratantes en la Convención de establecer un programa de patrocinio en el marco de la Convención[7], y, reconociendo el valor y la importancia del programa, alienta a los Estados a colaborar con él;", "7. Acoge con beneplácito la decisión de la Reunión de las Altas Partes Contratantes en la Convención de 2010 de que la Cuarta Conferencia de Examen de las Altas Partes Contratantes en la Convención se celebre en Ginebra del 14 al 25 de noviembre de 2011;", "8. Reconoce la labor de la Dependencia de Apoyo para la Aplicación de la Convención en la Subdivisión de Ginebra de la Oficina de Asuntos de Desarme de la Secretaría, que se estableció conforme a lo dispuesto en una decisión de la Reunión de las Altas Partes Contratantes en la Convención de 2009;", "9. Acoge con beneplácito el compromiso de los Estados partes de continuar haciendo frente a los problemas humanitarios causados por ciertos tipos concretos de municiones en todos sus aspectos, incluidas las municiones en racimo, con miras a reducir al mínimo las repercusiones humanitarias de tales municiones;", "10. Acoge con beneplácito también los preparativos para la Cuarta Conferencia de Examen realizados por el Grupo de Expertos Gubernamentales de las Altas Partes Contratantes en la Convención, que desempeña sus funciones bajo la responsabilidad general del Presidente designado, y observa que la cuestión de hacer frente con urgencia a las consecuencias humanitarias de las municiones en racimo, manteniendo al mismo tiempo un equilibrio entre las consideraciones militares y humanitarias, se seguirá examinando en la Cuarta Conferencia de Examen en noviembre de 2011;", "11. Acoge con beneplácito además el compromiso contraído por los Estados partes en el Protocolo sobre los Restos Explosivos de Guerra (Protocolo V) de aplicarlo de manera efectiva y eficiente y la aplicación de las decisiones de las Conferencias Primera y Segunda de las Altas Partes Contratantes en el Protocolo que establecen un marco integral para el intercambio de información y la cooperación[8], y acoge con beneplácito también la celebración de la Reunión de Expertos de las Altas Partes Contratantes en el Protocolo, que tuvo lugar en Ginebra del 6 al 8 de abril de 2011, como mecanismo de consulta y de cooperación entre los Estados partes;", "12. Hace notar la decisión de la Décima Conferencia Anual de las Altas Partes Contratantes en el Protocolo II Enmendado de establecer un grupo de expertos oficioso de composición abierta[9], y acoge con beneplácito la celebración del tercer período de sesiones del Grupo de Expertos de las Altas Partes Contratantes en el Protocolo II Enmendado, que tuvo lugar en Ginebra los días 4 y 5 de abril de 2011, para intercambiar prácticas y experiencias nacionales y evaluar la aplicación del Protocolo;", "13. Observa que, en virtud del artículo 8 de la Convención, podrán convocarse conferencias para examinar enmiendas a la Convención o a cualquiera de sus Protocolos, para examinar la adopción de nuevos protocolos relativos a otras categorías de armas convencionales no comprendidas en los actuales Protocolos o para examinar el alcance y la aplicación de la Convención y sus Protocolos, y para examinar cualquier propuesta de enmienda o de nuevos protocolos;", "14. Solicita al Secretario General que proporcione la asistencia y los servicios que se requieran, incluida la preparación de actas resumidas, a la Cuarta Conferencia de Examen de las Altas Partes Contratantes en la Convención, que se celebrará del 14 al 25 de noviembre de 2011, y a otras conferencias anuales y reuniones de expertos de las Altas Partes Contratantes en el Protocolo II Enmendado y en el Protocolo V, y a toda eventual labor posterior a las reuniones;", "15. Solicita también al Secretario General que, en su calidad de depositario de la Convención y sus Protocolos, la siga informando periódicamente, por medios electrónicos, de las ratificaciones, aceptaciones y adhesiones formuladas respecto de la Convención, su artículo 1 enmendado² y sus Protocolos;", "16. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Convención sobre prohibiciones o restricciones del empleo de ciertas armas convencionales que puedan considerarse excesivamente nocivas o de efectos indiscriminados”.", "71ª sesión plenaria 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1342, núm. 22495.", "[2]  Ibid., vol. 2260, núm. 22495.", "[3]  Ibid., vol. 2048, núm. 22495.", "[4]  Ibid., vol. 2024, núm. 22495.", "[5]  Ibid., vol. 2399, núm. 22495.", "[6]  Véase CCW/CONF.III/11 (Part II), anexo III.", "[7]  Ibid., anexo IV.", "[8]  Véanse CCW/P.V/CONF/2007/1 y Corr.2 y CCW/P.V/CONF/2008/12.", "[9]  Véase CCW/AP.II/CONF.10/2, párr. 23." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/416)]", "66/62. 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", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 65/89 of 8 December 2010,", "Recalling with satisfaction the adoption and the entry into force of 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[1] and its amended article 1,[2] the Protocol on Non-Detectable Fragments (Protocol I),¹ the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II)¹ and its amended version,[3] the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III),¹ the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV)[4] and the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V),[5]", "Welcoming the results of the Third Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties 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, held in Geneva from 7 to 17 November 2006,", "Welcoming also the results of the 2010 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention, held in Geneva on 25 and 26 November 2010,", "Welcoming further the results of the Twelfth Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II, held in Geneva on 24 November 2010,", "Welcoming the results of the Fourth Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V, held in Geneva on 22 and 23 November 2010,", "Recalling the role played by the International Committee of the Red Cross in the elaboration of the Convention and the Protocols thereto, and welcoming the particular efforts of various international, non-governmental and other organizations in raising awareness of the humanitarian consequences of explosive remnants of war,", "1. Calls upon all States that have not yet done so to take all measures to become parties, as soon as possible, 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 Effects¹ and the Protocols thereto, as amended, with a view to achieving the widest possible adherence to these instruments at an early date and so as to ultimately achieve their universality;", "2. Calls upon all States parties to the Convention that have not yet done so to express their consent to be bound by the Protocols to the Convention and the amendment extending the scope of the Convention and the Protocols thereto to include armed conflicts of a non-international character;", "3. Emphasizes the importance of the universalization of the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V);⁵", "4. Welcomes the additional ratifications and acceptances of or accessions to the Convention, as well as the consents to be bound by the Protocols thereto;", "5. Also welcomes the adoption by the Third Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention of a plan of action to promote universality of the Convention and the Protocols thereto,[6] and expresses appreciation for the continued efforts of the Secretary-General, as depositary of the Convention and the Protocols thereto, the Chair of the Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention, the President of the Fourth Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V and the President of the Twelfth Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II, on behalf of the High Contracting Parties, to achieve the goal of universality;", "6. Recalls the decision of the Third Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention to establish a sponsorship programme within the framework of the Convention,[7] and, with recognition of the value and importance of the programme, encourages States to contribute to the Sponsorship Programme;", "7. Welcomes the decision of the 2010 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention to convene the Fourth Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention in Geneva from 14 to 25 November 2011;", "8. Acknowledges the work of the Implementation Support Unit within the Geneva Branch of the Office for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat, which was established following a decision of the 2009 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention;", "9. Welcomes the commitment by States parties to continue to address the humanitarian problems caused by certain specific types of munitions in all their aspects, including cluster munitions, with a view to minimizing the humanitarian impact of these munitions;", "10. Also welcomes the preparatory work for the Fourth Review Conference conducted by the Group of Governmental Experts of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention, acting under the overall responsibility of the President-designate, and notes that the issue of urgently addressing the humanitarian impact of cluster munitions, while striking a balance between military and humanitarian considerations, will be further addressed at the Fourth Review Conference in November 2011;", "11. Further welcomes the commitment of States parties to the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V) to the effective and efficient implementation of the Protocol and the implementation of the decisions of the First and Second Conferences of the High Contracting Parties to the Protocol establishing a comprehensive framework for the exchange of information and cooperation,[8] and also welcomes the holding of the Meeting of Experts of the High Contracting Parties to the Protocol, in Geneva from 6 to 8 April 2011, as a mechanism for consultation and cooperation among the States parties;", "12. Notes the decision of the Tenth Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II to establish an informal open-ended group of experts,[9] and welcomes the holding of the third session of the Group of Experts of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II, in Geneva on 4 and 5 April 2011, to exchange national practices and experiences and to assess the implementation of the Protocol;", "13. Also notes that, in conformity with article 8 of the Convention, conferences may be convened to examine amendments to the Convention or to any of the Protocols thereto, to examine additional protocols concerning other categories of conventional weapons not covered by existing Protocols or to review the scope and application of the Convention and the Protocols thereto and to examine any proposed amendments or additional protocols;", "14. Requests the Secretary-General to render the necessary assistance and to provide such services, including summary records, as may be required for the Fourth Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention, to be held from 14 to 25 November 2011, and other annual conferences and expert meetings of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II and Protocol V, as well as for any continuation of the work after the meetings;", "15. Also requests the Secretary-General, in his capacity as depositary of the Convention and the Protocols thereto, to continue to inform the General Assembly periodically, by electronic means, of ratifications and acceptances of and accessions to the Convention, its amended article 1² and the Protocols thereto;", "16. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “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”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1342, No. 22495.", "[2]  Ibid., vol. 2260, No. 22495.", "[3]  Ibid., vol. 2048, No. 22495.", "[4]  Ibid., vol. 2024, No. 22495.", "[5]  Ibid., vol. 2399, No. 22495.", "[6]  See CCW/CONF.III/11 (Part II), annex III.", "[7]  Ibid., annex IV.", "[8]  See CCW/P.V/CONF/2007/1 and Corr.1 and 2 and CCW/P.V/CONF/2008/12.", "[9]  See CCW/AP.II/CONF.10/2, para. 23." ]
A_RES_66_62
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/416)]", "66/62. 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", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 65/89 of 8 December 2010,", "Recalling with satisfaction the adoption and entry into force of 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[1] and its amended Article 1[2], the Protocol on Non-Localable Fragments (Protocol I)1 and the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines,", "Welcoming the outcome of the Third Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties 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, held in Geneva from 7 to 17 November 2006,", "Welcoming also the outcome of the 2010 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention, held at Geneva on 25 and 26 November 2010,", "Welcoming further the outcome of the Twelfth Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II, held at Geneva on 24 November 2010,", "Welcoming the outcome of the Fourth Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V, held at Geneva on 22 and 23 November 2010,", "Recalling the role played by the International Committee of the Red Cross in the elaboration of the Convention and its Protocols, and welcoming the special awareness-raising work on the humanitarian consequences of explosive remnants of war carried out by various international, non-governmental and other organizations,", "1. Calls upon all States that have not yet done so to take all necessary measures to become parties, as soon as possible, 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 Effects1 and the Protocols thereto, as amended, with a view to achieving as soon as possible the greatest possible adherence to those instruments with the ultimate goal of achieving their universality;", "2. Calls upon all States parties to the Convention that have not yet done so to express their consent to be bound by the Protocols to the Convention and by the amendment extending the scope of the Convention and its Protocols to include non-international armed conflicts;", "3. Emphasizes the importance of the universalization of the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V)5;", "4. Welcomes the new ratifications and acceptances of the Convention and accessions thereto, as well as the expressions of consent to be bound by its Protocols;", "5. Also welcomes the adoption by the Third Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention of a plan of action to promote the universality of the Convention and its Protocols,[6] and expresses its appreciation for the continued efforts of the Secretary-General, in his capacity as depositary of the Convention and its Protocols, of the President of the Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention, of the President of the Fourth Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Protocol V,", "6. Recalls the decision of the Third Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention to establish a sponsorship programme under the Convention[7], and, recognizing the value and importance of the programme, encourages States to cooperate with it;", "7. Welcomes the decision of the Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the 2010 Convention to hold the Fourth Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention in Geneva from 14 to 25 November 2011;", "8. Recognizes the work of the Implementation Support Unit at the Geneva Branch of the Office for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat, which was established in accordance with a decision of the Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the 2009 Convention;", "9. Welcomes the commitment of States parties to continue to address the humanitarian problems caused by certain specific types of munitions in all their aspects, including cluster munitions, with a view to minimizing the humanitarian impact of such munitions;", "10. Also welcomes the preparations for the Fourth Review Conference by the Group of Governmental Experts of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention, which performs its functions under the overall responsibility of the President-designate, and notes that the issue of responding urgently to the humanitarian consequences of cluster munitions while maintaining a balance between military and humanitarian considerations will continue to be discussed at the Fourth Review Conference in November 2011;", "11. Further welcomes the commitment made by States parties to the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (Protocol V) to implement it effectively and efficiently and the implementation of the decisions of the First and Second Conferences of the High Contracting Parties to the Protocol that provide a comprehensive framework for information-sharing and cooperation[8], and also welcomes the holding of the Meeting of Experts of the High Contracting Parties to the Protocol, held from 8 April 2011,", "12. Notes the decision of the Tenth Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II to establish an open-ended informal expert group[9], and welcomes the third session of the Group of Experts of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II, which took place in Geneva on 4 and 5 April 2011, to exchange national practices and experiences and to assess the implementation of the Protocol;", "13. Notes that, under article 8 of the Convention, conferences may be convened to consider amendments to the Convention or to any of its Protocols, to consider the adoption of new protocols relating to other categories of conventional weapons not covered by the present Protocols or to consider the scope and application of the Convention and its Protocols, and to consider any proposed amendments or new protocols;", "14. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the assistance and services required, including the preparation of summary records, to the Fourth Review Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention, to be held from 14 to 25 November 2011, and to other annual conferences and expert meetings of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II and Protocol V, and any subsequent work of the meetings;", "15. Also requests the Secretary-General, in his capacity as depositary of the Convention and its Protocols, to continue to report regularly, through electronic means, on ratifications, acceptances and accessions made to the Convention, its amended article 1 and its Protocols;", "16. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled " 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 " .", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1342, No. 22495.", "[2] Ibid., vol. 2260, No. 22495.", "[3] Ibid., vol. 2048, No. 22495.", "[4] Ibid., vol. 2024, No. 22495.", "[5] Ibid., vol. 2399, No. 22495.", "[6] See CCW/CONF.III/11 (Part II), annex III.", "[7] Ibid., annex IV.", "[8] See CCW/P.V/CONF/2007/1 and Corr.2 and CCW/P.V/CONF/2008/12.", "[9] See CCW/AP.II/CONF.10/2, para. 23." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Primera Comisión (A/66/417)]", "66/63. Fortalecimiento de la seguridad y la cooperación en la región del Mediterráneo", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones anteriores sobre el tema, entre ellas la resolución 65/90, de 8 de diciembre de 2010,", "Reafirmando el papel principal de los países mediterráneos en el fortalecimiento y la promoción de la paz, la seguridad y la cooperación en la región del Mediterráneo,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito los esfuerzos desplegados por los países euromediterráneos para intensificar su cooperación en la lucha contra el terrorismo, en particular mediante la adopción por la Cumbre Euromediterránea, celebrada en Barcelona (España) los días 27 y 28 de noviembre de 2005, del Código de Conducta Euromediterráneo relativo a la lucha contra el terrorismo,", "Teniendo presentes todas las declaraciones y compromisos anteriores de los países ribereños, así como todas las iniciativas que han adoptado en las recientes cumbres, reuniones ministeriales y diversos foros en que se ha estudiado la cuestión de la región del Mediterráneo,", "Recordando, a ese respecto, la aprobación, el 13 de julio de 2008, de la Declaración conjunta de la Cumbre de París para el Mediterráneo, que dio inicio a una alianza reforzada, denominada “Proceso de Barcelona: Unión para el Mediterráneo”, y la voluntad política común de revitalizar los esfuerzos encaminados a transformar el Mediterráneo en una zona de paz, democracia, cooperación y prosperidad,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la entrada en vigor del Tratado sobre una zona libre de armas nucleares en África (Tratado de Pelindaba)[1] como contribución al fortalecimiento de la paz y la seguridad en los planos regional e internacional,", "Reconociendo que la seguridad en el Mediterráneo es indivisible y que el mejoramiento de la cooperación entre los países del Mediterráneo con miras a promover el desarrollo económico y social de todos los pueblos de la región contribuirá considerablemente a la estabilidad, la paz y la seguridad de la región,", "Reconociendo también los esfuerzos que se han desplegado hasta la fecha y la determinación de los países mediterráneos de intensificar el proceso de diálogo y consultas con miras a resolver los problemas que existen en la región del Mediterráneo y a eliminar las causas de tirantez y la consiguiente amenaza para la paz y la seguridad, así como la conciencia cada vez mayor en esos países de que es necesario promover otras iniciativas comunes para fortalecer la cooperación económica, social, cultural y ambiental en la región,", "Reconociendo además que la evolución positiva de la situación en el mundo, particularmente en Europa, el Magreb y el Oriente Medio, puede mejorar las perspectivas de una cooperación euromediterránea más estrecha en todas las esferas,", "Reafirmando la responsabilidad de todos los Estados de contribuir a la estabilidad y prosperidad de la región del Mediterráneo, así como su compromiso de respetar los propósitos y principios de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y las disposiciones de la Declaración sobre los principios de derecho internacional referentes a las relaciones de amistad y a la cooperación entre los Estados de conformidad con la Carta de las Naciones Unidas[2],", "Observando las negociaciones de paz en el Oriente Medio, que deberían ser de carácter general y constituir un marco apropiado para la solución pacífica de los litigios de la región,", "Expresando su preocupación por la persistente tirantez y la continuación de las actividades militares en algunas partes del Mediterráneo, que dificultan los intentos de fortalecer la seguridad y la cooperación en la región,", "Tomando nota del informe del Secretario General[3],", "1. Reafirma que la seguridad en el Mediterráneo está estrechamente vinculada a la seguridad de Europa y a la paz y la seguridad internacionales;", "2. Expresa su satisfacción de que los países mediterráneos sigan tratando de contribuir activamente a eliminar todas las causas de tirantez en la región y a promover soluciones justas y duraderas para los persistentes problemas de la región por medios pacíficos, asegurando así el retiro de las fuerzas extranjeras de ocupación y respetando la soberanía, la independencia y la integridad territorial de todos los países del Mediterráneo, así como el derecho de los pueblos a la libre determinación, y, en consecuencia, pide que se respeten plenamente los principios de no injerencia, no intervención, abstención del uso o la amenaza del uso de la fuerza e inadmisibilidad de la adquisición de territorio por la fuerza, de conformidad con la Carta y las resoluciones pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas;", "3. Encomia a los países mediterráneos por sus esfuerzos encaminados a hacer frente a problemas comunes mediante respuestas globales coordinadas, en un espíritu de colaboración multilateral, con el objetivo general de convertir la cuenca del Mediterráneo en una zona de diálogo, intercambio y cooperación y de garantizar así la paz, la estabilidad y la prosperidad, los alienta a redoblar esos esfuerzos mediante, entre otras cosas, un diálogo de cooperación duradero, multilateral y orientado hacia la acción entre los Estados de la región, y reconoce el papel de las Naciones Unidas en la promoción de la paz y la seguridad regionales e internacionales;", "4. Reconoce que la eliminación de las disparidades económicas y sociales entre los distintos niveles de desarrollo y otros obstáculos, así como el respeto y una mayor comprensión entre las culturas de la región del Mediterráneo, contribuirán a promover la paz, la seguridad y la cooperación entre los países mediterráneos en el marco de los foros existentes;", "5. Exhorta a todos los Estados de la región del Mediterráneo que todavía no lo hayan hecho a adherirse a todos los instrumentos jurídicos negociados multilateralmente en la esfera del desarme y la no proliferación, a fin de crear las condiciones necesarias para fortalecer la paz y la cooperación en la región;", "6. Alienta a todos los Estados de la región a favorecer las condiciones necesarias para fortalecer las medidas de fomento de la confianza mutua promoviendo una franqueza y una transparencia auténticas en todas las cuestiones militares, participando, en particular, en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas de normalización de los informes sobre gastos militares y suministrando datos e información exactos al Registro de Armas Convencionales de las Naciones Unidas[4];", "7. Alienta a los países mediterráneos a seguir intensificando su cooperación en la lucha contra el terrorismo en todas sus formas y manifestaciones, entre ellas la posibilidad de que los terroristas recurran al uso de armas de destrucción en masa, teniendo en cuenta las resoluciones pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas, y en la lucha contra la delincuencia internacional, la transferencia ilícita de armas y la producción, el consumo y el tráfico ilícitos de drogas, que constituyen una grave amenaza para la paz, la seguridad y la estabilidad de la región y, por tanto, para el mejoramiento de la situación política, económica y social actual, y ponen en peligro las relaciones de amistad entre los Estados, entorpecen la cooperación internacional y ocasionan la conculcación de los derechos humanos, las libertades fundamentales y los fundamentos democráticos de una sociedad pluralista;", "8. Solicita al Secretario General que le presente un informe sobre medios de fortalecer la seguridad y la cooperación en la región del Mediterráneo;", "9. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Fortalecimiento de la seguridad y la cooperación en la región del Mediterráneo”.", "71ª sesión plenaria 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase A/50/426, anexo.", "[2]  Resolución 2625 (XXV), anexo.", "[3]  A/66/122.", "[4]  Véase la resolución 46/36 L." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/417)]", "66/63. Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, including resolution 65/90 of 8 December 2010,", "Reaffirming the primary role of the Mediterranean countries in strengthening and promoting peace, security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region,", "Welcoming the efforts deployed by the Euro-Mediterranean countries to strengthen their cooperation in combating terrorism, in particular through the adoption of the Euro-Mediterranean Code of Conduct on Countering Terrorism by the Euro-Mediterranean Summit, held in Barcelona, Spain, on 27 and 28 November 2005,", "Bearing in mind all the previous declarations and commitments, as well as all the initiatives taken by the riparian countries at the recent summits, ministerial meetings and various forums concerning the question of the Mediterranean region,", "Recalling, in this regard, the adoption on 13 July 2008 of the Joint Declaration of the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean, which launched a reinforced partnership, named the “Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean”, and the common political will to revive efforts to transform the Mediterranean into an area of peace, democracy, cooperation and prosperity,", "Welcoming the entry into force of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty (Treaty of Pelindaba)[1] as a contribution to the strengthening of peace and security both regionally and internationally,", "Recognizing the indivisible character of security in the Mediterranean and that the enhancement of cooperation among Mediterranean countries with a view to promoting the economic and social development of all peoples of the region will contribute significantly to stability, peace and security in the region,", "Recognizing also the efforts made so far and the determination of the Mediterranean countries to intensify the process of dialogue and consultations with a view to resolving the problems existing in the Mediterranean region and to eliminating the causes of tension and the consequent threat to peace and security, as well as their growing awareness of the need for further joint efforts to strengthen economic, social, cultural and environmental cooperation in the region,", "Recognizing further that prospects for closer Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in all spheres can be enhanced by positive developments worldwide, in particular in Europe, in the Maghreb and in the Middle East,", "Reaffirming the responsibility of all States to contribute to the stability and prosperity of the Mediterranean region and their commitment to respecting the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations as well as the provisions of the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,[2]", "Noting the peace negotiations in the Middle East, which should be of a comprehensive nature and represent an appropriate framework for the peaceful settlement of contentious issues in the region,", "Expressing its concern at the persistent tension and continuing military activities in parts of the Mediterranean that hinder efforts to strengthen security and cooperation in the region,", "Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,[3]", "1. Reaffirms that security in the Mediterranean is closely linked to European security as well as to international peace and security;", "2. Expresses its satisfaction at the continuing efforts by Mediterranean countries to contribute actively to the elimination of all causes of tension in the region and to the promotion of just and lasting solutions to the persistent problems of the region through peaceful means, thus ensuring the withdrawal of foreign forces of occupation and respecting the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all countries of the Mediterranean and the right of peoples to self-determination, and therefore calls for full adherence to the principles of non‑interference, non-intervention, non-use of force or threat of use of force and the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force, in accordance with the Charter and the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;", "3. Commends the Mediterranean countries for their efforts in meeting common challenges through coordinated overall responses, based on a spirit of multilateral partnership, towards the general objective of turning the Mediterranean basin into an area of dialogue, exchanges and cooperation, guaranteeing peace, stability and prosperity, encourages them to strengthen such efforts through, inter alia, a lasting multilateral and action-oriented cooperative dialogue among States of the region, and recognizes the role of the United Nations in promoting regional and international peace and security;", "4. Recognizes that the elimination of the economic and social disparities in levels of development and other obstacles, as well as respect and greater understanding among cultures in the Mediterranean area, will contribute to enhancing peace, security and cooperation among Mediterranean countries through the existing forums;", "5. Calls upon all States of the Mediterranean region that have not yet done so to adhere to all the multilaterally negotiated legal instruments related to the field of disarmament and non-proliferation, thus creating the conditions necessary for strengthening peace and cooperation in the region;", "6. Encourages all States of the region to favour the conditions necessary for strengthening the confidence-building measures among them by promoting genuine openness and transparency on all military matters, by participating, inter alia, in the United Nations system for the standardized reporting of military expenditures and by providing accurate data and information to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms;[4]", "7. Encourages the Mediterranean countries to strengthen further their cooperation in combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including the possible resort by terrorists to weapons of mass destruction, taking into account the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, and in combating international crime and illicit arms transfers and illicit drug production, consumption and trafficking, which pose a serious threat to peace, security and stability in the region and therefore to the improvement of the current political, economic and social situation and which jeopardize friendly relations among States, hinder the development of international cooperation and result in the destruction of human rights, fundamental freedoms and the democratic basis of pluralistic society;", "8. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on means to strengthen security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region;", "9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1]  See A/50/426, annex.", "[2]  Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.", "[3]  A/66/122.", "[4]  See resolution 46/36 L." ]
A_RES_66_63
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/417)]", "66/63. Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its previous resolutions on the subject, including resolution 65/90 of 8 December 2010,", "Reaffirming the principal role of Mediterranean countries in strengthening and promoting peace, security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region,", "Welcoming the efforts of the Euro-Mediterranean countries to enhance their cooperation in the fight against terrorism, in particular through the adoption by the Euro-Mediterranean Summit, held in Barcelona, Spain, on 27 and 28 November 2005, of the Euro-Mediterranean Code of Conduct on Combating Terrorism,", "Bearing in mind all previous declarations and commitments of coastal countries, as well as all initiatives taken by the recent summits, ministerial meetings and various forums in which the question of the Mediterranean region has been discussed,", "Recalling, in this regard, the adoption on 13 July 2008 of the Joint Declaration of the Paris Summit for the Mediterranean, which launched a strengthened partnership, entitled “Barcelona Process: Union for the Mediterranean”, and the common political will to revitalize efforts to transform the Mediterranean into an area of peace, democracy, cooperation and prosperity,", "Welcoming the entry into force of the African Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone Treaty[1] as a contribution to the strengthening of peace and security at the regional and international levels,", "Recognizing that security in the Mediterranean is indivisible and that improving cooperation among Mediterranean countries with a view to promoting the economic and social development of all peoples of the region will contribute significantly to the stability, peace and security of the region,", "Recognizing also the efforts that have been made to date and the determination of Mediterranean countries to intensify the process of dialogue and consultations with a view to resolving the problems in the Mediterranean region and to eliminating the causes of tension and the consequent threat to peace and security, as well as increasing awareness in those countries that it is necessary to promote other common initiatives to strengthen economic, social, cultural and environmental cooperation in the region,", "Recognizing further that the positive developments in the world, particularly in Europe, the Maghreb and the Middle East, can enhance the prospects for closer Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in all areas,", "Reaffirming the responsibility of all States to contribute to the stability and prosperity of the Mediterranean region, as well as their commitment to respect the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and the provisions of the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,[2]", "Noting the peace negotiations in the Middle East, which should be of a general nature and constitute an appropriate framework for the peaceful settlement of the disputes in the region,", "Expressing its concern at the persistent tension and continuation of military activities in some parts of the Mediterranean, which hamper efforts to strengthen security and cooperation in the region,", "Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,[3]", "1. Reaffirms that security in the Mediterranean is closely linked to the security of Europe and to international peace and security;", "2. Expresses its satisfaction that the Mediterranean countries continue to strive to contribute actively to the elimination of all the causes of tension in the region and to promote just and lasting solutions for the persistent problems of the region through peaceful means, thereby ensuring the withdrawal of foreign occupation forces and respecting the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of all Mediterranean countries, as well as the right of peoples to self-determination, and therefore calls for the full non-interference of the territory", "3. Commends Mediterranean countries for their efforts to address common problems through coordinated global responses, in a spirit of multilateral collaboration, with the overall objective of converting the Mediterranean basin into an area of dialogue, exchange and cooperation and thus ensuring peace, stability and prosperity, encourages them to redouble such efforts through, inter alia, a dialogue of lasting, multilateral and action-oriented cooperation among the States of the region, and recognizes the role of international peace and peace", "4. Recognizes that the elimination of economic and social disparities between different levels of development and other obstacles, as well as respect and greater understanding among the cultures of the Mediterranean region, will contribute to the promotion of peace, security and cooperation among Mediterranean countries within existing forums;", "5. Calls upon all States of the Mediterranean region that have not yet done so to accede to all multilaterally negotiated legal instruments in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation, in order to create the necessary conditions for strengthening peace and cooperation in the region;", "6. Encourages all States in the region to favour the conditions necessary to strengthen mutual confidence-building measures by promoting genuine openness and transparency in all military matters, including by participating in the United Nations system of standardization of military expenditure reports and providing accurate data and information to the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms[4];", "7. Encourages Mediterranean countries to continue to intensify their cooperation in the fight against terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, including the possibility of terrorists resorting to the use of weapons of mass destruction, taking into account the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, and in the fight against international crime, the illicit transfer of arms and the illicit production, consumption and trafficking of drugs, which constitute a serious threat to peace, security and stability,", "8. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on ways and means of strengthening security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region;", "9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Strengthening of security and cooperation in the Mediterranean region”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1] See A/50/426, annex.", "[2] Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.", "[3] A/66/122.", "[4] See resolution 46/36 L." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Primera Comisión (A/66/418)]", "66/64. Tratado de prohibición completa de los ensayos nucleares", "La Asamblea General,", "Reiterando que la cesación de las explosiones de ensayo de armas nucleares o de cualesquiera otras explosiones nucleares constituye una medida efectiva de desarme y no proliferación nucleares, y convencida de que se trata de un paso importante en el proceso sistemático destinado a conseguir el desarme nuclear,", "Recordando que el Tratado de prohibición completa de los ensayos nucleares, aprobado en su resolución 50/245, de 10 de septiembre de 1996, se abrió a la firma el 24 de septiembre de 1996,", "Destacando que un Tratado universal y efectivamente verificable constituye un instrumento fundamental en el ámbito del desarme y la no proliferación nucleares y que, después de más de quince años, su entrada en vigor reviste más urgencia que nunca,", "Alentada por el hecho de que hayan firmado el Tratado ciento ochenta y dos Estados, incluidos cuarenta y uno de los cuarenta y cuatro cuya ratificación es necesaria para que entre en vigor, y acogiendo con beneplácito el hecho de que lo hayan ratificado ciento cincuenta y cinco Estados, incluidos treinta y cinco de los cuarenta y cuatro cuya ratificación es necesaria para que entre en vigor, tres de ellos Estados poseedores de armas nucleares,", "Recordando su resolución 65/91, de 8 de diciembre de 2010,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la aprobación por consenso de las conclusiones y recomendaciones relativas a las medidas de seguimiento de la Conferencia de las Partes de 2010 encargada del examen del Tratado sobre la no proliferación de las armas nucleares[1], en que, entre otras cosas, se reafirmó la importancia vital de la entrada en vigor del Tratado de prohibición completa de los ensayos nucleares como elemento central del régimen internacional de desarme y no proliferación nucleares y se indicaron las medidas específicas que debían adoptarse para apoyar la entrada en vigor del Tratado,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito también la Declaración Ministerial Conjunta sobre el Tratado de prohibición completa de los ensayos nucleares, aprobada en la reunión ministerial que se celebró en Nueva York el 23 de septiembre de 2010[2],", "Recordando la Declaración Final aprobada por la séptima Conferencia sobre medidas para facilitar la entrada en vigor del Tratado de prohibición completa de los ensayos nucleares, celebrada en Nueva York el 23 de septiembre de 2011[3], convocada de conformidad con el artículo XIV del Tratado, y observando que han mejorado las perspectivas de ratificación en varios Estados que figuran en el anexo 2,", "1. Destaca la importancia vital y la urgencia de que el Tratado de prohibición completa de los ensayos nucleares[4] se firme y ratifique sin dilación ni condición alguna para que entre en vigor cuanto antes;", "2. Acoge con beneplácito las contribuciones de los Estados signatarios a la labor de la Comisión Preparatoria de la Organización del Tratado de Prohibición Completa de los Ensayos Nucleares, en particular sus esfuerzos para asegurar que el régimen de verificación del Tratado esté en condiciones de cumplir los requisitos que entraña esa labor en el momento en que el Tratado entre en vigor, de conformidad con el artículo IV del Tratado;", "3. Subraya la necesidad de mantener el impulso de los avances hacia el establecimiento de todos los elementos del régimen de verificación;", "4. Insta a todos los Estados a no efectuar explosiones de ensayo de armas nucleares ni ninguna otra explosión nuclear, a mantener sus moratorias al respecto y a abstenerse de todo acto contrario al objeto y propósito del Tratado, destacando al mismo tiempo que esas medidas no tienen el mismo efecto permanente y jurídicamente vinculante que la entrada en vigor del Tratado;", "5. Recuerda las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad 1718 (2006), de 14 de octubre de 2006, y 1874 (2009), de 12 de junio de 2009, pone de relieve la importancia de su aplicación y reafirma su decidido apoyo a las conversaciones entre las seis partes;", "6. Insta a todos los Estados que aún no hayan firmado el Tratado, en particular a aquellos cuya ratificación es necesaria para que entre en vigor, a firmarlo y ratificarlo lo antes posible;", "7. Insta a todos los Estados que hayan firmado el Tratado pero aún no lo hayan ratificado, en particular aquellos cuya ratificación es necesaria para que entre en vigor, a acelerar el proceso de ratificación con miras a asegurar que concluya satisfactoriamente cuanto antes;", "8. Acoge con beneplácito, como paso importante hacia la pronta entrada en vigor del Tratado, que, desde su resolución anterior sobre el tema, lo hayan ratificado Ghana y Guinea;", "9. Acoge con beneplácito también que varios de los Estados restantes cuyas ratificaciones son necesarias para que el Tratado entre en vigor hayan manifestado recientemente su intención de continuar y concluir el proceso de ratificación;", "10. Insta a todos los Estados a continuar ocupándose de la cuestión al más alto nivel político y a que, cuando estén en condiciones de hacerlo, promuevan la adhesión al Tratado mediante actividades de difusión bilaterales y conjuntas, seminarios y otros medios;", "11. Solicita al Secretario General que, en consulta con la Comisión Preparatoria de la Organización del Tratado de Prohibición Completa de los Ensayos Nucleares, prepare un informe sobre las medidas adoptadas por los Estados que han ratificado el Tratado con miras a su universalización y sobre las posibilidades de prestar asistencia en materia de procedimientos de ratificación a los Estados que lo soliciten, y que le presente dicho informe en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones;", "12. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Tratado de prohibición completa de los ensayos nucleares”.", "71ª sesión plenaria 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Conferencia de las Partes de 2010 encargada del examen del Tratado sobre la no proliferación de las armas nucleares, Documento Final, vol. I [NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. I)], primera parte, Conclusiones y recomendaciones sobre medidas de seguimiento.", "[2]  A/65/675, anexo.", "[3]  Véase CTBT-Art.XIV/2011/6.", "[4]  Véase la resolución 50/245." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/418)]", "66/64. Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty", "The General Assembly,", "Reiterating that the cessation of nuclear-weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions constitutes an effective nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation measure, and convinced that this is a meaningful step in the realization of a systematic process for achieving nuclear disarmament,", "Recalling that the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, adopted by its resolution 50/245 of 10 September 1996, was opened for signature on 24 September 1996,", "Stressing that a universal and effectively verifiable Treaty constitutes a fundamental instrument in the field of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation and that, after more than fifteen years, its entry into force is more urgent than ever before,", "Encouraged by the signing of the Treaty by one hundred and eighty-two States, including forty-one of the forty-four whose ratification is needed for its entry into force, and welcoming the ratification of the Treaty by one hundred and fifty‑five States, including thirty-five of the forty-four whose ratification is needed for its entry into force, among which there are three nuclear-weapon States,", "Recalling its resolution 65/91 of 8 December 2010,", "Welcoming the adoption by consensus of the conclusions and recommendations for follow-on actions of the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons,[1] which, inter alia, reaffirmed the vital importance of the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty as a core element of the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime and included specific actions to be taken in support of the entry into force of the Treaty,", "Welcoming also the Joint Ministerial Statement on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, adopted at the ministerial meeting held in New York on 23 September 2010,[2]", "Recalling the Final Declaration adopted by the seventh Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, held in New York on 23 September 2011,[3] convened pursuant to article XIV of the Treaty, and noting the improved prospects for ratification in several Annex 2 countries,", "1. Stresses the vital importance and urgency of signature and ratification, without delay and without conditions, in order to achieve the earliest entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty;[4]", "2. Welcomes the contributions by the States signatories to the work of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, in particular its efforts to ensure that the verification regime of the Treaty will be capable of meeting the verification requirements of the Treaty upon its entry into force, in accordance with article IV of the Treaty;", "3. Underlines the need to maintain momentum towards completion of all elements of the verification regime;", "4. Urges all States not to carry out nuclear-weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions, to maintain their moratoriums in this regard and to refrain from acts that would defeat the object and purpose of the Treaty, while stressing that these measures do not have the same permanent and legally binding effect as the entry into force of the Treaty;", "5. Recalls Security Council resolutions 1718 (2006) of 14 October 2006 and 1874 (2009) of 12 June 2009, emphasizes the importance of their implementation, and reaffirms its firm support for the Six-Party Talks;", "6. Urges all States that have not yet signed the Treaty, in particular those whose ratification is needed for its entry into force, to sign and ratify it as soon as possible;", "7. Urges all States that have signed but not yet ratified the Treaty, in particular those whose ratification is needed for its entry into force, to accelerate their ratification processes with a view to ensuring their earliest successful conclusion;", "8. Welcomes, since its previous resolution on the subject, the ratification of the Treaty by Ghana and Guinea as a significant step towards the early entry into force of the Treaty;", "9. Also welcomes the recent expressions by a number of the remaining States whose ratification is needed for the Treaty to enter into force of their intention to pursue and complete the ratification process;", "10. Urges all States to remain seized of the issue at the highest political level and, where in a position to do so, to promote adherence to the Treaty through bilateral and joint outreach, seminars and other means;", "11. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, to prepare a report on the efforts of States that have ratified the Treaty towards its universalization and possibilities for providing assistance on ratification procedures to States that so request it, and to submit such a report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "12. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1]  2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vol. I (NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. I)), part I, Conclusions and recommendations for follow-on actions.", "[2]  A/65/675, annex.", "[3]  See CTBT-Art.XIV/2011/6.", "[4]  See resolution 50/245." ]
A_RES_66_64
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/418)]", "66/64. CTBT", "The General Assembly,", "Reiterating that the cessation of nuclear-weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosions constitutes an effective measure of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, and convinced that this is an important step in the systematic process aimed at achieving nuclear disarmament,", "Recalling that the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, adopted in its resolution 50/245 of 10 September 1996, was opened for signature on 24 September 1996,", "Stressing that a universal and effectively verifiable Treaty constitutes a fundamental instrument in the field of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation and that, after more than fifteen years, its entry into force is more urgent than ever,", "Encouraged by the fact that they have signed the Treaty one hundred and eighty-two States, including forty-one of the forty-four whose ratification is necessary for it to enter into force, and welcoming the fact that they have ratified it one hundred and fifty-five States, including thirty-five of the forty-four whose ratification is necessary for it to enter into force, three of them nuclear-weapon States,", "Recalling its resolution 65/91 of 8 December 2010,", "Welcoming the adoption by consensus of the conclusions and recommendations on follow-up to the 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons[1], in which, inter alia, the vital importance of the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty as a central element of the international nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation regime was reaffirmed and the specific measures to be taken to support the entry into force of the Treaty,", "Welcoming also the Joint Ministerial Declaration on the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, adopted at the ministerial meeting in New York on 23 September 2010[2],", "Recalling the Final Declaration adopted by the Seventh Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, held in New York on 23 September 2011[3], convened in accordance with article XIV of the Treaty, and noting that prospects for ratification have improved in several States listed in annex 2,", "1. Stresses the vital importance and urgency of the signing and ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty without delay or any condition for its early entry into force;", "2. Welcomes the contributions of States signatories to the work of the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, in particular its efforts to ensure that the verification regime of the Treaty is in a position to meet the requirements of that work at the time the Treaty enters into force, in accordance with article IV of the Treaty;", "3. Stresses the need to maintain the momentum of progress towards the establishment of all elements of the verification regime;", "4. Urges all States not to carry out nuclear-weapon test explosions or any other nuclear explosion, to maintain their moratoriums and to refrain from any act contrary to the object and purpose of the Treaty, while stressing that such measures do not have the same permanent and legally binding effect as the entry into force of the Treaty;", "5. Recalls Security Council resolutions 1718 (2006) of 14 October 2006 and 1874 (2009) of 12 June 2009, emphasizes the importance of its implementation and reaffirms its strong support for the six-party talks;", "6. Urges all States that have not yet signed the Treaty, in particular those whose ratification is necessary to enter into force, to sign and ratify it as soon as possible;", "7. Urges all States that have signed the Treaty but have not yet ratified it, in particular those whose ratification is necessary for it to enter into force, to accelerate the ratification process with a view to ensuring its successful completion as soon as possible;", "8. Welcomes, as an important step towards the early entry into force of the Treaty, which Ghana and Guinea have ratified since its previous resolution on the subject;", "9. Also welcomes the fact that several of the remaining States whose ratifications are necessary for the Treaty to enter into force have recently expressed their intention to continue and complete the ratification process;", "10. Urges all States to continue to address the issue at the highest political level and, where they are in a position to do so, to promote adherence to the Treaty through bilateral and joint outreach, seminars and other means;", "11. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization, to prepare a report on the measures taken by States that have ratified the Treaty with a view to its universalization and on the possibilities of providing assistance in ratification procedures to States at their request, and to submit the report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "12. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Full-Ban Treaty”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1] 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Final Document, vol. I [NPT/CONF.2010/50 (Vol. I)], part one, Conclusions and recommendations on follow-up action.", "[2] A/65/675, annex.", "[3] See CTBT-Art.XIV/2011/6.", "[4] See resolution 50/245." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Primera Comisión (A/66/419)]", "66/65. Convención sobre la prohibición del desarrollo, la producción y el almacenamiento de armas bacteriológicas (biológicas) y toxínicas y sobre su destrucción", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones anteriores relativas a la prohibición completa y efectiva de las armas bacteriológicas (biológicas) y toxínicas y su destrucción,", "Observando con satisfacción que ciento sesenta y cinco Estados partes, incluidos todos los miembros permanentes del Consejo de Seguridad, son partes en la Convención sobre la prohibición del desarrollo, la producción y el almacenamiento de armas bacteriológicas (biológicas) y toxínicas y sobre su destrucción[1],", "Teniendo presente su exhortación dirigida a todos los Estados partes en la Convención para que participaran en la aplicación de las recomendaciones de las conferencias de las partes encargadas del examen de la Convención, incluido el intercambio de información y datos convenido en la Declaración Final de la Tercera Conferencia de Examen de los Estados partes en la Convención sobre la prohibición del desarrollo, la producción y el almacenamiento de armas bacteriológicas (biológicas) y toxínicas y sobre su destrucción[2], y para que proporcionaran anualmente al Secretario General la información y los datos mencionados de conformidad con el procedimiento establecido y a más tardar el 15 de abril,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la reafirmación que se hizo en la Declaración Final de la Cuarta Conferencia de Examen de que, en cualquier circunstancia, el empleo, el desarrollo, la producción y el almacenamiento de armas bacteriológicas (biológicas) y toxínicas estaban prohibidos efectivamente en virtud del artículo I de la Convención[3],", "Recordando la decisión adoptada en la Sexta Conferencia de Examen de celebrar, a partir de 2007, cuatro reuniones anuales de los Estados partes de una semana de duración cada una antes de la Séptima Conferencia de Examen, que se celebrará a más tardar a fines de 2011, y de celebrar una reunión de expertos de una semana de duración para preparar cada reunión de los Estados partes[4],", "1. Observa con aprecio la adhesión de dos nuevos Estados a la Convención sobre la prohibición del desarrollo, la producción y el almacenamiento de armas bacteriológicas (biológicas) y toxínicas y sobre su destrucción¹, reafirma su exhortación dirigida a todos los Estados signatarios que aún no hayan ratificado la Convención a que lo hagan sin demora, y exhorta a los Estados que no la hayan firmado a que se adhieran a ella lo antes posible, a fin de contribuir al logro de la adhesión universal a la Convención;", "2. Acoge con beneplácito la información y los datos proporcionados hasta la fecha, además de la serie de medidas adoptadas para actualizar el mecanismo de transmisión de información en el marco de las medidas de fomento de la confianza acordadas en la Sexta Conferencia de Examen de los Estados partes en la Convención sobre la prohibición del desarrollo, la producción y el almacenamiento de armas bacteriológicas (biológicas) y toxínicas y sobre su destrucción, y reitera su exhortación dirigida a todos los Estados partes en la Convención a que participen en el intercambio de información y datos convenido en la Tercera Conferencia de Examen²;", "3. Recuerda las decisiones adoptadas en la Sexta Conferencia de Examen⁴ relativas a todas las disposiciones de la Convención y exhorta a los Estados partes en la Convención a participar en su aplicación;", "4. Observa con aprecio la labor de la Dependencia de Apoyo a la Aplicación de la Convención de la Oficina de Asuntos de Desarme de la Secretaría durante el proceso entre períodos de sesiones de 2007‑2010, de conformidad con su mandato y con las decisiones de la Sexta Conferencia de Examen;", "5. Acoge con beneplácito la celebración satisfactoria de reuniones como parte del proceso entre períodos de sesiones de 2007‑2010 y, en ese contexto, acoge con beneplácito también las deliberaciones encaminadas a promover un entendimiento común y medidas eficaces en relación con los temas convenidos en la Sexta Conferencia de Examen;", "6. Observa que la reunión de la Comisión Preparatoria de la Séptima Conferencia de Examen, celebrada en Ginebra del 13 al 15 de abril de 2011, concluyó con éxito, y acoge con beneplácito la convocación de la Séptima Conferencia de Examen, que se celebrará en Ginebra del 5 al 22 de diciembre de 2011, de conformidad con la decisión de la Comisión Preparatoria;", "7. Recuerda que la Séptima Conferencia de Examen tiene el mandato de considerar las cuestiones señaladas en el examen de la aplicación de la Convención según lo dispuesto en su artículo XII y las medidas complementarias que puedan adoptarse por consenso;", "8. Exhorta a todos los Estados partes a continuar trabajando juntos para obtener en la Séptima Conferencia de Examen resultados consensuados que fortalezcan la Convención;", "9. Observa con aprecio los acontecimientos organizados por algunos Estados partes para intercambiar puntos de vista sobre la labor de la Séptima Conferencia de Examen;", "10. Solicita al Secretario General que continúe prestando la asistencia necesaria a los gobiernos depositarios de la Convención, que proporcione los servicios que se requieran para que se apliquen las decisiones y recomendaciones de las conferencias de examen y que preste la asistencia necesaria y proporcione los servicios que se requieran para la Séptima Conferencia de Examen;", "11. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Convención sobre la prohibición del desarrollo, la producción y el almacenamiento de armas bacteriológicas (biológicas) y toxínicas y sobre su destrucción”.", "71ª sesión plenaria 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1015, núm. 14860.", "[2]  Véase BWC/CONF.III/23, parte II.", "[3]  Véase BWC/CONF.IV/9, parte II.", "[4]  Véase BWC/CONF.VI/6, parte III." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/419)]", "66/65. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its previous resolutions relating to the complete and effective prohibition of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons and to their destruction,", "Noting with satisfaction that there are one hundred and sixty-five States parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction,[1] including all the permanent members of the Security Council,", "Bearing in mind its call upon all States parties to the Convention to participate in the implementation of the recommendations of the review conferences of the parties to the Convention, including the exchange of information and data agreed to in the Final Declaration of the Third Review Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction,[2] and to provide such information and data in conformity with standardized procedure to the Secretary-General on an annual basis and no later than 15 April,", "Welcoming the reaffirmation made in the Final Declaration of the Fourth Review Conference that under all circumstances the use of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons and their development, production and stockpiling are effectively prohibited under article I of the Convention,[3]", "Recalling the decision reached at the Sixth Review Conference to hold four annual meetings of the States parties of one week’s duration each year commencing in 2007, prior to the Seventh Review Conference, which is to be held no later than the end of 2011, and to hold a one-week meeting of experts to prepare for each meeting of the States parties,[4]", "1. Notes with appreciation that two additional States have acceded to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction,¹ reaffirms its call upon all signatory States that have not yet ratified the Convention to do so without delay, and calls upon those States that have not signed the Convention to become parties thereto at the earliest possible date, thus contributing to the achievement of universal adherence to the Convention;", "2. Welcomes the information and data provided to date, as well as the several measures to update the mechanism for the transmission of information in the framework of confidence-building measures agreed upon at the Sixth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, and reiterates its call upon all States parties to the Convention to participate in the exchange of information and data agreed upon at the Third Review Conference;²", "3. Recalls the decisions on all provisions of the Convention reached at the Sixth Review Conference,⁴ and calls upon States parties to the Convention to participate in their implementation;", "4. Notes with appreciation the work of the Implementation Support Unit within the Office for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat during the 2007–2010 intersessional process consistent with its mandate and in accordance with the decisions of the Sixth Review Conference;", "5. Welcomes the successful holding of meetings as part of the 2007–2010 intersessional process, and in this context also welcomes the discussion aimed at the promotion of common understanding and effective action on topics agreed upon at the Sixth Review Conference;", "6. Notes the success of the meeting of the Preparatory Committee for the Seventh Review Conference, held in Geneva from 13 to 15 April 2011, and welcomes the convening of the Seventh Review Conference in Geneva from 5 to 22 December 2011 pursuant to the decision of the Preparatory Committee;", "7. Recalls that the Seventh Review Conference is mandated to consider issues identified in the review of the operation of the Convention as provided for in article XII thereof and any possible consensus follow-up action;", "8. Urges all States parties to continue to work together to achieve a consensus outcome of the Seventh Review Conference which strengthens the Convention;", "9. Notes with appreciation the events organized by some States parties for exchanges of views on the work of the Seventh Review Conference;", "10. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to render the necessary assistance to the depositary Governments of the Convention, to provide such services as may be required for the implementation of the decisions and recommendations of the review conferences and to render the necessary assistance and to provide such services as may be required for the Seventh Review Conference;", "11. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction”.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1015, No. 14860.", "[2]  See BWC/CONF.III/23, part II.", "[3]  See BWC/CONF.IV/9, part II.", "[4]  See BWC/CONF.VI/6, part III." ]
A_RES_66_65
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/419)]", "66/65. Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its previous resolutions on the complete and effective prohibition of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons and their destruction,", "Noting with satisfaction that one hundred and sixty-five States parties, including all permanent members of the Security Council, are parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction[1],", "Bearing in mind its call to all States parties to the Convention to participate in the implementation of the recommendations of the conferences of the parties responsible for the review of the Convention, including the exchange of information and data agreed to in the Final Declaration of the Third Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction,[2]", "Welcoming the reaffirmation in the Final Declaration of the Fourth Review Conference that, in any circumstances, the use, development, production and stockpiling of bacteriological (biological) and toxin weapons were effectively prohibited under article I of the Convention[3],", "Recalling the decision taken at the Sixth Review Conference to hold, beginning in 2007, four annual meetings of one-week States parties each prior to the Seventh Review Conference, to be held no later than the end of 2011, and to hold a one-week expert meeting to prepare each meeting of States parties[4],", "1. Notes with appreciation the accession of two new States to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction,1 reaffirms its call to all signatory States that have not yet ratified the Convention to do so without delay, and calls upon those States that have not signed it to accede to it as soon as possible, to contribute to the achievement of universal adherence to the Convention;", "2. Welcomes the information and data provided to date, in addition to the series of measures taken to update the information transmission mechanism within the framework of the confidence-building measures agreed upon at the Sixth Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction, and reiterates its call to all States parties to the Convention for the exchange of information", "3. Recalls the decisions taken at the Sixth Review Conference4 concerning all the provisions of the Convention and calls upon States parties to the Convention to participate in its implementation;", "4. Notes with appreciation the work of the Implementation Support Unit of the Office for Disarmament Affairs of the Secretariat during the 2007-2010 intersessional process, in accordance with its mandate and the decisions of the Sixth Review Conference;", "5. Welcomes the successful holding of meetings as part of the 2007 - 2010 intersessional process and, in this context, also welcomes the discussions aimed at promoting common understanding and effective action on the topics agreed at the Sixth Review Conference;", "6. Notes that the meeting of the Preparatory Commission for the Seventh Review Conference, held in Geneva from 13 to 15 April 2011, successfully concluded, and welcomes the convening of the Seventh Review Conference, to be held in Geneva from 5 to 22 December 2011, in accordance with the decision of the Preparatory Commission;", "7. Recalls that the Seventh Review Conference has the mandate to consider the issues identified in the review of the implementation of the Convention in accordance with article XII of the Convention and any follow-up action that may be taken by consensus;", "8. Calls upon all States parties to continue to work together to obtain consensus results at the Seventh Review Conference that will strengthen the Convention;", "9. Notes with appreciation the events organized by some States parties to exchange views on the work of the Seventh Review Conference;", "10. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the necessary assistance to the depositary Governments of the Convention, to provide the services required to implement the decisions and recommendations of the review conferences and to provide the necessary assistance and to provide the services required for the Seventh Review Conference;", "11. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled " Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production and Stockpiling of Bacteriological (Biological) and Toxin Weapons and on Their Destruction " .", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011", "[1] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1015, No. 14860.", "[2] See BWC/CONF.III/23, part II.", "[3] See BWC/CONF.IV/9, part II.", "[4] See BWC/CONF.VI/6, part III." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 2 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Primera Comisión (A/66/420)]", "66/66. Revitalización de la labor de la Conferencia de Desarme y promoción de las negociaciones multilaterales de desarme", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 65/93, de 8 de diciembre de 2010,", "Reafirmando la importancia del desarme para fortalecer la seguridad mundial y promover la estabilidad internacional,", "Reconociendo que la voluntad política de impulsar el programa de desarme se ha visto reforzada en los últimos años y que el clima político internacional es propicio para la promoción del desarme multilateral y para avanzar hacia el objetivo de un mundo sin armas nucleares,", "Afirmando la importancia del multilateralismo en las negociaciones en la esfera del desarme y la no proliferación,", "Teniendo presente la importancia que sigue teniendo la Conferencia de Desarme como único foro de negociación multilateral sobre desarme, como se expresó en el primer período extraordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General, dedicado al desarme,", "Recordando los logros alcanzados por la Conferencia de Desarme en la negociación exitosa de instrumentos de control de armas y desarme,", "Reiterando su profunda preocupación por la situación actual del mecanismo de desarme, incluida la falta de avances sustantivos en la Conferencia de Desarme durante más de una década, y destacando la necesidad de redoblar esfuerzos y ejercer una mayor flexibilidad para hacer avanzar las negociaciones multilaterales de desarme,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito los esfuerzos de los Estados Miembros por asegurar el progreso del desarme multilateral y el apoyo del Secretario General a dichos esfuerzos, y recordando la reunión de alto nivel sobre la revitalización de la labor de la Conferencia de Desarme y la promoción de las negociaciones multilaterales de desarme, celebrada en Nueva York el 24 de septiembre de 2010, y la sesión plenaria de seguimiento de la Asamblea General, celebrada del 27 al 29 de julio de 2011,", "Observando con preocupación que, a pesar de todos los esfuerzos, la Conferencia de Desarme no ha podido aprobar ni ejecutar un programa de trabajo durante su período de sesiones de 2011,", "Reconociendo la contribución de la sociedad civil en la esfera del desarme, la no proliferación y el control de armas,", "Teniendo presente la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, especialmente el Artículo 11 del Capítulo IV, que trata sobre las funciones y poderes de la Asamblea General en relación con el desarme,", "1. Acoge con beneplácito la oportunidad de examinar la necesidad de promover los esfuerzos multilaterales para el desarme proporcionada por la reunión de alto nivel sobre la revitalización de la labor de la Conferencia de Desarme y la promoción de las negociaciones multilaterales de desarme, celebrada a iniciativa del Secretario General en Nueva York el 24 de septiembre de 2010, y por la sesión plenaria de seguimiento de la Asamblea General, celebrada del 27 al 29 de julio de 2011;", "2. Expresa aprecio por el apoyo manifestado a la necesidad urgente de revitalizar la labor de los órganos multilaterales de desarme y de impulsar las negociaciones multilaterales de desarme;", "3. Observa con aprecio los constantes esfuerzos y las propuestas de los Estados Miembros y del Secretario General con respecto a la revitalización del mecanismo multilateral de desarme;", "4. Exhorta a los Estados a que intensifiquen los esfuerzos encaminados a crear un entorno propicio para las negociaciones multilaterales de desarme;", "5. Invita a los Estados a que, en los foros apropiados, exploren, estudien y consoliden opciones, propuestas y elementos para la revitalización de los mecanismos de desarme de las Naciones Unidas en su conjunto, incluida la Conferencia de Desarme;", "6. Insta a la Conferencia de Desarme a que adopte y ejecute un programa de trabajo que le permita reanudar los trabajos sustantivos de su programa a comienzos de su período de sesiones de 2012;", "7. Reconoce la necesidad de hacer un balance, durante su sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, de todos los esfuerzos pertinentes a fin de llevar adelante las negociaciones multilaterales de desarme;", "8. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Revitalización de la labor de la Conferencia de Desarme y promoción de las negociaciones multilaterales de desarme”, a fin de examinar los progresos realizados en la aplicación de la presente resolución y, de ser necesario, seguir explorando las opciones para llevar adelante las negociaciones multilaterales de desarme.", "71ª sesión plenaria 2 de diciembre de 2011" ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/420)]", "66/66. Revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarmament and taking forward multilateral disarmament negotiations", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 65/93 of 8 December 2010,", "Reaffirming the importance of disarmament in strengthening global security and promoting international stability,", "Recognizing that the political will to advance the disarmament agenda has been strengthened in recent years and that the international political climate is conducive to the promotion of multilateral disarmament and moving towards the goal of a world without nuclear weapons,", "Affirming the importance of multilateralism in negotiations in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation,", "Mindful of the continuing importance of the Conference on Disarmament as the single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum, as stated during the first special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament,", "Recalling the past achievements of the Conference on Disarmament in successfully negotiating arms control and disarmament instruments,", "Reiterating its grave concern about the current status of the disarmament machinery, including the lack of substantive progress in the Conference on Disarmament for more than a decade, and stressing the need for greater efforts and flexibility to advance multilateral disarmament negotiations,", "Welcoming the efforts by Member States to secure progress in multilateral disarmament and the support of the Secretary-General for such efforts, and recalling the high-level meeting on revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarmament and taking forward multilateral disarmament negotiations, held in New York on 24 September 2010, and the follow-up plenary meeting of the General Assembly, held from 27 to 29 July 2011,", "Noting with concern that, despite all efforts, the Conference on Disarmament has not been able to adopt and implement a programme of work during its 2011 session,", "Recognizing the contribution of civil society in the area of disarmament, non‑proliferation and arms control,", "Mindful of the Charter of the United Nations, in particular Article 11 of Chapter IV concerning the functions and powers of the General Assembly in respect of disarmament,", "1. Welcomes the opportunity provided by the high-level meeting on revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarmament and taking forward multilateral disarmament negotiations, convened at the initiative of the Secretary-General in New York on 24 September 2010, and the follow-up plenary meeting of the General Assembly, held from 27 to 29 July 2011, to address the need to advance multilateral disarmament efforts;", "2. Expresses appreciation for the support voiced for the urgent need to revitalize the work of multilateral disarmament bodies and to advance multilateral disarmament negotiations;", "3. Notes with appreciation the continuing efforts and suggestions made by Member States and the Secretary-General with regard to revitalizing the multilateral disarmament machinery;", "4. Calls upon States to intensify efforts aimed at creating an environment conducive to multilateral disarmament negotiations;", "5. Invites States, in the appropriate forums, to explore, consider and consolidate options, proposals and elements for revitalization of the United Nations disarmament machinery as a whole, including the Conference on Disarmament;", "6. Urges the Conference on Disarmament to adopt and implement a programme of work to enable it to resume substantive work on its agenda early in its 2012 session;", "7. Recognizes the need to take stock, during the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, of all relevant efforts to take forward multilateral disarmament negotiations;", "8. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Revitalizing the work of the Conference on Disarmament and taking forward multilateral disarmament negotiations”, to review progress made in the implementation of the present resolution and, if necessary, to further explore options for taking forward multilateral disarmament negotiations.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011" ]
A_RES_66_66
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 2 December 2011", "[on the report of the First Committee (A/66/420)]", "66/66. Revitalization of the work of the Conference on Disarmament and promotion of multilateral disarmament negotiations", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 65/93 of 8 December 2010,", "Reaffirming the importance of disarmament in strengthening global security and promoting international stability,", "Recognizing that the political will to advance the disarmament agenda has been strengthened in recent years and that the international political climate is conducive to the promotion of multilateral disarmament and to advance towards the goal of a world without nuclear weapons,", "Affirming the importance of multilateralism in negotiations in the field of disarmament and non-proliferation,", "Bearing in mind the continuing importance of the Conference on Disarmament as the sole multilateral negotiating forum on disarmament, as expressed at the first special session of the General Assembly devoted to disarmament,", "Recalling the achievements of the Conference on Disarmament in the successful negotiation of arms control and disarmament instruments,", "Reiterating its deep concern at the current situation of the disarmament machinery, including the lack of substantive progress in the Conference on Disarmament for over a decade, and stressing the need to redouble efforts and exercise greater flexibility in advancing multilateral disarmament negotiations,", "Welcoming the efforts of Member States to ensure the progress of multilateral disarmament and the support of the Secretary-General for such efforts, and recalling the high-level meeting on the revitalization of the work of the Conference on Disarmament and the promotion of multilateral disarmament negotiations, held in New York on 24 September 2010, and the follow-up plenary meeting of the General Assembly, held from 27 to 29 July 2011,", "Noting with concern that, despite all efforts, the Conference on Disarmament has been unable to adopt or implement a programme of work during its 2011 session,", "Recognizing the contribution of civil society in the field of disarmament, non-proliferation and arms control,", "Bearing in mind the Charter of the United Nations, especially Article 11 of Chapter IV, which deals with the functions and powers of the General Assembly in connection with disarmament,", "1. Welcomes the opportunity to consider the need to promote multilateral disarmament efforts provided by the high-level meeting on the revitalization of the work of the Conference on Disarmament and the promotion of multilateral disarmament negotiations, held at the initiative of the Secretary-General in New York on 24 September 2010, and the follow-up plenary meeting of the General Assembly, held from 27 to 29 July 2011;", "2. Expresses appreciation for the support expressed for the urgent need to revitalize the work of multilateral disarmament bodies and to promote multilateral disarmament negotiations;", "3. Notes with appreciation the continuing efforts and proposals of Member States and the Secretary-General regarding the revitalization of the multilateral disarmament machinery;", "4. Calls upon States to intensify efforts to create an enabling environment for multilateral disarmament negotiations;", "5. Invites States, in appropriate forums, to explore, study and consolidate options, proposals and elements for the revitalization of United Nations disarmament mechanisms as a whole, including the Conference on Disarmament;", "6. Urges the Conference on Disarmament to adopt and implement a programme of work to enable it to resume substantive work on its agenda at the beginning of its 2012 session;", "7. Recognizes the need to take stock, at its sixty-sixth session, of all relevant efforts to advance multilateral disarmament negotiations;", "8. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled " Revitalization of the work of the Conference on Disarmament and the promotion of multilateral disarmament negotiations " , in order to review the progress made in the implementation of the present resolution and, if necessary, to continue exploring options for moving forward multilateral disarmament negotiations.", "71st plenary meeting 2 December 2011" ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 5 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/454( Part I)]", "66/67. Décimo aniversario del Año Internacional de los Voluntarios", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 63/153, de 18 de diciembre de 2008, sobre el seguimiento del Año Internacional de los Voluntarios, y la conmemoración de su décimo aniversario,", "Observando que el impulso creado por el Año Internacional ha contribuido a que el voluntariado mantenga su fuerza en todo el mundo, y a que se sumen a él más personas procedentes de sectores más amplios de la sociedad,", "Reconociendo que el voluntariado es un componente importante de toda estrategia dirigida a fines como la reducción de la pobreza, el desarrollo sostenible, la salud, el empoderamiento de los jóvenes, la lucha contra el cambio climático, la prevención y gestión de los desastres, la integración social, la acción humanitaria, la consolidación de la paz y, en particular, la superación de la exclusión social y la discriminación,", "Reconociendo también la contribución que hacen las organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en apoyo del voluntariado, especialmente la labor del programa de Voluntarios de las Naciones Unidas en todo el mundo, y reconociendo también los esfuerzos de la Federación Internacional de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja dirigidos a promover el voluntariado mediante su red mundial,", "Teniendo presente la necesidad de que los órganos pertinentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas lleven a cabo un seguimiento integrado y coordinado del Año Internacional,", "1. Acoge con beneplácito el éxito del décimo aniversario del Año Internacional de los Voluntarios en 2011, y acoge con beneplácito también el crecimiento y desarrollo del voluntariado desde la celebración del Año Internacional, en 2001;", "2. Reconoce que el décimo aniversario ha brindado la oportunidad y ha generado el impulso necesario para aumentar a un nivel sin precedentes la colaboración entre los gobiernos, el sistema de las Naciones Unidas, la sociedad civil, los asociados del sector privado y las personas de una gran variedad de sectores sociales de todo el mundo, y reafirma la necesidad de proseguir los esfuerzos para cumplir los objetivos del Año Internacional en las esferas del reconocimiento, la facilitación, la creación de redes y la promoción del voluntariado en todo el mundo;", "3. Encomia las aportaciones de los voluntarios nacionales e internacionales y el papel fundamental que desempeñan en la prevención de los desastres y la recuperación posterior, cuya importancia se ha puesto de manifiesto más recientemente en su actuación después de catástrofes naturales ocurridas en muchas partes del mundo, como las inundaciones y los deslizamientos de tierras registrados en el sureste del Brasil y el devastador terremoto que sacudió el este del Japón en marzo de 2011;", "4. Encomia también el vínculo cada vez mayor que existe entre el voluntariado y el deporte, que, gracias a las valiosas contribuciones de voluntarios nacionales e internacionales a la preparación y organización de importantes eventos deportivos como los Juegos Olímpicos y Paralímpicos, contribuye a promover el ideal de paz;", "5. Reconoce la valiosa aportación del voluntariado, incluidas las formas tradicionales de apoyo mutuo y autoayuda y otras formas de participación cívica, al desarrollo económico y social, que a su vez beneficia a la sociedad en su conjunto, las comunidades y las redes de voluntarios;", "6. Alienta a los Estados Miembros a que apoyen el establecimiento de plataformas de conocimientos e información, así como de centros de coordinación a nivel internacional, regional, nacional y local, para fomentar el intercambio de recursos y buenas prácticas en la esfera del voluntariado que se puedan adaptar, aplicar, reproducir y ampliar de manera sostenible;", "7. Alienta a los Estados Miembros y a los voluntarios a que adopten las medidas apropiadas para mejorar la protección de los voluntarios, y alienta también a que se utilicen buenas prácticas en la promoción y gestión del voluntariado;", "8. Reafirma la necesidad de reconocer y promover todas las formas de voluntariado como actividad que atañe y beneficia a todos los sectores de la sociedad, entre ellos las mujeres, los niños, los jóvenes, las personas de edad, las personas con discapacidad, las minorías, los migrantes y quienes son objeto de exclusión por razones sociales o económicas;", "9. Reconoce la importancia de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil para la promoción del voluntariado y, a ese respecto, reconoce que el fortalecimiento del diálogo y la interacción entre los Estados Miembros, las Naciones Unidas y la sociedad civil contribuye a la expansión del voluntariado;", "10. Toma nota de que el voluntariado contribuye al desarrollo humano, e invita a los gobiernos a que integren el voluntariado de manera más completa en los programas e iniciativas en pro de la paz y el desarrollo que ofrezcan oportunidades para crear coaliciones de voluntarios sólidas y coherentes en torno a objetivos comunes a nivel local, nacional, regional e internacional;", "11. Toma nota también de las medidas adoptadas por los gobiernos para apoyar y promover el voluntariado, y reitera su llamamiento para que continúen esa labor;", "12. Pide a las organizaciones y los órganos pertinentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas que reconozcan e integren mejor las diversas formas de voluntariado en sus políticas, programas e informes, reconoce las contribuciones de los voluntarios y las organizaciones de voluntarios, y alienta su participación en las futuras conferencias de las Naciones Unidas y otras conferencias internacionales pertinentes;", "13. Reconoce la importancia de seguir aumentando la implicación de todos los asociados pertinentes, incluida la sociedad civil, y de facilitar su coordinación y cooperación a fin de crear un entorno favorable para la participación de las personas en actividades de voluntariado y promover el bienestar de los voluntarios y, a ese respecto, acoge con beneplácito el creciente apoyo del sector privado al voluntariado y alienta a ese sector a que intensifique su participación mediante la ampliación del voluntariado en las empresas y de las actividades de voluntariado de los empleados;", "14. Acoge con beneplácito el apoyo prestado a los Estados Miembros por los Voluntarios de las Naciones Unidas, en su calidad de entidad coordinadora del décimo aniversario del Año Internacional, incluida la organización conjunta de consultas regionales para la celebración del décimo aniversario del Año Internacional que tuvieron lugar en Quito, Ankara, Manila y Dakar, como preparación para la Conferencia Mundial de Voluntariado organizada en Budapest, del 15 al 17 de septiembre de 2011, conjuntamente con la Federación Internacional de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja, así como la Conferencia de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales que organizó el Departamento de Información Pública en Bonn (Alemania) del 3 al 5 de septiembre de 2011, y solicita a los Voluntarios de las Naciones Unidas que prosigan sus esfuerzos para promover el voluntariado, por medios como la movilización de voluntarios a nivel nacional e internacional y el desarrollo de nuevas e innovadoras modalidades de contratación, como el voluntariado en línea;", "15. Pone de relieve que las relaciones interpersonales son el valor básico del voluntariado, y alienta a que se redoblen los esfuerzos para crear redes entre los voluntarios y todos los asociados pertinentes a nivel nacional, regional e internacional y para reforzar las redes ya existentes en particular la World Volunteer Web, que funciona como centro de intercambios de ámbito global;", "16. Acoge con beneplácito la participación activa de los comités y órganos de coordinación nacionales en la promoción del décimo aniversario del Año Internacional, y pone de relieve la importancia de seguir mejorando esta red mundial para afianzar las asociaciones e intercambiar experiencias y buenas prácticas;", "17. Reconoce la necesidad de seguir reforzando los vínculos entre los voluntarios nacionales y las organizaciones internacionales que aportan voluntarios para facilitar la globalización de las oportunidades de voluntariado;", "18. Pone de relieve la importante contribución del voluntariado al logro de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio y pide que se aplique un enfoque holístico y centrado en las personas a la promoción del voluntariado;", "19. Pone de relieve también la importante contribución del voluntariado y la participación de las personas y las comunidades para lograr el desarrollo sostenible e iniciativas conexas;", "20. Pone de relieve además que el voluntariado ofrece a los jóvenes valiosas oportunidades de participación y liderazgo para contribuir al desarrollo de sociedades pacíficas e inclusivas, al mismo tiempo que les permite adquirir conocimientos especializados, reforzar su capacidad y aumentar sus posibilidades de empleo;", "21. Solicita a los gobiernos y al sistema de las Naciones Unidas que colaboren con otras organizaciones relacionadas con el voluntariado para apoyar las medidas encaminadas a mejorar la seguridad y protección de los voluntarios;", "22. Alienta la preparación de las organizaciones relacionadas con el voluntariado y de los voluntarios para que respeten las normas y costumbres nacionales y locales en el desempeño de sus responsabilidades;", "23. Decide que dos sesiones plenarias dedicadas al seguimiento del Año Internacional y la conmemoración del décimo aniversario de este se celebrarán como se explica a continuación:", "a) En la apertura de la sesión plenaria, que tendrá lugar a las 10.00 horas del 5 de diciembre de 2011, formularán declaraciones el Presidente de la Asamblea General, el Secretario General, los presidentes de los cinco grupos regionales, el representante del país anfitrión y la Coordinadora Ejecutiva de los Voluntarios de las Naciones Unidas;", "b) Tras la apertura de la sesión plenaria, y hasta las 13.00 horas, se presentará el primer Informe sobre el Estado del Voluntariado en el Mundo[1], con la participación de la Administradora del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, el autor principal del informe y dos voluntarios de las Naciones Unidas elegidos;", "c) En la sesión plenaria, que tendrá lugar de las 15.00 a las 18.00 horas, formularán declaraciones los Estados Miembros y los Estados que cuenten con una invitación permanente para participar como observadores en los períodos de sesiones y en la labor de la Asamblea General[2];", "24. Aguarda con interés el informe completo sobre la celebración del décimo aniversario del Año Internacional, así como las recomendaciones sobre el mejor modo de integrar el voluntariado en las actividades de paz y desarrollo en el próximo decenio y más adelante, teniendo presente su solicitud al Secretario General de que la informe al respecto en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, en relación con el tema titulado “Desarrollo social”.", "73ª sesión plenaria 5 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm de venta S.11.I.12.", "[2]  Enumerados en el documento A/INF/65/5." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part I))]", "66/67. Tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 63/153 of 18 December 2008 on the follow‑up to the implementation of the International Year of Volunteers and the commemoration of its tenth anniversary,", "Noting that the momentum created by the International Year has contributed to the vibrancy of volunteerism globally with the involvement of more people, from a broader cross‑section of societies,", "Recognizing that volunteerism is an important component of any strategy aimed at, inter alia, such areas as poverty reduction, sustainable development, health, youth empowerment, climate change, disaster prevention and management, social integration, humanitarian action, peacebuilding and, in particular, overcoming social exclusion and discrimination,", "Acknowledging the existing contribution of the organizations of the United Nations system in support of volunteering, especially the work of the United Nations Volunteers programme around the world, and acknowledging also the efforts of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to promote volunteerism throughout its global network,", "Bearing in mind the need for an integrated and coordinated follow‑up to the International Year to be pursued in the relevant parts of the United Nations system,", "1. Welcomes the successful observance of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers in 2011, and also welcomes the growth and development of volunteerism since the International Year, in 2001;", "2. Acknowledges that the tenth anniversary has provided the opportunity and impetus for an increased and unprecedented level of collaboration among Governments, the United Nations system, civil society, private sector partners and people from a broad cross‑section of societies all over the world, and reaffirms the need for further efforts to achieve the goals of the International Year in the areas of the recognition, facilitation, networking and promotion of volunteerism worldwide;", "3. Commends the contributions from national and international volunteers for their fundamental role in disaster prevention and recovery, most recently evidenced by their performance in the aftermath of natural catastrophes in many parts of the world, such as mass landslides and floods in south‑eastern Brazil and the devastating earthquake that struck eastern Japan in March 2011;", "4. Also commends the increasing link between volunteerism and sports, which, through the invaluable contributions of national and international volunteers to the preparation and organization of major sport events such as the Olympic and the Paralympic Games, contributes to the promotion of the ideal of peace;", "5. Recognizes the valuable contribution of volunteering, including traditional forms of mutual aid and self‑help and other forms of civic participation, to social and economic development, thus benefiting society at large, communities and volunteer networks;", "6. Encourages Member States to support the setting‑up of knowledge and information platforms, as well as focal points at the international, regional, national and local levels, in order to foster the sharing of resources and good practices of volunteerism that could be adapted, implemented, replicated and scaled up on a sustained basis;", "7. Encourages Member States and volunteers to take appropriate steps to enhance the protection of volunteers, and also encourages the adoption of good practices in the promotion and management of volunteerism;", "8. Reaffirms the need to recognize and promote all forms of volunteerism in order to engage and benefit all segments of society, including women, children, young persons, older persons, persons with disabilities, minorities, migrants and those who remain excluded for social or economic reasons;", "9. Acknowledges the importance of civil society organizations to the promotion of volunteerism, and in that respect recognizes that strengthening the dialogue and interaction among Member States, the United Nations and civil society contributes to the expansion of volunteerism;", "10. Takes note that volunteerism contributes to human development, and invites Governments to integrate volunteering more fully into peace and development programmes and initiatives, which offer opportunities to build strong and cohesive volunteer coalitions around shared goals at the local, national, regional and international levels;", "11. Also takes note of the actions taken by Governments to support and promote volunteerism, and reiterates its call upon them to continue such action;", "12. Calls upon the relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to further recognize and integrate volunteerism in its various forms into their policies, programmes and reports, recognizes the contributions of volunteers and volunteer organizations, and encourages their participation in future United Nations and other relevant international conferences;", "13. Recognizes the importance of further involving all relevant partners, including civil society, and facilitating their coordination and cooperation towards creating an enabling environment where individuals can engage in volunteer activities and promoting the well‑being of volunteers, welcomes in this regard the expanding involvement of the private sector in support of volunteerism, and encourages its further engagement through the expansion of corporate volunteering and employee volunteer activities;", "14. Welcomes the work of the United Nations Volunteers as the focal point for the tenth anniversary of the International Year in support of Member States, including by co‑hosting regional consultations for the tenth anniversary of the International Year, held in Quito, Ankara, Manila and Dakar, preparatory to the Global Volunteer Conference co‑hosted with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, held in Budapest from 15 to 17 September 2011, as well as the Department of Public Information/Non‑Governmental Organizations Conference, held in Bonn, Germany, from 3 to 5 September 2011, and requests the United Nations Volunteers to continue their efforts to promote volunteerism, including through the mobilization of national and international volunteers and the development of newer and innovative recruitment modalities such as online volunteering;", "15. Emphasizes that people‑to‑people relations are the core value of volunteerism, and encourages further efforts to build and strengthen networks among volunteers and all relevant partners at the national, regional and international levels, including the World Volunteer Web as a global networking hub;", "16. Welcomes the active engagement of national committees and coordinating bodies in the promotion of the tenth anniversary of the International Year, and emphasizes the importance of further enhancing this global network for building their partnership and sharing experiences and good practices;", "17. Recognizes the need to further strengthen the link between domestic volunteers and international volunteer‑sending organizations in order to facilitate the globalization of volunteer opportunities;", "18. Emphasizes the important contribution of volunteering to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and calls for a people‑centred, holistic approach to the promotion of volunteering;", "19. Also emphasizes the important contribution of volunteering and the participation of individuals and communities to the achievement of sustainable development and related initiatives;", "20. Further emphasizes that volunteerism offers valuable opportunities for youth engagement and leadership to contribute to the development of peaceful and inclusive societies, while also allowing youth to acquire skills, build their capacities and increase their employability;", "21. Requests Governments and the United Nations system to work together with other volunteer‑involving organizations to support efforts to enhance the security and protection of volunteers;", "22. Encourages the preparedness of volunteer‑involving organizations and volunteers for respecting national and local norms and customs in performing their responsibilities;", "23. Decides that two plenary meetings devoted to the follow‑up to the International Year and the commemoration of its tenth anniversary shall be held as follows:", "(a) At the opening of the plenary meeting to be held at 10 a.m. on 5 December 2011, statements will be made by the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary‑General, the chairs of the five regional groups, the representative of the host country and the Executive Coordinator of the United Nations Volunteers;", "(b) Following the opening of the plenary meetings, the launch of the first State of the World’s Volunteerism Report[1] will be held until 1 p.m., with the participation of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, the chief author of the report and two selected United Nations Volunteers;", "(c) At the plenary meeting to be held from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., statements will be made by Member States and those with a standing invitation to participate as observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly;[2]", "24. Looks forward to a full report on the marking of the tenth anniversary of the International Year, as well as recommendations to further integrate volunteering in peace and development during the next decade and beyond, bearing in mind the request to the Secretary‑General to report on this subject to the General Assembly at its sixty‑seventh session under the item entitled “Social development”.", "73rd plenary meeting 5 December 2011", "[1]  United Nations publication, Sales No. E.11.I.12.", "[2]  As listed in A/INF/65/5." ]
A_RES_66_67
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 5 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454(Part I))]", "66/67. Tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 63/153 of 18 December 2008 on the follow-up to the International Year of Volunteers and the commemoration of its tenth anniversary,", "Noting that the momentum created by the International Year has contributed to the continued strength of volunteerism throughout the world, and to the addition of more people from broader sectors of society,", "Recognizing that volunteerism is an important component of any strategy aimed at poverty reduction, sustainable development, health, youth empowerment, combating climate change, disaster prevention and management, social integration, humanitarian action, peacebuilding and, in particular, overcoming social exclusion and discrimination,", "Recognizing also the contribution of United Nations system organizations in support of volunteerism, in particular the work of the United Nations Volunteers programme worldwide, and also recognizing the efforts of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to promote volunteerism through its global network,", "Bearing in mind the need for the integrated and coordinated follow-up of the International Year by the relevant bodies of the United Nations system,", "1. Welcomes the success of the tenth anniversary of the International Year of Volunteers in 2011, and also welcomes the growth and development of volunteerism since the International Year in 2001;", "2. Recognizes that the tenth anniversary has provided the opportunity and has generated the necessary momentum to increase at an unprecedented level collaboration among Governments, the United Nations system, civil society, private sector partners and people from a wide range of social sectors around the world, and reaffirms the need to continue efforts to meet the goals of the International Year in the areas of recognition, facilitation, networking and the promotion of volunteerism worldwide;", "3. Commends the inputs of national and international volunteers and the key role they play in disaster prevention and subsequent recovery, the importance of which has become more apparent in their performance after natural disasters in many parts of the world, such as floods and landslides in south-east Brazil and the devastating earthquake that shook East Japan in March 2011;", "4. It also commends the growing link between volunteerism and sport, which, thanks to the valuable contributions of national and international volunteers to the preparation and organization of important sporting events such as the Olympic and Paralympic Games, contributes to promoting the ideal of peace;", "5. Recognizes the valuable contribution of volunteerism, including traditional forms of mutual and self-help support and other forms of civic participation, to economic and social development, which in turn benefits society as a whole, communities and volunteer networks;", "6. Encourages Member States to support the establishment of knowledge and information platforms, as well as focal points at the international, regional, national and local levels, to promote the sharing of resources and good practices in the field of volunteering that can be adapted, implemented, replicated and expanded sustainably;", "7. Encourages Member States and volunteers to take appropriate measures to improve the protection of volunteers, and also encourages good practices in the promotion and management of volunteerism;", "8. Reaffirms the need to recognize and promote all forms of volunteerism as an activity that concerns and benefits all sectors of society, including women, children, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities, minorities, migrants and those who are excluded for social or economic reasons;", "9. Recognizes the importance of civil society organizations in promoting volunteerism, and in this regard recognizes that strengthening dialogue and interaction between Member States, the United Nations and civil society contributes to the expansion of volunteerism;", "10. Notes that volunteerism contributes to human development, and invites Governments to integrate volunteerism more fully into peace and development programmes and initiatives that provide opportunities to create strong and coherent volunteer coalitions around common objectives at the local, national, regional and international levels;", "11. Also takes note of the steps taken by Governments to support and promote volunteerism, and reiterates its call for the continuation of this work;", "12. Requests the relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to better recognize and integrate the various forms of volunteering into their policies, programmes and reports, recognizes the contributions of volunteers and volunteer organizations, and encourages their participation in future United Nations conferences and other relevant international conferences;", "13. Recognizes the importance of further enhancing the involvement of all relevant partners, including civil society, and of facilitating their coordination and cooperation in creating an enabling environment for people ' s participation in volunteering and promoting the well-being of volunteers and, in this regard, welcomes the growing support of the private sector to volunteer and encourages that sector to intensify its participation through the expansion of volunteerism in enterprises and employee volunteering activities;", "14. Welcomes the support provided to Member States by United Nations Volunteers, in its capacity as the focal point for the tenth anniversary of the International Year, including the joint organization of regional consultations for the tenth anniversary of the International Year held in Quito, Ankara, Manila and Dakar, in preparation for the World Volunteer Conference organized in Budapest, from 15 to 17 September 2011, in conjunction with the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies,", "15. Emphasizes that interpersonal relationships are the basic value of volunteerism, and encourages further efforts to build networks between volunteers and all relevant partners at the national, regional and international levels and to strengthen existing networks in particular the World Volunteer Web, which operates as a global exchange centre;", "16. Welcomes the active participation of national committees and coordinating bodies in promoting the tenth anniversary of the International Year, and emphasizes the importance of further improving this global network to strengthen partnerships and share experiences and good practices;", "17. Recognizes the need to further strengthen the links between national volunteers and international voluntary organizations to facilitate the globalization of volunteer opportunities;", "18. Emphasizes the important contribution of volunteerism to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals and calls for a holistic and people-centred approach to the promotion of volunteerism;", "19. Also emphasizes the important contribution of volunteerism and the participation of individuals and communities in achieving sustainable development and related initiatives;", "20. It further emphasizes that volunteering offers young people valuable opportunities for participation and leadership to contribute to the development of peaceful and inclusive societies, while enabling them to acquire expertise, strengthen their capacity and increase their employment potential;", "21. Requests Governments and the United Nations system to work with other voluntary organizations to support efforts to improve the security and protection of volunteers;", "22. Encourages the preparation of volunteer organizations and volunteers to respect national and local standards and customs in the discharge of their responsibilities;", "23. Decides that two plenary meetings devoted to the follow-up to the International Year and the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Year shall be held as follows:", "(a) At the opening of the plenary meeting, to be held at 10 a.m. on 5 December 2011, statements will be made by the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the chairpersons of the five regional groups, the representative of the host country and the Executive Coordinator of United Nations Volunteers;", "(b) Following the opening of the plenary meeting, and until 1 p.m., the first Report on the State of Volunteering in the World will be presented[1], with the participation of the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, the lead author of the report and two United Nations volunteers elected;", "(c) At the plenary meeting, to be held from 3 to 6 p.m., statements will be made by Member States and States with a standing invitation to participate as observers in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly[2];", "24. It looked forward to the full report on the tenth anniversary of the International Year, as well as the recommendations on how best to integrate volunteerism into peace and development activities in the next decade and later, bearing in mind its request to the Secretary-General to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session under the item entitled “Social development”.", "73rd plenary meeting 5 December 2011", "[1] United Nations publication, Sales No. S.11.I.12.", "[2] A/INF/65/5." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 6 de diciembre de 2011", "[sin remisión previa a una Comisión Principal (A/66/L.22 y Add.1)]", "66/68. La pesca sostenible, incluso mediante el Acuerdo de 1995 sobre la aplicación de las disposiciones de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar de 10 de diciembre de 1982 relativas a la conservación y ordenación de las poblaciones de peces transzonales y las poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios, e instrumentos conexos", "La Asamblea General,", "Reafirmando sus resoluciones anuales relativas a la pesca sostenible, incluida la resolución 65/38, de 7 de diciembre de 2010, y las demás resoluciones pertinentes,", "Recordando las disposiciones pertinentes de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar (“la Convención”)[1] y teniendo presente la relación entre la Convención y el Acuerdo de 1995 sobre la aplicación de las disposiciones de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar de 10 de diciembre de 1982 relativas a la conservación y ordenación de las poblaciones de peces transzonales y las poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios (“el Acuerdo”)[2],", "Acogiendo con beneplácito las recientes ratificaciones del Acuerdo y adhesiones a este, así como el hecho de que un número creciente de Estados, entidades a que se hace referencia en la Convención y en el artículo 1, párrafo 2 b), del Acuerdo y organizaciones y arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera hayan adoptado las medidas procedentes para aplicar las disposiciones del Acuerdo,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito también la labor de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura y de su Comité de Pesca, y la Declaración de Roma de 2005 sobre la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada, aprobada el 12 de marzo de 2005[3], y reconociendo que en el Código de Conducta para la Pesca Responsable de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (“el Código”)[4] y otros instrumentos conexos, incluidos sus planes de acción internacionales, se enuncian principios y normas de comportamiento de aplicación mundial en materia de prácticas responsables para la conservación de los recursos pesqueros y la ordenación y el desarrollo de las pesquerías,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito además los resultados, incluidas las decisiones y recomendaciones, del 29° período de sesiones del Comité de Pesca, celebrado en Roma del 31 de enero al 4 de febrero de 2011[5],", "Observando con preocupación que la ordenación efectiva de la pesca de captura marina se ve obstaculizada en algunas zonas por información y datos no fidedignos debidos, entre otras causas, a que las capturas de peces y la intensidad de la actividad pesquera no se declaran o se declaran de manera incorrecta, y que esa falta de información exacta contribuye a que continúe la sobreexplotación pesquera en algunas zonas,", "Reconociendo la importante contribución de la pesca sostenible a la seguridad alimentaria, los ingresos, el patrimonio y la reducción de la pobreza de las generaciones actuales y futuras,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito, a este respecto, que el Comité de Pesca decidiera, en su 29º período de sesiones, que la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura elaborara un nuevo instrumento internacional sobre la pesca en pequeña escala basado en los instrumentos en vigor pertinentes, como complemento del Código, que tuviera carácter voluntario y se centrara en las necesidades de los países en desarrollo⁵,", "Reconociendo la necesidad urgente de que se adopten medidas a todos los niveles para asegurar el aprovechamiento y la ordenación sostenibles de los recursos pesqueros a largo plazo mediante la aplicación amplia del criterio de precaución y de los enfoques ecosistémicos,", "Expresando preocupación por los efectos adversos actuales y previstos del cambio climático en la seguridad alimentaria y la sostenibilidad de la pesca, y observando, a ese respecto, la labor del Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura y el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente,", "Deplorando el hecho de que en muchas partes del mundo las poblaciones de peces, incluidas las de peces transzonales y las de peces altamente migratorios, sean objeto de sobrepesca o de actividades pesqueras intensas y escasamente reglamentadas como resultado, entre otras cosas, de la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada, el control y la aplicación coercitiva insuficientes por parte de los Estados del pabellón, incluidas las medidas de seguimiento, control y vigilancia, las medidas de regulación insuficientes, los subsidios perjudiciales y la capacidad excesiva, así como el control insuficiente por parte de los Estados del puerto, como se resalta en el informe El estado mundial de la pesca y la acuicultura 2010 de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura[6],", "Expresando su apoyo a las negociaciones que se están desarrollando en la Organización Mundial del Comercio para hacer más estrictas las normas sobre los subsidios en el sector pesquero, incluso prohibiendo determinadas modalidades de subsidios de pesca que contribuyen a la capacidad de pesca excesiva y a la sobrepesca,", "Preocupada por el escaso número de Estados que han adoptado medidas para aplicar, individualmente y por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, el Plan de acción internacional para la ordenación de la capacidad pesquera aprobado por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura[7],", "Recordando el Plan de acción internacional para prevenir, desalentar y eliminar la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada aprobado por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura⁷,", "Preocupada en particular porque la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada constituye una grave amenaza para las poblaciones de peces y los hábitats y ecosistemas marinos, y va en detrimento de la pesca sostenible, así como de la seguridad alimentaria y la economía de muchos Estados, en particular de los Estados en desarrollo,", "Preocupada porque algunos operadores aprovechan cada vez más las ventajas de la globalización de los mercados pesqueros para comercializar productos derivados de la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada y obtienen beneficios económicos de esas operaciones, lo cual constituye un incentivo para seguir llevando a cabo sus actividades,", "Reconociendo que la disuasión eficaz y la lucha contra la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada tienen importantes consecuencias en materia de recursos financieros y otros recursos,", "Reconociendo también que, según se estipula en la Convención, el Acuerdo para promover el cumplimiento de las medidas internacionales de conservación y ordenación por los buques pesqueros que pescan en alta mar (“el Acuerdo de Cumplimiento”)[8], el Acuerdo y el Código, es deber del Estado del pabellón ejercer un control efectivo de los buques pesqueros que enarbolan su pabellón y de los buques de su pabellón que prestan apoyo a buques pesqueros y asegurar que las actividades de dichos buques pesqueros y de apoyo no redunden en detrimento de la eficacia de las medidas de conservación y ordenación adoptadas de conformidad con el derecho internacional y aprobadas en los planos nacional, subregional, regional o mundial,", "Reconociendo además la importancia de que se regule, supervise y controle adecuadamente el transbordo en el mar para contribuir a luchar contra las actividades de pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada,", "Reconociendo que la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura convocó la Consulta técnica sobre la actuación del Estado del pabellón en Roma del 2 al 6 de mayo de 2011, y observando que la Consulta técnica proseguirá en Roma del 5 al 9 de marzo de 2012,", "Haciendo notar la obligación que incumbe a todos los Estados, de conformidad con el derecho internacional, que se refleja en las disposiciones pertinentes de la Convención, de cooperar en la conservación y ordenación de los recursos marinos vivos, y reconociendo la importancia de la coordinación y la cooperación, en los planos mundial, regional, subregional y nacional, en ámbitos como la investigación científica marina, la reunión de datos, el intercambio de información, la creación de capacidad y la capacitación para la conservación, la ordenación y el desarrollo sostenible de los recursos marinos vivos,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito que del 12 al 14 de julio de 2011 se celebrara en San Diego (Estados Unidos de América) la tercera reunión conjunta de las cinco organizaciones regionales de ordenación pesquera competentes para regular las especies altamente migratorias,", "Reconociendo la importancia que tienen los sistemas de obtención de datos oceanográficos mediante boyas ancladas en zonas que se encuentran fuera de la jurisdicción nacional para el desarrollo sostenible, la promoción de la seguridad en el mar y la limitación de la vulnerabilidad de los seres humanos a los desastres naturales, ya que se utilizan en las previsiones meteorológicas y marinas, la ordenación pesquera, las previsiones de tsunamis y la predicción climática, y expresando preocupación porque la mayor parte de los daños que sufren las boyas utilizadas para la obtención de datos oceanográficos, como las boyas ancladas y los tsunámetros, suelen ser resultado de acciones realizadas por operaciones pesqueras que dejan inutilizables esas boyas,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito, a este respecto, que los Estados hayan adoptado medidas, individualmente o por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, para proteger los sistemas de obtención de datos oceanográficos mediante boyas de los efectos de las actividades pesqueras,", "Reconociendo la necesidad de que los Estados, individualmente y por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, continúen elaborando y aplicando medidas eficaces que incumban al Estado del puerto, en consonancia con el derecho internacional, para combatir la sobrepesca y la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada, la necesidad crítica de cooperar con los Estados en desarrollo a fin de fortalecer su capacidad y la importancia de la cooperación entre la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura y la Organización Marítima Internacional a este respecto,", "Observando con satisfacción las recientes ratificaciones y aprobaciones del Acuerdo sobre medidas del Estado rector del puerto destinadas a prevenir, desalentar y eliminar la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura[9] y las recientes adhesiones a este instrumento,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito que el Comité de Pesca decidiera, en su 29º período de sesiones, que la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura formara un grupo de trabajo de composición abierta o un mecanismo similar encargado de elaborar el mandato del grupo de trabajo especial previsto en el artículo 21 del Acuerdo sobre medidas del Estado rector del puerto destinadas a prevenir, desalentar y eliminar la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada⁵,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito también que del 28 de febrero al 4 de marzo de 2011 se celebrara en Maputo el tercer Taller mundial de capacitación en aplicación de criterios pesqueros,", "Preocupada porque la contaminación marina procedente de todas las fuentes constituye una grave amenaza para la salud y la seguridad del ser humano, pone en peligro las poblaciones de peces, la biodiversidad marina y los hábitats marinos y costeros, y entraña un costo considerable para la economía local y nacional,", "Reconociendo que los detritos marinos constituyen un problema mundial de contaminación transfronteriza y que, en razón de los muchos tipos y fuentes distintos de detritos marinos existentes, es necesario aplicar métodos diferentes para su prevención y remoción,", "Observando que la contribución de la acuicultura sostenible a la oferta mundial de pescado sigue abriendo a los países en desarrollo posibilidades de aumentar la seguridad alimentaria local y reducir la pobreza y que, junto con la labor de otros países que practican la acuicultura, aportará una importante contribución a la satisfacción de la demanda futura de pescado para el consumo, teniendo presente el artículo 9 del Código,", "Reafirmando la importancia que tiene la acuicultura sostenible para la seguridad alimentaria y preocupada por los efectos que puedan tener las especies de peces modificadas genéticamente en la salud y la sostenibilidad de las poblaciones de peces salvajes,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito que el Comité de Pesca aprobara las Directrices técnicas para la certificación en la acuicultura[10] en su 29º período de sesiones,", "Haciendo notar que la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura publicó en 2011 las directrices técnicas sobre el uso de peces salvajes como alimento en la acuicultura[11],", "Señalando la vulnerabilidad especial de los pequeños Estados insulares en desarrollo, los demás Estados ribereños en desarrollo y las comunidades pesqueras de subsistencia, cuyos medios de vida, desarrollo económico y seguridad alimentaria dependen en gran medida de la pesca sostenible y que resultarán perjudicados de manera desproporcionada si la pesca sostenible se ve afectada negativamente,", "Señalando también las circunstancias que afectan a la pesca en muchos Estados en desarrollo, especialmente los Estados de África y los pequeños Estados insulares en desarrollo, y reconociendo la necesidad urgente de crear capacidad en dichos Estados, incluida la transferencia de tecnología marina y en particular la relacionada con la pesca, para que estén en mejores condiciones de ejercer sus derechos a fin de hacer efectivos los beneficios de los recursos pesqueros y de cumplir las obligaciones que les incumben en virtud de los instrumentos internacionales,", "Reconociendo la necesidad de adoptar medidas adecuadas para reducir al mínimo la captura incidental, los desechos, los descartes, incluida la selección, las pérdidas de aparejos de pesca y otros factores que van en detrimento de la sostenibilidad de las poblaciones de peces y, en consecuencia, pueden también tener efectos nocivos en la economía y la seguridad alimentaria de los pequeños Estados insulares en desarrollo, los demás Estados ribereños en desarrollo y las comunidades pesqueras de subsistencia,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito que el Comité de Pesca hiciera suyas las Directrices internacionales para la ordenación de las capturas incidentales y la reducción de los descartes[12] en su 29º período de sesiones,", "Reconociendo la necesidad de seguir integrando los enfoques ecosistémicos a la conservación y ordenación de los recursos pesqueros y, de manera más general, la importancia de aplicar los enfoques ecosistémicos a la gestión de las actividades humanas en los océanos, y haciendo notar, a este respecto, la Declaración de Reykjavik sobre la pesca responsable en el ecosistema marino[13], la labor de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura relativa a las directrices para la aplicación del enfoque ecosistémico en la ordenación pesquera y la importancia de este enfoque para las disposiciones pertinentes del Acuerdo y el Código, así como la decisión VII/11[14] y las demás decisiones pertinentes de la Conferencia de las Partes en el Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica,", "Reconociendo también la importancia económica y cultural del tiburón para muchos países, su importancia biológica en el ecosistema marino como especie predadora fundamental, la vulnerabilidad de ciertas especies de tiburón a la sobreexplotación, el hecho de que algunas de ellas corren peligro de extinción y la necesidad de adoptar medidas para promover la conservación a largo plazo, la ordenación y el aprovechamiento sostenible de las poblaciones y la pesca de tiburón, así como la pertinencia del Plan de acción internacional para la conservación y ordenación de los tiburones, aprobado por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura en 1999⁷, que ofrece orientación para formular esas medidas,", "Reafirmando su apoyo a la iniciativa de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura y las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera sobre la conservación y ordenación de los tiburones, y observando con preocupación que sigue faltando información básica sobre las poblaciones y la captura de tiburones, que únicamente un número reducido de países ha aplicado el Plan de acción internacional para la conservación y ordenación de los tiburones y que no todas las organizaciones y arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera han adoptado medidas de conservación y ordenación respecto de la pesca directa del tiburón ni para regular la captura incidental de tiburones como resultado de otras actividades pesqueras,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito las medidas con base científica adoptadas por los Estados para conservar y ordenar de manera sostenible los tiburones, y observando, a este respecto, las medidas de ordenación adoptadas por los Estados ribereños, que comprenden el establecimiento de límites para la captura o las actividades pesqueras, medidas técnicas, incluidas las destinadas a reducir las capturas incidentales, refugios y temporadas de veda, y el seguimiento, el control y la vigilancia,", "Reconociendo la importancia de las especies marinas que ocupan niveles tróficos bajos en el ecosistema y para la seguridad alimentaria, y la necesidad de asegurar su sostenibilidad a largo plazo,", "Expresando preocupación porque persiste la mortalidad incidental, en operaciones pesqueras, de las aves marinas, en particular los albatros y petreles, así como de otras especies marinas, como los tiburones y otras especies de peces de aleta, los mamíferos marinos y las tortugas marinas, pero reconociendo las importantes disposiciones tomadas por los Estados individualmente y por medio de diversas organizaciones y arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera para reducir la mortalidad incidental a causa de la captura incidental,", "I", "Logro de la pesca sostenible", "1. Reafirma la importancia que atribuye a la conservación a largo plazo, la ordenación y el aprovechamiento sostenible de los recursos marinos vivos de los mares y océanos del mundo y a las obligaciones que incumben a los Estados de cooperar con ese fin, de conformidad con el derecho internacional, que se reflejan en las disposiciones pertinentes de la Convención¹, en particular las disposiciones sobre cooperación establecidas en la Parte V y en la Parte VII, sección 2, de la Convención, y, cuando proceda, del Acuerdo²;", "2. Alienta a los Estados a que den la debida prioridad a la ejecución del Plan de Aplicación de las Decisiones de la Cumbre Mundial sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible (“Plan de Aplicación de las Decisiones de Johannesburgo”)[15] en relación con el logro de la pesca sostenible, especialmente restableciendo las poblaciones de peces agotadas a niveles que puedan producir el máximo rendimiento sostenible con carácter urgente y, cuando sea posible, a más tardar en 2015;", "3. Pone de relieve la importancia de tratar del desarrollo sostenible de la pesca en el contexto de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, que se celebrará en Río de Janeiro (Brasil) del 20 al 22 de junio de 2012, y reconociendo la significativa contribución de la pesca a los tres pilares del desarrollo sostenible;", "4. Insta a los Estados a que, directamente o por medio de las organizaciones o los arreglos adecuados de ámbito subregional, regional o mundial, intensifiquen sus esfuerzos para evaluar los efectos del cambio climático mundial en la sostenibilidad de las poblaciones de peces y de los hábitats que las sustentan, en particular de las más afectadas, y hacerles frente, según proceda;", "5. Pone de relieve que los Estados del pabellón deben cumplir las obligaciones que les incumben, de conformidad con la Convención y el Acuerdo, de hacer que los buques que enarbolan su pabellón cumplan las medidas de conservación y ordenación adoptadas y en vigor con respecto a los recursos pesqueros en alta mar;", "6. Exhorta a todos los Estados que no lo hayan hecho a que, a fin de lograr el objetivo de la participación universal, se hagan partes en la Convención, en que se fija el marco jurídico dentro del cual deben llevarse a cabo todas las actividades en los mares y océanos, teniendo en cuenta la relación entre la Convención y el Acuerdo;", "7. Exhorta a todos los Estados a que, directamente o por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, apliquen ampliamente, de conformidad con el derecho internacional y el Código⁴, el criterio de precaución y los enfoques ecosistémicos a la conservación, ordenación y explotación de las poblaciones de peces, y exhorta también a los Estados partes en el Acuerdo a que, con carácter prioritario, apliquen cabalmente lo dispuesto en su artículo 6;", "8. Alienta a los Estados a que recurran aún más al asesoramiento científico en la formulación, adopción y aplicación de medidas de conservación y ordenación, y a que redoblen sus esfuerzos por promover, incluso mediante la cooperación internacional, el planteamiento científico de las medidas de conservación y ordenación que apliquen el criterio de precaución y los enfoques ecosistémicos a la ordenación pesquera, de conformidad con el derecho internacional, aumentando la comprensión de los enfoques ecosistémicos, a fin de asegurar la conservación a largo plazo y el aprovechamiento sostenible de los recursos marinos vivos, y, a este respecto, alienta la aplicación de la Estrategia para mejorar la información sobre la situación y las tendencias de la pesca de captura de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura[16] como marco para mejorar y comprender la situación y las tendencias de la pesca;", "9. Exhorta a todos los Estados a que, directamente o por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, apliquen niveles de referencia precautorios adaptados específicamente a las distintas poblaciones de peces, según se describe en el anexo II del Acuerdo y en el Código, para asegurar que las poblaciones de las especies explotadas, así como, cuando sea necesario, las especies asociadas o dependientes, se mantengan en niveles sostenibles o los recuperen, y a que utilicen estos niveles de referencia para poner en marcha medidas de conservación y ordenación;", "10. Alienta a los Estados a que apliquen el criterio de precaución y los enfoques ecosistémicos en la formulación y aplicación de medidas de conservación y ordenación referentes, entre otras cosas, a la captura incidental, la contaminación, la sobrepesca y la protección de hábitats que preocupen particularmente, teniendo presentes las directrices existentes de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura;", "11. Alienta también a los Estados a que elaboren programas de observación, o refuercen los existentes, individualmente o por medio de las organizaciones o los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, con el fin de mejorar la reunión de datos, entre otras cosas, sobre las especies que se desea pescar y las que son objeto de captura incidental, que también podrían ser útiles para los instrumentos de seguimiento, control y vigilancia, y a que tengan en cuenta las normas, las formas de cooperación y otras estructuras existentes relativas a esos programas, como se describe en el artículo 25 del Acuerdo y el artículo 5 del Código;", "12. Exhorta a los Estados y a las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera a que reúnan y, cuando proceda, comuniquen a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, de manera completa, precisa y oportuna, los datos sobre capturas y actividades y la información relacionada con la pesca prescritos, especialmente la información sobre las poblaciones de peces transzonales y las poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios que se encuentren dentro y fuera de las zonas sujetas a jurisdicción nacional, ciertas poblaciones de peces diferenciadas de alta mar, las capturas incidentales y los descartes, y, cuando no existan, establezcan procesos para mejorar la reunión y presentación de datos por parte de los miembros de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, incluso mediante comprobaciones periódicas del cumplimiento de dichas obligaciones por los miembros, y, en caso de incumplimiento, exijan al miembro de que se trate que corrija el problema por medios como la elaboración de planes de acción con plazos determinados;", "13. Invita a los Estados y a las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera a que cooperen con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura en la aplicación y el perfeccionamiento del Sistema de supervisión de los recursos pesqueros;", "14. Reafirma lo dispuesto en el párrafo 10 de su resolución 61/105, de 8 de diciembre de 2006, y exhorta a los Estados a que adopten con carácter urgente, incluso por conducto de las organizaciones o los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, medidas destinadas a aplicar plenamente el Plan de acción internacional para la conservación y ordenación de los tiburones⁷ en lo que respecta a la pesca directa e incidental del tiburón, sobre la base de la mejor información científica disponible, entre otros medios, estableciendo límites para la captura o las actividades de pesca, exigiendo que los buques que enarbolan su pabellón recopilen y suministren periódicamente datos sobre la captura de tiburones, incluidos datos específicos de la especie, los descartes y las descargas, emprendiendo, incluso mediante la cooperación internacional, evaluaciones exhaustivas de las poblaciones de tiburones, reduciendo la captura incidental y la mortalidad incidental y, cuando la información científica sea imprecisa o insuficiente, no aumentando la actividad pesquera en el ámbito de la pesca directa de tiburones hasta que se hayan establecido medidas para asegurar la conservación a largo plazo, la ordenación y el aprovechamiento sostenible de las poblaciones de tiburones y evitar que sigan disminuyendo las poblaciones de tiburones vulnerables o en peligro de extinción;", "15. Exhorta a los Estados a que adopten medidas inmediatas y concertadas para mejorar la aplicación y el cumplimiento de las medidas de las organizaciones o los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera y las medidas nacionales existentes que regulan la pesca del tiburón y las capturas incidentales de tiburones, en particular las medidas que prohíben o limitan la pesca del tiburón realizada con el único fin de explotar sus aletas, y, cuando sea necesario, a que consideren la posibilidad de adoptar otras medidas, según proceda, como exigir que todos los tiburones sean descargados con las aletas adheridas al cuerpo naturalmente;", "16. Exhorta a las organizaciones regionales de ordenación pesquera competentes para regular las especies altamente migratorias a que establezcan medidas cautelares de conservación y ordenación basadas en datos científicos o fortalezcan las existentes, según corresponda, en relación con los tiburones capturados en caladeros que se hallen en las zonas abarcadas por esas organizaciones, en consonancia con el Plan de acción internacional para la conservación y ordenación de los tiburones;", "17. Acoge con beneplácito la decisión adoptada por el Comité de Pesca de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura en su 29° período de sesiones de que esta elaborara un informe sobre el alcance de la aplicación del Plan de acción internacional para la conservación y ordenación de los tiburones⁵, y solicita a esa organización que también informe sobre los problemas a que se enfrentan sus Estados miembros para aplicar ese instrumento y lo dispuesto en el párrafo 14 de la presente resolución;", "18. Insta a los Estados a que eliminen las barreras al comercio de pescado y productos derivados de la pesca que no sean compatibles con los derechos y las obligaciones que les incumben en virtud de los acuerdos de la Organización Mundial del Comercio, teniendo en cuenta la importancia que reviste el comercio de pescado y productos derivados de la pesca, especialmente para los países en desarrollo;", "19. Insta a los Estados y a las organizaciones nacionales e internacionales competentes a que tomen disposiciones para que los interesados en la pesca en pequeña escala puedan participar en la preparación de estrategias de ordenación pesquera y la formulación de políticas en la materia a los efectos de lograr la sostenibilidad a largo plazo de esa pesca en forma compatible con la obligación de asegurar la conservación y ordenación adecuadas de los recursos pesqueros;", "20. Alienta a los Estados a que, directamente o por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos de ámbito subregional, regional o mundial competentes y apropiados, analicen, según corresponda, los efectos de la pesca para las especies marinas que ocupan niveles tróficos bajos;", "21. Invita a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura a que estudie los posibles efectos de las especies de peces modificadas genéticamente en la salud y la sostenibilidad de las poblaciones de peces salvajes y a que ofrezca orientación, de conformidad con el Código, sobre el modo de reducir al mínimo los efectos perjudiciales al respecto;", "II", "Cumplimiento del Acuerdo de 1995 sobre la aplicación de las disposiciones de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar de 10 de diciembre de 1982 relativas a la conservación y ordenación de las poblaciones de peces transzonales y las poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios", "22. Exhorta a todos los Estados y a las entidades a que se hace referencia en la Convención y en el artículo 1, párrafo 2 b), del Acuerdo a que, si no lo han hecho, ratifiquen el Acuerdo o se adhieran a él y, entre tanto, consideren la posibilidad de aplicarlo provisionalmente;", "23. Exhorta a los Estados partes en el Acuerdo a que apliquen las disposiciones del Acuerdo efectivamente, con carácter prioritario, por medio de su legislación interna y de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera en que participen;", "24. Pone de relieve la importancia de las disposiciones del Acuerdo relativas a la cooperación bilateral, subregional y regional en la aplicación coercitiva, e insta a que se siga trabajando a este respecto;", "25. Insta a los Estados partes en el Acuerdo a que, de conformidad con su artículo 21, párrafo 4, directamente o por medio de la organización o el arreglo subregional o regional de ordenación pesquera que corresponda, informen a todos los Estados cuyos buques pesquen en alta mar en la subregión o región de que se trate acerca del tipo de identificación expedida por esos Estados partes a los funcionarios debidamente autorizados a llevar a cabo funciones de visita e inspección con arreglo a los artículos 21 y 22 del Acuerdo;", "26. Insta también a los Estados partes en el Acuerdo a que, de conformidad con su artículo 21, párrafo 4, designen una autoridad competente para recibir las notificaciones enviadas de conformidad con el artículo 21 y den la debida publicidad a dicha designación por medio de la organización o el arreglo subregional o regional de ordenación pesquera que corresponda;", "27. Invita a las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera que aún no lo hayan hecho a que adopten procedimientos para las visitas e inspecciones en alta mar que sean compatibles con los artículos 21 y 22 del Acuerdo;", "28. Exhorta a los Estados a que, individualmente y, según proceda, por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera que se ocupan de ciertas poblaciones de peces diferenciadas de alta mar, adopten las medidas necesarias para asegurar la conservación a largo plazo, la ordenación y el aprovechamiento sostenible de esas poblaciones de conformidad con la Convención, el Código y los principios generales estipulados en el Acuerdo;", "29. Invita a los Estados a que ayuden a los Estados en desarrollo a aumentar su participación en las organizaciones o los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, incluso facilitando el acceso a la pesca de poblaciones de peces transzonales y poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios, de conformidad con el artículo 25, párrafo 1 b), del Acuerdo, y teniendo en cuenta la necesidad de asegurar que dicho acceso beneficie a los Estados de que se trate y a sus nacionales;", "30. Invita a los Estados, las instituciones financieras internacionales y las organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que presten asistencia conforme a la Parte VII del Acuerdo, incluida, si procede, la creación de arreglos o instrumentos financieros especiales para ayudar a los Estados en desarrollo, en particular a los menos adelantados y a los pequeños Estados insulares en desarrollo, a fin de que puedan aumentar su capacidad nacional de explotar los recursos pesqueros, incluido el desarrollo de las flotas pesqueras de pabellón nacional, la elaboración de valor agregado y la expansión de su base económica en la industria pesquera, de forma coherente con su deber de asegurar la debida conservación y ordenación de los recursos pesqueros;", "31. Observa con aprecio las contribuciones realizadas por los Estados al Fondo de Asistencia creado en virtud de la Parte VII del Acuerdo, y alienta a los Estados, las organizaciones intergubernamentales, las instituciones financieras internacionales, las instituciones nacionales y las organizaciones no gubernamentales, así como a las personas físicas y jurídicas, a que hagan nuevas contribuciones financieras voluntarias al Fondo;", "32. Observa con satisfacción que la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura y la División de Asuntos Oceánicos y del Derecho del Mar de la Oficina de Asuntos Jurídicos de la Secretaría (“la División”) han adoptado medidas para dar a conocer la disponibilidad de ayuda por conducto del Fondo de Asistencia, y alienta a esa organización y a la División a que sigan trabajando en ese sentido;", "33. Alienta a los Estados a que, individualmente y, según proceda, por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera, aceleren los progresos relativos a las recomendaciones de la Conferencia de revisión del Acuerdo, celebrada en Nueva York del 22 al 26 de mayo de 2006[17], y a que definan las nuevas prioridades;", "34. Alienta también a los Estados a que, individualmente y, según proceda, por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera, consideren la posibilidad de poner en práctica, según proceda, las recomendaciones de la reanudación de la Conferencia de revisión, celebrada en Nueva York del 24 al 28 de mayo de 2010[18];", "35. Reafirma la solicitud que formuló a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura de que iniciase los arreglos con los Estados para la reunión y la difusión de datos sobre las actividades de pesca en alta mar de los buques que enarbolan su pabellón, en los planos subregional y regional, cuando no existieran tales arreglos;", "36. Reafirma también la solicitud que formuló a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura de que revisara su base de datos estadísticos sobre la pesca mundial a fin de presentar la información referente a las poblaciones de peces transzonales, las poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios y las poblaciones de peces diferenciadas de alta mar sobre la base del lugar donde se realizó la captura;", "III", "Instrumentos conexos en materia de pesca", "37. Pone de relieve la importancia de que se apliquen efectivamente las disposiciones del Acuerdo de Cumplimiento⁸ e insta a que se persevere en los esfuerzos a este respecto;", "38. Exhorta a todos los Estados y otras entidades a que se hace referencia en el artículo X, párrafo 1, del Acuerdo de Cumplimiento que aún no se hayan hecho partes en él a que lo hagan con carácter prioritario y, entre tanto, consideren la posibilidad de aplicarlo provisionalmente;", "39. Insta a los Estados y a las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera a que apliquen el Código y promuevan su aplicación en los ámbitos de su competencia;", "40. Insta a los Estados a que, con carácter prioritario, elaboren y ejecuten planes de acción nacionales y, cuando proceda, regionales, a fin de llevar a efecto los planes de acción internacionales de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura;", "41. Alienta a las organizaciones internacionales competentes a que elaboren directrices sobre mejores prácticas en materia de seguridad en el mar en relación con la pesca marítima;", "42. Alienta a que se produzca una amplia participación en la conferencia diplomática convocada por la Organización Marítima Internacional para 2012 en Sudáfrica con el fin de adoptar un acuerdo sobre la aplicación del Protocolo de Torremolinos de 1993 relativo al Convenio internacional de Torremolinos para la seguridad de los buques pesqueros, de 1977;", "IV", "Pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada", "43. Pone de relieve una vez más su gran preocupación porque la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada sigue representando una de las principales amenazas para los ecosistemas marinos y teniendo serias e importantes consecuencias para la conservación y ordenación de los recursos oceánicos, así como para la seguridad alimentaria y la economía de muchos Estados, en particular los Estados en desarrollo, y renueva su exhortación a los Estados para que cumplan cabalmente todas las obligaciones vigentes, luchen contra ese tipo de pesca y adopten con urgencia todas las medidas necesarias a fin de dar cumplimiento al Plan de acción internacional para prevenir, desalentar y eliminar la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada⁷;", "44. Insta a los Estados a que ejerzan un control efectivo sobre sus nacionales, incluidos los propietarios reales, y los buques que enarbolan su pabellón, a fin de prevenir que se dediquen a actividades de pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada o presten apoyo a buques que se dediquen a ese tipo de actividades, incluidos los que figuran en las listas de buques elaboradas por las organizaciones o los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, así como a fin de disuadirlos de ello, y a que faciliten la asistencia mutua para asegurar que esos actos puedan investigarse y se impongan las sanciones que correspondan;", "45. Insta también a los Estados a que adopten medidas eficaces, en los planos nacional, subregional, regional y mundial, para disuadir a cualquier buque de realizar actividades, incluida la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada, que pongan en peligro las medidas de conservación y ordenación que hayan adoptado las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera de conformidad con el derecho internacional;", "46. Exhorta a los Estados a que no permitan que los buques que enarbolan su pabellón se dediquen a actividades pesqueras en alta mar o en las zonas sujetas a la jurisdicción nacional de otros Estados a menos que cuenten con la debida autorización de las autoridades de los Estados de que se trate y lo hagan de conformidad con las condiciones establecidas en esa autorización, y a que adopten, conforme a las disposiciones pertinentes de la Convención, el Acuerdo y el Acuerdo de Cumplimiento, medidas concretas, que incluyan las destinadas a disuadir a sus nacionales de cambiar el pabellón de los buques, para controlar las operaciones pesqueras de los buques que enarbolan su pabellón;", "47. Insta a los Estados a que, individualmente y de forma colectiva por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, elaboren procedimientos adecuados para evaluar la actuación de los Estados con respecto al cumplimiento de las obligaciones relativas a los buques pesqueros que enarbolan su pabellón establecidas en los instrumentos internacionales pertinentes;", "48. Alienta a los Estados a que, en el marco de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, continúen las actividades de la Consulta técnica sobre la actuación del Estado del pabellón en lo que respecta a la elaboración de un proyecto de criterios relativos a la actuación del Estado del pabellón, la evaluación de esa actuación y de posibles medidas acordes con el derecho internacional para alentar el cumplimiento, y la asistencia a los países en desarrollo para que mejoren su actuación como Estados del pabellón;", "49. Reafirma la necesidad de hacer más estricto, cuando proceda, el marco jurídico internacional de la cooperación intergubernamental, especialmente a nivel subregional y regional, en la ordenación de las poblaciones de peces y en la lucha contra la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada, de manera conforme con el derecho internacional, y de que los Estados y las entidades a que se hace referencia en la Convención y en el artículo 1, párrafo 2 b), del Acuerdo colaboren para hacer frente a las actividades pesqueras de ese tipo;", "50. Insta a las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera a que sigan coordinando sus iniciativas para combatir las actividades de pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada, en particular mediante la elaboración de una lista común de buques que se dedican a tales actividades o el reconocimiento mutuo de las listas de buques que confeccione cada organización o arreglo;", "51. Reafirma su exhortación a los Estados para que adopten todas las disposiciones necesarias compatibles con el derecho internacional, sin perjuicio de la soberanía de los Estados sobre los puertos situados en su territorio y de los casos de fuerza mayor o dificultad grave, que incluyen prohibir a los buques el acceso a sus puertos y enviar seguidamente un informe al Estado del pabellón de que se trate, cuando haya pruebas manifiestas de que participan o han participado en actividades de pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada, o las han apoyado, o cuando se nieguen a dar información sobre el origen de la captura o sobre la autorización en virtud de la cual se hizo la captura;", "52. Reafirma el párrafo 48 de la resolución 65/38 en lo relativo a la eliminación de las actividades de pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada de los buques que enarbolen “pabellones de conveniencia” y a la exigencia de que se establezca una “relación auténtica” entre los Estados y los buques pesqueros que enarbolen su pabellón, e insta a los Estados que dispongan de registro de libre matrícula a que controlen eficazmente todos los buques pesqueros que enarbolen su pabellón, como exige el derecho internacional, o que, de lo contrario, pongan fin al registro de libre matrícula para los buques pesqueros;", "53. Reconoce la necesidad de que se refuercen las medidas del Estado del puerto para combatir la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada, e insta a los Estados a que cooperen, especialmente a nivel regional y por conducto de las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera, para adoptar todas las medidas necesarias del Estado del puerto compatibles con el derecho internacional, teniendo en cuenta el artículo 23 del Acuerdo, y a que sigan promoviendo el establecimiento y la aplicación de normas a escala regional;", "54. Alienta, a este respecto, a los Estados y a las organizaciones regionales de integración económica que aún no lo hayan hecho a que consideren la posibilidad de ratificar, aceptar o aprobar el Acuerdo sobre medidas del Estado rector del puerto destinadas a prevenir, desalentar y eliminar la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada⁹, o de adherirse a él, con miras a que entre en vigor prontamente;", "55. Alienta a que se refuerce la cooperación entre la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura y la Organización Marítima Internacional, teniendo en cuenta las competencias, los mandatos y la experiencia respectivos de ambas organizaciones, para combatir la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada, en particular mejorando el cumplimiento de las obligaciones del Estado del pabellón y de las medidas del Estado del puerto;", "56. Alienta a los Estados, con respecto a los buques que enarbolan su pabellón, y a los Estados del puerto, a que hagan todo lo posible para comunicar los datos sobre los desembarcos y los cupos de captura y, a ese respecto, alienta a las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera a que consideren la posibilidad de establecer bases de datos abiertas que contengan tales datos a los fines de aumentar la eficacia de la ordenación pesquera;", "57. Exhorta a los Estados a que adopten todas las medidas necesarias para asegurar que los buques que enarbolen su pabellón no transborden pescado capturado por buques pesqueros que se dediquen a la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada, mediante una regulación, un seguimiento y un control adecuados del transbordo de pescado en el mar, incluso adoptando nuevas medidas nacionales aplicables a los buques que enarbolan su pabellón para evitar dicho transbordo;", "58. Insta a los Estados a que, individualmente y por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, adopten y pongan en práctica las medidas acordadas internacionalmente en relación con el mercado, de conformidad con el derecho internacional, incluidos los principios, derechos y obligaciones establecidos en los acuerdos de la Organización Mundial del Comercio, según se indica en el Plan de acción internacional para prevenir, desalentar y eliminar la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada;", "59. Alienta a que los Estados y demás agentes pertinentes intercambien información sobre las nuevas medidas relacionadas con el mercado y el comercio con los foros internacionales apropiados, habida cuenta de las posibles repercusiones de esas medidas para todos los Estados, en consonancia con el plan de trabajo establecido del Comité de Pesca y teniendo en cuenta las Directrices técnicas para el comercio pesquero responsable de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura¹¹;", "60. Observa la inquietud sobre las posibles conexiones entre la delincuencia organizada internacional y la pesca ilegal en algunas regiones del mundo, y alienta a los Estados a que, incluso a través de los foros y las organizaciones internacionales pertinentes, estudien las causas y los métodos de la pesca ilegal, así como los factores que contribuyen a ella, a fin de aumentar el conocimiento y la comprensión de las posibles conexiones mencionadas, y hagan públicos los resultados, y, a este respecto, toma nota del estudio publicado por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito sobre la delincuencia organizada transnacional en el sector de la pesca, teniendo en cuenta los distintos regímenes y recursos jurídicos aplicables a la pesca ilegal y a la delincuencia organizada internacional con arreglo al derecho internacional;", "V", "Seguimiento, control y vigilancia, cumplimiento y aplicación coercitiva", "61. Exhorta a los Estados a que, de conformidad con el derecho internacional, apliquen más estrictamente o, si no existen, aprueben medidas exhaustivas de seguimiento, control y vigilancia y planes de cumplimiento y aplicación coercitiva, individualmente y en el seno de las organizaciones o los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera en que participen, a fin de establecer un marco adecuado para promover el cumplimiento de las medidas convenidas de conservación y ordenación, e insta además a que mejore la coordinación entre todos los Estados y las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera que corresponda en esas actividades;", "62. Alienta a las organizaciones internacionales competentes, incluida la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura y las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera, a que prosigan su labor de formulación de directrices relativas al control de los buques de pesca por el Estado del pabellón;", "63. Insta a los Estados a que, individualmente y por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera competentes, establezcan sistemas obligatorios de seguimiento, control y vigilancia de buques, en particular a que exijan que todos los buques que pescan en alta mar vayan equipados con sistemas de vigilancia de buques tan pronto como sea posible, recordando que en el párrafo 62 de su resolución 63/112, de 5 de diciembre de 2008, se instaba a que se exigiera que los buques de pesca en gran escala fueran equipados con sistemas de vigilancia de buques a más tardar en diciembre de 2008, y a que intercambien la información sobre asuntos relacionados con la aplicación coercitiva de las leyes de pesca;", "64. Exhorta a los Estados a que, individualmente y por medio de las organizaciones o los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, y de acuerdo con el derecho internacional y el derecho interno, establezcan o mejoren sus listas positivas y negativas de buques que pesquen en zonas reguladas por las organizaciones y arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera competentes a fin de promover el cumplimiento de las medidas de conservación y ordenación y detectar los productos procedentes de capturas ilegales, no declaradas y no reglamentadas, y alienta a que haya una mayor coordinación entre todos los Estados y las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera para intercambiar y utilizar esa información, teniendo en cuenta las formas de cooperación con los Estados en desarrollo enunciadas en el artículo 25 del Acuerdo;", "65. Alienta a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura a que, en cooperación con los Estados, las organizaciones regionales de integración económica, la Organización Marítima Internacional y, según proceda, las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, agilice las iniciativas encaminadas a elaborar y gestionar un registro mundial exhaustivo, incluso con un sistema de identificador único de buques;", "66. Solicita a los Estados y a los organismos internacionales competentes que, de conformidad con el derecho internacional, formulen medidas más eficaces para determinar el origen del pescado o de los productos derivados de la pesca a fin de ayudar a los Estados importadores a identificar el pescado o los productos derivados de la pesca capturados en una forma que socave las medidas internacionales de conservación y ordenación convenidas con arreglo al derecho internacional, teniendo en cuenta las necesidades especiales de los Estados en desarrollo y las formas de cooperación con los Estados en desarrollo enunciadas en el artículo 25 del Acuerdo, y al mismo tiempo que, según lo establecido en las disposiciones 11.2.4, 11.2.5 y 11.2.6 del Código, reconozcan la importancia de que el pescado y los productos derivados de la pesca capturados de manera acorde con esas medidas internacionales tengan acceso a los mercados;", "67. Solicita a los Estados que adopten las medidas necesarias, de conformidad con el derecho internacional, para ayudar a evitar el acceso a los mercados internacionales del pescado y los productos derivados de la pesca capturados en una forma que socave las medidas de conservación y ordenación aplicables convenidas con arreglo al derecho internacional;", "68. Invita a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura a que informe sobre los progresos en la elaboración de directrices sobre las mejores prácticas para los sistemas de documentación de las capturas y para la rastreabilidad, con objeto de incluir esa información en el informe sobre la pesca que presentará el Secretario General a la Asamblea General en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones;", "69. Alienta a los Estados a que establezcan y emprendan actividades cooperativas de vigilancia y aplicación coercitiva, de conformidad con el derecho internacional, a fin de reforzar y mejorar los esfuerzos para asegurar el cumplimiento de las medidas de conservación y ordenación, y prevenir y desalentar la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada;", "70. Insta a los Estados a que, directamente y por medio de las organizaciones o los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, elaboren y aprueben medidas eficaces de seguimiento, control y vigilancia de los transbordos, según proceda, en particular los transbordos en el mar, con el objetivo, entre otros, de vigilar el cumplimiento y reunir y comprobar los datos relativos a la pesca, a que prevengan y repriman las actividades pesqueras ilegales, no declaradas y no reglamentadas, de conformidad con el derecho internacional, y a que, paralelamente, alienten y apoyen a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura en el estudio de las prácticas de transbordo vigentes y la preparación de un conjunto de directrices a esos efectos;", "71. Expresa su reconocimiento a los Estados por sus contribuciones financieras para mejorar la capacidad de la actual Red internacional para la cooperación y coordinación en las actividades de seguimiento, control y vigilancia relacionadas con la pesca, que tiene carácter voluntario, y los alienta a que se afilien a la Red y participen activamente en ella y a que consideren la posibilidad, cuando proceda, de transformarla, de conformidad con el derecho internacional, en una entidad internacional con recursos propios para ayudar mejor a sus miembros, teniendo en cuenta las formas de cooperación con los Estados en desarrollo enunciadas en el artículo 25 del Acuerdo;", "VI", "Capacidad de pesca excesiva", "72. Exhorta a los Estados a que se comprometan con urgencia a reducir la capacidad de las flotas pesqueras del mundo a niveles acordes con la sostenibilidad de las poblaciones de peces mediante el establecimiento de niveles máximos y planes u otros arreglos apropiados para realizar una evaluación continua de la capacidad, evitando al mismo tiempo la transferencia de capacidad de pesca a otras zonas o caladeros en una forma que socave la ordenación sostenible de las poblaciones de peces, incluidas las zonas donde las poblaciones de peces están siendo objeto de sobreexplotación o se encuentran agotadas, y reconociendo, en este contexto, los derechos legítimos de los Estados en desarrollo a desarrollar sus recursos pesqueros transzonales y altamente migratorios, con arreglo al artículo 25 del Acuerdo, al artículo 5 del Código y al párrafo 10 del Plan de acción internacional para la ordenación de la capacidad pesquera de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura⁷;", "73. Reitera su exhortación a los Estados para que, individualmente y por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, aseguren que se adopten cuanto antes las medidas urgentes previstas en el Plan de acción internacional para la ordenación de la capacidad pesquera y que se facilite sin demora su aplicación;", "74. Invita a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura a que informe sobre los progresos realizados en la aplicación del Plan de acción internacional para la ordenación de la capacidad pesquera, conforme a lo establecido en el párrafo 48 del Plan de acción;", "75. Exhorta a los Estados a que, individualmente y, según proceda, por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera competentes para regular las especies altamente migratorias, se ocupen con urgencia de la capacidad mundial de pesca de túnidos, entre otros, de modo que se reconozcan los derechos legítimos de los Estados en desarrollo, en particular de los pequeños Estados insulares en desarrollo, a participar en las pesquerías de túnidos y beneficiarse de ellas, teniendo en cuenta las recomendaciones de las Jornadas de trabajo internacionales conjuntas de las organizaciones regionales de ordenación pesquera de túnidos sobre ordenación de las pesquerías de túnidos, celebradas en Brisbane (Australia) del 29 de junio al 1 de julio de 2010, y las recomendaciones de la tercera reunión conjunta de organizaciones y arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera de túnidos, celebrada en julio de 2011;", "76. Alienta a los Estados que están cooperando para establecer organizaciones y arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera a que, teniendo presente la mejor información científica disponible, así como el criterio de precaución, apliquen restricciones voluntarias de los niveles de capacidad pesquera en las zonas que quedarán bajo el control de las futuras organizaciones y arreglos hasta que se aprueben y apliquen medidas regionales adecuadas de conservación y ordenación, teniendo en cuenta la necesidad de garantizar la conservación a largo plazo, la ordenación y el aprovechamiento sostenible de las poblaciones de peces de que se trate y evitar que se produzcan efectos adversos considerables en los ecosistemas marinos vulnerables;", "77. Insta a los Estados a que eliminen los subsidios que contribuyan a la sobrepesca y a la capacidad de pesca excesiva, así como a la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada, incluso agilizando la labor encaminada a concluir las negociaciones de la Organización Mundial del Comercio sobre los subsidios pesqueros, de conformidad con la Declaración Ministerial de Doha de 2001[19] para aclarar y mejorar las normas sobre subsidios de pesca y la Declaración Ministerial de Hong Kong de 2005[20] para fortalecerlas, teniendo en cuenta la importancia que reviste el sector pesquero para los países en desarrollo;", "VII", "Pesca de altura en gran escala con redes de enmalle y deriva", "78. Expresa preocupación porque, pese a la aprobación de su resolución 46/215, de 20 de diciembre de 1991, la práctica de la pesca de altura en gran escala con redes de enmalle y deriva sigue existiendo y constituyendo una amenaza para los recursos marinos vivos;", "79. Insta a los Estados a que, individualmente y por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, adopten medidas eficaces, o refuercen las medidas existentes, para aplicar y hacer cumplir lo dispuesto en la resolución 46/215 y las resoluciones posteriores sobre la pesca de altura en gran escala con redes de enmalle y deriva con el fin de eliminar el uso de grandes redes de enmalle y deriva en todos los mares y océanos, lo cual supone que la labor destinada a aplicar la resolución 46/215 no debe tener como consecuencia el traslado a otras partes del mundo de las redes de enmalle y deriva que no se ajusten a lo dispuesto en esa resolución;", "80. Insta también a los Estados a que, individualmente y por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, adopten medidas eficaces, o refuercen las medidas existentes, para aplicar y hacer cumplir la suspensión mundial en vigor de la pesca de altura en gran escala con redes de enmalle y deriva en alta mar, y exhorta a los Estados a que aseguren que los buques que enarbolan su pabellón y están debidamente autorizados para la pesca en gran escala con redes de enmalle y deriva en aguas situadas bajo su jurisdicción nacional no utilicen esos aparejos para la pesca en alta mar;", "81. Reafirma la solicitud que figura en el párrafo 6 de la resolución 46/215 de que se comunique información al Secretario General y solicita al Secretario General que incluya esa información en el informe que le presentará en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones;", "VIII", "Capturas incidentales y descartes", "82. Insta a los Estados, las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera y demás organizaciones internacionales competentes que no lo hayan hecho a que adopten medidas, teniendo en consideración los intereses de los Estados ribereños en desarrollo y, en su caso, las comunidades pesqueras de subsistencia, para reducir o eliminar las capturas incidentales, las capturas mediante aparejos perdidos o abandonados, los descartes y las pérdidas posteriores a la pesca, incluidos los de peces jóvenes, de conformidad con el derecho internacional y los instrumentos internacionales pertinentes, incluido el Código, y, en particular, a que estudien medidas que comprendan, según proceda, medidas técnicas relacionadas con el tamaño del pez o de la malla o con los aparejos, los descartes, las temporadas y zonas de veda y las zonas reservadas para determinado tipo de pesca, particularmente la pesca artesanal, el establecimiento de arreglos de transmisión de información sobre zonas de alta concentración de peces jóvenes, teniendo en cuenta la importancia de asegurar el carácter confidencial de esa información, y el apoyo a estudios e investigaciones que ayuden a reducir o eliminar las capturas incidentales de peces jóvenes, y a que garanticen la aplicación de esas medidas para lograr la máxima efectividad;", "83. Exhorta a los Estados a que, individualmente, de forma colectiva o por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, sigan estudiando, formulando y adoptando medidas eficaces de ordenación, teniendo en cuenta la mejor información científica disponible sobre métodos de pesca, incluidos los dispositivos de concentración de peces, para reducir al mínimo las capturas incidentales;", "84. Exhorta con urgencia a los Estados, las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera y, cuando proceda, a las demás organizaciones internacionales competentes, a que elaboren y apliquen medidas eficaces de ordenación para reducir la incidencia de las capturas incidentales, incluida la utilización de aparejos de pesca selectivos, cuando proceda;", "85. Exhorta a los Estados y las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera a que adopten medidas, o mejoren las medidas existentes, para evaluar los efectos de su pesca sobre las especies capturadas incidentalmente, a que mejoren la integridad y fiabilidad de la información y los informes presentados sobre la captura incidental de especies, incluso mediante la cobertura adecuada a través de observadores y el uso de tecnologías modernas, y a que presten asistencia a los Estados en desarrollo para que cumplan sus obligaciones en materia de reunión de datos y presentación de informes;", "86. Solicita a los Estados y las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, según proceda, que establezcan programas de reunión de datos, o refuercen los existentes, para obtener estimaciones fiables de las capturas incidentales de tiburones, tortugas marinas, peces de aleta, mamíferos marinos y aves marinas, y promuevan nuevas investigaciones sobre aparejos y prácticas de pesca selectivos y sobre el uso de medidas apropiadas de mitigación de las capturas incidentales;", "87. Alienta a los Estados y a las entidades a que se hace referencia en la Convención y en el artículo 1, párrafo 2 b), del Acuerdo a que consideren debidamente la posibilidad de participar, según proceda, en las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales encargados de la conservación de las especies capturadas incidentalmente durante las operaciones de pesca;", "88. Alienta a los Estados a que refuercen, en caso necesario, la capacidad de las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera en que participen para garantizar la conservación adecuada de las especies capturadas incidentalmente durante las operaciones de pesca, teniendo en cuenta las mejores prácticas de ordenación de estas especies, y a que aceleren las actividades que estén llevando a cabo en ese sentido;", "89. Solicita a los Estados y las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera que apliquen con urgencia, según proceda, las medidas recomendadas en las Directrices para reducir la mortalidad de las tortugas marinas debida a las operaciones de pesca, de 2004[21], y el Plan de acción internacional para la reducción de las capturas incidentales de aves marinas en la pesca con palangres de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura⁷, a fin de evitar la disminución de las poblaciones de tortugas y aves marinas minimizando las capturas incidentales y aumentando las tasas de supervivencia posterior a la liberación en sus actividades pesqueras, entre otros procedimientos mediante la investigación y el desarrollo de aparejos y cebos alternativos, la promoción del uso de las tecnologías que existen para reducir las capturas incidentales y el establecimiento y fortalecimiento de los programas de reunión de datos para obtener información normalizada que permita hacer estimaciones fiables de las capturas incidentales de esas especies;", "90. Solicita también a los Estados y las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera que actúen con urgencia para reducir la captura incidental de aves marinas, incluidos los albatros y petreles, en las pesquerías mediante la adopción y aplicación de medidas de conservación que se ajusten a las directrices técnicas de 2009 de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura sobre las mejores prácticas para apoyar la aplicación del Plan de acción internacional para la reducción de las capturas incidentales de aves marinas en la pesca con palangres¹¹ y teniendo en cuenta la labor realizada en el marco del Acuerdo sobre la conservación de albatros y petreles[22] y de organizaciones como la Comisión para la Conservación de los Recursos Vivos Marinos Antárticos;", "IX", "Cooperación subregional y regional", "91. Insta a los Estados ribereños y a los Estados que pescan en alta mar a que, de conformidad con la Convención, el Acuerdo y demás instrumentos pertinentes, cooperen en lo relativo a las poblaciones de peces transzonales y las poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios, directamente o por medio de las organizaciones o los arreglos subregionales o regionales de ordenación pesquera adecuados, a los efectos de la conservación y ordenación efectivas de esas poblaciones;", "92. Insta a los Estados que pescan poblaciones de peces transzonales y poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios en alta mar y a los Estados ribereños que corresponda a que, cuando exista una organización o un arreglo subregional o regional competente para establecer medidas de conservación y ordenación respecto de esas poblaciones, cumplan su obligación de cooperar afiliándose a esa organización, participando en ese arreglo o aceptando aplicar las medidas de conservación y ordenación establecidas por la organización o el arreglo, o bien aseguren que ningún buque que enarbole su pabellón reciba autorización para acceder a los recursos pesqueros de que se ocupen esas organizaciones y arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera o a los que se apliquen medidas de conservación y ordenación establecidas por dichas organizaciones o arreglos;", "93. Invita, a este respecto, a las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera a que aseguren que todos los Estados que tengan un interés real en las pesquerías de que se trate puedan afiliarse a esas organizaciones o participar en esos arreglos, de conformidad con la Convención, el Acuerdo y el Código;", "94. Alienta a los Estados ribereños que corresponda y a los Estados que pescan poblaciones de peces transzonales y poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios en alta mar a que, cuando no existan organizaciones ni arreglos subregionales o regionales de ordenación pesquera, establezcan medidas de conservación y ordenación de esas poblaciones, cooperen para establecer organizaciones de esa naturaleza o concierten otro arreglo adecuado para asegurar la conservación y ordenación de esas poblaciones y participen en la labor de tales organizaciones o arreglos;", "95. Insta a todos los Estados signatarios y a otros Estados cuyos buques faenan en la zona de la Convención sobre la conservación y ordenación de los recursos pesqueros del Océano Atlántico sudoriental[23] en busca de recursos pesqueros incluidos en esa convención a que, con carácter prioritario, se hagan partes en dicha convención y, entre tanto, aseguren que los buques que enarbolan su pabellón cumplan cabalmente las medidas adoptadas;", "96. Acoge con beneplácito la reciente ratificación del Acuerdo sobre la Pesca en el Sur del Océano Índico, alienta a los Estados signatarios y los Estados que tengan un interés real a que se hagan partes en dicho acuerdo e insta a esos Estados a que acuerden y apliquen medidas provisionales, incluidas medidas acordes con los párrafos 80 y 83 a 87 de la resolución 61/105 y los párrafos 117, 119, 120, 122 y 123 de la resolución 64/72, de 4 de diciembre de 2009, para asegurar la conservación y ordenación de los recursos pesqueros y sus ecosistemas y hábitats marinos en la zona en que se aplica el referido acuerdo hasta que este entre en vigor;", "97. Toma nota de las iniciativas emprendidas recientemente a nivel regional para promover las prácticas pesqueras responsables, en particular la lucha contra la pesca ilegal, no declarada y no reglamentada;", "98. Acoge con beneplácito las ratificaciones de la Convención para la Conservación y Ordenación de los Recursos Pesqueros de Alta Mar del Océano Pacífico Sur y las adhesiones a ella que han tenido lugar recientemente, y alienta a que se produzcan más ratificaciones, adhesiones, aceptaciones y aprobaciones de esa convención, con miras a su pronta entrada en vigor;", "99. Alienta a los Estados, las organizaciones regionales de integración económica y las entidades mencionadas en el artículo 1, párrafo 2 b), de la Convención para la Conservación y Ordenación de los Recursos Pesqueros de Alta Mar del Océano Pacífico Sur que participaron en la negociación de dicha convención a que apliquen plenamente las medidas provisionales voluntarias que se han adoptado para dar efecto a los párrafos 80 y 83 a 87 de la resolución 61/105 hasta que esa convención haya entrado en vigor y se hayan adoptado medidas de conservación y ordenación;", "100. Alienta también a los Estados, las organizaciones regionales de integración económica y las entidades mencionadas en el artículo 1, párrafo 2 b), de la Convención para la Conservación y Ordenación de los Recursos Pesqueros de Alta Mar del Océano Pacífico Sur que participaron en la negociación de dicha convención a que apliquen plenamente las medidas provisionales voluntarias que se han adoptado y restrinjan voluntariamente la actividad pesquera y las capturas para evitar la sobreexplotación de ciertos recursos de pesca de altura en la zona a la que se aplicará esa convención hasta que esta haya entrado en vigor y se hayan adoptado medidas de conservación y ordenación, y a que tengan en cuenta el asesoramiento científico proporcionado por el Grupo de Trabajo Científico cuando aprueben futuras medidas provisionales que deban aplicarse a determinados recursos de pesca de altura antes de que entre en vigor dicha convención, y pide además que se informe de las capturas de manera completa y veraz, conforme a lo previsto en las medidas provisionales;", "101. Observa con satisfacción la conclusión de las negociaciones para establecer una organización regional de ordenación pesquera en el Pacífico septentrional, y alienta a los Estados participantes a que apliquen plenamente las medidas provisionales voluntarias adoptadas de conformidad con lo dispuesto en los párrafos 80 y 83 a 87 de la resolución 61/105 y los párrafos 117, 119, 120, 122 y 123 de la resolución 64/72;", "102. Toma nota de los esfuerzos que están realizando los miembros de la Comisión del Atún para el Océano Índico con el fin de potenciar el funcionamiento de la Comisión de modo que pueda desempeñar su mandato con mayor eficacia, e invita a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura a que preste a los miembros de la Comisión toda la asistencia que requieran a tal efecto;", "103. Alienta a los Estados signatarios y los Estados que tengan un interés real a que se hagan partes en la Convención para el Fortalecimiento de la Comisión Interamericana del Atún Tropical establecida en virtud de la Convención de 1949 entre los Estados Unidos de América y la República de Costa Rica;", "104. Acoge con beneplácito que algunas partes contratantes en el Convenio sobre la futura cooperación multilateral en las pesquerías del Atlántico Noroeste[24] hayan aprobado recientemente la Enmienda de 2007 a ese convenio y alienta a las partes contratantes que aún no lo hayan hecho a que aprueben la enmienda para que entre en vigor prontamente;", "105. Insta a las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera a que, con carácter prioritario y de conformidad con el derecho internacional, sigan intentando fortalecer y modernizar sus mandatos y las medidas adoptadas por dichas organizaciones o arreglos y a que apliquen criterios modernos en materia de ordenación pesquera, como se refleja en el Acuerdo y demás instrumentos internacionales pertinentes, basándose para ello en la mejor información científica disponible y en el criterio de precaución e incorporando un enfoque ecosistémico a la ordenación pesquera y a las consideraciones relativas a la biodiversidad, incluidas la conservación y ordenación de las especies ecológicamente conexas y dependientes y la protección de sus hábitats, cuando esos elementos no estén presentes, para asegurar su contribución efectiva a la conservación a largo plazo, la ordenación y el aprovechamiento sostenible de los recursos marinos vivos, y acoge con beneplácito que diversas organizaciones y arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera hayan adoptado medidas en este sentido;", "106. Exhorta a las organizaciones regionales de ordenación pesquera competentes en la conservación y ordenación de las poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios que todavía no hayan adoptado medidas eficaces en ese sentido de acuerdo con la mejor información científica disponible para conservar y ordenar las poblaciones comprendidas en su mandato a que lo hagan con urgencia;", "107. Insta a los Estados a que fortalezcan y mejoren la cooperación entre las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera existentes y en desarrollo en los que participen, incluso aumentando la comunicación y la coordinación de las medidas, por medios como la celebración de consultas conjuntas, y a que refuercen la integración, la coordinación y la cooperación de tales organizaciones y arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera con otras organizaciones de pesca, arreglos de mares regionales y demás organizaciones internacionales competentes;", "108. Insta a las cinco organizaciones regionales de ordenación pesquera competentes para regular las especies altamente migratorias a que sigan adoptando medidas para aplicar la Línea de acción adoptada en la segunda reunión conjunta de organizaciones y arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera de túnidos, y a que estudien las recomendaciones de la tercera reunión conjunta de organizaciones y arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera de túnidos;", "109. Invita a los Estados y las organizaciones y arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera competentes para regular las poblaciones de peces transzonales a que compartan sus experiencias y buenas prácticas, por ejemplo considerando la posibilidad de organizar reuniones conjuntas, cuando corresponda;", "110. Insta a las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera a que aumenten la transparencia y aseguren que sus procesos de adopción de decisiones sean justos y transparentes, se basen en la mejor información científica disponible, incorporen el criterio de precaución y los enfoques ecosistémicos y tengan en cuenta los derechos de participación por medios como la elaboración de criterios transparentes para asignar oportunidades de pesca que reflejen, según proceda, las disposiciones pertinentes del Acuerdo, teniendo debidamente en cuenta, entre otras cosas, la situación de las poblaciones de que se trate y los diversos intereses en la pesquería;", "111. Acoge con beneplácito el examen de resultados de 2010 de la Organización Pesquera del Atlántico Sudoriental y el examen de resultados de 2011 de la Organización de Pesquerías del Atlántico Noroeste, así como el hecho de que varias organizaciones y arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera hayan concluido sus exámenes de resultados, y alienta a que las recomendaciones que surjan de sus respectivos exámenes se apliquen con carácter prioritario, según proceda;", "112. Insta a los Estados que no lo hayan hecho a que, por medio de su participación en las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, realicen con urgencia exámenes de los resultados de esas organizaciones y arreglos, ya sean iniciados por las propias organizaciones o arreglos o con asociados externos, incluso en cooperación con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, utilizando criterios transparentes basados en las disposiciones del Acuerdo y los demás instrumentos pertinentes y teniendo en cuenta las mejores prácticas de las organizaciones o los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera y, si procede, los criterios formulados por los Estados u otras organizaciones o arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, y alienta a que en dichos exámenes se incluya algún elemento de evaluación independiente y propuestas de medios que mejoren el funcionamiento de la organización o el arreglo regional de ordenación pesquera, según proceda;", "113. Alienta a las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera a que hagan públicas las conclusiones de tales exámenes de resultados, a que las sometan a debate conjuntamente y, además, a que consideren la posibilidad de realizar periódicamente ese tipo de exámenes;", "114. Insta a los Estados a que cooperen, teniendo en cuenta los mencionados exámenes de resultados, con el fin de elaborar directrices sobre las mejores prácticas para las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, y a que apliquen, en la medida de lo posible, esas directrices a las organizaciones y los arreglos en que participen;", "115. Alienta a que se formulen directrices regionales que los Estados puedan utilizar para imponer sanciones en caso de que los buques que enarbolen su pabellón y sus ciudadanos cometan infracciones, que se apliquen de conformidad con el derecho nacional y que sean suficientemente severas para asegurar de manera eficaz el cumplimiento de las normas, desalentar nuevas infracciones y privar a los infractores de los beneficios resultantes de sus actividades ilícitas, así como para evaluar sus sistemas de sanciones a fin de asegurar su eficacia con miras al cumplimiento de las normas y la disuasión de las infracciones;", "X", "Pesca responsable en el ecosistema marino", "116. Insta a los Estados a que, individualmente o por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, intensifiquen sus esfuerzos por aplicar a la pesca un enfoque ecosistémico, teniendo en cuenta el párrafo 30 d) del Plan de Aplicación de las Decisiones de Johannesburgo¹⁵;", "117. Alienta a los Estados a que, individualmente o por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera y demás organizaciones internacionales competentes, aseguren que la reunión de datos relativos a la pesca y los ecosistemas se realice de una manera coordinada e integrada que facilite su incorporación, cuando proceda, a las iniciativas mundiales de observación;", "118. Exhorta a los Estados y las organizaciones o arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera a que, trabajando en cooperación con otras organizaciones competentes, como la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, la Comisión Oceanográfica Intergubernamental y la Organización Meteorológica Mundial, adopten, según proceda, medidas para proteger los sistemas de obtención de datos oceanográficos mediante boyas ancladas en zonas que se encuentran fuera de la jurisdicción nacional de las acciones que entorpezcan su funcionamiento;", "119. Alienta a los Estados a que aumenten la investigación científica relativa al ecosistema marino de conformidad con el derecho internacional;", "120. Exhorta a los Estados, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura y otros organismos especializados, las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera, cuando corresponda, y otros organismos intergubernamentales competentes a que cooperen para lograr una acuicultura sostenible, incluso mediante el intercambio de información, la elaboración de normas equivalentes sobre cuestiones como la salud de los animales acuáticos y las relacionadas con la salud y la seguridad humanas, la evaluación de los posibles efectos positivos y negativos de la acuicultura, entre ellos los socioeconómicos, para el entorno marino y costero, incluida la biodiversidad, y la adopción de métodos y técnicas pertinentes para reducir al mínimo y mitigar sus efectos adversos, y, en ese sentido, alienta a que se aplique la Estrategia y plan para mejorar la información sobre la situación y las tendencias de la acuicultura de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, de 2007[25], como medio para mejorar y comprender la situación y las tendencias de la acuicultura;", "121. Exhorta a los Estados a que adopten medidas de inmediato, individualmente y por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, de conformidad con el criterio de precaución y los enfoques ecosistémicos, a fin de seguir aplicando las Directrices internacionales para la ordenación de las pesquerías de aguas profundas en alta mar de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, de 2008, (“las Directrices”)[26] con miras a ordenar de manera sostenible las poblaciones de peces y proteger los ecosistemas marinos vulnerables, como los montes marinos, los respiraderos hidrotérmicos y los arrecifes de coral de aguas frías, de las prácticas pesqueras destructivas, reconociendo la inmensa importancia y valor de los ecosistemas de aguas profundas y la biodiversidad que contienen;", "122. Reafirma la importancia de los párrafos 80 a 90 de la resolución 61/105 y los párrafos 113 a 127 de la resolución 64/72, en que se tratan los efectos de la pesca en los fondos marinos sobre los ecosistemas marinos vulnerables y la sostenibilidad a largo plazo de las poblaciones de peces de alta mar, así como las medidas enunciadas en esas resoluciones, y pone de relieve la necesidad de que todos los Estados y las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera pertinentes cumplan plenamente y con carácter urgente los compromisos contraídos en virtud de esos párrafos;", "123. Recuerda que nada de lo establecido en los párrafos de las resoluciones 61/105 y 64/72 y de la presente resolución referentes a los efectos de la pesca en los fondos marinos sobre los ecosistemas marinos vulnerables va en detrimento de los derechos soberanos de los Estados ribereños sobre su plataforma continental ni del ejercicio de la jurisdicción de dichos Estados respecto de su plataforma continental de conformidad con el derecho internacional, como se refleja en la Convención, en particular en su artículo 77;", "124. Observa, a este respecto, que los Estados ribereños han adoptado medidas de conservación en relación con su plataforma continental para abordar los efectos de la pesca en los fondos marinos sobre los ecosistemas marinos vulnerables, y que se están esforzando para asegurar el cumplimiento de esas medidas;", "125. Acoge con beneplácito los importantes avances realizados por los Estados, las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera y los Estados que participan en negociaciones para establecer una organización o arreglo regional de ordenación pesquera competente para regular la pesca en los fondos marinos en la aplicación de los párrafos 80 y 83 a 87 de la resolución 61/105 y los párrafos 113, 117 y 119 a 124 de la resolución 64/72 y en la labor encaminada a hacer frente a los efectos de la pesca en los fondos marinos sobre los ecosistemas marinos vulnerables;", "126. Acoge con beneplácito también la sustancial labor que realiza la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura en materia de ordenación de la pesca de profundidad en alta mar y la protección de los ecosistemas marinos vulnerables, e insta a los Estados y las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera a que aseguren que las medidas que adopten en relación con la ordenación sostenible de la pesca de profundidad y la aplicación de los párrafos 80 y 83 a 87 de la resolución 61/105 y los párrafos 119, 120 y 122 a 124 de la resolución 64/72 se ajusten a lo establecido en las Directrices;", "127. Toma nota del informe del taller de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura sobre los retos y la manera de avanzar en la aplicación de las Directrices, celebrado en Busan (República de Corea) del 10 al 12 de mayo de 2010[27];", "128. Acoge con beneplácito que el Secretario General, con arreglo al párrafo 128 de la resolución 64/72, organizara un taller para examinar la aplicación de los párrafos 80 y 83 a 87 de la resolución 61/105 y los párrafos 117 y 119 a 127 de la resolución 64/72, en que se tratan los efectos de la pesca en los fondos marinos sobre los ecosistemas marinos vulnerables y la sostenibilidad a largo plazo de las poblaciones de peces de aguas profundas, que se celebró en Nueva York los días 15 y 16 de septiembre de 2011;", "129. Considera, sobre la base del examen efectuado con arreglo al párrafo 129 de la resolución 64/72, que, pese a los avances realizados, las medidas urgentes indicadas en los párrafos pertinentes de las resoluciones 61/105 y 64/72 no se han aplicado plenamente en todos los casos y, en este contexto, es necesario adoptar más medidas de conformidad con el criterio de precaución, los enfoques ecosistémicos y el derecho internacional y ajustándose a las Directrices para contribuir a que las medidas previstas en dichos párrafos se sigan aplicando, y, a este respecto, exhorta a los Estados, por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera competentes para regular la pesca en los fondos marinos, a los Estados que participan en negociaciones para establecer esas organizaciones o arreglos y a los Estados del pabellón a que adopten urgentemente las siguientes medidas en relación con la pesca en los fondos marinos en zonas que se encuentren fuera de la jurisdicción nacional:", "a) Fortalecer los procedimientos existentes para realizar evaluaciones que permitan tener en cuenta los efectos individuales, colectivos y acumulativos y para poner esas evaluaciones a disposición del público, reconociendo que ello puede contribuir a la transparencia y la creación de capacidad en todo el mundo;", "b) Establecer procedimientos para asegurar que las evaluaciones se actualicen cuando haya nueva información o se den nuevas circunstancias que así lo exijan y mejorar los existentes;", "c) Establecer procedimientos para evaluar, examinar y revisar periódicamente las evaluaciones sobre la base de la mejor información científica y las mejores medidas de ordenación disponibles y mejorar los existentes;", "d) Establecer mecanismos para promover y mejorar el cumplimiento de las medidas aplicables en materia de protección de los ecosistemas marinos vulnerables, adoptados de conformidad con el derecho internacional;", "130. Observa que no todas las evaluaciones de los efectos se han puesto a disposición del público y exhorta a los Estados, de conformidad con el derecho interno, y a las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera a que publiquen sin demora todas las evaluaciones;", "131. Reconoce que diversos tipos de investigación científica marina, incluida la cartografía del fondo marino en distintas partes de los océanos, han permitido identificar áreas donde existen ecosistemas marinos vulnerables y adoptar medidas de conservación y ordenación para evitar que se produzcan efectos adversos considerables en esos ecosistemas, incluida la prohibición de la pesca en los fondos marinos de conformidad con el párrafo 119 b) de la resolución 64/72;", "132. Alienta, a este respecto, a las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera competentes para regular la pesca en los fondos marinos, a los Estados que participan en negociaciones para establecer esas organizaciones o arreglos y a los Estados del pabellón a que tengan en cuenta los resultados de las investigaciones científicas marinas que estén disponibles, incluidos los derivados de programas de cartografía del fondo marino destinados a identificar zonas que contengan ecosistemas marinos vulnerables, y adopten medidas de conservación y ordenación para evitar que se produzcan efectos adversos considerables en esos ecosistemas como consecuencia de la pesca en los fondos marinos, de conformidad con las Directrices, o prohíban la pesca en esos fondos marinos hasta que se adopten esas medidas de conservación y ordenación, y a que realicen más investigaciones científicas marinas con los fines antes mencionados, de conformidad con el derecho internacional, en particular la Parte XIII de la Convención;", "133. Alienta a los Estados, las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, y a los Estados que participan en negociaciones para establecer esas organizaciones o arreglos, a que lleven a cabo nuevas investigaciones sobre las especies y ecosistemas de aguas profundas y evaluaciones de las actividades pesqueras en relación con las especies que se desea pescar y con las que son objeto de captura incidental, de conformidad con las Directrices y con la Convención, incluida su Parte XIII;", "134. Reconoce en particular que los Estados en desarrollo experimentan circunstancias y tienen necesidades especiales y pueden tener problemas particulares para cumplir en su totalidad determinados aspectos técnicos de las Directrices, y que, al aplicar los párrafos 83 a 87 de la resolución 61/105, el párrafo 119 de la resolución 64/72, el párrafo 129 de la presente resolución y las Directrices, esos Estados deberían tener plenamente en cuenta la sección 6 de las Directrices, relativa a los requerimientos especiales de los países en desarrollo;", "135. Invita a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura a que, a fin de facilitar a los Estados y las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera la aplicación de las Directrices, considere la posibilidad de realizar las siguientes actividades en el marco de su programa sobre las pesquerías de aguas profundas:", "a) Compilar los protocolos para los hallazgos y las medidas de mitigación conexas, incluidos los umbrales y las distancias de alejamiento, aclarar su uso y proporcionar orientaciones técnicas al respecto;", "b) Elaborar orientaciones sobre la aplicación de los criterios para identificar ecosistemas marinos vulnerables que figuran en las Directrices;", "c) Elaborar orientaciones para la realización de evaluaciones, incluidas las evaluaciones de riesgos en relación con los efectos individuales, colectivos y acumulativos, y promover una mayor normalización de esas evaluaciones;", "d) Apoyar y facilitar la labor relativa a las evaluaciones de las poblaciones de aguas profundas en alta mar para asegurar la sostenibilidad de esas pesquerías;", "e) Continuar su labor de creación de una base de datos mundial sobre ecosistemas marinos vulnerables;", "136. Invita también a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura a que considere la posibilidad de convocar una reunión en que participen científicos de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera competentes para regular la pesca en los fondos marinos y los Estados, a fin de examinar las evaluaciones de los efectos con miras a proponer mejores prácticas, así como normas para la realización de esas evaluaciones, incluidas las evaluaciones de riesgos;", "137. Decide volver a examinar en 2015 las medidas adoptadas por los Estados y las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera en respuesta a los párrafos 117 y 119 a 127 de la resolución 64/72 y los párrafos 121, 126 y 129 a 136 de la presente resolución, con miras a asegurar la aplicación efectiva de las medidas que en ellos figuran y formular nuevas recomendaciones, en caso necesario;", "138. Alienta a que se avance con mayor rapidez en el establecimiento de criterios sobre los objetivos y la ordenación de las zonas marinas protegidas a los efectos de la pesca y, a este respecto, acoge con beneplácito la propuesta de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura de que, de conformidad con la Convención y el Código, se elaboren directrices técnicas sobre la determinación, el establecimiento y el ensayo de zonas marinas protegidas a esos efectos e insta a que haya cooperación y coordinación entre todas las organizaciones y los órganos internacionales competentes;", "139. Hace notar, a este respecto, que en la décima reunión de la Conferencia de las Partes en el Convenio sobre la Diversidad Biológica, celebrada en Nagoya (Japón) del 18 al 29 de octubre de 2010, se aprobó el nuevo Plan Estratégico para la Diversidad Biológica 2011‑2020[28];", "140. Insta a todos los Estados a que apliquen el Programa de Acción Mundial para la protección del medio marino frente a las actividades realizadas en tierra, de 1995[29], y aceleren las actividades encaminadas a salvaguardar el ecosistema marino, incluidas las poblaciones de peces, de la contaminación y la degradación física;", "141. Reconoce los graves efectos que tienen en el medio marino los aparejos de pesca perdidos, abandonados o descartados y alienta a los Estados a que adopten medidas para reducir dichos aparejos, haciendo notar las recomendaciones que figuran en el informe del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente y la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura correspondiente a 2009[30];", "142. Reafirma la importancia que concede a los párrafos 77 a 81 de su resolución 60/31, de 29 de noviembre de 2005, relativos a la cuestión de los aparejos de pesca perdidos, abandonados o descartados y los detritos marinos conexos y los efectos adversos que esos detritos y aparejos de pesca abandonados tienen, entre otras cosas, en las poblaciones de peces, los hábitats y otras especies marinas, e insta a que los Estados y las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera avancen con mayor rapidez en la aplicación de esos párrafos de la resolución;", "143. Alienta a que se realicen nuevos estudios, incluso a cargo de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, sobre los efectos del ruido subacuático en las poblaciones de peces y los índices de captura, así como los efectos socioeconómicos conexos;", "144. Exhorta a los Estados a que, incluso por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, participen activamente en los esfuerzos mundiales por conservar y utilizar en forma sostenible los recursos marinos vivos a fin de contribuir a la diversidad biológica marina;", "145. Alienta a los Estados a que, individualmente o por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, según corresponda, determinen las zonas de reproducción y cría de poblaciones de peces en su jurisdicción o ámbito de competencia y, cuando sea necesario, adopten medidas con base científica para conservar tales poblaciones en esas etapas críticas de la vida;", "XI", "Creación de capacidad", "146. Reitera la importancia crucial de que los Estados cooperen directamente o, según proceda, por medio de las organizaciones subregionales y regionales competentes, así como de otras organizaciones internacionales, como la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura por conducto de su programa FishCode, incluso con asistencia financiera o técnica, de conformidad con el Acuerdo, el Acuerdo de Cumplimiento, el Código y sus planes de acción internacionales conexos⁷, con objeto de aumentar la capacidad de los Estados en desarrollo para alcanzar los objetivos y poner en práctica las medidas que se indican en la presente resolución;", "147. Acoge con beneplácito la labor que realiza la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura con miras a orientar sobre las estrategias y medidas necesarias a fin de crear un entorno propicio para la pesca en pequeña escala, y alienta a que se hagan estudios para establecer posibles medios de vida alternativos en las comunidades costeras;", "148. Alienta a los Estados, las instituciones financieras internacionales y las organizaciones y los organismos intergubernamentales competentes a que, en forma compatible con la sostenibilidad ambiental, incrementen la creación de capacidad de los pescadores, especialmente de los pescadores que operan en pequeña escala, de los países en desarrollo, en particular de los pequeños Estados insulares en desarrollo, y les presten mayor asistencia técnica, como reconocimiento de que la seguridad alimentaria y los medios de vida pueden depender de la pesca;", "149. Alienta a la comunidad internacional a que fomente las oportunidades de desarrollo sostenible en los países en desarrollo, en particular los países menos adelantados, los pequeños Estados insulares en desarrollo y los Estados ribereños de África, impulsando una mayor participación de esos Estados en las actividades pesqueras autorizadas que realizan en las zonas que se encuentran bajo su jurisdicción nacional los países que faenan en aguas distantes, de conformidad con la Convención, a fin de que los países en desarrollo obtengan un mayor beneficio económico de los recursos pesqueros de las zonas que se encuentran bajo su jurisdicción nacional y participen más en las actividades regionales de ordenación pesquera, así como fomentando la capacidad de los países en desarrollo para desarrollar sus propias pesquerías y participar en la pesca en alta mar, incluido el acceso a esas pesquerías, de conformidad con el derecho internacional, en particular la Convención y el Acuerdo, y teniendo en cuenta el artículo 5 del Código;", "150. Solicita a los países que faenan en aguas distantes que, cuando negocien acuerdos y arreglos de acceso con los Estados ribereños en desarrollo, lo hagan de manera equitativa y sostenible y tengan en cuenta la legítima expectativa de estos de beneficiarse plenamente del uso sostenible de los recursos naturales de sus zonas económicas exclusivas, aseguren que los buques que enarbolen su pabellón cumplan las leyes y reglamentos de los Estados ribereños en desarrollo aprobados de conformidad con el derecho internacional y presten más atención al procesamiento del pescado y las instalaciones conexas situadas en la jurisdicción nacional de los Estados ribereños en desarrollo para ayudarlos a hacer efectivos los beneficios del desarrollo de los recursos pesqueros y también a la transferencia de tecnología y la prestación de asistencia para el seguimiento, control y vigilancia, cumplimiento y aplicación coercitiva en las zonas que se encuentran bajo la jurisdicción nacional del Estado ribereño en desarrollo que proporciona el acceso a los caladeros, teniendo en cuenta las formas de cooperación establecidas en el artículo 25 del Acuerdo y el artículo 5 del Código;", "151. Alienta a los Estados a que, individualmente y por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, presten más asistencia a los Estados en desarrollo y promuevan la coherencia en dicha asistencia a fin de que puedan formular, establecer y aplicar los acuerdos, instrumentos y arreglos pertinentes para la conservación y la ordenación sostenible de las poblaciones de peces, incluso para formular y reforzar sus normativas internas de regulación pesquera y las de las organizaciones o los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera de sus regiones, y fomenten la capacidad científica y de investigación por conducto de los fondos existentes, como el Fondo de Asistencia establecido en virtud de la Parte VII del Acuerdo, la asistencia bilateral, los fondos de asistencia de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, el programa FishCode, el programa mundial de pesca del Banco Mundial y el Fondo para el Medio Ambiente Mundial;", "152. Alienta a los Estados a que presten apoyo técnico y financiero a los países en desarrollo para que hagan frente a sus necesidades y problemas especiales en relación con la aplicación de las Directrices;", "153. Exhorta a los Estados a que promuevan, mediante el diálogo permanente y la asistencia y la cooperación prestadas de conformidad con los artículos 24 a 26 del Acuerdo, nuevas ratificaciones del Acuerdo o adhesiones a este tratando de resolver, entre otras, la cuestión de la falta de capacidad y de recursos que puede dificultar que algunos Estados en desarrollo se hagan partes;", "154. Observa con aprecio la compilación preparada por la Secretaría de las necesidades de los Estados en desarrollo en materia de creación de capacidad y asistencia respecto de la conservación y ordenación de las poblaciones de peces transzonales y las poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios, así como las fuentes de asistencia a que pueden recurrir los Estados en desarrollo para atender esas necesidades[31];", "155. Alienta a los Estados, las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera y demás organismos competentes a que asistan a los Estados en desarrollo en la aplicación de las medidas que se enuncian en los párrafos 80 y 83 a 87 de la resolución 61/105 y los párrafos 113, 117 y 119 a 124 de la resolución 64/72;", "156. Insta a los Estados y las organizaciones regionales de integración económica a que, individualmente y por medio de las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera, incorporen los esfuerzos para ayudar a los Estados en desarrollo, en particular los países menos adelantados y los pequeños Estados insulares en desarrollo, en otras estrategias internacionales de desarrollo pertinentes con miras a mejorar la coordinación internacional, a fin de que puedan desarrollar su capacidad nacional de explotar los recursos pesqueros, de conformidad con el deber de asegurar la conservación y ordenación de esos recursos, y, a este respecto, solicita al Secretario General que movilice plenamente a los organismos, fondos y programas del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, incluso en el nivel de las comisiones económicas regionales, y los coordine en el marco de sus mandatos respectivos;", "157. Solicita a los Estados y las organizaciones regionales de ordenación pesquera que elaboren estrategias para seguir ayudando a los Estados en desarrollo, en particular los países menos adelantados y los pequeños Estados insulares en desarrollo, a aprovechar plenamente los beneficios de la pesca de poblaciones de peces transzonales y poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios y a intensificar los esfuerzos regionales por conservar y ordenar en forma sostenible dichas poblaciones, y que, a este respecto, proporcionen la información conexa;", "XII", "Cooperación en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas", "158. Solicita a los componentes que corresponda del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, las instituciones financieras internacionales y los organismos donantes que presten apoyo a las organizaciones regionales de ordenación pesquera y a sus Estados miembros para incrementar su capacidad en materia de cumplimiento y aplicación coercitiva;", "159. Invita a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura a que mantenga sus acuerdos de cooperación con los organismos de las Naciones Unidas para aplicar los planes de acción internacionales y a que proporcione al Secretario General información sobre las prioridades en la cooperación y la coordinación de esa labor para que la incluya en su informe anual sobre la pesca sostenible;", "XIII", "Actividades de la División de Asuntos Oceánicos y del Derecho del Mar", "160. Expresa su reconocimiento al Secretario General por el informe sobre las medidas adoptadas por los Estados y las organizaciones y los arreglos regionales de ordenación pesquera en respuesta a los párrafos 80 y 83 a 87 de la resolución 61/105 y los párrafos 113 a 117 y 119 a 127 de la resolución 64/72, relativas a la pesca sostenible, en que se tratan los efectos de la pesca en los fondos marinos sobre los ecosistemas marinos vulnerables y la sostenibilidad a largo plazo de las poblaciones de peces de aguas profundas, preparado por la División[32], así como por las demás actividades de la División, que reflejan la alta calidad de la asistencia que presta a los Estados Miembros;", "161. Solicita al Secretario General que siga ejerciendo las funciones y responsabilidades que se le confían en virtud de la Convención, el Acuerdo y las resoluciones conexas de la Asamblea General, y que asegure que se asignen a la División recursos suficientes para desempeñar sus funciones en el marco del presupuesto aprobado de la Organización;", "XIV", "Sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones de la Asamblea General", "162. Solicita al Secretario General que señale la presente resolución a la atención de todos los Estados, las organizaciones intergubernamentales competentes, las organizaciones y los organismos del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, las organizaciones subregionales y regionales de ordenación pesquera y las organizaciones no gubernamentales que corresponda, y los invite a que le proporcionen información pertinente para su aplicación;", "163. Solicita también al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente un informe referente a la pesca sostenible, incluso mediante el Acuerdo de 1995 sobre la aplicación de las disposiciones de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar de 10 de diciembre de 1982 relativas a la conservación y ordenación de las poblaciones de peces transzonales y las poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios, e instrumentos conexos, en que se tenga en cuenta la información proporcionada por los Estados, los organismos especializados competentes, en particular la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, y otros órganos, organizaciones y programas competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, las organizaciones y los arreglos subregionales y regionales de conservación y ordenación de las poblaciones de peces transzonales y las poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios, así como otros órganos intergubernamentales y organizaciones no gubernamentales competentes, y en que figuren, entre otros, los elementos indicados en los párrafos pertinentes de la presente resolución;", "164. Hace notar el deseo de seguir aumentando la eficiencia de las consultas oficiosas relativas a su resolución anual sobre la pesca sostenible, así como la participación efectiva de las delegaciones en esas consultas, decide que las consultas oficiosas sobre esa resolución se celebrarán en una sola ronda de consultas en noviembre, durante seis días, e invita a los Estados a que presenten al Coordinador de las consultas oficiosas los textos propuestos para que sean incluidos en la resolución a más tardar cuatro semanas antes del comienzo de las consultas;", "165. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, en relación con el tema titulado “Los océanos y el derecho del mar”, el subtema titulado “La pesca sostenible, incluso mediante el Acuerdo de 1995 sobre la aplicación de las disposiciones de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar de 10 de diciembre de 1982 relativas a la conservación y ordenación de las poblaciones de peces transzonales y las poblaciones de peces altamente migratorios, e instrumentos conexos”, y considerar la posibilidad de incluir este subtema en los programas provisionales futuros cada dos años.", "76ª sesión plenaria 6 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1834, núm. 31363.", "[2]  Ibid., vol. 2167, núm. 37924.", "[3]  Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Resultados de la Reunión Ministerial sobre Pesca, Roma, 12 de marzo de 2005 (CL 128/INF/11), apéndice B.", "[4]  Instrumentos relativos a la pesca internacional con un índice alfabético por temas (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.98.V.11), secc. III.", "[5]  Véase Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Informe del 29º período de sesiones del Comité de Pesca, Roma, 31 de enero a 4 de febrero de 2011, FAO, Informe de Pesca y Acuicultura núm. 973 [FIPI/R973 (Es)].", "[6]  Se puede consultar en www.fao.org/corp/publications/es.", "[7]  Se puede consultar en www.fao.org/fishery/publications/es.", "[8]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2221, núm. 39486.", "[9]  Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Informe de la Conferencia de la FAO, 36º período de sesiones, Roma, 18 a 23 de noviembre de 2009 (C 2009/REP y Corr.3), apéndice E.", "[10]  Se pueden consultar en www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2296t/i2296t00.htm.", "[11]  Se pueden consultar en www.fao.org/fishery/publications/technical-guidelines/es.", "[12]  Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Informe de la Consulta técnica sobre la elaboración de directrices internacionales para la ordenación de las capturas incidentales y la reducción de los descartes, Roma, 6 a 10 de diciembre de 2010, FAO, Informe de Pesca y Acuicultura núm. 957 [FIRO/R957 (Es)], apéndice E.", "[13]  E/CN.17/2002/PC.2/3, anexo.", "[14]  Véase Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente, documento UNEP/CBD/COP/7/21, anexo.", "[15]  Informe de la Cumbre Mundial sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, Johannesburgo (Sudáfrica), 26 de agosto a 4 de septiembre de 2002 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.03.II.A.1 y corrección), cap. I, resolución 2, anexo.", "[16]  Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Informe del 25° período de sesiones del Comité de Pesca, Roma, 24 a 28 de febrero de 2003, FAO, Informe de Pesca núm. 702 [FIPL/R702 (Es)], apéndice H.", "[17]  Véase A/CONF.210/2006/15, anexo.", "[18]  Véase A/CONF.210/2010/7, anexo.", "[19]  A/C.2/56/7, anexo.", "[20]  Organización Mundial del Comercio, documento WT/MIN(05)/DEC.", "[21]  Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Informe de la Consulta Técnica sobre la Conservación de las Tortugas Marinas y la Pesca, Bangkok (Tailandia), 29 de noviembre a 2 de diciembre de 2004, FAO, Informe de Pesca núm. 765 [FIRM/R765 (Es)], apéndice E.", "[22]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2258, núm. 40228.", "[23]  Ibid., vol. 2221, núm. 39489.", "[24]  Ibid., vol. 1135, núm. 17799.", "[25]  Se puede consultar en www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0445t/i0445t00.htm.", "[26]  Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Informe de la Consulta técnica sobre las Directrices internacionales para la ordenación de las pesquerías de aguas profundas en alta mar, Roma, 4 a 8 de febrero y 25 a 29 de agosto de 2008, FAO, Informe de Pesca y Acuicultura núm. 881 [FIEP/R881 (Tri)], apéndice F.", "[27]  Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, Report of the FAO Workshop on the Implementation of the International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas – Challenges and Ways Forward, Busan, Republic of Korea, 10–12 May 2010, FAO, Informe de Pesca y Acuicultura núm. 948 [FIPI/R948 (En)].", "[28]  Véase Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente, documento UNEP/CBD/COP/10/27, anexo, decisión X/2.", "[29]  Véase A/51/116, anexo II.", "[30]  Se puede consultar en www.fao.org/docrep/015/i0620s/i0620s00.htm.", "[31]   Se puede consultar en www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/fishstocksmeetings/compilation2009updated.pdf.", "[32]  A/66/307." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.22 and Add.1)]", "66/68. Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming its annual resolutions on sustainable fisheries, including resolution 65/38 of 7 December 2010, and other relevant resolutions,", "Recalling the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“the Convention”),[1] and bearing in mind the relationship between the Convention and the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (“the Agreement”),[2]", "Welcoming the recent ratifications of and accessions to the Agreement and the fact that a growing number of States, entities referred to in the Convention and in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement, and subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, have taken measures, as appropriate, towards the implementation of the provisions of the Agreement,", "Welcoming also the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and its Committee on Fisheries and the 2005 Rome Declaration on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing, adopted on 12 March 2005,[3] and recognizing that the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (“the Code”)[4] and other related instruments, including its international plans of action, set out principles and global standards of behaviour for responsible practices for conservation of fisheries resources and the management and development of fisheries,", "Welcoming further the outcomes, including the decisions and recommendations, of the twenty-ninth session of the Committee on Fisheries, held in Rome from 31 January to 4 February 2011,[5]", "Noting with concern that effective management of marine capture fisheries has been made difficult in some areas by unreliable information and data caused by, inter alia, unreported and misreported fish catch and fishing effort and that this lack of accurate data contributes to overfishing in some areas,", "Recognizing the significant contribution of sustainable fisheries to food security, income, wealth and poverty alleviation for present and future generations,", "Welcoming in this regard the decision of the Committee on Fisheries at its twenty-ninth session that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations should develop a new international instrument on small-scale fisheries that would draw on relevant existing instruments, complementing the Code, and that should be voluntary in nature and focus on the needs of developing countries,⁵", "Recognizing the urgent need for action at all levels to ensure the long-term sustainable use and management of fisheries resources through the wide application of the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches,", "Expressing concern over the current and projected adverse effects of climate change on food security and the sustainability of fisheries, and noting in that regard the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Environment Programme,", "Deploring the fact that fish stocks, including straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, in many parts of the world are overfished or subject to sparsely regulated and heavy fishing efforts, as a result of, inter alia, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, inadequate flag State control and enforcement, including monitoring, control and surveillance measures, inadequate regulatory measures, harmful fisheries subsidies and overcapacity, as well as inadequate port State control, as highlighted in the report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2010,[6]", "Expressing its support for the ongoing negotiations in the World Trade Organization to strengthen disciplines on subsidies in the fisheries sector, including through the prohibition of certain forms of fisheries subsidies that contribute to overcapacity and overfishing,", "Concerned that a limited number of States have taken measures to implement, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,[7]", "Recalling the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,⁷", "Particularly concerned that illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing constitutes a serious threat to fish stocks and marine habitats and ecosystems, to the detriment of sustainable fisheries as well as the food security and the economies of many States, particularly developing States,", "Concerned that some operators increasingly take advantage of the globalization of fishery markets to trade fishery products stemming from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and make economic profits from those operations, which constitutes an incentive for them to pursue their activities,", "Recognizing that effective deterrence and combating of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing has significant financial and other resource implications,", "Recognizing also the duty provided in the Convention, the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas (“the Compliance Agreement”),[8] the Agreement and the Code for flag States to exercise effective control over fishing vessels flying their flag, and vessels flying their flag which provide support to fishing vessels, to ensure that the activities of such fishing and support vessels do not undermine the effectiveness of conservation and management measures taken in accordance with international law and adopted at the national, subregional, regional or global levels,", "Recognizing further the importance of adequately regulating, monitoring and controlling trans-shipment at sea to contribute to combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities,", "Acknowledging the convening by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations of the Technical Consultation on Flag State Performance, in Rome from 2 to 6 May 2011, and noting the resumed session of the Technical Consultation, to be held in Rome from 5 to 9 March 2012,", "Noting the obligation of all States, in accordance with international law, as reflected in the relevant provisions of the Convention, to cooperate in the conservation and management of living marine resources, and recognizing the importance of coordination and cooperation at the global, regional, subregional as well as national levels in the areas, inter alia, of marine scientific research, data collection, information-sharing, capacity-building and training for the conservation, management and sustainable development of living marine resources,", "Welcoming the holding of the third joint meeting of the five regional fisheries management organizations with competence to regulate highly migratory species, in San Diego, United States of America, from 12 to 14 July 2011,", "Acknowledging the importance of ocean data buoy systems moored in areas beyond national jurisdiction to sustainable development, promoting safety at sea and limiting human vulnerability to natural disasters, due to their use in weather and marine forecasts, fisheries management, tsunami forecasts and climate prediction, and expressing concern that most damage to ocean data buoys, such as moored buoys and tsunameters, frequently results from actions taken by some fishing operations which render the buoys inoperable,", "Welcoming, in this regard, the adoption of measures by States, individually or through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to protect ocean data buoy systems from the impacts of fishing activities,", "Recognizing the need for States, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to continue to develop and implement, consistent with international law, effective port State measures to combat overfishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, the critical need for cooperation with developing States to build their capacity, and the importance of cooperation between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Maritime Organization in this regard,", "Noting with satisfaction the recent ratification of, accessions to and approval of the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,[9]", "Welcoming the decision of the Committee on Fisheries at its twenty-ninth session that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations should form an open-ended working group or similar mechanism to draft terms of reference for the ad hoc working group envisioned in article 21 of the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing,⁵", "Welcoming also the convening of the third Global Fisheries Enforcement Training Workshop, in Maputo from 28 February to 4 March 2011,", "Concerned that marine pollution from all sources constitutes a serious threat to human health and safety, endangers fish stocks, marine biodiversity and marine and coastal habitats and has significant costs to local and national economies,", "Recognizing that marine debris is a global transboundary pollution problem and that, due to the many different types and sources of marine debris, different approaches to their prevention and removal are necessary,", "Noting that the contribution of sustainable aquaculture to global fish supplies continues to respond to opportunities in developing countries to enhance local food security and poverty alleviation and, together with the efforts of other aquaculture-producing countries, will make a significant contribution to meeting future demands in fish consumption, bearing in mind article 9 of the Code,", "Reaffirming the importance of sustainable aquaculture to food security, and concerned about the potential effects of genetically engineered aquatic fish species on the health and sustainability of wild fish stocks,", "Welcoming the approval by the Committee on Fisheries at its twenty-ninth session of Technical Guidelines on Aquaculture Certification,[10]", "Noting the publication in 2011 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations of Technical Guidelines on the Use of Wild Fish as Feed in Aquaculture,[11]", "Calling attention to the particular vulnerabilities of small island developing States, other developing coastal States and subsistence fishing communities whose livelihoods, economic development and food security are heavily dependent on sustainable fisheries and will suffer disproportionately if sustainable fisheries are negatively affected,", "Calling attention also to the circumstances affecting fisheries in many developing States, in particular African States and small island developing States, and recognizing the urgent need for capacity-building, including the transfer of marine technology and in particular fisheries-related technology, to enhance the ability of such States to exercise their rights in order to realize the benefits from fisheries resources and fulfil their obligations under international instruments,", "Recognizing the need for appropriate measures to minimize by-catch, waste, discards, including high-grading, loss of fishing gear and other factors which adversely affect the sustainability of fish stocks and, consequently, can also have harmful effects on the economies and food security of small island developing States, other developing coastal States, and subsistence fishing communities,", "Welcoming the endorsement by the Committee on Fisheries at its twenty-ninth session of the International Guidelines on By-catch Management and Reduction of Discards,[12]", "Recognizing the need to further integrate ecosystem approaches into fisheries conservation and management and, more generally, the importance of applying ecosystem approaches to the management of human activities in the ocean, and noting in this regard the Reykjavik Declaration on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem,[13] the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations related to guidelines for the implementation of the ecosystem approach to fisheries management and the importance of this approach to relevant provisions of the Agreement and the Code, as well as decision VII/11[14] and other relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity,", "Recognizing also the economic and cultural importance of sharks in many countries, the biological importance of sharks in the marine ecosystem as key predatory species, the vulnerability of certain shark species to overexploitation, the fact that some are threatened with extinction, the need for measures to promote the long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of shark populations and fisheries, and the relevance of the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in 1999,⁷ in providing guidance on the development of such measures,", "Reaffirming its support for the initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and relevant subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements on the conservation and management of sharks, and noting with concern that basic data on shark stocks and harvests continue to be lacking, that only a small number of countries have implemented the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks, and that not all regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements have adopted conservation and management measures for directed shark fisheries and for the regulation of by-catch of sharks from other fisheries,", "Welcoming science-based measures taken by States to conserve and sustainably manage sharks, and noting in this respect management measures taken by coastal States, including limits on catch or fishing effort, technical measures, including by-catch reduction measures, sanctuaries, closed seasons and monitoring, control and surveillance,", "Recognizing the importance of marine species occupying low trophic levels in the ecosystem and for food security, and the need to ensure their long-term sustainability,", "Expressing concern over continued incidental mortality, in fishing operations, of seabirds, particularly albatrosses and petrels, as well as other marine species, including sharks, fin-fish species, marine mammals and marine turtles, while recognizing considerable efforts by States and through various regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to reduce incidental mortality as a result of by-catch,", "I", "Achieving sustainable fisheries", "1. Reaffirms the importance it attaches to the long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of the living marine resources of the world’s oceans and seas and the obligations of States to cooperate to this end, in accordance with international law, as reflected in the relevant provisions of the Convention,¹ in particular the provisions on cooperation set out in Part V and Part VII, section 2, of the Convention, and where applicable, the Agreement;²", "2. Encourages States to give due priority to the implementation of the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”)[15] in relation to achieving sustainable fisheries, especially restoring depleted stocks to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield on an urgent basis and, where possible, not later than 2015;", "3. Emphasizes the importance of addressing the sustainable development of fisheries in the context of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, and recognizing the significant contribution of fisheries to the three pillars of sustainable development;", "4. Urges States, either directly or through appropriate subregional, regional or global organizations or arrangements, to intensify efforts to assess and address, as appropriate, the impacts of global climate change on the sustainability of fish stocks and the habitats that support them, in particular the most affected ones;", "5. Emphasizes the obligations of flag States to discharge their responsibilities, in accordance with the Convention and the Agreement, to ensure compliance by vessels flying their flag with the conservation and management measures adopted and in force with respect to fisheries resources on the high seas;", "6. Calls upon all States that have not done so, in order to achieve the goal of universal participation, to become parties to the Convention, which sets out the legal framework within which all activities in the oceans and seas must be carried out, taking into account the relationship between the Convention and the Agreement;", "7. Calls upon all States, directly or through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to apply widely, in accordance with international law and the Code,⁴ the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches to the conservation, management and exploitation of fish stocks, and also calls upon States parties to the Agreement to implement fully the provisions of article 6 of the Agreement as a matter of priority;", "8. Encourages States to increase their reliance on scientific advice in developing, adopting and implementing conservation and management measures, and to increase their efforts, including through international cooperation, to promote science for conservation and management measures that apply, in accordance with international law, the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches to fisheries management, enhancing understanding of ecosystem approaches, in order to ensure the long-term conservation and sustainable use of living marine resources, and in this regard encourages the implementation of the Strategy for Improving Information on Status and Trends of Capture Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations[16] as a framework for the improvement and understanding of fishery status and trends;", "9. Calls upon all States, directly or through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to apply stock-specific precautionary reference points, as described in annex II to the Agreement and in the Code, to ensure that populations of harvested stocks and, where necessary, associated or dependent species, are maintained at or restored to sustainable levels, and to use these reference points for triggering conservation and management action;", "10. Encourages States to apply the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches in adopting and implementing conservation and management measures addressing, inter alia, by-catch, pollution and overfishing, and protecting habitats of specific concern, taking into account existing guidelines developed by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;", "11. Also encourages States to enhance or develop observer programmes, individually or through regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, in order to improve data collection on, inter alia, target and by-catch species, which could also assist monitoring, control and surveillance tools, and to take into account standards, forms of cooperation and other existing structures for such programmes as described in article 25 of the Agreement and article 5 of the Code;", "12. Calls upon States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to collect and, where appropriate, report to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations required catch and effort data, and fishery-related information, in a complete, accurate and timely way, including for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks within and beyond areas under national jurisdiction, discrete high seas fish stocks, and by-catch and discards; and, where they do not exist, to establish processes to strengthen data collection and reporting by members of regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, including through regular reviews of member compliance with such obligations, and, when such obligations are not met, require the member concerned to rectify the problem, including through the preparation of plans of action with timelines;", "13. Invites States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to cooperate with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in the implementation and further development of the Fisheries Resources Monitoring System initiative;", "14. Reaffirms paragraph 10 of resolution 61/105 of 8 December 2006, and calls upon States, including through regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, to urgently adopt measures to fully implement the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks⁷ for directed and non‑directed shark fisheries, based on the best available scientific information, through, inter alia, limits on catch or fishing effort, by requiring that vessels flying their flag collect and regularly report data on shark catches, including species-specific data, discards and landings, undertaking, including through international cooperation, comprehensive stock assessments of sharks, reducing shark by-catch and by-catch mortality and, where scientific information is uncertain or inadequate, not increasing fishing effort in directed shark fisheries until measures have been established to ensure the long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of shark stocks and to prevent further declines of vulnerable or threatened shark stocks;", "15. Calls upon States to take immediate and concerted action to improve the implementation of and compliance with existing regional fisheries management organization or arrangement and national measures that regulate shark fisheries and incidental catch of sharks, in particular those measures which prohibit or restrict fisheries conducted solely for the purpose of harvesting shark fins and, where necessary, to consider taking other measures, as appropriate, such as requiring that all sharks be landed with each fin naturally attached;", "16. Calls upon regional fisheries management organizations with the competence to regulate highly migratory species to strengthen or establish precautionary, science-based conservation and management measures, as appropriate, for sharks taken in fisheries within their convention areas consistent with the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks;", "17. Welcomes the decision of the Committee on Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations at its twenty-ninth session that the Organization should prepare a report on the extent of implementation of the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks,⁵ and requests the Organization also to report on the challenges being faced by its members States in implementing that instrument and paragraph 14 of the present resolution;", "18. Urges States to eliminate barriers to trade in fish and fisheries products which are not consistent with their rights and obligations under the World Trade Organization agreements, taking into account the importance of the trade in fish and fisheries products, particularly for developing countries;", "19. Urges States and relevant international and national organizations to provide for the participation of small-scale fishery stakeholders in related policy development and fisheries management strategies in order to achieve long-term sustainability for such fisheries, consistent with the duty to ensure the proper conservation and management of fisheries resources;", "20. Encourages States, either directly or through competent and appropriate subregional, regional or global organizations and arrangements, to analyse, as appropriate, the impact of fishing for marine species occupying low trophic levels;", "21. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to consider the potential effects of genetically engineered fish species on the health and sustainability of wild fish stocks and to provide guidance, consistent with the Code, on minimizing harmful impacts in this regard;", "II", "Implementation of the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks", "22. Calls upon all States, and entities referred to in the Convention and in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement, that have not done so to ratify or accede to the Agreement and in the interim to consider applying it provisionally;", "23. Calls upon States parties to the Agreement to effectively implement, as a matter of priority, the provisions of the Agreement through their domestic legislation and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in which they participate;", "24. Emphasizes the importance of those provisions of the Agreement relating to bilateral, subregional and regional cooperation in enforcement, and urges continued efforts in this regard;", "25. Urges States parties to the Agreement, in accordance with article 21, paragraph 4, thereof to inform, either directly or through the relevant subregional or regional fisheries management organization or arrangement, all States whose vessels fish on the high seas in the same subregion or region of the form of identification issued by those States parties to officials duly authorized to carry out boarding and inspection functions in accordance with articles 21 and 22 of the Agreement;", "26. Also urges States parties to the Agreement, in accordance with article 21, paragraph 4, thereof, to designate an appropriate authority to receive notifications pursuant to article 21 and to give due publicity to such designation through the relevant subregional or regional fisheries management organization or arrangement;", "27. Invites regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements which have not yet done so to adopt procedures for high seas boarding and inspection that are consistent with articles 21 and 22 of the Agreement;", "28. Calls upon States, individually and, as appropriate, through subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements with competence over discrete high seas fish stocks, to adopt the necessary measures to ensure the long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of such stocks in accordance with the Convention and consistent with the Code and the general principles set forth in the Agreement;", "29. Invites States to assist developing States in enhancing their participation in regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, including by facilitating access to fisheries for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, in accordance with article 25, paragraph 1 (b), of the Agreement, taking into account the need to ensure that such access benefits the developing States concerned and their nationals;", "30. Invites States and international financial institutions and organizations of the United Nations system to provide assistance according to Part VII of the Agreement, including, if appropriate, the development of special financial mechanisms or instruments to assist developing States, in particular the least developed among them and small island developing States, to enable them to develop their national capacity to exploit fishery resources, including developing their domestically flagged fishing fleet, value-added processing and the expansion of their economic base in the fishing industry, consistent with the duty to ensure the proper conservation and management of fisheries resources;", "31. Notes with appreciation the contributions made by States to the Assistance Fund established under Part VII of the Agreement, and encourages States, intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions, national institutions and non-governmental organizations, as well as natural and juridical persons, to make further voluntary financial contributions to the Fund;", "32. Notes with satisfaction that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat (“the Division”) have taken measures to publicize the availability of assistance through the Assistance Fund, and encourages the Organization and the Division to continue their efforts in this regard;", "33. Encourages accelerated progress by States, individually and, as appropriate, through subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, regarding the recommendations of the Review Conference on the Agreement, held in New York from 22 to 26 May 2006,[17] and the identification of emerging priorities;", "34. Encourages States, individually and, as appropriate, through subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to consider implementing, as appropriate, the recommendations of the resumed Review Conference, held in New York from 24 to 28 May 2010;[18]", "35. Reaffirms its request that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations initiate arrangements with States for the collection and dissemination of data on fishing in the high seas by vessels flying their flag at the subregional and regional levels where no such arrangements exist;", "36. Also reaffirms its request that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations revise its global fisheries statistics database to provide information on straddling fish stocks, highly migratory fish stocks and discrete high seas fish stocks on the basis of where the catch is taken;", "III", "Related fisheries instruments", "37. Emphasizes the importance of the effective implementation of the provisions of the Compliance Agreement,⁸ and urges continued efforts in this regard;", "38. Calls upon all States and other entities referred to in article X, paragraph 1, of the Compliance Agreement that have not yet become parties to that Agreement to do so as a matter of priority and, in the interim, to consider applying it provisionally;", "39. Urges States and subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to implement and promote the application of the Code within their areas of competence;", "40. Urges States to develop and implement, as a matter of priority, national and, as appropriate, regional plans of action to put into effect the international plans of action of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;", "41. Encourages the development of best practice guidelines for safety at sea in connection with marine fisheries by the competent international organizations;", "42. Also encourages widespread participation at the diplomatic conference convened by the International Maritime Organization in South Africa in 2012 for the purpose of adopting an agreement on the implementation of the Torremolinos Protocol of 1993 relating to the Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Vessels, 1977;", "IV", "Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing", "43. Emphasizes once again its serious concern that illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing remains one of the greatest threats to marine ecosystems and continues to have serious and major implications for the conservation and management of ocean resources, as well as the food security and the economies of many States, particularly developing States, and renews its call upon States to comply fully with all existing obligations and to combat such fishing and urgently to take all necessary steps to implement the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing;⁷", "44. Urges States to exercise effective control over their nationals, including beneficial owners, and vessels flying their flag, in order to prevent and deter them from engaging in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities or supporting vessels engaging in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities, including those vessels listed by regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements as engaged in those activities, and to facilitate mutual assistance to ensure that such actions can be investigated and proper sanctions imposed;", "45. Also urges States to take effective measures, at the national, subregional, regional and global levels, to deter the activities, including illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, of any vessel which undermines conservation and management measures that have been adopted by subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in accordance with international law;", "46. Calls upon States not to permit vessels flying their flag to engage in fishing on the high seas or in areas under the national jurisdiction of other States, unless duly authorized by the authorities of the States concerned and in accordance with the conditions set out in the authorization, and to take specific measures, including deterring the reflagging of vessels by their nationals, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, the Agreement and the Compliance Agreement, to control fishing operations by vessels flying their flag;", "47. Urges States, individually and collectively through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to develop appropriate processes to assess the performance of States with respect to implementing the obligations regarding fishing vessels flying their flag set out in relevant international instruments;", "48. Encourages States within the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to continue the work of the Technical Consultation on Flag State Performance with regard to the draft criteria for flag State performance, assessing flag State performance and possible actions in accordance with international law to encourage compliance, and assistance to developing countries to improve their performance as flag States;", "49. Reaffirms the need to strengthen, where necessary, the international legal framework for intergovernmental cooperation, in particular at the subregional and regional levels, in the management of fish stocks and in combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, in a manner consistent with international law, and for States and entities referred to in the Convention and in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement to collaborate in efforts to address these types of fishing activities;", "50. Urges regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to further coordinate measures for combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities, such as through the development of a common list of vessels identified as engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing or the mutual recognition of the illegal, unreported and unregulated vessel lists established by each organization or arrangement;", "51. Reaffirms its call upon States to take all necessary measures consistent with international law, without prejudice to a State’s sovereignty over ports in its territory and to reasons of force majeure or distress, including the prohibition of vessels from accessing their ports followed by a report to the flag State concerned, when there is clear evidence that they are or have been engaged in or have supported illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, or when they refuse to give information either on the origin of the catch or on the authorization under which the catch has been made;", "52. Reaffirms paragraph 48 of resolution 65/38 with regard to eliminating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing by vessels flying “flags of convenience” and requiring that a “genuine link” be established between States and fishing vessels flying their flags, and urges States operating open registry to effectively control all fishing vessels flying their flag, as required by international law, or otherwise stop open registry for fishing vessels;", "53. Recognizes the need for enhanced port State measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and urges States to cooperate, in particular at the regional level and through subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to adopt all necessary port measures, consistent with international law taking into account article 23 of the Agreement, and to further promote the development and application of standards at the regional level;", "54. Encourages, in this regard, States and regional economic integration organizations that have not yet done so to consider ratifying, accepting, approving or acceding to the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing⁹ with a view to its early entry into force;", "55. Encourages strengthened collaboration between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Maritime Organization, taking into account the respective competencies, mandates and experience of the two organizations, to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, particularly in improving the implementation of flag State responsibilities and port State measures;", "56. Encourages States, with respect to vessels flying their flag, and port States, to make every effort to share data on landings and catch quotas, and in this regard encourages regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to consider developing open databases containing such data for the purpose of enhancing the effectiveness of fisheries management;", "57. Calls upon States to take all necessary measures to ensure that vessels flying their flag do not engage in trans-shipment of fish caught by fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, through adequate regulation, monitoring and control of trans-shipment of fish at sea, including through additional national measures applicable to vessels flying their flag to prevent such trans-shipment;", "58. Urges States, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to adopt and implement internationally agreed market-related measures in accordance with international law, including principles, rights and obligations established in World Trade Organization agreements, as called for in the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing;", "59. Encourages information-sharing regarding emerging market- and trade-related measures by States and other relevant actors with appropriate international forums, given the potential implications of these measures for all States, consistent with the established plan of work of the Committee on Fisheries, and taking into account the Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fish Trade of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;¹¹", "60. Notes the concerns about possible connections between international organized crime and illegal fishing in certain regions of the world, and encourages States, including through the appropriate international forums and organizations, to study the causes and methods of and contributing factors to illegal fishing to increase knowledge and understanding of those possible connections, and to make the findings publicly available, and in this regard takes note of the study issued by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on transnational organized crime in the fishing industry, bearing in mind the distinct legal regimes and remedies under international law applicable to illegal fishing and international organized crime;", "V", "Monitoring, control and surveillance and compliance and enforcement", "61. Calls upon States, in accordance with international law, to strengthen implementation of or, where they do not exist, adopt comprehensive monitoring, control and surveillance measures and compliance and enforcement schemes individually and within those regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements in which they participate, in order to provide an appropriate framework for promoting compliance with agreed conservation and management measures, and further urges enhanced coordination among all relevant States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in these efforts;", "62. Encourages further work by competent international organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to develop guidelines on flag State control of fishing vessels;", "63. Urges States, individually and through relevant regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to establish mandatory vessel monitoring, control and surveillance systems, in particular to require that vessel monitoring systems be carried by all vessels fishing on the high seas as soon as practicable, recalling that paragraph 62 of resolution 63/112 of 5 December 2008 urged that large-scale fishing vessels be required to carry vessel monitoring systems no later than December 2008, and to share information on fisheries enforcement matters;", "64. Calls upon States, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, to strengthen or establish, consistent with national and international law, positive or negative lists of vessels fishing within the areas covered by relevant regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in order to promote compliance with conservation and management measures and to identify products from illegal, unreported and unregulated catches, and encourages improved coordination among all States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in sharing and using this information, taking into account the forms of cooperation with developing States as set out in article 25 of the Agreement;", "65. Encourages the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in cooperation with States, regional economic integration organizations, the International Maritime Organization and, as appropriate, regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to expedite efforts to develop and manage a comprehensive global record, including with a unique vessel identifier system;", "66. Requests States and relevant international bodies to develop, in accordance with international law, more effective measures to trace fish and fishery products to enable importing States to identify fish or fishery products caught in a manner that undermines international conservation and management measures agreed in accordance with international law, taking into account the special requirements of developing States and the forms of cooperation with developing States as set out in article 25 of the Agreement, and at the same time to recognize the importance of market access, in accordance with provisions 11.2.4, 11.2.5 and 11.2.6 of the Code, for fish and fishery products caught in a manner that is in conformity with such international measures;", "67. Requests States to take the necessary measures, consistent with international law, to help to prevent fish and fishery products caught in a manner that undermines applicable conservation and management measures adopted in accordance with international law from entering international trade;", "68. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to report on the state of progress in the development of best practice guidelines for catch documentation schemes and traceability, for inclusion in the report of the Secretary-General on fisheries to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "69. Encourages States to establish and undertake cooperative surveillance and enforcement activities in accordance with international law to strengthen and enhance efforts to ensure compliance with conservation and management measures, and prevent and deter illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;", "70. Urges States, directly and through regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, to develop and adopt effective monitoring, control and surveillance measures for trans-shipment, as appropriate, in particular at-sea trans-shipment, in order to, inter alia, monitor compliance, collect and verify fisheries data, and to prevent and suppress illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities, in accordance with international law and, in parallel, to encourage and support the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in studying the current practices of trans-shipment and produce a set of guidelines for this purpose;", "71. Expresses its appreciation for financial contributions from States to improve the capacity of the existing voluntary International Monitoring, Control and Surveillance Network for Fisheries-Related Activities, and encourages States to join and actively participate in the Network and to consider supporting, when appropriate, its transformation in accordance with international law into an international unit with dedicated resources to further assist Network members, taking into account the forms of cooperation with developing States as set out in article 25 of the Agreement;", "VI", "Fishing overcapacity", "72. Calls upon States to commit themselves to urgently reducing the capacity of the world’s fishing fleets to levels commensurate with the sustainability of fish stocks, through the establishment of target levels and plans or other appropriate mechanisms for ongoing capacity assessment, while avoiding the transfer of fishing capacity to other fisheries or areas in a manner that undermines the sustainable management of fish stocks, including those areas where fish stocks are overexploited or in a depleted condition, and recognizing in this context the legitimate rights of developing States to develop their fisheries for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks consistent with article 25 of the Agreement, article 5 of the Code, and paragraph 10 of the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;⁷", "73. Reiterates its call upon States, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to ensure that the urgent actions required in the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity are undertaken expeditiously and that its implementation is facilitated without delay;", "74. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to report on the state of progress in the implementation of the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity, as provided for in paragraph 48 of the Plan of Action;", "75. Calls upon States individually and, as appropriate, through subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements with competence to regulate highly migratory species, urgently to address global fishing capacity for tunas, inter alia, in a way that recognizes the legitimate rights of developing States, in particular small island developing States, to participate in and benefit from such fisheries, taking into account the recommendations of the Joint Tuna Regional Fisheries Management Organizations International Workshop on RFMO Management of Tuna Fisheries, held in Brisbane, Australia, from 29 June to 1 July 2010 and the recommendations of the third joint meeting of tuna regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, in July 2011;", "76. Encourages those States which are cooperating to establish subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, taking into account the best scientific information available as well as the precautionary approach, to exercise voluntary restraint of fishing effort levels in those areas that will come under the regulation of the future organizations and arrangements until adequate regional conservation and management measures are adopted and implemented, taking into account the need to ensure the long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of the relevant fish stocks and to prevent significant adverse impacts on vulnerable marine ecosystems;", "77. Urges States to eliminate subsidies that contribute to overfishing and overcapacity and to illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, including by accelerating work to complete World Trade Organization negotiations on fisheries subsidies in accordance with the 2001 Doha Ministerial Declaration[19] to clarify and improve and the 2005 Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration[20] to strengthen disciplines on fisheries subsidies, taking into account the importance of the fisheries sector to developing countries;", "VII", "Large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing", "78. Expresses concern that, despite the adoption of General Assembly resolution 46/215 of 20 December 1991, the practice of large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing still exists and remains a threat to living marine resources;", "79. Urges States, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to adopt effective measures, or strengthen existing measures, to implement and enforce the provisions of resolution 46/215 and subsequent resolutions on large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing in order to eliminate the use of large-scale pelagic drift nets in all seas and oceans, which means that efforts to implement resolution 46/215 should not result in the transfer to other parts of the world of drift nets that contravene the resolution;", "80. Also urges States, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to adopt effective measures, or strengthen existing measures, to implement and enforce the present global moratorium on the use of large-scale pelagic drift nets on the high seas, and calls upon States to ensure that vessels flying their flag that are duly authorized to use large-scale drift nets in waters under their national jurisdiction do not use such gear for fishing while on the high seas;", "81. Reaffirms the request in paragraph 6 of resolution 46/215 for the submission of information to the Secretary-General, and requests the Secretary-General to include this information in his report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "VIII", "Fisheries by-catch and discards", "82. Urges States, subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and other relevant international organizations that have not done so to take action, including with consideration of the interests of developing coastal States and, as appropriate, subsistence fishing communities, to reduce or eliminate by-catch, catch by lost or abandoned gear, fish discards and post-harvest losses, including juvenile fish, consistent with international law and relevant international instruments, including the Code, and in particular to consider measures including, as appropriate, technical measures related to fish size, mesh size or gear, discards, closed seasons and areas and zones reserved for selected fisheries, particularly artisanal fisheries, the establishment of mechanisms for communicating information on areas of high concentration of juvenile fish, taking into account the importance of ensuring the confidentiality of such information, and support for studies and research that will reduce or eliminate by-catch of juvenile fish, and to ensure that these measures are implemented so as to optimize their effectiveness;", "83. Calls upon States, either individually, collectively or through regional management organizations and arrangements, to further study, develop and adopt effective management measures, taking into account the best available scientific information on fishing methods, including fish aggregating devices, to minimize by‑catch;", "84. Urgently calls upon States, subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and, where appropriate, other relevant international organizations to develop and implement effective management measures to reduce the incidence of catch of non-target species, including the utilization of selective fishing gear, where appropriate;", "85. Calls upon States, subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to adopt or improve measures to assess the impact of their fisheries on species caught as by-catch and to improve the comprehensiveness and accuracy of information and reporting on incidental catch of species caught as by-catch, including through adequate observer coverage and the use of modern technologies, and to provide assistance to developing States to meet data collection and reporting obligations;", "86. Requests States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, as appropriate, to strengthen or establish data-collection programmes to obtain reliable estimates of shark, marine turtle, fin-fish, marine mammal and sea bird by-catch, and to promote further research on selective fishing gear and practices and on the use of appropriate by-catch mitigation measures;", "87. Encourages States and entities referred to in the Convention and in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement to give due consideration to participation, as appropriate, in subregional and regional instruments and organizations with mandates to conserve non-target species taken incidentally in fishing operations;", "88. Encourages States to strengthen, if necessary, the capacity of those subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in which they participate to ensure the adequate conservation of non-target species taken incidentally in fishing operations, taking into consideration best practices for non-target species management, and to expedite their ongoing efforts in this regard;", "89. Requests States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements urgently to implement, as appropriate, the measures recommended in the 2004 Guidelines to Reduce Sea Turtle Mortality in Fishing Operations[21] and the International Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations⁷ in order to prevent the decline of sea turtles and seabird populations by minimizing by-catch and increasing post-release survival in their fisheries, including through research and development of gear and bait alternatives, promoting the use of available by‑catch mitigation technology, and establishing and strengthening data-collection programmes to obtain standardized information to develop reliable estimates of the by-catch of these species;", "90. Also requests States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to take urgent action to reduce the by-catch of seabirds, including albatrosses and petrels, in fisheries by adopting and implementing conservation measures consistent with the 2009 best practices technical guidelines of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to support implementation of the International Plan of Action for Reducing Incidental Catch of Seabirds in Longline Fisheries¹¹ and taking into account the work of the Agreement on the Conservation of Albatrosses and Petrels[22] and of organizations such as the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources;", "IX", "Subregional and regional cooperation", "91. Urges coastal States and States fishing on the high seas, in accordance with the Convention, the Agreement and other relevant instruments, to pursue cooperation in relation to straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, either directly or through appropriate subregional or regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, to ensure the effective conservation and management of such stocks;", "92. Urges States fishing for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks on the high seas, and relevant coastal States, where a subregional or regional fisheries management organization or arrangement has the competence to establish conservation and management measures for such stocks, to give effect to their duty to cooperate by becoming members of such an organization or participants in such an arrangement, or by agreeing to apply the conservation and management measures established by such an organization or arrangement, or to otherwise ensure that no vessel flying their flag is authorized to access the fisheries resources to which regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements or conservation and management measures established by such organizations or arrangements apply;", "93. Invites, in this regard, subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to ensure that all States having a real interest in the fisheries concerned may become members of such organizations or participants in such arrangements, in accordance with the Convention, the Agreement and the Code;", "94. Encourages relevant coastal States and States fishing on the high seas for a straddling fish stock or a highly migratory fish stock, where there is no subregional or regional fisheries management organization or arrangement to establish conservation and management measures for such stocks, to cooperate to establish such an organization or enter into another appropriate arrangement to ensure the conservation and management of such stocks, and to participate in the work of the organization or arrangement;", "95. Urges all signatory States and other States whose vessels fish within the area of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean[23] for fishery resources covered by that Convention to become parties to that Convention as a matter of priority and, in the interim, to ensure that vessels flying their flags fully comply with the measures adopted;", "96. Welcomes the recent ratification of the South Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement and encourages signatory States and States having a real interest to become parties to it, and urges those States to agree on and implement interim measures, including measures in accordance with paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 117, 119, 120, 122 and 123 of resolution 64/72 of 4 December 2009, to ensure the conservation and management of the fisheries resources and their marine ecosystems and habitats in the area to which that Agreement applies until such time as that Agreement enters into force;", "97. Takes note of recent efforts at the regional level to promote responsible fishing practices, including combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;", "98. Welcomes the recent ratifications of and accession to the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, and encourages further ratifications, accessions, acceptances and approvals of that Convention with a view to its early entry into force;", "99. Encourages States, regional economic integration organizations and the entities referred to in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean that participated in the negotiation of that Convention to fully implement the voluntary interim measures that have been adopted to give effect to paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 until that Convention has entered into force and conservation and management measures have been adopted;", "100. Also encourages States, regional economic integration organizations and the entities referred to in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean that participated in the negotiation of that Convention to fully implement the voluntary interim measures that have been adopted and to voluntarily restrain fishing effort and catches to avoid overexploitation of certain pelagic fisheries resources in the area to which that Convention will apply until it has entered into force and conservation and management measures have been adopted, and to take into account the scientific advice given by the Science Working Group in the adoption of future interim measures that should apply to certain pelagic fisheries resources before the entry into force of that Convention, and further calls for full and accurate reporting of catches in accordance with the interim measures;", "101. Notes with satisfaction the conclusion of negotiations to establish a regional fisheries management organization in the North Pacific, and encourages participating States to implement fully interim voluntary measures adopted in accordance with paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 117, 119, 120, 122 and 123 of resolution 64/72;", "102. Takes note of the ongoing efforts of the members of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission to strengthen the functioning of the Commission so that it can more effectively discharge its mandate, and invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to provide members of the Commission with the necessary assistance to this end;", "103. Encourages signatory States and States having a real interest to become parties to the Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission Established by the 1949 Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica;", "104. Welcomes the recent approval of the 2007 Amendment to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries[24] by some Contracting Parties to that Convention, and encourages the Contracting Parties that have not yet done so to approve the Amendment with a view to its early entry into effect;", "105. Urges further efforts by regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, as a matter of priority, in accordance with international law, to strengthen and modernize their mandates and the measures adopted by such organizations or arrangements, and to implement modern approaches to fisheries management, as reflected in the Agreement and other relevant international instruments, relying on the best scientific information available and application of the precautionary approach and incorporating an ecosystem approach to fisheries management and biodiversity considerations, including the conservation and management of ecologically related and dependent species and protection of their habitats, where these aspects are lacking, to ensure that they effectively contribute to long-term conservation and management and sustainable use of living marine resources, and welcomes those regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements that have taken steps in this direction;", "106. Calls upon regional fisheries management organizations with the competence to conserve and manage highly migratory fish stocks that have not yet adopted effective conservation and management measures in line with the best scientific information available to conserve and manage stocks falling under their mandate to do so urgently;", "107. Urges States to strengthen and enhance cooperation among existing and developing regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in which they participate, including increased communication and further coordination of measures, such as through the holding of joint consultations, and to strengthen integration, coordination and cooperation by such regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements with other relevant fisheries organizations, regional seas arrangements and other relevant international organizations;", "108. Urges the five regional fisheries management organizations with competence to manage highly migratory species to continue to take measures to implement the Course of Actions adopted at the second joint meeting of tuna regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and to consider the recommendations of the third joint meeting of tuna regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements;", "109. Invites States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements with competence to manage straddling fish stocks to share experiences and good practices, for example by considering organizing joint meetings, where appropriate;", "110. Urges regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to improve transparency and to ensure that their decision-making processes are fair and transparent, rely on the best scientific information available, incorporate the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches, address participatory rights, including through, inter alia, the development of transparent criteria for allocating fishing opportunities which reflects, where appropriate, the relevant provisions of the Agreement, taking due account, inter alia, of the status of the relevant stocks and the respective interests in the fishery;", "111. Welcomes the 2010 performance review of the South East Atlantic Fisheries Organization and the 2011 performance review of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization, and the fact that a number of regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements have completed performance reviews, and encourages the implementation, as appropriate, of the recommendations of their respective reviews as a matter of priority;", "112. Urges States, through their participation in regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements that have not done so, to undertake, on an urgent basis, performance reviews of those regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, initiated either by the organization or arrangement itself or with external partners, including in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, using transparent criteria based on the provisions of the Agreement and other relevant instruments, and taking into account the best practices of regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements and, as appropriate, any set of criteria developed by States or other regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, and encourages that such performance reviews include some element of independent evaluation and propose means for improving the functioning of the regional fisheries management organization or arrangement, as appropriate;", "113. Encourages regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to make the results of those performance reviews publicly available and to discuss the results jointly, and furthermore to consider undertaking performance reviews on a regular basis;", "114. Urges States to cooperate, taking into account those performance reviews, to develop best practice guidelines for regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and to apply, to the extent possible, those guidelines to organizations and arrangements in which they participate;", "115. Encourages the development of regional guidelines for States to use in establishing sanctions for non-compliance by vessels flying their flag and by their nationals, to be applied in accordance with national law, that are adequate in severity for effectively securing compliance, deterring further violations and depriving offenders of the benefits deriving from their illegal activities, as well as in evaluating their systems of sanctions to ensure that they are effective in securing compliance and deterring violations;", "X", "Responsible fisheries in the marine ecosystem", "116. Urges States, individually or through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to enhance their efforts to apply an ecosystem approach to fisheries, taking into account paragraph 30 (d) of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;¹⁵", "117. Encourages States, individually or through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and other relevant international organizations, to work to ensure that fisheries and other ecosystem data collection is performed in a coordinated and integrated manner, facilitating incorporation into global observation initiatives, where appropriate;", "118. Calls upon States and regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, working in cooperation with other relevant organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the World Meteorological Organization, to adopt, as appropriate, measures to protect ocean data buoy systems moored in areas beyond national jurisdiction from actions that impair their operation;", "119. Encourages States to increase scientific research on the marine ecosystem in accordance with international law;", "120. Calls upon States, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other specialized agencies, subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, where appropriate, and other appropriate intergovernmental bodies, to cooperate in achieving sustainable aquaculture, including through information exchange, developing equivalent standards on such issues as aquatic animal health and human health and safety concerns, assessing the potential positive and negative impacts of aquaculture, including socioeconomics, on the marine and coastal environment, including biodiversity, and adopting relevant methods and techniques to minimize and mitigate adverse effects, and in this regard encourages the implementation of the 2007 Strategy and Outline Plan for Improving Information on Status and Trends of Aquaculture of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,[25] as a framework for the improvement and understanding of aquaculture status and trends;", "121. Calls upon States to take action immediately, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, and consistent with the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches, to continue implementing the 2008 International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (“the Guidelines”)[26] in order to sustainably manage fish stocks and protect vulnerable marine ecosystems, including seamounts, hydrothermal vents and cold water corals, from destructive fishing practices, recognizing the immense importance and value of deep‑sea ecosystems and the biodiversity they contain;", "122. Reaffirms the importance of paragraphs 80 to 90 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 113 to 127 of resolution 64/72 addressing the impacts of bottom fishing on vulnerable marine ecosystems and the long-term sustainability of deep‑sea fish stocks and the actions called for in those resolutions, and emphasizes the need for full implementation by all States and relevant regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements of their commitments under those paragraphs on an urgent basis;", "123. Recalls that nothing in the paragraphs of resolutions 61/105 and 64/72 and the present resolution addressing the impacts of bottom fishing on vulnerable marine ecosystems prejudices the sovereign rights of coastal States over their continental shelf or the exercise of the jurisdiction of coastal States with respect to their continental shelf under international law as reflected in the Convention, in particular article 77 thereof;", "124. Notes in this regard the adoption by coastal States of conservation measures regarding their continental shelf to address the impacts of bottom fishing on vulnerable marine ecosystems, as well as their efforts to ensure compliance with those measures;", "125. Welcomes the important progress made by States, regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and those States participating in negotiations in establishing a regional fisheries management organization or arrangement competent to regulate bottom fisheries to implement paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 113, 117 and 119 to 124 of resolution 64/72 and address the impacts of bottom fishing on vulnerable marine ecosystems;", "126. Also welcomes the substantial ongoing work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations related to the management of deep‑sea fisheries in the high seas and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems, and urges States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to ensure that their actions in sustainably managing deep‑sea fisheries and implementing paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 119, 120 and 122 to 124 of resolution 64/72 are consistent with the Guidelines;", "127. Takes note of the report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations workshop on the implementation of the Guidelines, held in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 10 to 12 May 2010;[27]", "128. Welcomes the convening by the Secretary-General, pursuant to paragraph 128 of resolution 64/72, of the workshop to discuss implementation of paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 117 and 119 to 127 of resolution 64/72, addressing the impacts of bottom fishing on vulnerable marine ecosystems and the long-term sustainability of deep‑sea fish stocks, held in New York on 15 and 16 September 2011;", "129. Considers, on the basis of the review carried out in accordance with paragraph 129 of resolution 64/72, that despite the progress made, the urgent actions called for in the relevant paragraphs of resolutions 61/105 and 64/72 have not been fully implemented in all cases, and in this regard further actions in accordance with the precautionary approach, ecosystem approaches and international law and consistent with the Guidelines are needed to strengthen the continued implementation, and in this regard calls upon States, through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements with the competence to regulate bottom fisheries, States participating in negotiations to establish such organizations or arrangements and flag States to take the following urgent actions regarding bottom fishing in areas beyond national jurisdiction:", "(a) To strengthen procedures for carrying out assessments to take into account individual, collective and cumulative impacts, and for making the assessments publicly available, recognizing that doing so can support transparency and capacity-building globally;", "(b) To establish and improve procedures to ensure that assessments are updated when new conditions or information so require;", "(c) To establish and improve procedures for evaluating, reviewing and revising, on a regular basis, assessments based on best available science and management measures;", "(d) To establish mechanisms to promote and enhance compliance with applicable measures related to the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems, adopted in accordance with international law;", "130. Notes that not all impact assessments have been made publicly available, and calls upon States, consistent with domestic law, and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to publish all assessments without delay;", "131. Recognizes that different types of marine scientific research, including seabed mapping carried out in different parts of the oceans, have resulted in identification of areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems occur and in the adoption of conservation and management measures to prevent significant adverse impacts on such ecosystems, including the closure of areas to bottom fishing in accordance with paragraph 119 (b) of resolution 64/72;", "132. Encourages, in this regard, regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements with the competence to manage bottom fisheries, States participating in negotiations to establish such organizations or arrangements and flag States to consider the results available from marine scientific research, including those obtained from seabed mapping programmes concerning the identification of areas containing vulnerable marine ecosystems, and to adopt conservation and management measures to prevent significant adverse impacts from bottom fishing on such ecosystems, consistent with the Guidelines, or to close such areas to bottom fishing until such conservation and management measures are adopted, as well as to continue to undertake further marine scientific research, for the above-mentioned purposes, in accordance with international law as reflected in Part XIII of the Convention;", "133. Encourages States, regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and States participating in negotiations to establish such organizations or arrangements to undertake further research on deep‑sea species and ecosystems and assessments of fishing activities on target and non-target species, consistent with the Guidelines and in accordance with the Convention, including Part XIII of the Convention;", "134. Recognizes in particular the special circumstances and requirements of developing States and the specific challenges they may face in giving full effect to certain technical aspects of the Guidelines, and that implementation by such States of paragraphs 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105, paragraph 119 of resolution 64/72, paragraph 129 of the present resolution and the Guidelines should proceed in a manner that gives full consideration to section 6 of the Guidelines on special requirements of developing countries;", "135. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in facilitating implementation by States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements of the Guidelines, to consider undertaking the following work as part of its ongoing programme for deep‑sea fisheries:", "(a) To compile, clarify the use of and make available technical guidance on encounter protocols and related mitigation measures, including encounter thresholds and move-on distances;", "(b) To develop guidance on the application of criteria for identifying vulnerable marine ecosystems contained in the Guidelines;", "(c) To develop guidance for conducting assessments, including addressing risk assessment on individual, collective and cumulative impacts, and to promote better standardization of such assessments;", "(d) To support and facilitate work on deep‑sea high seas stock assessments to ensure that such fisheries are sustainable;", "(e) To continue its work in creating a global database on information on vulnerable marine ecosystems;", "136. Also invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to consider convening a meeting of scientists from regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements with the competence to manage bottom fishing and States to examine impact assessments, in order to propose best practices, as well as standards for implementation of such assessments, including addressing risk assessment;", "137. Decides to conduct a further review in 2015 of the actions taken by States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in response to paragraphs 117 and 119 to 127 of resolution 64/72 and paragraphs 121, 126 and 129 to 136 of the present resolution, with a view to ensuring effective implementation of the measures therein and to make further recommendations, where necessary;", "138. Encourages accelerated progress to establish criteria on the objectives and management of marine protected areas for fisheries purposes, and in this regard welcomes the proposed work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to develop technical guidelines in accordance with the Convention and the Code on the design, implementation and testing of marine protected areas for such purposes, and urges coordination and cooperation among all relevant international organizations and bodies;", "139. Notes in this regard the adoption at the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Nagoya, Japan, from 18 to 29 October 2010, of a new Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011–2020;[28]", "140. Urges all States to implement the 1995 Global Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities[29] and to accelerate activity to safeguard the marine ecosystem, including fish stocks, against pollution and physical degradation;", "141. Acknowledges the serious environmental impacts on the marine environment caused by abandoned, lost or otherwise discarded fishing gear, and encourages States to take action to reduce such gear, noting the recommendations of the 2009 report by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;[30]", "142. Reaffirms the importance it attaches to paragraphs 77 to 81 of resolution 60/31 of 29 November 2005 concerning the issue of lost, abandoned or discarded fishing gear and related marine debris and the adverse impacts such debris and derelict fishing gear have on, inter alia, fish stocks, habitats and other marine species, and urges accelerated progress by States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in implementing those paragraphs of the resolution;", "143. Encourages further studies, including by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, on the impacts of underwater noise on fish stocks and fishing catch rates, as well as associated socioeconomic effects;", "144. Calls upon States, including through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to play an active role in global efforts to conserve and sustainably use living marine resources, so as to contribute to marine biological diversity;", "145. Encourages States, either individually or through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, as appropriate, to identify any spawning and nursery areas for fish stocks under their jurisdiction or competence and, where required, to adopt science-based measures to conserve such stocks during these critical life stages;", "XI", "Capacity-building", "146. Reiterates the crucial importance of cooperation by States directly or, as appropriate, through the relevant subregional and regional organizations, and by other international organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations through its FishCode programme, including through financial and/or technical assistance, in accordance with the Agreement, the Compliance Agreement, the Code and its associated international plans of action,⁷ to increase the capacity of developing States to achieve the goals and implement the actions called for in the present resolution;", "147. Welcomes the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in developing guidance on the strategies and measures required for the creation of an enabling environment for small-scale fisheries, and encourages studies for creating possible alternative livelihoods for coastal communities;", "148. Encourages increased capacity-building and technical assistance by States, international financial institutions and relevant intergovernmental organizations and bodies for fishers, in particular small-scale fishers, in developing countries, and in particular small island developing States, consistent with environmental sustainability, in recognition of the fact that food security and livelihoods may depend on fisheries;", "149. Encourages the international community to enhance the opportunities for sustainable development in developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, small island developing States and coastal African States, by encouraging greater participation of those States in authorized fisheries activities being undertaken within areas under their national jurisdiction, in accordance with the Convention, by distant-water fishing nations in order to achieve better economic returns for developing countries from their fisheries resources within areas under their national jurisdiction and an enhanced role in regional fisheries management, as well as by enhancing the ability of developing countries to develop their own fisheries, as well as to participate in high seas fisheries, including access to such fisheries, in conformity with international law, in particular the Convention and the Agreement, and taking into account article 5 of the Code;", "150. Requests distant-water fishing nations, when negotiating access agreements and arrangements with developing coastal States, to do so on an equitable and sustainable basis and to take into account their legitimate expectation to fully benefit from the sustainable use of the natural resources of their exclusive economic zones, to ensure that vessels flying their flag comply with the laws and regulations of the developing coastal States adopted in accordance with international law and to give greater attention to fish processing and fish-processing facilities within the national jurisdiction of the developing coastal State to assist the realization of the benefits from the development of fisheries resources and also to the transfer of technology and assistance for monitoring, control and surveillance and compliance and enforcement within areas under the national jurisdiction of the developing coastal State providing fisheries access, taking into account the forms of cooperation set out in article 25 of the Agreement and article 5 of the Code;", "151. Encourages States, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to provide greater assistance and to promote coherence in such assistance for developing States in designing, establishing and implementing relevant agreements, instruments and tools for the conservation and sustainable management of fish stocks, including in designing and strengthening their domestic regulatory fisheries policies and those of regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements in their regions, and the enhancement of research and scientific capabilities through existing funds, such as the Assistance Fund under Part VII of the Agreement, bilateral assistance, regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements assistance funds, the FishCode programme, the World Bank’s global programme on fisheries and the Global Environment Facility;", "152. Encourages States to provide technical and financial support to developing countries to address their special requirements and challenges in implementing the Guidelines;", "153. Calls upon States to promote, through continuing dialogue and the assistance and cooperation provided in accordance with articles 24 to 26 of the Agreement, further ratifications of or accessions to the Agreement by seeking to address, inter alia, the issue of lack of capacity and resources that might stand in the way of developing States becoming parties;", "154. Notes with appreciation the compilation prepared by the Secretariat of the needs of developing States for capacity-building and assistance in the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks and the sources of available assistance for developing States to address such needs;[31]", "155. Encourages States, regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and other relevant bodies to assist developing States in the implementation of the actions called for in paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 113, 117 and 119 to 124 of resolution 64/72;", "156. Urges States and regional economic integration organizations, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to mainstream efforts to assist developing States, in particular the least developed and small island developing States, with other relevant international development strategies with a view to enhancing international coordination to enable them to develop their national capacity to exploit fishery resources, consistent with the duty to ensure the conservation and management of those resources, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to fully mobilize and coordinate the agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, including at the level of the regional economic commissions, within their respective mandates;", "157. Requests States and regional fisheries management organizations to develop strategies to further assist developing States, in particular the least developed and small island developing States, in fully realizing the benefits from the catch of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks and in strengthening regional efforts to sustainably conserve and manage such stocks, and in this regard, to make available such information;", "XII", "Cooperation within the United Nations system", "158. Requests the relevant parts of the United Nations system, international financial institutions and donor agencies to support increased enforcement and compliance capabilities for regional fisheries management organizations and their member States;", "159. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to continue its cooperative arrangements with United Nations agencies on the implementation of the international plans of action and to report to the Secretary-General, for inclusion in his annual report on sustainable fisheries, on priorities for cooperation and coordination in this work;", "XIII", "Activities of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea", "160. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the report on the actions taken by States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in response to paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 113 to 117 and 119 to 127 of resolution 64/72 on sustainable fisheries, addressing the impacts of bottom fishing on vulnerable marine ecosystems and the long-term sustainability of deep‑sea fish stocks, prepared by the Division,[32] as well as for the other activities of the Division, which reflect the high standard of assistance provided to Member States by the Division;", "161. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to carry out the responsibilities and functions entrusted to him by the Convention, the Agreement and the related resolutions of the General Assembly and to ensure the allocation of appropriate resources to the Division for the performance of its activities under the approved budget for the Organization;", "XIV", "Sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly", "162. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all States, relevant intergovernmental organizations, the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and relevant non-governmental organizations, and to invite them to provide the Secretary-General with information relevant to the implementation of the present resolution;", "163. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments, taking into account information provided by States, relevant specialized agencies, in particular the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and other appropriate organs, organizations and programmes of the United Nations system, subregional and regional organizations and arrangements for the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, as well as other relevant intergovernmental bodies and non-governmental organizations, and consisting, inter alia, of elements provided in relevant paragraphs in the present resolution;", "164. Notes the desire to further improve the efficiency of and the effective participation of delegations in the informal consultations concerning the annual General Assembly resolution on sustainable fisheries, decides that the informal consultations on this resolution will be held in a single round of consultations in November for a period of six days, and invites States to submit text proposals for inclusion in the resolution to the Coordinator of the informal consultations no later than four weeks before the start of the consultations;", "165. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session, under the item entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, the sub-item entitled “Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments”, and to consider the possibility of including this sub-item in future provisional agendas on a biennial basis.", "76th plenary meeting 6 December 2011", "[1]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1833, No. 31363.", "[2]  Ibid., vol. 2167, No. 37924.", "[3]  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Outcome of the Ministerial Meeting on Fisheries, Rome, 12 March 2005 (CL 128/INF/11), appendix B.", "[4]  International Fisheries Instruments with Index (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.98.V.11), sect. III.", "[5]  See Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the twenty-ninth session of the Committee on Fisheries, Rome, 31 January–4 February 2011, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 973 (FIPI/R973 (En)).", "[6]  Available from www.fao.org/corp/publications/en.", "[7]  Available from www.fao.org/fishery/publications/en.", "[8]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2221, No. 39486.", "[9]  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the Conference of FAO, Thirty-sixth Session, Rome, 18–23 November 2009 (C 2009/REP and Corr.1), appendix E.", "[10]  Available from www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2296t/i2296t00.htm.", "[11]  Available from www.fao.org/fishery/publications/technical-guidelines/en.", "[12]  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the Technical Consultation to Develop International Guidelines on By-catch Management and Reduction of Discards, Rome, 6–10 December 2010, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 957 (FIRO/R957 (En)), appendix E.", "[13]  E/CN.17/2002/PC.2/3, annex.", "[14]  See United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/CBD/COP/7/21, annex.", "[15]  Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex.", "[16]  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the twenty-fifth session of the Committee on Fisheries, Rome, 24–28 February 2003, FAO fisheries Report No. 702 (FIPL/R702 (En)), appendix H.", "[17]  See A/CONF.210/2006/15, annex.", "[18]  See A/CONF.210/2010/7, annex.", "[19]  A/C.2/56/7, annex.", "[20]  World Trade Organization, document WT/MIN(05)/DEC.", "[21]  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the Technical Consultation on Sea Turtles Conservation and Fisheries, Bangkok, Thailand, 29 November–2 December 2004, FAO Fisheries Report No. 765 (FIRM/R765 (En)), appendix E.", "[22]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2258, No. 40228.", "[23]  Ibid., vol. 2221, No. 39489.", "[24]  Ibid., vol. 1135, No. 17799.", "[25]  Available from www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0445t/i0445t00.htm.", "[26]  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the Technical Consultation on International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-Sea Fisheries in the High Seas, Rome, 4–8 February and 25–29 August 2008, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 881 (FIEP/R881 (Tri)), appendix F.", "[27]  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the FAO Workshop on the Implementation of the International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas – Challenges and Ways Forward, Busan, Republic of Korea, 10–12 May 2010, FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 948 (FIPI/R948(En)).", "[28]  See United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/CBD/COP/10/27, annex, decision X/2.", "[29]  See A/51/116, annex II.", "[30]  Available from www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0620e/i0620e00.htm.", "[31]  Available from www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/fishstocksmeetings/compilation2009updated.pdf.", "[32]  A/66/307." ]
A_RES_66_68
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 6 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.22 and Add.1)]", "66/68. Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement on the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming its annual resolutions on sustainable fisheries, including resolution 65/38 of 7 December 2010, and the other relevant resolutions,", "Recalling the relevant provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (“the Convention”)[1] and bearing in mind the relationship between the Convention and the 1995 Agreement on the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (“the Agreement”)[2],", "Welcoming the recent ratifications of the Agreement and accessions thereto, as well as the fact that a growing number of States, entities referred to in the Convention and in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement and subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements have taken appropriate measures to implement the provisions of the Agreement,", "Welcoming also the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and its Fisheries Committee, and the 2005 Rome Declaration on Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fisheries, adopted on 12 March 2005[3], and recognizing that the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ' s Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries ( " the Code " ) sets out relevant international fisheries and fisheries management plans, including their", "Welcoming further the results, including decisions and recommendations, of the twenty-ninth session of the Committee on Fisheries, held in Rome from 31 January to 4 February 2011,[5],", "Noting with concern that effective management of marine catch fisheries is hampered in some areas by unreliable information and data due, inter alia, to the fact that fish catches and the intensity of fishing activity are not declared or declared incorrectly, and that this lack of accurate information contributes to the continued overfishing in some areas,", "Recognizing the important contribution of sustainable fisheries to food security, income, heritage and poverty reduction for current and future generations,", "Welcoming in this regard the decision of the Committee on Fisheries at its twenty-ninth session that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations should develop a new international instrument on small-scale fisheries based on relevant existing instruments, as a complement to the Code, which would be voluntary and focused on the needs of developing countries,5", "Recognizing the urgent need for action at all levels to ensure the sustainable use and management of long-term fisheries resources through the comprehensive implementation of the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches,", "Expressing concern at the current and expected adverse effects of climate change on food security and the sustainability of fisheries, and noting, in this regard, the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the United Nations Environment Programme,", "Deploring the fact that in many parts of the world fish stocks, including straddling fish and highly migratory fish stocks, are overfished or heavily regulated fishing activities as a result, inter alia, of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, insufficient control and enforcement by flag States, including monitoring, control and monitoring measures,", "Expressing its support for the ongoing negotiations at the World Trade Organization to tighten the rules on subsidies in the fisheries sector, including by prohibiting certain forms of fishing subsidies that contribute to overfishing capacity and overfishing,", "Concerned about the low number of States that have taken steps to implement, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, the International Plan of Action for Fisheries Capacity Management adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,[7]", "Recalling the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eradicate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,7", "Concerned in particular that illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing constitutes a serious threat to fish stocks and marine habitats and ecosystems, and is detrimental to sustainable fisheries, as well as food security and the economy of many States, in particular developing States,", "Concerned that some operators increasingly take advantage of the advantages of the globalization of fishing markets to market products derived from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and obtain economic benefits from such operations, which is an incentive to continue to carry out their activities,", "Recognizing that effective deterrence and combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing have significant implications for financial resources and other resources,", "Recognizing also that, as stipulated in the Convention, the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Sea (the Compliance Agreement)[8], the Agreement and the Code, it is the duty of the flag State to exercise effective control of fishing vessels flying their flag and of ships from their flag supporting fishing vessels and to ensure that the activities of such fishing vessels do not have any approved,", "Recognizing further the importance of the proper regulation, monitoring and control of the intership at sea to help combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities,", "Recognizing that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations convened the Technical Consultation on the State of the Pavilion in Rome from 2 to 6 May 2011, and noting that the Technical Consultation will continue in Rome from 5 to 9 March 2012,", "Noting the obligation of all States, in accordance with international law, as reflected in the relevant provisions of the Convention, to cooperate in the conservation and management of living marine resources, and recognizing the importance of coordination and cooperation, at the global, regional, subregional and national levels, in such areas as marine scientific research, data collection, information sharing, capacity-building and training for marine conservation, management and sustainable development,", "Welcoming the third joint meeting of the five relevant regional fisheries management organizations to regulate highly migratory species from 12 to 14 July 2011 in San Diego, United States of America,", "Recognizing the importance of oceanographic data collection systems through buoys anchored in areas beyond national jurisdiction for sustainable development, the promotion of security in the sea and the limitation of the vulnerability of human beings to natural disasters, as buoys are used in meteorological and marine forecasts, fisheries management, tsunami forecasts and weather forecasts, and expressing concern that most of the oceanic actions are used,", "Welcoming, in this regard, that States have taken measures, individually or through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to protect oceanographic data collection systems through buoys from the effects of fishing activities,", "Recognizing the need for States, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to continue to develop and implement effective measures that are inconsistent with the port State, in line with international law, to combat overfishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, the critical need to cooperate with developing States in order to strengthen their capacity and the importance of cooperation between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,", "Noting with satisfaction the recent ratifications and approvals of the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eradicate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations[9] and recent accessions to this instrument,", "Welcoming the decision of the Fisheries Committee at its twenty-ninth session that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations should form an open-ended working group or a similar mechanism to develop the mandate of the ad hoc working group provided for in article 21 of the Port State Measures Agreement to Prevent, Deter and Eradicate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing,5", "Welcoming also the holding of the third Global Training Workshop on Fishing Criteria from 28 February to 4 March 2011 in Maputo,", "Concerned that marine pollution from all sources poses a serious threat to human health and safety, endangers fish stocks, marine biodiversity and marine and coastal habitats, and entails a significant cost to the local and national economy,", "Recognizing that marine debris constitute a global problem of transboundary pollution and that, because of the many different types and sources of existing marine debris, different methods are required for their prevention and removal,", "Noting that the contribution of sustainable aquaculture to global fish supply continues to provide developing countries with opportunities to increase local food security and reduce poverty, and that, together with the work of other aquaculture countries, it will make an important contribution to meeting future demand for fish for consumption, bearing in mind article 9 of the Code,", "Reaffirming the importance of sustainable aquaculture for food security and concerned at the impact that genetically modified fish species may have on the health and sustainability of wild fish stocks,", "Welcoming the adoption by the Committee on Fisheries of the Technical Guidelines for Aquaculture Certification[10] at its twenty-ninth session,", "Noting that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations published in 2011 the technical guidelines on the use of wild fish as food in aquaculture[11],", "Noting the special vulnerability of small island developing States, other developing coastal States and subsistence fishing communities, whose livelihoods, economic development and food security depend largely on sustainable fisheries and will be disproportionately affected if sustainable fisheries are adversely affected,", "Noting also the circumstances affecting fisheries in many developing States, especially African States and small island developing States, and recognizing the urgent need for capacity-building in such States, including the transfer of marine technology and in particular fisheries, so that they are better able to exercise their rights in order to realize the benefits of fisheries resources and to fulfil their obligations under international instruments,", "Recognizing the need to take appropriate measures to minimize by-catch, waste, discards, including selection, loss of fishing gear and other factors detrimental to the sustainability of fish stocks and, therefore, may also have adverse effects on the economy and food security of small island developing States, other developing coastal States and subsistence fishing communities,", "Welcoming the endorsement by the Fisheries Committee of the International Guidelines for the Management of Incidental Catch and Reduction of Discards[12] at its twenty-ninth session,", "Recognizing the need to further integrate ecosystem approaches to the conservation and management of fisheries resources and, more generally, the importance of implementing ecosystem approaches to the management of human activities in the oceans, and noting, in this regard, the Reykjavik Declaration on Responsible Fisheries in the Marine Ecosystem[13], the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on the Guidance and Agriculture Agreement", "Recognizing also the economic and cultural importance of sharks for many countries, their biological importance in the marine ecosystem as a fundamental predatory species, the vulnerability of certain shark species to overexploitation, the fact that some of them are at risk of extinction and the need to take measures to promote the long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of populations and shark fishing, as well as the relevance of the International Plan of Action for the Conservation,", "Reaffirming its support for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations initiative and subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements on the conservation and management of sharks, and noting with concern that basic information on stocks and shark catching remains lacking, which only a small number of countries have implemented the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks and that not all regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements have adopted", "Welcoming the scientific-based measures taken by States to sustainably conserve and manage sharks, and noting, in this regard, the management measures taken by coastal States, including the establishment of catch or fishing limits, technical measures, including those aimed at reducing by-catch, shelters and veda seasons, and monitoring, control and monitoring,", "Recognizing the importance of marine species occupying low trophic levels in the ecosystem and food security, and the need to ensure their long-term sustainability,", "Expressing concern that incidental mortality, in fishing operations, of seabirds, in particular albatross and petreles, as well as other marine species, such as sharks and other finfish species, marine mammals and sea turtles, persist, but recognizing the important arrangements made by individual States and through various regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to reduce incidental mortality,", "I", "Achieving sustainable fisheries", "1. Reaffirms the importance it attaches to the long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of the marine living resources of the world ' s seas and oceans and to the obligations of States to cooperate to that end, in accordance with international law, as reflected in the relevant provisions of the Convention,1 in particular the cooperation provisions established in Part V and Part VII, section 2, of the Convention, and, where appropriate, of the Agreement;2", "2. Encourages States to give due priority to the implementation of the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development ( " Johannesburg Plan of Implementation " )[15] on the achievement of sustainable fisheries, especially by re-establishing depleted fish stocks at levels that can produce maximum sustainable performance as a matter of urgency and, where possible, no later than 2015;", "3. Emphasizes the importance of addressing sustainable fisheries development in the context of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, and recognizing the significant contribution of fisheries to the three pillars of sustainable development;", "4. Urges States, directly or through appropriate subregional, regional or global organizations or arrangements, to intensify their efforts to assess the impact of global climate change on the sustainability of fish stocks and their habitats, in particular those most affected, and to address them, as appropriate;", "5. Emphasizes that flag States must fulfil their obligations, in accordance with the Convention and the Agreement, to ensure that vessels flying their flag comply with the conservation and management measures adopted and in force with respect to high seas fisheries resources;", "6. Calls upon all States that have not done so, in order to achieve the goal of universal participation, to become parties to the Convention, which establishes the legal framework within which all activities in the seas and oceans must be carried out, taking into account the relationship between the Convention and the Agreement;", "7. Calls upon all States, directly or through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to implement widely, in accordance with international law and the Code4, the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches to the conservation, management and exploitation of fish stocks, and also calls upon States parties to the Agreement, as a matter of priority, to implement fully the provisions of article 6;", "8. Encourages States to make further use of scientific advice in the formulation, adoption and implementation of conservation and management measures, and to strengthen their efforts to promote, including through international cooperation, the scientific approach to conservation and management measures that apply the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches to fisheries management, in accordance with international law, by enhancing the understanding of ecosystem approaches, in order to ensure long-term", "9. Calls upon all States, directly or through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to apply precautionary baselines specifically tailored to different fish stocks, as described in annex II to the Agreement and the Code, to ensure that the stocks of the exploited species, as well as, where necessary, associated or dependent species, remain at sustainable levels or recover them, and to use these levels of management;", "10. Encourages States to apply the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches in the formulation and implementation of conservation and management measures, including by-catch, pollution, overfishing and protection of habitats of particular concern, bearing in mind the existing guidelines of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;", "11. Also encourages States to develop observation programmes, or to strengthen existing ones, individually or through regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, in order to improve data collection, inter alia, on species to be fished and those that are subject to incidental capture, which could also be useful for monitoring, control and monitoring instruments, and to take into account existing standards, forms of cooperation and other structures,", "12. Calls upon States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to collect and, where appropriate, communicate to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in a comprehensive, accurate and timely manner, data on catches and activities and information related to fishing prescribed, including information on straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks within and outside areas subject to national jurisdiction,", "13. Invites States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to cooperate with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in the implementation and improvement of the Fisheries Resource Monitoring System;", "14. Reaffirms paragraph 10 of its resolution 61/105 of 8 December 2006, and calls upon States to take, as a matter of urgency, including through regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, measures aimed at the full implementation of the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks,7 with regard to direct and incidental fisheries, on the basis of the best available scientific information, including by reducing fishing limits", "15. Calls upon States to take immediate and concerted action to improve the implementation and implementation of the measures of regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements and existing national measures regulating shark fisheries and by-catch sharks, in particular measures prohibiting or limiting shark fishing for the sole purpose of exploiting their fins, and, where necessary, to consider the use of all sharks, as appropriate;", "16. Calls upon relevant regional fisheries management organizations to regulate highly migratory species to establish or strengthen conservation and management measures based on scientific data, as appropriate, in relation to sharks caught in sinks in areas covered by these organizations, consistent with the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks;", "17. Welcomes the decision taken by the Fisheries Committee of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations at its twenty-ninth session to prepare a report on the scope of the implementation of the International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks,5 and requests that organization also report on the challenges faced by its member States in implementing that instrument and the provisions of paragraph 14 of the present resolution;", "18. Urges States to remove barriers to trade in fish and fish products that are not consistent with their rights and obligations under the World Trade Organization agreements, taking into account the importance of trade in fish and fish products, especially for developing countries;", "19. Urges States and relevant national and international organizations to make arrangements to enable small-scale fisheries stakeholders to participate in the development of fisheries management strategies and the formulation of relevant policies for the long-term sustainability of such fisheries in a manner consistent with the obligation to ensure the proper conservation and management of fisheries resources;", "20. Encourages States, directly or through relevant and appropriate subregional, regional or global organizations and arrangements, to analyse, as appropriate, the impact of fisheries on marine species at low trophies;", "21. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to study the potential effects of genetically modified fish species on the health and sustainability of wild fish stocks and to provide guidance, in accordance with the Code, on how to minimize harmful effects on them;", "II", "Implementation of the 1995 Agreement on the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks", "22. Calls upon all States and entities referred to in the Convention and article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement, if they have not done so, to ratify or accede to the Agreement and, in the meantime, to consider provisionally implementing it;", "23. Calls upon States parties to the Agreement to implement the provisions of the Agreement effectively, as a matter of priority, through their domestic legislation and the regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to which they participate;", "24. Emphasizes the importance of the provisions of the Agreement relating to bilateral, subregional and regional cooperation in enforcement, and calls for further work in this regard;", "25. Urges States parties to the Agreement, in accordance with article 21, paragraph 4, directly or through appropriate subregional or regional fisheries management organization or arrangement, to report to all States whose vessels fish in the high seas in the subregion or region concerned about the type of identification issued by those States parties to duly authorized officials to carry out visiting and inspection functions under articles 21 and 22 of the Agreement;", "26. Also urges States parties to the Agreement, in accordance with article 21, paragraph 4, to designate a competent authority to receive notifications under article 21 and to give due publicity to such designation through the appropriate subregional or regional fisheries management organization or arrangement;", "27. Invites regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements that have not yet done so to adopt procedures for high seas visits and inspections that are consistent with Articles 21 and 22 of the Agreement;", "28. Calls upon States, individually and, as appropriate, through subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements dealing with certain high seas differentiated fish stocks, to take the necessary measures to ensure the long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of these stocks in accordance with the Convention, the Code and the general principles stipulated in the Agreement;", "29. Invites States to assist developing States in increasing their participation in regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, including by facilitating access to fisheries for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, in accordance with article 25, paragraph 1 (b), of the Agreement, and taking into account the need to ensure that such access benefits the States concerned and their nationals;", "30. Invites States, international financial institutions and organizations of the United Nations system to provide assistance in accordance with Part VII of the Agreement, including, where appropriate, the creation of special financial arrangements or instruments to assist developing States, in particular the least developed and small island developing States, in order to enable them to enhance their national capacity to exploit fisheries resources, including the development of national flag fishing fleets, the development of economic value added", "31. Notes with appreciation the contributions made by States to the Assistance Fund established under Part VII of the Agreement, and encourages States, intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions, national institutions and non-governmental organizations, as well as individuals and legal entities, to make further voluntary financial contributions to the Fund;", "32. Notes with satisfaction that the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat (“the Division”) have taken steps to raise awareness of the availability of assistance through the Assistance Fund, and encourages that organization and the Division to continue to work in this regard;", "33. Encourages States, individually and, as appropriate, through subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to accelerate progress on the recommendations of the Review Conference, held in New York from 22 to 26 May 2006[17], and to define new priorities;", "34. Also encourages States, individually and, as appropriate, through subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to consider implementing, as appropriate, the recommendations for the resumption of the Review Conference, held in New York from 24 to 28 May 2010[18];", "35. Reaffirms its request to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to initiate arrangements with States for the collection and dissemination of data on fishing activities on the high seas of vessels flying their flag at the subregional and regional levels, where such arrangements do not exist;", "36. Reaffirms also its request to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to revise its statistical database on global fisheries in order to provide information on straddling fish stocks, highly migratory fish stocks and high seas differentiated fish stocks based on the location of the catch;", "III", "Related fisheries instruments", "37. Emphasizes the importance of the effective implementation of the provisions of the Compliance Agreement,8 and calls for continued efforts in this regard;", "38. Calls upon all States and other entities referred to in article X, paragraph 1, of the Compliance Agreement that have not yet become parties to it to do so as a matter of priority, and, in the meantime, consider provisionally implementing it;", "39. Urges States and subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to implement the Code and promote its implementation in the areas of their competence;", "40. Urges States, as a matter of priority, to develop and implement national and, where appropriate, regional action plans to implement the international action plans of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations;", "41. Encourages relevant international organizations to develop guidelines on best practices in the field of sea safety in relation to maritime fisheries;", "42. Encourages wide participation in the diplomatic conference convened by the International Maritime Organization for 2012 in South Africa in order to adopt an agreement on the implementation of the 1993 Torremolinos Protocol relating to the 1977 Torremolinos International Convention for the Safety of Fishing Ships;", "IV", "Illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing", "43. Emphasizes once again its great concern that illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing continues to represent one of the major threats to marine ecosystems and has serious and important implications for the conservation and management of ocean resources, as well as for food security and the economy of many States, in particular developing States, and renews its call upon States to fully implement all existing obligations, to fight against such an urgent and unreported action;", "44. Urges States to exercise effective control over their nationals, including the real owners, and vessels flying their flag, in order to prevent the diversion of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities or to provide support to vessels engaged in such activities, including those on the lists of vessels developed by regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, in order to deter and facilitate such sanctions", "45. Also urges States to take effective measures, at the national, subregional, regional and global levels, to deter any vessel from undertaking activities, including illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, which endanger the conservation and management measures taken by subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in accordance with international law;", "46. Calls upon States not to allow vessels flying their flag to engage in fishing activities on the high seas or in areas subject to the national jurisdiction of other States unless they have the appropriate authorization of the authorities of the States concerned and to do so in accordance with the conditions set out in that authorization, and to take, in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Convention, the Agreement and the specific Compliance Agreement, measures,", "47. Urges States, individually and collectively through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to develop appropriate procedures for assessing the performance of States with regard to the fulfilment of obligations relating to fishing vessels flying their flag under relevant international instruments;", "48. Encourages States, within the framework of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, to continue the activities of the Technical Consultation on the performance of the flag State with regard to the development of a draft criteria for flag State action, the assessment of such action and possible measures consistent with international law to encourage compliance, and assistance to developing countries to improve their role as flag States;", "49. Reaffirms the need to strengthen, where appropriate, the international legal framework for intergovernmental cooperation, especially at the subregional and regional levels, in the management of fish stocks and in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, in a manner consistent with international law, and that States and entities referred to in the Convention and in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement cooperate in addressing such fishing activities;", "50. Urges regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to continue to coordinate their efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities, including through the development of a common list of vessels engaged in such activities or the mutual recognition of the lists of vessels made by each organization or arrangement;", "51. Reaffirms its call upon States to adopt all necessary provisions consistent with international law, without prejudice to the sovereignty of States over the ports located in their territory and cases of force majeure or serious difficulty, which include prohibiting ships from access to their ports and then sending a report to the flag State concerned, where there is clear evidence that they participate or have participated in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities, or have been supported by them", "52. Reaffirms paragraph 48 of resolution 65/38 concerning the elimination of illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities of vessels flying " flags of convenience " and the requirement that a " genuine relationship " be established between States and fishing vessels flying their flag, and urges States that have free registration to effectively control all non-fishing vessels that fly,", "53. Recognizes the need to strengthen port State measures to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, and urges States to cooperate, especially at the regional level and through subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to take all necessary port State measures consistent with international law, taking into account article 23 of the Agreement, and to continue to promote the establishment and implementation of norms at the regional level;", "54. Encourages, in this regard, States and regional economic integration organizations that have not yet done so to consider ratifying, accepting or adopting the Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter and Eradicate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing,9 or accede to it, with a view to its early entry into force;", "55. Encourages the strengthening of cooperation between the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Maritime Organization, taking into account the respective competencies, mandates and experience of both organizations, to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, in particular by improving compliance with flag State obligations and port State measures;", "56. Encourages States, with regard to vessels flying their flag, and port States, to make every effort to communicate land disembarkation and catch quota data and, in this regard, encourages regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to consider establishing open databases containing such data for the purpose of enhancing the effectiveness of fisheries management;", "57. Calls upon States to take all necessary measures to ensure that vessels flying their flag do not transfer fish caught by fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, through adequate regulation, monitoring and control of the sea-borne sea-borne sea-borne sea-borne fish, including by taking further national measures applicable to ships flying their flag to prevent such transfers;", "58. Urges States, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to take and implement internationally agreed market-related measures, in accordance with international law, including the principles, rights and obligations set out in World Trade Organization agreements, as indicated in the International Plan of Action to Prevent, Deter and Eradicate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing;", "59. Encourages States and other relevant actors to exchange information on new market and trade-related measures with appropriate international forums, given the potential impact of such measures on all States, consistent with the established workplan of the Committee on Fisheries and taking into account the Technical Guidelines for Responsible Fisheries Trade of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; 11/", "60. Notes the concern about the possible connections between international organized crime and illegal fishing in some regions of the world, and encourages States, including through relevant international forums and organizations, to consider the causes and methods of illegal fishing, as well as the factors contributing to it, in order to increase the knowledge and understanding of the possible links mentioned, and to publicize the results, and, in this regard, takes note of the study published by the United Nations Office on Drugs", "V", "Monitoring, monitoring and monitoring, enforcement and enforcement", "61. Calls upon States, in accordance with international law, to implement more strictly or, if they do not exist, to adopt comprehensive follow-up, control and monitoring measures and enforcement plans, individually and within the relevant regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, in order to establish an appropriate framework for promoting the implementation of agreed conservation and management measures, and further calls for improved coordination among all States and", "62. Encourages relevant international organizations, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to continue their efforts to develop guidelines on flag State control of fishing vessels;", "63. Calls upon States, individually and through relevant regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to establish mandatory systems for the monitoring, control and monitoring of vessels, in particular to require all vessels fishing on the high seas to be equipped with ship monitoring systems as soon as possible, recalling that paragraph 62 of its resolution 63/112 of 5 December 2008, calls for large-scale monitoring of ships", "64. Calls upon States, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, and in accordance with international law and domestic law, to establish or improve their positive and negative lists of vessels that fish in areas regulated by relevant regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in order to promote compliance with conservation and management measures and to detect products from illegal, unreported and unregulated catches, and encourages the sharing of coordination among all States", "65. Encourages the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in cooperation with States, regional economic integration organizations, the International Maritime Organization and, as appropriate, regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to expedite efforts to develop and manage a comprehensive global register, including with a unique ship identification system;", "66. 2. Requests States and relevant international agencies, in accordance with international law, to develop more effective measures to determine the origin of fish or fish products in order to assist importing States in identifying fish or fish products captured in a manner that undermines agreed international conservation and management measures under international law, taking into account the special needs of developing States and forms of cooperation with States", "67. Requests States to take the necessary measures, in accordance with international law, to help prevent access to international fish markets and fish products captured in a manner that undermines the applicable conservation and management measures agreed under international law;", "68. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to report on progress in developing guidelines on best practices for capture and tracking documentation systems, with a view to including such information in the Secretary-General ' s report on fisheries to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "69. Encourages States to establish and undertake cooperative monitoring and enforcement activities, in accordance with international law, to strengthen and improve efforts to ensure compliance with conservation and management measures, and to prevent and discourage illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;", "70. Urges States, directly and through regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, to develop and adopt effective measures for the monitoring, control and monitoring of transshipments, as appropriate, in particular sea transfers, with the objective, inter alia, to monitor compliance and collect and verify fisheries data, to prevent and suppress illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities,", "71. Expresses its appreciation to States for their financial contributions to enhance the capacity of the current International Network for Cooperation and Coordination in the voluntary follow-up, control and monitoring activities related to fisheries, and encourages them to join and actively participate in the Network and to consider, where appropriate, transforming it, in accordance with international law, into an international entity with its own resources to better assist its members, taking into account the forms of development;", "VI", "Overfishing capacity", "72. Calls upon States to commit themselves urgently to reducing the capacity of the world ' s fishing fleets to levels consistent with the sustainability of fish stocks through the establishment of maximum levels and appropriate plans or other arrangements for the continuous assessment of capacity, while avoiding the transfer of fishing capacity to other areas or sewers in a manner that undermines the sustainable management of fish stocks, including areas where fish stocks are being managed", "73. Reiterates its call upon States, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to ensure that the urgent measures envisaged in the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity are taken as soon as possible and to facilitate their implementation without delay;", "74. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to report on the progress made in the implementation of the International Plan of Action for the Management of Fishing Capacity, as set out in paragraph 48 of the Plan of Action;", "75. Calls upon States, individually and, as appropriate, through relevant subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements for the regulation of highly migratory species, to urgently address the global fisheries capacity of tunids, inter alia, in order to recognize the legitimate rights of developing States, in particular of small island developing States, to participate in and benefit from the fisheries of the Tunids,", "76. Encourages States that are cooperating to establish subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, bearing in mind the best available scientific information, as well as the precautionary approach, to apply voluntary restrictions on fishing capacity levels in areas that will be under the control of future organizations and arrangements until appropriate regional conservation and management measures are adopted and implemented, taking into account the need to ensure long-term conservation, management and sustainable use of stocks", "77. Urges States to eliminate subsidies that contribute to overfishing and overfishing capacity, as well as illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, including by accelerating efforts to finalize the World Trade Organization negotiations on fisheries subsidies, in accordance with the 2001 Doha Ministerial Declaration[19] to clarify and improve the rules on fisheries subsidies and the 2005 Hong Kong Ministerial Declaration;", "VII", "Large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing", "78. Expresses concern that, despite the adoption of its resolution 46/215 of 20 December 1991, the practice of large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing continues to exist and constitute a threat to living marine resources;", "79. Urges States, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to take effective measures, or to strengthen existing measures, to implement and enforce the provisions of resolution 46/215 and subsequent resolutions on large-scale pelagic and drift-net fishing, with a view to eliminating the use of large drift-nets in all seas and oceans, which assumes that the work to be carried out by non-reference of 46/215", "80. Also urges States, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to take effective measures, or to strengthen existing measures, to implement and enforce the existing global moratorium on large-scale pelagic drift-net fishing on the high seas, and calls upon States to ensure that vessels flying their flag and are duly authorized for large-scale fishing with high seas", "81. Reaffirms the request contained in paragraph 6 of resolution 46/215 for information to the Secretary-General and requests the Secretary-General to include such information in the report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "VIII", "By-catch and discard", "82. Urges States, subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and other relevant international organizations that have not done so to take action, taking into account the interests of developing coastal States and, where appropriate, subsistence fishing communities, to reduce or eliminate incidental catches, catches by missing or abandoned stocks, discards and post-fishing losses, including those of young fish,", "83. Calls upon States, individually, collectively or through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to continue to study, develop and adopt effective management measures, taking into account the best available scientific information on fishing methods, including fish concentration devices, to minimize by-catch;", "84. Urgently calls upon States, subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and, where appropriate, other relevant international organizations to develop and implement effective management measures to reduce the incidence of by-catch, including the use of selective fishing gear, where appropriate;", "85. Calls upon States and subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to take measures, or improve existing measures, to assess the impact of their fisheries on by-catch species, to improve the integrity and reliability of information and reports on by-catch of species, including through adequate coverage through observers and the use of modern technologies, and to assist developing States in meeting their data collection and reporting obligations;", "86. Requests States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, as appropriate, to establish or strengthen existing data collection programmes to obtain reliable estimates of by-catch of sharks, sea turtles, finfish, marine mammals and seabirds, and to promote further research on selective fishing gears and practices and on the use of appropriate mitigation measures for by-catch;", "87. Encourages States and entities referred to in the Convention and article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Agreement to give due consideration to the possibility of participating, as appropriate, in subregional and regional organizations and arrangements for the conservation of catched species by-catch during fishing operations;", "88. Encourages States to strengthen, where necessary, the capacity of subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements involved in ensuring the proper conservation of catched species by-catch during fisheries operations, taking into account the best management practices of these species, and to accelerate their efforts in this regard;", "89. Requests States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to urgently implement, as appropriate, the measures recommended in the 2004 Guidelines for the Reduction of Marine Turtle Mortality by-catch Operations,[21] and the International Plan of Action for the Reduction of Incidental Catch of Marine Birds in Longline Fisheries, by minimizing the development of post-fishing,", "90. Also requests States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to act urgently to reduce the by-catch of seabirds, including albatross and petreles, in fisheries through the adoption and implementation of conservation measures consistent with the 2009 United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization ' s technical guidelines on best practices to support the implementation of the International Plan of Action for the Reduction of Marine Birds", "IX", "Subregional and regional cooperation", "91. Urges coastal States and States fishing on the high seas, in accordance with the Convention, the Agreement and other relevant instruments, to cooperate with regard to straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, directly or through appropriate subregional or regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, for the effective conservation and management of such stocks;", "92. Urges States that fish straddling straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks at high seas and relevant coastal States, where there is a competent subregional or regional organization or arrangement to establish conservation and management measures for such stocks, to comply with their obligations to cooperate by adhering to that organization, participating in such arrangement or agreeing to the implementation of conservation and management measures established by the organization or arrangement, or to ensure that any such fisheries management arrangements", "93. Invites, in this regard, subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to ensure that all States with a real interest in the fisheries concerned may join or participate in such arrangements, in accordance with the Convention, the Agreement and the Code;", "94. Encourages relevant coastal States and States that fish straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks at the high seas, where there are no subregional or regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, to establish conservation and management measures for such stocks, to cooperate in establishing such organizations or to conclude another appropriate arrangement to ensure the conservation and management of such stocks and to participate in the work of such organizations or arrangements;", "95. Urges all States signatories and other States whose vessels operate in the area of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of the Fisheries Resources of the South-East Atlantic Ocean[23] in search of fishery resources included in that convention, as a matter of priority, to become parties to that convention and, in the meantime, to ensure that ships flying their flag comply fully with the measures taken;", "96. Welcomes the recent ratification of the Agreement on Fisheries in the South of the Indian Ocean, encourages signatory States and States with a real interest to become parties to that agreement, and urges those States to agree and implement interim measures, including measures consistent with paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 117, 119, 120, 122 and 123 of resolution 64/72 of 4 December 2009, of 4 December 2009", "97. Takes note of recent initiatives at the regional level to promote responsible fishing practices, including combating illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing;", "98. Welcomes the ratifications of the Convention for the Conservation and Management of High Sea Fisheries Resources of the South Pacific and the accessions to it that have taken place recently, and encourages further ratification, accessions, acceptances and approvals of that convention, with a view to its early entry into force;", "99. Encourages States, regional economic integration organizations and entities referred to in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Sea Fisheries Resources of the South Pacific Ocean that participated in the negotiation of that convention to fully implement the voluntary interim measures taken to give effect to paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 until such convention has entered into force and conservation and management measures have been taken;", "100. Also encourages States, regional economic integration organizations and entities referred to in article 1, paragraph 2 (b), of the Convention for the Conservation and Management of High Sea Fisheries of the South Pacific Ocean that participated in the negotiation of such a convention to fully implement the voluntary interim measures that have been taken and voluntarily restrict the fishing activity and catches them to avoid the overexploitation of certain high-level fishery resources in the area to which specified", "101. Notes with satisfaction the conclusion of the negotiations for the establishment of a regional fisheries management organization in the North Pacific, and encourages the participating States to fully implement the voluntary interim measures adopted in accordance with paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 117, 119, 120, 122 and 123 of resolution 64/72;", "102. Takes note of the efforts being made by the members of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission to enhance the functioning of the Commission so that it can carry out its mandate more effectively, and invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to provide the members of the Commission with all the assistance they require to that end;", "103. Encourages signatory States and States with real interest to become parties to the Convention for the Strengthening of the Inter-American Commission on Tropical Tuna established under the 1949 Convention between the United States of America and the Republic of Costa Rica;", "104. Welcomes the recent adoption by some contracting parties to the Convention on the Future Multilateral Cooperation in Northwest Atlantic Fisheries[24] of the 2007 Amendment to that Convention, and encourages contracting parties that have not yet done so to adopt the amendment to enter into force promptly;", "105. Urges regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, as a matter of priority and in accordance with international law, to continue their efforts to strengthen and modernize their mandates and actions taken by such organizations or arrangements and to apply modern criteria for fisheries management, as reflected in the Agreement and other relevant international instruments, based on the best available scientific information and the precautionary approach and incorporating an eco-system approach to fisheries management and related considerations", "106. Calls upon relevant regional fisheries management organizations in the conservation and management of highly migratory fish stocks that have not yet taken effective measures in this regard in accordance with the best scientific information available to conserve and order populations within their mandate to do so urgently;", "107. Urges States to strengthen and improve cooperation between existing and developing regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements involving, including by enhancing communication and coordination of measures, including through joint consultations, and to strengthen the integration, coordination and cooperation of such regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements with other relevant international organizations;", "108. Urges the five relevant regional fisheries management organizations to regulate highly migratory species to continue to take action to implement the Action Line adopted at the second joint meeting of regional tunid fisheries management organizations and arrangements, and to consider the recommendations of the third joint meeting of regional tunid fisheries management organizations and arrangements;", "109. Invites States and relevant regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to regulate straddling fish stocks to share their experiences and good practices, including by considering the possibility of joint meetings, as appropriate;", "110. Urges regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to increase transparency and ensure that their decision-making processes are fair and transparent, based on the best available scientific information, incorporate the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches and take into account the rights of participation by means such as the development of transparent criteria for the allocation of fishing opportunities that reflect, as appropriate, the relevant provisions of the Agreement, taking into account, among other things,", "111. Welcomes the 2010 review of the South-East Atlantic Fisheries Organization and the 2011 review of the North-West Atlantic Fisheries Organization, as well as the completion of a number of regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, and encourages the implementation of recommendations emerging from their respective reviews as a matter of priority, as appropriate;", "112. Urges States that have not done so, through their participation in regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to undertake urgent reviews of the outcomes of such organizations and arrangements, whether initiated by their own organizations or arrangements or with external partners, including in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, using transparent criteria based on the provisions of the Agreement and other relevant instruments, and to include the best practices of the independent fisheries organizations,", "113. Encourages regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to make public the findings of such results reviews, to be discussed jointly and, in addition, to consider the possibility of regular reviews;", "114. Urges States to cooperate, taking into account the above-mentioned results reviews, in order to develop guidelines on best practices for regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, and to apply, to the extent possible, those guidelines to the organizations and arrangements to which they participate;", "115. Encourages the formulation of regional guidelines that States may use to impose sanctions in the event that ships flying their flag and their citizens commit violations, which are applied in accordance with national law and which are sufficiently severe to ensure effective compliance with standards, discourage further infringements and deprive offenders of the benefits resulting from their illicit activities, as well as to assess their sanctions systems with a view to ensuring their effectiveness and deterrence;", "X", "Responsible fishing in the marine ecosystem", "116. Urges States, individually or through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to intensify their efforts to apply an ecosystem approach to fisheries, taking into account paragraph 30 (d) of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;15", "117. Encourages States, individually or through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and other relevant international organizations, to ensure that data collection on fisheries and ecosystems is carried out in a coordinated and integrated manner that facilitates their incorporation, where appropriate, into global observation initiatives;", "118. Calls upon States and regional fisheries management organizations or arrangements, working in cooperation with other relevant organizations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission and the World Meteorological Organization, to take, as appropriate, measures to protect oceanographic data collection systems through buoys anchored in areas beyond national jurisdiction from actions that hinder their functioning;", "119. Encourages States to increase scientific research on the marine ecosystem in accordance with international law;", "120. Calls upon States, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and other specialized agencies, subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, as appropriate, and other relevant intergovernmental agencies to cooperate in achieving sustainable aquaculture, including through the exchange of information, the development of equivalent standards on issues such as the health of aquatic animals and those related to human health and safety, the assessment of the potential positive and negative impacts of marine", "121. Calls upon States to take immediate, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, in accordance with the precautionary approach and ecosystem approaches, in order to continue to implement the International Guidelines for the Management of Deep Sea Fisheries in the High Seas of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2008 (“the Guidelines”)[26] with a view to the sustainable management of deep seawater ecosystems,", "122. Reaffirms the importance of paragraphs 80 to 90 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 113 to 127 of resolution 64/72, addressing the impacts of deep-sea fisheries on vulnerable marine ecosystems and the long-term sustainability of high-sea fish stocks, as well as the measures set out in those resolutions, and emphasizes the need for all States and relevant regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to comply fully and urgently with those commitments;", "123. Recalls that nothing in the paragraphs of resolutions 61/105 and 64/72 and of the present resolution on the effects of fishing on the seabed on vulnerable marine ecosystems undermines the sovereign rights of coastal States on their continental shelf or the exercise of their jurisdiction over their continental shelf in accordance with international law, as reflected in the Convention, in particular article 77 thereof;", "124. Notes, in this regard, that coastal States have taken conservation measures on their continental shelf to address the impacts of bottom fisheries on vulnerable marine ecosystems, and are working to ensure compliance with these measures;", "125. Welcomes the significant progress made by States, regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and States participating in negotiations to establish a competent regional fisheries management organization or arrangement to regulate deep-sea fisheries in the implementation of paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 113, 117 and 119 to 124 of resolution 64/72 and in efforts to address the impacts of marine bottom fisheries;", "126. Also welcomes the substantial work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in the management of deep-sea fisheries and the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems, and urges States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to ensure that the measures they take in relation to the sustainable management of deep-sea fisheries and the implementation of paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 12472,", "127. Takes note of the report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations workshop on the challenges and ways forward in the implementation of the Guidelines, held in Busan, Republic of Korea, from 10 to 12 May 2010[27];", "128. Welcomes the convening by the Secretary-General, pursuant to paragraph 128 of resolution 64/72, of a workshop to review the implementation of paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 117 and 119 to 127 of resolution 64/72, addressing the impacts of deep-sea fisheries on vulnerable marine ecosystems and the long-term sustainability of deep-sea fish stocks, held in New York on 15 September 2011 and", "129. Consider, on the basis of the review conducted pursuant to paragraph of resolution 64/72, that, despite the progress made, the urgent measures set out in the relevant paragraphs of resolutions 61/105 and 64/72 have not been fully implemented in all cases and, in this context, further action is required in accordance with the precautionary approach, regular ecosystem approaches and international law, and in accordance with the Guidelines to contribute to", "(a) Strengthen existing procedures to conduct assessments that will take into account the individual, collective and cumulative effects and make such assessments available to the public, recognizing that this can contribute to transparency and capacity-building worldwide;", "(b) Establish procedures to ensure that evaluations are updated when new information is available or new circumstances require and improve existing ones;", "(c) Establish procedures to evaluate, review and review periodic evaluations on the basis of the best available scientific information and best management measures and improve existing ones;", "(d) Establish mechanisms to promote and improve compliance with applicable measures for the protection of vulnerable marine ecosystems, adopted in accordance with international law;", "130. Notes that not all impact assessments have been made available to the public and calls upon States, in accordance with domestic law, and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements to promptly publish all assessments;", "131. Recognizes that various types of marine scientific research, including the mapping of the seabed in different parts of the oceans, have identified areas where vulnerable marine ecosystems exist and take conservation and management measures to prevent significant adverse impacts on these ecosystems, including the prohibition of bottom fisheries in accordance with paragraph 119 (b) of resolution 64/72;", "132. Encourages, in this regard, relevant regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements for regulating marine fisheries, States participating in negotiations to establish such organizations or arrangements and flag States to take into account the results of marine scientific research available, including those derived from marine bottom mapping programmes designed to identify areas containing vulnerable marine ecosystems, and to take measures of conservation and management to prevent significant impacts of marine fisheries,", "133. Encourages States, regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, and States participating in negotiations to establish such organizations or arrangements, to undertake further research on deep-sea species and ecosystems and assessments of fishing activities in relation to the species to be fished and for which they are caught by-catch, in accordance with the Guidelines and the Convention, including its Part XIII;", "134. Recognizes in particular that developing States experience circumstances and have special needs and may have particular problems in fully complying with certain technical aspects of the Guidelines, and that, in implementing paragraphs 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105, paragraph 119 of resolution 64/72, paragraph 129 of the present resolution and the Guidelines, such States should take fully into account section 6 of the Guidelines on the special requirements of developing countries;", "135. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in order to facilitate the implementation of the Guidelines by States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to consider the following activities under its deep-sea fisheries programme:", "(a) Compile protocols for related findings and mitigation actions, including distances and thresholds, clarify their use and provide technical guidance;", "(b) Develop guidance on the implementation of the criteria for identifying vulnerable marine ecosystems contained in the Guidelines;", "(c) Develop guidance for evaluations, including risk assessments for individual, collective and cumulative impacts, and promote greater standardization of such assessments;", "(d) Support and facilitate work on assessments of deep-sea populations at the high seas to ensure the sustainability of such fisheries;", "(e) Continue its efforts to establish a global database on vulnerable marine ecosystems;", "136. Also invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to consider convening a meeting involving scientists from relevant regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements for regulating deep-sea fisheries and States, to review impact assessments with a view to proposing best practices, as well as standards for conducting such assessments, including risk assessments;", "137. Decides to reconsider in 2015 the measures taken by States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in response to paragraphs 117 and 119 to 127 of resolution 64/72 and paragraphs 121, 126 and 129 to 136 of the present resolution, with a view to ensuring the effective implementation of the measures contained therein and to make further recommendations, if necessary;", "138. Encourages faster progress in the establishment of criteria for the objectives and management of marine protected areas for the purposes of fisheries, and in this regard welcomes the proposal of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in accordance with the Convention and the Code, to develop technical guidelines on the identification, establishment and testing of marine protected areas for these purposes, and urges cooperation and coordination among all relevant international organizations;", "139. In this regard, it notes that the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Nagoya, Japan, from 18 to 29 October 2010, adopted the new Strategic Plan for Biological Diversity 2011-2020[28];", "140. Urges all States to implement the 1995 World Programme of Action for the Protection of the Marine Environment from Land-based Activities,[29] and to accelerate efforts to safeguard the marine ecosystem, including fish stocks, from pollution and physical degradation;", "141. Recognizes the serious impact of lost, abandoned or discarded fishing gear on the marine environment and encourages States to take measures to reduce such gear, noting the recommendations contained in the report of the United Nations Environment Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for 2009[30];", "142. Reaffirms the importance it attaches to paragraphs 77 to 81 of its resolution 60/31 of 29 November 2005 on the issue of missing, abandoned or discarded fishing gears and related marine debris and the adverse effects of these abandoned fishing debris and gears, inter alia, on fish stocks, habitats and other marine species, and urges States and fisheries organizations to advance the speedy implementation of regional arrangements", "143. Encourages further studies, including by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, on the effects of underwater noise on fish stocks and catch indices, as well as related socio-economic impacts;", "144. Calls upon States, including through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to participate actively in global efforts to sustainably conserve and utilize living marine resources to contribute to marine biodiversity;", "145. Encourages States, individually or through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, as appropriate, to identify the breeding and breeding areas of fish stocks within their jurisdiction or competence and, where necessary, to take scientifically based measures to conserve such stocks at those critical stages of life;", "XI", "Capacity-building", "146. Reiterates the crucial importance of States cooperating directly or, as appropriate, through the relevant subregional and regional organizations, as well as other international organizations, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations through its FishCode programme, including with financial or technical assistance, in accordance with the Agreement, the Compliance Agreement, the Code and its related international action plans,7 with a view to enhancing the capacity of developing States to implement the objectives and", "147. Welcomes the work of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations with a view to guiding the necessary strategies and measures to create an enabling environment for small-scale fisheries, and encourages studies to establish possible alternative livelihoods in coastal communities;", "148. Encourages States, international financial institutions and relevant intergovernmental organizations and agencies, in a manner consistent with environmental sustainability, to enhance the capacity-building of fishers, especially small-scale fishermen, of developing countries, in particular small island developing States, and to provide them with increased technical assistance, recognizing that food security and livelihoods can depend on fisheries;", "149. Encourages the international community to promote sustainable development opportunities in developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, small island developing States and coastal States in Africa, by promoting greater participation of those States in the authorized fishing activities in areas under their national jurisdiction, in order to enhance the economic benefit of the developing countries", "150. Calls upon countries that operate in remote waters, when they negotiate access agreements and arrangements with developing coastal States, to do so in an equitable and sustainable manner, and to take into account their legitimate expectation to benefit fully from the sustainable use of natural resources in their exclusive economic zones, to ensure that vessels flying their flag comply with the laws and regulations of the developing coastal States that are subject to more international law enforcement", "151. Encourages States, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to provide further assistance to developing States and to promote coherence in such assistance so that they can formulate, establish and implement relevant agreements, instruments and arrangements for the conservation and sustainable management of fish stocks, including for the formulation and strengthening of their domestic fisheries regulations and those of the regional fisheries management organizations of their regions, and to promote", "152. Encourages States to provide technical and financial support to developing countries to address their special needs and challenges in implementing the Guidelines;", "153. Calls upon States to promote, through the ongoing dialogue and assistance and cooperation provided in accordance with articles 24 to 26 of the Agreement, further ratifications of the Agreement or accessions to the Agreement by addressing, inter alia, the issue of lack of capacity and resources that may make it difficult for some developing States to become parties;", "154. Notes with appreciation the compilation prepared by the Secretariat of the needs of developing States for capacity-building and assistance in the conservation and management of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, as well as the sources of assistance available to developing States to meet those needs[31];", "155. Encourages States, regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements and other relevant agencies to assist developing States in the implementation of the measures set out in paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 113, 117 and 119 to 124 of resolution 64/72;", "156. Urges States and regional economic integration organizations, individually and through regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements, to incorporate efforts to assist developing States, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, in other relevant international development strategies with a view to improving international coordination, so that they can develop their national capacity to exploit the fisheries resources, in accordance with their respective mandates,", "157. Requests States and regional fisheries management organizations to develop strategies to further assist developing States, in particular the least developed countries and small island developing States, to take full advantage of the benefits of fishing for straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks and to intensify regional efforts to sustainably conserve and manage such stocks, and to provide related information in this regard;", "XII", "Cooperation in the United Nations system", "158. Requests the relevant components of the United Nations system, international financial institutions and donor agencies to support regional fisheries management organizations and their member States in enhancing their capacity for enforcement and enforcement;", "159. Invites the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations to continue its cooperation agreements with United Nations agencies to implement international action plans and to provide the Secretary-General with information on priorities in the cooperation and coordination of such work for inclusion in his annual report on sustainable fisheries;", "XIII", "Activities of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea", "160. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the report on the measures taken by States and regional fisheries management organizations and arrangements in response to paragraphs 80 and 83 to 87 of resolution 61/105 and paragraphs 113 to 117 and 119 to 127 of resolution 64/72, on sustainable fisheries, addressing the impacts of seabed fisheries on vulnerable marine ecosystems and the long-term sustainability of deep-sea fish stocks, as well as for the provision of high-quality,", "161. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to exercise the functions and responsibilities entrusted to him under the Convention, the Agreement and the related resolutions of the General Assembly, and to ensure that adequate resources are allocated to the Division to carry out its functions within the approved budget of the Organization;", "XIV", "Sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly", "162. Requests the Secretary-General to bring the present resolution to the attention of all States, relevant intergovernmental organizations, organizations and agencies of the United Nations system, subregional and regional fisheries management organizations and relevant non-governmental organizations, and to invite them to provide relevant information for their implementation;", "163. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement on the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments, taking into account the information provided by States, relevant specialized agencies, in particular the United Nations", "164. Notes the desire to further increase the efficiency of the informal consultations on its annual resolution on sustainable fisheries, as well as the effective participation of delegations in those consultations, decides that the informal consultations on that resolution will be held in a single round of consultations in November, for six days, and invites States to submit to the Coordinator of the informal consultations the proposed texts for inclusion in the resolution no later than four weeks prior to the beginning of the consultations;", "165. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session, under the item entitled “Oceans and the law of the sea”, the sub-item entitled “Sustainable fisheries, including through the 1995 Agreement on the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks, and related instruments”, sub-item.", "76th plenary meeting 6 December 2011", "[1] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1834, No. 31363.", "[2] Ibid., vol. 2167, No. 37924.", "[3] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Outcome of the Ministerial Meeting on Fisheries, Rome, 12 March 2005 (CL 128/INF/11), appendix B.", "[4] International fisheries instruments with an alphabetical index for topics (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.98.V.11), sect. III.", "[5] See Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the twenty-ninth session of the Committee on Fisheries, Rome, 31 January-4 February 2011, FAO, Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 973 [FIPI/R973 (Es)].", "[6] Available at www.fao.org/corp/publications/es.", "[7] Available at www.fao.org/fishery/publications/es.", "[8] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2221, No. 39486.", "[9] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the FAO Conference, thirty-sixth session, Rome, 18-23 November 2009 (C 2009/REP and Corr.3), appendix E.", "[10] Available at www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2296t/i2296t00.htm.", "[11] Available at www.fao.org/fishery/publications/technical-guidelines/es.", "[12] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the Technical Consultation on the Development of International Guidelines for the Management of Incidental Catch and Reduction of Discards, Rome, 6-10 December 2010, FAO, Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 957 [FIRO/R957 (Es)], appendix E.", "[13] E/CN.17/2002/PC.2/3, annex.", "[14] See United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/CBD/COP/7/21, annex.", "[15] Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August-4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex.", "[16] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the twenty-fifth session of the Committee on Fisheries, Rome, 24-28 February 2003, FAO, Fisheries Report No. 702 [FIPL/R702 (Es)], appendix H.", "[17] See A/CONF.210/2006/15, annex.", "[18] See A/CONF.210/2010/7, annex.", "[19] A/C.2/56/7, annex.", "[20] World Trade Organization, WT/MIN(05)/DEC.", "[21] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the Technical Consultation on the Conservation of Marine Turtle and Fisheries, Bangkok, Thailand, 29 November-2 December 2004, FAO, Fisheries Report No. 765 [FIRM/R765 (Es)], appendix E.", "[22] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2258, No. 40228.", "[23] Ibid., vol. 2221, No. 39489.", "Ibid., vol. 1135, No. 17799.", "[25] Available at www.fao.org/docrep/011/i0445t/i0445t00.htm.", "[26] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the Technical Consultation on the International Guidelines for the Management of Deep Sea Fisheries in the High Sea, Rome, 4-8 February and 25-29 August 2008, FAO, Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 881 [FIEP/R881 (Tri)], appendix F.", "[27] Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Report of the FAO Workshop on the Implementation of the International Guidelines for the Management of Deep-sea Fisheries in the High Seas – Challenges and Ways Forward, Busan, Republic of Korea, 10-12 May 2010, FAO, Fisheries and Aquaculture Report No. 948 [FIPI/R948 (En)].", "[28] See United Nations Environment Programme, document UNEP/CBD/COP/10/27, annex, decision X/2.", "[29] See A/51/116, annex II.", "[30] Available at www.fao.org/docrep/015/i0620s/i0620s00.htm.", "[31] Available at www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/fishstocksmeetings/compilation2009updated.pdf.", "[32] A/66/307." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/423)]", "66/69. Asistencia para las actividades relativas a las minas", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 64/84, de 10 de diciembre de 2009, y todas sus resoluciones anteriores relativas a la asistencia para la remoción de minas y a la asistencia para las actividades relativas a las minas, todas ellas aprobadas sin votación,", "Recordando también todos los tratados y las convenciones pertinentes[1] y sus procesos de examen,", "Observando con aprecio que el Día Internacional de Información sobre el Peligro de las Minas y de Asistencia para las Actividades relativas a las Minas se ha celebrado en todo el mundo,", "Reafirmando su profunda preocupación por los enormes problemas humanitarios y para el desarrollo causados por la presencia de minas y restos explosivos de guerra[2], que tienen consecuencias sociales y económicas graves y duraderas para las poblaciones de los países afectados,", "Teniendo presente la grave amenaza que representan las minas y los restos explosivos de guerra para la seguridad, la salud y la vida de las poblaciones civiles locales, así como del personal que participa en los programas y operaciones humanitarios, de mantenimiento de la paz, de rehabilitación y de remoción de minas,", "Profundamente alarmada por el número de minas que se siguen sembrando cada año, así como por el número, decreciente pero todavía muy elevado, de minas y restos explosivos de guerra y de kilómetros cuadrados de zonas así infestadas como resultado de conflictos armados, y convencida por ello de la necesidad y la urgencia de que la comunidad internacional intensifique sus actividades relativas a las minas con miras a eliminar lo antes posible la amenaza que representan para la población civil las minas terrestres y los restos explosivos de guerra,", "Reconociendo que, aparte de la función primordial que corresponde a los Estados, las Naciones Unidas pueden desempeñar un papel significativo en el ámbito de la asistencia para las actividades relativas a las minas por conducto del Equipo de las Naciones Unidas de Actividades relativas a las Minas[3], en particular el Servicio de las Naciones Unidas de Actividades relativas a las Minas, considerando que esas actividades son un componente importante e integral de la labor de las Naciones Unidas en las esferas humanitaria y de desarrollo, y observando que se han incluido actividades relativas a las minas en numerosas operaciones de las Naciones Unidas para el mantenimiento de la paz,", "Observando con aprecio el aumento de la cooperación entre el Equipo de las Naciones Unidas de Actividades relativas a las Minas y las organizaciones no gubernamentales y otros interesados mediante las reuniones del Comité de Actividades relativas a las Minas[4], y los progresos en cuanto a la participación activa del Equipo en el mecanismo de coordinación humanitaria,", "Reconociendo la valiosa aportación que realizan los especialistas nacionales e internacionales en la materia, en particular el personal de las Naciones Unidas y las fuerzas de mantenimiento de la paz, a las actividades relativas a las minas, contribuyendo a que las comunidades locales puedan reanudar su vida normal y recuperar sus medios de subsistencia al volver a tener acceso a tierras que antes estaban minadas,", "Destacando la necesidad acuciante de instar a los agentes no estatales a que se abstengan de modo inmediato e incondicional de sembrar nuevas minas, artefactos explosivos improvisados y otros artefactos explosivos relacionados,", "Observando la labor que se viene realizando para elaborar una nueva Estrategia interinstitucional de las Naciones Unidas de actividades relativas a las minas para el período 2011‑2015,", "1. Toma nota del informe del Secretario General relativo a la asistencia para las actividades relativas a las minas[5];", "2. Pide, en particular, que los Estados, con ayuda de las Naciones Unidas y las organizaciones pertinentes que participen en actividades relativas a las minas, según proceda, sigan fomentando la creación y el desarrollo de la capacidad nacional en actividades relativas a las minas en los países en que las minas y los restos explosivos de guerra constituyen una grave amenaza para la seguridad, la salud y la vida de la población civil local o un obstáculo para el desarrollo social y económico en los planos nacional y local;", "3. Insta a todos los Estados, en particular a los que tienen capacidad para hacerlo, así como al sistema de las Naciones Unidas y a las organizaciones e instituciones competentes vinculadas a actividades relativas a las minas a que, según proceda, apoyen a los Estados y territorios afectados por las minas proporcionando:", "a) Asistencia a los países afectados por la presencia de minas y restos explosivos de guerra con el fin de que puedan establecer y desarrollar su capacidad nacional para llevar a cabo actividades relativas a las minas, incluso, cuando corresponda, para que esos países puedan cumplir sus obligaciones internacionales pertinentes;", "b) Apoyo a programas nacionales, según proceda, en cooperación con los órganos competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y las organizaciones regionales, gubernamentales y no gubernamentales competentes, a fin de reducir los riesgos que entrañan las minas terrestres y los restos explosivos de guerra, tomando en consideración las diferentes necesidades de las mujeres, las niñas, los niños y los hombres;", "c) Contribuciones estables, previsibles y a tiempo para las actividades relativas a las minas, incluso por conducto de las iniciativas nacionales y los programas de las organizaciones no gubernamentales sobre actividades relativas a las minas, que incluyan la asistencia a las víctimas y la educación sobre los riesgos que entrañan las minas, especialmente a nivel local, así como por conducto de los fondos fiduciarios nacionales, regionales y mundiales pertinentes, en particular del Fondo Fiduciario de contribuciones voluntarias para prestar asistencia a las actividades relativas a las minas;", "d) La información y la asistencia técnica, financiera y material necesarias para localizar, despejar, destruir o neutralizar lo antes posible los campos minados, las minas, las armas trampa y otros artefactos y restos explosivos de guerra, de conformidad con el derecho internacional;", "e) Asistencia tecnológica i) a los países afectados por las minas y los restos explosivos de la guerra, y ii) en el fomento de la investigación científica y el desarrollo, orientados al usuario, de tecnologías y técnicas relativas a las minas que sean efectivas, sostenibles, apropiadas y ecológicamente racionales;", "4. Alienta los esfuerzos para realizar todas las actividades relativas a las minas de conformidad con las Normas internacionales para las actividades relativas a las minas o con normas nacionales que cumplan las Normas internacionales y pone de relieve la importancia de utilizar un sistema de gestión de la información, por ejemplo, el Sistema de Gestión de Información para Actividades relativas a las Minas, que ayude a facilitar las actividades en esta esfera;", "5. Insta a todos los Estados afectados por las minas a que, de conformidad con el derecho internacional aplicable, determinen las zonas bajo su jurisdicción o control que contengan minas y otros explosivos de guerra de la manera más eficiente posible y a que, según proceda, utilicen técnicas de recuperación de tierras, como reconocimientos no técnicos, reconocimientos técnicos y remoción;", "6. Alienta a los Estados afectados por las minas a que, con el apoyo de los asociados pertinentes para el desarrollo, incorporen proactivamente las necesidades en materia de actividades relativas a las minas y de asistencia a las víctimas en planes y procesos de desarrollo a fin de garantizar que las prioridades de desarrollo incluyan actividades relativas a las minas y que esas actividades cuenten con financiación previsible;", "7. Alienta a todos los programas y órganos multilaterales, regionales y nacionales competentes a que, según proceda, incluyan actividades relativas a las minas, entre ellas la remoción de minas, en sus actividades humanitarias, de rehabilitación, de reconstrucción y de asistencia para el desarrollo, teniendo presente la necesidad de asegurar, en los planos nacional y local, el poder de decisión, la sostenibilidad y la creación de capacidad, y a que también incluyan en todos los aspectos de esas actividades la perspectiva de género y de edad apropiada;", "8. Alienta a los Estados Miembros, según corresponda, y a las organizaciones pertinentes vinculadas a actividades relativas a las minas a que prosigan sus esfuerzos por garantizar que en los programas en la materia se tengan en cuenta cuestiones de género y de edad, de modo que las mujeres, las niñas, los niños y los hombres puedan beneficiarse de ellos en condiciones de igualdad, y alienta a todos los interesados a que participen en la programación de actividades relativas a las minas;", "9. Destaca la importancia de la cooperación y la coordinación en las actividades relativas a las minas y pone de relieve la responsabilidad primordial de las autoridades nacionales en ese sentido, destaca también la función de apoyo de las Naciones Unidas y otras organizaciones competentes a ese respecto, y aguarda con interés la inminente finalización de la evaluación del alcance, la organización, la eficacia y el enfoque de las actividades de las Naciones Unidas relativas a las minas, realizada por la Dependencia Común de Inspección con arreglo a lo solicitado en su resolución 64/84;", "10. Reconoce la importancia de incorporar explícitamente referencias a las actividades relativas a las minas, según proceda, en los acuerdos de cesación del fuego y de paz a la luz de las posibilidades que pueden brindar las actividades relativas a las minas como medidas de consolidación de la paz y fomento de la confianza entre las partes interesadas en las situaciones posteriores a los conflictos;", "11. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo octavo período de sesiones le presente un informe acerca de la aplicación de la presente resolución y del seguimiento de las resoluciones anteriores sobre la prestación de asistencia para la remoción de minas y sobre la prestación de asistencia para las actividades relativas a las minas, incluidas las políticas y actividades pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas, y en lo que respecta a la evaluación del alcance, la organización, la eficacia y el enfoque de las actividades de las Naciones Unidas relativas a las minas realizada por la Dependencia Común de Inspección;", "12. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo octavo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Asistencia para las actividades relativas a las minas”.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Estos incluyen la Convención sobre la prohibición del empleo, almacenamiento, producción y transferencia de minas antipersonal y sobre su destrucción, de 1997; el Protocolo sobre prohibiciones o restricciones del empleo de minas, armas trampa y otros artefactos, en su forma enmendada en 1996 (Protocolo II de la Convención sobre prohibiciones o restricciones del empleo de ciertas armas convencionales que puedan considerarse excesivamente nocivas o de efectos indiscriminados, de 1980); el Protocolo sobre los Restos Explosivos de Guerra (Protocolo V de la Convención de 1980), de 2003; la Convención sobre Municiones en Racimo, de 2008; el Protocolo adicional a los Convenios de Ginebra del 12 de agosto de 1949 relativo a la protección de las víctimas de los conflictos armados internacionales (Protocolo I), de 1977; y la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad, de 2006.", "[2]  Según se definen en el Protocolo V de la Convención sobre prohibiciones o restricciones del empleo de ciertas armas convencionales que puedan considerarse excesivamente nocivas o de efectos indiscriminados.", "[3]  Integrado por el Departamento de Operaciones de Mantenimiento de la Paz, el Servicio de las Naciones Unidas de Actividades relativas a las Minas, la Oficina de Asuntos de Desarme, el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia, la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas de Servicios para Proyectos, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura, la Oficina de Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios, la Entidad de las Naciones Unidas para la Igualdad entre los Géneros y el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres (ONU-Mujeres), la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados, el Programa Mundial de Alimentos, la Organización Mundial de la Salud y el Banco Mundial.", "[4]  El Comité de Actividades relativas a las Minas es un foro para el intercambio oficioso de información, integrado por miembros del Equipo de las Naciones Unidas de Actividades relativas a las Minas, organizaciones no gubernamentales vinculadas a actividades relativas a las minas, el Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja, el Centro Internacional de Desminado Humanitario de Ginebra e instituciones académicas.", "[5]  A/66/292." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/423)]", "66/69. Assistance in mine action", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 64/84 of 10 December 2009 and all its previous resolutions on assistance in mine clearance and on assistance in mine action, all adopted without a vote,", "Recalling also all relevant treaties and conventions[1] and their review processes,", "Noting with appreciation the extent to which the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action has been commemorated worldwide,", "Reaffirming its deep concern at the tremendous humanitarian and development problems caused by the presence of mines and explosive remnants of war,[2] which have serious and lasting social and economic consequences for the populations of countries affected by them,", "Bearing in mind the serious threat that mines and explosive remnants of war pose to the safety, health and lives of local civilian populations, as well as of personnel participating in humanitarian, peacekeeping, rehabilitation and mine-clearance programmes and operations,", "Deeply alarmed by the number of mines that continue to be laid each year as well as the presence of a decreasing but still very large number of, and area of square kilometres infested by, mines and explosive remnants of war as a result of armed conflicts, and therefore remaining convinced of the necessity and urgency of strengthening mine-action efforts by the international community with a view to eliminating the threat of landmines and explosive remnants of war to civilians as soon as possible,", "Recognizing that, in addition to the primary role of States, the United Nations has a significant role to play in the field of assistance in mine action through the United Nations Mine Action Team,[3] including the United Nations Mine Action Service, and considering mine action to be an important and integrated component of United Nations humanitarian and development activities, as well as noting the integration of mine action in numerous United Nations peacekeeping operations,", "Noting with appreciation the enhanced cooperation of the United Nations Mine Action Team with non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders through meetings of the Committee on Mine Action,[4] and progress in active involvement in the humanitarian coordination mechanism,", "Recognizing the valuable mine-action efforts of national and international mine-action practitioners, including United Nations personnel and peacekeepers, enabling local communities to resume normal lives and reclaim their livelihoods by regaining access to previously contaminated lands,", "Stressing the pressing need to urge non-State actors to halt immediately and unconditionally new deployments of mines, improvised explosive devices and other associated explosive devices,", "Noting the ongoing efforts to develop a new United Nations Inter-Agency Mine Action Strategy for the period 2011–2015,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on assistance in mine action;[5]", "2. Calls, in particular, for the continuation of the efforts of States, with the assistance of the United Nations and relevant organizations involved in mine action, as appropriate, to foster the establishment and development of national mine-action capacities in countries in which mines and explosive remnants of war constitute a serious threat to the safety, health and lives of the local civilian population or an impediment to social and economic development efforts at the national and local levels;", "3. Urges all States, in particular those that have the capacity to do so, as well as the United Nations system and other relevant organizations and institutions involved in mine action, to support mine-affected States and territories, as appropriate, by providing:", "(a) Assistance to countries affected by mines and explosive remnants of war for the establishment and development of national mine-action capacities, including, where appropriate, in the fulfilment of the relevant international obligations of those countries;", "(b) Support for national programmes, where appropriate, in cooperation with the relevant bodies of the United Nations system and relevant regional, governmental and non-governmental organizations, to reduce the risks posed by landmines and explosive remnants of war, taking into consideration the different needs of women, girls, boys and men;", "(c) Reliable, predictable and timely contributions for mine-action activities, including through national mine-action efforts and mine-action programmes of non‑governmental organizations, including those relating to victim assistance and mine risk education, especially at the local level, as well as through relevant national, regional and global trust funds, including the Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Action;", "(d) Necessary information and technical, financial and material assistance to locate, remove, destroy and otherwise render ineffective minefields, mines, booby traps, other devices and explosive remnants of war, in accordance with international law, as soon as possible;", "(e) Technological assistance (i) to countries affected by mines and explosive remnants of war; and (ii) to promote user-oriented scientific research on and development of mine-action techniques and technology that are effective, sustainable, appropriate and environmentally sound;", "4. Encourages efforts to conduct all mine-action activities in accordance with the International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) or IMAS-compliant national standards, and emphasizes the importance of using an information management system, such as the Information Management System for Mine Action, to help facilitate mine-action activities;", "5. Urges all mine-affected States, pursuant to applicable international law, to identify all areas, as appropriate, under their jurisdiction or control containing mines and other explosive remnants of war in the most efficient manner possible and to employ land release techniques, including non-technical survey, technical survey and clearance when appropriate;", "6. Encourages mine-affected States, with support from relevant development partners as appropriate, to proactively mainstream mine action and victim assistance requirements into development plans and processes to ensure that development priorities include mine action and that mine action is predictably funded;", "7. Encourages all relevant multilateral, regional and national programmes and bodies to include activities related to mine action, including clearance, in their humanitarian, rehabilitation, reconstruction and development assistance activities, where appropriate, bearing in mind the need to ensure national and local ownership, sustainability and capacity-building, as well as to include a gender and age-appropriate perspective in all aspects of such activities;", "8. Encourages Member States, as appropriate, and relevant organizations involved in mine action to continue efforts to ensure that mine-action programmes are gender- and age-sensitive, so that women, girls, boys and men can benefit equally from them, and encourages the participation of all stakeholders in the programming of mine action;", "9. Stresses the importance of cooperation and coordination in mine action, and emphasizes the primary responsibility of national authorities in that regard, also stresses the supporting role of the United Nations and other relevant organizations in that regard, and looks forward to the imminent completion of the evaluation by the Joint Inspection Unit of the scope, organization, effectiveness and approach of the work of the United Nations in mine action, as requested in its resolution 64/84;", "10. Recognizes the importance of explicitly incorporating references to mine action, when appropriate, in ceasefire and peace agreements in the light of the potential that mine action can have as a peace and confidence-building measure in post-conflict situations among the parties concerned;", "11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution and on follow-up to previous resolutions on assistance in mine clearance and on assistance in mine action, including on relevant United Nations policies and activities as well as in regard to the evaluation by the Joint Inspection Unit of the scope, organization, effectiveness and approach of the work of the United Nations in mine action;", "12. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-eighth session the item entitled “Assistance in mine action”.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  These include the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, 1997; the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby Traps and Other Devices, as amended in 1996 (Protocol II to the 1980 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); the Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War, 2003 (Protocol V to the 1980 Convention); the Convention on Cluster Munitions, 2008; the Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 1977; and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2006.", "[2]  As defined by Protocol V 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.", "[3]  Consisting of the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the United Nations Mine Action Service, the Office for Disarmament Affairs, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Office for Project Services, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN‑Women), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the World Food Programme, the World Health Organization and the World Bank.", "[4]  The Committee on Mine Action is an informal information-sharing forum. The members are United Nations Mine Action Team members, non-governmental organizations involved in mine action, the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and academic institutions.", "[5]  A/66/292." ]
A_RES_66_69
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/423)]", "66/69. Assistance for mine action", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 64/84 of 10 December 2009 and all its previous resolutions on assistance in mine clearance and assistance in mine action, all adopted without a vote,", "Recalling also all relevant treaties and conventions[1] and their review processes,", "Noting with appreciation that the International Day of Information on the Danger of Mines and Assistance for Mine Action has been held worldwide,", "Reaffirming its deep concern at the enormous humanitarian and development challenges caused by the presence of mines and explosive remnants of war,[2] which have serious and lasting social and economic consequences for the populations of the affected countries,", "Bearing in mind the serious threat posed by mines and explosive remnants of war to the safety, health and life of local civilian populations, as well as personnel involved in humanitarian, peacekeeping, rehabilitation and mine-clearance programmes and operations,", "Deeply alarmed by the number of mines that continue to be planted each year, as well as the number, decreasing but still very high, of mines and explosive remnants of war and of square kilometres of areas so infested as a result of armed conflict, and convinced of the need and urgency for the international community to intensify its mine action with a view to eliminating as soon as possible the threat posed to the civilian population by landmines and explosive remnants", "Recognizing that, apart from the primary role of States, the United Nations can play a significant role in mine action assistance through the United Nations Mine Action Team[3], in particular the United Nations Mine Action Service, considering that such activities are an important and integral component of the work of the United Nations in the humanitarian and development fields, and noting that they have been included in the United Nations peacekeeping operations,", "Noting with appreciation the increased cooperation between the United Nations Mine Action Team and non-governmental organizations and other stakeholders through the meetings of the Mine Action Committee[4], and progress in the active participation of the Team in the humanitarian coordination mechanism,", "Acknowledging the valuable contribution of national and international specialists in the field, in particular United Nations and peacekeeping personnel, to mine action, contributing to the resumption of their normal lives and the recovery of their livelihoods by re-accessing previously mined land,", "Stressing the pressing need to urge non-State actors to refrain immediately and unconditionally from planting new mines, improvised explosive devices and other related explosive devices,", "Noting the ongoing efforts to develop a new United Nations Inter-Agency Mine Action Strategy for the period 2011 - 2015,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on assistance for mine action[5];", "2. Calls, in particular, for States, with the assistance of the United Nations and relevant organizations involved in mine action, as appropriate, to continue to build and develop national capacities in mine action in countries where mines and explosive remnants of war constitute a serious threat to the safety, health and life of the local civilian population or an obstacle to social and economic development at the national and local levels;", "3. Urges all States, in particular those that have the capacity to do so, as well as the United Nations system and relevant organizations and institutions associated with mine action, to support, as appropriate, States and territories affected by mines by providing:", "(a) Assistance to countries affected by the presence of mines and explosive remnants of war in order to enable them to establish and develop their national capacity to carry out mine action, including, where appropriate, to enable those countries to fulfil their relevant international obligations;", "(b) Support to national programmes, as appropriate, in cooperation with relevant bodies of the United Nations system and relevant regional, governmental and non-governmental organizations, in order to reduce the risks of landmines and explosive remnants of war, taking into account the different needs of women, girls, boys and men;", "(c) Stable, predictable and timely contributions to mine action, including through national initiatives and programmes of non-governmental organizations on mine action, including assistance to victims and mine risk education, especially at the local level, as well as through relevant national, regional and global trust funds, in particular the Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance to Mine Action;", "(d) Information and technical, financial and material assistance necessary to locate, clear, destroy or neutralize minefields, mines, trap weapons and other explosive remnants of war, in accordance with international law;", "(e) Technological assistance (i) to countries affected by mines and explosive remnants of war, and (ii) in the promotion of user-oriented scientific research and development of mine-related technologies and techniques that are effective, sustainable, appropriate and environmentally sound;", "4. Encourages efforts to implement all mine action in accordance with the International Mine Action Standards or national standards that comply with the International Standards and emphasizes the importance of using an information management system, for example, the Mine Action Information Management System, to assist in facilitating mine action;", "5. Urges all mine-affected States, in accordance with applicable international law, to identify areas under their jurisdiction or control that contain mines and other war explosives as efficiently as possible and to use, as appropriate, land-recovery techniques, such as non-technical surveys, technical reconnaissance and clearance;", "6. Encourages mine-affected States, with the support of relevant development partners, to proactively incorporate mine action and victim assistance needs into development plans and processes to ensure that development priorities include mine action and that such activities are provided with predictable funding;", "7. Encourages all relevant multilateral, regional and national programmes and bodies, as appropriate, to include mine action, including mine clearance, humanitarian, rehabilitation, reconstruction and development assistance, bearing in mind the need to ensure, at the national and local levels, decision-making, sustainability and capacity-building, and also to include in all aspects of those activities the gender and appropriate age perspective;", "8. Encourages Member States, as appropriate, and relevant mine action organizations to continue their efforts to ensure gender and age-sensitive programmes so that women, girls, boys and men can benefit from them on an equal basis, and encourages all stakeholders to participate in the programming of mine action;", "9. Stresses the importance of cooperation and coordination in mine action and emphasizes the primary responsibility of national authorities in this regard, also stresses the support role of the United Nations and other relevant organizations in this regard, and looks forward to the imminent completion of the assessment of the scope, organization, effectiveness and approach of United Nations mine action, undertaken by the Joint Inspection Unit pursuant to its resolution 64/84;", "10. Recognizes the importance of explicitly incorporating references to mine action, as appropriate, in ceasefire and peace agreements in the light of the potential of mine action as peacebuilding and confidence-building measures among stakeholders in post-conflict situations;", "11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution and the follow-up to previous resolutions on the provision of assistance for mine clearance and on the provision of assistance for mine action, including relevant United Nations policies and activities, and on the assessment of the scope, organization, effectiveness and approach of the United Nations Mine Action Unit carried out by the Joint Inspection Unit;", "12. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-eighth session the item entitled “Assistance for mine action”.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] These include the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction; the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Traps and Other Devices, as amended in 1996 (Protocol II of 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, 1980); the 1980 Protocol on Explosives;", "[2] As defined in Protocol V of 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.", "[3] Integrated by the Department of Peacekeeping Operations, the United Nations Mine Action Commissioner, the Office for Disarmament Affairs, the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Children ' s Fund, the United Nations Office for Project Services, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the United Nations High-level United Nations Development Programme", "[4] The Mine Action Committee is a forum for informal exchange of information, comprising members of the United Nations Mine Action Team, non-governmental organizations linked to mine action, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and academic institutions.", "[5] A/66/292." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/424)]", "66/70. Efectos de las radiaciones atómicas", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 913 (X), de 3 de diciembre de 1955, en la que estableció el Comité Científico de las Naciones Unidas para el Estudio de los Efectos de las Radiaciones Atómicas y sus resoluciones posteriores sobre el tema, en las que, entre otras cosas, solicitó al Comité Científico que prosiguiera sus trabajos,", "Preocupada por los efectos nocivos que pueden tener para las generaciones presentes y futuras los niveles de radiación a que están expuestos los seres humanos y el medio ambiente,", "Consciente de la necesidad de seguir examinando y reuniendo información sobre las radiaciones atómicas e ionizantes y analizando sus efectos en los seres humanos y el medio ambiente, y consciente también del mayor volumen y la mayor complejidad y diversidad de esa información,", "Reconociendo las preocupaciones por las consecuencias radiológicas de un accidente causadas por el accidente ocurrido en la central nuclear de Fukushima Daiichi como consecuencia del terremoto y el tsunami que se produjeron en marzo de 2011 en el Japón,", "Recordando el vigésimo quinto aniversario del accidente nuclear de Chernobyl,", "Recordando también la Reunión de Alto Nivel sobre la Seguridad Nuclear celebrada en Nueva York el 22 de septiembre de 2011,", "Recordando además que el Secretario General invitó a la Asamblea General a que proporcionara al Comité Científico la capacidad y los recursos necesarios para realizar su labor[1],", "Reafirmando la conveniencia de que el Comité Científico prosiga sus trabajos, y acogiendo con beneplácito el mayor compromiso de los Estados miembros del Comité Científico,", "Poniendo de relieve la necesidad vital de contar con una financiación suficiente, segura y previsible, así como con una gestión eficiente de la labor de la secretaría del Comité Científico para organizar los períodos de sesiones anuales y coordinar la elaboración de documentos basados en estudios científicos de las fuentes de radiaciones ionizantes y sus efectos en la salud humana y el medio ambiente,", "Recordando el décimo párrafo del preámbulo de su resolución 65/96, de 10 de diciembre de 2010, y observando con aprecio que se ha cubierto el nuevo puesto de categoría P‑4 en la secretaría del Comité Científico,", "Reconociendo la creciente importancia de la labor científica del Comité Científico y la necesidad de realizar una labor adicional imprevista en casos como el del accidente nuclear en el Japón,", "Reconociendo también la importancia de las contribuciones voluntarias al fondo fiduciario general establecido por el Director Ejecutivo del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente para prestar apoyo a la labor del Comité Científico,", "Considerando que es necesario mantener en el futuro la alta calidad de la labor del Comité Científico,", "Reconociendo la importancia de difundir los resultados de la labor del Comité Científico y divulgar ampliamente los conocimientos científicos sobre las radiaciones atómicas, y recordando, en ese contexto, el principio 10 de la Declaración de Río sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo[2],", "Reconociendo también que Belarús, España, Finlandia, el Pakistán, la República de Corea y Ucrania informaron a la Presidencia de la Asamblea General antes del 28 de febrero de 2007, de conformidad con el párrafo 14 de la resolución 61/109, de 14 de diciembre de 2006, de su deseo de formar parte del Comité Científico,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la participación de Belarús, España, Finlandia, el Pakistán, la República de Corea y Ucrania como observadores en los períodos de sesiones 56º, 57º y 58º del Comité Científico,", "1. Encomia al Comité Científico de las Naciones Unidas para el Estudio de los Efectos de las Radiaciones Atómicas por la valiosa contribución que ha hecho desde su creación al aumento de los conocimientos y la comprensión de los niveles, los efectos y los peligros de las radiaciones ionizantes, y por cumplir con competencia científica e independencia de criterio el mandato que se le confió inicialmente;", "2. Reafirma la decisión de que el Comité Científico mantenga sus actuales funciones y su independencia;", "3. Toma nota con aprecio de la labor del Comité Científico y hace notar el informe sobre su 58º período de sesiones[3];", "4. Solicita al Comité Científico que prosiga sus trabajos, incluidas sus importantes actividades para aumentar los conocimientos acerca de los niveles, los efectos y los peligros de las radiaciones ionizantes de todas las fuentes, y que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe al respecto;", "5. Hace suyas las intenciones y los planes del Comité Científico para realizar su programa de trabajo de examen y evaluación científicos en nombre de la Asamblea General, en particular su decisión de hacer una evaluación completa de los niveles de exposición y los riesgos de radiación atribuibles al accidente ocurrido como consecuencia del terremoto y el tsunami de gran magnitud en la zona este del Japón, exhorta al Comité Científico a que, en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, le presente el informe solicitado por la Asamblea sobre la atribuibilidad de efectos sobre la salud a la exposición a las radiaciones[4], alienta al Comité Científico a que presente los otros informes conexos lo antes posible, incluyendo evaluaciones de los niveles de radiación ionizante derivados de la producción de energía eléctrica, así como de los efectos en la salud humana y el medio ambiente, y solicita al Comité que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente planes sobre su programa de trabajo en marcha y futuro;", "6. Exhorta a la Secretaría a que facilite la publicación oportuna de los informes del Comité Científico, entre otras medidas, continuando la racionalización de los procedimientos internos según sea necesario, y a que procure publicar los informes en el mismo año civil de su aprobación;", "7. Pone de relieve una vez más la necesidad de que el Comité Científico celebre períodos ordinarios de sesiones todos los años para que su informe pueda reflejar los últimos acontecimientos y las últimas conclusiones en materia de radiaciones ionizantes y proporcionar así información actualizada a todos los Estados;", "8. Invita al Comité Científico a que prosiga sus consultas con científicos y expertos de los Estados Miembros interesados en el proceso de preparación de los futuros informes científicos del Comité, y solicita a la Secretaría que facilite dichas consultas;", "9. Acoge con beneplácito, en ese contexto, que los Estados Miembros estén dispuestos a proporcionar al Comité Científico información pertinente sobre los niveles y los efectos de las radiaciones ionizantes, e invita al Comité Científico a que analice y examine debidamente esa información, en particular a la luz de sus propias conclusiones;", "10. Acoge con beneplácito también la estrategia del Comité Científico para mejorar la reunión de datos, alienta, a este respecto, a los Estados Miembros, a las organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y a las organizaciones no gubernamentales interesadas a que sigan proporcionando datos pertinentes sobre las dosis, los efectos y los peligros de las diversas fuentes de radiación, lo que facilitaría sobremanera la preparación de los futuros informes que presente el Comité Científico a la Asamblea General, y alienta además al Organismo Internacional de Energía Atómica, a la Organización Mundial de la Salud y a otras organizaciones pertinentes a que establezcan y coordinen con la Secretaría las disposiciones para la reunión y el intercambio periódicos de datos sobre exposiciones a las radiaciones de los trabajadores, del público en general y, en particular, de los pacientes;", "11. Solicita al Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente que continúe y fortalezca, según corresponda, su apoyo para que el Comité Científico pueda realizar eficazmente su labor y para dar a conocer sus conclusiones a la Asamblea General, la comunidad científica y el público;", "12. Insta al Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente a que siga reforzando la financiación del Comité Científico, de conformidad con el párrafo 11 de la resolución 65/96;", "13. Alienta a los Estados Miembros a que hagan contribuciones voluntarias al fondo fiduciario general establecido por el Director Ejecutivo del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Medio Ambiente y también a que hagan contribuciones en especie a fin de apoyar la labor del Comité Científico;", "14. Toma nota del informe del Secretario General sobre los efectos de las radiaciones atómicas en las Islas Marshall[5];", "15. Toma nota también del informe del Secretario General sobre los criterios y los indicadores objetivos para establecer la composición más adecuada para apoyar la labor esencial del Comité Científico y las consecuencias financieras que tendría el aumento del número de miembros[6];", "16. Decide aumentar el número de miembros del Comité Científico de veintiuno a veintisiete Estados, en el entendimiento de que ese aumento puede lograrse con los recursos existentes para el bienio 2012‑2013, y solicita a la Secretaría y a los Estados Miembros que utilicen el presupuesto y el tiempo de reuniones asignados al Comité Científico de la forma más eficiente para evitar que el aumento del número de miembros tenga consecuencias presupuestarias adicionales en el futuro;", "17. Invita a Belarús, España, Finlandia, el Pakistán, la República de Corea y Ucrania a que formen parte del Comité Científico y solicita que el Gobierno de cada uno de esos Estados nombre a un científico, con los suplentes y consultores, según proceda, para que lo represente en el Comité;", "18. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo noveno período de sesiones la informe sobre la experiencia del aumento del número de miembros del Comité Científico a veintisiete Estados en lo que respecta a su eficacia, la calidad de la labor y la distribución geográfica equitativa, así como sobre las opciones sobre otros procedimientos a este respecto;", "19. Decide volver a examinar la posibilidad de aumentar el número de miembros del Comité Científico en su septuagésimo segundo período de sesiones, teniendo en cuenta nuevas expresiones de interés en ser miembro recibidas por el Secretario General entre sus períodos de sesiones sexagésimo sexto y septuagésimo segundo, todas sus resoluciones anteriores y, según proceda, todos los informes pertinentes del Secretario General sobre el Comité Científico, así como el principio de distribución geográfica equitativa y la necesidad de asegurar la eficacia y la calidad de la labor del Comité Científico con miras a establecer un procedimiento en su septuagésimo tercer período de sesiones sobre la posible ampliación adicional del número de miembros, y solicita al Secretario General que informe debidamente a todos los Estados Miembros sobre ese procedimiento.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase A/C.4/66/8, anexo, párr. 27 b).", "[2]  Informe de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo, Río de Janeiro, 3 a 14 de junio de 1992, vol. I, Resoluciones aprobadas por la Conferencia (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.93.I.8 y corrección), resolución 1, anexo I.", "[3]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 46 (A/66/46).", "[4]  Véase la resolución 62/100, párr. 6.", "[5]  A/66/378.", "[6]  A/66/524." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/424)]", "66/70. Effects of atomic radiation", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 913 (X) of 3 December 1955, by which it established the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, and its subsequent resolutions on the subject, in which, inter alia, it requested the Scientific Committee to continue its work,", "Concerned about the potentially harmful effects on present and future generations resulting from the levels of radiation to which mankind and the environment are exposed,", "Conscious of the continuing need to examine and compile information about atomic and ionizing radiation and to analyse its effects on mankind and the environment, and conscious also of the increased volume, complexity and diversity of that information,", "Acknowledging the concerns about the radiological consequences of an accident which were raised by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station following the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan,", "Recalling the twenty-fifth anniversary of the nuclear accident at Chernobyl,", "Recalling also the High-level Meeting on Nuclear Safety and Security convened in New York on 22 September 2011,", "Recalling further that the Secretary-General invited the General Assembly to provide the Scientific Committee with the necessary capacity and resources to accomplish its tasks,[1]", "Reaffirming the desirability of the Scientific Committee continuing its work, and welcoming the increased commitment of States members of the Scientific Committee,", "Emphasizing the vital need for sufficient, assured and predictable funding, as well as efficient management, of the work of the secretariat of the Scientific Committee to arrange the annual sessions and coordinate the development of documents based on scientific reviews of the sources of ionizing radiation and its effects on human health and the environment,", "Recalling the tenth preambular paragraph of its resolution 65/96 of 10 December 2010, and noting with appreciation that the new P‑4 post for the secretariat of the Scientific Committee has been filled,", "Recognizing the increasing importance of the scientific work of the Scientific Committee and the need to carry out unforeseen additional work in cases such as the nuclear accident in Japan,", "Recognizing also the importance of voluntary contributions to the general trust fund established by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to support the work of the Scientific Committee,", "Considering that the high quality of the work of the Scientific Committee needs to be maintained in the future,", "Recognizing the importance of disseminating results from the work of the Scientific Committee and widely publicizing scientific knowledge about atomic radiation, and recalling, in that context, principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development,[2]", "Acknowledging that Belarus, Finland, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Spain and Ukraine had informed the President of the General Assembly before 28 February 2007, in accordance with paragraph 14 of Assembly resolution 61/109 of 14 December 2006, of their desire to become members of the Scientific Committee,", "Welcoming the attendance of Belarus, Finland, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Spain and Ukraine as observers at the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth sessions of the Scientific Committee,", "1. Commends the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation for the valuable contribution it has been making since its inception to wider knowledge and understanding of the levels, effects and risks of ionizing radiation, and for fulfilling its original mandate with scientific authority and independence of judgement;", "2. Reaffirms the decision to maintain the present functions and independent role of the Scientific Committee;", "3. Takes note with appreciation of the work of the Scientific Committee and notes the report on its fifty-eighth session;[3]", "4. Requests the Scientific Committee to continue its work, including its important activities to increase knowledge of the levels, effects and risks of ionizing radiation from all sources, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "5. Endorses the intentions and plans of the Scientific Committee for conducting its programme of work of scientific review and assessment on behalf of the General Assembly, in particular its decision to conduct a full assessment of the levels of exposure and radiation risks attributable to the accident following the great east-Japan earthquake and tsunami, calls upon the Scientific Committee to submit to the Assembly at its sixty-seventh session the report requested by the Assembly on the attributability of health effects from radiation exposure,[4] encourages the Scientific Committee at its earliest convenience to submit the other related reports, including on assessments of levels of ionizing radiation from electrical energy production, as well as on the effects on human health and the environment, and requests the Scientific Committee to submit plans for its ongoing and future programme of work to the Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "6. Calls upon the Secretariat to facilitate the timely publication of the reports of the Scientific Committee, inter alia, by continuing to streamline internal procedures as necessary, and to strive to publish the reports within the same calendar year as their approval;", "7. Re-emphasizes the need for the Scientific Committee to hold regular sessions on an annual basis so that its report can reflect the latest developments and findings in the field of ionizing radiation and thereby provide updated information for dissemination among all States;", "8. Invites the Scientific Committee to continue its consultations with scientists and experts from interested Member States in the process of preparing its future scientific reports, and requests the Secretariat to facilitate such consultations;", "9. Welcomes, in this context, the readiness of Member States to provide the Scientific Committee with relevant information on the levels and effects of ionizing radiation, and invites the Scientific Committee to analyse and give due consideration to such information, particularly in the light of its own findings;", "10. Also welcomes the strategy of the Scientific Committee to improve data collection, encourages in this regard Member States, the organizations of the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations concerned to provide further relevant data about doses, effects and risks from various sources of radiation, which would greatly help in the preparation of future reports of the Scientific Committee to the General Assembly, and further encourages the International Atomic Energy Agency, the World Health Organization and other relevant organizations to establish and coordinate with the Secretariat the arrangements for periodic collection and exchange of data on radiation exposures of workers, the general public, and, in particular, medical patients;", "11. Requests the United Nations Environment Programme to continue and strengthen, as appropriate, support for the effective conduct of the work of the Scientific Committee and for the dissemination of its findings to the General Assembly, the scientific community and the public;", "12. Urges the United Nations Environment Programme to continue to strengthen the funding of the Scientific Committee, pursuant to paragraph 11 of General Assembly resolution 65/96;", "13. Encourages Member States to make voluntary contributions to the general trust fund established by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme and also to make contributions in kind in order to support the work of the Scientific Committee;", "14. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General regarding the effects of atomic radiation in the Marshall Islands;[5]", "15. Also takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the objective criteria and indicators to determine membership that would best support the essential work of the Scientific Committee and the financial implications of increased membership;[6]", "16. Decides to increase the membership of the Scientific Committee from twenty-one to twenty-seven States, on the understanding that the increase in membership can be achieved from within existing resources for the biennium 2012–2013, and requests the Secretariat and Member States to use the budget and the meeting time allocated to the work of the Scientific Committee in the most efficient manner in order to best avoid additional budgetary implications of the increased membership in the future;", "17. Invites Belarus, Finland, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea, Spain and Ukraine to become members of the Scientific Committee, and requests the Government of each of those States to designate one scientist, with alternates and consultants, as appropriate, to be its representative in the Committee;", "18. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session on the experience of the increase in the membership of the Scientific Committee to twenty-seven States regarding its effectiveness, quality of work and equitable geographical distribution, as well as on options for further increase procedures;", "19. Decides to next consider reviewing the possible increase in the membership of the Scientific Committee at its seventy-second session, taking into account new expressions of interest in membership received by the Secretary-General between the sixty-sixth and seventy-second sessions of the General Assembly, all previous resolutions of the Assembly and, as appropriate, all relevant reports of the Secretary-General on the Scientific Committee as well as the principle of equitable geographical distribution and the need to ensure the effectiveness and the quality of work of the Scientific Committee, with a view to establishing a procedure at the seventy-third session for the possible further increase in the membership, and requests the Secretary-General to duly inform all Member States about this procedure.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  See A/C.4/66/8, annex, para. 27 (b).", "[2]  Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.", "[3]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 46 (A/66/46).", "[4]  See resolution 62/100, para. 6.", "[5]  A/66/378.", "[6]  A/66/524." ]
A_RES_66_70
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/424)]", "66/70. Effects of atomic radiation", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 913 (X) of 3 December 1955, in which it established the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation and its subsequent resolutions on the subject, in which, inter alia, it requested the Scientific Committee to continue its work,", "Concerned about the harmful effects that human beings and the environment may have for present and future generations of radiation,", "Mindful of the need to continue to examine and collect information on atomic and ionizing radiation and to analyse its impact on humans and the environment, and also aware of the increased volume and complexity and diversity of such information,", "Recognizing the concerns about the radiological consequences of an accident caused by the accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant as a result of the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011 in Japan,", "Recalling the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear accident,", "Recalling also the High-level Meeting on Nuclear Safety held in New York on 22 September 2011,", "Recalling further that the Secretary-General invited the General Assembly to provide the Scientific Committee with the necessary capacity and resources to carry out its work[1],", "Reaffirming the desirability of the Scientific Committee continuing its work, and welcoming the increased commitment of the States members of the Scientific Committee,", "Emphasizing the vital need for adequate, safe and predictable funding, as well as efficient management of the work of the secretariat of the Scientific Committee to organize annual sessions and to coordinate the development of documents based on scientific studies of ionizing radiation sources and their impact on human health and the environment,", "Recalling the tenth preambular paragraph of its resolution 65/96 of 10 December 2010, and noting with appreciation that the new P-4 post has been filled in the secretariat of the Scientific Committee,", "Recognizing the growing importance of the scientific work of the Scientific Committee and the need for unforeseen additional work in cases such as the nuclear accident in Japan,", "Recognizing also the importance of voluntary contributions to the general trust fund established by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to support the work of the Scientific Committee,", "Considering that the high quality of the work of the Scientific Committee needs to be maintained in the future,", "Recognizing the importance of disseminating the results of the work of the Scientific Committee and widely disseminating scientific knowledge on atomic radiation, and recalling, in that context, principle 10 of the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development[2],", "Recognizing also that Belarus, Finland, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea and Ukraine informed the President of the General Assembly before 28 February 2007, in accordance with paragraph 14 of resolution 61/109 of 14 December 2006, of their desire to be part of the Scientific Committee,", "Welcoming the participation of Belarus, Finland, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea and Ukraine as observers at the fifty-sixth, fifty-seventh and fifty-eighth sessions of the Scientific Committee,", "1. Commends the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation for the valuable contribution it has made since its inception to enhancing the knowledge and understanding of the levels, effects and dangers of ionizing radiation, and for fulfilling its initial mandate with scientific competence and independence of criterion;", "2. Reaffirms the decision of the Scientific Committee to maintain its current functions and independence;", "3. Notes with appreciation the work of the Scientific Committee and notes the report on its fifty-eighth session[3];", "4. Requests the Scientific Committee to continue its work, including its important activities to increase knowledge of the levels, effects and dangers of ionizing radiation from all sources, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "5. Endorses the intentions and plans of the Scientific Committee to carry out its programme of scientific review and assessment on behalf of the General Assembly, in particular its decision to make a full assessment of the levels of exposure and radiation risks attributable to the accident that occurred as a result of the earthquake and tsunami of great magnitude in the eastern part of Japan, calls upon the Scientific Committee to submit to it at its sixty-seventh session the report requested by the Assembly on radiation attribubility.", "6. Calls upon the Secretariat to facilitate the timely issuance of the reports of the Scientific Committee, inter alia, by continuing the streamlining of internal procedures as necessary, and to seek to publish the reports in the same calendar year of their adoption;", "7. Emphasizes once again the need for the Scientific Committee to hold regular sessions every year so that its report may reflect the latest developments and latest findings in ionizing radiation and thus provide updated information to all States;", "8. Invites the Scientific Committee to continue its consultations with scientists and experts from interested Member States in the process of preparing future scientific reports of the Committee, and requests the Secretariat to facilitate such consultations;", "9. " Welcomes, in this context, that Member States are prepared to provide the Scientific Committee with relevant information on the levels and effects of ionizing radiation, and invites the Scientific Committee to give appropriate consideration and analysis, in particular in the light of its own conclusions;", "10. Also welcomes the strategy of the Scientific Committee to improve data collection, encourages, in this regard, Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and interested non-governmental organizations to continue to provide relevant data on the doses, effects and dangers of the various sources of radiation, which would greatly facilitate the preparation of future reports of the Scientific Committee to the General Assembly, and further encourages the International Atomic Energy Agency,", "11. Requests the United Nations Environment Programme to continue and strengthen, as appropriate, its support for the effective implementation of the work of the Scientific Committee and its findings to the General Assembly, the scientific community and the public;", "12. Urges the United Nations Environment Programme to continue to strengthen the financing of the Scientific Committee, in accordance with paragraph 11 of resolution 65/96;", "13. Encourages Member States to make voluntary contributions to the general trust fund established by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme and also to make in-kind contributions to support the work of the Scientific Committee;", "14. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the effects of atomic radiation on the Marshall Islands[5];", "15. Also takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the objective criteria and indicators to establish the most appropriate composition to support the essential work of the Scientific Committee and the financial implications of the increase in the membership[6];", "16. Decides to increase the membership of the Scientific Committee from twenty-one to twenty-seven States, on the understanding that this increase can be achieved through existing resources for the biennium 2012 - 2013, and requests the Secretariat and Member States to use the budget and meeting time allocated to the Scientific Committee in the most efficient manner to prevent the increase in the membership from having additional budgetary implications in the future;", "17. Invites Belarus, Finland, Pakistan, the Republic of Korea and Ukraine to form part of the Scientific Committee and requests that the Government of each of those States appoint a scientist, alternates and consultants, as appropriate, to represent him in the Committee;", "18. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-ninth session on the experience of increasing the membership of the Scientific Committee to twenty-seven States in terms of their effectiveness, quality of work and equitable geographical distribution, as well as on options for other procedures in this regard;", "19. Decides to reconsider the possibility of increasing the membership of the Scientific Committee at its seventieth session, taking into account new expressions of interest in membership received by the Secretary-General between its sixty-sixth and seventieth sessions, all its previous resolutions and, as appropriate, all relevant reports of the Secretary-General on the Scientific Committee, as well as the principle of equitable geographical distribution and the need to ensure the effectiveness and quality of the work of the Scientific Committee,", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] See A/C.4/66/8, annex, para. 27 (b).", "[2] Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex I.", "[3] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 46 (A/66/46).", "[4] See resolution 62/100, para. 6.", "[5] A/66/378.", "[6] A/66/524." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/425)]", "66/71. Cooperación internacional para la utilización del espacio ultraterrestre con fines pacíficos", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 51/122, de 13 de diciembre de 1996, 54/68, de 6 de diciembre de 1999, 59/2, de 20 de octubre de 2004, 61/110 y 61/111, de 14 de diciembre de 2006, 62/101, de 17 de diciembre de 2007, 62/217, de 22 de diciembre de 2007, 65/97, de 10 de diciembre de 2010, y 65/271, de 7 de abril de 2011,", "Reconociendo los logros extraordinarios de los últimos cincuenta años en los vuelos espaciales tripulados y la exploración del espacio con fines pacíficos, y recordando la plataforma única a nivel mundial para la cooperación internacional en actividades espaciales que representa la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos,", "Profundamente convencida de que conviene a toda la humanidad que se fomenten y amplíen la exploración y utilización del espacio ultraterrestre con fines pacíficos, como patrimonio de toda la humanidad, y se persevere en los esfuerzos para que todos los Estados puedan gozar de los beneficios derivados de esas actividades, y profundamente convencida también de la importancia de la cooperación internacional en esa esfera, respecto de la cual las Naciones Unidas deberían seguir siendo un centro de coordinación,", "Reafirmando la importancia de la cooperación internacional para el fomento del estado de derecho, incluidas las normas relevantes del derecho espacial, que desempeñan un papel importante en la cooperación internacional para la exploración y utilización del espacio ultraterrestre con fines pacíficos, y la importancia de que el mayor número posible de Estados se adhiera a los tratados internacionales que promueven la utilización del espacio ultraterrestre con fines pacíficos a fin de hacer frente a los nuevos desafíos que se presenten, en especial para los países en desarrollo,", "Profundamente preocupada por la posibilidad de que se inicie una carrera de armamentos en el espacio ultraterrestre, y teniendo presente la importancia del artículo IV del Tratado sobre los principios que deben regir las actividades de los Estados en la exploración y utilización del espacio ultraterrestre, incluso la Luna y otros cuerpos celestes[1] (Tratado sobre el espacio ultraterrestre),", "Reconociendo que todos los Estados, en particular los que poseen una capacidad importante en materia espacial, deben contribuir activamente al logro del objetivo de impedir una carrera de armamentos en el espacio ultraterrestre como condición indispensable para fomentar y fortalecer la cooperación internacional para la exploración y utilización del espacio ultraterrestre con fines pacíficos,", "Reconociendo también que la cuestión de los desechos espaciales preocupa a todas las naciones,", "Observando los progresos realizados en el fomento ulterior de la exploración del espacio ultraterrestre y de las aplicaciones de la tecnología espacial con fines pacíficos, así como en los diversos proyectos nacionales y de cooperación sobre cuestiones espaciales, que contribuyen a la cooperación internacional, y la importancia de que se siga desarrollando el marco jurídico para fortalecer la cooperación internacional en la materia,", "Convencida de la necesidad de promover la utilización de la tecnología espacial para aplicar la Declaración del Milenio[2],", "Profundamente preocupada por el efecto devastador de los desastres[3],", "Deseosa de intensificar la coordinación y la cooperación internacionales en todo el mundo en materia de gestión de desastres y respuesta a las emergencias aumentando tanto el acceso de todos los países a los servicios basados en información obtenida desde el espacio como la utilización de esos servicios, y facilitando el fomento de la capacidad y el fortalecimiento institucional para la gestión de desastres, en particular en los países en desarrollo,", "Firmemente convencida de que la utilización de la ciencia y la tecnología espaciales y sus aplicaciones en esferas como la telesalud, la teleenseñanza, la gestión de desastres, la protección ambiental y otras aplicaciones de observación de la Tierra contribuyen al logro de los objetivos de las conferencias mundiales de las Naciones Unidas relativos a diversos aspectos del desarrollo económico, social y cultural, en particular la erradicación de la pobreza,", "Tomando nota, a ese respecto, de que en la Cumbre Mundial 2005 se reconoció el importante papel que desempeñan la ciencia y la tecnología en la promoción del desarrollo sostenible[4],", "Habiendo examinado el informe de la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos sobre la labor realizada en su 54° período de sesiones[5],", "1. Hace suyo el informe de la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos relativo a la labor realizada en su 54° período de sesiones⁵;", "2. Conviene en que la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos examine en su 55º período de sesiones los temas sustantivos recomendados por la Comisión en su 54° período de sesiones[6], teniendo en cuenta las preocupaciones de todos los países, y, en particular las de los países en desarrollo;", "3. Observa que, en su 50° período de sesiones, la Subcomisión de Asuntos Jurídicos de la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos continuó su labor[7], con arreglo a lo dispuesto por la Asamblea General en su resolución 65/97;", "4. Conviene en que la Subcomisión de Asuntos Jurídicos, en su 51° período de sesiones, examine los temas sustantivos y vuelva a convocar a los grupos de trabajo recomendados por la Comisión[8], teniendo en cuenta las preocupaciones de todos los países y, en particular, las de los países en desarrollo;", "5. Insta a los Estados que aún no sean partes en los tratados internacionales que rigen la utilización del espacio ultraterrestre[9] a que consideren la posibilidad de ratificarlos o de adherirse a ellos, de conformidad con su derecho interno, así como de incorporarlos a su legislación nacional;", "6. Observa que, en su 48° período de sesiones, la Subcomisión de Asuntos Científicos y Técnicos de la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos continuó su labor[10], con arreglo a lo dispuesto por la Asamblea General en su resolución 65/97;", "7. Conviene en que la Subcomisión de Asuntos Científicos y Técnicos, en su 49° período de sesiones, examine los temas sustantivos y vuelva a convocar a los grupos de trabajo recomendados por la Comisión[11], teniendo en cuenta las preocupaciones de todos los países y, en particular, las de los países en desarrollo;", "8. Observa con aprecio que algunos Estados ya están adoptando medidas, por iniciativa propia, para reducir los desechos espaciales mediante mecanismos nacionales y de conformidad con las Directrices para la reducción de los desechos espaciales del Comité Interinstitucional de Coordinación en materia de Desechos Espaciales y las de la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos[12], que hizo suyas la Asamblea General en su resolución 62/217;", "9. Invita a otros Estados a que apliquen, mediante los mecanismos nacionales pertinentes, las Directrices para la reducción de los desechos espaciales de la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos¹²;", "10. Considera indispensable que los Estados presten más atención al problema de las colisiones de objetos espaciales, incluidos los que utilizan fuentes de energía nuclear, con desechos espaciales, y a otros aspectos de la cuestión de esos desechos, pide que continúen las investigaciones nacionales sobre la cuestión, que se mejore la tecnología para la vigilancia de los desechos espaciales y que se recopile y difunda información sobre el tema, considera también que, en la medida de lo posible, se debería proporcionar información al respecto a la Subcomisión de Asuntos Científicos y Técnicos, y conviene en que se precisa la cooperación internacional para divulgar estrategias apropiadas y asequibles a fin de reducir al mínimo los efectos de los desechos espaciales en futuras misiones al espacio;", "11. Insta a todos los Estados, en particular a los que poseen una capacidad importante en materia espacial, a que contribuyan activamente al logro del objetivo de impedir una carrera de armamentos en el espacio ultraterrestre como condición indispensable para el fomento de la cooperación internacional en la exploración y utilización del espacio ultraterrestre con fines pacíficos;", "12. Hace suyo el Programa de las Naciones Unidas de aplicaciones de la tecnología espacial para 2012 propuesto a la Comisión por el Experto en aplicaciones de la tecnología espacial y que hizo suyo la Comisión[13];", "13. Acoge con beneplácito los progresos continuos alcanzados por el Comité Internacional sobre los Sistemas Mundiales de Navegación por Satélite para lograr la compatibilidad e interoperabilidad de los sistemas espaciales mundiales y regionales de determinación de la posición, navegación y cronometría y para promover el uso de los sistemas mundiales de navegación por satélite y su integración a la infraestructura nacional, en particular en los países en desarrollo, y observa con satisfacción que el Comité Internacional celebró su sexta reunión en Tokio del 5 al 9 de septiembre de 2011;", "14. Observa con satisfacción los progresos realizados, en el marco de la Plataforma de las Naciones Unidas de información obtenida desde el espacio para la gestión de desastres y la respuesta de emergencia (ONU-SPIDER), en la ejecución del plan de trabajo del programa ONU-SPIDER para el bienio 2010‑2011[14], y alienta a los Estados Miembros a que, con carácter voluntario, aporten al programa los recursos adicionales necesarios para que ONU-SPIDER y sus oficinas regionales de apoyo puedan proporcionar mayor apoyo a los Estados Miembros;", "15. Observa con aprecio que los centros regionales africanos de educación en ciencia y tecnología espaciales en francés e inglés, situados en Marruecos y Nigeria, respectivamente, así como el Centro de Educación en Ciencia y Tecnología Espaciales para Asia y el Pacífico y el Centro Regional de Educación en Ciencia y Tecnología Espaciales para América Latina y el Caribe, afiliados a las Naciones Unidas, han seguido ejecutando programas de educación en 2011, y conviene en que los centros regionales continúen informando a la Comisión de sus actividades;", "16. Pone de relieve que la cooperación regional e interregional en la esfera de las actividades espaciales es esencial para fortalecer la utilización del espacio ultraterrestre con fines pacíficos, asistir a los Estados en el desarrollo de su capacidad espacial y contribuir a la consecución de los objetivos de la Declaración del Milenio², y con ese fin, solicita a las organizaciones regionales pertinentes que ofrezcan la asistencia necesaria para que los países puedan aplicar las recomendaciones de las conferencias regionales;", "17. Reconoce, a este respecto, el importante papel que desempeñan las conferencias y otros mecanismos para el fortalecimiento de la cooperación regional e internacional entre Estados, como la Conferencia de Líderes Africanos sobre la Ciencia y la Tecnología Espaciales para el Desarrollo Sostenible, el Foro de la Agencia Espacial Regional de Asia y el Pacífico, la Organización de Cooperación Espacial de Asia y el Pacífico, y la Conferencia Espacial de las Américas;", "18. Observa con satisfacción que el Gobierno de México organizó la Sexta Conferencia Espacial de las Américas, que se celebró en Pachuca (México) del 15 al 19 de noviembre de 2010, acoge con beneplácito la aprobación de la Declaración de Pachuca y observa con satisfacción también que el Gobierno de México ha asumido la secretaría pro tempore de la Conferencia en el período 2011‑2013; que la cuarta reunión del Consejo de la Organización de Cooperación Espacial de Asia y el Pacífico se celebró en Pattaya (Tailandia) los días 26 y 27 de enero de 2011; que el Gobierno de Kenya organizó la cuarta Conferencia de Líderes Africanos sobre la Ciencia y la Tecnología Espaciales para el Desarrollo Sostenible, que se celebró en Mombasa (Kenya) del 26 al 28 de septiembre de 2011; y que la Asociación del Espacio y la Tecnología de Singapur, la Universidad Nacional de Singapur y el Gobierno del Japón organizarán conjuntamente el 18º período de sesiones del Foro de la Agencia Espacial Regional de Asia y el Pacífico, que se celebrará en Singapur del 6 al 9 de diciembre de 2011;", "19. Solicita a la Comisión que siga examinando, con carácter prioritario, los medios de reservar el espacio ultraterrestre para fines pacíficos y la informe al respecto en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, y conviene en que, en ese examen, la Comisión siga buscando medios para fomentar la cooperación regional e interregional, y siga analizando la función que la tecnología espacial podría desempeñar en la aplicación de las recomendaciones formuladas en la Cumbre Mundial sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible;", "20. Reconoce que la ciencia y la tecnología espaciales y sus aplicaciones aportan contribuciones importantes al desarrollo económico, social y cultural y al bienestar, como se indica en la resolución titulada “El milenio espacial: Declaración de Viena sobre el espacio y el desarrollo humano”[15], y en su resolución 59/2, y observa con satisfacción que se han llevado a la práctica varias de las recomendaciones formuladas en el Plan de Acción de la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos relativo a la aplicación de las recomendaciones de la Tercera Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Exploración y Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos (UNISPACE III)[16] y que se están realizando avances satisfactorios en cuanto a la aplicación de las recomendaciones pendientes mediante actividades nacionales y regionales;", "21. Insta a todos los Estados Miembros a que sigan contribuyendo al Fondo Fiduciario para el Programa de las Naciones Unidas de aplicaciones de la tecnología espacial con miras a mejorar la capacidad de la Oficina de Asuntos del Espacio Ultraterrestre de la Secretaría para prestar servicios técnicos y de asesoramiento jurídico de conformidad con el Plan de Acción, manteniendo al mismo tiempo las esferas temáticas prioritarias acordadas por la Comisión;", "22. Pone de relieve la necesidad de sacar mayor provecho de la tecnología espacial y sus aplicaciones y de contribuir a la expansión sistemática de las actividades espaciales que propicien el crecimiento económico sostenido y el desarrollo sostenible de todos los países y sirvan para mitigar las consecuencias de los desastres, en particular en los países en desarrollo;", "23. Reitera que los beneficios de la tecnología espacial y sus aplicaciones deben seguir señalándose a la atención, en particular, de las grandes conferencias y cumbres organizadas por las Naciones Unidas para examinar el desarrollo económico, social y cultural y los ámbitos conexos, y que debe promoverse la utilización de la tecnología espacial para lograr los objetivos de esas conferencias y cumbres y para aplicar la Declaración del Milenio;", "24. Acoge con beneplácito la intensificación de los esfuerzos por afianzar el papel de la Reunión interinstitucional sobre las actividades relativas al espacio ultraterrestre, e insta a las entidades del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, en particular a las que participan en la Reunión interinstitucional, a que, en cooperación con la Comisión, sigan examinando la forma en que la ciencia y la tecnología espaciales y sus aplicaciones podrían contribuir a la puesta en práctica de la Declaración del Milenio en el programa de desarrollo, en particular en lo que respecta, entre otras cosas, a la seguridad alimentaria y el aumento de las oportunidades de educación;", "25. Exhorta a la Universidad de las Naciones Unidas y a otras instituciones del mismo tipo a que, en el marco de sus mandatos, proporcionen capacitación y hagan investigaciones en el campo del derecho espacial internacional, y en particular con respecto a los asuntos relacionados con los desastres y las emergencias;", "26. Conviene en que la Comisión y sus órganos subsidiarios, en sus respectivos períodos de sesiones de 2012, elijan a los funcionarios de sus mesas designados para el período 2012‑2013[17];", "27. Decide que Azerbaiyán sea admitido como miembro de la Comisión[18];", "28. Hace suya la decisión de la Comisión de otorgar la condición de observador permanente a la Asociación de Centros de Teleobservación del Mundo Árabe[19];", "29. Observa que cada uno de los grupos regionales tiene la responsabilidad de promover activamente la participación de los Estados miembros de la Comisión que también son miembros de los grupos regionales respectivos en la labor de esta y la de sus órganos subsidiarios, y conviene en que los grupos regionales sometan el asunto a consideración de sus miembros;", "30. Observa con satisfacción que el 11 de octubre de 2011 se celebró en la Sede de las Naciones Unidas una mesa redonda sobre la contribución de la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos a la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible[20], que se celebrará en Río de Janeiro (Brasil) en 2012, prestando atención al aprovechamiento de los datos geoespaciales obtenidos desde el espacio en beneficio del desarrollo sostenible y teniendo en cuenta las mesas redondas celebradas previamente sobre el cambio climático, la seguridad alimentaria, la salud mundial y las emergencias;", "31. Invita al Grupo de Observaciones de la Tierra a que realice aportaciones al proceso preparatorio de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible que se celebrará en 2012 en cuestiones vinculadas a la utilización de datos geoespaciales obtenidos desde el espacio en pro del desarrollo sostenible;", "32. Solicita a las entidades del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, a otras organizaciones internacionales y al Secretario General que mantengan y, según proceda, aumenten su cooperación con la Comisión y le presenten informes sobre las cuestiones que se hayan examinado en el marco de su labor y la de sus órganos subsidiarios, y que se ocupen de las cuestiones examinadas por las mesas redondas celebradas al mismo tiempo que los períodos de sesiones de la Asamblea General;", "33. Recuerda que, en su resolución 65/271, declaró el 12 de abril Día Internacional de los Vuelos Espaciales Tripulados;", "34. Observa con satisfacción la serie de actividades conmemorativas del 54° período de sesiones de la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos, con ocasión del quincuagésimo aniversario del primer vuelo espacial tripulado y del quincuagésimo aniversario de la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos, celebradas en Viena el 1 de junio de 2011[21];", "35. Aprueba la Declaración con ocasión del quincuagésimo aniversario del primer vuelo espacial tripulado y del quincuagésimo aniversario de la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos, que figura en el anexo de la presente resolución.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "Anexo", "Declaración con ocasión del quincuagésimo aniversario del primer vuelo espacial tripulado y del quincuagésimo aniversario de la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos", "Nosotros, los Estados Miembros de las Naciones Unidas, en conmemoración del quincuagésimo aniversario del primer vuelo espacial tripulado y del quincuagésimo aniversario de la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos,", "1. Recordamos el lanzamiento al espacio ultraterrestre del primer satélite terrestre construido por el ser humano, el Sputnik I, que tuvo lugar el 4 de octubre de 1957, abriendo así el camino a la exploración espacial;", "2. Recordamos también que el 12 de abril de 1961, Yuri Gagarin fue el primer hombre que orbitó la Tierra, con lo que inauguró un nuevo capítulo de la aventura humana en el espacio ultraterrestre;", "3. Recordamos además la increíble historia de la presencia humana en el espacio ultraterrestre y los extraordinarios logros obtenidos desde el primer vuelo espacial tripulado, en particular que Valentina Tereshkova se convirtiera en la primera mujer en orbitar la Tierra el 16 de junio de 1963, que Neil Armstrong fuese el primer hombre en pisar la Luna el 20 de julio de 1969 y que las naves espaciales Apolo y Soyuz se acoplasen el 17 de julio de 1975, en lo que pasó a ser la primera misión humana internacional en el espacio, y recordamos que durante la última década la humanidad ha mantenido una presencia humana multinacional permanente en el espacio ultraterrestre a bordo de la Estación Espacial Internacional;", "4. Recordamos respetuosamente que la exploración humana del espacio ultraterrestre no se ha realizado sin sacrificios, y rendimos homenaje a los hombres y las mujeres que perdieron su vida en la expansión de las fronteras de la humanidad;", "5. Ponemos de relieve el importante avance en el desarrollo de la ciencia y la tecnología espaciales y sus aplicaciones que ha permitido al hombre explorar el universo, y los extraordinarios logros en las actividades de exploración espacial alcanzados en los últimos cincuenta años, incluido el conocimiento cada vez más profundo del sistema planetario y del Sol y de la propia Tierra, en la utilización de la ciencia y la tecnología espaciales en beneficio de toda la humanidad y en el desarrollo del régimen jurídico internacional que rige las actividades espaciales;", "6. Recordamos la entrada en vigor del Tratado sobre los principios que deben regir las actividades de los Estados en la exploración y utilización del espacio ultraterrestre, incluso la Luna y otros cuerpos celestes¹ (Tratado sobre el espacio ultraterrestre) el 10 de octubre de 1967, en el que se establecen los principios fundamentales del derecho espacial internacional;", "7. Recordamos también la primera reunión de la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos, convocada el 27 de noviembre de 1961, que facilitó la aprobación de las resoluciones 1721 A a E (XVI) de la Asamblea General, de 20 de diciembre de 1961, entre las que cabe mencionar la resolución 1721 A (XVI), en que se recomendaron a los Estados los primeros principios jurídicos por los que debían guiarse para la realización de sus actividades en el espacio ultraterrestre, y la resolución 1721 B (XVI), en que la Asamblea estimó que las Naciones Unidas debían ser el elemento central de la cooperación internacional en materia de exploración y utilización del espacio ultraterrestre con fines pacíficos;", "8. Reconocemos que la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos, con ayuda de la Oficina de Asuntos del Espacio Ultraterrestre de la Secretaría, ha actuado durante los últimos cincuenta años como una plataforma singular a nivel mundial en materia de cooperación internacional en las actividades espaciales, y que la Comisión y sus órganos subsidiarios están a la vanguardia en lo que se refiere a procurar que el mundo una sus esfuerzos en la utilización de la ciencia y la tecnología espaciales con el fin de preservar la Tierra y el medio ambiente espacial y asegurar el futuro de la civilización humana;", "9. Reconocemos que ha habido cambios importantes en la estructura y el contenido de la aventura espacial, como se refleja en la aparición de nuevas tecnologías y el número creciente de actores a todos los niveles y, en consecuencia, observamos con satisfacción los progresos realizados en la esfera del fortalecimiento de la cooperación internacional para la utilización del espacio ultraterrestre con fines pacíficos mediante el fortalecimiento de la capacidad de los Estados para desarrollarse en los planos económico, social y cultural y mediante el fortalecimiento de los mecanismos y marcos normativos a tal efecto;", "10. Reafirmamos la importancia de la cooperación internacional para el fomento del estado de derecho, incluidas las normas pertinentes del derecho espacial, y de la adhesión más amplia posible a los tratados internacionales que promueven la utilización del espacio ultraterrestre con fines pacíficos;", "11. Expresamos nuestra firme convicción de que la ciencia y la tecnología espaciales y sus aplicaciones, como las comunicaciones por satélite, los sistemas de observación de la Tierra y las tecnologías de navegación por satélite, ofrecen instrumentos indispensables para encontrar soluciones viables a largo plazo en la esfera del desarrollo sostenible y pueden contribuir más eficazmente a los esfuerzos por fomentar el desarrollo de todos los países y las regiones del mundo, mejorar la vida de las personas, conservar los recursos naturales y estar mejor preparados ante los desastres y poder mitigar sus consecuencias;", "12. Expresamos nuestra profunda preocupación por la fragilidad del medio ambiente espacial y los problemas para la sostenibilidad a largo plazo de las actividades en el espacio ultraterrestre, especialmente el impacto de los desechos espaciales;", "13. Destacamos la necesidad de prestar más atención a cómo los sistemas y tecnologías avanzados de investigación y exploración espaciales podrían contribuir a afrontar mejor los problemas, en particular el del cambio climático mundial, y a la seguridad alimentaria y la salud a nivel mundial, y procuramos examinar cómo los resultados directos e indirectos de la investigación científica sobre los vuelos espaciales tripulados podrían incrementar los beneficios, especialmente para los países en desarrollo;", "14. Ponemos de relieve que la cooperación regional e interregional en la esfera de las actividades espaciales es esencial para fortalecer la utilización del espacio ultraterrestre con fines pacíficos, ayudar a los Estados a desarrollar su capacidad espacial y contribuir a la consecución de los objetivos que figuran en la Declaración del Milenio²;", "15. Confirmamos que es necesaria una coordinación más estrecha entre la Comisión sobre la Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos y otros órganos intergubernamentales participantes en la agenda global de las Naciones Unidas para el desarrollo, incluso en lo que se refiere a las grandes conferencias y cumbres de las Naciones Unidas sobre desarrollo económico, social y cultural;", "16. Exhortamos a todos los Estados a que adopten medidas a nivel nacional, regional, interregional y mundial para trabajar conjuntamente en la utilización de la ciencia y la tecnología espaciales y sus aplicaciones para preservar el planeta Tierra y el medio ambiente espacial para las generaciones futuras.", "[1]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 610, núm. 8843.", "[2]  Véase la resolución 55/2.", "[3]  El término “desastres” se refiere a los desastres naturales o tecnológicos.", "[4]  Véase la resolución 60/1, párr. 60.", "[5]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 20 (A/66/20).", "[6]  Ibid., párr. 304.", "[7]  Ibid., cap. II.D; y A/AC.105/990.", "[8]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 20 (A/66/20), párrs. 215 a 218.", "[9]  Tratado sobre los principios que deben regir las actividades de los Estados en la exploración y utilización del espacio ultraterrestre, incluso la Luna y otros cuerpos celestes (Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 610, núm. 8843); Acuerdo sobre el salvamento y la devolución de astronautas y la restitución de objetos lanzados al espacio ultraterrestre (Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 672, núm. 9574); Convenio sobre la responsabilidad internacional por daños causados por objetos espaciales (Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 961, núm. 13810); Convenio sobre el registro de objetos lanzados al espacio ultraterrestre (Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1023, núm. 15020); y Acuerdo que debe regir las actividades de los Estados en la Luna y otros cuerpos celestes (Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1363, núm. 23002).", "[10]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 20 (A/66/20), cap. II.C; y A/AC.105/987.", "[11]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 20 (A/66/20), párrs. 164 a 167.", "[12]  Ibid., sexagésimo segundo período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 20 (A/62/20), párrs. 117 y 118, y anexo.", "[13]  Ibid., sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 20 (A/66/20), párr. 80; y A/AC.105/980, seccs. II y III y anexo III.", "[14]  Véase A/AC.105/937.", "[15]  Véase el Informe de la Tercera Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Exploración y Utilización del Espacio Ultraterrestre con Fines Pacíficos, Viena, 19 a 30 de julio de 1999 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.00.I.3), cap. I, resolución 1.", "[16]  Véase A/59/174, secc. VI.B.", "[17]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 20 (A/66/20), párr. 286.", "[18]  Ibid., párr. 290.", "[19]  Ibid., párr. 292.", "[20]  Véase A/AC.105/993.", "[21]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 20 (A/66/20), anexo I." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/425)]", "66/71. International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 51/122 of 13 December 1996, 54/68 of 6 December 1999, 59/2 of 20 October 2004, 61/110 and 61/111 of 14 December 2006, 62/101 of 17 December 2007, 62/217 of 22 December 2007, 65/97 of 10 December 2010 and 65/271 of 7 April 2011,", "Recognizing the extraordinary achievements made over the past fifty years in human space flight and space exploration for peaceful purposes, and recalling the unique platform at the global level for international cooperation in space activities represented by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space,", "Deeply convinced of the common interest of mankind in promoting and expanding the exploration and use of outer space, as the province of all mankind, for peaceful purposes and in continuing efforts to extend to all States the benefits derived therefrom, and also of the importance of international cooperation in this field, for which the United Nations should continue to provide a focal point,", "Reaffirming the importance of international cooperation in developing the rule of law, including the relevant norms of space law and their important role in international cooperation for the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, and of the widest possible adherence to international treaties that promote the peaceful uses of outer space in order to meet emerging new challenges, especially for developing countries,", "Seriously concerned about the possibility of an arms race in outer space, and bearing in mind the importance of article IV of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies[1] (Outer Space Treaty),", "Recognizing that all States, in particular those with major space capabilities, should contribute actively to the goal of preventing an arms race in outer space as an essential condition for the promotion and strengthening of international cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes,", "Recognizing also that space debris is an issue of concern to all nations,", "Noting the progress achieved in the further development of peaceful space exploration and applications as well as in various national and cooperative space projects, which contributes to international cooperation, and the importance of further developing the legal framework to strengthen international cooperation in this field,", "Convinced of the need to promote the use of space technology towards implementing the United Nations Millennium Declaration,[2]", "Seriously concerned about the devastating impact of disasters,[3]", "Desirous of enhancing international coordination and cooperation at the global level in disaster management and emergency response through greater access to and use of space-based services for all countries and facilitating capacity-building and institutional strengthening for disaster management, in particular in developing countries,", "Deeply convinced that the use of space science and technology and their applications in areas such as telehealth, tele-education, disaster management, environmental protection and other Earth observation applications contribute to achieving the objectives of the global conferences of the United Nations that address various aspects of economic, social and cultural development, particularly poverty eradication,", "Taking note, in that regard, of the fact that the 2005 World Summit recognized the important role that science and technology play in promoting sustainable development,[4]", "Having considered the report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on the work of its fifty-fourth session,[5]", "1. Endorses the report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on the work of its fifty-fourth session;⁵", "2. Agrees that the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, at its fifty-fifth session, should consider the substantive items recommended by the Committee at its fifty-fourth session,[6] taking into account the concerns of all countries, in particular those of developing countries;", "3. Notes that, at its fiftieth session, the Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space continued its work,[7] as mandated by the General Assembly in its resolution 65/97;", "4. Agrees that the Legal Subcommittee, at its fifty-first session, should consider the substantive items and reconvene the working groups recommended by the Committee,[8] taking into account the concerns of all countries, in particular those of developing countries;", "5. Urges States that have not yet become parties to the international treaties governing the uses of outer space[9] to give consideration to ratifying or acceding to those treaties in accordance with their domestic law, as well as incorporating them in their national legislation;", "6. Notes that, at its forty-eighth session, the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space continued its work,[10] as mandated by the General Assembly in its resolution 65/97;", "7. Agrees that the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, at its forty-ninth session, should consider the substantive items and reconvene the working groups recommended by the Committee,[11] taking into account the concerns of all countries, in particular those of developing countries;", "8. Notes with appreciation that some States are already implementing space debris mitigation measures on a voluntary basis, through national mechanisms and consistent with the Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines of the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee and with the Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space,[12] endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 62/217;", "9. Invites other States to implement, through relevant national mechanisms, the Space Debris Mitigation Guidelines of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space;¹²", "10. Considers that it is essential that States pay more attention to the problem of collisions of space objects, including those with nuclear power sources, with space debris, and other aspects of space debris, calls for the continuation of national research on this question, for the development of improved technology for the monitoring of space debris and for the compilation and dissemination of data on space debris, also considers that, to the extent possible, information thereon should be provided to the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, and agrees that international cooperation is needed to expand appropriate and affordable strategies to minimize the impact of space debris on future space missions;", "11. Urges all States, in particular those with major space capabilities, to contribute actively to the goal of preventing an arms race in outer space as an essential condition for the promotion of international cooperation in the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes;", "12. Endorses the United Nations Programme on Space Applications for 2012, as proposed to the Committee by the Expert on Space Applications and endorsed by the Committee;[13]", "13. Welcomes the continuous progress made by the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems towards achieving compatibility and interoperability among global and regional space-based positioning, navigation and timing systems and in the promotion of the use of global navigation satellite systems and their integration into national infrastructure, particularly in developing countries, and notes with satisfaction that the International Committee held its sixth meeting in Tokyo from 5 to 9 September 2011;", "14. Notes with satisfaction the progress made within the framework of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) in the implementation of the workplan of the UN-SPIDER programme for the biennium 2010–2011,[14] and encourages Member States to provide, on a voluntary basis, the programme with the necessary additional resources to ensure that greater support could be provided to Member States by UN‑SPIDER and its regional support offices;", "15. Notes with appreciation that the African regional centres for space science and technology education in the French and English languages, located in Morocco and Nigeria, respectively, as well as the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia and the Pacific and the Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Latin America and the Caribbean, affiliated to the United Nations, have continued their education programmes in 2011, and agrees that the regional centres should continue to report to the Committee on their activities;", "16. Emphasizes that regional and interregional cooperation in the field of space activities is essential to strengthen the peaceful uses of outer space, assist States in the development of their space capabilities and contribute to the achievement of the goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration² and to that end requests relevant regional organizations to offer the assistance necessary so that countries can carry out recommendations of regional conferences;", "17. Recognizes, in this regard, the important role played by conferences and other mechanisms in strengthening regional and international cooperation among States, such as the African Leadership Conference on Space Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum, the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization and the Space Conference of the Americas;", "18. Notes with satisfaction that the Sixth Space Conference of the Americas was hosted by the Government of Mexico and held in Pachuca, Mexico, from 15 to 19 November 2010, welcomes the adoption of the Pachuca Declaration, and also notes with satisfaction that the Government of Mexico has assumed the pro tempore secretariat of the Conference for the period 2011–2013; that the fourth meeting of the Council of the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization was held in Pattaya, Thailand, on 26 and 27 January 2011; that the Fourth African Leadership Conference on Space Science and Technology for Sustainable Development was hosted by the Government of Kenya and held in Mombasa, Kenya, from 26 to 28 September 2011; and that the eighteenth session of the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum will be jointly organized by the Singapore Space and Technology Association, the National University of Singapore and the Government of Japan and held in Singapore from 6 to 9 December 2011;", "19. Requests the Committee to continue to consider, as a matter of priority, ways and means of maintaining outer space for peaceful purposes and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, and agrees that during its consideration of the matter the Committee could continue to consider ways to promote regional and interregional cooperation and the role space technology could play in the implementation of recommendations of the World Summit on Sustainable Development;", "20. Recognizes that space science and technology and their applications make important contributions to economic, social and cultural development and welfare, as indicated in the resolution entitled “The Space Millennium: Vienna Declaration on Space and Human Development”,[15] and its resolution 59/2, and notes with satisfaction that a number of the recommendations set out in the Plan of Action of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on the implementation of the recommendations of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III)[16] have been implemented and that satisfactory progress is being made in implementing the outstanding recommendations through national and regional activities;", "21. Urges all Member States to continue to contribute to the Trust Fund for the United Nations Programme on Space Applications to enhance the capacity of the Office for Outer Space Affairs of the Secretariat to provide technical and legal advisory services in accordance with the Plan of Action, while maintaining the priority thematic areas agreed by the Committee;", "22. Emphasizes the need to increase the benefits of space technology and its applications and to contribute to an orderly growth of space activities favourable to sustained economic growth and sustainable development in all countries, including mitigation of the consequences of disasters, in particular in developing countries;", "23. Reiterates that the benefits of space technology and its applications should continue to be brought to the attention, in particular, of the major United Nations conferences and summits for economic, social and cultural development and related fields and that the use of space technology should be promoted towards achieving the objectives of those conferences and summits and for implementing the United Nations Millennium Declaration;", "24. Welcomes the increased efforts to strengthen further the Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities and urges entities of the United Nations system, particularly those participating in the Inter-Agency Meeting, to continue to examine, in cooperation with the Committee, how space science and technology and their applications could contribute to implementing the United Nations Millennium Declaration on the development agenda, particularly in the areas relating to, inter alia, food security and increasing opportunities for education;", "25. Calls upon the United Nations University and other institutions of the same nature, within the framework of their mandates, to provide training and to carry out research in the areas of international space law and, in particular, matters relating to disasters and emergencies;", "26. Agrees that the Committee and its subsidiary bodies at their respective sessions in 2012 should elect their officers nominated for the period 2012–2013;[17]", "27. Decides that Azerbaijan shall become a member of the Committee;[18]", "28. Endorses the decision of the Committee to grant permanent observer status to the Association of Remote Sensing Centres in the Arab World;[19]", "29. Notes that each of the regional groups has the responsibility for actively promoting the participation in the work of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies of the States members of the Committee that are also members of the respective regional groups, and agrees that the regional groups should consider this Committee-related matter among their members;", "30. Notes with satisfaction that a panel discussion was held at United Nations Headquarters on 11 October 2011 on the topic of the contribution of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development,[20] to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2012, with attention given to the use of space-derived geospatial data for sustainable development and taking into account the previous panel discussions held on climate change, food security, global health and emergencies;", "31. Invites the Group on Earth Observations to contribute to the preparatory process for the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development by addressing issues related to the use of space-derived geospatial data for sustainable development;", "32. Requests the entities of the United Nations system, other international organizations and the Secretary-General to continue and, where appropriate, to enhance their cooperation with the Committee and to provide it with reports on the issues dealt with in the work of the Committee and its subsidiary bodies, and to address the issues covered by the panel discussions held in conjunction with sessions of the General Assembly;", "33. Recalls the fact that the General Assembly, by its resolution 65/271, declared 12 April the International Day of Human Space Flight;", "34. Notes with satisfaction the commemorative segment of the fifty-fourth session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of human space flight and the fiftieth anniversary of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, held at Vienna on 1 June 2011;[21]", "35. Adopts the Declaration on the Fiftieth Anniversary of Human Space Flight and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, set forth in the annex to the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "Annex", "Declaration on the Fiftieth Anniversary of Human Space Flight and the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space", "We, the States Members of the United Nations, in commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of human space flight and the fiftieth anniversary of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space,", "1. Recall the launch into outer space of the first human-made Earth satellite, Sputnik I, on 4 October 1957, thus opening the way for space exploration;", "2. Also recall that, on 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit the Earth, opening a new chapter of human endeavour in outer space;", "3. Further recall the amazing history of human presence in outer space and the remarkable achievements since the first human spaceflight, in particular Valentina Tereshkova becoming the first woman to orbit the Earth on 16 June 1963, Neil Armstrong becoming the first human to set foot upon the surface of the Moon on 20 July 1969, and the docking of the Apollo and Soyuz spacecrafts on 17 July 1975, being the first international human mission in space, and recall that for the past decade humanity has maintained a multinational permanent human presence in outer space aboard the International Space Station;", "4. Respectfully recall that the human exploration of outer space has not been without sacrifice, and remember the men and women who have lost their lives in the pursuit of expanding humanity’s frontiers;", "5. Emphasize the significant progress in the development of space science and technology and their applications that has enabled humans to explore the universe, and the extraordinary achievements made over the past fifty years in space exploration efforts, including deepening the understanding of the planetary system and the Sun and the Earth itself, in the use of space science and technology for the benefit of all humankind and in the development of the international legal regime governing space activities;", "6. Recall the entry into force of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies¹ (Outer Space Treaty) on 10 October 1967, which establishes the fundamental principles of international space law;", "7. Also recall the first meeting of the permanent Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, convened on 27 November 1961, which facilitated the adoption of General Assembly resolutions 1721 A to E (XVI) of 20 December 1961, including resolution 1721 A (XVI), in which the first legal principles were commended to States for their guidance in space activities, and resolution 1721 B (XVI), in which the Assembly expressed its belief that the United Nations should provide a focal point for international cooperation in the peaceful exploration and use of outer space;", "8. Recognize that the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, assisted by the Office for Outer Space Affairs of the Secretariat, has for the past fifty years served as a unique platform at the global level for international cooperation in space activities and that the Committee and its subsidiary bodies stand at the forefront in bringing the world together in using space science and technology to preserve the Earth and the space environment and ensure the future of human civilization;", "9. Acknowledge that significant changes have occurred in the structure and content of the space endeavour, as reflected in the emergence of new technologies and the increasing number of actors at all levels, and therefore note with satisfaction the progress made in strengthening international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space by enhancing the capacity of States for economic, social and cultural development and by strengthening the regulatory frameworks and mechanisms to that effect;", "10. Reaffirm the importance of international cooperation in developing the rule of law, including the relevant norms of space law, and of the widest possible adherence to the international treaties that promote the peaceful uses of outer space;", "11. Express our firm conviction that space science and technology and their applications, such as satellite communications, Earth observation systems and satellite navigation technologies, provide indispensable tools for viable long-term solutions for sustainable development and can contribute more effectively to efforts to promote the development of all countries and regions of the world, to improve people’s lives, to conserve natural resources and to enhance the preparedness for and mitigation of the consequences of disasters;", "12. Express our deep concern about the fragility of the space environment and the challenges to the long-term sustainability of outer space activities, in particular the impact of space debris;", "13. Stress the need to look more closely into how advanced space research and exploration systems and technologies could further contribute to meeting challenges, including that of global climate change, and to food security and global health, and endeavour to examine how the outcomes and spin-offs of scientific research in human space flight could increase the benefits, in particular for developing countries;", "14. Emphasize that regional and interregional cooperation in the field of space activities is essential to strengthen the peaceful uses of outer space, assist States in the development of their space capabilities and contribute to the achievement of the goals of the United Nations Millennium Declaration;²", "15. Confirm the need for closer coordination between the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and other intergovernmental bodies involved in the global development agenda of the United Nations, including with respect to the major United Nations conferences and summits for economic, social and cultural development;", "16. Call upon all States to take measures at the national, regional, interregional and global levels to engage in the common efforts to use space science and technology and their applications to preserve planet Earth and its space environment for future generations.", "[1]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 610, No. 8843.", "[2]  See resolution 55/2.", "[3]  The term “disasters” refers to natural or technological disasters.", "[4]  See resolution 60/1, para. 60.", "[5]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/66/20).", "[6]  Ibid., para. 304.", "[7]  Ibid., chap. II.D; and A/AC.105/990.", "[8]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/66/20), paras. 215–218.", "[9]  Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 610, No. 8843); Agreement on the Rescue of Astronauts, the Return of Astronauts and the Return of Objects Launched into Outer Space (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 672, No. 9574); Convention on International Liability for Damage Caused by Space Objects (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 961, No. 13810); Convention on Registration of Objects Launched into Outer Space (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1023, No. 15020); and Agreement Governing the Activities of States on the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1363, No. 23002).", "[10]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/66/20), chap. II.C; and A/AC.105/987.", "[11]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/66/20), paras. 164–167.", "[12]  Ibid., Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/62/20), paras. 117 and 118, and annex.", "[13]  Ibid., Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/66/20), para. 80; and A/AC.105/980, sects. II and III and annex III.", "[14]  See A/AC.105/937.", "[15]  See Report of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Vienna, 19–30 July 1999 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.I.3), chap. I, resolution 1.", "[16]  See A/59/174, sect. VI.B.", "[17]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/66/20), para. 286.", "[18]  Ibid., para. 290.", "[19]  Ibid., para. 292.", "[20]  See A/AC.105/993.", "[21]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/66/20), annex I." ]
A_RES_66_71
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/425)]", "66/71. International cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 51/122 of 13 December 1996, 54/68 of 6 December 1999, 59/2 of 20 October 2004, 61/110 and 61/111 of 14 December 2006, 62/101 of 17 December 2007, 62/217 of 22 December 2007, 65/97 of 10 December 2010 and 65/271 of 7 April 2011,", "Recognizing the extraordinary achievements of the past fifty years in manned space flights and the peaceful exploration of space, and recalling the unique global platform for international cooperation in space activities represented by the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space,", "Deeply convinced that it is in the interests of all mankind to promote and expand the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, as the heritage of all mankind, and to continue efforts to enable all States to enjoy the benefits of such activities, and to be deeply convinced also of the importance of international cooperation in that area, to which the United Nations should remain a focal point,", "Reaffirming the importance of international cooperation in the promotion of the rule of law, including the relevant norms of space law, which play an important role in international cooperation for the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes, and the importance of the widest possible adherence of States to international treaties that promote the peaceful uses of outer space in order to address the new challenges that arise, in particular for developing countries,", "Deeply concerned about the possibility of an arms race in outer space, and bearing in mind the importance of article IV of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies[1] (Treaty on Outer Space)", "Recognizing that all States, in particular those with significant space capabilities, should actively contribute to the achievement of the objective of preventing an arms race in outer space as an indispensable condition for the promotion and strengthening of international cooperation for the exploration and use of outer space for peaceful purposes,", "Recognizing also that the issue of space debris concerns all nations,", "Noting the progress made in further promoting the exploration of outer space and the applications of space technology for peaceful purposes, as well as in the various national and cooperative projects on space issues, which contribute to international cooperation, and the importance of further development of the legal framework for strengthening international cooperation in the field,", "Convinced of the need to promote the use of space technology to implement the Millennium Declaration[2],", "Deeply concerned about the devastating impact of disasters[3],", "Wishing to enhance international coordination and cooperation around the world in disaster management and emergency response by increasing access by all countries to space-based information services and the use of such services, and facilitating capacity-building and institutional strengthening for disaster management, in particular in developing countries,", "Firmly convinced that the use of space science and technology and its applications in such areas as tele-health, tele-ensics, disaster management, environmental protection and other Earth observation applications contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the United Nations global conferences on various aspects of economic, social and cultural development, including poverty eradication,", "Noting, in this regard, that the 2005 World Summit recognized the important role of science and technology in promoting sustainable development[4],", "Having considered the report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on the work of its fifty-fourth session,[5]", "1. Endorses the report of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space on the work of its fifty-fourth session;5", "2. Agrees that the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space should consider at its fifty-fifth session the substantive items recommended by the Committee at its fifty-fourth session[6], taking into account the concerns of all countries, and in particular those of developing countries;", "3. Notes that, at its fiftieth session, the Legal Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space continued its work[7], pursuant to General Assembly resolution 65/97;", "4. Agrees that the Legal Subcommittee, at its fifty-first session, should consider the substantive items and reconvene the working groups recommended by the Commission[8], taking into account the concerns of all countries and, in particular, those of developing countries;", "5. Urges States that are not yet parties to international treaties governing the use of outer space[9] to consider ratifying or acceding to them, in accordance with their domestic law, and to incorporate them into their national legislation;", "6. Notes that, at its forty-eighth session, the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space continued its work[10], pursuant to General Assembly resolution 65/97;", "7. Agrees that the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee, at its forty-ninth session, should consider the substantive items and reconvene the working groups recommended by the Commission[11], taking into account the concerns of all countries and, in particular, those of developing countries;", "8. Notes with appreciation that some States are already taking action, on their own initiative, to reduce space debris through national mechanisms and in accordance with the Guidelines for the Reduction of Space Debris of the Inter-Agency Committee on Space Debris Coordination and those of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space,[12] endorsed by the General Assembly in its resolution 62/217;", "9. Invites other States to implement, through relevant national mechanisms, the Space Debris Reduction Guidelines of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space;12", "10. Considers it essential that States pay more attention to the problem of collisions of space objects, including those using nuclear power sources, with space debris, and other aspects of the issue of space debris, calls for continued national research on the issue, improved technology for the monitoring of space debris, and for the collection and dissemination of information on the subject, it also considers that, to the extent possible, appropriate space debris should be provided to the Scientific Subcommittee", "11. Urges all States, in particular those with significant space capabilities, to contribute actively to the goal of preventing an arms race in outer space as an indispensable condition for the promotion of international cooperation in the peaceful exploration and use of outer space;", "12. Endorses the United Nations Programme on Space Applications for 2012 proposed to the Commission by the Expert on Space Applications and endorsed by the Commission[13];", "13. Welcomes the continued progress made by the International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems in achieving the compatibility and interoperability of global and regional space systems for positioning, navigation and timing and in promoting the use of global satellite navigation systems and their integration into national infrastructure, particularly in developing countries, and notes with satisfaction that the International Committee held its sixth meeting in Tokyo from 5 to 9 September 2011;", "14. Notes with satisfaction the progress made, within the framework of the United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER), in the implementation of the work plan of the UN-SPIDER programme for the biennium 2010 - 2011[14], and encourages Member States, on a voluntary basis, to provide the programme with the additional resources necessary to enable UN-SPIDER and its regional support offices to provide greater Member States;", "15. Notes with appreciation that the African regional centres for space science and technology education in French and English, located in Morocco and Nigeria, respectively, as well as the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Asia and the Pacific and the Regional Centre for Space Science and Technology Education for Latin America and the Caribbean, affiliated to the United Nations, have continued to implement education programmes in 2011, and agrees that the regional centres continue to inform the Commission of their activities;", "16. Emphasizes that regional and interregional cooperation in the field of space activities is essential for strengthening the peaceful uses of outer space, assisting States in the development of their space capabilities and contributing to the achievement of the goals of the Millennium Declaration,2 and, to that end, requests relevant regional organizations to provide the necessary assistance to enable countries to implement the recommendations of regional conferences;", "17. Recognizes, in this regard, the important role of conferences and other mechanisms in strengthening regional and international cooperation among States, such as the Conference of African Leaders on Space Science and Technology for Sustainable Development, the Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum, the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization, and the Space Conference of the Americas;", "18. Notes with satisfaction that the Government of Mexico organized the Sixth Space Conference of the Americas, held in Pachuca, Mexico, from 15 to 19 November 2010, welcomes the adoption of the Pachuca Declaration and also notes with satisfaction that the Government of Mexico has assumed the pro tempore secretariat of the Conference in 2011-2013; that the fourth meeting of the Council of the Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization was held in Pattaya", "19. Requests the Committee to continue to consider, as a matter of priority, ways and means of maintaining outer space for peaceful purposes and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, and agrees that, in that review, the Committee will continue to seek ways and means to promote regional and interregional cooperation, and to continue to analyse the role that space technology could play in the implementation of the recommendations made at the World Summit on Sustainable Development;", "20. Recognizes that space science and technology and their applications provide important contributions to economic, social and cultural development and well-being, as indicated in the resolution entitled " The Space Millennium: Vienna Declaration on Space and Human Development " , and in its resolution 59/2, and notes with satisfaction that a number of the recommendations made in the Programme of Action of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space have been implemented;", "21. Urges all Member States to continue to contribute to the Trust Fund for the United Nations Programme on Space Applications with a view to enhancing the capacity of the Office for Outer Space Affairs of the Secretariat to provide technical and legal advisory services in accordance with the Plan of Action while maintaining the priority thematic areas agreed upon by the Committee;", "22. Emphasizes the need to make greater use of space technology and its applications and to contribute to the systematic expansion of space activities conducive to sustained economic growth and sustainable development in all countries and to mitigate the consequences of disasters, in particular in developing countries;", "23. Reiterates that the benefits of space technology and its applications should continue to be brought to the attention, in particular, of the major United Nations conferences and summits to discuss economic, social and cultural development and related fields, and that the use of space technology should be promoted to achieve the goals of those conferences and summits and to implement the Millennium Declaration;", "24. Welcomes the intensification of efforts to strengthen the role of the Inter-Agency Meeting on Outer Space Activities, and calls upon the entities of the United Nations system, in particular those participating in the Inter-Agency Meeting, to continue to examine, in cooperation with the Commission, how space science and technology and their applications could contribute to the implementation of the Millennium Declaration in the development agenda, in particular with regard to education,", "25. Calls upon the United Nations University and other institutions of the same kind, within their mandates, to provide training and research in the field of international space law, and in particular on disaster and emergency matters;", "26. Agrees that the Commission and its subsidiary bodies, at their respective sessions in 2012, elect officers from their bureaux designated for the period 2012-2013[17];", "27. Decides that Azerbaijan shall be admitted as a member of the Commission[18];", "28. Endorses the Commission ' s decision to grant permanent observer status to the Association of Remote Sensing Centres of the Arab World[19];", "29. Notes that each of the regional groups has the responsibility to actively promote the participation of States members of the Commission that are also members of the respective regional groups in the work of the Commission and that of its subsidiary bodies, and agrees that the regional groups submit the matter to their members;", "30. Notes with satisfaction that a panel discussion on the contribution of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development was held at United Nations Headquarters on 11 October 2011[20], to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2012, with a focus on the use of space-based geospatial data for the benefit of sustainable development and taking into account the pre-emergency round tables on food change,", "31. Invites the Earth Observation Group to contribute to the preparatory process for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 on issues related to the use of space-based geospatial data for sustainable development;", "32. Requests the entities of the United Nations system, other international organizations and the Secretary-General to continue and, as appropriate, to enhance their cooperation with the Commission and to report to it on the issues discussed in the context of its work and that of its subsidiary bodies, and to address the issues discussed by the round tables held at the same time as the sessions of the General Assembly;", "33. Recalls that, in its resolution 65/271, it declared 12 April International Day of Tripled Space Flights;", "34. Notes with satisfaction the series of commemorative activities for the fifty-fourth session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned space flight and the fiftieth anniversary of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, held at Vienna on 1 June 2011[21];", "35. It adopted the Declaration on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned space flight and the fiftieth anniversary of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, contained in the annex to the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "Annex", "Statement on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned space flight and the fiftieth anniversary of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space", "We, the States Members of the United Nations, commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the first manned space flight and the fiftieth anniversary of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space,", "1. We recall the launch into outer space of the first Earth satellite built by the human being, Sputnik I, which took place on 4 October 1957, thus opening the way for space exploration;", "2. We also recall that on 12 April 1961, Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the Earth, opening a new chapter of human adventure in outer space;", "3. We also recall the incredible history of the human presence in outer space and the extraordinary achievements of the first man-made space flight, in particular that Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to orbit the Earth on June 16, 1963, that Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the Moon on July 20, 1969 and that spacecraft Apollo and Soyuz kept the record on the 17th of the Outer Space", "4. We respectfully recall that the human exploration of outer space has not been carried out without sacrifice, and we pay tribute to the men and women who lost their lives in the expansion of the borders of mankind;", "5. We emphasize the important advance in the development of space science and technology and its applications that have allowed man to explore the universe, and the extraordinary achievements in space exploration activities achieved over the past fifty years, including the ever-increasing knowledge of the planetary system and the Sun and of the Earth itself, in the use of space science and technology for the benefit of all humanity and in the development of the international legal regime governing space activities;", "6. We recall the entry into force of the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies1 (Treaty on Outer Space) on 10 October 1967, establishing the fundamental principles of international space law;", "7. We also recall the first meeting of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, convened on 27 November 1961, which facilitated the adoption of General Assembly resolutions 1721 A to E (XVI) of 20 December 1961, including resolution 1721 A (XVI), which recommended that States should be the first legal principles to be guided by the conduct of their activities in outer space;", "8. We recognize that the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, with the assistance of the Office for Outer Space Affairs of the Secretariat, has acted for the past fifty years as a unique global platform for international cooperation in space activities, and that the Committee and its subsidiary bodies are at the forefront of ensuring that the world is working towards the use of space science and technology in order to preserve the Earth and the environment;", "9. We recognize that there have been significant changes in the structure and content of space adventure, as reflected in the emergence of new technologies and the growing number of actors at all levels and, accordingly, we note with satisfaction the progress made in the area of strengthening international cooperation for the peaceful uses of outer space through strengthening the capacity of States to develop at the economic, social and cultural levels and through the strengthening of regulatory mechanisms and frameworks for that purpose;", "10. We reaffirm the importance of international cooperation in the promotion of the rule of law, including the relevant norms of space law, and the widest possible adherence to international treaties promoting the peaceful uses of outer space;", "11. We strongly believe that space science and technology and their applications, such as satellite communications, Earth observation systems and satellite navigation technologies, provide indispensable tools for finding long-term viable solutions in the area of sustainable development and can contribute more effectively to efforts to promote the development of all countries and regions of the world, improve people ' s lives, preserve natural resources and be better prepared for disasters and mitigate their consequences;", "12. We express our deep concern at the fragility of the space environment and the challenges to the long-term sustainability of outer space activities, especially the impact of space debris;", "13. We stress the need to pay more attention to how advanced space research and exploration systems and technologies could contribute to better addressing the challenges, in particular global climate change, and global food security and health, and we seek to examine how the direct and indirect results of scientific research on manned space flights could increase benefits, especially for developing countries;", "14. " We emphasize that regional and interregional cooperation in the field of space activities is essential to strengthening the peaceful uses of outer space, to assist States in developing their space capabilities and to contribute to the achievement of the goals contained in the Millennium Declaration;2", "15. We confirm the need for closer coordination between the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space and other intergovernmental bodies participating in the United Nations global development agenda, including with regard to the major United Nations conferences and summits on economic, social and cultural development;", "16. We call upon all States to take action at the national, regional, interregional and global levels to work together on the use of space science and technology and their applications to preserve planet Earth and the space environment for future generations.", "[1] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 610, No. 8843.", "[2] See resolution 55/2.", "[3] The term “desastres” refers to natural or technological disasters.", "[4] See resolution 60/1, para. 60.", "[5] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/66/20).", "[6] Ibid., para. 304.", "[7] Ibid., chap. II.D; and A/AC.105/990.", "[8] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/66/20), paras. 215-218.", "[9] Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 610, No. 8843); Agreement on the Rescue and Return of Astronauts and the Restitution of Objects Launched into Outer Space (United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 672, No. 9574); Convention on International Liability for Space Objects", "[10] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/66/20), chap. II.C; and A/AC.105/987.", "[11] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/66/20), paras. 164-167.", "[12] Ibid., sixty-second session, Supplement No. 20 (A/62/20), paras. 117 and 118, and annex.", "[13] Ibid., sixty-sixth session, Supplement No. 20 (A/66/20), para. 80; and A/AC.105/980, sects. II and III and annex III.", "[14] See A/AC.105/937.", "[15] See Report of the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, Vienna, 19-30 July 1999 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.I.3), chap. I, resolution 1.", "[16] See A/59/174, sect. VI.B.", "[17] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/66/20), para. 286.", "[18] Ibid., para. 290.", "[19] Ibid., para. 292.", "[20] See A/AC.105/993.", "[21] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 20 (A/66/20), annex I." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/426)]", "66/72. Asistencia a los refugiados de Palestina", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 194 (III), de 11 de diciembre de 1948, y todas las resoluciones posteriores sobre el tema, incluida la resolución 65/98, de 10 de diciembre de 2010,", "Recordando también su resolución 302 (IV), de 8 de diciembre de 1949, en la que, entre otras cosas, estableció el Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente,", "Recordando además las resoluciones pertinentes del Consejo de Seguridad,", "Consciente de que, durante más de seis decenios, los refugiados de Palestina han sufrido la pérdida de sus hogares, sus tierras y sus medios de subsistencia,", "Afirmando la necesidad imperiosa de que se resuelva el problema de los refugiados de Palestina en bien de la justicia y el logro de una paz duradera en la región,", "Reconociendo el papel fundamental que ha cumplido el Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente durante los más de sesenta años transcurridos desde su creación para mejorar la difícil situación de los refugiados de Palestina mediante la prestación de servicios de educación y salud y servicios sociales y de socorro, y su labor constante en las esferas relacionadas con la infraestructura de los campamentos, la microfinanciación, la protección y la asistencia de emergencia,", "Tomando nota del informe del Comisionado General del Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente correspondiente al período comprendido entre el 1 de enero y el 31 de diciembre de 2010[1],", "Consciente de las persistentes necesidades de los refugiados de Palestina en todas las zonas de operaciones, a saber, Jordania, el Líbano, la República Árabe Siria y el territorio palestino ocupado,", "Expresando grave preocupación por la situación particularmente difícil de los refugiados de Palestina bajo ocupación, en particular en lo que respecta a su seguridad, su bienestar y sus condiciones de vida socioeconómicas,", "Expresando grave preocupación en particular por la crítica situación humanitaria y socioeconómica de los refugiados palestinos en la Franja de Gaza, y subrayando la importancia de la asistencia humanitaria y de emergencia y la urgencia de las tareas de reconstrucción,", "Haciendo notar la Declaración de Principios sobre las Disposiciones Relacionadas con un Gobierno Autónomo Provisional[2], firmada por el Gobierno de Israel y la Organización de Liberación de Palestina el 13 de septiembre de 1993, así como los ulteriores acuerdos de aplicación,", "1. Observa con pesar que ni la repatriación de los refugiados ni el pago de indemnizaciones previstos en el párrafo 11 de la resolución 194 (III) se han llevado a cabo, que, en consecuencia, la situación de los refugiados de Palestina sigue causando gran preocupación y que los refugiados de Palestina siguen necesitando asistencia para poder satisfacer sus necesidades básicas en materia de salud, educación y subsistencia;", "2. Observa con pesar también que la Comisión de Conciliación de las Naciones Unidas para Palestina no ha podido encontrar la forma de avanzar en la aplicación del párrafo 11 de la resolución 194 (III), y le vuelve a solicitar que persevere en sus esfuerzos en pro del cumplimiento de lo dispuesto en ese párrafo y que la informe sobre los esfuerzos realizados a tal fin cuando proceda, pero a más tardar el 1 de septiembre de 2012;", "3. Afirma la necesidad de que el Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente prosiga su labor, así como la importancia de que pueda llevar a cabo sus operaciones sin trabas y prestar sus servicios para el bienestar y el desarrollo humano de los refugiados de Palestina y para la estabilidad de la región, hasta tanto se resuelva de forma justa el problema de los refugiados de Palestina;", "4. Exhorta a todos los donantes a que sigan dando muestras de la mayor generosidad posible para atender a las necesidades previstas del Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente, en particular respecto de los mayores gastos causados por la grave situación socioeconómica y humanitaria y la inestabilidad en la región, especialmente en el territorio palestino ocupado, y los mencionados en llamamientos de emergencia recientes;", "5. Encomia al Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente por la asistencia vital que presta a los refugiados palestinos y por el papel estabilizador que desempeña en la región, así como al personal del Organismo por los incansables esfuerzos realizados en cumplimiento de su mandato;", "6. Decide invitar a Luxemburgo, de conformidad con el criterio enunciado en su decisión 60/522, de 8 de diciembre de 2005, a ser miembro de la Comisión Asesora del Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 13 (A/66/13); e ibid., Suplemento núm. 13A (A/66/13/Add.1).", "[2]  A/48/486‑S/26560, anexo." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/426)]", "66/72. Assistance to Palestine refugees", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 194 (III) of 11 December 1948 and all its subsequent resolutions on the question, including resolution 65/98 of 10 December 2010,", "Recalling also its resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949, by which, inter alia, it established the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East,", "Recalling further the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,", "Aware of the fact that, for more than six decades, the Palestine refugees have suffered from the loss of their homes, lands and means of livelihood,", "Affirming the imperative of resolving the problem of the Palestine refugees for the achievement of justice and for the achievement of lasting peace in the region,", "Acknowledging the essential role that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East has played for over sixty years since its establishment in ameliorating the plight of the Palestine refugees through the provision of education, health, relief and social services and ongoing work in the areas of camp infrastructure, microfinance, protection and emergency assistance,", "Taking note of the report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East covering the period from 1 January to 31 December 2010,[1]", "Aware of the continuing needs of the Palestine refugees throughout all the fields of operation, namely, Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Occupied Palestinian Territory,", "Expressing grave concern at the especially difficult situation of the Palestine refugees under occupation, including with regard to their safety, well-being and socio-economic living conditions,", "Expressing grave concern in particular at the critical humanitarian situation and socio-economic conditions of the Palestine refugees in the Gaza Strip, and underlining the importance of emergency and humanitarian assistance and urgent reconstruction efforts,", "Noting the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements[2] on 13 September 1993 by the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization and the subsequent implementation agreements,", "1. Notes with regret that repatriation or compensation of the refugees, as provided for in paragraph 11 of General Assembly resolution 194 (III), has not yet been effected, and that, therefore, the situation of the Palestine refugees continues to be a matter of grave concern and the Palestine refugees continue to require assistance to meet basic health, education and living needs;", "2. Also notes with regret that the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine has been unable to find a means of achieving progress in the implementation of paragraph 11 of General Assembly resolution 194 (III), and reiterates its request to the Conciliation Commission to continue exerting efforts towards the implementation of that paragraph and to report to the Assembly on the efforts being exerted in this regard as appropriate, but no later than 1 September 2012;", "3. Affirms the necessity for the continuation of the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and the importance of its unimpeded operation and its provision of services for the well‑being and human development of the Palestine refugees and for the stability of the region, pending the just resolution of the question of the Palestine refugees;", "4. Calls upon all donors to continue to make the most generous efforts possible to meet the anticipated needs of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, including with regard to increased expenditures arising from the serious socio-economic and humanitarian situation and instability in the region, particularly in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and those mentioned in recent emergency appeals;", "5. Commends the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East for its provision of vital assistance to the Palestine refugees and its role as a stabilizing factor in the region and the tireless efforts of the staff of the Agency in carrying out its mandate;", "6. Decides to invite Luxembourg, in accordance with the criterion set forth in General Assembly decision 60/522 of 8 December 2005, to become a member of the Advisory Commission of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/66/13); and ibid., Supplement No. 13A (A/66/13/Add.1).", "[2]  A/48/486‑S/26560, annex." ]
A_RES_66_72
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/426)]", "66/72. Assistance to Palestine refugees", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 194 (III) of 11 December 1948 and all subsequent resolutions thereon, including resolution 65/98 of 10 December 2010,", "Recalling also its resolution 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949, in which, inter alia, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East established,", "Recalling further the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,", "Aware that for more than six decades Palestine refugees have suffered the loss of their homes, their land and livelihoods,", "Affirming the imperative of resolving the problem of Palestine refugees for the sake of justice and the achievement of lasting peace in the region,", "Recognizing the crucial role of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East for the more than sixty years since its inception in improving the plight of Palestine refugees through the provision of education, health and social and relief services, and its ongoing work in the areas of camp infrastructure, microfinance, emergency protection and assistance,", "Taking note of the report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2010[1],", "Mindful of the continuing needs of Palestine refugees in all areas of operations, namely, Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Occupied Palestinian Territory,", "Expressing grave concern at the particularly difficult situation of Palestine refugees under occupation, in particular with regard to their security, well-being and socio-economic living conditions,", "Expressing grave concern in particular at the critical humanitarian and socio-economic situation of Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, and underlining the importance of humanitarian and emergency assistance and the urgency of reconstruction,", "Noting the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements[2], signed by the Government of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization on 13 September 1993, as well as subsequent implementation agreements,", "1. Notes with regret that neither the repatriation of refugees nor the payment of compensation provided for in paragraph 11 of resolution 194 (III) have been carried out, which, consequently, the situation of Palestine refugees continues to cause great concern and that Palestine refugees continue to need assistance in order to meet their basic health, education and subsistence needs;", "2. It also notes with regret that the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine has been unable to find a way forward in the implementation of paragraph 11 of resolution 194 (III), and again requests it to continue its efforts to implement the provisions of that paragraph and to report on the efforts made to that end where appropriate, but no later than 1 September 2012;", "3. Affirms the need for the continued work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, as well as the importance of its unhindered operations and its services for the well-being and human development of Palestine refugees and for the stability of the region, pending the just resolution of the problem of Palestine refugees;", "4. Calls upon all donors to continue to show the widest possible generosity in meeting the anticipated needs of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, in particular with regard to the increased expenditures caused by the serious socio-economic and humanitarian situation and instability in the region, especially in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and those mentioned in recent emergency appeals;", "5. Commends the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East for the vital assistance it provides to Palestinian refugees and for the stabilizing role it plays in the region, as well as the Agency ' s staff for the tireless efforts made in fulfilling its mandate;", "6. Decides to invite Luxembourg, in accordance with the criteria set out in its decision 60/522 of 8 December 2005, to be a member of the Advisory Committee of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/66/13); and ibid., Supplement No. 13A (A/66/13/Add.1).", "[2] A/48/486-S/26560, annex." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/426)]", "66/73. Personas desplazadas como resultado de las hostilidades de junio de 1967 y las hostilidades posteriores", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 2252 (ES-V), de 4 de julio de 1967, 2341 B (XXII), de 19 de diciembre de 1967, y todas sus resoluciones posteriores sobre la cuestión,", "Recordando también las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad 237 (1967), de 14 de junio de 1967, y 259 (1968), de 27 de septiembre de 1968,", "Tomando nota del informe del Secretario General presentado en cumplimiento de su resolución 65/99, de 10 de diciembre de 2010[1],", "Tomando nota también del informe del Comisionado General del Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente correspondiente al período comprendido entre el 1 de enero y el 31 de diciembre de 2010[2],", "Preocupada porque persisten los sufrimientos humanos causados por las hostilidades de junio de 1967 y las hostilidades posteriores,", "Tomando nota de las disposiciones pertinentes de la Declaración de Principios sobre las Disposiciones Relacionadas con un Gobierno Autónomo Provisional, de 13 de septiembre de 1993[3], en relación con las modalidades para la admisión de las personas desplazadas en 1967, y preocupada porque aún no se ha puesto en marcha el proceso convenido,", "1. Reafirma el derecho de todas las personas desplazadas a causa de las hostilidades de junio de 1967 y las hostilidades posteriores a regresar a sus hogares o lugares de residencia anteriores en los territorios ocupados por Israel desde 1967;", "2. Destaca la necesidad de que se acelere el regreso de las personas desplazadas y pide que se cumpla el mecanismo acordado por las partes en el artículo XII de la Declaración de Principios sobre las Disposiciones relacionadas con un Gobierno Autónomo Provisional, de 13 de septiembre de 1993³, sobre el regreso de las personas desplazadas;", "3. Hace suyas, entretanto, las iniciativas emprendidas por el Comisionado General del Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente para seguir prestando toda la asistencia humanitaria posible, con carácter urgente y como medida temporal, a las personas que se encuentran actualmente desplazadas en la región y siguen teniendo una gran necesidad de asistencia como resultado de las hostilidades de junio de 1967 y las hostilidades posteriores;", "4. Hace un encarecido llamamiento a todos los gobiernos y a las organizaciones y los particulares para que hagan contribuciones generosas al Organismo y a las demás organizaciones intergubernamentales y no gubernamentales que corresponda para los fines mencionados supra;", "5. Solicita al Secretario General que, tras la celebración de consultas con el Comisionado General, la informe antes de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones sobre los progresos realizados para aplicar la presente resolución.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/66/222.", "[2]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 13 (A/66/13); e ibid., Suplemento núm. 13A (A/66/13/Add.1).", "[3]  A/48/486‑S/26560, anexo." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/426)]", "66/73. Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 2252 (ES-V) of 4 July 1967, 2341 B (XXII) of 19 December 1967 and all subsequent related resolutions,", "Recalling also Security Council resolutions 237 (1967) of 14 June 1967 and 259 (1968) of 27 September 1968,", "Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted in pursuance of its resolution 65/99 of 10 December 2010,[1]", "Taking note also of the report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East covering the period from 1 January to 31 December 2010,[2]", "Concerned about the continuing human suffering resulting from the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities,", "Taking note of the relevant provisions of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13 September 1993[3] with regard to the modalities for the admission of persons displaced in 1967, and concerned that the process agreed upon has not yet been effected,", "1. Reaffirms the right of all persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities to return to their homes or former places of residence in the territories occupied by Israel since 1967;", "2. Stresses the necessity for an accelerated return of displaced persons, and calls for compliance with the mechanism agreed upon by the parties in article XII of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13 September 1993³ on the return of displaced persons;", "3. Endorses, in the meanwhile, the efforts of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to continue to provide humanitarian assistance, as far as practicable, on an emergency basis, and as a temporary measure, to persons in the area who are currently displaced and in serious need of continued assistance as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities;", "4. Strongly appeals to all Governments and to organizations and individuals to contribute generously to the Agency and to the other intergovernmental and non‑governmental organizations concerned for the above-mentioned purposes;", "5. Requests the Secretary-General, after consulting with the Commissioner-General, to report to the General Assembly before its sixty-seventh session on the progress made with regard to the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  A/66/222.", "[2]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/66/13); and ibid., Supplement No. 13A (A/66/13/Add.1).", "[3]  A/48/486‑S/26560, annex." ]
A_RES_66_73
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/426)]", "66/73. Persons displaced as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 2252 (ES-V) of 4 July 1967, 2341 B (XXII) of 19 December 1967 and all subsequent resolutions thereon,", "Recalling also Security Council resolutions 237 (1967) of 14 June 1967 and 259 (1968) of 27 September 1968,", "Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to its resolution 65/99 of 10 December 2010[1],", "Taking note also of the report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2010[2],", "Concerned that human suffering caused by the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities persist,", "Taking note of the relevant provisions of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13 September 1993[3] concerning the modalities for the admission of displaced persons in 1967, and concerned that the agreed process has not yet been implemented,", "1. Reaffirms the right of all displaced persons as a result of the June 1967 hostilities and subsequent hostilities to return to their former homes or places of residence in the territories occupied by Israel since 1967;", "2. Stresses the need for accelerated return of displaced persons and calls for compliance with the mechanism agreed upon by the parties to article XII of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13 September 19933 on the return of displaced persons;", "3. Endorses, in the meantime, the initiatives undertaken by the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to continue to provide all possible humanitarian assistance, as a matter of urgency and as a temporary measure, to those currently displaced in the region and continue to have a great need for assistance as a result of the June 1967 and subsequent hostilities;", "4. Calls upon all Governments and organizations and individuals to make generous contributions to the Agency and other relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations for the above-mentioned purposes;", "5. Requests the Secretary-General, following consultations with the Commissioner-General, to report to the General Assembly before its sixty-seventh session on the progress made towards the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] A/66/222.", "[2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/66/13); and ibid., Supplement No. 13A (A/66/13/Add.1).", "[3] A/48/486-S/26560, annex." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/426)]", "66/74. Operaciones del Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 194 (III), de 11 de diciembre de 1948, 212 (III), de 19 de noviembre de 1948, 302 (IV), de 8 de diciembre de 1949, y todas sus resoluciones posteriores sobre la cuestión, incluida la resolución 65/100, de 10 de diciembre de 2010,", "Recordando también las resoluciones pertinentes del Consejo de Seguridad,", "Habiendo examinado el informe del Comisionado General del Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente correspondiente al período comprendido entre el 1 de enero y el 31 de diciembre de 2010[1],", "Tomando nota de la carta, de fecha 22 de junio de 2011, dirigida al Comisionado General del Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente por el Presidente de la Comisión Asesora del Organismo[2],", "Profundamente preocupada por la crítica situación financiera del Organismo, causada en parte por su financiación estructuralmente insuficiente, así como por el aumento de sus gastos debido al deterioro de las condiciones socioeconómicas y humanitarias y a la inestabilidad de la región, y por sus efectos negativos considerables en la prestación de los servicios necesarios que brinda el Organismo a los refugiados de Palestina, en particular sus programas relacionados con la ayuda de emergencia y el desarrollo,", "Recordando los Artículos 100, 104 y 105 de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y la Convención sobre Prerrogativas e Inmunidades de las Naciones Unidas[3],", "Recordando también la Convención sobre la Seguridad del Personal de las Naciones Unidas y el Personal Asociado[4],", "Afirmando que el Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949[5], es aplicable al territorio palestino ocupado desde 1967, incluida Jerusalén Oriental,", "Consciente de las persistentes necesidades de los refugiados de Palestina en todas las zonas de operaciones, a saber, Jordania, el Líbano, la República Árabe Siria y el territorio palestino ocupado,", "Gravemente preocupada por las condiciones socioeconómicas extremadamente difíciles que afrontan los refugiados de Palestina en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, en particular en los campamentos de refugiados de la Franja de Gaza, como consecuencia de la imposición por Israel de cierres continuos y prolongados, la construcción de asentamientos y del muro, y las severas restricciones económicas y a la circulación, que equivalen de hecho a un bloqueo, que han elevado las tasas de desempleo y pobreza entre los refugiados,", "Gravemente preocupada también por las constantes repercusiones negativas de las operaciones militares llevadas a cabo en la Franja de Gaza entre diciembre de 2008 y enero de 2009, que causaron numerosos muertos y heridos, sobre todo entre los civiles palestinos, incluidos niños y mujeres, destrucción y daños generalizados en viviendas, bienes, infraestructura esencial e instituciones públicas palestinos, incluidos hospitales, escuelas e instalaciones de las Naciones Unidas, y el desplazamiento interno de civiles, incluidos refugiados,", "Encomiando los extraordinarios esfuerzos realizados por el Organismo a fin de proporcionar socorro de emergencia, asistencia médica, alimentaria, de vivienda y otra asistencia humanitaria a las familias necesitadas y desplazadas de la Franja de Gaza,", "Recordando, a este respecto, su resolución ES‑10/18, de 16 de enero de 2009, y la resolución 1860 (2009) del Consejo de Seguridad, de 8 de enero de 2009,", "Lamentando las continuas restricciones que obstaculizan las actividades del Organismo de reparación y reconstrucción de miles de viviendas de refugiados dañadas o destruidas, y exhortando a Israel a que asegure la importación sin restricciones a la Franja de Gaza de materiales de construcción esenciales, al tiempo que toma nota de los acontecimientos recientes relacionados con la situación del acceso a esos lugares,", "Expresando preocupación por la marcada escasez de aulas en la Franja de Gaza y el consiguiente impacto negativo en el derecho a la educación de los niños refugiados como consecuencia de la limitación de la capacidad del Organismo para construir nuevas escuelas debido a las restricciones constantes de Israel, que impiden la entrada de los materiales de construcción necesarios en la Franja de Gaza,", "Destacando la necesidad apremiante de avanzar en las obras de reconstrucción en la Franja de Gaza, incluso mediante la finalización de los proyectos gestionados por el Organismo que fueron suspendidos, así como de acelerar la ejecución de otras actividades de reconstrucción civil urgentes dirigidas por las Naciones Unidas,", "Instando a que se sigan desembolsando los fondos prometidos en la Conferencia internacional de apoyo a la economía palestina para la reconstrucción de Gaza, celebrada en Sharm el‑Sheikh (Egipto) el 2 de marzo de 2009, a fin de acelerar el proceso de reconstrucción,", "Observando con aprecio la conclusión de la primera fase del proyecto de reconstrucción del campamento de refugiados de Nahr al‑Barid, encomiando al Gobierno del Líbano, a los donantes, al Organismo y a las demás partes interesadas por los importantes progresos hechos y por los esfuerzos constantes para ayudar a los refugiados afectados y desplazados, y poniendo de relieve la necesidad de contar con financiación adicional para concluir la reconstrucción del campamento y poner fin al desplazamiento de sus veintisiete mil residentes sin demora,", "Consciente de la valiosa labor realizada por el Organismo al brindar protección al pueblo palestino, especialmente a los refugiados de Palestina,", "Deplorando el peligro que corre la seguridad del personal del Organismo y la destrucción y los daños causados en el período que se examina a sus instalaciones y bienes, incluidos los daños causados a las instalaciones recreativas donde se celebran los “Juegos de Verano” que patrocina,", "Deplorando también, en particular, la gran destrucción y los daños causados durante las operaciones militares llevadas a cabo entre diciembre de 2008 y enero de 2009 a las instalaciones del Organismo en la Franja de Gaza, entre las que se encontraban escuelas donde se refugiaban civiles y el complejo principal y el almacén del Organismo, según se indica en el resumen del Secretario General del informe de la Comisión de Investigación[6] y en el informe de la Misión de Investigación de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Conflicto de Gaza[7],", "Deplorando además, a este respecto, que se haya atentado contra la inviolabilidad de las instalaciones de las Naciones Unidas, que no se haya respetado la inmunidad de los bienes y activos de la Organización frente a cualquier forma de injerencia y que no se haya protegido al personal, las instalaciones y los bienes de las Naciones Unidas,", "Deplorando los muertos y los heridos causados entre el personal del Organismo por las fuerzas de ocupación israelíes en el territorio palestino ocupado desde septiembre de 2000,", "Deplorando también las muertes y lesiones causadas a niños refugiados en las escuelas del Organismo por las fuerzas de ocupación israelíes durante las operaciones militares realizadas entre diciembre de 2008 y enero de 2009,", "Profundamente preocupada por las restricciones que se siguen imponiendo a la libertad de circulación y de acceso del personal, los vehículos y los bienes del Organismo y por el daño, el hostigamiento y la intimidación de su personal, lo cual socava y obstruye la labor del Organismo, en particular su capacidad para prestar servicios básicos y de emergencia esenciales,", "Consciente del acuerdo suscrito entre el Organismo y el Gobierno de Israel,", "Tomando nota del acuerdo alcanzado el 24 de junio de 1994 y reflejado en un intercambio de cartas entre el Organismo y la Organización de Liberación de Palestina[8],", "1. Reafirma que el funcionamiento efectivo del Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente sigue siendo indispensable en todos los ámbitos;", "2. Expresa su reconocimiento al Comisionado General del Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente, así como a todo el personal del Organismo, por sus infatigables esfuerzos y su valiosa labor, en particular habida cuenta de las difíciles condiciones y las circunstancias inestables reinantes durante el último año;", "3. Felicita especialmente al Organismo por la función esencial que ha desempeñado durante más de sesenta años, desde su establecimiento, al prestar servicios vitales para el bienestar, el desarrollo humano y la protección de los refugiados de Palestina y la mejora de su situación;", "4. Expresa su reconocimiento por el importante apoyo prestado por los gobiernos anfitriones al Organismo en el desempeño de sus funciones;", "5. Expresa su reconocimiento también a la Comisión Asesora del Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente y le solicita que prosiga sus esfuerzos y la mantenga informada de sus actividades;", "6. Toma nota con aprecio del informe del Grupo de Trabajo encargado de estudiar la financiación del Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente[9] y de sus esfuerzos por contribuir a la seguridad financiera del Organismo, y solicita al Secretario General que preste al Grupo de Trabajo los servicios y la asistencia necesarios para el desempeño de sus funciones;", "7. Encomia la Estrategia sexenal de mediano plazo del Organismo, que comenzó en enero de 2010, y los esfuerzos que sigue haciendo el Comisionado General para aumentar la transparencia del presupuesto y la eficiencia del Organismo, que se reflejan en el presupuesto por programas del Organismo correspondiente al bienio 2012‑2013[10];", "8. Encomia también al Organismo por mantener su labor de reforma, y le insta a que siga actuando con la máxima eficiencia en sus procedimientos a fin de reducir los costos operacionales y administrativos y maximizar la utilización de sus recursos;", "9. Toma nota con aprecio del informe del Secretario General sobre el fortalecimiento de la capacidad de gestión del Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente[11], e insta además a todos los Estados Miembros a que examinen cuidadosamente su propuesta de que el Secretario General apoye el fortalecimiento institucional del Organismo proporcionándole suficientes recursos financieros con cargo al presupuesto ordinario de las Naciones Unidas;", "10. Hace suyas las iniciativas del Comisionado General para seguir prestando toda la asistencia humanitaria posible, con carácter urgente y como medida provisional, a las personas que se encuentran desplazadas en la región y tienen una gran necesidad de asistencia como resultado de las recientes crisis en los ámbitos de actividad del Organismo;", "11. Acoge con beneplácito los progresos realizados hasta ahora por el Organismo en la reconstrucción del campamento de refugiados de Nahr al‑Barid, en el norte del Líbano, y pide que se acelere la reconstrucción del campamento y se siga prestando asistencia de socorro a las personas desplazadas a raíz de su destrucción en 2007, y que se alivie su constante sufrimiento mediante el cumplimiento de las promesas hechas en la Conferencia internacional de donantes para la recuperación y reconstrucción del campamento de refugiados de Palestina en Nahr al‑Barid y las zonas del norte del Líbano afectadas por el conflicto, celebrada en Viena el 23 de junio de 2008;", "12. Alienta al Organismo a que, en estrecha cooperación con otras entidades competentes de las Naciones Unidas, siga progresando en la atención que presta en sus actividades a las necesidades y los derechos de los niños, las mujeres y las personas con discapacidad, de conformidad con la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño[12], la Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer[13] y la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad[14], respectivamente;", "13. Encomia, a este respecto, la iniciativa de los “Juegos de Verano” patrocinada por el Organismo para organizar actividades recreativas, culturales y educacionales para los niños en la Franja de Gaza y, reconociendo su contribución positiva, pide que se apoye plenamente esa iniciativa;", "14. Expresa preocupación por la reubicación del personal de contratación internacional del Organismo fuera de su sede en la ciudad de Gaza y por la perturbación de las actividades en la sede debido al deterioro y la inestabilidad de la situación sobre el terreno;", "15. Exhorta a Israel, la Potencia ocupante, a que cumpla escrupulosamente las disposiciones del Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949⁵;", "16. Exhorta también a Israel a que cumpla lo dispuesto en los Artículos 100, 104 y 105 de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y la Convención sobre Prerrogativas e Inmunidades de las Naciones Unidas³ con objeto de garantizar la seguridad del personal del Organismo, la protección de sus instituciones y la salvaguardia de la seguridad de sus instalaciones en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental;", "17. Insta al Gobierno de Israel a que reembolse con toda prontitud al Organismo todos los gastos de tránsito en que debió incurrir y otras pérdidas financieras que le ocasionaron los retrasos y las restricciones a la circulación y al acceso impuestos por Israel;", "18. Exhorta a Israel a que, en particular, deje de obstaculizar la circulación y el acceso del personal, los vehículos y los suministros del Organismo y a que deje de imponer impuestos, derechos y cargos extraordinarios que redundan en detrimento de las operaciones del Organismo;", "19. Reitera su exhortación a Israel a que levante por completo los obstáculos a la importación de los materiales y suministros de construcción necesarios para reconstruir y reparar miles de viviendas de refugiados dañadas o destruidas, y para ejecutar los proyectos de infraestructura civil suspendidos en los campamentos de refugiados de la Franja de Gaza, al tiempo que observa que se han iniciado varios proyectos a este respecto;", "20. Solicita al Comisionado General que siga expidiendo documentos de identidad a los refugiados de Palestina y a sus descendientes en el territorio palestino ocupado;", "21. Observa con aprecio los progresos realizados por el Organismo en la modernización de sus archivos mediante el proyecto de inscripción de los refugiados de Palestina, incluida la conclusión de la fase I, y alienta al Comisionado General a que finalice los elementos restantes del proyecto lo antes posible y a que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre los progresos realizados;", "22. Observa con aprecio también que el programa de microfinanciación del Organismo ha dado buenos resultados y exhorta al Organismo a que, en estrecha cooperación con los organismos competentes, siga contribuyendo al fomento de la estabilidad económica y social de los refugiados de Palestina en todos los ámbitos;", "23. Reitera sus llamamientos a todos los Estados, los organismos especializados y las organizaciones no gubernamentales para que mantengan y aumenten las asignaciones especiales para subvenciones y becas destinadas a educación superior para los refugiados de Palestina, además de sus contribuciones al presupuesto ordinario del Organismo, y para que contribuyan al establecimiento de centros de formación profesional para los refugiados de Palestina, y solicita al Organismo que actúe como receptor y depositario de esas asignaciones especiales para subvenciones y becas;", "24. Insta a todos los Estados, los organismos especializados y las organizaciones no gubernamentales a que mantengan y aumenten sus contribuciones al Organismo a fin de hacer frente a sus graves dificultades financieras y su financiación insuficiente, especialmente en lo que respecta al déficit que presenta el presupuesto ordinario del Organismo, observando que esos problemas financieros se han visto agravados por la situación humanitaria actual sobre el terreno, que ha ocasionado un aumento de los gastos, en particular en lo que respecta a los servicios de emergencia, y a que apoyen la labor valiosa y necesaria que realiza el Organismo para prestar asistencia a los refugiados de Palestina en todos los ámbitos.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 13 (A/66/13); e ibid., Suplemento núm. 13A (A/66/13/Add.1).", "[2]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 13 (A/66/13), págs. vii y viii.", "[3]  Resolución 22 A (I).", "[4]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2051, núm. 35457.", "[5]  Ibid., vol. 75, núm. 973.", "[6]  Véase A/63/855‑S/2009/250.", "[7]  A/HRC/12/48.", "[8]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, cuadragésimo noveno período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 13 (A/49/13), anexo I.", "[9]  A/66/520.", "[10]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 13A (A/66/13/Add.1).", "[11]  A/65/705.", "[12]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, núm. 27531.", "[13]  Ibid., vol. 1249, núm. 20378.", "[14]  Ibid., vol. 2515, núm. 44910." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/426)]", "66/74. Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 194 (III) of 11 December 1948, 212 (III) of 19 November 1948, 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949 and all subsequent related resolutions, including its resolution 65/100 of 10 December 2010,", "Recalling also the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,", "Having considered the report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East covering the period from 1 January to 31 December 2010,[1]", "Taking note of the letter dated 22 June 2011 from the Chair of the Advisory Commission of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to the Commissioner-General,[2]", "Deeply concerned about the critical financial situation of the Agency, caused in part by the structural underfunding of the Agency, as well as its rising expenditures resulting from the deterioration of the socio-economic and humanitarian conditions and the instability in the region and their significant negative impact on the provision of necessary Agency services to the Palestine refugees, including its emergency-related and development programmes,", "Recalling Articles 100, 104 and 105 of the Charter of the United Nations and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations,[3]", "Recalling also the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel,[4]", "Affirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,[5] to the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem,", "Aware of the continuing needs of the Palestine refugees in all fields of operation, namely, Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Occupied Palestinian Territory,", "Gravely concerned about the extremely difficult socio-economic conditions being faced by the Palestine refugees in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, particularly in the refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, as a result of the continuing prolonged Israeli closures, the construction of settlements and the wall, and the severe economic and movement restrictions that in effect amount to a blockade, which have deepened unemployment and poverty rates among the refugees,", "Gravely concerned also about the continuing negative repercussions of the military operations in the Gaza Strip between December 2008 and January 2009, which caused extensive loss of life and injury, particularly among Palestinian civilians, including children and women; widespread destruction and damage to Palestinian homes, properties, vital infrastructure and public institutions, including hospitals, schools and United Nations facilities; and internal displacement of civilians, including refugees,", "Commending the extraordinary efforts by the Agency to provide emergency relief, medical, food, shelter and other humanitarian assistance to needy and displaced families in the Gaza Strip,", "Recalling, in this regard, its resolution ES‑10/18 of 16 January 2009 and Security Council resolution 1860 (2009) of 8 January 2009,", "Expressing regret over the continued restrictions that impede the Agency’s efforts to repair and rebuild thousands of damaged or destroyed refugee shelters, and calling upon Israel to ensure the unimpeded import of essential construction materials into the Gaza Strip, while taking note of recent developments regarding the situation of access there,", "Expressing concern about the severe classroom shortage in the Gaza Strip and the consequent negative impact on the right to education of refugee children as a result of the constraints on the ability of the Agency to construct new schools due to Israel’s ongoing restrictions impeding the entry of necessary construction materials into the Gaza Strip,", "Stressing the urgent need for the advancement of reconstruction in the Gaza Strip, including through the completion of suspended projects managed by the Agency, and for the accelerated implementation of other urgent United Nations-led civilian reconstruction activities,", "Urging the continuing disbursement of pledges made at the International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza, held in Sharm el‑Sheikh, Egypt, on 2 March 2009, to accelerate the reconstruction process,", "Noting with appreciation the completion of the first phase of the project to rebuild the Nahr el‑Bared refugee camp, commending the Government of Lebanon, donors, the Agency and other concerned parties for the important progress made and for the continuing efforts to assist affected and displaced refugees, and emphasizing the need for additional funding to complete the reconstruction of the camp and end the displacement of its twenty-seven thousand residents without delay,", "Aware of the valuable work done by the Agency in providing protection to the Palestinian people, in particular Palestine refugees,", "Deploring the endangerment of the safety of the Agency’s staff and the damage and destruction caused to the facilities and properties of the Agency, including damage caused to the Agency’s “Summer Games” recreational properties, during the reporting period,", "Deploring also, in particular, the extensive damage and destruction of Agency facilities in the Gaza Strip caused during the military operations between December 2008 and January 2009, including schools where civilians were sheltered and the Agency’s main compound and warehouse, as reported in the summary by the Secretary-General of the report of the Board of Inquiry[6] and in the report of the United Nations Fact-finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict,[7]", "Deploring further, in this regard, the breaches of the inviolability of United Nations premises, the failure to accord the property and assets of the Organization immunity from any form of interference and the failure to protect United Nations personnel, premises and property,", "Deploring the killing and injury of Agency staff members by the Israeli occupying forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territory since September 2000,", "Deploring also the killing and wounding of refugee children in the Agency schools by the Israeli occupying forces during the military operations between December 2008 and January 2009,", "Deeply concerned about the continuing imposition of restrictions on the freedom of movement and access of the Agency’s staff, vehicles and goods, and the injury, harassment and intimidation of the Agency’s staff, which undermine and obstruct the work of the Agency, including its ability to provide essential basic and emergency services,", "Aware of the agreement between the Agency and the Government of Israel,", "Taking note of the agreement reached on 24 June 1994, embodied in an exchange of letters between the Agency and the Palestine Liberation Organization,[8]", "1. Reaffirms that the effective functioning of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East remains essential in all fields of operation;", "2. Expresses its appreciation to the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, as well as to all of the staff of the Agency, for their tireless efforts and valuable work, particularly in the light of the difficult conditions and unstable circumstances faced during the past year;", "3. Expresses special commendation to the Agency for the essential role that it has played for over sixty years since its establishment in providing vital services for the well-being, human development and protection of the Palestine refugees and the amelioration of their plight;", "4. Expresses its appreciation for the important support provided by the host Governments to the Agency in the discharge of its duties;", "5. Also expresses its appreciation to the Advisory Commission of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and requests it to continue its efforts and to keep the General Assembly informed of its activities;", "6. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East[9] and the efforts to assist in ensuring the financial security of the Agency, and requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary services and assistance to the Working Group for the conduct of its work;", "7. Commends the Agency’s six-year Medium-Term Strategy, which commenced in January 2010, and the continuing efforts of the Commissioner-General to increase the budgetary transparency and efficiency of the Agency, as reflected in the Agency’s programme budget for the biennium 2012–2013;[10]", "8. Also commends the Agency for sustaining its reform efforts, and urges it to continue to apply maximum efficiency procedures to reduce operational and administrative costs and to maximize the use of resources;", "9. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the strengthening of the management capacity of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East,[11] and further urges all Member States to carefully consider its proposal for support by the Secretary-General of the institutional strengthening of the Agency through the provision of financial resources from the regular budget of the United Nations;", "10. Endorses the efforts of the Commissioner-General to continue to provide humanitarian assistance, as far as practicable, on an emergency basis, and as a temporary measure, to persons in the area who are internally displaced and in serious need of continued assistance as a result of recent crises in the Agency’s fields of operation;", "11. Welcomes the progress made thus far by the Agency in rebuilding the Nahr el‑Bared refugee camp in northern Lebanon, and calls for the expeditious completion of its reconstruction, for the continued provision of relief assistance to those displaced following its destruction in 2007 and for the alleviation of their ongoing suffering through the fulfilment of pledges made at the International Donor Conference for the Recovery and Reconstruction of the Nahr el‑Bared Palestine Refugee Camp and Conflict-affected Areas of Northern Lebanon, held in Vienna on 23 June 2008;", "12. Encourages the Agency, in close cooperation with other relevant United Nations entities, to continue making progress in addressing the needs and rights of children, women and persons with disabilities in its operations in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child,[12] the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,[13] and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,[14] respectively;", "13. Commends, in this regard, the Agency’s “Summer Games” initiative providing recreational, cultural and educational activities for children in the Gaza Strip and, recognizing its positive contribution, calls for full support of the initiative;", "14. Expresses concern about the relocation of the international staff of the Agency from its headquarters in Gaza City and the disruption of operations at the headquarters due to the deterioration and instability of the situation on the ground;", "15. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to comply fully with the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949;⁵", "16. Also calls upon Israel to abide by Articles 100, 104 and 105 of the Charter of the United Nations and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations³ in order to ensure the safety of the personnel of the Agency, the protection of its institutions and the safeguarding of the security of its facilities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;", "17. Urges the Government of Israel to expeditiously reimburse the Agency for all transit charges incurred and other financial losses sustained as a result of delays and restrictions on movement and access imposed by Israel;", "18. Calls upon Israel particularly to cease obstructing the movement and access of the staff, vehicles and supplies of the Agency and to cease the levying of taxes, extra fees and charges, which affect the Agency’s operations detrimentally;", "19. Reiterates its call upon Israel to fully lift the restrictions impeding the import of necessary construction materials and supplies for the reconstruction and repair of thousands of damaged or destroyed refugee shelters, and for the implementation of suspended civilian infrastructure projects in refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, while noting the commencement of several projects in this regard;", "20. Requests the Commissioner-General to proceed with the issuance of identification cards for Palestine refugees and their descendants in the Occupied Palestinian Territory;", "21. Notes with appreciation the progress made by the Agency in the modernization of its archives through the Palestine Refugee Records Project, including the completion of phase I, and encourages the Commissioner-General to finalize the remaining components of the Project as rapidly as possible and to report on the progress made to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "22. Also notes with appreciation the success of the Agency’s microfinance programme, and calls upon the Agency, in close cooperation with the relevant agencies, to continue to contribute to the development of the economic and social stability of the Palestine refugees in all fields of operation;", "23. Reiterates its appeals to all States, the specialized agencies and non‑governmental organizations to continue and to augment the special allocations for grants and scholarships for higher education to Palestine refugees in addition to their contributions to the regular budget of the Agency and to contribute to the establishment of vocational training centres for Palestine refugees, and requests the Agency to act as the recipient and trustee for the special allocations for grants and scholarships;", "24. Urges all States, the specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations to continue and to increase their contributions to the Agency in order to address the serious financial constraints and underfunding, especially with respect to the Agency’s regular budget deficit, noting that financial shortfalls have been exacerbated by the current humanitarian situation on the ground that has resulted in rising expenditures, in particular with regard to emergency services, and to support the Agency’s valuable and necessary work in assisting the Palestine refugees in all fields of operation.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/66/13); and ibid., Supplement No. 13A (A/66/13/Add.1).", "[2]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/66/13), pp. vi and vii.", "[3]  Resolution 22 A (I).", "[4]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2051, No. 35457.", "[5]  Ibid., vol. 75, No. 973.", "[6]  See A/63/855‑S/2009/250.", "[7]  A/HRC/12/48.", "[8]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/49/13), annex I.", "[9]  A/66/520.", "[10]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 13A (A/66/13/Add.1).", "[11]  A/65/705.", "[12]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.", "[13]  Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378.", "[14]  Ibid., vol. 2515, No. 44910." ]
A_RES_66_74
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/426)]", "66/74. Operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 194 (III) of 11 December 1948, 212 (III) of 19 November 1948, 302 (IV) of 8 December 1949 and all subsequent resolutions thereon, including resolution 65/100 of 10 December 2010,", "Recalling also relevant resolutions of the Security Council,", "Having considered the report of the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East for the period from 1 January to 31 December 2010[1],", "Taking note of the letter dated 22 June 2011 from the Chairman of the Advisory Commission of the Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East addressed to the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East[2],", "Deeply concerned about the Agency ' s critical financial situation, caused in part by its structurally insufficient funding, as well as the increase in its expenditure due to the deterioration of socio-economic and humanitarian conditions and the instability of the region, and its significant adverse effects on the provision of the Agency ' s necessary services to Palestine refugees, in particular its emergency assistance and development programmes,", "Recalling Articles 100, 104 and 105 of the Charter of the United Nations and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations[3],", "Recalling also the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel[4],", "Affirming that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949[5] applies to the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem,", "Mindful of the continuing needs of Palestine refugees in all areas of operations, namely, Jordan, Lebanon, the Syrian Arab Republic and the Occupied Palestinian Territory,", "Gravely concerned at the extremely difficult socio-economic conditions facing Palestine refugees in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in particular in the refugee camps in the Gaza Strip, as a result of Israel ' s imposition of continued and prolonged closures, settlement construction and the wall, and severe economic and movement restrictions, which in fact amount to a blockade, which have raised the rates of unemployment and poverty among refugees,", "Gravely concerned also at the continuing negative impact of military operations in the Gaza Strip between December 2008 and January 2009, which caused numerous deaths and injuries, particularly among Palestinian civilians, including children and women, widespread destruction and damage to Palestinian homes, property, essential infrastructure and public institutions, including United Nations hospitals, schools and facilities, and the internal displacement of civilians, including refugees,", "Commending the Agency ' s extraordinary efforts to provide emergency relief, medical, food, housing and other humanitarian assistance to families in need and displaced from the Gaza Strip,", "Recalling, in this regard, its resolution ES-10/18 of 16 January 2009 and Security Council resolution 1860 (2009) of 8 January 2009,", "Regretting the continuing restrictions that hinder the Agency ' s efforts to repair and rebuild thousands of refugee homes damaged or destroyed, and urging Israel to ensure the unrestricted import of essential building materials into the Gaza Strip, while noting recent developments regarding the status of access to these sites,", "Expressing concern at the marked shortage of classrooms in the Gaza Strip and the consequent negative impact on the right to education of refugee children as a result of the Agency ' s limited capacity to build new schools owing to the continuing restrictions of Israel, which impede the entry of the necessary building materials in the Gaza Strip,", "Stressing the urgent need to advance reconstruction efforts in the Gaza Strip, including through the completion of projects managed by the Agency that were suspended, as well as to accelerate the implementation of other urgent civilian reconstruction efforts led by the United Nations,", "Urging the continued disbursement of funds pledged at the International Conference to Support the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza, held at Sharm elSheikh, Egypt, on 2 March 2009, in order to accelerate the reconstruction process,", "Noting with appreciation the completion of the first phase of the Nahr al-Barid refugee camp reconstruction project, commending the Government of Lebanon, donors, the Agency and other stakeholders for the significant progress made and ongoing efforts to assist affected and displaced refugees, and emphasizing the need for additional funding to complete the reconstruction of the camp and to end the displacement of its twenty-seven thousand residents without delay,", "Mindful of the valuable work of the Agency in providing protection to the Palestinian people, especially Palestine refugees,", "Deploring the danger posed by the Agency ' s staff security and the destruction and damage caused during the period under review to its facilities and property, including damage to recreational facilities where the “Summer Games” are held,", "Deploring also, in particular, the great destruction and damage caused during the military operations carried out between December 2008 and January 2009 to the Agency ' s facilities in the Gaza Strip, including schools where civilians were sheltered and the Agency ' s main complex and warehouse, as outlined in the Secretary-General ' s summary of the report of the Commission of Inquiry[6] and the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict,", "Deploring further, in this regard, the inviolability of United Nations facilities, the failure to respect the immunity of the Organization ' s assets and assets from any form of interference and the non-protecting of United Nations personnel, facilities and assets,", "Deploring the deaths and injuries caused by the Israeli occupying forces in the Occupied Palestinian Territory among Agency personnel since September 2000,", "Deploring also the deaths and injuries caused to refugee children in Agency schools by the Israeli occupying forces during the military operations between December 2008 and January 2009,", "Deeply concerned about the continuing restrictions on the freedom of movement and access of Agency personnel, vehicles and goods and the damage, harassment and intimidation of their personnel, which undermines and obstructs the work of the Agency, in particular its ability to provide essential basic and emergency services,", "Aware of the agreement between the Agency and the Government of Israel,", "Taking note of the agreement reached on 24 June 1994 and reflected in an exchange of letters between the Agency and the Palestine Liberation Organization[8],", "1. Reaffirms that the effective functioning of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East remains indispensable in all areas;", "2. Expresses its appreciation to the Commissioner-General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, as well as to all Agency staff, for their tireless efforts and valuable work, in particular in view of the difficult conditions and unstable circumstances prevailing during the past year;", "3. It particularly commends the Agency for the essential role it has played for more than sixty years since its establishment in providing vital services for the well-being, human development and protection of Palestine refugees and improving their situation;", "4. Expresses its appreciation for the important support provided by host Governments to the Agency in carrying out its functions;", "5. Expresses its appreciation also to the Advisory Committee of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and requests it to continue its efforts and to keep it informed of its activities;", "6. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Working Group on the Financing of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East[9] and its efforts to contribute to the financial security of the Agency, and requests the Secretary-General to provide the Working Group with the necessary services and assistance for the performance of its functions;", "7. Commends the Agency ' s Medium-term Sexennial Strategy, which began in January 2010, and the continuing efforts of the Commissioner-General to enhance the transparency of the Agency ' s budget and efficiency, as reflected in the Agency ' s programme budget for the biennium 2012 - 2013[10];", "8. It also commends the Agency for maintaining its reform work, and urges it to continue to act with maximum efficiency in its procedures in order to reduce operational and administrative costs and maximize the use of its resources;", "9. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on strengthening the management capacity of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East[11], and further urges all Member States to carefully consider their proposal that the Secretary-General support the institutional strengthening of the Agency by providing adequate financial resources from the regular budget of the United Nations;", "10. Endorses the efforts of the Commissioner-General to continue to provide all possible humanitarian assistance, as a matter of urgency and as an interim measure, to displaced persons in the region and have a great need for assistance as a result of the recent crisis in the Agency ' s areas of activity;", "11. Welcomes the progress made so far by the Agency in rebuilding the Nahr al-Barid refugee camp in northern Lebanon, and calls for the accelerated reconstruction of the camp and for the continued provision of relief assistance to displaced persons following their destruction in 2007, and for their continued suffering through the fulfilment of the pledges made at the 2008 International Donor Conference for the Recovery and Reconstruction of the Palestine Refugee Camp in Nahr al-Barid, Lebanon", "12. Encourages the Agency, in close cooperation with other relevant United Nations entities, to continue to advance its attention to the needs and rights of children, women and persons with disabilities, in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child[12], the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women[13] and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities[14], respectively;", "13. Commends, in this regard, the Agency ' s “Summer Games” initiative to organize recreational, cultural and educational activities for children in the Gaza Strip and, recognizing its positive contribution, calls for the full support of this initiative;", "14. Expresses concern at the relocation of the Agency ' s international staff away from its headquarters in Gaza City and the disruption of headquarters activities owing to the deterioration and volatility of the situation on the ground;", "15. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to abide scrupulously by the provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949;5", "16. It also calls upon Israel to comply with Articles 100, 104 and 105 of the Charter of the United Nations and the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations3 with a view to ensuring the safety of Agency personnel, the protection of its institutions and the safeguarding of the security of its facilities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;", "17. Urges the Government of Israel to promptly reimburse the Agency for all transit costs incurred and other financial losses resulting from delays and restrictions on movement and access imposed by Israel;", "18. Calls upon Israel, in particular, to stop obstructing the movement and access of the Agency ' s personnel, vehicles and supplies and to stop imposing taxes, duties and extraordinary charges that detriment the Agency ' s operations;", "19. " Reiterates its call upon Israel to lift fully the obstacles to the import of building materials and supplies necessary to rebuild and repair thousands of damaged or destroyed refugee homes, and to implement the civilian infrastructure projects suspended in the Gaza Strip refugee camps, while noting that a number of projects have been initiated in this regard;", "20. Requests the Commissioner-General to continue to issue identity documents to Palestine refugees and their descendants in the Occupied Palestinian Territory;", "21. Notes with appreciation the progress made by the Agency in modernizing its archives through the Palestine refugee registration project, including the completion of phase I, and encourages the Commissioner-General to finalize the remaining elements of the project as soon as possible and to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the progress made;", "22. It also notes with appreciation that the Agency ' s microfinance programme has been successful and calls upon the Agency, in close cooperation with the relevant agencies, to continue to contribute to the promotion of the economic and social stability of Palestine refugees in all areas;", "23. Reiterates its appeals to all States, the specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations to maintain and increase special allocations for grants and scholarships for higher education for Palestine refugees, in addition to their contributions to the Agency ' s regular budget, and to contribute to the establishment of vocational training centres for Palestine refugees, and requests the Agency to act as recipient and depositary of such special grants and fellowship allocations;", "24. It urges all States, the specialized agencies and non-governmental organizations to continue and increase their contributions to the Agency in order to address its serious financial difficulties and insufficient funding, especially with regard to the Agency ' s regular budget deficit, noting that these financial problems have been exacerbated by the current humanitarian situation on the ground, which has resulted in increased costs, in particular with regard to emergency services, and to provide valuable assistance to the Agency.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/66/13); and ibid., Supplement No. 13A (A/66/13/Add.1).", "[2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/66/13), pp. vii and viii.", "[3] Resolution 22 A (I).", "[4] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2051, No. 35457.", "[5] Ibid., vol. 75, No. 973.", "[6] See A/63/855-S/2009/250.", "[7] A/HRC/12/48.", "[8] Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 13 (A/49/13), annex I.", "[9] A/66/520.", "[10] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 13A (A/66/13/Add.1).", "[11] A/65/705.", "[12] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.", "[13] Go, vol. 1249, No. 20378.", "[14] Ibid., vol. 2515, No. 44910." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/426)]", "66/75. Bienes de refugiados de Palestina y rentas devengadas por ellos", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 194 (III), de 11 de diciembre de 1948, y 36/146 C, de 16 de diciembre de 1981, y todas sus resoluciones posteriores sobre la cuestión,", "Tomando nota del informe del Secretario General presentado en cumplimiento de su resolución 65/101, de 10 de diciembre de 2010[1], así como del informe de la Comisión de Conciliación de las Naciones Unidas para Palestina correspondiente al período comprendido entre el 1 de septiembre de 2010 y el 31 de agosto de 2011[2],", "Recordando que la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos[3] y los principios del derecho internacional confirman el principio de que nadie podrá ser privado arbitrariamente de sus bienes,", "Recordando en particular su resolución 394 (V), de 14 de diciembre de 1950, en la que encargó a la Comisión de Conciliación que, en consulta con las partes interesadas, prescribiera medidas destinadas a proteger los derechos, los bienes y los intereses de los refugiados de Palestina,", "Observando que la Comisión de Conciliación anunció, en su vigésimo segundo informe sobre la evolución de la situación[4], que había concluido el programa de identificación y avalúo de los bienes de propiedad de árabes y que la Oficina de Catastro poseía una lista de propietarios árabes y un archivo de documentos en que se indicaban la ubicación, superficie y otras características de los bienes raíces de propiedad de árabes,", "Expresando su reconocimiento por la preservación y modernización de los registros existentes de la Comisión de Conciliación, incluidos los registros de tierras, y destacando la importancia que revisten esos registros para el logro de una solución justa a la difícil situación de los refugiados de Palestina de conformidad con la resolución 194 (III),", "Recordando que, en el marco del proceso de paz en el Oriente Medio, la Organización de Liberación de Palestina y el Gobierno de Israel acordaron, en la Declaración de Principios sobre las Disposiciones Relacionadas con un Gobierno Autónomo Provisional, de 13 de septiembre de 1993[5], iniciar las negociaciones sobre el estatuto permanente, incluida la importante cuestión de los refugiados,", "1. Reafirma que, de conformidad con los principios de equidad y justicia, los refugiados de Palestina tienen derecho a sus bienes y a las rentas devengadas por ellos;", "2. Solicita al Secretario General que, en consulta con la Comisión de Conciliación de las Naciones Unidas para Palestina, adopte todas las medidas necesarias para proteger los bienes, haberes y derechos de propiedad de árabes en Israel;", "3. Exhorta una vez más a Israel a que brinde al Secretario General todo tipo de facilidades y asistencia para la aplicación de la presente resolución;", "4. Exhorta a todas las partes interesadas a que proporcionen al Secretario General toda la información pertinente que obre en su poder sobre bienes, haberes y derechos de propiedad de árabes en Israel que pudiera ser útil al Secretario General para la aplicación de la presente resolución;", "5. Insta a las partes palestina e israelí a que, según han acordado entre ellas, se ocupen de la importante cuestión de los bienes de los refugiados de Palestina y las rentas devengadas por ellos en el marco de las negociaciones sobre el estatuto definitivo, como parte del proceso de paz en el Oriente Medio;", "6. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/66/318.", "[2]  A/66/296, anexo.", "[3]  Resolución 217 A (III).", "[4]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, decimonoveno período de sesiones, Anexos, anexo núm. 11, documento A/5700.", "[5]  A/48/486‑S/26560, anexo." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/426)]", "66/75. Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 194 (III) of 11 December 1948 and 36/146 C of 16 December 1981 and all its subsequent resolutions on the question,", "Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to its resolution 65/101 of 10 December 2010,[1] as well as that of the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine for the period from 1 September 2010 to 31 August 2011,[2]", "Recalling that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[3] and the principles of international law uphold the principle that no one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his or her property,", "Recalling in particular its resolution 394 (V) of 14 December 1950, in which it directed the Conciliation Commission, in consultation with the parties concerned, to prescribe measures for the protection of the rights, property and interests of the Palestine refugees,", "Noting the completion of the programme of identification and evaluation of Arab property, as announced by the Conciliation Commission in its twenty-second progress report,[4] and the fact that the Land Office had a schedule of Arab owners and a file of documents defining the location, area and other particulars of Arab property,", "Expressing its appreciation for the preservation and modernization of the existing records, including the land records, of the Conciliation Commission, and stressing the importance of such records for a just resolution of the plight of the Palestine refugees in conformity with resolution 194 (III),", "Recalling that, in the framework of the Middle East peace process, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Government of Israel agreed, in the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13 September 1993,[5] to commence negotiations on permanent status issues, including the important issue of the refugees,", "1. Reaffirms that the Palestine refugees are entitled to their property and to the income derived therefrom, in conformity with the principles of equity and justice;", "2. Requests the Secretary-General to take all appropriate steps, in consultation with the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, for the protection of Arab property, assets and property rights in Israel;", "3. Calls once again upon Israel to render all facilities and assistance to the Secretary-General in the implementation of the present resolution;", "4. Calls upon all the parties concerned to provide the Secretary-General with any pertinent information in their possession concerning Arab property, assets and property rights in Israel that would assist him in the implementation of the present resolution;", "5. Urges the Palestinian and Israeli sides, as agreed between them, to deal with the important issue of Palestine refugees’ properties and their revenues within the framework of the final status negotiations of the Middle East peace process;", "6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  A/66/318.", "[2]  A/66/296, annex.", "[3]  Resolution 217 A (III).", "[4]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Nineteenth Session, Annexes, Annex No. 11, document A/5700.", "[5]  A/48/486‑S/26560, annex." ]
A_RES_66_75
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/426)]", "66/75. Palestine refugees ' properties and income earned by them", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 194 (III) of 11 December 1948 and 36/146 C of 16 December 1981 and all subsequent resolutions thereon,", "Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General submitted pursuant to its resolution 65/101 of 10 December 2010[1], as well as the report of the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine for the period from 1 September 2010 to 31 August 2011[2],", "Recalling that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[3] and the principles of international law confirm the principle that no one may be arbitrarily deprived of his property,", "Recalling in particular its resolution 394 (V) of 14 December 1950, in which it entrusted the Conciliation Commission, in consultation with the parties concerned, to prescribe measures to protect the rights, property and interests of Palestine refugees,", "Noting that the Conciliation Commission announced, in its twenty-second report on developments in the situation[4], that it had completed the identification and valuation programme for Arab property and that the Catastro Office had a list of Arab owners and a archive of documents indicating the location, area and other characteristics of Arab property,", "Expressing its appreciation for the preservation and modernization of the existing records of the Conciliation Commission, including land records, and stressing the importance of those records in achieving a just solution to the plight of Palestine refugees in accordance with resolution 194 (III),", "Recalling that, within the framework of the Middle East peace process, the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Government of Israel agreed, in the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13 September 1993[5], to begin negotiations on standing status, including the important question of refugees,", "1. Reaffirms that, in accordance with the principles of equity and justice, Palestine refugees have the right to their property and their incomes;", "2. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the United Nations Conciliation Commission for Palestine, to take all necessary measures to protect Arab property, assets and property rights in Israel;", "3. Once again calls upon Israel to provide the Secretary-General with all kinds of facilities and assistance for the implementation of the present resolution;", "4. Calls upon all interested parties to provide the Secretary-General with all relevant information in his possession on Arab property, assets and property rights in Israel that might be useful to the Secretary-General for the implementation of the present resolution;", "5. Urges the Palestinian and Israeli parties, as agreed upon between them, to address the important issue of the property of the Palestine refugees and the income earned by them in the framework of the final status negotiations, as part of the Middle East peace process;", "6. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] A/66/318.", "[2] A/66/296, annex.", "[3] Resolution 217 A (III).", "[4] Official Records of the General Assembly, Nineteenth Session, Annexes, Annex No. 11, document A/5700.", "[5] A/48/486-S/26560, annex." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/427)]", "66/76. Labor del Comité Especial encargado de investigar las prácticas israelíes que afecten a los derechos humanos del pueblo palestino y otros habitantes árabes de los territorios ocupados", "La Asamblea General,", "Guiada por los propósitos y principios de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas,", "Guiada también por el derecho internacional humanitario, en particular el Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949[1], y por las normas internacionales de derechos humanos, en particular la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos[2] y los pactos internacionales de derechos humanos[3],", "Recordando sus resoluciones sobre el tema, en particular las resoluciones 2443 (XXIII), de 19 de diciembre de 1968, y 65/102, de 10 de diciembre de 2010, y las resoluciones pertinentes de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos y del Consejo de Derechos Humanos, incluida la resolución S‑12/1 aprobada por el Consejo el 16 de octubre de 2009 en su 12° período extraordinario de sesiones[4],", "Recordando también las resoluciones pertinentes del Consejo de Seguridad,", "Teniendo en cuenta la opinión consultiva emitida el 9 de julio de 2004 por la Corte Internacional de Justicia sobre las consecuencias jurídicas de la construcción de un muro en el territorio palestino ocupado[5], y recordando al respecto su resolución ES‑10/15, de 20 de julio de 2004,", "Recordando su resolución 58/292, de 6 de mayo de 2004,", "Convencida de que la ocupación en sí constituye una violación grave y flagrante de los derechos humanos,", "Gravemente preocupada por el efecto negativo que siguen teniendo las prácticas y medidas ilegales que Israel continúa adoptando en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, en particular el uso excesivo de la fuerza por las fuerzas de ocupación israelíes contra civiles palestinos, lo cual ha causado muertos y heridos civiles, la destrucción generalizada de bienes e infraestructura esencial, las actividades de asentamiento en curso y la construcción del muro, el desplazamiento interno de civiles, la imposición de medidas de castigo colectivo, en particular contra la población civil de la Franja de Gaza, y la detención y encarcelamiento de miles de palestinos,", "Gravemente preocupada en particular por las informaciones sobre graves violaciones de los derechos humanos y graves infracciones del derecho internacional humanitario cometidas durante las operaciones militares en la Franja de Gaza entre diciembre de 2008 y enero de 2009, incluidas las conclusiones que figuran en el resumen del Secretario General del informe de la Comisión de Investigación[6] y en el informe de la Misión de Investigación de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Conflicto de Gaza[7], y destacando la necesidad de que todas las partes hagan un seguimiento serio de las recomendaciones dirigidas a ellas para asegurar la rendición de cuentas y la justicia,", "Habiendo examinado el informe del Comité Especial encargado de investigar las prácticas israelíes que afecten a los derechos humanos del pueblo palestino y otros habitantes árabes de los territorios ocupados[8] y los informes pertinentes del Secretario General[9],", "Recordando la Declaración de Principios sobre las Disposiciones Relacionadas con un Gobierno Autónomo Provisional, de 13 de septiembre de 1993[10], y los acuerdos de aplicación ulteriores concertados entre la parte palestina y la parte israelí,", "Destacando la urgencia de que se ponga fin definitivamente a la ocupación israelí que comenzó en 1967 y, en consecuencia, a las violaciones de los derechos humanos del pueblo palestino, y de que se permita la realización de sus derechos inalienables, en particular su derecho a la libre determinación y su Estado independiente,", "Tomando nota de la solicitud de admisión como Miembro de las Naciones Unidas presentada por Palestina el 23 de septiembre de 2011[11],", "1. Encomia al Comité Especial encargado de investigar las prácticas israelíes que afecten a los derechos humanos del pueblo palestino y otros habitantes árabes de los territorios ocupados por todo lo que ha hecho en el desempeño de la tarea que le confió la Asamblea General, así como por su imparcialidad;", "2. Reitera su exigencia de que Israel, la Potencia ocupante, de conformidad con las obligaciones que le incumben como Estado Miembro de las Naciones Unidas, coopere con el Comité Especial en el cumplimiento de su mandato;", "3. Deplora las políticas y prácticas de Israel que violan los derechos humanos del pueblo palestino y otros habitantes árabes de los territorios ocupados, descritas en el informe del Comité Especial correspondiente al período que se examina⁸;", "4. Expresa grave preocupación ante la crítica situación existente en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, en particular en la Franja de Gaza, a raíz de las prácticas y medidas ilícitas adoptadas por Israel, condena especialmente todas las actividades ilegales israelíes de asentamiento y la construcción del muro, así como el uso excesivo e indiscriminado de la fuerza contra la población civil, la destrucción y confiscación de bienes, las medidas de castigo colectivo y la detención y encarcelamiento de miles de civiles, y pide su cesación inmediata;", "5. Solicita al Comité Especial que, hasta que se ponga fin totalmente a la ocupación israelí, siga investigando las políticas y prácticas israelíes en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y en los demás territorios árabes ocupados por Israel desde 1967, en particular las violaciones por Israel del Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949¹, que celebre consultas, según proceda, con el Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja de conformidad con su reglamento, para velar por que se salvaguarden el bienestar y los derechos humanos de los habitantes de los territorios ocupados, y que informe al Secretario General tan pronto como sea posible y posteriormente cada vez que sea necesario;", "6. Solicita también al Comité Especial que presente regularmente informes periódicos al Secretario General sobre la situación imperante en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental;", "7. Solicita además al Comité Especial que siga investigando el trato y la condición jurídica de los miles de presos y detenidos, en particular niños y mujeres, que permanecen en prisiones y centros de detención israelíes en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y en los demás territorios árabes ocupados por Israel desde 1967;", "8. Solicita al Secretario General que:", "a) Proporcione al Comité Especial todas las facilidades necesarias, incluidas las que este requiera para visitar los territorios ocupados, a fin de que pueda investigar las políticas y prácticas israelíes a que se hace referencia en la presente resolución;", "b) Siga proporcionando al Comité Especial el personal que necesite para el desempeño de su labor;", "c) Envíe periódicamente a los Estados Miembros los informes mencionados en el párrafo 6 supra;", "d) Se asegure de que se dé la mayor difusión posible a los informes del Comité Especial y a la información sobre sus actividades y conclusiones por todos los medios disponibles, por conducto del Departamento de Información Pública de la Secretaría, y que, cuando sea necesario, reimprima los informes del Comité Especial que se hayan agotado;", "e) En su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre la realización de las tareas que le encomienda en la presente resolución;", "9. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Informe del Comité Especial encargado de investigar las prácticas israelíes que afecten a los derechos humanos del pueblo palestino y otros habitantes árabes de los territorios ocupados”.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 75, núm. 973.", "[2]  Resolución 217 A (III).", "[3]  Resolución 2200 A (XXI), anexo.", "[4]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo cuarto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 53A (A/64/53/Add.1), cap. I.", "[5]  Véase A/ES‑10/273 y Corr.1; véase también Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, pág. 136.", "[6]  Véase A/63/855‑S/2009/250.", "[7]  A/HRC/12/48.", "[8]  Véase A/66/370.", "[9]  A/66/356, A/66/362, A/66/364, A/66/373 y A/66/400.", "[10]  A/48/486‑S/26560, anexo.", "[11]  A/66/371‑S/2011/592." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/427)]", "66/76. Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories", "The General Assembly,", "Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Guided also by international humanitarian law, in particular the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949,[1] as well as international standards of human rights, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[2] and the International Covenants on Human Rights,[3]", "Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolutions 2443 (XXIII) of 19 December 1968 and 65/102 of 10 December 2010, and the relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council, including resolution S‑12/1, adopted by the Council at its twelfth special session on 16 October 2009,[4]", "Recalling also the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,", "Taking into account the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,[5] and recalling, in this regard, General Assembly resolution ES‑10/15 of 20 July 2004,", "Recalling its resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004,", "Convinced that occupation itself represents a gross and grave violation of human rights,", "Gravely concerned about the continuing detrimental impact of ongoing unlawful Israeli practices and measures in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, including the excessive use of force by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians, resulting in the death and injury of civilians, the widespread destruction of property and vital infrastructure, ongoing settlement activities and construction of the wall, the internal displacement of civilians, the imposition of collective punishment measures, particularly against the civilian population in the Gaza Strip, and the detention and imprisonment of thousands of Palestinians,", "Gravely concerned in particular by reports regarding serious human rights violations and grave breaches of international humanitarian law committed during the military operations in the Gaza Strip between December 2008 and January 2009, including the findings in the summary by the Secretary-General of the report of the Board of Inquiry[6] and in the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict,[7] and stressing the necessity for serious follow-up by all parties to the recommendations addressed to them towards ensuring accountability and justice,", "Having considered the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories[8] and the relevant reports of the Secretary-General,[9]", "Recalling the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13 September 1993[10] and the subsequent implementation agreements between the Palestinian and Israeli sides,", "Stressing the urgency of bringing a complete end to the Israeli occupation that began in 1967 and thus an end to the violation of the human rights of the Palestinian people, and of allowing for the realization of their inalienable human rights, including their right to self-determination and their independent State,", "Taking note of the application of Palestine for admission to membership in the United Nations, submitted on 23 September 2011,[11]", "1. Commends the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories for its efforts in performing the tasks assigned to it by the General Assembly and for its impartiality;", "2. Reiterates its demand that Israel, the occupying Power, cooperate, in accordance with its obligations as a State Member of the United Nations, with the Special Committee in implementing its mandate;", "3. Deplores those policies and practices of Israel that violate the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories, as reflected in the report of the Special Committee covering the reporting period;⁸", "4. Expresses grave concern about the critical situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, particularly in the Gaza Strip, as a result of unlawful Israeli practices and measures, and especially condemns and calls for the immediate cessation of all illegal Israeli settlement activities and the construction of the wall, as well as the excessive and indiscriminate use of force against the civilian population, the destruction and confiscation of properties, measures of collective punishment, and the detention and imprisonment of thousands of civilians;", "5. Requests the Special Committee, pending complete termination of the Israeli occupation, to continue to investigate Israeli policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, especially Israeli violations of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949,¹ and to consult, as appropriate, with the International Committee of the Red Cross according to its regulations in order to ensure that the welfare and human rights of the peoples of the occupied territories are safeguarded and to report to the Secretary-General as soon as possible and whenever the need arises thereafter;", "6. Also requests the Special Committee to submit regularly to the Secretary-General periodic reports on the current situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;", "7. Further requests the Special Committee to continue to investigate the treatment and status of the thousands of prisoners and detainees, including children and women, in Israeli prisons and detention centres in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;", "8. Requests the Secretary-General:", "(a) To provide the Special Committee with all necessary facilities, including those required for its visits to the occupied territories, so that it may investigate the Israeli policies and practices referred to in the present resolution;", "(b) To continue to make available such staff as may be necessary to assist the Special Committee in the performance of its tasks;", "(c) To circulate regularly to Member States the periodic reports mentioned in paragraph 6 above;", "(d) To ensure the widest circulation of the reports of the Special Committee and of information regarding its activities and findings, by all means available, through the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat and, where necessary, to reprint those reports of the Special Committee that are no longer available;", "(e) To report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the tasks entrusted to him in the present resolution;", "9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories”.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.", "[2]  Resolution 217 A (III).", "[3]  Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.", "[4]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/64/53/Add.1), chap. I.", "[5]  See A/ES‑10/273 and Corr.1; see also Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 136.", "[6]  See A/63/855‑S/2009/250.", "[7]  A/HRC/12/48.", "[8]  See A/66/370.", "[9]  A/66/356, A/66/362, A/66/364, A/66/373 and A/66/400.", "[10]  A/48/486‑S/26560, annex.", "[11]  A/66/371‑S/2011/592." ]
A_RES_66_76
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/427)]", "66/76. Work of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories", "The General Assembly,", "Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Guided also by international humanitarian law, in particular the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949[1], and by international human rights standards, in particular the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[2] and the international human rights covenants[3],", "Recalling its resolutions on the subject, in particular resolutions 2443 (XXIII) of 19 December 1968 and 65/102 of 10 December 2010, and relevant resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights and the Human Rights Council, including resolution S‐12/1 adopted by the Council on 16 October 2009 at its twelfth special session,[4]", "Recalling also relevant resolutions of the Security Council,", "Taking into account the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,[5] and recalling its resolution ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004,", "Recalling its resolution 58/292 of 6 May 2004,", "Convinced that the occupation itself constitutes a grave and flagrant violation of human rights,", "Gravely concerned at the continuing negative impact of the illegal practices and measures that Israel continues to take in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in particular the excessive use of force by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians, resulting in civilian deaths and injuries, widespread destruction of essential goods and infrastructure, ongoing settlement activities and the construction of the wall, internal displacement of civilians, imposition of collective punishment measures, in particular against the civilian population of the Gaza Strip,", "Gravely concerned in particular about reports of serious violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during the military operations in the Gaza Strip between December 2008 and January 2009, including the conclusions contained in the Secretary-General ' s summary of the report of the Commission of Inquiry[6] and the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict[7], and stressing the need for all parties to follow up on them seriously,", "Having considered the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories[8] and the relevant reports of the Secretary-General[9],", "Recalling the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13 September 1993[10] and the subsequent implementation agreements between the Palestinian side and the Israeli side,", "Stressing the urgency of definitively ending the Israeli occupation that began in 1967 and, consequently, the human rights violations of the Palestinian people, and of allowing the realization of their inalienable rights, in particular their right to self-determination and their independent State,", "Taking note of the application for admission as a Member of the United Nations submitted by Palestine on 23 September 2011[11],", "1. Commends the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories for all that it has done in carrying out the task entrusted to it by the General Assembly and for its impartiality;", "2. Reiterates its demand that Israel, the occupying Power, in accordance with its obligations as a Member State of the United Nations, cooperate with the Special Committee in fulfilling its mandate;", "3. Deplores the policies and practices of Israel that violate the human rights of the Palestinian people and other Arabs of the occupied territories, as described in the report of the Special Committee for the period under review;8", "4. Expresses grave concern at the critical situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in particular in the Gaza Strip, following the illegal practices and measures taken by Israel, condemns in particular all illegal Israeli settlement activities and the construction of the wall, as well as the excessive and indiscriminate use of force against the civilian population, the destruction and confiscation of property, collective punishment measures and the arrest and detention of thousands of civilians, and calls for its immediate cessation;", "5. Requests the Special Committee, until the full end of the Israeli occupation, to continue to investigate Israeli policies and practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, in particular Israel ' s violations of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949,1 to consult, as appropriate, with the International Committee of the Red Cross in accordance with its rules of procedure, to ensure that the", "6. Also requests the Special Committee to report regularly to the Secretary-General on the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;", "7. Further requests the Special Committee to continue to investigate the treatment and status of the thousands of prisoners and detainees, in particular children and women, who remain in Israeli prisons and detention centres in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;", "8. Requests the Secretary-General to:", "(a) Provide the Special Committee with all the necessary facilities, including those required to visit the occupied territories, so that it may investigate the Israeli policies and practices referred to in the present resolution;", "(b) Continue to provide the Special Committee with the necessary staff for the performance of its work;", "(c) Regularly forward to Member States the reports referred to in paragraph 6 above;", "(d) Ensure that the reports of the Special Committee and information on their activities and findings are made widely available through the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat and, where necessary, reprint the reports of the Special Committee that have been exhausted;", "(e) At its sixty-seventh session, the report on the implementation of the tasks entrusted to it in the present resolution;", "9. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories”.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.", "[2] Resolution 217 A (III).", "[3] Resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.", "[4] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/64/53/Add.1), chap. I.", "[5] See A/ES‐10/273 and Corr.1; see also Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 136.", "[6] See A/63/855-S/2009/250.", "[7] A/HRC/12/48.", "[8] See A/66/370.", "[9] A/66/356, A/66/362, A/66/364, A/66/373 and A/66/400.", "[10] A/48/486-S/26560, annex.", "[11] A/66/371‐S/2011/592." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/427)]", "66/77. Aplicabilidad del Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949, al territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y a los demás territorios árabes ocupados", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones pertinentes, incluida la resolución 65/103, de 10 de diciembre de 2010,", "Teniendo presentes las resoluciones pertinentes del Consejo de Seguridad,", "Recordando el reglamento anexo a la Convención IV de La Haya de 1907[1], el Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949[2], y las disposiciones pertinentes del derecho consuetudinario, incluidas las codificadas en el Protocolo Adicional I[3] de los cuatro Convenios de Ginebra[4],", "Habiendo examinado el informe del Comité Especial encargado de investigar las prácticas israelíes que afecten a los derechos humanos del pueblo palestino y otros habitantes árabes de los territorios ocupados[5] y los informes pertinentes del Secretario General[6],", "Considerando que uno de los propósitos y principios básicos de las Naciones Unidas es promover el respeto de las obligaciones dimanadas de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y de otros instrumentos y normas de derecho internacional,", "Recordando la opinión consultiva emitida por la Corte Internacional de Justicia el 9 de julio de 2004[7] y recordando también su resolución ES‑10/15, de 20 de julio de 2004,", "Haciendo notar en particular la respuesta de la Corte, especialmente que el Cuarto Convenio de Ginebra² es aplicable al territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y que Israel contraviene varias de las disposiciones de ese Convenio,", "Recordando la Conferencia de las Altas Partes Contratantes del Cuarto Convenio de Ginebra celebrada el 15 de julio de 1999 sobre medidas para aplicar el Convenio en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, así como la Declaración aprobada por la Conferencia al reunirse nuevamente el 5 de diciembre de 2001 y la necesidad de que las partes sigan de cerca la aplicación de la Declaración,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito y alentando las iniciativas emprendidas por los Estados partes en el Convenio, en forma individual y colectiva, de acuerdo con el artículo 1 común a los cuatro Convenios de Ginebra, para garantizar el respeto del Convenio, así como la labor permanente del Estado depositario de los Convenios de Ginebra a este respecto,", "Destacando que Israel, la Potencia ocupante, debe cumplir estrictamente las obligaciones que le incumben de conformidad con el derecho internacional, incluido el derecho internacional humanitario,", "1. Reafirma que el Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949², es aplicable al territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y a los demás territorios árabes ocupados por Israel desde 1967;", "2. Exige que Israel acepte la aplicabilidad de jure del Convenio en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y en los demás territorios árabes ocupados por Israel desde 1967, y que cumpla escrupulosamente las disposiciones del Convenio;", "3. Exhorta a todas las Altas Partes Contratantes del Convenio a que, de conformidad con el artículo 1 común a los cuatro Convenios de Ginebra⁴ y según se menciona en la opinión consultiva de la Corte Internacional de Justicia de 9 de julio de 2004⁷, sigan haciendo cuanto esté a su alcance por asegurar que Israel, la Potencia ocupante, respete sus disposiciones en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y en los demás territorios árabes que ha ocupado desde 1967;", "4. Reitera la necesidad de que se apliquen rápidamente las recomendaciones pertinentes que figuran en las resoluciones aprobadas por la Asamblea General, incluidas las de su décimo período extraordinario de sesiones de emergencia y su resolución ES‑10/15, para asegurar que Israel, la Potencia ocupante, respete las disposiciones del Convenio;", "5. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase Dotación Carnegie para la Paz Internacional, Las Convenciones y declaraciones de La Haya de 1899 y 1907 (Nueva York, Oxford University Press, 1916).", "[2]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 75, núm. 973.", "[3]  Ibid., vol. 1125, núm. 17512.", "[4]  Ibid., vol. 75, núms. 970 a 973.", "[5]  Véase A/66/370.", "[6]  A/66/356, A/66/362, A/66/364, A/66/373 y A/66/400.", "[7]  Véase A/ES‑10/273 y Corr.1; véase también Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, pág. 136." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/427)]", "66/77. Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949, to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolution 65/103 of 10 December 2010,", "Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,", "Recalling the Regulations annexed to The Hague Convention IV of 1907,[1] the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,[2] and relevant provisions of customary law, including those codified in Additional Protocol I[3] to the four Geneva Conventions,[4]", "Having considered the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories[5] and the relevant reports of the Secretary-General,[6]", "Considering that the promotion of respect for the obligations arising from the Charter of the United Nations and other instruments and rules of international law is among the basic purposes and principles of the United Nations,", "Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice,[7] and also recalling General Assembly resolution ES‑10/15 of 20 July 2004,", "Noting in particular the Court’s reply, including that the Fourth Geneva Convention² is applicable in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and that Israel is in breach of several of the provisions of the Convention,", "Recalling the Conference of High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention on measures to enforce the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, held on 15 July 1999, as well as the Declaration adopted by the reconvened Conference on 5 December 2001 and the need for the parties to follow up the implementation of the Declaration,", "Welcoming and encouraging the initiatives by States parties to the Convention, both individually and collectively, according to article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions, aimed at ensuring respect for the Convention, as well as the continuing efforts of the depositary State of the Geneva Conventions in this regard,", "Stressing that Israel, the occupying Power, should comply strictly with its obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law,", "1. Reaffirms that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,² is applicable to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;", "2. Demands that Israel accept the de jure applicability of the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, and that it comply scrupulously with the provisions of the Convention;", "3. Calls upon all High Contracting Parties to the Convention, in accordance with article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions⁴ and as mentioned in the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 9 July 2004,⁷ to continue to exert all efforts to ensure respect for its provisions by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;", "4. Reiterates the need for speedy implementation of the relevant recommendations contained in the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, including at its tenth emergency special session and including resolution ES‑10/15, with regard to ensuring respect by Israel, the occupying Power, for the provisions of the Convention;", "5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  See Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1915).", "[2]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.", "[3]  Ibid., vol. 1125, No. 17512.", "[4]  Ibid., vol. 75, Nos. 970-973.", "[5]  See A/66/370.", "[6]  A/66/356, A/66/362, A/66/364, A/66/373 and A/66/400.", "[7]  See A/ES‑10/273 and Corr.1; see also Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 136." ]
A_RES_66_77
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/427)]", "66/77. Applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the other occupied Arab territories", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolution 65/103 of 10 December 2010,", "Bearing in mind the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,", "Recalling the rules of procedure annexed to the Hague Convention IV of 1907[1], the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949[2], and the relevant provisions of customary law, including those encoded in Additional Protocol I[3] of the four Geneva Conventions[4],", "Having considered the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories[5] and the relevant reports of the Secretary-General[6],", "Considering that one of the basic purposes and principles of the United Nations is to promote respect for the obligations arising from the Charter of the United Nations and other instruments and norms of international law,", "Recalling the advisory opinion rendered by the International Court of Justice on 9 July 2004[7] and recalling also its resolution ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004,", "Noting in particular the Court ' s response, especially that the Fourth Geneva Convention2 applies to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and that Israel contravenes several of the provisions of that Convention,", "Recalling the Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention, held on 15 July 1999 on measures to implement the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, as well as the Declaration adopted by the Conference upon reconvened on 5 December 2001 and the need for the parties to follow closely the implementation of the Declaration,", "Welcoming and encouraging initiatives undertaken by States parties to the Convention, individually and collectively, in accordance with common article 1 of the four Geneva Conventions, to ensure respect for the Convention, as well as the ongoing work of the depositary State of the Geneva Conventions in this regard,", "Stressing that Israel, the occupying Power, must comply strictly with its obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law,", "1. Reaffirms that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,2 applies to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to the other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967;", "2. Demands that Israel accept the de jure applicability of the Convention in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967, and that it comply scrupulously with the provisions of the Convention;", "3. Calls upon all High Contracting Parties to the Convention, in accordance with article 1 common to the four Geneva Conventions4 and as referred to in the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice of 9 July 20047, to continue to make every effort to ensure that Israel, the occupying Power, respects its provisions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the other Arab territories it has occupied since 1967;", "4. Reiterates the need for the speedy implementation of the relevant recommendations contained in the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly, including those of its tenth emergency special session and its resolution ES-10/15, to ensure that Israel, the occupying Power, respects the provisions of the Convention;", "5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] See Carnegie for International Peace, The Hague Conventions and Declarations of 1899 and 1907 (New York, Oxford University Press, 1916).", "[2] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.", "[3] Ibid., vol. 1125, No. 17512.", "[4] Ibid., vol. 75, No. 970-973.", "[5] See A/66/370.", "[6] A/66/356, A/66/362, A/66/364, A/66/373 and A/66/400.", "[7] See A/ES‐10/273 and Corr.1; see also Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 136." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/427)]", "66/78. Los asentamientos israelíes en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y en el Golán sirio ocupado", "La Asamblea General,", "Guiada por los principios de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y afirmando la inadmisibilidad de la adquisición de territorio por la fuerza,", "Recordando sus resoluciones pertinentes, incluida la resolución 65/104, de 10 de diciembre de 2010, y las aprobadas en su décimo período extraordinario de sesiones de emergencia,", "Recordando también las resoluciones pertinentes del Consejo de Seguridad, en particular las resoluciones 242 (1967), de 22 de noviembre de 1967, 446 (1979), de 22 de marzo de 1979, 465 (1980), de 1 de marzo de 1980, 476 (1980), de 30 de junio de 1980, 478 (1980), de 20 de agosto de 1980, 497 (1981), de 17 de diciembre de 1981, y 904 (1994), de 18 de marzo de 1994,", "Reafirmando que el Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949[1], es aplicable al territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y al Golán sirio ocupado,", "Afirmando que el traslado por la Potencia ocupante de parte de su propia población civil al territorio que ocupa constituye un incumplimiento del Cuarto Convenio de Ginebra¹ y de las disposiciones pertinentes del derecho consuetudinario, incluso las codificadas en el Protocolo Adicional I[2] de los cuatro Convenios de Ginebra[3],", "Recordando la opinión consultiva emitida el 9 de julio de 2004 por la Corte Internacional de Justicia sobre las consecuencias jurídicas de la construcción de un muro en el territorio palestino ocupado[4], y recordando también sus resoluciones ES‑10/15, de 20 de julio de 2004, y ES‑10/17, de 15 de diciembre de 2006,", "Observando que la Corte Internacional de Justicia concluyó que “los asentamientos israelíes en el territorio palestino ocupado (incluida Jerusalén Oriental) se han establecido en contravención del derecho internacional”[5],", "Tomando nota del informe reciente del Relator Especial del Consejo de Derechos Humanos sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en el territorio palestino ocupado desde 1967[6],", "Recordando la Declaración de Principios sobre las Disposiciones Relacionadas con un Gobierno Autónomo Provisional, de 13 de septiembre de 1993[7], y los acuerdos de aplicación ulteriores concertados entre la parte palestina y la parte israelí,", "Recordando también la hoja de ruta del Cuarteto para una solución permanente biestatal del conflicto israelo-palestino[8], y poniendo de relieve en particular que en ella se hace un llamamiento a congelar todas las actividades de asentamiento, incluido el denominado “crecimiento natural”, y a desmantelar todos los asentamientos de avanzada erigidos desde marzo de 2001, así como la necesidad de que Israel cumpla sus obligaciones y compromisos en este sentido,", "Consciente de que las actividades de asentamiento realizadas por Israel entrañan, entre otras cosas, el traslado de nacionales de la Potencia ocupante a los territorios ocupados, la confiscación de tierras, el desplazamiento de familias palestinas, la explotación de recursos naturales y otras medidas contra la población civil palestina y la población civil en el Golán sirio ocupado que son contrarias al derecho internacional,", "Teniendo presentes los efectos extremadamente perjudiciales que tienen las políticas, decisiones y actividades de Israel en materia de asentamientos en las iniciativas para reanudar el proceso de paz y avanzar en él, en la credibilidad del proceso de paz y en las perspectivas para alcanzar la paz en el Oriente Medio de conformidad con la solución consistente en dos Estados, Israel y Palestina, que vivan uno junto al otro en paz y seguridad dentro de fronteras reconocidas, sobre la base de las fronteras anteriores a 1967,", "Expresando grave preocupación porque Israel, la Potencia ocupante, prosigue sus actividades de asentamiento en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, en violación del derecho internacional humanitario, las resoluciones pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas, los acuerdos a que han llegado las partes y las obligaciones que le incumben en virtud de la hoja de ruta del Cuarteto y en contra de los llamamientos de la comunidad internacional para que ponga fin a todas las actividades de asentamiento,", "Expresando grave preocupación en particular por la construcción y ampliación por Israel de asentamientos en la Jerusalén Oriental ocupada y sus alrededores, incluido el llamado plan E‑1 encaminado a interconectar sus asentamientos ilegales y aislar aún más la Jerusalén Oriental ocupada, la constante demolición de viviendas palestinas y el desalojo de familias palestinas de la ciudad, la revocación de los derechos de residencia de los palestinos en la ciudad y la continuación de las actividades de asentamiento en el Valle del Jordán,", "Expresando grave preocupación porque Israel sigue construyendo ilícitamente un muro en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental y sus alrededores, y expresando en particular su preocupación por el hecho de que el trazado del muro se aparta de la Línea del Armisticio de 1949, lo cual está causando grandes penurias humanitarias y un serio deterioro de las condiciones socioeconómicas del pueblo palestino, está fragmentando la contigüidad del territorio palestino y socavando su estabilidad, y podría prejuzgar las negociaciones que se celebren en el futuro y hacer que la solución biestatal sea físicamente imposible de aplicar,", "Profundamente preocupada porque el trazado del muro se ha diseñado de tal manera que incluye la gran mayoría de los asentamientos israelíes en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental,", "Deplorando las actividades de asentamiento en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y en el Golán sirio ocupado, y cualquier actividad que entrañe la confiscación de tierras, perturbe los medios de subsistencia de las personas protegidas y suponga la anexión de facto de tierras,", "Recordando la necesidad de poner fin a todos los actos de violencia, incluidos los actos de terror, provocación, incitación y destrucción,", "Gravemente preocupada por el aumento de los incidentes de violencia, acoso, provocación e incitación llevados a cabo por colonos israelíes ilegales armados en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, contra civiles palestinos, incluidos niños, y sus bienes, incluidos lugares históricos y religiosos, y tierras de cultivo,", "Observando la retirada de Israel de la Franja de Gaza y partes de la Ribera Occidental septentrional y la importancia que reviste el desmantelamiento de los asentamientos en esas zonas como medida hacia la aplicación de la hoja de ruta, y pidiendo, en este sentido, que se respete la obligación que incumbe a Israel, en virtud de la hoja de ruta, de congelar las actividades de asentamiento, incluido el denominado “crecimiento natural”, y de desmantelar todos los asentamientos de avanzada levantados desde marzo de 2001,", "Tomando nota de los informes pertinentes del Secretario General[9],", "Tomando nota también de la reunión especial del Consejo de Seguridad convocada el 26 de septiembre de 2008, así como de la sesión que celebró el Consejo el 18 de febrero de 2011,", "1. Reafirma que los asentamientos israelíes en el territorio palestino, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y en el Golán sirio ocupado son ilegales y constituyen un obstáculo para la paz y el desarrollo económico y social;", "2. Exhorta a Israel a que acepte la aplicabilidad de jure del Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949¹, en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y en el Golán sirio ocupado, y a que cumpla escrupulosamente las disposiciones del Convenio, en particular las del artículo 49;", "3. Exhorta también a Israel, la Potencia ocupante, a que cumpla estrictamente las obligaciones que le impone el derecho internacional, en particular el derecho internacional humanitario, con respecto a la alteración del carácter, el estatuto y la composición demográfica del territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental;", "4. Reitera su exigencia de que Israel ponga fin de manera inmediata y completa a todas sus actividades de asentamiento en todo el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y en el Golán sirio ocupado, y pide a este respecto que se apliquen cabalmente todas las resoluciones pertinentes del Consejo de Seguridad, incluidas, entre otras, las resoluciones 446 (1979), de 22 de marzo de 1979, 452 (1979), de 20 de julio de 1979, 465 (1980), de 1 de marzo de 1980, 476 (1980), de 30 de junio de 1980, y 1515 (2003), de 19 de noviembre de 2003;", "5. Exige a Israel, la Potencia ocupante, que cumpla las obligaciones jurídicas que le incumben, tal como se indica en la opinión consultiva emitida el 9 de julio de 2004 por la Corte Internacional de Justicia⁴;", "6. Reitera su llamamiento para que se impida que los colonos israelíes cometan actos de violencia y hostigamiento, sobre todo contra los civiles palestinos y sus bienes, incluidos lugares históricos y religiosos, y tierras de cultivo, y destaca la necesidad de que se aplique la resolución 904 (1994) del Consejo de Seguridad, en la que el Consejo exhortó a Israel, la Potencia ocupante, a que siguiera adoptando y aplicando medidas, incluida la confiscación de armas, con el fin de evitar actos ilícitos de violencia por parte de los colonos israelíes, y pidió que se adoptaran medidas para garantizar la seguridad y protección de los civiles palestinos en el territorio ocupado;", "7. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 75, núm. 973.", "[2]  Ibid., vol. 1125, núm. 17512.", "[3]  Ibid., vol. 75, núms. 970 a 973.", "[4]  Véase A/ES‑10/273 y Corr.1; véase también Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, pág. 136.", "[5]  Véase A/ES‑10/273 y Corr.1, opinión consultiva, párr. 120; véase también Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, pág. 136.", "[6]  Véase A/66/358.", "[7]  A/48/486‑S/26560, anexo.", "[8]  S/2003/529, anexo.", "[9]  A/66/356, A/66/362, A/66/364, A/66/373 y A/66/400." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/427)]", "66/78. Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan", "The General Assembly,", "Guided by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, and affirming the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force,", "Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolution 65/104 of 10 December 2010, as well as those resolutions adopted at its tenth emergency special session,", "Recalling also the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, including resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 446 (1979) of 22 March 1979, 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980, 476 (1980) of 30 June 1980, 478 (1980) of 20 August 1980, 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981 and 904 (1994) of 18 March 1994,", "Reaffirming the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,[1] to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to the occupied Syrian Golan,", "Affirming that the transfer by the occupying Power of parts of its own civilian population into the territory it occupies constitutes a breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention¹ and relevant provisions of customary law, including those codified in Additional Protocol I[2] to the four Geneva Conventions,[3]", "Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,[4] and recalling also General Assembly resolutions ES‑10/15 of 20 July 2004 and ES‑10/17 of 15 December 2006,", "Noting that the International Court of Justice concluded that “the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (including East Jerusalem) have been established in breach of international law”,[5]", "Taking note of the recent report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967,[6]", "Recalling the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13 September 1993[7] and the subsequent implementation agreements between the Palestinian and Israeli sides,", "Recalling also the Quartet road map to a permanent two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,[8] and emphasizing specifically its call for a freeze on all settlement activity, including so-called “natural growth”, and the dismantlement of all settlement outposts erected since March 2001, and the need for Israel to uphold its obligations and commitments in this regard,", "Aware that Israeli settlement activities involve, inter alia, the transfer of nationals of the occupying Power into the occupied territories, the confiscation of land, the displacement of Palestinian families, the exploitation of natural resources and other actions against the Palestinian civilian population and the civilian population in the occupied Syrian Golan that are contrary to international law,", "Bearing in mind the extremely detrimental impact of Israeli settlement policies, decisions and activities on the efforts to resume and advance the peace process, on the credibility of the peace process, and on the prospects for the achievement of peace in the Middle East in accordance with the two-State solution of Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security within recognized borders, on the basis of the pre‑1967 borders,", "Expressing grave concern about the continuation by Israel, the occupying Power, of settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in violation of international humanitarian law, relevant United Nations resolutions, the agreements reached between the parties and obligations under the Quartet road map, and in defiance of the calls by the international community to cease all settlement activities,", "Expressing grave concern in particular about Israel’s construction and expansion of settlements in and around occupied East Jerusalem, including its so‑called E‑1 plan that aims to connect its illegal settlements around and further isolate occupied East Jerusalem, the continuing demolition of Palestinian homes and eviction of Palestinian families from the city, the revocation of Palestinian residency rights in the city, and ongoing settlement activities in the Jordan Valley,", "Expressing grave concern about the continuing unlawful construction by Israel of the wall inside the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, and expressing its concern in particular about the route of the wall in departure from the Armistice Line of 1949, which is causing humanitarian hardship and a serious decline of socio-economic conditions for the Palestinian people, is fragmenting the territorial contiguity of the Territory and undermining its viability, and could prejudge future negotiations and make the two-State solution physically impossible to implement,", "Deeply concerned that the wall’s route has been traced in such a way as to include the great majority of the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,", "Deploring settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan and any activities involving the confiscation of land, the disruption of the livelihood of protected persons and the de facto annexation of land,", "Recalling the need to end all acts of violence, including acts of terror, provocation, incitement and destruction,", "Gravely concerned about the rising incidents of violence, harassment, provocation and incitement by illegal armed Israeli settlers in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, against Palestinian civilians, including children, and their properties, including historic and religious sites, and agricultural lands,", "Noting the Israeli withdrawal from within the Gaza Strip and parts of the northern West Bank and the importance of the dismantlement of the settlements therein as a step towards the implementation of the road map, and calling, in this regard, for respect of the road map obligation upon Israel to freeze settlement activity, including so-called “natural growth”, and to dismantle all settlement outposts erected since March 2001,", "Taking note of the relevant reports of the Secretary-General,[9]", "Taking note also of the special meeting of the Security Council convened on 26 September 2008, as well as of the meeting of the Council of 18 February 2011,", "1. Reaffirms that the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal and an obstacle to peace and economic and social development;", "2. Calls upon Israel to accept the de jure applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,¹ to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and to the occupied Syrian Golan and to abide scrupulously by the provisions of the Convention, in particular article 49;", "3. Also calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to comply strictly with its obligations under international law, including international humanitarian law, with respect to the alteration of the character, status and demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;", "4. Reiterates its demand for the immediate and complete cessation of all Israeli settlement activities in all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, and calls, in this regard, for the full implementation of all the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, including, inter alia, resolutions 446 (1979) of 22 March 1979, 452 (1979) of 20 July 1979, 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980, 476 (1980) of 30 June 1980 and 1515 (2003) of 19 November 2003;", "5. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply with its legal obligations, as mentioned in the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice;⁴", "6. Reiterates its call for the prevention of all acts of violence and harassment by Israeli settlers, especially against Palestinian civilians and their properties, including historic and religious sites, and agricultural lands, and stresses the need for the implementation of Security Council resolution 904 (1994), in which the Council called upon Israel, the occupying Power, to continue to take and implement measures, including confiscation of arms, aimed at preventing illegal acts of violence by Israeli settlers, and called for measures to be taken to guarantee the safety and protection of the Palestinian civilians in the occupied territory;", "7. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.", "[2]  Ibid., vol. 1125, No. 17512.", "[3]  Ibid., vol. 75, Nos. 970-973.", "[4]  See A/ES‑10/273 and Corr.1; see also Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 136.", "[5]  See A/ES‑10/273 and Corr.1, advisory opinion, para. 120; see also Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 136.", "[6]  See A/66/358.", "[7]  A/48/486‑S/26560, annex.", "[8]  S/2003/529, annex.", "[9]  A/66/356, A/66/362, A/66/364, A/66/373 and A/66/400." ]
A_RES_66_78
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/427)]", "66/78. Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan", "The General Assembly,", "Guided by the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and affirming the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force,", "Recalling its relevant resolutions, including resolution 65/104 of 10 December 2010, and those adopted at its tenth emergency special session,", "Recalling also the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, in particular resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967, 446 (1979) of 22 March 1979, 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980, 476 (1980) of 30 June 1980, 478 (1980) of 20 August 1980, 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981 and 904 (1994) of 18 March 1994,", "Reaffirming that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949[1] applies to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the occupied Syrian Golan,", "Affirming that the transfer by the occupying Power of part of its own civilian population to its territory constitutes a breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention1 and the relevant provisions of customary law, including those codified in Additional Protocol I[2] of the four Geneva Conventions[3],", "Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,[4] and recalling also its resolutions ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004 and ES-10/17 of 15 December 2006,", "Noting that the International Court of Justice concluded that “the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (including East Jerusalem) have been established in contravention of international law”[5],", "Taking note of the recent report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territory occupied since 1967,[6],", "Recalling the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements of 13 September 1993[7] and the subsequent implementation agreements between the Palestinian side and the Israeli side,", "Recalling also the Quartet road map for a permanent two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict[8], and emphasizing in particular that it calls for the freezing of all settlement activities, including the so-called “natural growth”, and the dismantling of all the advanced settlements erected since March 2001, as well as the need for Israel to fulfil its obligations and commitments in this regard,", "Aware that Israeli settlement activities involve, inter alia, the transfer of nationals from the occupying Power to the occupied territories, the confiscation of land, the displacement of Palestinian families, the exploitation of natural resources and other measures against the Palestinian civilian population and the civilian population in the occupied Syrian Golan that are contrary to international law,", "Bearing in mind the extremely damaging effects of Israeli settlement policies, decisions and activities on initiatives to resume and advance the peace process, the credibility of the peace process and the prospects for achieving peace in the Middle East in accordance with the two-State solution, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security within recognized borders, on the basis of the pre-1967 borders,", "Expressing grave concern that Israel, the occupying Power, continues its settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in violation of international humanitarian law, the relevant United Nations resolutions, the agreements reached by the parties and their obligations under the Quartet road map and against the calls of the international community to end all settlement activities,", "Expressing grave concern in particular at the construction and expansion by Israel of settlements in and around Occupied East Jerusalem, including the so-called E‐1 plan aimed at interconnecting its illegal settlements and further isolate occupied East Jerusalem, the continued demolition of Palestinian homes and the eviction of Palestinian families from the city, the repeal of Palestinian residence rights in the city and the continuation of settlement activities in the Jordan Valley,", "Expressing grave concern that Israel continues to unlawfully build a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and its environs, and expressing in particular its concern that the wall layout is detached from the Armistice Line of 1949, which is causing major humanitarian hardship and a serious deterioration in the socio-economic conditions of the Palestinian people, is fragmenting the contiguity of the Palestinian territory and undermining its stability, and could prejudice the future", "Deeply concerned that the layout of the wall has been designed in such a way that it includes the vast majority of Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,", "Deploring settlement activities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, and any activity involving the confiscation of land, disrupts the livelihoods of protected persons and assumes de facto annexation of land,", "Recalling the need to end all acts of violence, including acts of terror, provocation, incitement and destruction,", "Gravely concerned at the increase in incidents of violence, harassment, provocation and incitement by illegal Israeli settlers armed in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, against Palestinian civilians, including children, and their property, including historical and religious sites, and farmlands,", "Noting the withdrawal of Israel from the Gaza Strip and parts of the northern West Bank and the importance of the dismantling of settlements in those areas as a step towards the implementation of the road map, and calling for, in this regard, respect for Israel ' s obligation under the road map to freeze settlement activities, including so-called " natural growth " , and to dismantle all outposted settlements from March 2001,", "Taking note of the relevant reports of the Secretary-General,[9]", "Taking note also of the special meeting of the Security Council convened on 26 September 2008, as well as of the meeting of the Council held on 18 February 2011,", "1. Reaffirms that the Israeli settlements in the Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan are illegal and constitute an obstacle to peace and economic and social development;", "2. Calls upon Israel to accept the de jure applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949,1 in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, and to abide scrupulously by the provisions of the Convention, in particular those of article 49;", "3. It also calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to comply strictly with its obligations under international law, in particular international humanitarian law, with respect to the alteration of the character, status and demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem;", "4. Reiterates its demand that Israel cease immediately and fully all its settlement activities throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and in the occupied Syrian Golan, and calls in this regard for the full implementation of all relevant Security Council resolutions, including, inter alia, resolutions 446 (1979) of 22 March 1979, 452 (1979) of 20 July 1979, 465 (1980) of 1 March 1980, 476 (1979),", "5. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply with its legal obligations, as indicated in the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice;4", "6. Reiterates its call to prevent Israeli settlers from committing acts of violence and harassment, in particular against Palestinian civilians and their property, including historical and religious sites, and agricultural land, and stresses the need for the implementation of Security Council resolution 904 (1994), in which the Council called upon Israel, the occupying Power, to continue to take and implement measures, including the confiscation of weapons, in order to prevent illegal acts of violence,", "7. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.", "[2] Ibid., vol. 1125, No. 17512.", "[3] Ibid., vol. 75, No. 970-973.", "[4] See A/ES‐10/273 and Corr.1; see also Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 136.", "[5] See A/ES‐10/273 and Corr.1, advisory opinion, para. 120; see also Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 136.", "[6] See A/66/358.", "[7] A/48/486-S/26560, annex.", "[8] S/2003/529, annex.", "[9] A/66/356, A/66/362, A/66/364, A/66/373 and A/66/400." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/427)]", "66/79. Prácticas israelíes que afectan a los derechos humanos del pueblo palestino en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos[1],", "Recordando también el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos[2], el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales² y la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño[3], y afirmando que esos instrumentos de derechos humanos deben ser respetados en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental,", "Reafirmando sus resoluciones pertinentes, incluida la resolución 65/105, de 10 de diciembre de 2010, y las aprobadas en su décimo período extraordinario de sesiones de emergencia,", "Recordando las resoluciones pertinentes del Consejo de Derechos Humanos,", "Recordando también las resoluciones pertinentes del Consejo de Seguridad y destacando la necesidad de que se apliquen,", "Habiendo examinado el informe del Comité Especial encargado de investigar las prácticas israelíes que afecten a los derechos humanos del pueblo palestino y otros habitantes árabes de los territorios ocupados[4] y el informe del Secretario General[5],", "Tomando nota de los informes recientes del Relator Especial del Consejo de Derechos Humanos sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en los territorios palestinos ocupados desde 1967[6], así como de otros informes pertinentes recientes del Consejo de Derechos Humanos,", "Consciente de la responsabilidad que incumbe a la comunidad internacional de promover los derechos humanos y asegurar el respeto del derecho internacional, y recordando a ese respecto su resolución 2625 (XXV), de 24 de octubre de 1970,", "Recordando la opinión consultiva emitida por la Corte Internacional de Justicia el 9 de julio de 2004[7], y recordando también sus resoluciones ES‑10/15, de 20 de julio de 2004, y ES‑10/17, de 15 de diciembre de 2006,", "Haciendo notar en particular la respuesta de la Corte, especialmente que la construcción del muro que está levantando Israel, la Potencia ocupante, en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental y sus alrededores, y su régimen conexo contravienen el derecho internacional,", "Reafirmando el principio de la inadmisibilidad de la adquisición de territorio por la fuerza,", "Reafirmando también que el Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949[8], es aplicable al territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y a los demás territorios árabes ocupados por Israel desde 1967,", "Reafirmando además la obligación que impone a los Estados partes el Cuarto Convenio de Ginebra⁸, en virtud de los artículos 146, 147 y 148, con respecto a sanciones penales, infracciones graves y responsabilidades de las Altas Partes Contratantes,", "Reafirmando que todos los Estados tienen el derecho y el deber de adoptar medidas de conformidad con el derecho internacional y el derecho internacional humanitario para reprimir los actos de violencia mortífera cometidos contra su población civil a fin de proteger la vida de sus ciudadanos,", "Destacando la necesidad de que se cumplan plenamente los acuerdos concertados entre Israel y Palestina en el marco del proceso de paz del Oriente Medio, incluidos los acuerdos de Sharm el‑Sheik, y de que se aplique la hoja de ruta del Cuarteto para una solución permanente biestatal del conflicto israelo-palestino[9],", "Destacando también la necesidad de que se apliquen plenamente el Acuerdo sobre los desplazamientos y el acceso y los Principios convenidos para el cruce de Rafah, ambos de 15 de noviembre de 2005, para que la población civil palestina pueda circular por la Franja de Gaza, entrar en ella y salir de ella libremente,", "Expresando grave preocupación porque Israel, la Potencia ocupante, sigue cometiendo violaciones sistemáticas de los derechos humanos del pueblo palestino, en particular mediante el uso excesivo de la fuerza y operaciones militares que causan la muerte y lesiones a civiles palestinos, entre ellos niños, mujeres y manifestantes pacíficos y no violentos, los castigos colectivos, el cierre de zonas, la confiscación de tierras, la construcción y ampliación de asentamientos, la construcción de un muro en el territorio palestino ocupado que se aparta de la línea del Armisticio de 1949, la destrucción de bienes e infraestructura y todas las demás medidas que sigue adoptando con objeto de alterar el estatuto, el carácter geográfico y la composición demográfica del territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental,", "Gravemente preocupada en particular por la crítica situación humanitaria y de seguridad en la Franja de Gaza, especialmente a raíz de los cierres prolongados y las graves restricciones económicas y de circulación, que en la práctica equivalen a un bloqueo, y las operaciones militares entre diciembre de 2008 y enero de 2009, que causaron la pérdida de muchas vidas y un gran número de heridos, sobre todo entre los civiles palestinos, incluidos niños y mujeres, destruyeron y ocasionaron daños generalizados en viviendas, bienes, infraestructuras e instituciones públicas esenciales de los palestinos, incluidos hospitales, escuelas e instalaciones de las Naciones Unidas, y causaron el desplazamiento interno de la población civil, así como por el lanzamiento de cohetes hacia Israel,", "Destacando la necesidad de que todas las partes apliquen plenamente la resolución 1860 (2009) del Consejo de Seguridad, de 8 de enero de 2009, y su propia resolución ES‑10/18, de 16 de enero de 2009,", "Gravemente preocupada por las informaciones sobre las serias violaciones de los derechos humanos y las graves infracciones del derecho internacional humanitario cometidas durante las operaciones militares que tuvieron lugar en la Franja de Gaza entre diciembre de 2008 y enero de 2009, incluidas las conclusiones que figuran en el resumen del Secretario General del informe de la Comisión de Investigación[10] y en el informe de la Misión de Investigación de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Conflicto de Gaza[11], y reiterando la necesidad de que todas las partes apliquen con rigor las recomendaciones de las que son destinatarias a fin de asegurar la rendición de cuentas y la justicia,", "Expresando profunda preocupación por las consecuencias perjudiciales a corto y largo plazo de esa destrucción generalizada y del hecho de que Israel, la Potencia ocupante, siga impidiendo el proceso de reconstrucción para la situación de los derechos humanos y las condiciones socioeconómicas y humanitarias de la población civil palestina,", "Expresando profunda preocupación también por la política de cierres aplicada por Israel y por la imposición de restricciones rigurosas, puestos de control, varios de los cuales se han transformado en estructuras similares a cruces fronterizos permanentes, y un régimen de permisos, todo lo cual obstaculiza la libertad de circulación de personas y mercancías, en particular de suministros médicos y de asistencia humanitaria, en todo el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y va en detrimento de la contigüidad del territorio así como por la consiguiente violación de los derechos humanos del pueblo palestino y las consecuencias negativas que ello tiene para la situación socioeconómica y los esfuerzos por rehabilitar y desarrollar la economía palestina, que sigue entrañando una crisis humanitaria en la Franja de Gaza, y tomando nota al mismo tiempo de los acontecimientos recientes respecto de la situación del acceso en ese lugar,", "Expresando profunda preocupación además porque miles de palestinos, en particular numerosos niños y mujeres, permanecen en prisiones o centros de detención israelíes sometidos a duras condiciones que minan su bienestar, entre otras, condiciones antihigiénicas, reclusión en régimen de aislamiento, falta de atención médica apropiada, denegación de visitas de los familiares y denegación de las debidas garantías procesales, y expresando profunda preocupación también por los malos tratos y el hostigamiento de que pueda ser objeto cualquier preso palestino, así como por todas las denuncias de tortura,", "Expresando preocupación por las posibles consecuencias de que Israel, la Potencia ocupante, decrete órdenes militares respecto de la detención, encarcelamiento y deportación de civiles palestinos del territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, y recordando al respecto la prohibición, con arreglo al derecho internacional humanitario, de deportar civiles de territorios ocupados,", "Convencida de la necesidad de que haya una presencia internacional para vigilar la situación, contribuir a poner fin a la violencia y proteger a la población civil palestina, así como para ayudar a las partes a aplicar los acuerdos concertados, y recordando a ese respecto la contribución positiva de la presencia internacional provisional en Hebrón,", "Tomando nota de los esfuerzos constantes y los progresos tangibles de la Autoridad Palestina en el sector de la seguridad, exhortando a las partes a que prosigan la cooperación que beneficia a palestinos e israelíes, en particular mediante la promoción de la seguridad y el fomento de la confianza, y expresando la esperanza de que ese progreso llegue a todos los principales centros de población,", "Poniendo de relieve el derecho de todas las personas de la región al disfrute de los derechos humanos consagrados en los pactos internacionales en la materia,", "1. Reitera que todas las medidas y acciones adoptadas por Israel, la Potencia ocupante, en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental, en violación de las disposiciones pertinentes del Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949⁸, y en contravención de las resoluciones pertinentes del Consejo de Seguridad, son ilegales y carecen de validez;", "2. Exige que Israel, la Potencia ocupante, desista de todas las prácticas y medidas que violan los derechos humanos del pueblo palestino, en particular las que causan muertos y heridos entre la población civil, la detención y el encarcelamiento arbitrarios de civiles y la destrucción y confiscación de bienes de civiles, y que respete plenamente las normas de derechos humanos y cumpla las obligaciones jurídicas que le incumben a ese respecto;", "3. Exige también que Israel, la Potencia ocupante, cumpla plenamente las disposiciones del Cuarto Convenio de Ginebra de 1949⁸ y ponga fin de inmediato a todas las medidas y acciones que constituyen violaciones del Convenio;", "4. Exige además que Israel, la Potencia ocupante, ponga fin a todas sus actividades de asentamiento y la construcción del muro, y a toda otra medida tendente a alterar el carácter, el estatuto y la composición demográfica del territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental y sus alrededores, todas las cuales, entre otras cosas, tienen efectos graves y nocivos para los derechos humanos del pueblo palestino y las perspectivas de un arreglo pacífico;", "5. Condena todos los actos de violencia, incluidos todos los actos de terror, provocación, instigación y destrucción, especialmente el uso excesivo de la fuerza por las fuerzas de ocupación israelíes contra civiles palestinos, en particular en la Franja de Gaza, que han causado la pérdida de muchas vidas y un gran número de heridos, incluso entre niños, y daños y la destrucción masiva de viviendas, bienes, infraestructuras e instituciones públicas esenciales, incluidos hospitales, escuelas e instalaciones de las Naciones Unidas, y tierras de cultivo, así como el desplazamiento interno de civiles;", "6. Expresa grave preocupación por el lanzamiento de cohetes contra zonas civiles israelíes, que causan muertos y heridos;", "7. Reitera su exigencia de que se aplique íntegramente la resolución 1860 (2009) del Consejo de Seguridad;", "8. Exige que Israel, la Potencia ocupante, cumpla las obligaciones jurídicas que le incumben en virtud del derecho internacional, como se indica en la opinión consultiva de la Corte Internacional de Justicia emitida el 9 de julio de 2004⁷ y como se exige en sus resoluciones ES‑10/15, de 20 de julio de 2004, y ES‑10/13, de 21 de octubre de 2003, y que cese inmediatamente la construcción del muro en el territorio palestino ocupado, incluida Jerusalén Oriental y sus alrededores, desmantele de inmediato la estructura allí situada, revoque o deje sin efecto todos los actos legislativos y reglamentarios relativos a su construcción, e indemnice por todos los perjuicios causados por la construcción del muro, que ha afectado gravemente a los derechos humanos y las condiciones socioeconómicas de vida del pueblo palestino;", "9. Reitera la necesidad de respetar la unidad, contigüidad e integridad territoriales de todo el territorio palestino ocupado y de garantizar la libertad de circulación de personas y mercancías dentro del territorio palestino, incluida la circulación para entrar en Jerusalén Oriental y la Franja de Gaza y salir de ellas, entre la Ribera Oriental y la Franja de Gaza y entre el territorio y el mundo exterior;", "10. Exhorta a Israel, la Potencia ocupante, a que deje de imponer cierres y restricciones económicas y a la libertad de circulación con carácter prolongado, incluidos los que equivalen a un bloqueo de la Franja de Gaza, y, a este respecto, aplique íntegramente el Acuerdo sobre los desplazamientos y el acceso y los Principios convenidos para el cruce de Rafah, ambos de 15 de noviembre de 2005, a fin de permitir la circulación continua y regular de personas y mercancías y la aceleración de la reconstrucción, tan retrasada, en la Franja de Gaza;", "11. Insta a los Estados Miembros a que sigan prestando asistencia de emergencia al pueblo palestino para aliviar la crisis financiera y la grave situación socioeconómica y humanitaria, en particular en la Franja de Gaza;", "12. Pone de relieve la necesidad de mantener y desarrollar las instituciones y la infraestructura palestinas para prestar servicios públicos básicos a la población civil palestina y para promover el ejercicio de los derechos humanos, incluidos los derechos civiles, políticos, económicos, sociales y culturales;", "13. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Resolución 217 A (III).", "[2]  Véase la resolución 2200 A (XXI), anexo.", "[3]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, núm. 27531.", "[4]  Véase A/66/370.", "[5]  A/66/356.", "[6]  A/HRC/16/72; véase también A/66/358.", "[7]  Véase A/ES-10/273 y Corr.1; véase también Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, pág. 136.", "[8]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 75, núm. 973.", "[9]  S/2003/529, anexo.", "[10]  Véase A/63/855‑S/2009/250.", "[11]  A/HRC/12/48." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/427)]", "66/79. Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,[1]", "Recalling also the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,[2] the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights² and the Convention on the Rights of the Child,[3] and affirming that these human rights instruments must be respected in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,", "Reaffirming its relevant resolutions, including resolution 65/105 of 10 December 2010 as well as those adopted at its tenth emergency special session,", "Recalling the relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council,", "Recalling also the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, and stressing the need for their implementation,", "Having considered the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories[4] and the report of the Secretary-General,[5]", "Taking note of the recent reports of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967,[6] as well as of other relevant recent reports of the Human Rights Council,", "Aware of the responsibility of the international community to promote human rights and ensure respect for international law, and recalling, in this regard, its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970,", "Recalling the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice,[7] and recalling also General Assembly resolutions ES‑10/15 of 20 July 2004 and ES‑10/17 of 15 December 2006,", "Noting in particular the Court’s reply, including that the construction of the wall being built by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, and its associated regime are contrary to international law,", "Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force,", "Reaffirming also the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,[8] to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967,", "Reaffirming further the obligation of the States parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention⁸ under articles 146, 147 and 148 with regard to penal sanctions, grave breaches and responsibilities of the High Contracting Parties,", "Reaffirming that all States have the right and the duty to take actions in conformity with international law and international humanitarian law to counter deadly acts of violence against their civilian population in order to protect the lives of their citizens,", "Stressing the need for full compliance with the Israeli-Palestinian agreements reached within the context of the Middle East peace process, including the Sharm el‑Sheikh understandings, and the implementation of the Quartet road map to a permanent two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,[9]", "Stressing also the need for the full implementation of the Agreement on Movement and Access and the Agreed Principles for the Rafah Crossing, both of 15 November 2005, to allow for the freedom of movement of the Palestinian civilian population within and into and out of the Gaza Strip,", "Expressing grave concern about the continuing systematic violation of the human rights of the Palestinian people by Israel, the occupying Power, including that arising from the excessive use of force and military operations causing death and injury to Palestinian civilians, including children, women and non-violent, peaceful demonstrators; the use of collective punishment; the closure of areas; the confiscation of land; the establishment and expansion of settlements; the construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory in departure from the Armistice Line of 1949; the destruction of property and infrastructure; and all other actions by it designed to change the legal status, geographical nature and demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,", "Gravely concerned in particular about the critical humanitarian and security situation in the Gaza Strip, including that resulting from the prolonged closures and severe economic and movement restrictions that in effect amount to a blockade and the military operations between December 2008 and January 2009, which caused extensive loss of life and injury, particularly among Palestinian civilians, including children and women, widespread destruction and damage to Palestinian homes, properties, vital infrastructure and public institutions, including hospitals, schools and United Nations facilities and the internal displacement of civilians, as well as about the firing of rockets into Israel,", "Stressing the need for the full implementation by all parties of Security Council resolution 1860 (2009) of 8 January 2009 and General Assembly resolution ES‑10/18 of 16 January 2009,", "Gravely concerned by reports regarding serious human rights violations and grave breaches of international humanitarian law committed during the military operations in the Gaza Strip between December 2008 and January 2009, including the findings in the summary by the Secretary-General of the report of the Board of Inquiry[10] and in the report of the United Nations Fact-finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict,[11] and reiterating the necessity for serious follow-up by all parties of the recommendations addressed to them towards ensuring accountability and justice,", "Expressing deep concern about the short- and long-term detrimental impact of such widespread destruction and the continued impeding of the reconstruction process by Israel, the occupying Power, on the human rights situation and on the socio-economic and humanitarian conditions of the Palestinian civilian population,", "Also expressing deep concern about the Israeli policy of closures and the imposition of severe restrictions, checkpoints, several of which have been transformed into structures akin to permanent border crossings, and a permit regime, all of which obstruct the freedom of movement of persons and goods, including medical and humanitarian goods, throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and impair the Territory’s contiguity, and about the consequent violation of the human rights of the Palestinian people and the negative impact on their socio-economic situation and the efforts aimed at rehabilitating and developing the Palestinian economy, which remains that of a humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, while taking note of recent developments with regard to the situation of access there,", "Further expressing deep concern that thousands of Palestinians, including many children and women, continue to be held in Israeli prisons or detention centres under harsh conditions, including, inter alia, unhygienic conditions, solitary confinement, lack of proper medical care, denial of family visits and denial of due process, that impair their well-being, and expressing deep concern also about the ill-treatment and harassment of any Palestinian prisoners and all reports of torture,", "Expressing concern about the possible consequences of the enactment by Israel, the occupying Power, of military orders regarding the detention, imprisonment and deportation of Palestinian civilians from the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and recalling, in this regard, the prohibition under international humanitarian law of the deportation of civilians from occupied territories,", "Convinced of the need for an international presence to monitor the situation, to contribute to ending the violence and protecting the Palestinian civilian population and to help the parties implement the agreements reached, and, in this regard, recalling the positive contribution of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron,", "Taking note of the continued efforts and tangible progress made in the security sector by the Palestinian Authority, calling upon the parties to continue cooperation that benefits both Palestinians and Israelis, in particular by promoting security and building confidence, and expressing the hope that such progress will be extended to all major population centres,", "Emphasizing the right of all people in the region to the enjoyment of human rights as enshrined in the international human rights covenants,", "1. Reiterates that all measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in violation of the relevant provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,⁸ and contrary to the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, are illegal and have no validity;", "2. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, cease all practices and actions that violate the human rights of the Palestinian people, including the killing and injury of civilians, the arbitrary detention and imprisonment of civilians and the destruction and confiscation of civilian property, and that it fully respect human rights law and comply with its legal obligations in this regard;", "3. Also demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply fully with the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949⁸ and cease immediately all measures and actions taken in violation and in breach of the Convention;", "4. Further demands that Israel, the occupying Power, cease all of its settlement activities, the construction of the wall and any other measures aimed at altering the character, status and demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, all of which, inter alia, gravely and detrimentally impact the human rights of the Palestinian people and the prospects for a peaceful settlement;", "5. Condemns all acts of violence, including all acts of terror, provocation, incitement and destruction, especially the excessive use of force by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians, particularly in the Gaza Strip, which have caused extensive loss of life and vast numbers of injuries, including among children, massive damage and destruction to homes, properties, vital infrastructure and public institutions, including hospitals, schools and United Nations facilities, and agricultural lands, and internal displacement of civilians;", "6. Expresses grave concern at the firing of rockets against Israeli civilian areas resulting in loss of life and injury;", "7. Reiterates its demand for the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1860 (2009);", "8. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply with its legal obligations under international law, as mentioned in the advisory opinion rendered on 9 July 2004 by the International Court of Justice⁷ and as demanded in General Assembly resolutions ES‑10/15 of 20 July 2004 and ES‑10/13 of 21 October 2003, and that it immediately cease the construction of the wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including in and around East Jerusalem, dismantle forthwith the structure situated therein, repeal or render ineffective all legislative and regulatory acts relating thereto, and make reparation for all damage caused by the construction of the wall, which has gravely impacted the human rights and the socio-economic living conditions of the Palestinian people;", "9. Reiterates the need for respect for the territorial unity, contiguity and integrity of all of the Occupied Palestinian Territory and for guarantees of the freedom of movement of persons and goods within the Palestinian territory, including movement into and from East Jerusalem, into and from the Gaza Strip, between the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and to and from the outside world;", "10. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to cease its imposition of prolonged closures and economic and movement restrictions, including those amounting to a blockade on the Gaza Strip, and, in this regard, to fully implement the Agreement on Movement and Access and the Agreed Principles for the Rafah Crossing, both of 15 November 2005, in order to allow for the sustained and regular movement of persons and goods and for the acceleration of long overdue reconstruction in the Gaza Strip;", "11. Urges Member States to continue to provide emergency assistance to the Palestinian people to alleviate the financial crisis and the dire socio-economic and humanitarian situation, particularly in the Gaza Strip;", "12. Emphasizes the need to preserve and develop the Palestinian institutions and infrastructure for the provision of vital public services to the Palestinian civilian population and the promotion of human rights, including civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights;", "13. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Resolution 217 A (III).", "[2]  See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.", "[3]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.", "[4]  See A/66/370.", "[5]  A/66/356.", "[6]  A/HRC/16/72; see also A/66/358.", "[7]  See A/ES‑10/273 and Corr.1; see also Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 136.", "[8]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.", "[9]  S/2003/529, annex.", "[10]  See A/63/855‑S/2009/250.", "[11]  A/HRC/12/48." ]
A_RES_66_79
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/427)]", "66/79. Israeli practices affecting the human rights of the Palestinian people in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[1],", "Recalling also the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,[2] the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,2 and the Convention on the Rights of the Child,[3] and affirming that these human rights instruments should be respected in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem,", "Reaffirming its relevant resolutions, including resolution 65/105 of 10 December 2010, and those adopted at its tenth emergency special session,", "Recalling the relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council,", "Recalling also the relevant resolutions of the Security Council and stressing the need for implementation,", "Having considered the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories[4] and the report of the Secretary-General[5],", "Taking note of the recent reports of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967,[6] as well as other recent relevant reports of the Human Rights Council,", "Mindful of the responsibility of the international community to promote human rights and to ensure respect for international law, and recalling in that regard its resolution 2625 (XXV) of 24 October 1970,", "Recalling the advisory opinion rendered by the International Court of Justice on 9 July 2004[7], and recalling also its resolutions ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004 and ES-10/17 of 15 December 2006,", "Noting in particular the Court ' s response, in particular that the construction of the wall being erected by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and its environs, and its related regime, contravene international law,", "Reaffirming the principle of the inadmissibility of the acquisition of territory by force,", "Reaffirming also that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949[8] applies to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and the other Arab territories occupied by Israel since 1967,", "Reaffirming further the obligation of States parties to the Fourth Geneva Convention8, pursuant to articles 146, 147 and 148, with respect to criminal sanctions, serious violations and responsibilities of the High Contracting Parties,", "Reaffirming that all States have the right and duty to take measures in accordance with international law and international humanitarian law to suppress deadly violence against their civilian population in order to protect the lives of their citizens,", "Stressing the need for full compliance with the agreements reached between Israel and Palestine in the framework of the Middle East peace process, including the Sharm el-Sheik agreements, and the implementation of the Quartet road map for a two-State permanent solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict[9],", "Stressing also the need for full implementation of the Agreement on Movements and Access and the agreed Principles for the Rafah crossing, both of 15 November 2005, so that the Palestinian civilian population may circulate through the Gaza Strip, enter and leave it freely,", "Expressing grave concern that Israel, the occupying Power, continues to commit systematic violations of the human rights of the Palestinian people, in particular through the excessive use of force and military operations that cause the death and injury of Palestinian civilians, including children, women and peaceful and non-violent demonstrators, collective punishment, closure of areas, confiscation of land, construction and expansion of settlements, the construction of a wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,", "Gravely concerned in particular about the critical humanitarian and security situation in the Gaza Strip, especially as a result of prolonged closures and severe economic and movement restrictions, which in practice amount to a blockade, and military operations between December 2008 and January 2009, which resulted in the loss of many lives and a large number of injuries, particularly among Palestinian civilians, including children and women, destroyed and caused essential damage to Palestinian homes,", "Stressing the need for the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1860 (2009) of 8 January 2009 and its own resolution ES-10/18 of 16 January 2009,", "Gravely concerned at reports of serious violations of human rights and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed during the military operations in the Gaza Strip between December 2008 and January 2009, including the conclusions contained in the Secretary-General ' s summary of the report of the Commission of Inquiry[10] and the report of the United Nations Fact-Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict[11], and reiterating the need for all parties to implement rigorously", "Expressing deep concern at the short- and long-term harmful consequences of such widespread destruction and the continued impeding of the reconstruction process for the human rights situation and the socio-economic and humanitarian conditions of the Palestinian civilian population by Israel, the occupying Power,", "Expressing deep concern also at the policy of closures implemented by Israel and the imposition of rigorous restrictions, checkpoints, several of which have been transformed into structures similar to permanent border crossings, and a permit regime, all of which impede the freedom of movement of persons and goods, in particular medical supplies and humanitarian assistance, throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and thus undermines the contiguity of the territory,", "Expressing deep concern further that thousands of Palestinians, in particular many children and women, remain in Israeli prisons or detention facilities under harsh conditions that undermine their well-being, including anti-hygienic conditions, solitary confinement, inadequate medical care, denial of family visits and denial of due process, and expressing deep concern also at the ill-treatment and harassment of any Palestinian prisoner, as well as all allegations of torture,", "Expressing concern at the possible consequences of the arrest, detention and deportation of Palestinian civilians from the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, by Israel, the occupying Power, and recalling in this regard the prohibition, under international humanitarian law, of the deportation of civilians from occupied territories,", "Convinced of the need for an international presence to monitor the situation, contribute to ending violence and protecting the Palestinian civilian population, as well as to assist the parties in implementing the agreements reached, and recalling in that regard the positive contribution of the interim international presence in Hebron,", "Noting the continuing efforts and tangible progress of the Palestinian Authority in the security sector, calling upon the parties to continue the cooperation that benefits Palestinians and Israelis, in particular through the promotion of security and confidence-building, and expressing the hope that this progress will reach all major population centres,", "Emphasizing the right of all persons in the region to the enjoyment of the human rights enshrined in the international covenants on the subject,", "1. Reiterates that all measures and actions taken by Israel, the occupying Power, in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, in violation of the relevant provisions of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,8 and in contravention of the relevant resolutions of the Security Council, are illegal and invalid;", "2. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, desist from all practices and measures that violate the human rights of the Palestinian people, in particular those that cause death and injury among the civilian population, arbitrary detention and detention of civilians and the destruction and confiscation of civilian property, and that it fully respect human rights standards and fulfil its legal obligations in this regard;", "3. It also demands that Israel, the occupying Power, fully comply with the provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention of 1949,8 and immediately cease all measures and actions that constitute violations of the Convention;", "4. It further demands that Israel, the occupying Power, cease all its settlement activities and the construction of the wall, and to all other measures to alter the character, status and demographic composition of the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem and its environs, all of which, inter alia, have serious and harmful effects on the human rights of the Palestinian people and the prospects for a peaceful settlement;", "5. Condemns all acts of violence, including all acts of terror, provocation, instigation and destruction, especially the excessive use of force by the Israeli occupying forces against Palestinian civilians, in particular in the Gaza Strip, which have caused the loss of many lives and a large number of injuries, including among children, and damage and the massive destruction of homes, property, infrastructures and essential public institutions, including hospitals, schools and facilities of the United Nations, and", "6. Expresses grave concern at the launch of rockets against Israeli civilian areas, causing death and injury;", "7. Reiterates its demand for the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1860 (2009);", "8. Demands that Israel, the occupying Power, comply with its legal obligations under international law, as indicated in the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice issued on 9 July 20047 and as required in its resolutions ES-10/15 of 20 July 2004 and ES-10/13 of 21 October 2003, and that the construction of the wall in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem and its environs, be immediately ceased,", "9. Reiterates the need to respect the territorial unity, contiguity and integrity of the entire Occupied Palestinian Territory and to ensure the freedom of movement of persons and goods within the Palestinian Territory, including the movement to enter and leave East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip, between the East Bank and the Gaza Strip and between the territory and the outside world;", "10. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to stop imposing prolonged closures and restrictions on the freedom of movement, including those that amount to a blockade of the Gaza Strip, and, in this regard, to fully implement the Agreement on Movements and Access and the agreed Principles for the Rafah crossing, both of 15 November 2005, in order to enable the continuous and regular movement of persons and goods and the acceleration of the reconstruction,", "11. Urges Member States to continue to provide emergency assistance to the Palestinian people to alleviate the financial crisis and the serious socio-economic and humanitarian situation, in particular in the Gaza Strip;", "12. Emphasizes the need to maintain and develop Palestinian institutions and infrastructure to provide basic public services to the Palestinian civilian population and to promote the exercise of human rights, including civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights;", "13. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Resolution 217 A (III).", "[2] See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.", "[3] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.", "[4] See A/66/370.", "[5] A/66/356.", "[6] A/HRC/16/72; see also A/66/358.", "[7] See A/ES-10/273 and Corr.1; see also Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Advisory Opinion, I.C.J. Reports 2004, p. 136.", "[8] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.", "[9] S/2003/529, annex.", "[10] See A/63/855-S/2009/250.", "[11] A/HRC/12/48." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/427)]", "66/80. El Golán sirio ocupado", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo examinado el informe del Comité Especial encargado de investigar las prácticas israelíes que afecten a los derechos humanos del pueblo palestino y otros habitantes árabes de los territorios ocupados[1],", "Profundamente preocupada porque el Golán sirio, ocupado desde 1967, sigue bajo la ocupación militar israelí,", "Recordando la resolución 497 (1981) del Consejo de Seguridad, de 17 de diciembre de 1981,", "Recordando también sus resoluciones anteriores sobre la cuestión, la más reciente de las cuales es la resolución 65/106, de 10 de diciembre de 2010,", "Habiendo examinado el informe presentado por el Secretario General en cumplimiento de la resolución 65/106[2],", "Recordando sus resoluciones anteriores sobre la cuestión, en las que, entre otras cosas, exhortó a Israel a que pusiera fin a su ocupación de los territorios árabes,", "Reafirmando una vez más la ilegalidad de la decisión adoptada por Israel el 14 de diciembre de 1981 de imponer sus leyes, su jurisdicción y su administración al Golán sirio ocupado, que ha tenido por resultado la anexión efectiva de ese territorio,", "Reafirmando que la adquisición de territorio por la fuerza es inadmisible con arreglo al derecho internacional, incluida la Carta de las Naciones Unidas,", "Reafirmando también que el Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949[3], es aplicable al Golán sirio ocupado,", "Teniendo presente la resolución 237 (1967) del Consejo de Seguridad, de 14 de junio de 1967,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la celebración en Madrid de la Conferencia de Paz sobre el Oriente Medio, sobre la base de las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad 242 (1967), de 22 de noviembre de 1967, y 338 (1973), de 22 de octubre de 1973, con el fin de lograr una paz justa, general y duradera, y expresando grave preocupación por el estancamiento del proceso de paz en todos los niveles,", "1. Exhorta a Israel, la Potencia ocupante, a que acate las resoluciones relativas al Golán sirio ocupado, en particular la resolución 497 (1981) del Consejo de Seguridad, en la que el Consejo, entre otras cosas, determinó que la decisión de Israel de imponer sus leyes, su jurisdicción y su administración al Golán sirio ocupado era nula y sin validez y no tenía efecto alguno desde el punto de vista del derecho internacional y exigió que Israel, la Potencia ocupante, revocase esa decisión inmediatamente;", "2. Exhorta también a Israel a que desista de alterar el carácter físico, la composición demográfica, la estructura institucional y la condición jurídica del Golán sirio ocupado y, en particular, a que desista de establecer asentamientos;", "3. Determina que todas las medidas y disposiciones legislativas y administrativas que Israel, la Potencia ocupante, haya tomado o tome en el futuro y que tengan por objeto alterar el carácter y la condición jurídica del Golán sirio ocupado son nulas y carentes de validez, constituyen una violación manifiesta del derecho internacional y del Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949³, y no tienen efecto jurídico alguno;", "4. Exhorta a Israel a que desista de imponer la ciudadanía israelí y tarjetas de identidad israelíes a los ciudadanos sirios del Golán sirio ocupado y a que desista de adoptar medidas represivas contra la población del Golán sirio ocupado;", "5. Deplora las violaciones por Israel del Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949;", "6. Exhorta una vez más a los Estados Miembros a que no reconozcan ninguna de las medidas o disposiciones legislativas o administrativas que se han mencionado supra;", "7. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase A/66/370.", "[2]  A/66/400.", "[3]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 75, núm. 973." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/427)]", "66/80. The occupied Syrian Golan", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories,[1]", "Deeply concerned that the Syrian Golan, occupied since 1967, has been under continued Israeli military occupation,", "Recalling Security Council resolution 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981,", "Recalling also its previous relevant resolutions, the most recent of which was resolution 65/106 of 10 December 2010,", "Having considered the report of the Secretary-General submitted in pursuance of resolution 65/106,[2]", "Recalling its previous relevant resolutions in which, inter alia, it called upon Israel to put an end to its occupation of the Arab territories,", "Reaffirming once more the illegality of the decision of 14 December 1981 taken by Israel to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory,", "Reaffirming that the acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible under international law, including the Charter of the United Nations,", "Reaffirming also the applicability of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,[3] to the occupied Syrian Golan,", "Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 237 (1967) of 14 June 1967,", "Welcoming the convening at Madrid of the Peace Conference on the Middle East on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973 aimed at the realization of a just, comprehensive and lasting peace, and expressing grave concern about the stalling of the peace process on all tracks,", "1. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to comply with the relevant resolutions on the occupied Syrian Golan, in particular Security Council resolution 497 (1981), in which the Council, inter alia, decided that the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan was null and void and without international legal effect and demanded that Israel, the occupying Power, rescind forthwith its decision;", "2. Also calls upon Israel to desist from changing the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan and in particular to desist from the establishment of settlements;", "3. Determines that all legislative and administrative measures and actions taken or to be taken by Israel, the occupying Power, that purport to alter the character and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan are null and void, constitute a flagrant violation of international law and of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,³ and have no legal effect;", "4. Calls upon Israel to desist from imposing Israeli citizenship and Israeli identity cards on the Syrian citizens in the occupied Syrian Golan, and from its repressive measures against the population of the occupied Syrian Golan;", "5. Deplores the violations by Israel of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949;", "6. Calls once again upon Member States not to recognize any of the legislative or administrative measures and actions referred to above;", "7. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  See A/66/370.", "[2]  A/66/400.", "[3]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973." ]
A_RES_66_80
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/427)]", "66/80. The occupied Syrian Golan", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the report of the Special Committee to Investigate Israeli Practices Affecting the Human Rights of the Palestinian People and Other Arabs of the Occupied Territories[1],", "Deeply concerned that the Syrian Golan, occupied since 1967, remains under Israeli military occupation,", "Recalling Security Council resolution 497 (1981) of 17 December 1981,", "Recalling also its previous relevant resolutions, the most recent of which is resolution 65/106 of 10 December 2010,", "Having considered the report submitted by the Secretary-General pursuant to resolution 65/106[2],", "Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, in which, inter alia, it called upon Israel to end its occupation of the Arab territories,", "Reaffirming once again the illegality of the decision taken by Israel on 14 December 1981 to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan, which has resulted in the effective annexation of that territory,", "Reaffirming that the acquisition of territory by force is inadmissible under international law, including the Charter of the United Nations,", "Reaffirming also that the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949[3] applies to the occupied Syrian Golan,", "Bearing in mind Security Council resolution 237 (1967) of 14 June 1967,", "Welcoming the holding in Madrid of the Peace Conference on the Middle East, on the basis of Security Council resolutions 242 (1967) of 22 November 1967 and 338 (1973) of 22 October 1973, in order to achieve a just, comprehensive and lasting peace, and expressing grave concern at the impasse of the peace process at all levels,", "1. Calls upon Israel, the occupying Power, to abide by the resolutions concerning the occupied Syrian Golan, in particular Security Council resolution 497 (1981), in which the Council, inter alia, determined that Israel ' s decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration on the occupied Syrian Golan was null and void and had no effect from the standpoint of international law and demanded that Israel, the occupying Power, revoke that decision immediately;", "2. It also calls upon Israel to desist from altering the physical character, demographic composition, institutional structure and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan and, in particular, to desist from establishing settlements;", "3. It determines that all legislative and administrative measures and provisions that Israel, the occupying Power, have taken or taken in the future and which are aimed at altering the character and legal status of the occupied Syrian Golan are null and void, constitute a flagrant violation of international law and the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949,3 and have no legal effect;", "4. Calls upon Israel to desist from imposing Israeli citizenship and Israeli identity cards on the Syrian citizens of the occupied Syrian Golan and to desist from taking repressive measures against the population of the occupied Syrian Golan;", "5. Deplores Israel ' s violations of the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949;", "6. Once again calls upon Member States not to recognize any of the legislative or administrative measures or provisions mentioned above;", "7. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] See A/66/370.", "[2] A/66/400.", "[3] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973." ]
[ "Resoluciones aprobadas por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/429)]", "66/81. Cuestiones relativas a la información", "A", "LA INFORMACIÓN AL SERVICIO DE LA HUMANIDAD", "La Asamblea General,", "Tomando nota del informe amplio e importante del Comité de Información[1],", "Tomando nota también del informe del Secretario General sobre cuestiones relativas a la información[2],", "Insta a todos los países, las organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en su conjunto y todos los demás interesados a que, reafirmando su adhesión a los principios de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y a los principios de la libertad de prensa y de información, así como a los principios de la independencia, el pluralismo y la diversidad de los medios de información, profundamente preocupada por las disparidades existentes entre los países desarrollados y los países en desarrollo y por las consecuencias de todo tipo que producen esas disparidades y que afectan a la capacidad de los particulares y los medios de información públicos, privados y de otro tipo de los países en desarrollo para difundir información y comunicar sus opiniones y sus valores culturales y éticos mediante una producción cultural endógena y para asegurar la diversidad de fuentes de información y su libre acceso a la información, y reconociendo el llamamiento que se ha hecho en ese contexto en pro de lo que en las Naciones Unidas y en diversos foros internacionales se ha denominado “un nuevo orden mundial de la información y la comunicación, considerado como un proceso evolutivo y continuo”:", "a) Cooperen y realicen actividades concertadas con miras a reducir las disparidades existentes en las corrientes de información a todos los niveles incrementando la asistencia para el desarrollo de la capacidad e infraestructura de las comunicaciones en los países en desarrollo, teniendo debidamente en cuenta sus necesidades y las prioridades que esos países asignan a esas esferas, para que tanto ellos como sus medios de información públicos, privados y de otro tipo puedan formular sus propias políticas de información y comunicaciones de manera libre e independiente y aumentar la participación de los medios de información y los particulares en el proceso de comunicación, así como asegurar una corriente de información libre a todos los niveles;", "b) Garanticen a los periodistas el ejercicio libre y efectivo de sus tareas profesionales y condenen decididamente todos los ataques contra ellos;", "c) Presten apoyo a la continuación y al fortalecimiento de los programas de capacitación práctica para productores de radio y televisión y periodistas de los medios de información públicos, privados y de otro tipo de los países en desarrollo;", "d) Promuevan las actividades y la cooperación regionales entre países en desarrollo, así como la cooperación entre los países desarrollados y los países en desarrollo, a fin de reforzar la capacidad de las comunicaciones y mejorar la infraestructura de los medios de información y la tecnología de las comunicaciones en los países en desarrollo, especialmente en las esferas de la capacitación y la difusión de información;", "e) Procuren prestar, además de la cooperación bilateral, todo el apoyo y la asistencia posibles a los países en desarrollo y a sus medios de información públicos, privados o de otro tipo, teniendo debidamente en cuenta sus intereses y necesidades en la esfera de la información y las medidas ya adoptadas en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas, incluidas las encaminadas a:", "i) Desarrollar los recursos humanos y técnicos indispensables para mejorar los sistemas de información y comunicaciones de los países en desarrollo y apoyar la continuación y el fortalecimiento de los programas de capacitación práctica, como los que ya se llevan a cabo bajo los auspicios de los sectores público y privado en todo el mundo en desarrollo;", "ii) Crear condiciones que permitan a los países en desarrollo y a sus medios de información públicos, privados o de otro tipo adquirir, utilizando sus recursos nacionales y regionales, la tecnología de las comunicaciones adecuada para sus necesidades nacionales, así como el material necesario para programas, especialmente para las transmisiones de radio y televisión;", "iii) Prestar asistencia para establecer y promover enlaces de telecomunicaciones a nivel subregional, regional e interregional, especialmente entre países en desarrollo;", "iv) Facilitar, según proceda, el acceso de los países en desarrollo a la tecnología de las comunicaciones avanzada disponible en los mercados libres;", "f) Prestar pleno apoyo al Programa Internacional para el Desarrollo de la Comunicación establecido por la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura[3], que debe estar al servicio de los medios de comunicación públicos y privados.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "B", "POLÍTICAS Y ACTIVIDADES DE INFORMACIÓN PÚBLICA DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS", "La Asamblea General,", "Poniendo de relieve que el Comité de Información es el principal órgano subsidiario encargado de hacer recomendaciones acerca de la labor del Departamento de Información Pública de la Secretaría,", "Reafirmando su resolución 13 (I), de 13 de febrero de 1946, en la que se estableció el Departamento de Información Pública con miras a fomentar, en todos los pueblos del mundo, la mayor comprensión posible de la labor y los propósitos de las Naciones Unidas, y sus demás resoluciones relativas a las actividades del Departamento,", "Poniendo de relieve que la información pública y las comunicaciones deberían ocupar un lugar central en la gestión estratégica de las Naciones Unidas y que en todos los niveles de la Organización debería existir una cultura de las comunicaciones y la transparencia como medio de informar plenamente a los pueblos del mundo de los objetivos y las actividades de las Naciones Unidas, de conformidad con los propósitos y principios consagrados en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, a fin de crear un apoyo mundial de base amplia para la Organización,", "Destacando que la misión primordial del Departamento de Información Pública es proporcionar al público, mediante sus actividades de divulgación, información precisa, imparcial, amplia, equilibrada, oportuna y pertinente sobre las tareas y obligaciones que tienen las Naciones Unidas, a fin de fortalecer el apoyo internacional a las actividades de la Organización con la mayor transparencia,", "Recordando su resolución 65/107 B, de 10 de diciembre de 2010, que brindó una oportunidad de adoptar las medidas necesarias para mejorar la eficiencia y eficacia del Departamento y de utilizar al máximo sus recursos,", "Expresando su preocupación por que hayan seguido aumentando las diferencias entre los países desarrollados y los países en desarrollo en lo relativo a las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones y por que grandes sectores de la población de los países en desarrollo no se beneficien de las actuales tecnologías, y, a ese respecto, subrayando la necesidad de corregir los desequilibrios del estado actual de esas tecnologías a fin de hacerlo más justo, equitativo y eficaz,", "Reconociendo que los avances en las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones abren oportunidades nuevas y grandes de crecimiento económico y desarrollo social y pueden cumplir un papel importante en la erradicación de la pobreza en los países en desarrollo y, al mismo tiempo, poniendo de relieve que el desarrollo de esas tecnologías plantea retos y riesgos y puede producir un nuevo aumento de las disparidades, tanto entre los países como dentro de ellos,", "Recordando su resolución 63/306, de 9 de septiembre de 2009, relativa al multilingüismo, y poniendo de relieve la importancia de utilizar, en la mayor medida posible, los idiomas oficiales de las Naciones Unidas en las actividades del Departamento de Información Pública, con el objetivo de eliminar la disparidad entre la utilización del inglés y los otros cinco idiomas oficiales,", "I", "Introducción", "1. Solicita al Secretario General que, en relación con las políticas y actividades de información pública de las Naciones Unidas, siga aplicando plenamente las recomendaciones que figuran en las resoluciones pertinentes;", "2. Reafirma que las Naciones Unidas siguen siendo la base indispensable para un mundo pacífico y justo y que su voz debe hacerse escuchar con claridad y eficacia, y pone de relieve la función esencial del Departamento de Información Pública a ese respecto;", "3. Destaca la importancia de que la Secretaría proporcione puntualmente a los Estados Miembros, a solicitud de estos, una información clara, oportuna, exacta y completa en el marco de los mandatos y procedimientos existentes;", "4. Reafirma el papel central del Comité de Información en las políticas y actividades de información pública de las Naciones Unidas, incluida la priorización de esas actividades, y decide que, en la medida de lo posible, las recomendaciones relativas al programa del Departamento de Información Pública tengan su origen en el Comité y que este las examine;", "5. Solicita al Departamento de Información Pública que, ateniéndose a las prioridades establecidas por la Asamblea General en su resolución 65/244, de 24 de diciembre de 2010 y, recordando la Declaración del Milenio[4] y el Documento Final de la Cumbre Mundial 2005[5], preste atención especial a la paz y la seguridad, el desarrollo y los derechos humanos y a cuestiones importantes como la erradicación de la pobreza, incluida la crisis alimentaria mundial, la prevención de conflictos, el desarrollo sostenible, la epidemia del VIH/SIDA, la lucha contra el terrorismo en todas sus formas y manifestaciones y las necesidades del continente africano;", "6. Solicita al Departamento de Información Pública y a su red de centros de información de las Naciones Unidas que en la realización de sus actividades preste atención especial a los progresos obtenidos en el logro de las metas de desarrollo convenidas internacionalmente, incluso las que figuran en la Declaración del Milenio, y los resultados de las grandes cumbres y conferencias pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas, y exhorta al Departamento a que desempeñe un papel activo en la concienciación pública sobre la crisis financiera y económica mundial y sus efectos en el desarrollo, incluido el logro de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, y sobre el problema mundial del cambio climático, en particular las medidas adoptadas con arreglo a la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático[6], teniendo en cuenta especialmente los principios de responsabilidades comunes pero diferenciadas, en particular en el contexto de la Conferencia de las Partes y de las reuniones de las Partes en el Protocolo de Kyoto[7];", "II", "Actividades generales del Departamento de Información Pública", "7. Toma nota de los informes del Secretario General sobre las actividades del Departamento de Información Pública[8];", "8. Solicita al Departamento de Información Pública que mantenga su dedicación a una cultura de evaluación, que siga evaluando sus productos y actividades con el objetivo de aumentar su eficacia y que continúe su cooperación y coordinación con los Estados Miembros y la Oficina de Servicios de Supervisión Interna de la Secretaría;", "9. Reafirma la importancia de una mejor coordinación entre el Departamento de Información Pública y la Oficina del Portavoz del Secretario General, y solicita al Secretario General que vele por que los mensajes de la Organización sean coherentes;", "10. Observa los esfuerzos realizados por el Departamento de Información Pública por seguir dando a conocer la labor y las decisiones de la Asamblea General y solicita al Departamento que siga ampliando su relación de trabajo con la Oficina del Presidente de la Asamblea General;", "11. Alienta al Departamento de Información Pública y a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura a que sigan colaborando en la promoción de la cultura y en las esferas de la educación y las comunicaciones, y en esa forma eliminen la brecha existente entre los países desarrollados y los países en desarrollo;", "12. Observa con reconocimiento el empeño del Departamento de Información Pública por trabajar a nivel local con otras organizaciones y órganos del sistema de las Naciones Unidas a fin de mejorar la coordinación de sus actividades de comunicación, y reitera su solicitud al Secretario General de que informe al Comité de Información, en su 34° período de sesiones, de los progresos logrados a ese respecto y de las actividades del Grupo de Comunicaciones de las Naciones Unidas;", "13. Reafirma que el Departamento de Información Pública debe establecer prioridades en su programa de trabajo y, al mismo tiempo, respetar los mandatos en vigor y actuar de conformidad con el párrafo 5.6 del Reglamento y Reglamentación Detallada para la planificación de los programas, los aspectos de programas del presupuesto, la supervisión de la ejecución y los métodos de evaluación[9], con miras a precisar su mensaje y concentrar más sus actividades y hacer que sus programas coincidan con las necesidades del público al que van destinados, utilizando mecanismos mejorados de información y evaluación;", "14. Solicita al Secretario General que siga haciendo todo lo posible para asegurar que las publicaciones y demás servicios de información de la Secretaría, incluidos el sitio web y el Servicio de Noticias de las Naciones Unidas, contengan información amplia, equilibrada, objetiva y equitativa en todos los idiomas oficiales sobre las cuestiones que tiene ante sí la Organización y que procedan con independencia editorial, imparcialidad y precisión y en plena consonancia con las resoluciones y decisiones de la Asamblea General;", "15. Reitera su solicitud al Departamento de Información Pública y a las oficinas de la Secretaría que proporcionan material de que velen por que las publicaciones de las Naciones Unidas se produzcan en todos los idiomas oficiales y de manera inocua para el medio ambiente y sin costo adicional, y sigan coordinando estrechamente su labor con todas las demás entidades, incluso los demás departamentos de la Secretaría y los fondos y programas del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, para evitar, en el marco de sus respectivos mandatos, que las publicaciones de las Naciones Unidas se dupliquen;", "16. Pone de relieve que el Departamento de Información Pública debe mantener y mejorar sus actividades en las esferas de interés especial para los países en desarrollo y, según proceda, para otros países con necesidades especiales, y que las actividades del Departamento deben contribuir a superar la brecha que existe entre los países en desarrollo y los países desarrollados en la esfera fundamental de la información pública y las comunicaciones;", "17. Reitera su preocupación por que la publicación de boletines de prensa diarios no se haya ampliado a todos los idiomas oficiales mediante arreglos de cooperación sin costo adicional con instituciones académicas y otras instituciones, como se solicitó en resoluciones anteriores y en plena conformidad con el principio de paridad entre los seis idiomas oficiales;", "Multilingüismo e información pública", "18. Pone de relieve la importancia de garantizar el tratamiento equitativo de todos los idiomas oficiales de las Naciones Unidas en todas las actividades del Departamento de Información Pública, tanto en medios tradicionales como electrónicos, especialmente en las presentaciones al Comité de Información, con miras a eliminar la disparidad entre el uso del inglés y los otros cinco idiomas oficiales;", "19. Reitera su solicitud al Secretario General de que vele por que el Departamento de Información Pública cuente con una plantilla adecuada en todos los idiomas oficiales de las Naciones Unidas para la realización de todas sus actividades e incluya ese aspecto en los futuros proyectos de presupuesto por programas del Departamento, teniendo presente el principio de paridad entre los seis idiomas oficiales, al tiempo que se respeta la carga de trabajo en cada uno de ellos;", "20. Acoge con beneplácito las iniciativas en curso del Departamento de Información Pública para promover el multilingüismo en todas sus actividades, y destaca la importancia de asegurar que el texto de todos los nuevos documentos públicos de las Naciones Unidas en los seis idiomas oficiales, los materiales de información y todos los documentos más antiguos de las Naciones Unidas estén disponibles en el sitio web de las Naciones Unidas y que los Estados Miembros tengan acceso a ellos sin demora, y destaca además la importancia de aplicar plenamente su resolución 63/306;", "Superación de la brecha digital", "21. Solicita al Departamento de Información Pública que contribuya a la concienciación de la comunidad internacional respecto de la importancia de aplicar los documentos finales de la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Sociedad de la Información[10] y respecto de las posibilidades que pueden brindar Internet y otras tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones a las sociedades y economías, así como las diferentes formas de reducir la brecha digital, incluso mediante la conmemoración del Día Mundial de la Sociedad de la Información el 17 de mayo;", "Red de centros de información de las Naciones Unidas", "22. Pone de relieve la importancia que tiene la red de centros de información de las Naciones Unidas para mejorar la imagen pública de la Organización y difundir sus mensajes entre las poblaciones locales, especialmente en los países en desarrollo, teniendo presente que la difusión de información en los idiomas locales es la que tiene mayores repercusiones en esas poblaciones, y para movilizar apoyo en favor de la labor de las Naciones Unidas a nivel local;", "23. Acoge con beneplácito la labor realizada por la red de centros de información de las Naciones Unidas en pro de la publicación de materiales de información y la traducción de documentos importantes de la Organización a idiomas que no son los oficiales, alienta a la red de centros de información a que siga elaborando páginas web en los idiomas locales y al Departamento de Información Pública a que proporcione los recursos y los medios técnicos necesarios, con miras a llegar al espectro de audiencias más amplio posible y a hacer que el mensaje de las Naciones Unidas llegue a todos los rincones del mundo a fin de consolidar el apoyo internacional a las actividades de la Organización, y alienta a que se siga trabajando en ese sentido;", "24. Destaca la importancia de racionalizar la red de centros de información de las Naciones Unidas y, a ese respecto, solicita al Secretario General que siga formulando propuestas en ese sentido, incluso mediante la reasignación de recursos donde sea necesario, y que informe a ese respecto al Comité de Información en sus sucesivos períodos de sesiones;", "25. Reafirma que la racionalización de los centros de información de las Naciones Unidas debe llevarse a cabo según cada caso en consulta con todos los Estados Miembros que corresponda en los que estén situados esos centros de información, los países a los que prestan servicios y demás países interesados de la región, tomando en consideración las peculiaridades de cada región;", "26. Reconoce que la red de centros de información de las Naciones Unidas, especialmente en los países en desarrollo, debe seguir fortaleciendo sus resultados y mejorando sus actividades, incluso prestando apoyo a las comunicaciones estratégicas, y exhorta al Secretario General a que informe al Comité de Información, en sus sucesivos períodos de sesiones, sobre la aplicación de ese criterio;", "27. Solicita al Departamento de Información Pública que, por conducto de los centros de información de las Naciones Unidas, estreche su cooperación con todas las demás entidades de las Naciones Unidas en los países y en el contexto del Marco de Asistencia de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, a fin de aumentar la coherencia de las comunicaciones y evitar la duplicación de los trabajos;", "28. Destaca la importancia de tener en cuenta las necesidades y los requisitos especiales de los países en desarrollo en la esfera de la tecnología de la información y las comunicaciones para que las corrientes de información en esos países sean efectivas;", "29. Destaca también la importancia de las iniciativas encaminadas a intensificar las actividades de difusión de las Naciones Unidas en los Estados Miembros que están fuera de la red de centros de información de las Naciones Unidas, y alienta al Secretario General a que, en el contexto de la racionalización, extienda los servicios de la red de centros de información a esos Estados Miembros;", "30. Destaca además que el Departamento de Información Pública debe seguir examinando la asignación de personal y recursos financieros a los centros de información de las Naciones Unidas en los países en desarrollo, teniendo en cuenta las necesidades de los países menos adelantados;", "31. Acoge con beneplácito el apoyo recibido de algunos Estados Miembros, incluidos países en desarrollo, que han ofrecido, entre otras cosas, locales a título gratuito para los centros de información de las Naciones Unidas debido a la falta de financiación, teniendo presente que dicho apoyo no puede sustituir la asignación de la totalidad de recursos financieros para los centros de información en el contexto del presupuesto por programas de las Naciones Unidas;", "32. Observa el fortalecimiento de los centros de información de las Naciones Unidas de El Cairo, México, D.F. y Pretoria, y alienta al Secretario General a que estudie la posibilidad de fortalecer otros centros, especialmente en África, en colaboración con los Estados Miembros que corresponda y de manera que no influya en los costos;", "33. Acoge con beneplácito su resolución 64/243, de 24 de diciembre de 2009, en la que solicitó al Secretario General que estableciera un centro de información de las Naciones Unidas en Luanda como contribución para atender las necesidades de los países de habla portuguesa de África, reitera su solicitud al Secretario General de que, en coordinación con el Gobierno de Angola, adopte las medidas necesarias para el pronto establecimiento del centro de información, y solicita al Secretario General que informe al Comité de Información en su 34° período de sesiones sobre los progresos realizados al respecto;", "34. Alienta al Secretario General a que, al nombrar directores de los centros de información de las Naciones Unidas, considere plenamente, entre otras cosas, la experiencia de los candidatos en materia de tecnología de la información y las comunicaciones como uno de los criterios sumamente deseables para el nombramiento;", "III", "Servicios de comunicaciones estratégicas", "35. Reafirma el papel de los servicios de comunicaciones estratégicas en la elaboración y difusión de mensajes de las Naciones Unidas mediante la creación de estrategias de comunicación, en estrecha colaboración con los departamentos sustantivos, los fondos y programas de las Naciones Unidas y los organismos especializados, en cumplimiento cabal de los mandatos legislativos;", "Campañas de promoción", "36. Aprecia la labor que realiza el Departamento de Información Pública para promover, mediante sus campañas, cuestiones de importancia para la comunidad internacional, como la Declaración del Milenio y los avances logrados en la realización de los objetivos de desarrollo convenidos internacionalmente, la reforma de las Naciones Unidas, la erradicación de la pobreza, la prevención de conflictos, el mantenimiento y la consolidación de la paz, el desarrollo sostenible, el desarme, la descolonización, los derechos humanos, incluidos los derechos de las mujeres y de los niños, de las personas con discapacidad y de los trabajadores migratorios, la coordinación estratégica del socorro humanitario, en particular en casos de desastres naturales y otras crisis, el VIH/SIDA, la malaria, la tuberculosis, las enfermedades no transmisibles y otras enfermedades, las necesidades del continente africano, la naturaleza de la crítica situación económica y social de África y las prioridades de la Nueva Alianza para el Desarrollo de África[11], las necesidades especiales de los países menos adelantados, el establecimiento de un monumento conmemorativo permanente a las víctimas de la esclavitud y la trata transatlántica de esclavos, la lucha contra el terrorismo en todas sus formas y manifestaciones, el diálogo entre civilizaciones, la cultura de paz y tolerancia y las consecuencias del desastre de Chernobyl, así como la prevención del genocidio, y solicita al Departamento que, en cooperación con los países interesados y las organizaciones y órganos competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, siga adoptando las medidas que corresponda para que la opinión pública mundial cobre más conciencia sobre todas esas cuestiones;", "37. Solicita al Departamento de Información Pública que contribuya a la celebración del Día Internacional del Idioma Materno el 21 de febrero, proclamado por la Conferencia General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura; el Día Internacional de Recuerdo de las Víctimas de la Esclavitud y la Trata Transatlántica de Esclavos el 25 de marzo, de conformidad con la resolución 62/122 de la Asamblea General, de 17 de diciembre de 2007; y el Día Internacional de Nelson Mandela el 18 de julio, de conformidad con la resolución 64/13 de la Asamblea, de 10 de noviembre de 2009, y que contribuya a concienciar al público y a promover estos actos de manera que no influya en los costos, según proceda;", "38. Encomia la función desempeñada por la Secretaría, especialmente el Departamento de Información Pública, en la celebración de la primera ceremonia oficial conmemorativa del Día Internacional del Nowruz el 21 de marzo de 2011, organizada conjuntamente por todos los patrocinadores de la resolución 64/253, de 23 de febrero de 2010;", "39. Solicita al Departamento de Información Pública y a su red de centros de información de las Naciones Unidas que adopten medidas adecuadas para aumentar la conciencia y difundir información relativa a la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible que se celebrará en 2012 y las cuestiones de desarrollo sostenible pertinentes;", "40. Solicita también al Departamento de Información Pública y a su red de centros de información de las Naciones Unidas que aumenten la conciencia y difundan información, de manera que no influya en los costos, sobre el Tercer Decenio Internacional para la Eliminación del Colonialismo declarado por la Asamblea General en la resolución 65/119, de 10 de diciembre de 2010;", "Función del Departamento de Información Pública en las operaciones de las Naciones Unidas para el mantenimiento de la paz", "41. Solicita a la Secretaría que siga asegurando la participación del Departamento de Información Pública en las futuras operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz desde la etapa de la planificación mediante consultas interdepartamentales y la coordinación con otros departamentos de la Secretaría, en particular con el Departamento de Operaciones de Mantenimiento de la Paz y el Departamento de Apoyo a las Actividades sobre el Terreno;", "42. Solicita al Departamento de Información Pública, al Departamento de Operaciones de Mantenimiento de la Paz y al Departamento de Apoyo a las Actividades sobre el Terreno que prosigan su cooperación para hacer cobrar conciencia de las nuevas realidades, los éxitos de gran alcance y los retos que afrontan las operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz, en particular las operaciones multidimensionales y complejas, así como del reciente aumento de actividades de las Naciones Unidas para el mantenimiento de la paz, y acoge con beneplácito las iniciativas de los tres departamentos para crear y aplicar una estrategia global de comunicaciones sobre los retos actuales que afrontan las operaciones de las Naciones Unidas para el mantenimiento de la paz;", "43. Destaca la importancia de reforzar la capacidad de información pública del Departamento de Información Pública en materia de operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz y la función que desempeña, en estrecha cooperación con el Departamento de Operaciones de Mantenimiento de la Paz y el Departamento de Apoyo a las Actividades sobre el Terreno, en el proceso de selección de personal de información pública para las operaciones o misiones de las Naciones Unidas para el mantenimiento de la paz y, a ese respecto, invita al Departamento de Información Pública a que designe personal de información pública que esté debidamente capacitado para desempeñar esa tarea en las operaciones o misiones, teniendo en cuenta el principio de la distribución geográfica equitativa, de conformidad con el Capítulo XV, Artículo 101, párrafo 3, de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, y a que considere las opiniones expresadas, especialmente por los países anfitriones, según proceda;", "44. Pone de relieve la importancia del portal de operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz del sitio web de las Naciones Unidas y solicita al Departamento de Información Pública que siga prestando apoyo a las misiones de mantenimiento de la paz con objeto de seguir mejorando sus sitios web;", "45. Solicita al Departamento de Información Pública y al Departamento de Operaciones de Mantenimiento de la Paz que sigan cooperando para ejecutar un programa eficaz de divulgación a fin de explicar la política de tolerancia cero establecida por la Organización respecto de la explotación y los abusos sexuales, informar al público de las decisiones en todos los casos de esa índole en que esté involucrado el personal de mantenimiento de la paz, incluidos los casos en los que se llegue a la conclusión de que las acusaciones son jurídicamente infundadas, e informar también al público de la aprobación por la Asamblea General de la Estrategia amplia de las Naciones Unidas sobre la asistencia y el apoyo a las víctimas de la explotación y los abusos sexuales cometidos por personal de las Naciones Unidas y personal asociado[12];", "Función del Departamento de Información Pública en el fortalecimiento del diálogo entre civilizaciones y la cultura de paz como medio para mejorar el entendimiento entre las naciones", "46. Recuerda sus resoluciones sobre el diálogo entre civilizaciones y la cultura de paz[13] y solicita al Departamento de Información Pública que, velando siempre por la pertinencia y actualidad de los temas para las campañas de promoción correspondientes a esta cuestión, siga prestando el apoyo necesario para difundir información relativa al diálogo entre civilizaciones y la cultura de paz, así como la iniciativa en pro de la Alianza de Civilizaciones, y que adopte las medidas que corresponda para fomentar la cultura de diálogo entre civilizaciones y promover la comprensión entre las culturas, la tolerancia, el respeto y la libertad de religión o de creencias y el goce efectivo por todas las personas de todos los derechos humanos y los derechos civiles, políticos, económicos, sociales y culturales, incluido el derecho al desarrollo;", "47. Invita al sistema de las Naciones Unidas, en especial al Departamento de Información Pública, a que continúe alentando y facilitando el diálogo entre civilizaciones y a que formule medios y procedimientos para promover el diálogo entre civilizaciones en las actividades de las Naciones Unidas en diversas esferas, teniendo en cuenta el Programa de Acción del Programa Mundial para el Diálogo entre Civilizaciones[14], y, a ese respecto, espera con interés el informe del Secretario General solicitado por la Asamblea General en su resolución 60/4, de 20 de octubre de 2005, y también acoge con beneplácito la decisión del Presidente de la Asamblea General en su sexagésimo cuarto período de sesiones de celebrar un debate temático oficioso sobre esta cuestión en 2010;", "48. Reconoce los logros de la Alianza de Civilizaciones y las iniciativas del Alto Representante del Secretario General para la Alianza de Civilizaciones, que la Asamblea acogió con beneplácito en su resolución 64/14, de 10 de noviembre de 2009, toma nota de la amplia gama de iniciativas y asociaciones en las esferas de la juventud, la educación, los medios de comunicación y la migración que se pondrán en marcha en el cuarto Foro de la Alianza de Civilizaciones, que se celebrará en Doha del 11 al 13 de diciembre de 2011, y acoge con beneplácito el apoyo continuo del Departamento de Información Pública a la labor de la Alianza de Civilizaciones, incluidos sus proyectos en curso;", "IV", "Servicios de noticias", "49. Destaca que el objetivo central de los servicios de noticias que presta el Departamento de Información Pública es la presentación oportuna de información y noticias precisas, objetivas y equilibradas dimanadas del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en los cuatro medios de difusión, a saber, la prensa, la radio, la televisión e Internet, dirigidas a los medios de información y otras audiencias de todo el mundo, haciendo hincapié general en el multilingüismo, y reitera su solicitud al Departamento de que vele por que las noticias de última hora y urgentes sean precisas, imparciales y libres de prejuicios;", "50. Pone de relieve la importancia de que el Departamento de Información Pública siga señalando a la atención de los medios de información de todo el mundo las historias que no cuentan con cobertura amplia, mediante la iniciativa titulada “10 historias que el mundo debería conocer mejor” y mediante su cobertura por la Televisión de las Naciones Unidas y la Radio de las Naciones Unidas;", "Medios tradicionales de comunicación", "51. Acoge con beneplácito la iniciativa de la Radio de las Naciones Unidas, que sigue siendo uno de los medios de información tradicionales más eficaces y de mayor alcance de que dispone el Departamento de Información Pública y un instrumento importante de las actividades de las Naciones Unidas, encaminada a mejorar su servicio de radiodifusión en directo poniendo a diario a disposición de las emisoras crónicas actualizadas con más frecuencia en los seis idiomas oficiales, así como artículos de fondo, sobre todas las actividades de las Naciones Unidas, y solicita al Secretario General que siga haciendo todo lo necesario para lograr la paridad entre los seis idiomas oficiales en las emisiones de radio de las Naciones Unidas;", "52. Acoge con beneplácito también los esfuerzos que está realizando el Departamento de Información Pública por difundir directamente los programas a las estaciones transmisoras de todo el mundo en los seis idiomas oficiales, con la adición del portugués y el swahili, y en otros idiomas si es posible;", "53. Solicita al Departamento de Información Pública que siga estableciendo asociaciones de cooperación con las emisoras de radio y televisión locales, nacionales y regionales con miras a difundir el mensaje de las Naciones Unidas a todos los rincones del mundo de manera precisa e imparcial, y solicita al Servicio de Radio y Televisión del Departamento que siga aprovechando plenamente la infraestructura tecnológica disponible en los últimos años;", "Sitio web de las Naciones Unidas", "54. Reafirma que el sitio web de las Naciones Unidas es un instrumento esencial para los medios de difusión, las organizaciones no gubernamentales, las instituciones de enseñanza, los Estados Miembros y el público en general y, a ese respecto, reitera la constante necesidad de que el Departamento de Información Pública intensifique sus esfuerzos por mantenerlo y mejorarlo;", "55. Reconoce el empeño del Departamento de Información Pública por atender a las necesidades básicas de acceso de las personas con discapacidad al sitio web de las Naciones Unidas, y exhorta al Departamento a que siga trabajando para atender a las necesidades de acceso a todas las páginas nuevas y actualizadas del sitio web, con el fin de asegurar el acceso a ellas de las personas con diferentes tipos de discapacidad;", "56. Hace notar que se ha mejorado el desarrollo y el enriquecimiento multilingües del sitio web de las Naciones Unidas[15] y, a ese respecto, solicita al Departamento de Información Pública que, en coordinación con las oficinas de la Secretaría que proporcionan material, mejore aún más las medidas adoptadas para lograr la plena paridad entre los seis idiomas oficiales en el sitio web de las Naciones Unidas, y reitera en especial su solicitud al Secretario General de que vele por que los recursos financieros y humanos del Departamento asignados al sitio web de las Naciones Unidas se distribuyan debidamente entre todos los idiomas oficiales, teniendo en cuenta siempre el carácter específico de cada uno de los idiomas oficiales;", "57. Reconoce los acuerdos de cooperación concertados por el Departamento de Información Pública con instituciones académicas para aumentar el número de páginas web disponibles en algunos idiomas oficiales, y reitera su solicitud urgente al Secretario General de que amplíe esos acuerdos a todos los idiomas oficiales de las Naciones Unidas;", "58. Reitera su solicitud de que todas las oficinas de la Secretaría que proporcionan material hagan traducir a todos los idiomas oficiales, de la forma más práctica, eficiente y económica, todos los materiales y bases de datos en inglés que figuran en el sitio web de las Naciones Unidas y los publiquen en los sitios web en los respectivos idiomas;", "59. Reafirma la necesidad de mejorar continuamente la infraestructura tecnológica del Departamento de Información Pública a fin de ampliar el alcance de sus actividades y de continuar mejorando el sitio web de las Naciones Unidas de manera que no influya en los costos;", "60. Solicita al Secretario General que siga aprovechando plenamente los nuevos adelantos de la tecnología de la información a fin de mejorar la difusión rápida de información sobre las Naciones Unidas de manera que no influya en los costos, de conformidad con las prioridades definidas por la Asamblea General en sus resoluciones y teniendo en cuenta la diversidad lingüística de la Organización, reconoce el servicio de noticias urgentes por correo electrónico y alienta al Departamento a que celebre consultas con la Oficina de Tecnología de la Información y las Comunicaciones a fin de estudiar, con carácter prioritario, la prestación del servicio en todos los idiomas oficiales;", "61. Reconoce que algunos idiomas oficiales usan sistemas de escritura no latinos y bidireccionales y que la infraestructura tecnológica y las aplicaciones de apoyo de las Naciones Unidas se basan en el alfabeto latino, lo cual crea dificultades para procesar alfabetos no latinos y bidireccionales, e insta a la Oficina de Tecnología de la Información y las Comunicaciones a que siga colaborando con el Departamento de Información Pública y procurando que la infraestructura tecnológica y las aplicaciones de apoyo de las Naciones Unidas permitan utilizar plenamente las escrituras latina, no latina y bidireccional, a fin de aumentar la igualdad entre todos los idiomas oficiales en el sitio web de las Naciones Unidas;", "62. Exhorta al Departamento de Información Pública a que, reconociendo la importancia de los archivos audiovisuales y las medidas adoptadas por la Biblioteca Dag Hammarskjöld por preservar los archivos publicados por la Organización como un patrimonio común, acogiendo con beneplácito la conclusión de un inventario de grabaciones audiovisuales sobre las Naciones Unidas a lo largo de sesenta y cinco años, destacando la urgencia de digitalizar los archivos históricos únicos para impedir que continúen deteriorándose, y tomando nota de los esfuerzos realizados por el Departamento hasta la fecha por formular una estrategia para la digitalización en consulta con otros departamentos, incluida la Oficina de Tecnología de la Información y las Comunicaciones, estudie formas de apoyar la digitalización, incluso colaborando con los asociados interesados, para asegurar que esos archivos se preserven y sean accesibles;", "V", "Servicios de biblioteca", "63. Exhorta también al Departamento de Información Pública a que siga dirigiendo el Comité Directivo para la modernización y la gestión integrada de las bibliotecas de las Naciones Unidas, y encomia, además, las medidas adoptadas por la Biblioteca Dag Hammarskjöld y otras bibliotecas que forman parte del Comité Directivo para armonizar mejor sus actividades, servicios y productos con las metas, los objetivos y las prioridades operacionales de la Organización;", "64. Reitera la necesidad de mantener una colección multilingüe de libros, publicaciones periódicas y otros tipos de material impreso a la cual tengan acceso los Estados Miembros, velando por que la Biblioteca siga siendo un recurso ampliamente accesible de información sobre las Naciones Unidas y sus actividades;", "65. Exhorta al Departamento de Información Pública a que, dada la importancia de los archivos audiovisuales para preservar nuestro patrimonio común, siga examinando sus políticas y actividades para la preservación duradera de sus archivos radiofónicos, televisivos, cinematográficos y fotográficos y las medidas adoptadas para asegurar que esos archivos se preserven y sean accesibles, incluso en el contexto de los trabajos de construcción del plan maestro de mejoras de infraestructura, dentro del presupuesto general del plan;", "66. Hace notar la iniciativa de la Biblioteca Dag Hammarskjöld, en su calidad de centro de coordinación, de ampliar el alcance de la capacitación regional y los seminarios de intercambio de conocimientos dirigidos a las bibliotecas depositarias en los países en desarrollo a fin de incluir la divulgación como una de sus actividades;", "67. Reconoce la función que la Biblioteca Dag Hammarskjöld desempeña en el mejoramiento de las actividades de intercambio de conocimientos y establecimiento de redes para que el vasto acervo de conocimientos de las Naciones Unidas sea aprovechado por los delegados, las misiones permanentes de los Estados Miembros, la Secretaría, los investigadores y las bibliotecas depositarias de todo el mundo;", "VI", "Servicios de divulgación", "68. Reconoce también que los servicios de divulgación que presta el Departamento de Información Pública siguen teniendo por objeto promover la conciencia acerca de la función y la labor de las Naciones Unidas;", "69. Acoge con beneplácito las actividades de divulgación educativa del Departamento de Información Pública por medio del programa “La ONU trabaja” y del Proyecto mundial de aprendizaje y enseñanza destinadas a personal docente y jóvenes de todo el mundo mediante diversas plataformas multimedia, y alienta al programa “La ONU trabaja” a que siga desarrollando sus alianzas con las redes de medios de comunicación mundiales y las personalidades que promueven esta labor, y al Proyecto mundial de aprendizaje y enseñanza a que siga ampliando sus actividades dirigidas a profesores y alumnos de centros de enseñanza primaria, media y secundaria;", "70. Hace notar la iniciativa “Impacto Académico de las Naciones Unidas”, cuyo objetivo es facilitar los intercambios entre las Naciones Unidas y las instituciones de enseñanza superior y apoyar los principios comunes y los objetivos de la Organización;", "71. Hace notar también la importancia de que el Departamento de Información Pública siga ejecutando el programa en curso orientado a productores de radio y televisión y periodistas de países en desarrollo y de países de economía en transición, con arreglo a lo establecido por la Asamblea General, y solicita al Departamento que examine la mejor forma de obtener el máximo provecho del programa ampliando, entre otras cosas, su duración y aumentando el número de participantes;", "72. Acoge con beneplácito la orientación hacia la divulgación educativa y la orientación de la Crónica ONU, tanto en su versión impresa como en su versión electrónica y, a tal efecto, la alienta a que continúe estableciendo asociaciones para la publicación conjunta y realizando actividades y actos de carácter educativo, en colaboración con las organizaciones de la sociedad civil y las instituciones de enseñanza superior;", "73. Solicita al Departamento de Información Pública que continúe publicando la Crónica ONU con miras a seguir mejorando esa publicación de manera que no influya en los costos, y que informe al Comité de Información, en su 34º período de sesiones, sobre los progresos realizados al respecto, y reitera su solicitud de que proponga opciones para publicar la Crónica ONU en los seis idiomas oficiales;", "74. Hace notar las iniciativas emprendidas por el Departamento de Información Pública para organizar exposiciones sobre cuestiones importantes relacionadas con las Naciones Unidas en el marco de los mandatos existentes, en la Sede y en otras oficinas de las Naciones Unidas, como un instrumento útil para llegar al público en general, reafirma el importante papel de las visitas guiadas como medio de llegar al público en general, y solicita al Secretario General que siga haciendo lo posible por asegurar que esas visitas se ofrezcan tanto en la Sede como en otros lugares de destino de las Naciones Unidas, de conformidad con su carácter de actividad generadora de ingresos, en particular en todos los idiomas oficiales de las Naciones Unidas;", "75. Hace notar también los esfuerzos en curso del Departamento de Información Pública por consolidar su papel como centro de coordinación para la interacción bidireccional con la sociedad civil en relación con las prioridades y preocupaciones de la Organización señaladas por los Estados Miembros;", "76. Encomia, animada de un espíritu de cooperación, a la Asociación de Corresponsales de Prensa de las Naciones Unidas por las actividades que está realizando y por su Fondo de Becas Dag Hammarskjöld, que patrocina a periodistas de países en desarrollo para que visiten la Sede de las Naciones Unidas e informen de las actividades que tienen lugar durante la Asamblea General, y además alienta a la comunidad internacional a que siga prestando apoyo financiero al Fondo;", "77. Expresa su reconocimiento a los Mensajeros de la Paz, los Embajadores de Buena Voluntad y otros defensores de las Naciones Unidas por sus iniciativas y su contribución para promover la labor de la Organización y lograr una mayor conciencia del público internacional acerca de sus prioridades y preocupaciones, y exhorta al Departamento de Información Pública a que siga haciéndoles partícipes en sus estrategias de comunicación y medios de difusión y en sus actividades de divulgación;", "VII", "Observaciones finales", "78. Solicita al Secretario General que informe al Comité de Información, en su 34º período de sesiones, y a la Asamblea General, en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, de las actividades del Departamento de Información Pública y de la aplicación de todas las recomendaciones y solicitudes que figuran en la presente resolución;", "79. Solicita también al Secretario General que haga todo lo posible para que el nivel de servicios que presta el Departamento de Información Pública se mantenga durante todo el período de ejecución del plan maestro de mejoras de infraestructura;", "80. Hace notar la iniciativa emprendida por el Departamento de Información Pública, en cooperación con el Departamento de Seguridad y el Servicio de Protocolo y Enlace, durante el debate general del sexagésimo tercer período de sesiones de la Asamblea General, de expedir identificaciones adhesivas especiales a los oficiales de prensa de los Estados Miembros a fin de que puedan acompañar a los medios de comunicación que cubren las visitas de oficiales de alto nivel a zonas restringidas, e insta encarecidamente al Secretario General a que siga mejorando esa práctica accediendo a la solicitud de los Estados Miembros de que se proporcione el número necesario de pases adicionales a los oficiales de prensa de los Estados Miembros para que puedan entrar en todas las zonas de acceso restringido, a fin de que informen de manera eficaz y exhaustiva sobre las reuniones de alto nivel a las que asistan integrantes de las delegaciones de los Estados Miembros;", "81. Solicita al Comité de Información que la informe en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones;", "82. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Cuestiones relativas a la información”.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 21 (A/66/21).", "[2]  A/66/261.", "[3]  Véase Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, Actas de la Conferencia General, 21ª reunión, Belgrado, 23 de septiembre a 28 de octubre de 1980, vol. 1, Resoluciones, secc. III.4, resolución 4/21.", "[4]  Véase la resolución 55/2.", "[5]  Véase la resolución 60/1.", "[6]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, núm. 30822.", "[7]  Ibid., vol. 2303, núm. 30822.", "[8]  A/AC.198/2011/2 a 4.", "[9]  ST/SGB/2000/8.", "[10]  Véanse A/C.2/59/3, anexo; y A/60/687.", "[11]  A/57/304, anexo.", "[12]  Resolución 62/214, anexo.", "[13]  Resoluciones 52/15, 53/22, 53/25, 55/23, 56/6, 59/142 y 60/4.", "[14]  Resolución 56/6, secc. B.", "[15]  Véase A/AC.198/2007/3." ]
[ "Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/429)]", "66/81. Questions relating to information", "A", "INFORMATION IN THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY", "The General Assembly,", "Taking note of the comprehensive and important report of the Committee on Information,[1]", "Taking note also of the report of the Secretary-General on questions relating to information,[2]", "Urges all countries, organizations of the United Nations system as a whole and all others concerned, reaffirming their commitment to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and to the principles of freedom of the press and freedom of information, as well as to those of the independence, pluralism and diversity of the media, deeply concerned by the disparities existing between developed and developing countries and the consequences of every kind arising from those disparities that affect the capability of the public, private or other media and individuals in developing countries to disseminate information and communicate their views and their cultural and ethical values through endogenous cultural production, as well as to ensure the diversity of sources and their free access to information, and recognizing the call in this context for what in the United Nations and at various international forums has been termed “a new world information and communication order, seen as an evolving and continuous process”:", "(a) To cooperate and interact with a view to reducing existing disparities in information flows at all levels by increasing assistance for the development of communications infrastructures and capabilities in developing countries, with due regard for their needs and the priorities attached to such areas by those countries, and in order to enable them and the public, private or other media in developing countries to develop their own information and communications policies freely and independently and increase the participation of media and individuals in the communication process, and to ensure a free flow of information at all levels;", "(b) To ensure for journalists the free and effective performance of their professional tasks and condemn resolutely all attacks against them;", "(c) To provide support for the continuation and strengthening of practical training programmes for broadcasters and journalists from public, private and other media in developing countries;", "(d) To enhance regional efforts and cooperation among developing countries, as well as cooperation between developed and developing countries, to strengthen communications capacities and to improve the media infrastructure and communications technology in the developing countries, especially in the areas of training and dissemination of information;", "(e) To aim at, in addition to bilateral cooperation, providing all possible support and assistance to the developing countries and their media, public, private or other, with due regard to their interests and needs in the field of information and to action already adopted within the United Nations system, including:", "(i) The development of the human and technical resources that are indispensable for the improvement of information and communications systems in developing countries and support for the continuation and strengthening of practical training programmes, such as those already operating under both public and private auspices throughout the developing world;", "(ii) The creation of conditions that will enable developing countries and their media, public, private or other, to have, by using their national and regional resources, the communications technology suited to their national needs, as well as the necessary programme material, especially for radio and television broadcasting;", "(iii) Assistance in establishing and promoting telecommunication links at the subregional, regional and interregional levels, especially among developing countries;", "(iv) The facilitation, as appropriate, of access by the developing countries to advanced communications technology available on the open market;", "(f) To provide full support for the International Programme for the Development of Communication of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization,[3] which should support both public and private media.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "B", "UNITED NATIONS PUBLIC INFORMATION POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES", "The General Assembly,", "Emphasizing that the Committee on Information is its main subsidiary body mandated to make recommendations to it relating to the work of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat,", "Reaffirming its resolution 13 (I) of 13 February 1946, in which it established the Department of Public Information, with a view to promoting to the greatest possible extent an informed understanding of the work and purposes of the United Nations among the peoples of the world, and all other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly related to the activities of the Department,", "Emphasizing that the contents of public information and communications should be placed at the heart of the strategic management of the United Nations and that a culture of communications and transparency should permeate all levels of the Organization as a means of fully informing the peoples of the world of the aims and activities of the United Nations, in accordance with the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, in order to create broad-based global support for the United Nations,", "Stressing that the primary mission of the Department of Public Information is to provide, through its outreach activities, accurate, impartial, comprehensive, balanced, timely and relevant information to the public on the tasks and responsibilities of the United Nations in order to strengthen international support for the activities of the Organization with the greatest transparency,", "Recalling its resolution 65/107 B of 10 December 2010, which provided an opportunity to take due steps to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department and to maximize the use of its resources,", "Expressing its concern that the gap in information and communications technology between the developed and the developing countries has continued to widen and that vast segments of the population in developing countries are not benefiting from the information and communications technologies that are currently available, and, in this regard, underlining the necessity of rectifying the imbalances in the present development of information and communications technologies in order to make it more just, equitable and effective,", "Recognizing that developments in information and communications technologies open vast new opportunities for economic growth and social development and can play an important role in the eradication of poverty in developing countries, and, at the same time, emphasizing that the development of these technologies poses challenges and risks and could lead to the further widening of disparities between and within countries,", "Recalling its resolution 63/306 of 9 September 2009, on multilingualism, and emphasizing the importance of making use, to the fullest extent possible, of the official languages of the United Nations in the activities of the Department of Public Information, with the aim of eliminating the disparity between the use of English and the five other official languages,", "I", "Introduction", "1. Requests the Secretary-General, in respect of the public information policies and activities of the United Nations, to continue to implement fully the recommendations contained in relevant resolutions;", "2. Reaffirms that the United Nations remains the indispensable foundation of a peaceful and just world and that its voice must be heard in a clear and effective manner, and emphasizes the essential role of the Department of Public Information in this context;", "3. Stresses the importance of the provision of clear, timely, accurate and comprehensive information by the Secretariat to Member States, upon their request, within the framework of existing mandates and procedures;", "4. Reaffirms the central role of the Committee on Information in United Nations public information policies and activities, including the prioritization of those activities, and decides that recommendations relating to the programme of the Department of Public Information shall originate, to the extent possible, in the Committee and shall be considered by the Committee;", "5. Requests the Department of Public Information, following the priorities laid down by the General Assembly in its resolution 65/244 of 24 December 2010, and recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration[4] and the 2005 World Summit Outcome,[5] to pay particular attention to peace and security, development and human rights and to major issues such as the eradication of poverty, including the global food crisis, conflict prevention, sustainable development, the HIV/AIDS epidemic, combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, and the needs of the African continent;", "6. Requests the Department of Public Information and its network of United Nations information centres to pay particular attention to progress in implementing the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration, and the outcomes of the major related United Nations summits and conferences in carrying out its activities, and calls upon the Department to play an active role in raising public awareness of the world financial and economic crisis and its impact on development, including the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and of the global challenge of climate change, in particular the actions taken within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,[6] especially in the context of the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities, particularly in the context of the Conference of the Parties and of the Meetings of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol;[7]", "II", "General activities of the Department of Public Information", "7. Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Department of Public Information;[8]", "8. Requests the Department of Public Information to maintain its commitment to a culture of evaluation and to continue to evaluate its products and activities with the objective of enhancing their effectiveness, and to continue to cooperate and coordinate with Member States and the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the Secretariat;", "9. Reaffirms the importance of more effective coordination between the Department of Public Information and the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure consistency in the messages of the Organization;", "10. Notes the efforts of the Department of Public Information to continue to publicize the work and decisions of the General Assembly, and requests the Department to continue to enhance its working relationship with the Office of the President of the General Assembly;", "11. Encourages continued collaboration between the Department of Public Information and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in the promotion of culture and in the fields of education and communication, bridging the existing gap between the developed and the developing countries;", "12. Notes with appreciation the efforts of the Department of Public Information to work at the local level with other organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to enhance the coordination of their communications activities, and reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on Information at its thirty-fourth session on progress achieved in this regard and on the activities of the United Nations Communications Group;", "13. Reaffirms that the Department of Public Information must prioritize its work programme, while respecting existing mandates and in line with regulation 5.6 of the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation,[9] to focus its message and better concentrate its efforts and to match its programmes with the needs of its target audiences, on the basis of improved feedback and evaluation mechanisms;", "14. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to exert all efforts to ensure that publications and other information services of the Secretariat, including the United Nations website and the United Nations News Service, contain comprehensive, balanced, objective and equitable information in all official languages about the issues before the Organization and that they maintain editorial independence, impartiality, accuracy and full consistency with resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly;", "15. Reiterates its request to the Department of Public Information and content-providing offices of the Secretariat to ensure that United Nations publications are produced in all official languages, as well as in an environmentally friendly and cost-neutral manner, and to continue to coordinate closely with all other entities, including all other departments of the Secretariat and funds and programmes of the United Nations system, in order to avoid duplication, within their respective mandates, in the issuance of United Nations publications;", "16. Emphasizes that the Department of Public Information should maintain and improve its activities in the areas of special interest to developing countries and, where appropriate, other countries with special needs, and that the activities of the Department should contribute to bridging the existing gap between the developing and the developed countries in the crucial field of public information and communications;", "17. Reiterates its concern that the issuance of daily press releases has not been expanded to all official languages, through cost-neutral cooperative arrangements with academic and other institutions, as requested in previous resolutions and in full respect of the principle of parity of all six official languages;", "Multilingualism and public information", "18. Emphasizes the importance of ensuring equitable treatment of all the official languages of the United Nations in all the activities of the Department of Public Information, whether based on traditional or new media, including in presentations to the Committee on Information, with the aim of eliminating the disparity between the use of English and the five other official languages;", "19. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to ensure that the Department of Public Information has appropriate staffing capacity in all the official languages of the United Nations to undertake all its activities and to include this aspect in future programme budget proposals for the Department, bearing in mind the principle of parity of all six official languages, while respecting the workload in each official language;", "20. Welcomes the ongoing efforts of the Department of Public Information to enhance multilingualism in all its activities, and stresses the importance of ensuring that the texts of all new public United Nations documents in all six official languages, information materials and all older United Nations documents are made available through the United Nations website and are accessible to Member States without delay, and further stresses the importance of fully implementing its resolution 63/306;", "Bridging the digital divide", "21. Requests the Department of Public Information to contribute to raising the awareness of the international community of the importance of the implementation of the outcome documents of the World Summit on the Information Society[10] and of the possibilities that the use of the Internet and other information and communications technologies can bring to societies and economies, as well as of ways to bridge the digital divide, including by commemorating World Information Society Day on 17 May;", "Network of United Nations information centres", "22. Emphasizes the importance of the network of United Nations information centres in enhancing the public image of the United Nations, in disseminating messages on the United Nations to local populations, especially in developing countries, bearing in mind that information in local languages has the strongest impact on local populations, and in mobilizing support for the work of the United Nations at the local level;", "23. Welcomes the work done by the network of United Nations information centres in favour of the publication of United Nations information materials and the translation of important documents into languages other than the official languages of the United Nations, encourages the network of information centres to continue to develop web pages in local languages and the Department of Public Information to provide necessary resources and technical facilities, with a view to reaching the widest possible spectrum of audiences and extending the United Nations message to all the corners of the world, in order to strengthen international support for the activities of the Organization, and encourages the continuation of efforts in this regard;", "24. Stresses the importance of rationalizing the network of United Nations information centres, and, in this regard, requests the Secretary-General to continue to make proposals in this direction, including through the redeployment of resources where necessary, and to report to the Committee on Information at its successive sessions;", "25. Reaffirms that the rationalization of United Nations information centres must be carried out on a case-by-case basis in consultation with all concerned Member States in which existing information centres are located, the countries served by those information centres and other interested countries in the region, taking into consideration the distinctive characteristics of each region;", "26. Recognizes that the network of United Nations information centres, especially in developing countries, should continue to enhance its impact and activities, including through strategic communications support, and calls upon the Secretary-General to report on the implementation of this approach to the Committee on Information at its successive sessions;", "27. Requests the Department of Public Information, through the United Nations information centres, to strengthen its cooperation with all other United Nations entities at the country level and in the context of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework, in order to enhance coherence in communications and to avoid duplication of work;", "28. Stresses the importance of taking into account the special needs and requirements of developing countries in the field of information and communications technology for the effective flow of information in those countries;", "29. Also stresses the importance of efforts to strengthen the outreach activities of the United Nations to those Member States remaining outside the network of United Nations information centres, and encourages the Secretary-General, within the context of rationalization, to extend the services of the network of information centres to those Member States;", "30. Further stresses that the Department of Public Information should continue to review the allocation of both staff and financial resources to the United Nations information centres in developing countries, taking into account the specific needs of the least developed countries;", "31. Welcomes the support by some Member States, including developing countries, in offering, inter alia, rent-free premises for the United Nations information centres because of lack of funding, bearing in mind that such support should not be a substitute for the full allocation of financial resources for the information centres in the context of the programme budget of the United Nations;", "32. Notes the strengthening of the United Nations information centres in Cairo, Mexico City and Pretoria, and encourages the Secretary-General to explore the strengthening of other centres, especially in Africa, in cooperation with the Member States concerned and in a cost-neutral manner;", "33. Welcomes General Assembly resolution 64/243 of 24 December 2009, in which the Assembly requested the Secretary-General to establish a United Nations information centre in Luanda as a contribution towards addressing the needs of Portuguese-speaking African countries, reiterates its request to the Secretary-General, in coordination with the Government of Angola, to take the measures necessary for the prompt establishment of the information centre, and requests the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on Information at its thirty-fourth session on the progress made in this regard;", "34. Encourages the Secretary-General, when appointing directors to the United Nations information centres, to fully consider, inter alia, the experience of candidates in the field of information and communications technology as one of the highly desirable appointment criteria;", "III", "Strategic communications services", "35. Reaffirms the role of the strategic communications services in devising and disseminating United Nations messages by developing communications strategies, in close collaboration with the substantive departments, United Nations funds and programmes and the specialized agencies, in full compliance with their legislative mandates;", "Promotional campaigns", "36. Appreciates the work of the Department of Public Information in promoting, through its campaigns, issues of importance to the international community, such as the United Nations Millennium Declaration and the progress made in implementing the internationally agreed development goals, United Nations reform, the eradication of poverty, conflict prevention, peacekeeping, peacebuilding, sustainable development, disarmament, decolonization, human rights, including the rights of women and children, persons with disabilities and migrant workers, strategic coordination in humanitarian relief, especially in natural disasters and other crises, HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, non-communicable diseases and other diseases, the needs of the African continent, the nature of the critical economic and social situation in Africa and the priorities of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development,[11] the special needs of the least developed countries, the establishment of the permanent memorial to the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, combating terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, dialogue among civilizations, the culture of peace and tolerance and the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, as well as prevention of genocide, and requests the Department, in cooperation with the countries concerned and with the relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, to continue to take appropriate measures to enhance world public awareness of all these issues;", "37. Requests the Department of Public Information to contribute to the observance of International Mother Language Day on 21 February, as proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade on 25 March, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 62/122 of 17 December 2007; and Nelson Mandela International Day on 18 July, in accordance with Assembly resolution 64/13 of 10 November 2009, and to play a role in raising awareness and promoting these events in a cost-neutral manner, where appropriate;", "38. Commends the role of the Secretariat, especially the Department of Public Information, in holding the first official ceremony commemorating the International Day of Nowruz, on 21 March 2011, organized jointly by all the sponsors of General Assembly resolution 64/253 of 23 February 2010;", "39. Requests the Department of Public Information and its network of United Nations information centres to take appropriate measures to raise awareness of and disseminate information on the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development to be held in 2012, and relevant sustainable development issues;", "40. Also requests the Department of Public Information and its network of United Nations information centres to raise awareness of and disseminate information, in a cost-neutral manner, on the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, declared by the General Assembly in its resolution 65/119 of 10 December 2010;", "Role of the Department of Public Information in United Nations peacekeeping operations", "41. Requests the Secretariat to continue to ensure the involvement of the Department of Public Information from the planning stage of future peacekeeping operations through interdepartmental consultations and coordination with other departments of the Secretariat, in particular with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support;", "42. Requests the Department of Public Information, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support to continue their cooperation in raising awareness of the new realities, far-reaching successes and challenges faced by peacekeeping operations, especially multidimensional and complex ones, and the recent surge in United Nations peacekeeping activities, and welcomes efforts by the three Departments to develop and implement a comprehensive communications strategy on current challenges facing United Nations peacekeeping;", "43. Stresses the importance of enhancing the public information capacity of the Department of Public Information in the field of peacekeeping operations and its role, in close cooperation with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support, in the process of selecting public information staff for United Nations peacekeeping operations or missions and, in this regard, invites the Department of Public Information to second public information staff who have the skills necessary to fulfil the tasks of the operations or missions, taking into account the principle of equitable geographical distribution in accordance with Chapter XV, Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, and to consider views expressed, especially by host countries, when appropriate, in this regard;", "44. Emphasizes the importance of the peacekeeping gateway on the United Nations website, and requests the Department of Public Information to continue its efforts in supporting the peacekeeping missions to further develop their websites;", "45. Requests the Department of Public Information and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to continue to cooperate in implementing an effective outreach programme to explain the zero-tolerance policy of the Organization regarding sexual exploitation and abuse and to inform the public of the outcome of all such cases involving peacekeeping personnel, including cases where allegations are ultimately found to be legally unproven, and also to inform the public of the adoption by the General Assembly of the United Nations Comprehensive Strategy on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by United Nations Staff and Related Personnel;[12]", "Role of the Department of Public Information in strengthening dialogue among civilizations and the culture of peace as means of enhancing understanding among nations", "46. Recalls its resolutions on dialogue among civilizations and the culture of peace,[13] and requests the Department of Public Information, while ensuring the pertinence and relevance of subjects for promotional campaigns under this issue, to continue to provide the support necessary for the dissemination of information pertaining to dialogue among civilizations and the culture of peace, as well as the initiative on the Alliance of Civilizations, and to take due steps in fostering the culture of dialogue among civilizations and promoting cultural understanding, tolerance, respect for and freedom of religion or belief and effective enjoyment by all of all human rights and civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development;", "47. Invites the United Nations system, especially the Department of Public Information, to continue to encourage and facilitate dialogue among civilizations and to formulate ways and means to promote dialogue among civilizations in the activities of the United Nations in various fields, taking into account the Programme of Action of the Global Agenda for Dialogue among Civilizations,[14] and, in this regard, looks forward to the report of the Secretary-General requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 60/4 of 20 October 2005, and also welcomes the decision of the President of the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session to hold an informal thematic debate on this issue in 2010;", "48. Recognizes the achievements of the Alliance of Civilizations and the efforts made by the High Representative of the Secretary-General for the Alliance of Civilizations, which it had welcomed in its resolution 64/14 of 10 November 2009, takes note of the broad range of initiatives and partnerships in the areas of youth, education, the media and migration to be launched at the fourth Alliance of Civilizations Forum, to be held in Doha from 11 to 13 December 2011, and welcomes the continuing support of the Department of Public Information for the work of the Alliance of Civilizations, including its ongoing projects;", "IV", "News services", "49. Stresses that the central objective of the news services implemented by the Department of Public Information is the timely delivery of accurate, objective and balanced news and information emanating from the United Nations system in all four mass media, namely, print, radio, television and the Internet, to the media and other audiences worldwide, with the overall emphasis on multilingualism, and reiterates its request to the Department to ensure that all news-breaking stories and news alerts are accurate, impartial and free of bias;", "50. Emphasizes the importance of the Department of Public Information continuing to draw the attention of world media to stories that do not obtain prominent coverage, through the initiative entitled “10 Stories the World Should Hear More About” and through video and audio coverage by United Nations Television and United Nations Radio;", "Traditional means of communication", "51. Welcomes the continuing initiative of United Nations Radio, which remains one of the most effective and far-reaching traditional media available to the Department of Public Information and an important instrument in United Nations activities, to enhance its live radio broadcasting service by making more frequently updated reports in all six official languages and features available to broadcasters on a daily basis on all United Nations activities, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to make every effort to achieve parity in the six official languages in United Nations Radio productions;", "52. Also welcomes the ongoing efforts being made by the Department of Public Information to disseminate programmes directly to broadcasting stations all over the world in the six official languages, with the addition of Portuguese and Kiswahili, as well as in other languages where possible;", "53. Requests the Department of Public Information to continue building partnerships with local, national and regional broadcasters to extend the United Nations message to all the corners of the world in an accurate and impartial way, and requests the Radio and Television Service of the Department to continue to take full advantage of the technological infrastructure made available in recent years;", "United Nations website", "54. Reaffirms that the United Nations website is an essential tool for the media, non-governmental organizations, educational institutions, Member States and the general public and, in this regard, reiterates the continued need for strengthened efforts by the Department of Public Information to maintain and improve it;", "55. Recognizes the efforts made by the Department of Public Information to implement the basic accessibility requirements for persons with disabilities to access the United Nations website, and calls upon the Department to continue to work towards compliance with accessibility requirements on all new and updated pages of the website, with the aim of ensuring its accessibility for persons with different kinds of disabilities;", "56. Notes that the multilingual development and enrichment of the United Nations website has improved,[15] and, in this regard, requests the Department of Public Information, in coordination with content-providing offices of the Secretariat, to further improve the actions taken to achieve full parity among the six official languages on the United Nations website, and especially reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to ensure the adequate distribution of financial and human resources within the Department allocated to the United Nations website among all official languages, taking into consideration the specificity of each official language;", "57. Recognizes the cooperative arrangements undertaken by the Department of Public Information with academic institutions to increase the number of web pages available in some official languages, and reiterates its urgent request to the Secretary-General to extend those arrangements to all the official languages of the United Nations;", "58. Reiterates its request that all content-providing offices of the Secretariat translate all English-language materials and databases posted on the United Nations website into all other official languages and make them available on the respective language websites in the most practical, efficient and cost-effective manner;", "59. Reaffirms the need to enhance the technological infrastructure of the Department of Public Information on a continuous basis in order to widen the outreach of the Department and to continue to improve the United Nations website in a cost-neutral manner;", "60. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take full advantage of new developments in information technology in order to improve the expeditious dissemination of information on the United Nations in a cost-neutral manner, in accordance with the priorities established by the General Assembly in its resolutions and taking into account the linguistic diversity of the Organization, recognizes the e‑mail news alerts service, and encourages the Department to consult with the Office of Information and Communications Technology in order to explore, as a matter of priority, the provision of the service in all official languages;", "61. Recognizes that some official languages use non-Latin and bidirectional scripts and that technological infrastructures and supportive applications in the United Nations are based on Latin script, which leads to difficulties in processing non-Latin and bidirectional scripts, and urges the Office of Information and Communications Technology to further collaborate with the Department of Public Information and to continue its efforts to ensure that technological infrastructures and supportive applications in the United Nations fully support Latin, non-Latin and bidirectional scripts in order to enhance the equality of all official languages on the United Nations website;", "62. Calls upon the Department of Public Information, recognizing the importance of audio-visual archives and the actions taken by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library to preserve the published record of the Organization as a common heritage, welcoming the completion of an inventory of sixty-five years of United Nations audio-visual history, stressing the urgency of digitization in order to prevent further deterioration of the unique historical archives, and taking note of efforts made by the Department thus far to develop a digitization strategy in consultation with other Departments, including the Office of Information and Communications Technology, to explore avenues of support for digitization, including working with interested partners, to ensure that such archives are preserved and are accessible;", "V", "Library services", "63. Also calls upon the Department of Public Information to continue to lead the Steering Committee for the Modernization and Integrated Management of United Nations Libraries, and further commends the steps taken by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library and the other member libraries of the Steering Committee to align their activities, services and outputs more closely with the goals, objectives and operational priorities of the Organization;", "64. Reiterates the need to maintain a multilingual collection of books, periodicals and other materials in hard copy, accessible to Member States, ensuring that the Library continues to be a broadly accessible resource for information about the United Nations and its activities;", "65. Calls upon the Department of Public Information, recognizing the importance of audio-visual archives in preserving our common heritage, to continue to examine its policies and activities regarding the durable preservation of its radio, television, film and photographic archives and the action taken in ensuring that the archives are preserved and are accessible, including in the context of the construction work of the capital master plan within the overall budget of the plan;", "66. Notes the initiative taken by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, in its capacity as the focal point, to expand the scope of the regional training and knowledge-sharing workshops organized for the depository libraries in developing countries to include outreach in their activities;", "67. Acknowledges the role of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library in enhancing knowledge-sharing and networking activities to ensure access to the vast store of United Nations knowledge for delegates, permanent missions of Member States, the Secretariat, researchers and depository libraries worldwide;", "VI", "Outreach services", "68. Also acknowledges that the outreach services provided by the Department of Public Information continue to work towards promoting awareness of the role and work of the United Nations;", "69. Welcomes the educational outreach activities of the Department of Public Information, through the United Nations Works programme and the Global Teaching and Learning Project, to reach educators and young people worldwide via a range of multimedia platforms, and encourages the United Nations Works programme to continue to develop further its partnerships with global media networks and celebrity advocates and the Global Teaching and Learning Project to further expand its activities to teachers and students in primary, intermediate and secondary schools;", "70. Notes the launch of the United Nations Academic Impact, an initiative that aims to facilitate exchanges between the United Nations and institutions of higher education and to support the common principles and goals of the Organization;", "71. Also notes the importance of the continued implementation by the Department of Public Information of the ongoing programme for broadcasters and journalists from developing countries and countries with economies in transition, as mandated by the General Assembly, and requests the Department to consider how best to maximize the benefits derived from the programme by extending, inter alia, its duration and the number of its participants;", "72. Welcomes the movement towards educational outreach and the orientation of the UN Chronicle, both print and online editions, and, to this end, encourages the UN Chronicle to continue to develop co-publishing partnerships, collaborative educational activities and events with civil society organizations and institutions of higher learning;", "73. Requests the Department of Public Information to continue the publication of the UN Chronicle with a view to improving it further in a cost-neutral manner and to report to the Committee on Information at its thirty-fourth session on progress in this matter, and reiterates its request to submit options for publishing the UN Chronicle in all six official languages;", "74. Notes the efforts undertaken by the Department of Public Information in organizing exhibitions on important United Nations-related issues, within existing mandates, at United Nations Headquarters and at other United Nations offices as a useful tool for reaching out to the general public, reaffirms the important role that guided tours play as a means of reaching out to the general public, and requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to ensure that the guided tours provided at United Nations Headquarters and other United Nations duty stations are consistently available, in accordance with their income-generating nature, in particular in all the United Nations official languages;", "75. Also notes the ongoing efforts of the Department of Public Information to strengthen its role as a focal point for two-way interaction with civil society relating to the priorities and concerns of the Organization identified by Member States;", "76. Commends, in a spirit of cooperation, the United Nations Correspondents Association for its ongoing activities and for its Dag Hammarskjöld Memorial Scholarship Fund, which sponsors journalists from developing countries to come to United Nations Headquarters and report on the activities during the General Assembly, and further encourages the international community to continue its financial support for the Fund;", "77. Expresses its appreciation for the efforts and contribution of United Nations Messengers of Peace, Goodwill Ambassadors and other advocates to promote the work of the United Nations and to enhance international public awareness of its priorities and concerns, and calls upon the Department of Public Information to continue to involve them in its communications and media strategies and outreach activities;", "VII", "Final remarks", "78. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on Information at its thirty-fourth session and to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the activities of the Department of Public Information and on the implementation of all recommendations and requests contained in the present resolution;", "79. Also requests the Secretary-General to make every effort to ensure that the level of services provided by the Department of Public Information is maintained throughout the period of the implementation of the capital master plan;", "80. Notes the initiative taken by the Department of Public Information, in cooperation with the Department of Safety and Security and the Protocol and Liaison Service, during the general debate of the sixty-third session of the General Assembly, to issue special identification stickers to press officers of Member States to enable them to escort media covering the visits of high-level officials to restricted areas, and strongly urges the Secretary-General to continue to improve this practice by acceding to the request by Member States to provide the needed number of additional passes to press officers of Member States to allow their access to all areas that are deemed restricted, in order to effectively and comprehensively report on high-level meetings that include officials of delegations of Member States;", "81. Requests the Committee on Information to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "82. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Questions relating to information”.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 21 (A/66/21).", "[2]  A/66/261.", "[3]  See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General Conference, Twenty-first Session, Belgrade, 23 September–28 October 1980, vol. l, Resolutions, sect. III.4, resolution 4/21.", "[4]  See resolution 55/2.", "[5]  See resolution 60/1.", "[6]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822.", "[7]  Ibid., vol. 2303, No. 30822.", "[8]  A/AC.198/2011/2-4.", "[9]  ST/SGB/2000/8.", "[10]  See A/C.2/59/3, annex; and A/60/687.", "[11]  A/57/304, annex.", "[12]  Resolution 62/214, annex.", "[13]  Resolutions 52/15, 53/22, 53/25, 55/23, 56/6, 59/142 and 60/4.", "[14]  Resolution 56/6, sect. B.", "[15]  See A/AC.198/2007/3." ]
A_RES_66_81
[ "Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/429)]", "66/81. Questions relating to information", "A", "INFORMATION TO THE SERVICE OF HUMANITY", "The General Assembly,", "Taking note of the comprehensive and important report of the Committee on Information[1],", "Taking note also of the report of the Secretary-General on information issues,[2]", "Calls upon all countries, the organizations of the United Nations system as a whole and all other stakeholders, reaffirming their commitment to the principles of the Charter of the United Nations and to the principles of freedom of the press and information, as well as to the principles of independence, pluralism and diversity of the media, deeply concerned at the disparities between developed and developing countries and the consequences of all types of information resulting from such disparities", "(a) Cooperate and undertake concerted efforts to reduce disparities in information flows at all levels by increasing assistance for the development of communications capacity and infrastructure in developing countries, with due regard to their needs and priorities assigned to those areas, so that they and their public, private and other media can formulate their own information and communications policies freely and independently, and increase the participation of individual media", "(b) Guarantee journalists the free and effective exercise of their professional tasks and strongly condemn all attacks against them;", "(c) Support the continuation and strengthening of practical training programmes for radio and television producers and journalists from public, private and other media in developing countries;", "(d) Promote regional activities and cooperation among developing countries, as well as cooperation between developed and developing countries, to strengthen communications capacities and improve media infrastructure and communication technology in developing countries, especially in the areas of training and dissemination of information;", "(e) They seek to provide, in addition to bilateral cooperation, all possible support and assistance to developing countries and their public, private or other media, with due regard to their interests and needs in the field of information and measures already taken within the United Nations system, including those aimed at:", "(i) Develop the human and technical resources necessary to improve the information and communications systems of developing countries and support the continuation and strengthening of practical training programmes, such as those already carried out under the auspices of the public and private sectors throughout the developing world;", "(ii) To create conditions for developing countries and their public, private or other media to acquire, using their national and regional resources, appropriate communications technology for their national needs, as well as the necessary programme material, especially for radio and television broadcasts;", "(iii) Assist in establishing and promoting telecommunications links at the subregional, regional and interregional levels, especially among developing countries;", "(iv) Facilitate, as appropriate, the access of developing countries to advanced communications technology available in free markets;", "f) To give full support to the International Programme for the Development of Communication established by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which should be at the service of public and private media.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "B", "UNITED NATIONS PUBLIC INFORMATION POLICIES AND ACTIVITIES", "The General Assembly,", "Emphasizing that the Committee on Information is the main subsidiary body responsible for making recommendations on the work of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat,", "Reaffirming its resolution 13 (I) of 13 February 1946, in which the Department of Public Information was established with a view to fostering, in all peoples of the world, the greatest possible understanding of the work and purposes of the United Nations, and its other resolutions on the activities of the Department,", "Emphasizing that public information and communications should be at the centre of United Nations strategic management and that at all levels of the Organization there should be a culture of communications and transparency as a means of fully informing the peoples of the world of the objectives and activities of the United Nations, in accordance with the purposes and principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, in order to create broad-based global support for the Organization,", "Stressing that the primary mission of the Department of Public Information is to provide the public, through its outreach, with accurate, impartial, comprehensive, balanced, timely and relevant information on the tasks and obligations of the United Nations, in order to strengthen international support for the Organization ' s activities with greater transparency,", "Recalling its resolution 65/107 B of 10 December 2010, which provided an opportunity to take the necessary measures to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Department and to maximize its resources,", "Expressing its concern that the differences between developed and developing countries in information and communications technologies have continued to increase and that large sectors of the population of developing countries do not benefit from existing technologies, and in this regard underlining the need to correct the imbalances in the current state of these technologies in order to make them more fair, equitable and effective,", "Recognizing that advances in information and communications technologies open up new and large opportunities for economic growth and social development and can play an important role in poverty eradication in developing countries and, at the same time, emphasizing that the development of such technologies poses challenges and risks and can lead to a further increase in disparities, both among and within countries,", "Recalling its resolution 63/306 of 9 September 2009 on multilingualism, and emphasizing the importance of using, to the greatest extent possible, the official languages of the United Nations in the activities of the Department of Public Information, with the aim of eliminating the disparity between the use of English and the other five official languages,", "I", "Introduction", "1. Requests the Secretary-General, in relation to United Nations public information policies and activities, to continue to fully implement the recommendations contained in the relevant resolutions;", "2. Reaffirms that the United Nations remains the indispensable basis for a peaceful and just world and that its voice must be heard clearly and effectively, and emphasizes the essential role of the Department of Public Information in this regard;", "3. Stresses the importance of timely provision by the Secretariat to Member States, at their request, of clear, timely, accurate and comprehensive information within existing mandates and procedures;", "4. Reaffirms the central role of the Committee on Information in United Nations public information policies and activities, including the prioritization of such activities, and decides that, to the extent possible, the recommendations relating to the programme of the Department of Public Information originate in the Committee and to be considered by the Committee;", "5. Requests the Department of Public Information, in line with the priorities set by the General Assembly in its resolution 65/244 of 24 December 2010 and, recalling the Millennium Declaration[4] and the 2005 World Summit Outcome, to pay special attention to peace and security, development and human rights and to important issues such as poverty eradication, including the global food crisis, conflict prevention, sustainable development, the HIV/AIDS epidemic", "6. Requests the Department of Public Information and its network of United Nations information centres to give special attention to the progress achieved in achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration, and the outcomes of the major United Nations summits and conferences, and calls upon the Department to play an active role in public awareness of the global financial and economic crisis, including its impact on the development agenda,", "II", "General activities of the Department of Public Information", "7. Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General on the activities of the Department of Public Information[8];", "8. Requests the Department of Public Information to continue its commitment to an evaluation culture, to continue to evaluate its outputs and activities with the objective of enhancing its effectiveness and to continue its cooperation and coordination with Member States and the Office of Internal Oversight Services of the Secretariat;", "9. Reaffirms the importance of better coordination between the Department of Public Information and the Office of the Spokesperson of the Secretary-General, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure that the messages of the Organization are consistent;", "10. Notes the efforts of the Department of Public Information to continue to publicize the work and decisions of the General Assembly and requests the Department to continue to expand its working relationship with the Office of the President of the General Assembly;", "11. Encourages the Department of Public Information and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to continue to work together in the promotion of culture and in the areas of education and communication, thereby eliminating the gap between developed and developing countries;", "12. Notes with appreciation the commitment of the Department of Public Information to work at the local level with other organizations and bodies of the United Nations system to improve the coordination of their communication activities, and reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on Information at its thirty-fourth session on the progress made in this regard and the activities of the United Nations Communications Group;", "13. Reaffirms that the Department of Public Information should prioritize its programme of work and, at the same time, respect existing mandates and act in accordance with regulation 5.6 of the Regulations and Rules Governing Programme Planning, the Programme Aspects of the Budget, the Monitoring of Implementation and the Methods of Evaluation[9], with a view to clarifying its message and focusing more on its activities and ensuring that its programmes are consistent with the needs of the targeted public information;", "14. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to make every effort to ensure that publications and other information services of the Secretariat, including the United Nations website and News Service, contain comprehensive, balanced, objective and equitable information in all official languages on issues before the Organization and to proceed with editorial independence, impartiality and precision and in full conformity with General Assembly resolutions and decisions;", "15. Reiterates its request to the Department of Public Information and to the offices of the Secretariat to provide material to ensure that United Nations publications are produced in all official languages and in an environmentally friendly manner and at no additional cost, and to continue to coordinate closely with all other entities, including the other departments of the Secretariat and the funds and programmes of the United Nations system, to avoid, within the framework of their respective mandates, the duplication of United Nations publications", "16. Emphasizes that the Department of Public Information should maintain and improve its activities in the areas of special concern to developing countries and, as appropriate, for other countries with special needs, and that the activities of the Department should contribute to bridging the gap between developing and developed countries in the critical area of public information and communications;", "17. It reiterates its concern that the publication of daily press releases has not been extended to all official languages through cooperation arrangements at no additional cost with academic institutions and other institutions, as requested in previous resolutions and in full conformity with the principle of parity among the six official languages;", "Multilingualism and public information", "18. Emphasizes the importance of ensuring equitable treatment of all official languages of the United Nations in all activities of the Department of Public Information, both in traditional and electronic means, especially in submissions to the Committee on Information, with a view to eliminating the disparity between the use of English and the other five official languages;", "19. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to ensure that the Department of Public Information has adequate staffing in all the official languages of the United Nations for the implementation of all its activities and to include this aspect in the future proposed programme budgets of the Department, bearing in mind the principle of parity among the six official languages, while respecting the workload in each of them;", "20. Welcomes the ongoing efforts of the Department of Public Information to promote multilingualism in all its activities, and stresses the importance of ensuring that the text of all new United Nations public documents in all six official languages, information materials and all older United Nations documents are available on the United Nations website and that Member States have access to them without delay, and further stresses the importance of the full implementation of its resolution 63/306;", "Overcoming the digital divide", "21. Requests the Department of Public Information to contribute to the awareness of the international community of the importance of implementing the outcome documents of the World Summit on the Information Society[10] and the potential of Internet and other information and communication technologies to societies and economies, as well as the different ways of narrowing the digital divide, including by commemorating the World Information Society Day on 17 May;", "United Nations Information Centre Network", "22. Emphasizes the importance of the network of United Nations information centres to improve the public image of the Organization and to disseminate its messages to local populations, especially in developing countries, bearing in mind that the dissemination of information in local languages is the most impact on those populations, and to mobilize support for the work of the United Nations at the local level;", "23. Welcomes the work of the United Nations information centre network for the publication of information materials and the translation of major United Nations documents into non-official languages, encourages the network of information centres to continue to develop web pages in local languages and the Department of Public Information to provide the necessary resources and technical means, with a view to reaching the widest possible spectrum of audiences, and to further consolidate the United Nations message", "24. Stresses the importance of streamlining the network of United Nations information centres and, in this regard, requests the Secretary-General to continue to make proposals in this regard, including through the reallocation of resources where necessary, and to report thereon to the Committee on Information at its successive sessions;", "25. Reaffirms that the rationalization of United Nations information centres should be carried out on a case-by-case basis in consultation with all relevant Member States in which such information centres are located, the countries to which they provide services and other interested countries in the region, taking into account the specificities of each region;", "26. Recognizes that the network of United Nations information centres, especially in developing countries, should continue to strengthen its results and improve its activities, including by supporting strategic communications, and calls upon the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on Information at its successive sessions on the implementation of this approach;", "27. Requests the Department of Public Information, through the United Nations information centres, to strengthen its cooperation with all other United Nations entities at the country level and in the context of the United Nations Development Assistance Framework, in order to enhance communication coherence and avoid duplication of work;", "28. Stresses the importance of taking into account the special needs and requirements of developing countries in the field of information and communications technology for the effective flow of information in those countries;", "29. Stresses also the importance of efforts to enhance United Nations outreach to Member States outside the network of United Nations information centres, and encourages the Secretary-General, in the context of rationalization, to extend the services of the network of information centres to those Member States;", "30. Further stresses that the Department of Public Information should continue to review the allocation of staff and financial resources to United Nations information centres in developing countries, taking into account the needs of the least developed countries;", "31. Welcomes the support received from some Member States, including developing countries, which have offered, inter alia, premises free of charge for United Nations information centres owing to lack of funding, bearing in mind that such support cannot replace the allocation of all financial resources to information centres in the context of the United Nations programme budget;", "32. Notes the strengthening of United Nations information centres in Cairo, Mexico, D.F. and Pretoria, and encourages the Secretary-General to consider strengthening other centres, especially in Africa, in collaboration with relevant Member States and in a manner that does not influence costs;", "33. Welcomes its resolution 64/243 of 24 December 2009, in which it requested the Secretary-General to establish a United Nations information centre in Luanda as a contribution to meeting the needs of the Portuguese-speaking countries of Africa, reiterates its request to the Secretary-General, in coordination with the Government of Angola, to take the necessary steps for the early establishment of the information centre, and requests the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on Information at its thirty-fourth session;", "34. Encourages the Secretary-General, in appointing directors of United Nations information centres, to fully consider, inter alia, the experience of ICT candidates as one of the most desirable criteria for appointment;", "III", "Strategic communications services", "35. Reaffirms the role of strategic communications services in the development and dissemination of United Nations messages through the creation of communication strategies, in close collaboration with the substantive departments, the funds and programmes of the United Nations and the specialized agencies, in full compliance with legislative mandates;", "Promotional campaigns", "36. Transmitting the work of the Department of Public Information to promote, through its campaigns, issues of relevance to the international community, such as the Millennium Declaration and the progress made in the realization of the internationally agreed development goals, the reform of the United Nations, the eradication of poverty, conflict prevention, the maintenance and consolidation of peace, sustainable development, disarmament, decolonization, human rights, including the rights of women and", "37. Requests the Department of Public Information to contribute to the celebration of the International Day of Mothers on 21 February, proclaimed by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization; the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and Transatlantic Trafficking of Slaves on 25 March, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 62/122 of 17 December 2007; and the International Day of Consciousness,", "38. Commends the role played by the Secretariat, especially the Department of Public Information, in holding the first official commemorative ceremony of the International Day of Nowruz on 21 March 2011, jointly organized by all the sponsors of resolution 64/253 of 23 February 2010;", "39. Requests the Department of Public Information and its network of United Nations information centres to take appropriate measures to raise awareness and disseminate information on the 2012 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development and relevant sustainable development issues;", "40. Also requests the Department of Public Information and its network of United Nations information centres to raise awareness and disseminate information, so as not to influence costs, on the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism declared by the General Assembly in resolution 65/119 of 10 December 2010;", "Role of the Department of Public Information in United Nations peacekeeping operations", "41. Requests the Secretariat to continue to ensure the participation of the Department of Public Information in future peacekeeping operations from the planning stage through interdepartmental consultations and coordination with other departments of the Secretariat, in particular with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support;", "42. Requests the Department of Public Information, the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support to continue their cooperation to raise awareness of new realities, far-reaching successes and challenges faced by peacekeeping operations, in particular multidimensional and complex operations, as well as the recent increase in United Nations peacekeeping activities, and welcomes the implementation of three departments of peacekeeping operations", "43. Stresses the importance of strengthening the public information capacity of the Department of Public Information in the field of peacekeeping operations and its role, in close cooperation with the Department of Peacekeeping Operations and the Department of Field Support, in the process of selection of public information personnel for United Nations peacekeeping operations or missions, in this regard, invites the Department of Public Information to carry out the training of staff in the field of peacekeeping,", "44. Emphasizes the importance of the United Nations website peacekeeping portal and requests the Department of Public Information to continue to support peacekeeping missions in order to further improve their websites;", "45. Requests the Department of Public Information and the Department of Peacekeeping Operations to continue to cooperate in the implementation of an effective outreach programme in order to explain the zero-tolerance policy established by the Organization regarding sexual exploitation and abuse, to inform the public of decisions in all such cases involving peacekeeping personnel, including cases where allegations are found to be legally unfounded, and to report to the public at large by the United Nations", "Role of the Department of Public Information in strengthening dialogue among civilizations and the culture of peace as a means of improving understanding among nations", "46. Recalls its resolutions on dialogue among civilizations and the culture of peace[13] and requests the Department of Public Information to continue to provide the necessary support for the dissemination of information on dialogue among civilizations and the culture of peace, as well as the initiative for the Alliance of Civilizations, and to take appropriate measures to promote the culture of dialogue among civilizations and to promote understanding of cultural rights,", "47. Invites the United Nations system, in particular the Department of Public Information, to continue to encourage and facilitate dialogue among civilizations and to develop ways and means to promote dialogue among civilizations in United Nations activities in various areas, taking into account the Programme of Action of the World Programme for Dialogue among Civilizations,[14] and, in this regard, looks forward to the report of the Secretary-General requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 60/4 of 20,", "48. Acknowledges the achievements of the Alliance of Civilizations and the initiatives of the High Representative of the Secretary-General for the Alliance of Civilizations, which the Assembly welcomed in its resolution 64/14 of 10 November 2009, takes note of the wide range of initiatives and partnerships in the areas of youth, education, the media and migration to be launched at the fourth Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations, to be held in Doha from 11 to 13 December 2011,", "IV", "News services", "49. Stresses that the central objective of the news services provided by the Department of Public Information is the timely submission of accurate, objective and balanced information and news from the United Nations system in the four media, namely, the press, radio, television and the Internet, addressed to the media and other audiences around the world, with general emphasis on multilingualism, and reiterates its request to the Department to ensure that the news is timely and timely", "50. Emphasizes the importance of the Department of Public Information continuing to bring to the attention of the media around the world stories that do not have comprehensive coverage, through the initiative entitled “10 stories that the world should know better” and through its coverage by United Nations Television and United Nations Radio;", "Traditional means of communication", "51. " Welcomes the United Nations Radio initiative, which remains one of the most effective and far-reaching traditional media available to the Department of Public Information and an important instrument of United Nations activities, aimed at improving its live broadcasting service by making available to the most frequently updated chronic radio stations in the six official languages, as well as background articles on all the activities of the Secretary-General, as well as requests the Secretary-General to continue to the six official languages", "52. Also welcomes the efforts being made by the Department of Public Information to disseminate programmes directly to the transmitters worldwide in the six official languages, with the addition of Portuguese and Swahili, and in other languages if possible;", "53. Requests the Department of Public Information to continue to establish partnerships with local, national and regional radio and television stations with a view to disseminating the United Nations message to all corners of the world in a precise and impartial manner, and requests the Department ' s Radio and Television Service to continue to take full advantage of the technological infrastructure available in recent years;", "United Nations website", "54. Reaffirms that the United Nations website is an essential tool for the media, non-governmental organizations, educational institutions, Member States and the general public, and in this regard reiterates the continuing need for the Department of Public Information to intensify its efforts to maintain and improve it;", "55. Recognizes the Department of Public Information ' s commitment to meeting the basic needs of access to the United Nations website for persons with disabilities, and calls upon the Department to continue to work to meet the needs of access to all new and up-to-date pages of the website in order to ensure access to them for persons with different types of disabilities;", "56. Notes that the multilingual development and enrichment of the United Nations website has been improved[15] and, in this regard, requests the Department of Public Information, in coordination with the Secretariat offices that provide material, to further improve the measures taken to achieve full parity among the six official languages on the United Nations website, and reiterates, in particular, its request to the Secretary-General to ensure that the official and human resources of the United Nations are distributed", "57. Recognizes the cooperation agreements concluded by the Department of Public Information with academic institutions to increase the number of web pages available in some official languages, and reiterates its urgent request to the Secretary-General to expand these agreements to all official languages of the United Nations;", "58. Reiterates its request that all Secretariat offices providing material translate into all official languages, in the most practical, efficient and cost-effective manner, all English materials and databases on the United Nations website and publish them on the websites in the respective languages;", "59. Reaffirms the need to continuously improve the technological infrastructure of the Department of Public Information in order to expand the scope of its activities and to continue to improve the United Nations website so that it does not influence the costs;", "60. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take full advantage of new advances in information technology in order to improve the rapid dissemination of information on the United Nations so as not to influence the costs, in accordance with the priorities defined by the General Assembly in its resolutions and taking into account the linguistic diversity of the Organization, recognizes the urgent news service by e-mail and encourages the Department to consult with the Office of Information and Communications Technology in order to study the official languages,", "61. Recognizes that some official languages use non-Latin and bidirectional writing systems and that the technology infrastructure and United Nations support applications are based on the Latin alphabet, which creates difficulties in processing non-Latin and bidirectional alphabets, and urges the Office of Information and Communications Technology to continue to work with the Department of Public Information and to ensure that the technology infrastructure and the United Nations support applications are fully used,", "62. Calls upon the Department of Public Information, recognizing the importance of audio-visual archives and the measures taken by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library to preserve the archives published by the Organization as a common heritage, welcoming the conclusion of an inventory of audio-visual recordings on the United Nations over sixty-five years, stressing the urgency of digitizing the unique historical archives to prevent them from deteriorating, and taking note of the digital efforts", "V", "Library services", "63. Also calls upon the Department of Public Information to continue to lead the Steering Committee for the Modernization and Integrated Management of United Nations Libraries, and further commends the actions taken by the Dag Hammarskjöld Library and other libraries within the Steering Committee to better harmonize their activities, services and outputs with the Organization ' s operational goals, objectives and priorities;", "64. Reiterates the need to maintain a multilingual collection of books, periodicals and other types of printed materials to which Member States have access, ensuring that the Library remains a widely accessible resource of information on the United Nations and its activities;", "65. Calls upon the Department of Public Information, given the importance of audio-visual archives in preserving our common heritage, to continue to review its policies and activities for the lasting preservation of its radio, television, film and photographic archives and the measures taken to ensure that those archives are preserved and accessible, including in the context of the construction work of the capital master plan, within the overall budget of the plan;", "66. Notes the initiative of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library, as the focal point, to expand the scope of regional training and knowledge-sharing seminars for depository libraries in developing countries to include outreach as one of its activities;", "67. Recognizes the role of the Dag Hammarskjöld Library in improving knowledge-sharing and networking activities so that the vast knowledge of the United Nations is exploited by delegates, permanent missions of Member States, the Secretariat, researchers and depository libraries around the world;", "VI", "Outreach services", "68. Recognizes also that the outreach services provided by the Department of Public Information continue to be aimed at promoting awareness of the role and work of the United Nations;", "69. Welcomes the educational outreach activities of the Department of Public Information through the programme " The United Nations works " and the Global Learning and Teaching Project for Teachers and Youth around the world through various multimedia platforms, and encourages the programme " The United Nations works " to continue to develop its partnerships with global media networks and the personalities that promote this work, and the Global Learning and Teaching Project to continue to expand its activities for teachers and middle-level students;", "70. Notes the initiative “United Nations Academic Impression”, which aims to facilitate exchanges between the United Nations and higher education institutions and to support the common principles and objectives of the Organization;", "71. It also notes the importance of the continued implementation by the Department of Public Information of the ongoing programme for radio and television producers and journalists from developing countries and countries with economies in transition, as mandated by the General Assembly, and requests the Department to consider how best to make the most of the programme by extending, inter alia, its duration and increasing the number of participants;", "72. Welcomes the orientation towards the dissemination of education and the guidance of the UN Chronicle, both in its printed version and in its electronic version, and, to that end, encourages it to continue to establish partnerships for joint publication and to undertake educational activities and events, in collaboration with civil society organizations and higher education institutions;", "73. Requests the Department of Public Information to continue to publish the UN Chronicle with a view to further improving this publication in a manner that does not affect costs, and to report to the Committee on Information at its thirty-fourth session on progress made in this regard, and reiterates its request that it propose options for publishing the UN Chronicle in the six official languages;", "74. Notes the initiatives undertaken by the Department of Public Information to organize presentations on major United Nations-related issues within existing mandates, at Headquarters and other United Nations offices, as a useful tool for reaching the general public, reaffirms the important role of guided tours as a means of reaching the general public, and requests the Secretary-General to continue to make every effort to ensure that such visits are offered both at Headquarters and at other official duty stations;", "75. Also notes the ongoing efforts of the Department of Public Information to consolidate its role as a focal point for bidirectional interaction with civil society in relation to the priorities and concerns of the Organization identified by Member States;", "76. Commends, encouraged by a spirit of cooperation, the United Nations Press Correspondents Association for its ongoing activities and its Dag Hammarskjöld Fellowship Fund, which sponsors journalists from developing countries to visit United Nations Headquarters and report on the activities taking place during the General Assembly, and further encourages the international community to continue to provide financial support to the Fund;", "77. Expresses its appreciation to the Messengers of Peace, the Goodwill Ambassadors and other United Nations defenders for their initiatives and contribution to promote the work of the Organization and to raise the awareness of the international public about their priorities and concerns, and calls upon the Department of Public Information to continue to involve them in their communication and media strategies and outreach activities;", "VII", "Concluding remarks", "78. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Committee on Information at its thirty-fourth session and to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the activities of the Department of Public Information and on the implementation of all the recommendations and requests contained in the present resolution;", "79. Also requests the Secretary-General to make every effort to ensure that the level of services provided by the Department of Public Information is maintained throughout the implementation period of the capital master plan;", "80. Notes the initiative undertaken by the Department of Public Information, in cooperation with the Department of Safety and Security and the Protocol and Liaison Service, during the general debate of the sixty-third session of the General Assembly, to issue special adhesive identifications to the press officers of Member States in order to enable them to accompany the media covering the visits of high-level officials to restricted areas, and urges the Secretary to continue to improve the", "81. Requests the Committee on Information to report to its sixty-seventh session;", "82. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Questions relating to information”.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 21 (A/66/21).", "[2] A/66/261.", "[3] See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Acts of the General Conference, twenty-first meeting, Belgrade, 23 September-28 October 1980, vol. 1, Resolutions, sect. III.4, resolution 4/21.", "[4] See resolution 55/2.", "[5] See resolution 60/1.", "[6] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822.", "[7] Ibid., vol. 2303, No. 30822.", "[8] A/AC.198/2011/2-4", "[9] ST/SGB/2000/8.", "[10] See A/C.2/59/3, annex; and A/60/687.", "[11] A/57/304, annex.", "[12] Resolution 62/214, annex.", "[13] Resolutions 52/15, 53/22, 53/25, 55/23, 56/6, 59/142 and 60/4.", "[14] Resolution 56/6, sect. B.", "[15] See A/AC.198/2007/3." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/430)]", "66/82. Información sobre los Territorios no autónomos transmitida en virtud del Artículo 73 e de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 1970 (XVIII), de 16 de diciembre de 1963, en la que solicitó al Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales que estudiase la información transmitida al Secretario General en virtud del Artículo 73 e de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y que tuviese plenamente en cuenta dicha información al examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración, que figura en su resolución 1514 (XV), de 14 de diciembre de 1960,", "Recordando también su resolución 65/108, de 10 de diciembre de 2010, en la que solicitó al Comité Especial que siguiera desempeñando las funciones que le habían sido encomendadas en virtud de la resolución 1970 (XVIII),", "Destacando la importancia de que las Potencias administradoras transmitan de manera oportuna información adecuada, en virtud del Artículo 73 e de la Carta, en particular respecto de la preparación por la Secretaría de los documentos de trabajo sobre los Territorios pertinentes,", "Habiendo examinado el informe del Secretario General relativo a la información sobre los Territorios no autónomos transmitida en virtud del Artículo 73 e de la Carta[1],", "1. Reafirma que, a falta de una decisión de la propia Asamblea General en el sentido de que un Territorio no autónomo ha alcanzado la plenitud del gobierno propio de conformidad con el Capítulo XI de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, la Potencia administradora que corresponda debe seguir transmitiendo información en virtud del Artículo 73 e de la Carta con respecto a ese Territorio;", "2. Solicita a las Potencias administradoras que corresponda que, de conformidad con sus obligaciones estipuladas en la Carta, transmitan o sigan transmitiendo regularmente al Secretario General, a título informativo y con sujeción a las limitaciones que la seguridad y consideraciones de orden constitucional puedan requerir, la información estadística y de cualquier otra naturaleza técnica que verse sobre las condiciones económicas, sociales y educativas de los Territorios de los cuales son respectivamente responsables, así como la información más completa posible sobre la evolución política y constitucional de los Territorios correspondientes, inclusive información relativa a la constitución, la ley o el decreto por el que se establezca el gobierno del Territorio y la relación constitucional del Territorio con la Potencia administradora, dentro de un plazo máximo de seis meses después de finalizado el año administrativo en esos Territorios;", "3. Solicita al Secretario General que, en relación con la preparación de los documentos de trabajo sobre los Territorios pertinentes, siga velando por que se obtenga la información correspondiente de todas las fuentes publicadas posibles;", "4. Solicita al Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales que siga desempeñando las funciones que le han sido encomendadas en virtud de la resolución 1970 (XVIII), de conformidad con los procedimientos establecidos.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/66/65 y Add.1." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/430)]", "66/82. Information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 1970 (XVIII) of 16 December 1963, in which it requested the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to study the information transmitted to the Secretary-General in accordance with Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations and to take such information fully into account in examining the situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960,", "Recalling also its resolution 65/108 of 10 December 2010, in which it requested the Special Committee to continue to discharge the functions entrusted to it under resolution 1970 (XVIII),", "Stressing the importance of timely transmission by the administering Powers of adequate information under Article 73 e of the Charter, in particular in relation to the preparation by the Secretariat of the working papers on the Territories concerned,", "Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on information from Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter,[1]", "1. Reaffirms that, in the absence of a decision by the General Assembly itself that a Non-Self-Governing Territory has attained a full measure of self‑government in terms of Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations, the administering Power concerned should continue to transmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter with respect to that Territory;", "2. Requests the administering Powers concerned, in accordance with their Charter obligations, to transmit or continue to transmit regularly to the Secretary-General for information purposes, subject to such limitation as security and constitutional considerations may require, statistical and other information of a technical nature relating to economic, social and educational conditions in the Territories for which they are respectively responsible, as well as the fullest possible information on political and constitutional developments in the Territories concerned, including the constitution, legislative act or executive order providing for the government of the Territory and the constitutional relationship of the Territory to the administering Power, within a maximum period of six months following the expiration of the administrative year in those Territories;", "3. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure that adequate information is drawn from all available published sources in connection with the preparation of the working papers relating to the Territories concerned;", "4. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to discharge the functions entrusted to it under General Assembly resolution 1970 (XVIII), in accordance with established procedures.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  A/66/65 and Add.1." ]
A_RES_66_82
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/430)]", "66/82. Information on Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 1970 (XVIII) of 16 December 1963, in which it requested the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to consider the information transmitted to the Secretary-General under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations and to take fully into account that information when considering the situation with regard to the implementation of the Declaration, contained in its resolution 1514 (XVIII),", "Recalling also its resolution 65/108 of 10 December 2010, in which it requested the Special Committee to continue to fulfil its mandated functions under resolution 1970 (XVIII),", "Stressing the importance of timely transmission by the administering Powers of adequate information under Article 73 e of the Charter, in particular with regard to the preparation by the Secretariat of working papers on the relevant Territories,", "Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on information on Non-Self-Governing Territories transmitted under Article 73 e of the Charter[1],", "1. Reaffirms that, in the absence of a decision by the General Assembly itself that a Non-Self-Governing Territory has attained the fullness of its own Government in accordance with Chapter XI of the Charter of the United Nations, the appropriate administering Power must continue to transmit information under Article 73 e of the Charter with respect to that Territory;", "2. Requests the administering Powers concerned that, in accordance with their obligations under the Charter, they transmit or continue to transmit regularly to the Secretary-General, for information and subject to any limitations that security and constitutional considerations may require, statistical information and any other technical nature to be found on the economic, social and educational conditions of the Territories of which they are respectively responsible, as well as the most comprehensive information possible on the political and constitutional developments of the Territory,", "3. Requests the Secretary-General, in connection with the preparation of working papers on the relevant Territories, to continue to ensure that relevant information is obtained from all possible published sources;", "4. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to fulfil its mandated functions under resolution 1970 (XVIII), in accordance with established procedures.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] A/66/65 and Add.1." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/431)]", "66/83. Actividades económicas y de otro tipo que afectan a los intereses de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo examinado el tema titulado “Actividades económicas y de otro tipo que afectan a los intereses de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos”,", "Habiendo examinado también el capítulo del informe del Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales sobre la labor realizada en 2011 en relación con el tema[1],", "Recordando su resolución 1514 (XV), de 14 de diciembre de 1960, así como todas sus demás resoluciones sobre el tema, incluidas en particular las resoluciones 46/181, de 19 de diciembre de 1991, 55/146, de 8 de diciembre de 2000, y 65/119, de 10 de diciembre de 2010,", "Reafirmando la solemne obligación que tienen las Potencias administradoras en virtud de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas de promover el adelanto político, económico, social y educativo de los habitantes de los Territorios bajo su administración y de proteger los recursos humanos y naturales de esos Territorios contra todo abuso,", "Reafirmando también que toda actividad económica o de otro tipo que afecte negativamente a los intereses de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos y al ejercicio de su derecho a la libre determinación, reconocido en la Carta y en su resolución 1514 (XV), es contraria a los propósitos y principios enunciados en la Carta,", "Reafirmando además que los recursos naturales constituyen el patrimonio de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos, incluidas las poblaciones autóctonas,", "Consciente de las circunstancias especiales derivadas de la situación geográfica, el tamaño y las condiciones económicas de cada Territorio y teniendo presente la necesidad de promover la estabilidad, la diversificación y el fortalecimiento de la economía de cada uno de ellos,", "Consciente también de que los Territorios pequeños son particularmente vulnerables a los desastres naturales y la degradación ambiental,", "Consciente además de que las inversiones económicas extranjeras, cuando se efectúan en colaboración con los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos y de conformidad con sus deseos, pueden aportar una contribución válida al desarrollo socioeconómico de esos Territorios y también al ejercicio de su derecho a la libre determinación,", "Preocupada por cualquier actividad encaminada a explotar los recursos naturales y humanos de los Territorios no autónomos en detrimento de los intereses de los habitantes de esos Territorios,", "Teniendo presentes las disposiciones pertinentes de los documentos finales de las sucesivas Conferencias de Jefes de Estado o de Gobierno de los Países No Alineados y de las resoluciones aprobadas por la Asamblea de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Unión Africana, el Foro de las Islas del Pacífico y la Comunidad del Caribe,", "1. Reafirma el derecho de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos a la libre determinación de conformidad con la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y su resolución 1514 (XV), en la que figura la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales, así como su derecho a disfrutar de sus recursos naturales y a disponer de esos recursos como más les convenga;", "2. Afirma el valor de las inversiones económicas extranjeras que se efectúan en colaboración con los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos y de conformidad con sus deseos a fin de aportar una contribución válida al desarrollo socioeconómico de esos Territorios, especialmente en tiempos de crisis económica y financiera;", "3. Reafirma la responsabilidad que asigna la Carta a las Potencias administradoras de promover el adelanto político, económico, social y educativo de los Territorios no autónomos, y reafirma los derechos legítimos de los pueblos de esos Territorios sobre sus recursos naturales;", "4. Reafirma su preocupación acerca de cualquier actividad encaminada a explotar los recursos naturales que constituyen el patrimonio de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos, incluidas las poblaciones autóctonas, del Caribe, el Pacífico y otras regiones, y a explotar sus recursos humanos, en detrimento de sus intereses y en forma tal que prive a esos pueblos de su derecho a disponer de esos recursos;", "5. Reafirma la necesidad de evitar cualquier actividad económica o de otro tipo que afecte negativamente a los intereses de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos;", "6. Exhorta una vez más a todos los gobiernos que aún no lo hayan hecho a que, de conformidad con las disposiciones pertinentes de su resolución 2621 (XXV), de 12 de octubre de 1970, adopten medidas legislativas, administrativas o de otra índole con respecto a sus nacionales y a las personas jurídicas bajo su jurisdicción que posean y exploten empresas en Territorios no autónomos que sean perjudiciales para los intereses de los habitantes de esos Territorios, a fin de poner término a las actividades de esas empresas;", "7. Exhorta a las Potencias administradoras a que velen por que la explotación de los recursos marinos y demás recursos naturales de los Territorios no autónomos que administran no se lleve a cabo en violación de las resoluciones pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas ni afecten adversamente a los intereses de los pueblos de esos Territorios;", "8. Invita a todos los gobiernos y a las organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que adopten todas las medidas posibles para garantizar que se respete y proteja plenamente la soberanía permanente de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos sobre sus recursos naturales, de conformidad con las resoluciones de las Naciones Unidas relativas a la descolonización;", "9. Insta a las Potencias administradoras que corresponda a que adopten medidas eficaces para salvaguardar y garantizar el derecho inalienable de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos a sus recursos naturales y su derecho a establecer y mantener el control sobre la futura explotación de esos recursos, y solicita a las Potencias administradoras que adopten todas las medidas necesarias para proteger los derechos de propiedad de los pueblos de dichos Territorios, de conformidad con las resoluciones de las Naciones Unidas relativas a la descolonización;", "10. Exhorta a las Potencias administradoras que corresponda a que velen por que en los Territorios bajo su administración no existan condiciones de trabajo discriminatorias y a que promuevan en cada Territorio un régimen de salarios equitativo aplicable a todos los habitantes sin discriminación alguna;", "11. Solicita al Secretario General que, por todos los medios a su disposición, siga informando a la opinión pública mundial sobre cualquier actividad que afecte al ejercicio del derecho de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos a la libre determinación de conformidad con la Carta y su resolución 1514 (XV);", "12. Hace un llamamiento a los sindicatos y las organizaciones no gubernamentales, así como a los particulares, para que persistan en sus esfuerzos por promover el bienestar económico de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos, y hace un llamamiento también a los medios de difusión para que transmitan información sobre las novedades que se produzcan a ese respecto;", "13. Decide seguir estudiando la situación en los Territorios no autónomos con miras a asegurarse de que todas las actividades económicas que se realicen en ellos tengan por objeto fortalecer y diversificar sus economías en beneficio de los pueblos de esos Territorios, incluidas las poblaciones autóctonas, y promover su viabilidad económica y financiera;", "14. Solicita al Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales que siga examinando esta cuestión y la informe al respecto en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 23 (A/66/23), cap. V." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/431)]", "66/83. Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the item entitled “Economic and other activities which affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories”,", "Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2011 relating to the item,[1]", "Recalling General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, as well as all other relevant resolutions of the Assembly, including, in particular, resolutions 46/181 of 19 December 1991, 55/146 of 8 December 2000 and 65/119 of 10 December 2010,", "Reaffirming the solemn obligation of the administering Powers under the Charter of the United Nations to promote the political, economic, social and educational advancement of the inhabitants of the Territories under their administration and to protect the human and natural resources of those Territories against abuses,", "Reaffirming also that any economic or other activity that has a negative impact on the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and on the exercise of their right to self-determination in conformity with the Charter and General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) is contrary to the purposes and principles of the Charter,", "Reaffirming further that the natural resources are the heritage of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, including the indigenous populations,", "Aware of the special circumstances of the geographical location, size and economic conditions of each Territory, and bearing in mind the need to promote the stability, diversification and strengthening of the economy of each Territory,", "Conscious of the particular vulnerability of the small Territories to natural disasters and environmental degradation,", "Conscious also that foreign economic investment, when undertaken in collaboration with the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and in accordance with their wishes, could make a valid contribution to the socio-economic development of the Territories and also to the exercise of their right to self-determination,", "Concerned about any activities aimed at exploiting the natural and human resources of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to the detriment of the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories,", "Bearing in mind the relevant provisions of the final documents of the successive Conferences of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries and of the resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, the Pacific Islands Forum and the Caribbean Community,", "1. Reaffirms the right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to self-determination in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, as well as their right to the enjoyment of their natural resources and their right to dispose of those resources in their best interest;", "2. Affirms the value of foreign economic investment undertaken in collaboration with the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and in accordance with their wishes in order to make a valid contribution to the socio‑economic development of the Territories, especially during times of economic and financial crisis;", "3. Reaffirms the responsibility of the administering Powers under the Charter to promote the political, economic, social and educational advancement of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and reaffirms the legitimate rights of their peoples over their natural resources;", "4. Reaffirms its concern about any activities aimed at the exploitation of the natural resources that are the heritage of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, including the indigenous populations, in the Caribbean, the Pacific and other regions, and of their human resources, to the detriment of their interests, and in such a way as to deprive them of their right to dispose of those resources;", "5. Reaffirms the need to avoid any economic and other activities that adversely affect the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "6. Calls once again upon all Governments that have not yet done so to take, in accordance with the relevant provisions of General Assembly resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, legislative, administrative or other measures in respect of their nationals and the bodies corporate under their jurisdiction that own and operate enterprises in the Non-Self-Governing Territories that are detrimental to the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories, in order to put an end to such enterprises;", "7. Calls upon the administering Powers to ensure that the exploitation of the marine and other natural resources in the Non-Self-Governing Territories under their administration is not in violation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, and does not adversely affect the interests of the peoples of those Territories;", "8. Invites all Governments and organizations of the United Nations system to take all possible measures to ensure that the permanent sovereignty of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories over their natural resources is fully respected and safeguarded in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization;", "9. Urges the administering Powers concerned to take effective measures to safeguard and guarantee the inalienable right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to their natural resources and to establish and maintain control over the future development of those resources, and requests the administering Powers to take all steps necessary to protect the property rights of the peoples of those Territories in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization;", "10. Calls upon the administering Powers concerned to ensure that no discriminatory working conditions prevail in the Territories under their administration and to promote in each Territory a fair system of wages applicable to all the inhabitants without any discrimination;", "11. Requests the Secretary-General to continue, through all means at his disposal, to inform world public opinion of any activity that affects the exercise of the right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to self-determination in conformity with the Charter and General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV);", "12. Appeals to trade unions and non-governmental organizations, as well as individuals, to continue their efforts to promote the economic well-being of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and also appeals to the media to disseminate information about the developments in this regard;", "13. Decides to follow the situation in the Non-Self-Governing Territories so as to ensure that all economic activities in those Territories are aimed at strengthening and diversifying their economies in the interest of their peoples, including the indigenous populations, and at promoting the economic and financial viability of those Territories;", "14. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to examine this question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23), chap. V." ]
A_RES_66_83
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/431)]", "66/83. Economic and other activities affecting the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the item entitled “Economic and other activities affecting the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories”,", "Having also considered the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples on the work of 2011 under the item[1],", "Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, as well as all its other relevant resolutions, including in particular resolutions 46/181 of 19 December 1991, 55/146 of 8 December 2000 and 65/119 of 10 December 2010,", "Reaffirming the solemn obligation of the administering Powers under the Charter of the United Nations to promote the political, economic, social and educational advancement of the inhabitants of the Territories under their administration and to protect the human and natural resources of those Territories against any abuse,", "Reaffirming also that any economic or other activity that adversely affects the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and the exercise of their right to self-determination, recognized in the Charter and in its resolution 1514 (XV), is contrary to the purposes and principles set out in the Charter,", "Reaffirming further that natural resources constitute the heritage of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, including indigenous populations,", "Mindful of the special circumstances arising from the geographical location, size and economic conditions of each Territory and bearing in mind the need to promote the stability, diversification and strengthening of the economy of each Territory,", "Recognizing also that the small Territories are particularly vulnerable to natural disasters and environmental degradation,", "Recognizing further that foreign economic investment, when undertaken in cooperation with the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and in accordance with their wishes, can make a valid contribution to the socio-economic development of those Territories and also to the exercise of their right to self-determination,", "Concerned about any activities aimed at exploiting the natural and human resources of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to the detriment of the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories,", "Bearing in mind the relevant provisions of the final documents of the successive Conferences of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries and the resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, the Pacific Islands Forum and the Caribbean Community,", "1. Reaffirms the right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to self-determination in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and its resolution 1514 (XV), containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, as well as their right to enjoy their natural resources and to dispose of those resources as appropriate;", "2. Affirms the value of foreign economic investment in collaboration with the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and in accordance with their wishes to make a valid contribution to the socio-economic development of those Territories, especially in times of economic and financial crisis;", "3. Reaffirms the responsibility of the Charter to the administering Powers to promote the political, economic, social and educational advancement of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and reaffirms the legitimate rights of the peoples of those Territories over their natural resources;", "4. Reaffirms its concern about any activities aimed at exploiting the natural resources that constitute the heritage of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, including indigenous populations, the Caribbean, the Pacific and other regions, and to exploit their human resources, to the detriment of their interests and in such a manner that deprives them of their right to dispose of those resources;", "5. Reaffirms the need to avoid any economic or other activity that adversely affects the interests of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "6. Once again calls upon all Governments that have not yet done so, in accordance with the relevant provisions of its resolution 2621 (XXV) of 12 October 1970, to take legislative, administrative or other measures with respect to their nationals and legal persons under their jurisdiction who possess and exploit enterprises in Non-Self-Governing Territories that are detrimental to the interests of the inhabitants of those Territories, in order to terminate the activities of those enterprises;", "7. Calls upon the administering Powers to ensure that the exploitation of the marine resources and other natural resources of the administering Non-Self-Governing Territories is not carried out in violation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations or adversely affect the interests of the peoples of those Territories;", "8. Invites all Governments and organizations of the United Nations system to take all possible measures to ensure that the permanent sovereignty of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories over their natural resources is fully respected and protected, in accordance with United Nations resolutions on decolonization;", "9. Urges the administering Powers concerned to take effective measures to safeguard and guarantee the inalienable right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to their natural resources and their right to establish and maintain control over the future exploitation of those resources, and requests the administering Powers to take all necessary measures to protect the property rights of the peoples of those Territories, in accordance with United Nations resolutions on decolonization;", "10. Calls upon the administering Powers concerned to ensure that there are no discriminatory working conditions in the Territories under their administration and to promote in each Territory an equitable wage regime applicable to all inhabitants without any discrimination;", "11. Requests the Secretary-General, by all means at his disposal, to continue to inform world public opinion of any activity affecting the exercise of the right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to self-determination in accordance with the Charter and its resolution 1514 (XV);", "12. Calls upon trade unions and non-governmental organizations, as well as individuals, to continue their efforts to promote the economic well-being of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and also calls upon the media to provide information on developments in this regard;", "13. Decides to continue to study the situation in the Non-Self-Governing Territories with a view to ensuring that all economic activities in the Non-Self-Governing Territories are aimed at strengthening and diversifying their economies for the benefit of the peoples of those Territories, including indigenous peoples, and to promote their economic and financial viability;", "14. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to consider this question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23), chap. V." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/432)]", "66/84. Aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales por los organismos especializados y las instituciones internacionales relacionadas con las Naciones Unidas", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo examinado el tema titulado “Aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales por los organismos especializados y las instituciones internacionales relacionadas con las Naciones Unidas”,", "Habiendo examinado también el informe del Secretario General[1] y el informe del Consejo Económico y Social[2] sobre el tema,", "Habiendo examinado además el capítulo del informe del Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales sobre la labor realizada en 2011 en relación con el tema[3],", "Recordando sus resoluciones 1514 (XV), de 14 de diciembre de 1960, y 1541 (XV), de 15 de diciembre de 1960, y las resoluciones del Comité Especial, así como otras resoluciones y decisiones pertinentes, incluida, en particular, la resolución 2010/30 del Consejo Económico y Social, de 23 de julio de 2010,", "Teniendo presentes las disposiciones pertinentes de los documentos finales de las sucesivas Conferencias de Jefes de Estado o de Gobierno de los Países No Alineados y de las resoluciones aprobadas por la Asamblea de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno de la Unión Africana, el Foro de las Islas del Pacífico y la Comunidad del Caribe,", "Consciente de la necesidad de facilitar la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales, que figura en su resolución 1514 (XV),", "Observando que la gran mayoría de los Territorios que aún no son autónomos son pequeños Territorios insulares,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la asistencia que han prestado a los Territorios no autónomos algunos organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, especialmente el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito también que los Territorios no autónomos que son miembros asociados de las comisiones regionales participen en calidad de observadores en las conferencias mundiales sobre cuestiones económicas y sociales, con sujeción a lo dispuesto en el reglamento de la Asamblea General y de conformidad con las resoluciones y decisiones pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas, en particular las de la Asamblea y el Comité Especial relativas a determinados Territorios,", "Observando que sólo algunos organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas han prestado asistencia a los Territorios no autónomos,", "Destacando que, por ser limitadas sus posibilidades de desarrollo, los pequeños Territorios insulares no autónomos enfrentan problemas especiales en la planificación y consecución del desarrollo sostenible y tendrán dificultades para solucionar esos problemas si no cuentan con la cooperación y asistencia constantes de los organismos especializados y demás organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas,", "Destacando también la importancia de obtener los recursos necesarios para financiar la ampliación de los programas de asistencia a los pueblos de que se trata y la necesidad de conseguir el apoyo de todas las principales instituciones de financiación del sistema de las Naciones Unidas con ese fin,", "Reafirmando los mandatos conferidos a los organismos especializados y a otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas para que adopten todas las medidas que corresponda, en sus respectivas esferas de competencia, a fin de lograr la plena aplicación de su resolución 1514 (XV) y otras resoluciones pertinentes,", "Expresando su reconocimiento a la Unión Africana, el Foro de las Islas del Pacífico, la Comunidad del Caribe y otras organizaciones regionales por la cooperación y la asistencia que han seguido prestando a los organismos especializados y a otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas a ese respecto,", "Expresando su convicción de que las consultas y los contactos más estrechos entre los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y las organizaciones regionales ayudan a facilitar la formulación de programas de asistencia a los pueblos de que se trata,", "Consciente de la necesidad imperiosa de mantener en examen permanente las actividades de los organismos especializados y de otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas relacionadas con la aplicación de las diversas resoluciones y decisiones de las Naciones Unidas relativas a la descolonización,", "Teniendo presentes la extrema fragilidad de la economía de los pequeños Territorios insulares no autónomos y su vulnerabilidad a los desastres naturales, como huracanes, ciclones y elevaciones del nivel del mar, y recordando sus resoluciones pertinentes,", "Recordando su resolución 65/110, de 10 de diciembre de 2010, relativa a la aplicación de la Declaración por los organismos especializados y las instituciones internacionales relacionadas con las Naciones Unidas,", "1. Toma nota del informe del Secretario General¹;", "2. Recomienda a todos los Estados que redoblen sus esfuerzos en los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas de que sean miembros para asegurar la aplicación plena y eficaz de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales, que figura en su resolución 1514 (XV), y demás resoluciones pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas;", "3. Reafirma que los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones e instituciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas deben seguir guiándose por las resoluciones pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas en sus esfuerzos por contribuir a la aplicación de la Declaración y de todas las demás resoluciones pertinentes de la Asamblea General;", "4. Reafirma también que el reconocimiento por la Asamblea General, el Consejo de Seguridad y otros órganos de las Naciones Unidas de la legitimidad de la aspiración de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos a ejercer su derecho a la libre determinación entraña necesariamente la prestación de toda la asistencia que corresponda a esos pueblos;", "5. Expresa su reconocimiento a los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas que han seguido cooperando con las Naciones Unidas y las organizaciones regionales y subregionales en la aplicación de su resolución 1514 (XV) y demás resoluciones pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas, y solicita a todos los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas que apliquen las disposiciones pertinentes de esas resoluciones;", "6. Solicita a los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas que intensifiquen su implicación en la labor del Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales como elemento importante de la aplicación de su resolución 1514 (XV), incluida la posible participación en los seminarios regionales sobre descolonización, por invitación del Comité Especial;", "7. Solicita a los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, así como a las organizaciones regionales e internacionales, que examinen las condiciones imperantes en cada Territorio y que adopten las medidas apropiadas a fin de acelerar el progreso de los Territorios en los sectores económico y social;", "8. Insta a los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas que aún no hayan brindado asistencia a los Territorios no autónomos a que lo hagan lo antes posible;", "9. Solicita a los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones e instituciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, así como a las organizaciones regionales, que fortalezcan las medidas de apoyo existentes y que formulen programas de asistencia adecuados para los Territorios que aún no son autónomos, en el marco de sus respectivos mandatos, a fin de acelerar el progreso de esos Territorios en los sectores económico y social;", "10. Solicita a los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas que proporcionen información sobre:", "a) Los problemas ambientales que enfrentan los Territorios no autónomos;", "b) Las consecuencias que tengan en esos Territorios desastres naturales, como los huracanes y las erupciones volcánicas, y problemas ambientales de otra índole, como la erosión de las playas y costas y las sequías;", "c) Los medios de prestar asistencia a esos Territorios en la lucha contra el tráfico de drogas, el blanqueo de dinero y otras actividades ilícitas y delictivas;", "d) La explotación ilícita de los recursos marinos y otros recursos naturales de los Territorios y la necesidad de utilizar esos recursos en beneficio de los pueblos de esos Territorios;", "11. Recomienda a los jefes ejecutivos de los organismos especializados y de otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas que formulen, con la activa colaboración de las organizaciones regionales competentes, propuestas concretas para lograr la aplicación plena de las resoluciones pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas, y que presenten esas propuestas a sus órganos rectores y legislativos;", "12. Recomienda también a los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas que sigan examinando en las reuniones ordinarias de sus órganos rectores la aplicación de su resolución 1514 (XV) y demás resoluciones pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas;", "13. Recuerda la aprobación por la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe de la resolución 574 (XXVII), de 16 de mayo de 1998[4], en la que pedía que se establecieran los mecanismos necesarios para que sus miembros asociados, incluidos los Territorios no autónomos, participaran en los períodos extraordinarios de sesiones de la Asamblea General, con sujeción al reglamento de la Asamblea, a fin de examinar y evaluar la aplicación de los planes de acción de las conferencias mundiales de las Naciones Unidas en las que los Territorios hubieran participado inicialmente en calidad de observadores, así como en la labor del Consejo Económico y Social y de sus órganos subsidiarios;", "14. Solicita a la Presidencia del Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales que siga manteniendo estrechos contactos con la Presidencia del Consejo Económico y Social en relación con estas cuestiones;", "15. Recuerda que el Departamento de Información Pública y el Departamento de Asuntos Políticos de la Secretaría, en consulta con el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, los organismos especializados y el Comité Especial, publicaron un folleto informativo sobre los programas de asistencia que tienen a su disposición los Territorios no autónomos, que fue actualizado para incluirlo en el sitio web de las Naciones Unidas sobre descolonización, y solicita que ese folleto se siga actualizando y difundiendo ampliamente;", "16. Acoge con beneplácito que el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo siga esforzándose por mantener estrechos contactos con los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, en particular la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe y la Comisión Económica y Social para Asia y el Pacífico, y por prestar asistencia a los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos;", "17. Alienta a los Territorios no autónomos a que adopten medidas para establecer o reforzar las instituciones y políticas relacionadas con la preparación y gestión en casos de desastre, entre otras cosas, con la asistencia de los organismos especializados pertinentes;", "18. Solicita a las Potencias administradoras que, según proceda, faciliten la participación de los representantes designados y elegidos de los Territorios no autónomos en las reuniones y conferencias pertinentes de los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, de conformidad con las resoluciones y decisiones pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas, en particular las de la Asamblea General y del Comité Especial relativas a determinados Territorios, de manera que las actividades conexas de esos organismos y organizaciones beneficien a los Territorios no autónomos;", "19. Recomienda a todos los gobiernos que intensifiquen sus actividades en los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas de los cuales sean miembros para que se dé prioridad a la cuestión de prestar asistencia a los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos;", "20. Solicita al Secretario General que siga ayudando a los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas a idear medidas apropiadas para aplicar las resoluciones pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas y que, con la asistencia de dichos organismos y organizaciones, prepare un informe sobre las medidas adoptadas desde la distribución de su informe anterior para aplicar las resoluciones pertinentes, incluida la presente, a fin de presentarlo a los órganos competentes;", "21. Encomia al Consejo Económico y Social por sus deliberaciones y su resolución sobre esta cuestión, y le solicita que, en consulta con el Comité Especial, siga examinando medidas apropiadas para coordinar las políticas y actividades de los organismos especializados y de otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en la aplicación de las resoluciones pertinentes de la Asamblea General;", "22. Solicita a los organismos especializados que informen periódicamente al Secretario General sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución;", "23. Solicita al Secretario General que transmita la presente resolución a los órganos rectores de los organismos especializados y las instituciones internacionales competentes relacionadas con las Naciones Unidas a fin de que estos puedan adoptar las medidas necesarias para cumplir lo dispuesto en ella, y le solicita también que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución;", "24. Solicita al Comité Especial que siga examinando la cuestión y que la informe al respecto en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/66/63.", "[2]  E/2011/73 y Add.1.", "[3]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 23 (A/66/23), cap. VI.", "[4]  Véase Documentos Oficiales del Consejo Económico y Social, 1998, Suplemento núm. 21 (E/1998/41), secc. III.G." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/432)]", "66/84. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the item entitled “Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations”,", "Having also considered the report of the Secretary-General[1] and the report of the Economic and Social Council[2] on the item,", "Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2011 relating to the item,[3]", "Recalling its resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 and 1541 (XV) of 15 December 1960 and the resolutions of the Special Committee, as well as other relevant resolutions and decisions, including in particular Economic and Social Council resolution 2010/30 of 23 July 2010,", "Bearing in mind the relevant provisions of the final documents of the successive Conferences of Heads of State or Government of Non-Aligned Countries and of the resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, the Pacific Islands Forum and the Caribbean Community,", "Conscious of the need to facilitate the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in resolution 1514 (XV),", "Noting that the large majority of the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories are small island Territories,", "Welcoming the assistance extended to Non-Self-Governing Territories by certain specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Development Programme,", "Welcoming also the participation in the capacity of observers of those Non‑Self-Governing Territories that are associate members of regional commissions in the world conferences in the economic and social spheres, subject to the rules of procedure of the General Assembly and in accordance with relevant resolutions and decisions of the United Nations, including resolutions and decisions of the Assembly and the Special Committee on specific Territories,", "Noting that only some specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system have been involved in providing assistance to Non-Self-Governing Territories,", "Stressing that, because the development options of the small island Non-Self-Governing Territories are limited, there are special challenges to planning for and implementing sustainable development and that those Territories will be constrained in meeting the challenges without the continuing cooperation and assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system,", "Stressing also the importance of securing the resources necessary for funding expanded programmes of assistance for the peoples concerned and the need to enlist the support of all major funding institutions within the United Nations system in that regard,", "Reaffirming the mandates of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to take all appropriate measures, within their respective spheres of competence, to ensure the full implementation of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions,", "Expressing its appreciation to the African Union, the Pacific Islands Forum, the Caribbean Community and other regional organizations for the continued cooperation and assistance they have extended to the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system in this regard,", "Expressing its conviction that closer contacts and consultations between and among the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system and regional organizations help to facilitate the effective formulation of programmes of assistance to the peoples concerned,", "Mindful of the imperative need to keep under continuous review the activities of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system in the implementation of the various resolutions and decisions of the United Nations relating to decolonization,", "Bearing in mind the extremely fragile economies of the small island Non-Self-Governing Territories and their vulnerability to natural disasters, such as hurricanes, cyclones and sea-level rise, and recalling the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 65/110 of 10 December 2010 on the implementation of the Declaration by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;¹", "2. Recommends that all States intensify their efforts in the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system in which they are members to ensure the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;", "3. Reaffirms that the specialized agencies and other organizations and institutions of the United Nations system should continue to be guided by the relevant resolutions of the United Nations in their efforts to contribute to the implementation of the Declaration and all other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;", "4. Also reaffirms that the recognition by the General Assembly, the Security Council and other United Nations organs of the legitimacy of the aspirations of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to exercise their right to self‑determination entails, as a corollary, the extension of all appropriate assistance to those peoples;", "5. Expresses its appreciation to those specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system that have continued to cooperate with the United Nations and the regional and subregional organizations in the implementation of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations, and requests all the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to implement the relevant provisions of those resolutions;", "6. Requests the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to intensify their engagement with the work of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples as an important element for the implementation of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), including possible participation at the regional seminars on decolonization, upon the invitation of the Special Committee;", "7. Requests the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system and international and regional organizations to examine and review conditions in each Territory so as to take appropriate measures to accelerate progress in the economic and social sectors of the Territories;", "8. Urges those specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system that have not yet provided assistance to Non-Self-Governing Territories to do so as soon as possible;", "9. Requests the specialized agencies and other organizations and institutions of the United Nations system and regional organizations to strengthen existing measures of support and formulate appropriate programmes of assistance to the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories, within the framework of their respective mandates, in order to accelerate progress in the economic and social sectors of those Territories;", "10. Requests the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system concerned to provide information on:", "(a) Environmental problems facing the Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "(b) The impact of natural disasters, such as hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, and other environmental problems, such as beach and coastal erosion and droughts, on those Territories;", "(c) Ways and means to assist the Territories to fight drug trafficking, money-laundering and other illegal and criminal activities;", "(d) Illegal exploitation of the marine and other natural resources of the Territories and the need to utilize those resources for the benefit of the peoples of the Territories;", "11. Recommends that the executive heads of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system formulate, with the active cooperation of the regional organizations concerned, concrete proposals for the full implementation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and submit the proposals to their governing and legislative organs;", "12. Also recommends that the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system continue to review at the regular meetings of their governing bodies the implementation of General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;", "13. Recalls the adoption by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean of its resolution 574 (XXVII) of 16 May 1998,[4] calling for the necessary mechanisms for its associate members, including Non-Self-Governing Territories, to participate in the special sessions of the General Assembly, subject to the rules of procedure of the Assembly, to review and assess the implementation of the plans of action of those United Nations world conferences in which the Territories originally participated in the capacity of observer, and in the work of the Economic and Social Council and its subsidiary bodies;", "14. Requests the Chair of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to maintain close contact on these matters with the President of the Economic and Social Council;", "15. Recalls the publication by the Department of Public Information and the Department of Political Affairs of the Secretariat, in consultation with the United Nations Development Programme, the specialized agencies and the Special Committee, of an information leaflet on assistance programmes available to the Non-Self-Governing Territories, which was updated for the United Nations website on decolonization, and requests its continued updating and wide dissemination;", "16. Welcomes the continuing efforts made by the United Nations Development Programme in maintaining close liaison among the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, including the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and in providing assistance to the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "17. Encourages the Non-Self-Governing Territories to take steps to establish and/or strengthen disaster preparedness and management institutions and policies, inter alia, with the assistance of the relevant specialized agencies;", "18. Requests the administering Powers concerned to facilitate, when appropriate, the participation of appointed and elected representatives of Non-Self-Governing Territories in the relevant meetings and conferences of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in accordance with relevant resolutions and decisions of the United Nations, including resolutions and decisions of the General Assembly and the Special Committee on specific Territories, so that the Territories may benefit from the related activities of those agencies and organizations;", "19. Recommends that all Governments intensify their efforts in the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system of which they are members to accord priority to the question of providing assistance to the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "20. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to assist the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system in working out appropriate measures for implementing the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and to prepare for submission to the relevant bodies, with the assistance of those agencies and organizations, a report on the action taken in implementation of the relevant resolutions, including the present resolution, since the circulation of his previous report;", "21. Commends the Economic and Social Council for its debate and resolution on this question, and requests it to continue to consider, in consultation with the Special Committee, appropriate measures for the coordination of the policies and activities of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system in implementing the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;", "22. Requests the specialized agencies to report periodically to the Secretary-General on the implementation of the present resolution;", "23. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the governing bodies of the appropriate specialized agencies and international institutions associated with the United Nations so that those bodies may take the measures necessary to implement it, and also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;", "24. Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine the question and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  A/66/63.", "[2]  E/2011/73 and Add.1.", "[3]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23), chap. VI.", "[4]  See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1998, Supplement No. 21 (E/1998/41), sect. III.G." ]
A_RES_66_84
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/432)]", "66/84. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the item entitled “Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations”,", "Having also considered the report of the Secretary-General[1] and the report of the Economic and Social Council[2] on the subject,", "Having further considered the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples on the work of 2011 under the item,[3]", "Recalling its resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 and 1541 (XV) of 15 December 1960 and the resolutions of the Special Committee, as well as other relevant resolutions and decisions, including, in particular, Economic and Social Council resolution 2010/30 of 23 July 2010,", "Bearing in mind the relevant provisions of the final documents of the successive Conferences of Heads of State or Government of the Non-Aligned Countries and the resolutions adopted by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union, the Pacific Islands Forum and the Caribbean Community,", "Mindful of the need to facilitate the implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in its resolution 1514 (XV),", "Noting that the vast majority of the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories are small island Territories,", "Welcoming the assistance provided to the Non-Self-Governing Territories by some specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Development Programme,", "Welcoming also the participation of the Non-Self-Governing Territories associated with the regional commissions as observers in the global conferences on economic and social matters, subject to the rules of procedure of the General Assembly and in accordance with the relevant resolutions and decisions of the United Nations, in particular those of the Assembly and the Special Committee on Certain Territories,", "Noting that only some specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system have assisted the Non-Self-Governing Territories,", "Stressing that, because their development potential is limited, the small island Non-Self-Governing Territories face special problems in the planning and implementation of sustainable development and will have difficulties in solving those problems without the continued cooperation and assistance of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system,", "Stressing also the importance of obtaining the necessary resources to finance the expansion of assistance programmes to the peoples concerned and the need to secure the support of all major funding institutions of the United Nations system for that purpose,", "Reaffirming the mandates given to the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to take all appropriate measures, in their respective areas of competence, to achieve the full implementation of its resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions,", "Expressing its appreciation to the African Union, the Pacific Islands Forum, the Caribbean Community and other regional organizations for their continued cooperation and assistance to the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system in this regard,", "Expressing its conviction that closer consultations and contacts between the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system and regional organizations help to facilitate the formulation of programmes of assistance to the peoples concerned,", "Mindful of the imperative need to keep under continuous review the activities of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system related to the implementation of the various United Nations resolutions and decisions on decolonization,", "Bearing in mind the extreme fragility of the economy of the small island Non-Self-Governing Territories and their vulnerability to natural disasters, such as hurricanes, cyclones and sea-level rises, and recalling its relevant resolutions,", "Recalling its resolution 65/110 of 10 December 2010 on the implementation of the Declaration by the specialized agencies and the international institutions associated with the United Nations,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;1", "2. Recommends that all States intensify their efforts in the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to be members to ensure the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, contained in its resolution 1514 (XV), and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;", "3. Reaffirms that the specialized agencies and other organizations and institutions of the United Nations system should continue to be guided by the relevant resolutions of the United Nations in their efforts to contribute to the implementation of the Declaration and all other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;", "4. Reaffirms also that the recognition by the General Assembly, the Security Council and other United Nations bodies of the legitimacy of the aspiration of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to exercise their right to self-determination necessarily entails the provision of all appropriate assistance to those peoples;", "5. Expresses its appreciation to the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system that have continued to cooperate with the United Nations and regional and subregional organizations in the implementation of its resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations, and requests all the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to implement the relevant provisions of those resolutions;", "6. Requests the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to intensify their involvement in the work of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples as an important element in the implementation of its resolution 1514 (XV), including possible participation in the regional seminars on decolonization, at the invitation of the Special Committee;", "7. Requests the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, as well as regional and international organizations, to review the conditions in each Territory and to take appropriate measures to accelerate the progress of the Territories in the economic and social sectors;", "8. Urges the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system that have not yet provided assistance to the Non-Self-Governing Territories to do so as soon as possible;", "9. Requests the specialized agencies and other organizations and institutions of the United Nations system, as well as regional organizations, to strengthen existing support measures and to develop appropriate assistance programmes for the Non-Self-Governing Territories, within their respective mandates, in order to accelerate the progress of those Territories in the economic and social sectors;", "10. Requests the specialized agencies and other relevant organizations of the United Nations system to provide information on:", "(a) The environmental problems facing the Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "(b) The consequences of natural disasters in those Territories, such as hurricanes and volcanic eruptions, and other environmental problems, such as the erosion of beaches and coasts and droughts;", "(c) The means of assisting those Territories in combating drug trafficking, money-laundering and other illicit and criminal activities;", "(d) The illicit exploitation of the marine resources and other natural resources of the Territories and the need to use those resources for the benefit of the peoples of those Territories;", "11. Recommends that the executive heads of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system formulate, with the active cooperation of the relevant regional organizations, concrete proposals for the full implementation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations, and submit those proposals to their governing and legislative bodies;", "12. Also recommends that the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system continue to review at the regular meetings of their governing bodies the implementation of its resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;", "13. Recalls the adoption by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean of resolution 574 (XXVII) of 16 May 1998[4], in which it requested the establishment of the necessary mechanisms for its associate members, including the Non-Self-Governing Territories, to participate in the special sessions of the General Assembly, subject to the rules of procedure of the Assembly, in order to review and evaluate the implementation of the plans of action of the world conferences of the Territories", "14. Requests the Chair of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to maintain close contacts with the President of the Economic and Social Council on these matters;", "15. Recalls that the Department of Public Information and the Department of Political Affairs of the Secretariat, in consultation with the United Nations Development Programme, the specialized agencies and the Special Committee, issued an information leaflet on assistance programmes available to the Non-Self-Governing Territories, which was updated to include it on the United Nations website on decolonization, and requests that this booklet be further updated and widely disseminated;", "16. Welcomes the continued efforts of the United Nations Development Programme to maintain close contacts with the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, and to assist the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "17. Encourages the Non-Self-Governing Territories to take steps to establish or strengthen disaster preparedness and management institutions and policies, including with the assistance of the relevant specialized agencies;", "18. Requests the administering Powers, as appropriate, to facilitate the participation of the designated and elected representatives of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in the relevant meetings and conferences of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in accordance with the relevant resolutions and decisions of the United Nations, in particular those of the General Assembly and the Special Committee relating to specific Territories, so that the related activities of those agencies and organizations benefit the Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "19. Recommends that all Governments intensify their activities in the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system of which they are members to give priority to the issue of assisting the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "20. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to assist the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system in devising appropriate measures to implement the relevant resolutions of the United Nations and, with the assistance of those agencies and organizations, to prepare a report on measures taken since the distribution of his previous report to implement the relevant resolutions, including the present, in order to submit it to the relevant bodies;", "21. Commends the Economic and Social Council for its deliberations and resolution on this issue, and requests the Council, in consultation with the Special Committee, to continue to consider appropriate measures to coordinate the policies and activities of the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system in the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly;", "22. Requests the specialized agencies to report regularly to the Secretary-General on the implementation of the present resolution;", "23. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the present resolution to the governing bodies of the relevant specialized agencies and international institutions associated with the United Nations so that they can take the necessary measures to comply with the provisions of the present resolution, and also requests the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session to report on the implementation of the present resolution;", "24. Requests the Special Committee to continue its consideration of the matter and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] A/66/63.", "[2] E/2011/73 and Add.1.", "[3] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23), chap. VI.", "[4] See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 1998, Supplement No. 21 (E/1998/41), sect. III.G." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/433)]", "66/85. Facilidades de estudio y formación profesional ofrecidas por los Estados Miembros a los habitantes de los Territorios no autónomos", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 65/111, de 10 de diciembre de 2010,", "Habiendo examinado el informe del Secretario General sobre las facilidades de estudio y formación profesional ofrecidas por los Estados Miembros a los habitantes de los Territorios no autónomos[1], preparado en cumplimiento de su resolución 845 (IX), de 22 de noviembre de 1954,", "Consciente de la importancia de promover el adelanto educativo de los habitantes de los Territorios no autónomos,", "Firmemente convencida de que es indispensable que se sigan ofreciendo becas y se aumente su número a fin de satisfacer la creciente necesidad de los estudiantes de los Territorios no autónomos de recibir asistencia en materia de educación y formación profesional, y considerando que se debe alentar a los estudiantes de dichos Territorios a aprovechar esos ofrecimientos,", "1. Toma nota del informe del Secretario General¹;", "2. Expresa su reconocimiento a los Estados Miembros que han ofrecido becas para los habitantes de los Territorios no autónomos;", "3. Invita a todos los Estados a ofrecer o seguir ofreciendo generosamente facilidades de estudio y formación profesional a los habitantes de los Territorios que aún no hayan alcanzado la autonomía o la independencia y a proporcionar a los becarios, cuando sea posible, fondos para sus viajes;", "4. Insta a las Potencias administradoras a que adopten medidas eficaces para que en los Territorios bajo su administración se difunda de manera amplia y continua la información sobre las oportunidades de estudio y formación profesional ofrecidas por los Estados y a que den todas las facilidades necesarias para que los estudiantes puedan aprovechar esos ofrecimientos;", "5. Solicita al Secretario General que, en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, la informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución;", "6. Señala la presente resolución a la atención del Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/66/68 y A/66/68/Add.1." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/433)]", "66/85. Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 65/111 of 10 December 2010,", "Having examined the report of the Secretary-General on offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories,[1] prepared pursuant to its resolution 845 (IX) of 22 November 1954,", "Conscious of the importance of promoting the educational advancement of the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories,", "Strongly convinced that the continuation and expansion of offers of scholarships is essential in order to meet the increasing need of students from Non-Self-Governing Territories for educational and training assistance, and considering that students in those Territories should be encouraged to avail themselves of such offers,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;¹", "2. Expresses its appreciation to those Member States that have made scholarships available to the inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "3. Invites all States to make or continue to make generous offers of study and training facilities to the inhabitants of those Territories that have not yet attained self-government or independence and, wherever possible, to provide travel funds to prospective students;", "4. Urges the administering Powers to take effective measures to ensure the widespread and continuous dissemination in the Territories under their administration of information relating to offers of study and training facilities made by States and to provide all the necessary facilities to enable students to avail themselves of such offers;", "5. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution;", "6. Draws the attention of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  A/66/68 and Add.1." ]
A_RES_66_85
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/433)]", "66/85. Offers by Member States of study and training facilities for inhabitants of Non-Self-Governing Territories", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 65/111 of 10 December 2010,", "Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the facilities of study and training offered by Member States to the inhabitants of the Non-Self-Governing Territories[1], prepared pursuant to its resolution 845 (IX) of 22 November 1954,", "Mindful of the importance of promoting the educational advancement of the inhabitants of the Non-Self-Governing Territories,", "Firmly convinced that it is essential that scholarships continue to be offered and their number increased in order to meet the growing need for students from Non-Self-Governing Territories to receive education and vocational training assistance, and considering that students from those Territories should be encouraged to avail themselves of such offers,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;1", "2. Expresses its appreciation to those Member States that have offered scholarships to the inhabitants of the Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "3. " Invites all States to offer or continue to provide generously study and vocational training facilities to the inhabitants of the Territories that have not yet achieved autonomy or independence and to provide, where possible, funds for their travel to the fellows;", "4. Urges the administering Powers to take effective measures to ensure that information on the opportunities of study and vocational training offered by States is widely and continuously disseminated in the Territories under their administration and to provide all necessary facilities to enable students to avail themselves of such offers;", "5. Requests the Secretary-General, at its sixty-seventh session, to report on the implementation of the present resolution;", "6. He drew attention to the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] A/66/68 and A/66/68/Add.1." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/434)]", "66/86. Cuestión del Sáhara Occidental", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo examinado a fondo la cuestión del Sáhara Occidental,", "Reafirmando el derecho inalienable de todos los pueblos a la libre determinación y a la independencia, de conformidad con los principios enunciados en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y en su resolución 1514 (XV), de 14 de diciembre de 1960, en la que figura la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales,", "Reconociendo que todas las opciones disponibles para la libre determinación de los Territorios son válidas siempre que se ajusten a los deseos libremente expresados del pueblo de que se trate y sean compatibles con los principios claramente definidos que figuran en las resoluciones 1514 (XV), de 14 de diciembre de 1960, 1541 (XV), de 15 de diciembre de 1960, y otras resoluciones de la Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 65/112, de 10 de diciembre de 2010,", "Recordando también todas las resoluciones de la Asamblea General y el Consejo de Seguridad relativas a la cuestión del Sáhara Occidental,", "Recordando además las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad 658 (1990), de 27 de junio de 1990, 690 (1991), de 29 de abril de 1991, 1359 (2001), de 29 de junio de 2001, 1429 (2002), de 30 de julio de 2002, 1495 (2003), de 31 de julio de 2003, 1541 (2004), de 29 de abril de 2004, 1570 (2004), de 28 de octubre de 2004, 1598 (2005), de 28 de abril de 2005, 1634 (2005), de 28 de octubre de 2005, 1675 (2006), de 28 de abril de 2006, y 1720 (2006), de 31 de octubre de 2006,", "Subrayando la aprobación de las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad 1754 (2007), de 30 de abril de 2007, 1783 (2007), de 31 de octubre de 2007, 1813 (2008), de 30 de abril de 2008, 1871 (2009), de 30 de abril de 2009, 1920 (2010), de 30 de abril de 2010, y 1979 (2011), de 27 de abril de 2011,", "Expresando su satisfacción por que las partes se reunieran los días 18 y 19 de junio de 2007, 10 y 11 de agosto de 2007, del 7 al 9 de enero de 2008 y del 16 al 18 de marzo de 2008 bajo los auspicios del Enviado Personal del Secretario General para el Sáhara Occidental y en presencia de los países vecinos, y hayan acordado continuar las negociaciones,", "Expresando su satisfacción también ante la celebración de ocho reuniones oficiosas convocadas por el Enviado Personal del Secretario General los días 9 y 10 de agosto de 2009 en Dürnstein (Austria), los días 10 y 11 de febrero de 2010 en el condado de Westchester, Nueva York (Estados Unidos de América), del 7 al 10 de noviembre de 2010, del 16 al 18 de diciembre de 2010 y del 21 al 23 de enero de 2011 en Long Island, Nueva York, del 7 al 9 de marzo de 2011 en Mallieha (Malta), y del 5 al 7 de junio de 2011 y del 19 al 21 de julio de 2011 en Long Island, para preparar la quinta ronda de negociaciones,", "Exhortando a todas las partes y los Estados de la región a que cooperen plenamente con el Secretario General y su Enviado Personal, y entre sí,", "Reafirmando la responsabilidad de las Naciones Unidas hacia el pueblo del Sáhara Occidental,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito en este sentido las gestiones del Secretario General y su Enviado Personal para encontrar una solución política mutuamente aceptable a la controversia que conduzca a la libre determinación del pueblo del Sáhara Occidental,", "Habiendo examinado el capítulo pertinente del informe del Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales sobre la labor realizada en 2011[1],", "Habiendo examinado también el informe del Secretario General sobre la cuestión del Sáhara Occidental[2],", "1. Toma nota del informe del Secretario General²;", "2. Apoya el proceso de negociaciones que se inició con la resolución 1754 (2007) del Consejo de Seguridad y continuó con las resoluciones del Consejo 1783 (2007), 1813 (2008), 1871 (2009), 1920 (2010) y 1979 (2011) con miras a lograr una solución política justa, duradera y mutuamente aceptable que conduzca a la libre determinación del pueblo del Sáhara Occidental, y encomia al Secretario General y a su Enviado Personal por sus esfuerzos en este sentido;", "3. Acoge con beneplácito el compromiso de las partes de seguir mostrando voluntad política y trabajando en una atmósfera propicia al diálogo, a fin de entrar en una fase más intensiva de las negociaciones, de buena fe y sin condiciones previas, tomando nota de los esfuerzos realizados y los acontecimientos ocurridos desde 2006, asegurando de este modo la aplicación de las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad 1754 (2007), 1783 (2007), 1813 (2008), 1871 (2009), 1920 (2010) y 1979 (2011) y el éxito de las negociaciones;", "4. Acoge con beneplácito también las negociaciones en curso entre las partes, celebradas los días 18 y 19 de junio de 2007, 10 y 11 de agosto de 2007, del 7 al 9 de enero de 2008 y del 16 al 18 de marzo de 2008 en presencia de los países vecinos y bajo los auspicios de las Naciones Unidas;", "5. Exhorta a las partes a que cooperen con el Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja y a que cumplan las obligaciones que les incumben conforme al derecho internacional humanitario;", "6. Solicita al Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales que siga examinando la situación en el Sáhara Occidental y la informe al respecto en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones;", "7. Invita al Secretario General a que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 23 (A/66/23), cap. VIII.", "[2]  A/66/260." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/434)]", "66/86. Question of Western Sahara", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered in depth the question of Western Sahara,", "Reaffirming the inalienable right of all peoples to self-determination and independence, in accordance with the principles set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,", "Recognizing that all available options for self-determination of the Territories are valid as long as they are in accordance with the freely expressed wishes of the people concerned and in conformity with the clearly defined principles contained in General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 and 1541 (XV) of 15 December 1960 and other resolutions of the Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 65/112 of 10 December 2010,", "Recalling also all resolutions of the General Assembly and the Security Council on the question of Western Sahara,", "Recalling further Security Council resolutions 658 (1990) of 27 June 1990, 690 (1991) of 29 April 1991, 1359 (2001) of 29 June 2001, 1429 (2002) of 30 July 2002, 1495 (2003) of 31 July 2003, 1541 (2004) of 29 April 2004, 1570 (2004) of 28 October 2004, 1598 (2005) of 28 April 2005, 1634 (2005) of 28 October 2005, 1675 (2006) of 28 April 2006 and 1720 (2006) of 31 October 2006,", "Underlining the adoption of Security Council resolutions 1754 (2007) on 30 April 2007, 1783 (2007) on 31 October 2007, 1813 (2008) on 30 April 2008, 1871 (2009) on 30 April 2009, 1920 (2010) on 30 April 2010 and 1979 (2011) on 27 April 2011,", "Expressing its satisfaction that the parties met on 18 and 19 June 2007, on 10 and 11 August 2007, from 7 to 9 January 2008 and from 16 to 18 March 2008 under the auspices of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and in the presence of the neighbouring countries and that they have agreed to continue the negotiations,", "Also expressing its satisfaction at the holding of eight informal meetings convened by the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General on 9 and 10 August 2009 in Dürnstein, Austria, on 10 and 11 February 2010 in Westchester County, New York, United States of America, from 7 to 10 November 2010, from 16 to 18 December 2010 and from 21 to 23 January 2011, all on Long Island, New York, from 7 to 9 March 2011 in Mellieha, Malta, and from 5 to 7 June 2011 and from 19 to 21 July 2011, both on Long Island, to prepare for the fifth round of negotiations,", "Calling upon all the parties and the States of the region to cooperate fully with the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy and with each other,", "Reaffirming the responsibility of the United Nations towards the people of Western Sahara,", "Welcoming, in this regard, the efforts of the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy in search of a mutually acceptable political solution to the dispute, which will provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara,", "Having examined the relevant chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2011,[1]", "Having also examined the report of the Secretary-General on the question of Western Sahara,[2]", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;²", "2. Supports the process of negotiations initiated by Security Council resolution 1754 (2007) and further sustained by Council resolutions 1783 (2007), 1813 (2008), 1871 (2009), 1920 (2010) and 1979 (2011) with a view to achieving a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution, which will provide for the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, and commends the efforts undertaken by the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy in this respect;", "3. Welcomes the commitment of the parties to continue to show political will and work in an atmosphere propitious for dialogue, in order to enter into a more intensive phase of negotiations, in good faith and without preconditions, taking note of efforts and developments since 2006, thus ensuring implementation of Security Council resolutions 1754 (2007), 1783 (2007), 1813 (2008), 1871 (2009), 1920 (2010) and 1979 (2011) and the success of negotiations;", "4. Also welcomes the ongoing negotiations between the parties held on 18 and 19 June 2007, on 10 and 11 August 2007, from 7 to 9 January 2008 and from 16 to 18 March 2008 in the presence of the neighbouring countries and under the auspices of the United Nations;", "5. Calls upon the parties to cooperate with the International Committee of the Red Cross, and calls upon them to abide by their obligations under international humanitarian law;", "6. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to consider the situation in Western Sahara and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "7. Invites the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23), chap. VIII.", "[2]  A/66/260." ]
A_RES_66_86
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/434)]", "66/86. Question of Western Sahara", "The General Assembly,", "Having thoroughly considered the question of Western Sahara,", "Reaffirming the inalienable right of all peoples to self-determination and independence, in accordance with the principles set out in the Charter of the United Nations and in its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,", "Recognizing that all available options for the self-determination of the Territories are valid provided that they conform to the freely expressed wishes of the people concerned and are consistent with the clearly defined principles contained in resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, 1541 (XV) of 15 December 1960 and other resolutions of the General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 65/112 of 10 December 2010,", "Recalling also all General Assembly and Security Council resolutions on the question of Western Sahara,", "Recalling further Security Council resolutions 658 (1990) of 27 June 1990, 690 (1991) of 29 April 1991, 1359 (2001) of 29 June 2001, 1429 (2002) of 30 July 2002, 1495 (2003) of 31 July 2003, 1541 (2004) of 29 April 2004, 1570 (2004) of 28 October 2004, 1598 (2005) of 28 April 2005, 1634 (2005) of 28 October 2005, 1675 (2006)", "Underlining the adoption of Security Council resolutions 1754 (2007) of 30 April 2007, 1783 (2007) of 31 October 2007, 1813 (2008) of 30 April 2008, 1871 (2009) of 30 April 2009, 1920 (2010) of 30 April 2010 and 1979 (2011) of 27 April 2011,", "Expressing its satisfaction that the parties meet on 18 and 19 June 2007, 10 and 11 August 2007, from 7 to 9 January 2008 and from 16 to 18 March 2008 under the auspices of the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General for Western Sahara and in the presence of neighbouring countries, and have agreed to continue the negotiations,", "Expressing its satisfaction also at the holding of eight informal meetings convened by the Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General on 9 and 10 August 2009 in Dürnstein, Austria, on 10 and 11 February 2010 in Westchester County, New York, United States of America, from 7 to 10 November 2010, from 16 to 18 December 2010 and from 21 to 23 January 2011 in Long Island, New York, from 7 to 9 July 2011,", "Calling upon all parties and States of the region to cooperate fully with and among the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy,", "Reaffirming the responsibility of the United Nations towards the people of Western Sahara,", "Welcoming in this regard the efforts of the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy to find a mutually acceptable political solution to the dispute leading to the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara,", "Having considered the relevant chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in 2011[1],", "Having also considered the report of the Secretary-General on the question of Western Sahara[2],", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;2", "2. Supports the process of negotiations initiated by Security Council resolution 1754 (2007) and continued with Council resolutions 1783 (2007), 1813 (2008), 1871 (2009), 1920 (2010) and 1979 (2011) with a view to achieving a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution leading to the self-determination of the people of Western Sahara, and commends the Secretary-General and his Personal Envoy for their efforts in this regard;", "3. Welcomes the commitment of the parties to continue to show political will and to work in an atmosphere conducive to dialogue, in order to enter a more intensive phase of the negotiations, in good faith and without preconditions, taking note of the efforts and developments since 2006, thereby ensuring the implementation of Security Council resolutions 1754 (2007), 1783 (2007), 1813 (2008), 1871 (2009), 1920 (2010) and 1979 (2011) and the success of the negotiations;", "4. Also welcomes the ongoing negotiations between the parties, held on 18 and 19 June 2007, 10 and 11 August 2007, from 7 to 9 January 2008 and from 16 to 18 March 2008 in the presence of neighbouring countries and under the auspices of the United Nations;", "5. Calls upon the parties to cooperate with the International Committee of the Red Cross and to fulfil their obligations under international humanitarian law;", "6. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to examine the situation in Western Sahara and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "7. Invites the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23), chap. VIII.", "[2] A/66/260." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/434)]", "66/87. Cuestión de Nueva Caledonia", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo considerado la cuestión de Nueva Caledonia,", "Habiendo examinado el capítulo del informe del Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales sobre la labor realizada en 2011 relativo a Nueva Caledonia[1],", "Reafirmando el derecho de los pueblos a la libre determinación, consagrado en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 1514 (XV), de 14 de diciembre de 1960, y 1541 (XV), de 15 de diciembre de 1960,", "Observando la importancia de las medidas positivas que han venido adoptando en Nueva Caledonia las autoridades francesas, en colaboración con todos los sectores de la población, para fomentar el desarrollo político, económico y social en el Territorio, incluidas las medidas adoptadas en el ámbito de la protección ambiental y la acción contra el uso indebido y el tráfico de drogas, con objeto de establecer un marco para el avance pacífico del Territorio hacia la libre determinación,", "Observando también, en ese contexto, la importancia del desarrollo económico y social equitativo y del diálogo permanente entre las partes interesadas en la preparación del acto de libre determinación de Nueva Caledonia,", "Observando además la visita que realizó el Relator Especial sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas a Nueva Caledonia del 4 al 13 de febrero de 2011,", "Observando con satisfacción la intensificación de los contactos entre Nueva Caledonia y los países vecinos de la región del Pacífico Meridional,", "1. Acoge con beneplácito los importantes acontecimientos que han tenido lugar en Nueva Caledonia desde la firma del Acuerdo de Numea, el 5 de mayo de 1998, por representantes de Nueva Caledonia y del Gobierno de Francia[2];", "2. Insta a todas las partes interesadas a que, en bien de todo el pueblo de Nueva Caledonia, prosigan su diálogo en un espíritu de armonía, en el marco del Acuerdo de Numea, y, en ese contexto, acoge con beneplácito el acuerdo unánime alcanzado en París el 8 de diciembre de 2008 relativo al traspaso de poderes a Nueva Caledonia en 2009 y la celebración de elecciones provinciales en mayo de 2009;", "3. Observa las disposiciones pertinentes del Acuerdo de Numea que tienen por objeto lograr que en la organización política y social de Nueva Caledonia se tenga más en cuenta la identidad canaca y, en ese contexto, acoge con beneplácito la aprobación por el Gobierno de Nueva Caledonia, el 18 de agosto de 2010, de la ley relativa al himno, la divisa y el diseño de los billetes de banco;", "4. Observa también las dificultades existentes en relación con la cuestión de la bandera y la consiguiente crisis del Gabinete;", "5. Reconoce las disposiciones del Acuerdo de Numea relativas al control de la inmigración y la protección del empleo local, y observa que persiste un elevado desempleo entre los canacos y que continúa la contratación de mineros extranjeros;", "6. Observa las inquietudes expresadas por un grupo de pueblos indígenas de Nueva Caledonia sobre su insuficiente representación en las estructuras gubernamentales y sociales del Territorio;", "7. Observa también las preocupaciones expresadas por representantes de los pueblos indígenas sobre las incesantes corrientes migratorias y los efectos de la minería en el medio ambiente;", "8. Toma nota de las disposiciones pertinentes del Acuerdo de Numea a los efectos de que Nueva Caledonia pueda pasar a ser miembro o miembro asociado de ciertas organizaciones internacionales, como las organizaciones internacionales de la región del Pacífico, las Naciones Unidas, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura y la Organización Internacional del Trabajo, con arreglo a sus reglamentos;", "9. Observa el acuerdo a que llegaron los signatarios del Acuerdo de Numea en el sentido de que los progresos que se logren en el proceso de emancipación se señalen a la atención de las Naciones Unidas;", "10. Recuerda que la Potencia administradora invitó a Nueva Caledonia, en el momento en que se establecieron las nuevas instituciones, a una misión de información de la que formaban parte representantes de países de la región del Pacífico;", "11. Observa el fortalecimiento constante de los vínculos de Nueva Caledonia con la Unión Europea y con el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo en ámbitos como la cooperación económica y comercial, el medio ambiente, el cambio climático y los servicios financieros;", "12. Exhorta a la Potencia administradora a que siga transmitiendo al Secretario General la información que se requiere en el Artículo 73 e de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas;", "13. Invita a todas las partes interesadas a que sigan fomentando un marco para el progreso pacífico del Territorio hacia un acto de libre determinación en el que se brinden todas las opciones y se salvaguarden los derechos de todos los sectores de la población, de conformidad con la letra y el espíritu del Acuerdo de Numea, que se basa en el principio de que incumbe a los neocaledonios elegir la manera en que controlarán su destino;", "14. Recuerda con satisfacción las iniciativas de las autoridades francesas para resolver la cuestión del censo electoral mediante la aprobación, en la reunión del Congreso del Parlamento francés celebrada el 19 de febrero de 2007, de enmiendas a la Constitución de Francia que permiten que Nueva Caledonia limite la facultad para votar en las elecciones locales a aquellos votantes que fueron inscritos en los registros electorales de 1998, al tener lugar la firma del Acuerdo de Numea, lo que asegura una importante representación de la población canaca;", "15. Observa los esfuerzos de las autoridades francesas para hacer frente a la crisis del Gabinete;", "16. Acoge con beneplácito todas las medidas adoptadas para fortalecer y diversificar la economía de Nueva Caledonia en todos los sectores y alienta la promoción de esas medidas de conformidad con el espíritu de los Acuerdos de Matignon y de Numea;", "17. Acoge con beneplácito también la importancia que conceden las partes en los Acuerdos de Matignon y de Numea al logro de mayores progresos en materia de vivienda, empleo, formación profesional, educación y atención de la salud en Nueva Caledonia;", "18. Observa la asistencia financiera prestada por el Gobierno de Francia al Territorio en ámbitos como la salud, la educación, el pago de los sueldos de los funcionarios y la financiación de programas de desarrollo;", "19. Toma nota de las conclusiones de la 18ª Cumbre de dirigentes del Grupo Melanesio de Avanzada, celebrada en Suva el 31 de marzo de 2011, incluidas las recomendaciones para el seguimiento y la evaluación anuales del Acuerdo de Numea;", "20. Reconoce la contribución que ha hecho el Centro Cultural Melanesio a la protección de la cultura autóctona canaca de Nueva Caledonia;", "21. Observa las constructivas iniciativas emprendidas para proteger el medio ambiente natural de Nueva Caledonia, incluida la operación “Zonéco”, que tiene por objeto trazar mapas de los recursos marinos situados en la zona económica de Nueva Caledonia y evaluar esos recursos;", "22. Acoge con satisfacción la cooperación entre Australia, Francia y Nueva Zelandia en la vigilancia de las zonas pesqueras, de conformidad con los deseos expresados por Francia en las Cumbres Francia-Oceanía, celebradas en julio de 2003, junio de 2006 y julio de 2009;", "23. Reconoce los estrechos vínculos que unen a Nueva Caledonia con los pueblos del Pacífico Meridional y las medidas constructivas que están adoptando las autoridades de Francia y del Territorio para facilitar el fortalecimiento aún mayor de esos vínculos, incluidos el establecimiento de relaciones más estrechas con los países miembros del Foro de las Islas del Pacífico y la facilitación de los procedimientos de obtención de visado para estancias de corta duración para los países del Pacífico Meridional;", "24. Recuerda con satisfacción, a este respecto, la participación de Nueva Caledonia en la 41ª cumbre del Foro de las Islas del Pacífico, celebrada en Port Vila los días 4 y 5 de agosto de 2010, tras su admisión al Foro como miembro asociado en octubre de 2006, y acoge con beneplácito el apoyo del Gobierno de Francia a la solicitud de Nueva Caledonia para participar como miembro de pleno derecho en el Foro de las Islas del Pacífico;", "25. Recuerda las visitas que siguen haciendo a Nueva Caledonia las delegaciones de alto nivel de países de la región del Pacífico y las que siguen haciendo delegaciones de alto nivel de Nueva Caledonia a países miembros del Foro de las Islas del Pacífico;", "26. Acoge con beneplácito la actitud de cooperación de otros Estados y territorios de la región respecto de Nueva Caledonia, sus aspiraciones económicas y políticas y su creciente participación en los asuntos regionales e internacionales;", "27. Acoge con beneplácito también la reactivación del diálogo sobre Nueva Caledonia por el Comité Ministerial del Foro de las Islas del Pacífico en 2010 y la solicitud formulada por los líderes del Foro a su secretaría de que estudie los medios de ampliar el papel y la participación de Nueva Caledonia en el Foro;", "28. Recuerda la conclusión satisfactoria del seminario para la región del Pacífico del Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales, celebrado en Numea del 18 al 20 de mayo de 2010;", "29. Decide mantener en examen continuo el proceso que tiene lugar en Nueva Caledonia como resultado de la firma del Acuerdo de Numea;", "30. Solicita al Comité Especial que siga examinando la cuestión del Territorio no autónomo de Nueva Caledonia y que la informe al respecto en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 3 (A/66/23), cap. VIII.", "[2]  A/AC.109/2114, anexo." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/434)]", "66/87. Question of New Caledonia", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the question of New Caledonia,", "Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2011 relating to New Caledonia,[1]", "Reaffirming the right of peoples to self-determination as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations,", "Recalling General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 and 1541 (XV) of 15 December 1960,", "Noting the importance of the positive measures being pursued in New Caledonia by the French authorities, in cooperation with all sectors of the population, to promote political, economic and social development in the Territory, including measures in the area of environmental protection and action with respect to drug abuse and trafficking, in order to provide a framework for its peaceful progress to self-determination,", "Noting also, in this context, the importance of equitable economic and social development, as well as continued dialogue among the parties involved in New Caledonia in the preparation of the act of self-determination of New Caledonia,", "Noting further the visit of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples to New Caledonia from 4 to 13 February 2011,", "Noting with satisfaction the intensification of contacts between New Caledonia and neighbouring countries of the South Pacific region,", "1. Welcomes the significant developments that have taken place in New Caledonia since the signing of the Nouméa Accord on 5 May 1998 by the representatives of New Caledonia and the Government of France;[2]", "2. Urges all the parties involved, in the interest of all the people of New Caledonia, to maintain, in the framework of the Nouméa Accord, their dialogue in a spirit of harmony, and in this context welcomes the unanimous agreement, reached in Paris on 8 December 2008, on the transfer of powers to New Caledonia in 2009 and the conduct of provincial elections in May 2009;", "3. Notes the relevant provisions of the Nouméa Accord aimed at taking more broadly into account the Kanak identity in the political and social organization of New Caledonia, and welcomes, in this context, the adoption on 18 August 2010 by the Government of New Caledonia of the law on the anthem, the motto and banknote designs;", "4. Also notes the ongoing difficulties regarding the question of the flag and the ensuing Cabinet crisis;", "5. Acknowledges those provisions of the Nouméa Accord relating to control of immigration and protection of local employment, and notes that unemployment remains high among Kanaks and that recruitment of foreign mine workers continues;", "6. Notes the concerns expressed by a group of indigenous people in New Caledonia regarding their underrepresentation in the Territory’s governmental and social structures;", "7. Also notes the concerns expressed by representatives of indigenous people regarding incessant migratory flows and the impact of mining on the environment;", "8. Takes note of the relevant provisions of the Nouméa Accord to the effect that New Caledonia may become a member or associate member of certain international organizations, such as international organizations in the Pacific region, the United Nations, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Labour Organization, according to their regulations;", "9. Notes the agreement between the signatories to the Nouméa Accord that the progress made in the emancipation process shall be brought to the attention of the United Nations;", "10. Recalls the fact that the administering Power invited to New Caledonia, at the time the new institutions were established, a mission of information which comprised representatives of countries of the Pacific region;", "11. Notes the continuing strengthening of ties between New Caledonia and both the European Union and the European Development Fund in such areas as economic and trade cooperation, the environment, climate change and financial services;", "12. Calls upon the administering Power to continue to transmit to the Secretary-General information as required under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations;", "13. Invites all the parties involved to continue promoting a framework for the peaceful progress of the Territory towards an act of self-determination in which all options are open and which would safeguard the rights of all sectors of the population, according to the letter and the spirit of the Nouméa Accord, which is based on the principle that it is for the populations of New Caledonia to choose how to control their destiny;", "14. Recalls with satisfaction the efforts of the French authorities to resolve the question of voter registration by adopting, in the French Congress of Parliament, on 19 February 2007, amendments to the French Constitution allowing New Caledonia to restrict eligibility to vote in local polls to those voters registered on the 1998 electoral rolls when the Nouméa Accord was signed, thus ensuring strong representation of the Kanak population;", "15. Notes the efforts of the French authorities to address the Cabinet crisis;", "16. Welcomes all measures taken to strengthen and diversify the New Caledonian economy in all fields, and encourages further such measures in accordance with the spirit of the Matignon and Nouméa Accords;", "17. Also welcomes the importance attached by the parties to the Matignon and Nouméa Accords to greater progress in housing, employment, training, education and health care in New Caledonia;", "18. Notes the financial assistance rendered by the Government of France to the Territory in areas such as health, education, payment of public-service salaries and funding development schemes;", "19. Takes note of the conclusions of the eighteenth Melanesian Spearhead Group Leaders Summit, held in Suva on 31 March 2011, including the recommendations for the annual monitoring and assessment of the Nouméa Accord;", "20. Acknowledges the contribution of the Melanesian Cultural Centre to the protection of the indigenous Kanak culture of New Caledonia;", "21. Notes the positive initiatives aimed at protecting the natural environment of New Caledonia, including the “Zonéco” operation designed to map and evaluate marine resources within the economic zone of New Caledonia;", "22. Welcomes the cooperation among Australia, France and New Zealand in terms of surveillance of fishing zones, in accordance with the wishes expressed by France during the France-Oceania Summits in July 2003, June 2006 and July 2009;", "23. Acknowledges the close links between New Caledonia and the peoples of the South Pacific and the positive actions being taken by the French and territorial authorities to facilitate the further development of those links, including the development of closer relations with the countries members of the Pacific Islands Forum and the easing of short-stay visa procedures for countries of the South Pacific;", "24. Recalls with satisfaction, in this regard, the participation of New Caledonia at the forty-first summit of the Pacific Islands Forum, held in Port Vila on 4 and 5 August 2010, following its accession to the Forum as an associate member in October 2006, and welcomes the support of the Government of France for the application by New Caledonia for a full membership in the Pacific Islands Forum;", "25. Recalls the continuing high-level visits to New Caledonia by delegations from countries of the Pacific region and high-level visits by delegations from New Caledonia to countries members of the Pacific Islands Forum;", "26. Welcomes the cooperative attitude of other States and Territories in the region towards New Caledonia, its economic and political aspirations and its increasing participation in regional and international affairs;", "27. Also welcomes the reactivation of dialogue on New Caledonia by the Ministerial Committee of the Pacific Islands Forum in 2010 and the request of Forum leaders to the Forum secretariat to explore ways to expand the role and engagement of New Caledonia in the Forum;", "28. Recalls the successful conclusion of the Pacific regional seminar of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, held in Nouméa from 18 to 20 May 2010;", "29. Decides to keep under continuous review the process unfolding in New Caledonia as a result of the signing of the Nouméa Accord;", "30. Requests the Special Committee to continue the examination of the question of the Non-Self-Governing Territory of New Caledonia and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23), chap. VIII.", "[2]  A/AC.109/2114, annex." ]
A_RES_66_87
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/434)]", "66/87. Question of New Caledonia", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the question of New Caledonia,", "Having considered the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples on the work of 2011 on New Caledonia,[1]", "Reaffirming the right of peoples to self-determination, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations,", "Recalling its resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 and 1541 (XV) of 15 December 1960,", "Noting the importance of the positive measures being taken in New Caledonia by the French authorities, in collaboration with all sectors of the population, to promote political, economic and social development in the Territory, including measures taken in the area of environmental protection and action against drug abuse and trafficking, with a view to establishing a framework for the peaceful advancement of the Territory towards self-determination,", "Noting also, in that context, the importance of equitable economic and social development and of the continuing dialogue among the parties concerned in the preparation of the act of self-determination of New Caledonia,", "Noting further the visit of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples to New Caledonia from 4 to 13 February 2011,", "Noting with satisfaction the intensification of contacts between New Caledonia and neighbouring countries in the South Pacific region,", "1. Welcomes the important developments that have taken place in New Caledonia since the signing of the Nouméa Agreement on 5 May 1998 by representatives of New Caledonia and the Government of France[2];", "2. Urges all parties concerned, for the sake of the entire people of New Caledonia, to continue their dialogue in a spirit of harmony, within the framework of the Nouméa Accord, and, in this context, welcomes the unanimous agreement reached in Paris on 8 December 2008 on the transfer of powers to New Caledonia in 2009 and the holding of provincial elections in May 2009;", "3. Notes the relevant provisions of the Nouméa Accord aimed at ensuring that the Kanak identity is more taken into account in the political and social organization of New Caledonia and, in this context, welcomes the adoption by the Government of New Caledonia on 18 August 2010 of the law relating to the hymn, currency and banknote design;", "4. Also notes the difficulties in relation to the question of the flag and the consequent crisis of the Cabinet;", "5. Acknowledges the provisions of the Nouméa Agreement on Immigration Control and Protection of Local Employment, and notes that high unemployment among Kanaks persists and that the recruitment of foreign miners continues;", "6. Notes the concerns expressed by a group of indigenous peoples in New Caledonia regarding their underrepresentation in the territorial governmental and social structures;", "7. It also notes the concerns expressed by representatives of indigenous peoples about the incessant migration flows and the impact of mining on the environment;", "8. Takes note of the relevant provisions of the Nouméa Agreement for the purpose of New Caledonia becoming an associate member or member of certain international organizations, such as international organizations in the Pacific region, the United Nations, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Labour Organization, in accordance with its regulations;", "9. Notes the agreement reached by the signatories to the Nouméa Agreement that the progress made in the process of emancipation is brought to the attention of the United Nations;", "10. Recalls that the administering Power invited New Caledonia, at the time of the establishment of the new institutions, to an information mission to which representatives of countries of the Pacific region participated;", "11. Notes the continued strengthening of New Caledonia ' s linkages with the European Union and the European Development Fund in such areas as economic and trade cooperation, the environment, climate change and financial services;", "12. Calls upon the administering Power to continue to transmit to the Secretary-General the information required in Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations;", "13. Invites all interested parties to continue to foster a framework for the peaceful progress of the Territory towards an act of self-determination in which all options are provided and the rights of all segments of the population are safeguarded, in accordance with the letter and spirit of the Nouméa Accord, which is based on the principle that it is incumbent upon the New Caledonians to choose how they will control their destiny;", "14. Recalls with satisfaction the efforts of the French authorities to resolve the issue of the electoral census by adopting, at the meeting of the Congress of the French Parliament held on 19 February 2007, amendments to the Constitution of France that allow New Caledonia to limit the power to vote in the local elections to those voters who were registered in the 1998 electoral registers, taking place the signing of the Nouméa Accord, which ensures an important representation of the Kanak population;", "15. Notes the efforts of the French authorities to address the Cabinet crisis;", "16. Welcomes all measures taken to strengthen and diversify the New Caledonian economy in all sectors and encourages the promotion of these measures in accordance with the spirit of the Matignon and Numea Accords;", "17. It also welcomes the importance attached by the parties to the Matignon and Numea Accords to achieving further progress in housing, employment, vocational training, education and health care in New Caledonia;", "18. Notes the financial assistance provided by the Government of France to the Territory in areas such as health, education, payment of staff salaries and financing of development programmes;", "19. Takes note of the conclusions of the Eighteenth Melanesian Group of Advanced Leaders Summit, held in Suva on 31 March 2011, including recommendations for the annual follow-up and appraisal of the Nouméa Accord;", "20. Recognizes the contribution made by the Melanesian Cultural Centre to the protection of the Canacan indigenous culture of New Caledonia;", "21. Notes the constructive initiatives undertaken to protect the natural environment of New Caledonia, including Operation “Zonéco”, which aims to map and evaluate marine resources in the economic zone of New Caledonia;", "22. Welcomes the cooperation between Australia, France and New Zealand in the monitoring of fishing areas, in accordance with the wishes expressed by France at the France-Oceania Summits in July 2003, June 2006 and July 2009;", "23. Recognizes the close links between New Caledonia and the peoples of the South Pacific and the constructive measures being taken by the French and territorial authorities to facilitate the further strengthening of these links, including the establishment of closer relations with the Pacific Islands Forum member countries and the facilitation of short-term stay visa procedures for the countries of the South Pacific;", "24. Recalls, in this regard, the participation of New Caledonia at the 41st summit of the Pacific Islands Forum, held in Port Vila on 4 and 5 August 2010, following its admission to the Forum as an associate member in October 2006, and welcomes the support of the Government of France for the request of New Caledonia to participate as a full member of the Pacific Islands Forum;", "25. Recalls the continuing visits to New Caledonia by the high-level delegations of countries in the Pacific region and those that continue to make high-level delegations from New Caledonia to member countries of the Pacific Islands Forum;", "26. Welcomes the cooperative attitude of other States and territories in the region towards New Caledonia, its economic and political aspirations and its growing participation in regional and international affairs;", "27. Also welcomes the reactivation of the dialogue on New Caledonia by the Ministerial Committee of the Pacific Islands Forum in 2010 and the request of the Forum leaders to their secretariat to explore ways and means of broadening the role and participation of New Caledonia in the Forum;", "28. Recalls the successful conclusion of the seminar for the Pacific region of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, held at Numea from 18 to 20 May 2010;", "29. Decides to keep under continuous review the process taking place in New Caledonia as a result of the signing of the Nouméa Agreement;", "30. Requests the Special Committee to continue its consideration of the question of the Non-Self-Governing Territory of New Caledonia and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/66/23), chap. VIII.", "[2] A/AC.109/2114, annex." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/434)]", "66/88. Cuestión de Tokelau", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo considerado la cuestión de Tokelau,", "Habiendo examinado el capítulo del informe del Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales sobre la labor realizada en 2011 relativo a Tokelau[1],", "Recordando su resolución 1514 (XV), de 14 de diciembre de 1960, en la que figura la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales, y todas las resoluciones y decisiones de las Naciones Unidas relativas a los Territorios no autónomos, en particular su resolución 65/114, de 10 de diciembre de 2010,", "Observando con aprecio que Nueva Zelandia, en su calidad de Potencia administradora, sigue cooperando de manera ejemplar en la labor del Comité Especial relativa a Tokelau y está dispuesta a permitir el acceso al Territorio de las misiones visitadoras de las Naciones Unidas,", "Observando con aprecio también que Nueva Zelandia y los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, en particular el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, colaboran para contribuir al desarrollo de Tokelau,", "Observando que, en su condición de pequeño Territorio insular, Tokelau tipifica la situación de la mayoría de los restantes Territorios no autónomos y que el caso de Tokelau, que es un ejemplo de cooperación eficaz para el proceso de descolonización, tiene un significado más amplio para las Naciones Unidas, que están tratando de concluir su labor de descolonización,", "Observando también que Tokelau es un miembro asociado de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura,", "Recordando que Nueva Zelandia y Tokelau firmaron en noviembre de 2003 un documento titulado “Declaración conjunta sobre los principios de asociación”, en que se establecían los derechos y las responsabilidades de los dos asociados,", "Teniendo presente la decisión adoptada por el Fono General en su reunión de noviembre de 2003, tras la celebración de amplias consultas en las tres comunidades, de estudiar oficialmente con Nueva Zelandia la opción de la autonomía en libre asociación, su decisión adoptada en agosto de 2005 de celebrar en febrero de 2006 un referendo sobre la libre determinación sustentado en un proyecto de constitución para Tokelau y un proyecto de tratado de libre asociación con Nueva Zelandia, y su decisión posterior de celebrar otro referendo en octubre de 2007,", "1. Observa que Tokelau y Nueva Zelandia siguen estando firmemente resueltos a trabajar en pos del desarrollo de Tokelau en beneficio del pueblo de Tokelau a largo plazo, insistiendo especialmente en el mejoramiento de las instalaciones de cada uno de los atolones para atender sus necesidades actuales;", "2. Acoge con beneplácito los avances logrados respecto del traspaso de competencias a los tres taupulega (consejos de aldea), en particular la delegación de las competencias del Administrador a los tres taupulega, con efecto a partir del 1 de julio de 2004, y la asunción por cada taupulega, a partir de esa fecha, de la plena responsabilidad de la gestión de todos sus servicios públicos;", "3. Recuerda la decisión adoptada por el Fono General en noviembre de 2003, tras la celebración de amplias consultas en las tres comunidades y de una reunión del Comité Constitucional Especial de Tokelau, de estudiar oficialmente con Nueva Zelandia la opción de la autonomía en libre asociación, y los debates celebrados posteriormente entre Tokelau y Nueva Zelandia de conformidad con la decisión del Fono General;", "4. Recuerda también la decisión adoptada por el Fono General en agosto de 2005 de celebrar un referendo sobre la autonomía sustentado en un proyecto de constitución para Tokelau y un proyecto de tratado de libre asociación con Nueva Zelandia, y observa que el Fono General aprobó un reglamento para el referendo;", "5. Recuerda además que el resultado de los dos referendos celebrados en febrero de 2006 y octubre de 2007 para determinar el estatuto de Tokelau no arrojó la mayoría de dos tercios de los votos válidos depositados exigida por el Fono General para cambiar el estatuto de Tokelau de Territorio no autónomo sometido a la administración de Nueva Zelandia;", "6. Encomia la organización profesional y transparente de los referendos celebrados en febrero de 2006 y octubre de 2007 bajo la supervisión de las Naciones Unidas;", "7. Reconoce la decisión del Fono General de posponer el examen de cualquier acto futuro de libre determinación por Tokelau y la intención de Nueva Zelandia y Tokelau de redoblar sus esfuerzos y su atención para mejorar y fortalecer los servicios esenciales y la infraestructura de los atolones de Tokelau, garantizando así una mejor calidad de vida al pueblo de Tokelau;", "8. Reconoce también que Tokelau ha aprobado su Plan estratégico nacional para 2010‑2015 y que el Compromiso Conjunto para el Desarrollo entre Tokelau y Nueva Zelandia para 2011‑2015 se centrará en la elaboración de un arreglo viable de transporte, el desarrollo de las infraestructuras, el desarrollo pesquero, la capacidad de recursos humanos y el fortalecimiento de la gobernanza;", "9. Reconoce además el empeño constante y sistemático de Nueva Zelandia por atender las necesidades sociales y económicas del pueblo de Tokelau, así como el apoyo y la cooperación brindados por el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo;", "10. Reconoce que Tokelau sigue necesitando apoyo de la comunidad internacional;", "11. Recuerda con satisfacción el establecimiento y funcionamiento del Fondo fiduciario internacional de Tokelau para atender las actuales necesidades de Tokelau y exhorta a todos los Estados Miembros y a los organismos internacionales y regionales a que contribuyan al Fondo y presten así apoyo práctico a Tokelau para que pueda superar los problemas que suponen su pequeña extensión, su aislamiento y su falta de recursos;", "12. Acoge con beneplácito la actitud de cooperación demostrada por otros Estados y territorios de la región hacia Tokelau, y el apoyo que brindan a sus aspiraciones económicas y políticas y a su creciente participación en los asuntos regionales e internacionales;", "13. Exhorta a la Potencia administradora y a los organismos de las Naciones Unidas a que continúen prestando asistencia a Tokelau conforme sigue desarrollándose;", "14. Acoge con beneplácito las medidas adoptadas por la Potencia administradora para transmitir al Secretario General información relativa a la situación política, económica y social de Tokelau;", "15. Acoge con beneplácito también el compromiso de Tokelau y Nueva Zelandia de seguir trabajando conjuntamente en interés de Tokelau y su pueblo;", "16. Solicita al Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales que siga examinando la cuestión del Territorio no autónomo de Tokelau y la informe al respecto en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 23 (A/66/23), cap. X." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/434)]", "66/88. Question of Tokelau", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the question of Tokelau,", "Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2011 relating to Tokelau,[1]", "Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and all resolutions and decisions of the United Nations relating to Non-Self-Governing Territories, in particular General Assembly resolution 65/114 of 10 December 2010,", "Noting with appreciation the continuing exemplary cooperation of New Zealand as the administering Power with regard to the work of the Special Committee relating to Tokelau and its readiness to permit access by United Nations visiting missions to the Territory,", "Noting also with appreciation the collaborative contribution to the development of Tokelau by New Zealand and the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Development Programme,", "Noting that, as a small island Territory, Tokelau exemplifies the situation of most remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories and that, as a case study pointing to successful cooperation for decolonization, Tokelau has wider significance for the United Nations as it seeks to complete its work in decolonization,", "Noting also Tokelau’s associate member status with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,", "Recalling that New Zealand and Tokelau signed in November 2003 a document entitled “Joint statement of the principles of partnership”, which sets out the rights and responsibilities of the two partners,", "Bearing in mind the decision of the General Fono at its meeting in November 2003, following extensive consultations undertaken in all three villages, to explore formally with New Zealand the option of self-government in free association and its decision in August 2005 to hold in February 2006 a referendum on self-determination on the basis of a draft constitution for Tokelau and a draft treaty of free association with New Zealand, and its subsequent decision to hold a further referendum in October 2007,", "1. Notes that Tokelau and New Zealand remain firmly committed to the ongoing development of Tokelau for the long-term benefit of the people of Tokelau, with particular emphasis on the further development of facilities on each atoll that meet their current requirements;", "2. Welcomes the progress made towards the devolution of power to the three taupulega (village councils), in particular the delegation of the Administrator’s powers to the three taupulega with effect from 1 July 2004 and the assumption by each taupulega from that date of full responsibility for the management of all its public services;", "3. Recalls the decision of the General Fono in November 2003, following extensive consultations in all three villages and a meeting of the Special Committee on the Constitution of Tokelau, to explore formally with New Zealand the option of self-government in free association, and the discussions subsequently held between Tokelau and New Zealand pursuant to the decision of the General Fono;", "4. Also recalls the decision of the General Fono in August 2005 to hold a referendum on self-government on the basis of a draft constitution for Tokelau and a draft treaty of free association with New Zealand, and notes the enactment by the General Fono of rules for the referendum;", "5. Further recalls that two referendums to determine the status of Tokelau, held in February 2006 and October 2007, did not produce the two-thirds majority of the valid votes cast required by the General Fono to change Tokelau’s status from that of a Non-Self-Governing Territory under the administration of New Zealand;", "6. Commends the professional and transparent conduct of both the February 2006 and the October 2007 referendums, monitored by the United Nations;", "7. Acknowledges the decision of the General Fono that consideration of any future act of self-determination by Tokelau will be deferred and that New Zealand and Tokelau will devote renewed effort and attention to ensuring that essential services and infrastructure on the atolls of Tokelau are enhanced and strengthened, thereby ensuring an enhanced quality of life for the people of Tokelau;", "8. Also acknowledges Tokelau’s adoption of its National Strategic Plan for 2010–2015 and the fact that the Joint Commitment for Development between Tokelau and New Zealand 2011–2015 will focus on a viable transportation arrangement, infrastructure development, fisheries development, human resources capacity and the strengthening of governance;", "9. Further acknowledges the ongoing and consistent commitment of New Zealand to meeting the social and economic requirements of the people of Tokelau, as well as the support and cooperation of the United Nations Development Programme;", "10. Acknowledges Tokelau’s need for continued support from the international community;", "11. Recalls with satisfaction the establishment and operation of the Tokelau International Trust Fund to support the ongoing needs of Tokelau, and calls upon Member States and international and regional agencies to contribute to the Fund and thereby lend practical support to Tokelau in overcoming the problems of smallness, isolation and lack of resources;", "12. Welcomes the cooperative attitude of the other States and territories in the region towards Tokelau, and their support for its economic and political aspirations and its increasing participation in regional and international affairs;", "13. Calls upon the administering Power and United Nations agencies to continue to provide assistance to Tokelau as it further develops;", "14. Welcomes the actions taken by the administering Power to transmit information regarding the political, economic and social situation of Tokelau to the Secretary-General;", "15. Also welcomes the commitment of both Tokelau and New Zealand to continue to work together in the interests of Tokelau and its people;", "16. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue to examine the question of the Non-Self-Governing Territory of Tokelau and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23), chap. X." ]
A_RES_66_88
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/434)]", "66/88. Question of Tokelau", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the question of Tokelau,", "Having considered the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples on the 2011 work on Tokelau,[1]", "Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and all United Nations resolutions and decisions concerning Non-Self-Governing Territories, in particular its resolution 65/114 of 10 December 2010,", "Noting with appreciation that New Zealand, as the administering Power, continues to cooperate exemplaryly in the work of the Special Committee on Tokelau and is prepared to allow access to the Territory from United Nations visiting missions,", "Noting with appreciation also that New Zealand and the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Development Programme, work together to contribute to the development of Tokelau,", "Noting that, as a small island Territory, Tokelau typifies the situation of the majority of the remaining Non-Self-Governing Territories and that the case of Tokelau, which is an example of effective cooperation for the decolonization process, has a broader meaning for the United Nations, which are trying to conclude its work on decolonization,", "Noting also that Tokelau is an associate member of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations,", "Recalling that New Zealand and Tokelau signed in November 2003 a document entitled “Joint Declaration on Partnership Principles”, which established the rights and responsibilities of the two partners,", "Bearing in mind the decision taken by the General Fono at its meeting in November 2003, following extensive consultations in the three communities, to formally explore with New Zealand the option of self-government in free association, its decision taken in August 2005 to hold in February 2006 a referendum on self-determination underpinned by a draft constitution for Tokelau and a draft free association treaty with New Zealand, and its subsequent decision to hold another referendum in October 2007,", "1. Notes that Tokelau and New Zealand remain firmly committed to working towards Tokelau ' s development for the benefit of the people of Tokelau in the long term, with particular emphasis on the improvement of facilities for each of the atolls to meet their current needs;", "2. Welcomes the progress made towards the transfer of competencies to the three taupulega (village councils), in particular the delegation of the Administrator ' s competencies to the three taupulega, with effect from 1 July 2004 and the assumption by each taupulega, from that date, of full responsibility for the management of all its public services;", "3. Recalls the decision taken by the General Fono in November 2003, following extensive consultations in the three communities and a meeting of the Special Constitutional Committee of Tokelau, to formally explore with New Zealand the option of self-government in free association, and the discussions subsequently held between Tokelau and New Zealand in accordance with the decision of the General Fono;", "4. Also recalls the decision of the General Fono in August 2005 to hold a referendum on autonomy underpinned by a draft constitution for Tokelau and a draft free association treaty with New Zealand, and notes that the General Fono adopted a regulation for the referendum;", "5. Further recalls that the outcome of the two referendums held in February 2006 and October 2007 to determine Tokelau ' s status did not yield a two-thirds majority of the valid votes deposited by the General Fono to change the status of Tokelau of Non-Self-Governing Territory under the New Zealand administration;", "6. Commends the professional and transparent organization of the referendums held in February 2006 and October 2007 under United Nations supervision;", "7. Recognizes the General Fono ' s decision to postpone consideration of any future act of self-determination by Tokelau and the intention of New Zealand and Tokelau to redouble its efforts and attention to improve and strengthen the essential services and infrastructure of Tokelau ' s atolls, thereby ensuring a better quality of life for the people of Tokelau;", "8. Recognizes also that Tokelau has adopted its national strategic plan for 2010 - 2015 and that the Joint Commitment on Development between Tokelau and New Zealand for 2011 - 2015 will focus on developing a viable transport arrangement, infrastructure development, fisheries development, human resources capacity and strengthening governance;", "9. Further recognizes New Zealand ' s continued and systematic commitment to addressing the social and economic needs of the people of Tokelau, as well as the support and cooperation provided by the United Nations Development Programme;", "10. Recognizes that Tokelau continues to need support from the international community;", "11. Recalls with satisfaction the establishment and operation of the Tokelau International Trust Fund to meet Tokelau ' s current needs, and calls upon all Member States and international and regional agencies to contribute to the Fund and thus provide practical support to Tokelau to overcome the problems of its small extension, isolation and lack of resources;", "12. Welcomes the cooperative attitude demonstrated by other States and territories in the region towards Tokelau, and the support they provide to their economic and political aspirations and their growing participation in regional and international affairs;", "13. Calls upon the administering Power and United Nations agencies to continue to provide assistance to Tokelau as it continues to develop;", "14. Welcomes the measures taken by the administering Power to transmit to the Secretary-General information concerning the political, economic and social situation of Tokelau;", "15. Also welcomes the commitment of Tokelau and New Zealand to continue to work together in the interests of Tokelau and its people;", "16. Requests the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to continue its consideration of the question of the Non-Self-Governing Territory of Tokelau and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23), chap. X." ]
[ "Resoluciones aprobadas por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/434)]", "66/89. Cuestiones de Anguila, las Bermudas, Guam, las Islas Caimán, las Islas Turcas y Caicos, las Islas Vírgenes Británicas, las Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Samoa Americana y Santa Elena", "A", "GENERALIDADES", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo considerado las cuestiones de los Territorios no autónomos de Anguila, las Bermudas, Guam, las Islas Caimán, las Islas Turcas y Caicos, las Islas Vírgenes Británicas, las Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Samoa Americana y Santa Elena, en adelante denominados “los Territorios”,", "Habiendo examinado el capítulo pertinente del informe del Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales sobre la labor realizada en 2011[1],", "Recordando todas las resoluciones y decisiones de las Naciones Unidas relativas a esos Territorios, en particular las resoluciones aprobadas por la Asamblea General en su sexagésimo quinto período de sesiones respecto de cada uno de los Territorios abarcados por la presente resolución,", "Reconociendo que todas las opciones para la libre determinación de los Territorios son válidas siempre que se ajusten a los deseos libremente expresados del pueblo interesado y sean compatibles con los principios claramente definidos que figuran en las resoluciones de la Asamblea General 1514 (XV), de 14 de diciembre de 1960, y 1541 (XV), de 15 de diciembre de 1960, y otras resoluciones de la Asamblea,", "Recordando su resolución 1541 (XV), en la que figuran los principios que deben servir de guía a los Estados Miembros para determinar si existe o no la obligación de transmitir la información que se pide en el Artículo 73 e de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas,", "Expresando preocupación por el hecho de que cincuenta y un años después de la aprobación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales[2], siga habiendo Territorios que no han alcanzado la autonomía,", "Consciente de la importancia de que se siga aplicando efectivamente la Declaración, habida cuenta del objetivo establecido por las Naciones Unidas de eliminar el colonialismo para 2020 y de los planes de acción para el Segundo y Tercer Decenios Internacionales para la Eliminación del Colonialismo[3],", "Reconociendo que las características propias y las aspiraciones de los pueblos de los Territorios exigen aplicar criterios flexibles, prácticos e innovadores a las opciones de libre determinación, sin perjuicio de la extensión, la situación geográfica, la población o los recursos naturales del Territorio de que se trate,", "Haciendo notar la posición declarada del Gobierno del Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte y la posición declarada del Gobierno de los Estados Unidos de América respecto de los Territorios no autónomos bajo sus administraciones,", "Observando también la evolución de la situación constitucional de algunos Territorios no autónomos, que afecta a la estructura interna de la gobernanza, de lo cual se ha informado al Comité Especial,", "Convencida de que los deseos y las aspiraciones de los pueblos de los Territorios deben seguir guiando la determinación de su estatuto político futuro y de que los referendos, las elecciones libres y limpias y otras formas de consulta popular son un medio importante de conocer esos deseos y aspiraciones,", "Convencida también de que las negociaciones para determinar el estatuto de un Territorio deben contar con la intervención y participación activas del pueblo de ese Territorio, bajo la supervisión de las Naciones Unidas y caso por caso, y de que se deben determinar las opiniones de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos en relación con su derecho a la libre determinación,", "Observando que varios Territorios no autónomos han expresado preocupación por el procedimiento utilizado por algunas Potencias administradoras, en contra de los deseos de los propios Territorios, de enmendar o promulgar legislación para su aplicación a los Territorios, sea mediante decretos del consejo, con el fin de aplicar en los Territorios las obligaciones contraídas en virtud de tratados internacionales por la Potencia administradora, sea mediante la aplicación unilateral de leyes y normas,", "Consciente de la importancia de los sectores de los servicios financieros internacionales y del turismo para la economía de algunos de los Territorios no autónomos,", "Observando la cooperación constante de los Territorios no autónomos a nivel local y regional, incluida la participación en la labor de las organizaciones regionales,", "Teniendo presente que las misiones visitadoras y especiales de las Naciones Unidas son un medio eficaz de determinar la situación existente en los Territorios, que algunos Territorios no han recibido desde hace tiempo a una misión visitadora de las Naciones Unidas y que no se ha enviado ninguna misión visitadora a algunos de los Territorios, y considerando la posibilidad de enviar otras misiones visitadoras a los Territorios en el momento oportuno, en consulta con las Potencias administradoras correspondientes y conforme a las resoluciones y decisiones de las Naciones Unidas relativas a la descolonización,", "Teniendo presente también que para comprender mejor el estatuto político de los pueblos de los Territorios y cumplir su mandato con eficacia es importante que el Comité Especial reciba información de las Potencias administradoras respectivas y de otras fuentes apropiadas, incluidos los representantes de los Territorios, acerca de los deseos y las aspiraciones de esos pueblos,", "Reconociendo que las Potencias administradoras transmiten periódicamente información al Secretario General en virtud del Artículo 73 e de la Carta,", "Consciente de que la participación de representantes nombrados y elegidos de los Territorios en la labor del Comité Especial es importante tanto para los Territorios como para el propio Comité,", "Reconociendo la necesidad de que el Comité Especial se asegure de que los órganos pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas pongan en marcha una campaña de información pública para ayudar a los pueblos de los Territorios a comprender mejor las distintas opciones en lo que respecta a la libre determinación,", "Teniendo presente a ese respecto que la celebración de seminarios regionales en las regiones del Caribe y el Pacífico y en la Sede, con la participación activa de los representantes de los Territorios no autónomos, es un medio eficaz para que el Comité Especial cumpla su mandato, y que el carácter regional de los seminarios, que se celebran alternadamente en el Caribe y el Pacífico, es un elemento fundamental en el contexto de un programa de las Naciones Unidas para determinar el estatuto político de los Territorios,", "Observando las posiciones expuestas por los representantes de los Territorios no autónomos ante el Comité Especial y en sus seminarios regionales,", "Teniendo presente el seminario regional del Caribe de 2011, celebrado en Kingstown del 31 de mayo al 2 de junio de 2011,", "Consciente de la particular vulnerabilidad de los Territorios a los desastres naturales y al deterioro del medio ambiente y teniendo presente, a ese respecto, la aplicabilidad a esos Territorios de los programas de acción o los documentos finales de todas las conferencias mundiales de las Naciones Unidas y los períodos extraordinarios de sesiones de la Asamblea General en las esferas económica y social,", "Observando con reconocimiento la contribución que hacen al desarrollo de algunos Territorios los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, en particular el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe y la Comisión Económica y Social para Asia y el Pacífico, al igual que instituciones regionales como el Banco de Desarrollo del Caribe, la Comunidad del Caribe, la Organización de Estados del Caribe Oriental, el Foro de las Islas del Pacífico y los organismos del Consejo de Organizaciones Regionales del Pacífico,", "Haciendo notar la declaración formulada por el representante de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe en el seminario regional del Caribe celebrado en Kingstown, en que indicó que los seis Territorios no autónomos del Caribe eran miembros asociados de la Comisión Económica y participaban activamente en su labor,", "Consciente de que el Comité de Derechos Humanos, como parte del mandato que le incumbe en virtud del Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos[4], examina el estado del proceso de libre determinación, incluso en los pequeños Territorios insulares sometidos a la consideración del Comité Especial,", "Recordando los esfuerzos constantes que hace el Comité Especial para llevar a cabo un examen crítico de su labor con objeto de formular recomendaciones y adoptar decisiones apropiadas y constructivas a fin de alcanzar los objetivos establecidos en su mandato,", "Reconociendo que los documentos de trabajo anuales preparados por la Secretaría sobre la evolución de la situación en cada uno de los pequeños Territorios[5], así como la documentación y la información sustantivas proporcionadas por expertos, estudiosos, organizaciones no gubernamentales y otras fuentes, han supuesto importantes aportaciones para la actualización de las presentes resoluciones,", "Recordando el informe del Secretario General sobre el Segundo Decenio Internacional para la Eliminación del Colonialismo[6],", "1. Reafirma el derecho inalienable de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos a la libre determinación, de conformidad con la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y la resolución 1514 (XV), en la que figura la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales;", "2. Reafirma también que en el proceso de descolonización no hay alternativa al principio de la libre determinación, que es también un derecho humano fundamental reconocido en los convenios pertinentes de derechos humanos;", "3. Reafirma además que, en último término, corresponde a los propios pueblos de los Territorios decidir libremente su estatuto político futuro de conformidad con las disposiciones pertinentes de la Carta, la Declaración y las resoluciones pertinentes de la Asamblea General y, a ese respecto, reitera su llamamiento de larga data a las Potencias administradoras para que, en colaboración con los gobiernos de los Territorios y los organismos competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, elaboren programas de instrucción cívica para los Territorios a fin de que la población tome conciencia de su derecho a la libre determinación en el marco de sus opciones legítimas sobre el estatuto político, sobre la base de los principios claramente definidos en la resolución 1541 (XV) y otras resoluciones y decisiones pertinentes;", "4. Destaca la importancia de que el Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales reciba información sobre las opiniones y los deseos de los pueblos de los Territorios y comprenda mejor la condición de esos Territorios, incluidos el carácter y el alcance de los acuerdos políticos y constitucionales existentes entre los Territorios no autónomos y sus Potencias administradoras respectivas;", "5. Solicita a las Potencias administradoras que sigan transmitiendo periódicamente información al Secretario General en virtud del Artículo 73 e de la Carta;", "6. Exhorta a las Potencias administradoras a que participen y cooperen plenamente en la labor del Comité Especial a fin de aplicar las disposiciones del Artículo 73 e de la Carta y las de la Declaración y de asesorar al Comité Especial sobre la aplicación de lo dispuesto en el Artículo 73 b de la Carta, relativo a la labor de promover el gobierno propio de los Territorios, y alienta a las Potencias administradoras a que faciliten el envío de misiones visitadoras y especiales a los Territorios;", "7. Reafirma la responsabilidad que, con arreglo a la Carta, incumbe a las Potencias administradoras de promover el desarrollo económico y social y preservar la identidad cultural de los Territorios, y, en forma prioritaria, de mitigar cuando sea posible los efectos de la actual crisis financiera mundial, en consulta con los gobiernos de los Territorios afectados, para contribuir al fortalecimiento y la diversificación de sus economías respectivas;", "8. Solicita a los Territorios y a las Potencias administradoras que adopten todas las medidas necesarias para proteger y preservar el medio ambiente de los Territorios de toda forma de degradación y una vez más solicita a los organismos especializados competentes que sigan vigilando las condiciones ambientales en los Territorios y proporcionando asistencia a esos Territorios, en consonancia con los reglamentos vigentes de esos organismos;", "9. Acoge con beneplácito la participación de los Territorios no autónomos en las actividades regionales, incluida la labor de las organizaciones regionales;", "10. Destaca la importancia de que se apliquen los planes de acción para el Segundo y Tercer Decenios Internacionales para la Eliminación del Colonialismo³, en particular acelerando la ejecución del programa de trabajo para la descolonización de cada Territorio no autónomo caso por caso y llevando a cabo análisis periódicos del progreso en la aplicación de la Declaración en cada uno de los Territorios y del alcance de esa aplicación, y que los documentos de trabajo que prepare la Secretaría sobre cada Territorio deben reflejar cabalmente la evolución de la situación en esos Territorios;", "11. Insta a los Estados Miembros a que colaboren con las Naciones Unidas para lograr que el mundo se libere del colonialismo en el contexto de los Decenios Internacionales para la Eliminación del Colonialismo, y los exhorta a que sigan apoyando plenamente al Comité Especial en su empeño por alcanzar ese noble objetivo;", "12. Destaca la importancia de los diversos procesos constitucionales emprendidos en los Territorios administrados respectivamente por el Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte y los Estados Unidos de América e impulsados por los gobiernos de esos Territorios con el fin de abordar la estructura constitucional interna en el marco del estatuto territorial vigente, y decide seguir de cerca la evolución de la situación relativa al futuro estatuto político de esos Territorios;", "13. Solicita al Secretario General que la siga informando periódicamente sobre la aplicación de las resoluciones relativas a la descolonización aprobadas desde que se proclamó el Tercer Decenio Internacional para la Eliminación del Colonialismo;", "14. Reitera su petición al Comité de Derechos Humanos de que colabore con el Comité Especial, en el marco de su mandato relativo al derecho a la libre determinación, que figura en el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos⁴, con el fin de intercambiar información, habida cuenta de que el Comité de Derechos Humanos examina la situación política y constitucional de muchos de los mismos Territorios no autónomos que están sometidos a la consideración del Comité Especial;", "15. Solicita al Comité Especial que siga colaborando con el Consejo Económico y Social y sus órganos subsidiarios intergubernamentales pertinentes, en el marco de sus respectivos mandatos, con objeto de intercambiar información sobre los acontecimientos acaecidos en los Territorios no autónomos que son examinados por esos órganos;", "16. Solicita también al Comité Especial que siga examinando la cuestión de los Territorios no autónomos y que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre esa cuestión y sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "B", "TERRITORIOS", "La Asamblea General,", "Remitiéndose a la resolución A supra,", "I", "Samoa Americana", "Tomando nota del documento de trabajo preparado por la Secretaría sobre Samoa Americana[7] y demás información pertinente,", "Haciendo notar la declaración formulada por el representante del Gobernador de Samoa Americana en el seminario regional del Caribe, celebrado en Kingstown del 31 de mayo al 2 de junio de 2011, en que indicó que el Territorio mantenía la posición de que el Comité lo suprimiera de la lista de Territorios no autónomos de las Naciones Unidas, que era hora de avanzar en los planos político y económico respetando las inquietudes de la Potencia administradora y las Naciones Unidas, y que se instara a las Potencias administradoras a que transmitieran información sobre sus Territorios no autónomos respectivos para que el Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales pudiera examinarla,", "Consciente de que, en virtud de la legislación de los Estados Unidos, el Secretario del Interior tiene competencia administrativa sobre Samoa Americana[8],", "Haciendo notar la posición de la Potencia administradora y las declaraciones formuladas por los representantes de Samoa Americana en seminarios regionales, incluso en el seminario regional del Caribe de 2011, en que invitaron al Comité Especial a que enviara una misión visitadora al Territorio,", "Consciente de la labor realizada por la Comisión de Estudio del Estatuto Político Futuro, que culminó en 2006, la publicación de su informe y recomendaciones en enero de 2007, y la creación del Comité de Revisión de la Constitución de Samoa Americana en el Territorio, así como de la celebración en junio de 2010 de la cuarta Convención constitucional de Samoa Americana,", "Haciendo notar, a ese respecto, la declaración formulada por el representante del Gobernador de Samoa Americana en el seminario regional del Caribe de 2011 y los documentos previos de políticas presentados al Comité Especial, en que afirmó que, teniendo en cuenta la preferencia popular manifestada durante décadas de integrar el Territorio con los Estados Unidos de América, el Territorio quería avanzar en las cuestiones del estatuto político, la autonomía local y el gobierno autónomo,", "Reconociendo la observación formulada por el Gobierno del Territorio, incluso en el seminario regional del Caribe de 2011, de que los efectos de algunas leyes federales en la economía del Territorio suscitan honda preocupación,", "Consciente de que Samoa Americana sigue siendo el único Territorio de los Estados Unidos de América que recibe asistencia financiera de la Potencia administradora para el funcionamiento del Gobierno del Territorio,", "1. Toma nota de que en las elecciones generales celebradas en noviembre de 2010, los votantes rechazaron las enmiendas propuestas a la Constitución revisada de Samoa Americana de 1967 aprobadas en la cuarta Convención constitucional, celebrada en junio de 2010;", "2. Acoge con beneplácito la labor del Gobierno del Territorio para avanzar en las cuestiones del estatuto político, la autonomía local y el gobierno autónomo a fin de progresar en los planos político y económico;", "3. Expresa su reconocimiento por la invitación que formuló en 2011 el Gobernador de Samoa Americana al Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales para que enviara una misión visitadora al Territorio, exhorta a la Potencia administradora a que facilite dicha misión si así lo desea el Gobierno del Territorio y solicita a la Presidencia del Comité Especial que adopte todas las medidas necesarias a tal efecto;", "4. Solicita a la Potencia administradora que preste asistencia al Territorio facilitando su labor relativa a un programa de concienciación pública, de conformidad con el Artículo 73 b de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, y, a ese respecto, exhorta a las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas a que presten asistencia al Territorio, si así lo solicita;", "5. Exhorta a la Potencia administradora a que preste asistencia al Gobierno del Territorio en la diversificación y sostenibilidad de la economía del Territorio y a que aborde las cuestiones relativas al empleo y al costo de vida;", "6. Acoge con beneplácito que en 2011 se haya invitado a Samoa Americana a convertirse en observadora del Foro de las Islas del Pacífico;", "II", "Anguila", "Tomando nota del documento de trabajo preparado por la Secretaría sobre Anguila[9] y demás información pertinente,", "Recordando la celebración en Anguila del seminario regional del Caribe de 2003, organizado por el Gobierno del Territorio y posibilitado por la Potencia administradora, primera vez que el seminario se celebró en un Territorio no autónomo,", "Recordando también la declaración formulada por el representante de Anguila en el seminario regional del Caribe, celebrado en Frigate Bay (Saint Kitts y Nevis) del 12 al 14 de mayo de 2009,", "Observando el proceso interno de revisión de la Constitución reanudado por el Gobierno del Territorio en 2006, la labor de la Comisión de Reforma Constitucional y Electoral, que preparó su informe en agosto de 2006, la celebración de reuniones consultivas públicas y de otra índole en 2007 sobre proyectos de enmienda a la Constitución que se presentarán a la Potencia administradora, la decisión adoptada en 2008 de establecer un equipo de redacción integrado por funcionarios del Gobierno del Territorio, miembros de la Asamblea Legislativa y abogados y encargado de elaborar una nueva constitución, que sería sometida a consulta pública en el Territorio en 2009, y la expectativa de que el proyecto de texto sea examinado con el Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte, al objeto de lograr el pleno gobierno autónomo interno, sin menoscabar la opción de la independencia,", "Consciente de que las relaciones entre el Gobierno del Territorio y la Potencia administradora afrontan ciertas dificultades con respecto a las cuestiones presupuestarias y económicas y de que el Gobierno del Territorio tiene la intención de seguir fomentando el turismo de alto nivel en un esfuerzo por promover las oportunidades de empleo a nivel local,", "Observando la participación del Territorio como miembro asociado de la Comunidad del Caribe, la Organización de Estados del Caribe Oriental y la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe,", "Consciente de la voluntad expresada por los Primeros Ministros de los Estados miembros de la Organización de Estados del Caribe Oriental en 2001 de ayudar a resolver las dificultades que afronta el Gobierno del Territorio en sus relaciones con el Gobierno del Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte,", "1. Acoge con beneplácito una vez más la presentación de una nueva constitución que se sometió a consulta pública en 2009 al objeto de seguir examinando la nueva constitución con la Potencia administradora en 2010, e insta a que las deliberaciones sobre la constitución concluyan lo antes posible;", "2. Solicita a la Potencia administradora que preste asistencia al Territorio en los esfuerzos que realiza para promover el proceso interno de revisión de la Constitución, si así se lo solicitara;", "3. Destaca la importancia del deseo expresado anteriormente por el Gobierno del Territorio de recibir a una misión visitadora del Comité Especial, exhorta a la Potencia administradora a que facilite esa misión si el Gobierno del Territorio así lo desea y solicita a la Presidencia del Comité Especial que adopte todas las medidas necesarias a tal efecto;", "4. Solicita a la Potencia administradora que ayude al Territorio facilitando su labor relativa a las actividades de divulgación relacionadas con las consultas públicas de conformidad con el Artículo 73 b de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y, a ese respecto, exhorta a las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas a que presten asistencia al Territorio, si así lo solicita;", "5. Exhorta a la Potencia administradora a que ayude al Gobierno del Territorio a reforzar sus compromisos en materia de economía, incluidas cuestiones presupuestarias, con el apoyo regional que sea necesario y apropiado;", "6. Acoge con beneplácito la activa participación del Territorio en la labor de la Comisión Económica y Social para América Latina y el Caribe;", "III", "Bermudas", "Tomando nota del documento de trabajo preparado por la Secretaría sobre las Bermudas[10] y demás información pertinente,", "Recordando la declaración formulada por el representante de las Bermudas en el seminario regional del Caribe, celebrado en Frigate Bay (Saint Kitts y Nevis) del 12 al 14 de mayo de 2009,", "Consciente de los diferentes puntos de vista de los partidos políticos sobre el estatuto futuro del Territorio y haciendo notar una encuesta reciente realizada por un medio de difusión local en enero de 2011, según la que el 73% de las personas que respondieron a la encuesta no querían romper los vínculos con el Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte, la Potencia administradora, y el 14% eran partidarias de la independencia,", "Recordando el envío de la misión especial de las Naciones Unidas a las Bermudas en 2005, a petición del Gobierno del Territorio y con la anuencia de la Potencia administradora, que presentó información a la población del Territorio sobre la función de las Naciones Unidas en el proceso de libre determinación, sobre las opciones legítimas de estatuto político que se definen claramente en su resolución 1541 (XV) y sobre las experiencias de otros Estados pequeños que han logrado el gobierno autónomo pleno,", "1. Destaca la importancia del informe de 2005 de la Comisión para la Independencia de las Bermudas, que ofrece un examen exhaustivo de los hechos que rodean la independencia, y continúa lamentando que no se hayan materializado hasta la fecha los planes relativos a la organización de reuniones públicas y la presentación de un libro verde a la Asamblea Legislativa, seguido por un libro blanco en que se definirían las propuestas de políticas para la independencia de las Bermudas;", "2. Solicita a la Potencia administradora que ayude al Territorio facilitando su labor relativa a las actividades educativas de divulgación pública de conformidad con el Artículo 73 b de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y, a ese respecto, exhorta a las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas a que presten asistencia al Territorio, si así lo solicita;", "IV", "Islas Vírgenes Británicas", "Tomando nota del documento de trabajo preparado por la Secretaría sobre las Islas Vírgenes Británicas[11] y demás información pertinente,", "Haciendo notar la declaración formulada por el representante de las Islas Vírgenes Británicas en el seminario regional del Caribe, que se celebró en Kingstown del 31 de mayo al 2 de junio de 2011, en el sentido de que la independencia no era un asunto del cual la población del Territorio hablara habitualmente, ya que esta no había pedido cambio drástico alguno en la relación con la Potencia administradora, y que se estaba examinando el marco de políticas que rige la relación con la Potencia administradora,", "Recordando el informe de 1993 de los comisionados constitucionales, el debate sobre el informe celebrado en el Consejo Legislativo del Territorio en 1996, el establecimiento de la Comisión de Revisión de la Constitución en 2004, la conclusión en 2005 de su informe, en que figuraban recomendaciones sobre la modernización interna de la Constitución, y el debate sobre el informe celebrado en el Consejo Legislativo en 2005, así como las negociaciones entre la Potencia administradora y el Gobierno del Territorio que condujeron a la aprobación de la nueva Constitución del Territorio en 2007,", "Observando la opinión expresada en la declaración antes mencionada del representante de las Islas Vírgenes Británicas en el seminario regional del Caribe celebrado en 2011, en el sentido de que había margen para proseguir el examen constitucional en relación con la aplicación práctica y efectiva en el Territorio de lo dispuesto en la Constitución de 2007,", "Consciente de los efectos negativos de la desaceleración de la economía mundial en el crecimiento de los sectores de los servicios financieros y turísticos del Territorio, que posiblemente fue algo menos grave en 2010‑2011,", "Conocedora de la utilidad que pueden tener los vínculos regionales para el desarrollo de un pequeño Territorio insular,", "1. Recuerda la Constitución de las Islas Vírgenes Británicas, que entró en vigor en 2007, y destaca la importancia de que continúen las deliberaciones sobre cuestiones constitucionales para otorgar más responsabilidad al Gobierno del Territorio en la aplicación efectiva de la Constitución de 2007;", "2. Solicita a la Potencia administradora que ayude al Territorio facilitando su labor relativa a las actividades de divulgación pública de conformidad con el Artículo 73 b de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y, a ese respecto, exhorta a las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas a que presten asistencia al Territorio, si así lo solicita;", "3. Acoge con beneplácito el esfuerzo realizado por el Territorio para fortalecer su régimen regulador de los servicios financieros y para buscar mercados nuevos no tradicionales para su sector turístico;", "4. Acoge con beneplácito también la activa participación del Territorio en la labor de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe;", "5. Acoge con beneplácito además que el 12 de mayo de 2011 se celebrara la reunión del Consejo Inter Islas Vírgenes entre el Territorio y las Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos, que por primera vez se llevó a cabo a nivel de jefes de los Gobiernos de los Territorios;", "V", "Islas Caimán", "Tomando nota del documento de trabajo preparado por la Secretaría sobre las Islas Caimán[12] y demás información pertinente,", "Recordando la declaración formulada por el representante del Gobierno del Territorio en el seminario regional del Pacífico, que se celebró en Numea del 18 al 20 de mayo de 2010,", "Consciente del informe de 2002 de la Comisión de Modernización de la Constitución en que figuraba un proyecto de constitución para su examen por el pueblo del Territorio, del proyecto de constitución propuesto en 2003 por la Potencia administradora y de las deliberaciones subsiguientes entre el Territorio y la Potencia administradora que tuvieron lugar en 2003, así como de la reanudación de las conversaciones entre la Potencia administradora y el Gobierno del Territorio sobre la modernización interna de la Constitución en 2006, que dieron como resultado la finalización de un nuevo proyecto de constitución en febrero de 2009, su aceptación posterior por referendo en mayo de 2009 y su promulgación en noviembre de 2009,", "Consciente también de la labor que realiza, con arreglo a la Constitución de 2009, la nueva Comisión constitucional, que desempeña las funciones de órgano asesor sobre asuntos constitucionales,", "Reconociendo la opinión del Gobierno del Territorio en el sentido de que, pese al empeoramiento de la economía mundial y a los problemas de desempleo, los sectores de los servicios financieros y del turismo del Territorio contribuirían a mantener una economía fuerte,", "1. Recuerda la Constitución, que entró en vigor en 2009, y destaca la importancia de la labor que realiza la nueva Comisión constitucional, como la educación en materia de derechos humanos, en el Territorio;", "2. Solicita a la Potencia administradora que ayude al Territorio facilitando su labor relativa a las actividades de concienciación pública de conformidad con el Artículo 73 b de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y, a ese respecto, exhorta a las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas a que presten asistencia al Territorio, si así lo solicita;", "3. Acoge con beneplácito la activa participación del Territorio en la labor de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe;", "4. Acoge con beneplácito también el esfuerzo realizado por el Gobierno del Territorio para aplicar políticas de gestión sectorial, entre ellas las de facilitación y regulación de las inversiones y la promoción del turismo médico y deportivo, así como para ejecutar programas de reducción del desempleo en diversos sectores económicos;", "VI", "Guam", "Tomando nota del documento de trabajo preparado por la Secretaría sobre Guam[13] y demás información pertinente,", "Haciendo notar la declaración formulada por el representante del Gobernador de Guam en el seminario regional del Caribe, que se celebró en Kingstown del 31 de mayo al 2 de junio de 2011, en el sentido de que el Gobierno del Territorio estaba firmemente comprometido con el derecho inalienable del pueblo chamorro de Guam a la libre determinación, aspiraba a una asociación con la Potencia administradora en que se respetaran y tuvieran en cuenta todos los intereses y, en general, consideraba el militarismo un impedimento para la descolonización,", "Consciente de que, en virtud de la legislación de los Estados Unidos, las relaciones entre el Gobierno del Territorio y el Gobierno federal en toda cuestión que no sea responsabilidad programática de otro departamento u organismo federal están bajo la supervisión administrativa general del Secretario del Interior[14],", "Recordando que, en un referendo celebrado en 1987, los naturales de Guam empadronados y con derecho a votar apoyaron un proyecto de ley del Commonwealth de Guam que establecía un nuevo marco para las relaciones entre el Territorio y la Potencia administradora, en que se preveía una mayor autonomía interna para Guam y el reconocimiento del derecho del pueblo chamorro de Guam a la libre determinación para el Territorio,", "Recordando también las peticiones de los representantes elegidos y las organizaciones no gubernamentales del Territorio, incluso en el seminario regional del Caribe de 2011, de que no se eliminara a Guam de la lista de Territorios no autónomos de que se ocupa el Comité Especial hasta tanto el pueblo chamorro ejerciera su derecho a la libre determinación y teniendo en cuenta sus derechos e intereses legítimos,", "Consciente de que las negociaciones entre la Potencia administradora y el Gobierno del Territorio sobre el proyecto de ley del Commonwealth de Guam concluyeron en 1997, y de que posteriormente Guam estableció un proceso para celebrar un plebiscito no vinculante sobre la libre determinación en el que participaron electores del pueblo chamorro que cumplían los requisitos para votar,", "Conocedora de la importancia de que la Potencia administradora siga adelante con su programa para el traspaso de las tierras excedentes del Gobierno federal al Gobierno de Guam,", "Observando que el pueblo del Territorio ha pedido que se reforme el programa de la Potencia administradora relacionado con el traspaso total, incondicional y rápido de tierras al pueblo de Guam,", "Consciente de la profunda inquietud expresada por la sociedad civil y otros sectores, inclusive en las sesiones de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) de la Asamblea General, celebradas en octubre de 2009 y 2010, en el seminario regional del Pacífico, celebrado en Numea del 18 al 20 de mayo de 2010 y en el seminario regional del Caribe de 2011, respecto de los posibles efectos sociales, culturales, económicos y ambientales del traslado previsto al Territorio de un nuevo grupo de personal militar de la Potencia administradora,", "Consciente también de que, a causa de la inmigración a Guam, el pueblo indígena chamorro se ha convertido en una minoría en su propia tierra,", "1. Exhorta una vez más a la Potencia administradora a que tenga en cuenta la voluntad expresada por el pueblo chamorro y apoyada por los votantes de Guam en el referendo de 1987, según lo dispuesto ulteriormente en las leyes de Guam en relación con las iniciativas de libre determinación del pueblo chamorro, alienta a la Potencia administradora y al Gobierno del Territorio a que entablen negociaciones sobre esta cuestión y destaca la necesidad de seguir vigilando de cerca la situación general del Territorio;", "2. Solicita a la Potencia administradora que, en cooperación con el Gobierno del Territorio, siga transfiriendo tierras a los propietarios originales del Territorio, siga reconociendo y respetando los derechos políticos y la identidad cultural y étnica del pueblo chamorro de Guam y que adopte todas las medidas necesarias para tener en cuenta las preocupaciones del Gobierno del Territorio respecto de la cuestión de la inmigración;", "3. Solicita también a la Potencia administradora que ayude al Territorio facilitando las actividades de divulgación pública de conformidad con el Artículo 73 b de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y, a ese respecto, exhorta a las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas a que presten asistencia al Territorio, si así lo solicita, y acoge con beneplácito la labor de divulgación realizada recientemente por el Gobierno del Territorio, como la organización de un foro del pueblo chamorro en 2011;", "4. Solicita además a la Potencia administradora que preste su cooperación para establecer programas destinados al desarrollo sostenible de las actividades económicas y de las empresas del Territorio, teniendo en cuenta el papel especial del pueblo chamorro en el desarrollo de Guam;", "5. Acoge con beneplácito que en 2011 se haya invitado a Guam a convertirse en observador del Foro de las Islas del Pacífico;", "VII", "Montserrat", "Tomando nota del documento de trabajo preparado por la Secretaría sobre Montserrat[15] y demás información pertinente,", "Recordando la declaración formulada por el representante de Montserrat en el seminario regional del Caribe, celebrado en Frigate Bay (Saint Kitts y Nevis) del 12 al 14 de mayo de 2009,", "Consciente del informe de la Comisión de Revisión de la Constitución correspondiente a 2002, la reunión de un comité de la Asamblea Legislativa en 2005 para que examinara el informe, el proceso posterior de negociación con la Potencia administradora sobre un proyecto de constitución que otorgara más autonomía al Gobierno del Territorio, el proceso de negociación de las reformas constitucionales con la Potencia administradora, que prosiguió el Gobierno del Territorio elegido en 2010 y el acuerdo entre las dos partes respecto de un proyecto de constitución que se difundió a efectos de consulta pública,", "Observando que la nueva Constitución se aprobó en 2010 y que el Gobierno del Territorio está actualizando las partes pertinentes de su legislación para que la Constitución entre en vigor en 2011,", "Consciente de que Montserrat sigue recibiendo asistencia presupuestaria de la Potencia administradora para el funcionamiento del Gobierno del Territorio,", "Recordando las declaraciones formuladas por los participantes del seminario regional del Caribe de 2009, en que se alentó a la Potencia administradora a que comprometiera recursos suficientes para atender las necesidades especiales del Territorio,", "Observando con preocupación las persistentes consecuencias de la erupción volcánica de 1995 que obligó a evacuar a tres cuartas partes de la población del Territorio hacia zonas seguras de la isla y fuera del Territorio, consecuencias que siguen afectando a la economía de la isla,", "Reconociendo la asistencia que siguen prestando al Territorio los Estados miembros de la Comunidad del Caribe, en particular Antigua y Barbuda, que han ofrecido refugio y acceso a servicios de educación y de salud, al igual que empleo, a miles de personas que han abandonado el Territorio,", "Observando el empeño continuo de la Potencia administradora y del Gobierno del Territorio por hacer frente a las consecuencias de la erupción volcánica,", "1. Recuerda los progresos realizados por el Gobierno del Territorio y la Potencia administradora para concluir las negociaciones sobre la reforma de la Constitución del Territorio y acoge con beneplácito que se haya aprobado una nueva Constitución del Territorio;", "2. Solicita a la Potencia administradora que ayude al Territorio facilitando su labor relativa a las actividades de divulgación pública de conformidad con el Artículo 73 b de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y, a ese respecto, exhorta a las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas a que presten asistencia al Territorio, si así lo solicita;", "3. Acoge con beneplácito la activa participación del Territorio en la labor de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe;", "4. Exhorta a la Potencia administradora, a los organismos especializados y demás organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, así como a las organizaciones regionales y otras organizaciones, a que sigan prestando asistencia al Territorio a fin de mitigar las consecuencias de la erupción volcánica;", "VIII", "Pitcairn", "Tomando nota del documento de trabajo preparado por la Secretaría sobre Pitcairn[16] y demás información pertinente,", "Teniendo en cuenta las características singulares de Pitcairn en lo que respecta a su población, superficie y acceso,", "Consciente de que, tras las consultas celebradas en 2009, entró en vigor en el Territorio en marzo de 2010 el nuevo Decreto Constitucional de Pitcairn de 2010, que contiene disposiciones relativas a los derechos humanos,", "Consciente también de que la Potencia administradora y el Gobierno del Territorio están implantando una nueva estructura de gobernanza para reforzar la capacidad administrativa del Territorio, sobre la base de consultas con la población del Territorio, y de que Pitcairn sigue recibiendo asistencia presupuestaria de la Potencia administradora para el funcionamiento del Gobierno del Territorio,", "1. Recuerda la entrada en vigor del Decreto constitucional de Pitcairn de 2010 en el Territorio en marzo de 2010, que incluye un nuevo marco constitucional y disposiciones relativas a los derechos humanos, y todos los esfuerzos de la Potencia administradora y el Gobierno del Territorio encaminados a transferir competencias al Territorio a fin de ampliar gradualmente su autonomía, incluso mediante la capacitación de personal local;", "2. Solicita a la Potencia administradora que ayude al Territorio facilitando su labor relativa a las actividades de divulgación pública de conformidad con el Artículo 73 b de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y, a ese respecto, exhorta a las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas a que presten asistencia al Territorio, si así lo solicita;", "3. Solicita también a la Potencia administradora que siga prestando asistencia para mejorar las condiciones económicas, sociales, educacionales y de otra índole de la población del Territorio y que prosiga sus conversaciones con el Gobierno del Territorio para hallar la mejor manera de respaldar la seguridad socioeconómica de Pitcairn;", "IX", "Santa Elena", "Tomando nota del documento de trabajo preparado por la Secretaría sobre Santa Elena[17] y demás información pertinente,", "Recordando la declaración formulada por el representante de Santa Elena en el seminario regional del Caribe, celebrado en Frigate Bay (Saint Kitts y Nevis) del 12 al 14 de mayo de 2009,", "Teniendo en cuenta el carácter singular de Santa Elena en cuanto a su población, su geografía y sus recursos naturales,", "Consciente del proceso interno de revisión de la Constitución emprendido por el Gobierno del Territorio desde 2001, la culminación de un proyecto de constitución tras las negociaciones celebradas entre la Potencia administradora y el Gobierno del Territorio en 2003 y 2004, la consulta popular sobre una nueva Constitución, celebrada en Santa Elena en mayo de 2005, la preparación subsiguiente de un proyecto de constitución revisado y su publicación en junio de 2008 para celebrar consultas públicas ulteriores y la entrada en vigor de la nueva Constitución de Santa Elena, Ascensión y Tristán da Cunha el 1 de septiembre de 2009,", "Conocedora de que Santa Elena sigue recibiendo asistencia presupuestaria de la Potencia administradora para el funcionamiento del Gobierno del Territorio,", "Consciente de los esfuerzos de la Potencia administradora y el Gobierno del Territorio por mejorar las condiciones socioeconómicas de la población de Santa Elena, particularmente en lo que respecta al empleo y la infraestructura de transporte y comunicaciones,", "Observando los esfuerzos del Territorio por hacer frente al problema del desempleo en la isla y las medidas adoptadas conjuntamente por la Potencia administradora y el Gobierno del Territorio para resolverlo,", "Observando también la importancia de mejorar la infraestructura y la accesibilidad de Santa Elena, y observando a ese respecto el anuncio realizado por la Potencia administradora en 2010 de los planes sobre la construcción de un aeropuerto en la isla de Santa Elena,", "1. Destaca la importancia de la Constitución del Territorio de 2009;", "2. Solicita a la Potencia administradora que preste asistencia al Territorio facilitando su labor relativa a las actividades de divulgación pública de conformidad con el Artículo 73 b de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y, a ese respecto, exhorta a las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas a que presten asistencia al Territorio, si así lo solicita;", "3. Solicita a la Potencia administradora y a las organizaciones internacionales competentes que sigan apoyando los esfuerzos del Gobierno del Territorio para que pueda hacer frente a los desafíos que impiden el desarrollo socioeconómico del Territorio, como el desempleo, y las limitaciones en la infraestructura de transporte y comunicaciones;", "4. Exhorta a la Potencia administradora a que tenga en cuenta las singulares características geográficas de Santa Elena, a la vez que resuelve lo antes posible cualquier obstáculo que pueda surgir sobre la construcción del aeropuerto;", "X", "Islas Turcas y Caicos", "Tomando nota del documento de trabajo preparado por la Secretaría sobre las Islas Turcas y Caicos[18] y demás información pertinente,", "Recordando la declaración formulada por el representante de las Islas Turcas y Caicos en el seminario regional del Caribe, celebrado en Frigate Bay (Saint Kitts y Nevis) del 12 al 14 de mayo de 2009,", "Recordando también el envío de la misión especial de las Naciones Unidas a las Islas Turcas y Caicos en 2006, a petición del Gobierno del Territorio y con la anuencia de la Potencia administradora,", "Consciente del informe de 2002 del órgano encargado de la modernización de la Constitución, y reconociendo la Constitución acordada entre la Potencia administradora y el Gobierno del Territorio, que entró en vigor en 2006,", "Observando las decisiones de la Potencia administradora de suspender partes de la Constitución de 2006 de las Islas Turcas y Caicos relativas al derecho constitucional a un juicio con jurado, el gobierno ministerial y la Asamblea Legislativa, como resultado de las recomendaciones formuladas por una Comisión de investigación independiente y el fallo emitido por el Tribunal de Apelación de la Potencia administradora, de presentar un proyecto de constitución para someterlo a consultas públicas en 2011 y de introducir una nueva constitución en el Territorio,", "Observando también que se siguen aplazando las elecciones en el Territorio,", "Reconociendo los efectos de la desaceleración de la economía mundial y otros acontecimientos pertinentes en el turismo y el desarrollo inmobiliario conexo, pilares de la economía del Territorio, y el plan de estabilización fiscal para 2010‑2011, que ofrece estímulos para el sector privado del Territorio,", "1. Observa con grave preocupación la situación actual en las Islas Turcas y Caicos y observa los esfuerzos de la Potencia administradora para restaurar la buena gobernanza, inclusive mediante la introducción de una nueva constitución en 2011, y una gestión financiera sólida en el Territorio;", "2. Pide que se restablezcan lo antes posible las disposiciones constitucionales en que se estipula la democracia representativa mediante un Gobierno del Territorio elegido;", "3. Observa las posiciones y los reiterados llamamientos de la Comunidad del Caribe y el Movimiento de los Países No Alineados en pro del restablecimiento con carácter de urgencia de un Gobierno del Territorio elegido democráticamente y también observa la opinión expresada por la Potencia administradora de que las elecciones no se deberían aplazar más de lo necesario;", "4. Observa también las amplias consultas realizadas por el Asesor de la Reforma Constitucional y Electoral y el debate continuo sobre la reforma constitucional y electoral en el Territorio, y destaca la importancia de que todos los grupos y partes interesadas participen en el proceso de consultas;", "5. Destaca la importancia de que el Territorio cuente con una Constitución que refleje las aspiraciones y los deseos del pueblo del Territorio basada en los mecanismos de consulta popular;", "6. Solicita a la Potencia administradora que ayude al Territorio facilitando su labor relativa a las actividades de divulgación pública de conformidad con el Artículo 73 b de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y, a ese respecto, exhorta a las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas a que presten asistencia al Territorio, si así lo solicita;", "7. Acoge con beneplácito la activa participación del Territorio en la labor de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe;", "8. Acoge con beneplácito también los esfuerzos que sigue realizando el Gobierno del Territorio para responder a la necesidad de prestar atención al fomento del desarrollo socioeconómico en todo el Territorio;", "XI", "Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos", "Tomando nota del documento de trabajo preparado por la Secretaría sobre las Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos[19] y demás información pertinente,", "Consciente de que, en virtud de la legislación de los Estados Unidos, las relaciones entre el Gobierno del Territorio y el Gobierno federal en toda cuestión que no sea responsabilidad programática de otro departamento u organismo federal están bajo la supervisión administrativa general del Secretario del Interior[20],", "Consciente también del quinto intento del Territorio de examinar la Ley orgánica revisada que rige sus disposiciones de gobernanza interna, así como las solicitudes de asistencia al programa de educación pública dirigidas a la Potencia administradora y al sistema de las Naciones Unidas,", "Conocedora de que en 2009 se propuso un proyecto de constitución y posteriormente se remitió a la Potencia administradora, que en 2010 solicitó al Territorio que examinara sus objeciones al proyecto de constitución,", "Conocedora también de la utilidad que pueden tener los vínculos regionales para el desarrollo de un pequeño Territorio insular,", "1. Acoge con beneplácito la propuesta de proyecto de constitución formulada por el Territorio en 2009, fruto de la labor de la quinta Convención constitucional de las Islas Vírgenes de los Estados Unidos, que habrá de ser examinada por la Potencia administradora, y solicita a la Potencia administradora que preste asistencia al Gobierno del Territorio para que pueda alcanzar sus objetivos políticos, económicos y sociales, en particular la culminación con éxito del proceso interno de Convención constitucional en curso;", "2. Solicita a la Potencia administradora que facilite el proceso de aprobación de la propuesta de constitución del Territorio en el Congreso de los Estados Unidos y su puesta en práctica, una vez acordado en el Territorio;", "3. Solicita también a la Potencia administradora que preste asistencia al Territorio facilitando su labor relativa a un programa de educación pública de conformidad con el Artículo 73 b de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y, a ese respecto, exhorta a las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas a que presten asistencia al Territorio, si así lo solicita;", "4. Reitera su petición de que el Territorio se incluya en los programas regionales del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, en consonancia con la participación de otros Territorios no autónomos;", "5. Acoge con beneplácito la activa participación del Territorio en la labor de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe;", "6. Acoge con beneplácito también que el 12 de mayo de 2011 se celebrara la reunión del Consejo Inter Islas Vírgenes entre el Territorio y las Islas Vírgenes Británicas, que por primera vez se llevó a cabo a nivel de jefes de los Gobiernos de los Territorios.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 23 (A/66/23), cap. IX.", "[2]  Resolución 1514 (XV).", "[3]  Véanse A/56/61, anexo, y la resolución 65/119.", "[4]  Véase la resolución 2200 A (XXI), anexo.", "[5]  A/AC.109/2011/2, 4 a 12 y 15.", "[6]  A/65/330 y Add.1.", "[7]  A/AC.109/2011/12.", "[8]  Congreso de los Estados Unidos, 1929 (48 U.S.C. Sec. 1661, 45 Stat. 1253), y ordenanza 2657 del Departamento del Interior de los Estados Unidos de América, 1951, en su forma enmendada.", "[9]  A/AC.109/2011/2.", "[10]  A/AC.109/2011/5.", "[11]  A/AC.109/2011/6.", "[12]  A/AC.109/2011/8.", "[13]  A/AC.109/2011/15.", "[14]  Congreso de los Estados Unidos, Ley orgánica de Guam de 1950, en su forma enmendada.", "[15]  A/AC.109/2011/11.", "[16]  A/AC.109/2011/4.", "[17]  A/AC.109/2011/7.", "[18]  A/AC.109/2011/10.", "[19]  A/AC.109/2011/9.", "[20]  Congreso de los Estados Unidos, Ley orgánica revisada, de 1954." ]
[ "Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/434)]", "66/89. Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands", "A", "GENERAL", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the questions of the Non-Self-Governing Territories of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena, the Turks and Caicos Islands and the United States Virgin Islands, hereinafter referred to as “the Territories”,", "Having examined the relevant chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2011,[1]", "Recalling all resolutions and decisions of the United Nations relating to those Territories, including, in particular, the resolutions adopted by the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session on the individual Territories covered by the present resolutions,", "Recognizing that all available options for self-determination of the Territories are valid as long as they are in accordance with the freely expressed wishes of the peoples concerned and in conformity with the clearly defined principles contained in General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, 1541 (XV) of 15 December 1960 and other resolutions of the Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 1541 (XV), containing the principles that should guide Member States in determining whether or not an obligation exists to transmit the information called for under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Expressing concern that fifty-one years after the adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,[2] there still remain a number of Non-Self-Governing Territories,", "Conscious of the importance of continuing effective implementation of the Declaration, taking into account the target set by the United Nations to eradicate colonialism by 2020 and the plans of action for the Second and Third International Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism,[3]", "Recognizing that the specific characteristics and the aspirations of the peoples of the Territories require flexible, practical and innovative approaches to the options for self-determination, without any prejudice to territorial size, geographical location, size of population or natural resources,", "Noting the stated position of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the stated position of the Government of the United States of America on the Non-Self-Governing Territories under their administration,", "Noting also the constitutional developments in some Non-Self-Governing Territories affecting the internal structure of governance about which the Special Committee has received information,", "Convinced that the wishes and aspirations of the peoples of the Territories should continue to guide the development of their future political status and that referendums, free and fair elections and other forms of popular consultation play an important role in ascertaining the wishes and aspirations of the people,", "Convinced also that any negotiations to determine the status of a Territory must take place with the active involvement and participation of the people of that Territory, under the aegis of the United Nations, on a case-by-case basis, and that the views of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in respect of their right to self-determination should be ascertained,", "Noting that a number of Non-Self-Governing Territories have expressed concern at the procedure followed by some administering Powers, contrary to the wishes of the Territories themselves, of amending or enacting legislation for application to the Territories, either through orders in council, in order to apply to the Territories the international treaty obligations of the administering Power, or through the unilateral application of laws and regulations,", "Aware of the importance of the international financial services and tourism sectors for the economies of some of the Non-Self-Governing Territories,", "Noting the continued cooperation of the Non-Self-Governing Territories at the local and regional levels, including participation in the work of regional organizations,", "Mindful that United Nations visiting and special missions provide an effective means of ascertaining the situation in the Territories, that some Territories have not received a United Nations visiting mission for a long time and that no visiting missions have been sent to some of the Territories, and considering the possibility of sending further visiting missions to the Territories at an appropriate time, in consultation with the relevant administering Powers and in accordance with the relevant resolutions and decisions of the United Nations on decolonization,", "Mindful also that, in order for the Special Committee to enhance its understanding of the political status of the peoples of the Territories and to fulfil its mandate effectively, it is important for it to be apprised by the relevant administering Powers and to receive information from other appropriate sources, including the representatives of the Territories, concerning the wishes and aspirations of the peoples of the Territories,", "Acknowledging the regular transmission by the administering Powers to the Secretary-General of information called for under Article 73 e of the Charter,", "Aware of the importance both to the Territories and to the Special Committee of the participation of elected and appointed representatives of the Territories in the work of the Committee,", "Recognizing the need for the Special Committee to ensure that the appropriate bodies of the United Nations actively pursue a public awareness campaign aimed at assisting the peoples of the Territories in gaining a better understanding of the options for self-determination,", "Mindful, in this connection, that the holding of regional seminars in the Caribbean and Pacific regions and at Headquarters, with the active participation of representatives of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, provides a helpful means for the Special Committee to fulfil its mandate, and that the regional nature of the seminars, which alternate between the Caribbean and the Pacific, is a crucial element in the context of a United Nations programme for ascertaining the political status of the Territories,", "Noting the stated positions of the representatives of the Non-Self-Governing Territories before the Special Committee and at its regional seminars,", "Mindful that the 2011 Caribbean regional seminar was held in Kingstown from 31 May to 2 June 2011,", "Conscious of the particular vulnerability of the Territories to natural disasters and environmental degradation, and, in this connection, bearing in mind the applicability to the Territories of the programmes of action or outcome documents of all United Nations world conferences and special sessions of the General Assembly in the economic and social spheres,", "Noting with appreciation the contribution to the development of some Territories by the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Development Programme, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, as well as regional institutions such as the Caribbean Development Bank, the Caribbean Community, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, the Pacific Islands Forum and the agencies of the Council of Regional Organizations in the Pacific,", "Noting the statement by the representative of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Caribbean regional seminar in Kingstown that all six Caribbean Non-Self-Governing Territories are active associate members of the Economic Commission,", "Aware that the Human Rights Committee, as part of its mandate under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,[4] reviews the status of the self-determination process, including in small island Territories under examination by the Special Committee,", "Recalling the ongoing efforts of the Special Committee in carrying out a critical review of its work with the aim of making appropriate and constructive recommendations and decisions to attain its objectives in accordance with its mandate,", "Recognizing that the annual working papers prepared by the Secretariat on developments in each of the small Territories,[5] as well as the substantive documentation and information furnished by experts, scholars, non-governmental organizations and other sources, have provided important inputs to update the present resolutions,", "Recalling the report of the Secretary-General on the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism,[6]", "1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to self-determination, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations and with General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV), containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;", "2. Also reaffirms that, in the process of decolonization, there is no alternative to the principle of self-determination, which is also a fundamental human right, as recognized under the relevant human rights conventions;", "3. Further reaffirms that it is ultimately for the peoples of the Territories themselves to determine freely their future political status in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, and in that connection reiterates its long-standing call for the administering Powers, in cooperation with the territorial Governments and appropriate bodies of the United Nations system, to develop political education programmes for the Territories in order to foster an awareness among the people of their right to self-determination in conformity with the legitimate political status options, based on the principles clearly defined in Assembly resolution 1541 (XV) and other relevant resolutions and decisions;", "4. Stresses the importance of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples being apprised of the views and wishes of the peoples of the Territories and enhancing its understanding of their conditions, including the nature and scope of the existing political and constitutional arrangements between the Non-Self-Governing Territories and their respective administering Powers;", "5. Requests the administering Powers to continue to transmit regularly to the Secretary-General information called for under Article 73 e of the Charter;", "6. Calls upon the administering Powers to participate in and cooperate fully with the work of the Special Committee in order to implement the provisions of Article 73 e of the Charter and the Declaration and in order to advise the Special Committee on the implementation of the provisions under Article 73 b of the Charter on efforts to promote self-government in the Territories, and encourages the administering Powers to facilitate visiting and special missions to the Territories;", "7. Reaffirms the responsibility of the administering Powers under the Charter to promote the economic and social development and to preserve the cultural identity of the Territories, and, as a priority, to mitigate the effects of the current global financial crisis where possible, in consultation with the territorial Governments concerned, towards the strengthening and diversification of their respective economies;", "8. Requests the Territories and the administering Powers to take all measures necessary to protect and conserve the environment of the Territories against any degradation, and once again requests the specialized agencies concerned to continue to monitor environmental conditions in the Territories and to provide assistance to those Territories, consistent with their prevailing rules of procedure;", "9. Welcomes the participation of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in regional activities, including the work of regional organizations;", "10. Stresses the importance of implementing the plans of action for the Second and Third International Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism,³ in particular by expediting the application of the work programme for the decolonization of each Non-Self-Governing Territory, on a case-by-case basis, as well as by ensuring that periodic analyses are undertaken of the progress and extent of the implementation of the Declaration in each Territory, and that the working papers prepared by the Secretariat on each Territory should fully reflect developments in those Territories;", "11. Urges Member States to contribute to the efforts of the United Nations to usher in a world free of colonialism within the context of the International Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism, and calls upon them to continue to give their full support to the Special Committee in its endeavours towards that noble goal;", "12. Stresses the importance of the various constitutional exercises in the respective Territories administered by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America, and led by the territorial Governments, designed to address internal constitutional structures within the present territorial arrangements, and decides to follow closely the developments concerning the future political status of those Territories;", "13. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to report to the General Assembly on a regular basis on the implementation of decolonization resolutions adopted since the declaration of the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism;", "14. Reiterates its request that the Human Rights Committee collaborate with the Special Committee, within the framework of its mandate on the right to self-determination as contained in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,⁴ with the aim of exchanging information, given that the Human Rights Committee is mandated to review the situation, including political and constitutional developments, in many of the Non-Self-Governing Territories that are within the purview of the Special Committee;", "15. Requests the Special Committee to continue to collaborate with the Economic and Social Council and its relevant subsidiary intergovernmental bodies, within the framework of their respective mandates, with the aim of exchanging information on developments in those Non-Self-Governing Territories which are reviewed by those bodies;", "16. Also requests the Special Committee to continue to examine the question of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session and on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "B", "INDIVIDUAL TERRITORIES", "The General Assembly,", "Referring to resolution A above,", "I", "American Samoa", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on American Samoa[7] and other relevant information,", "Noting the statement made by the representative of the Governor of American Samoa at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Kingstown from 31 May to 2 June 2011, that the Territory’s position that it should be removed from the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories continued to hold, that it was time to make political and economic progress while respecting the concerns of the administering Power and the United Nations, and that the administering Powers should be urged to transmit information on their respective Non-Self-Governing Territories for consideration by the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples,", "Aware that under United States law the Secretary of the Interior has administrative jurisdiction over American Samoa,[8]", "Noting the position of the administering Power and the statements made by representatives of American Samoa in regional seminars, including at the 2011 Caribbean regional seminar, inviting the Special Committee to send a visiting mission to the Territory,", "Aware of the work of the Future Political Status Study Commission, completed in 2006, the release of its report, with recommendations, in January 2007, and the creation of the American Samoa Constitutional Review Committee in the Territory, as well as the holding in June 2010 of American Samoa’s fourth Constitutional Convention,", "Noting, in that regard, the statement made by the representative of the Governor of American Samoa at the 2011 Caribbean regional seminar and previous policy papers presented to the Special Committee stating that, against a backdrop of a decades-long popular preference for integration with the United States of America, the Territory wished to move forward on political status, local autonomy and self-governance issues,", "Acknowledging the indication by the territorial Government, including at the 2011 Caribbean regional seminar, that the effects of certain federal laws on the Territory’s economy are serious cause for concern,", "Aware that American Samoa continues to be the only United States Territory to receive financial assistance from the administering Power for the operations of the territorial Government,", "1. Takes note that, at the November 2010 general elections, voters defeated the proposed amendments to the 1967 revised Constitution of American Samoa adopted at the fourth Constitutional Convention, held in June 2010;", "2. Welcomes the work of the territorial Government with respect to moving forward on political status, local autonomy and self-governance issues with a view to making political and economic progress;", "3. Expresses its appreciation for the invitation extended in 2011 to the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples by the Governor of American Samoa to send a visiting mission to the Territory, calls upon the administering Power to facilitate such a mission if the territorial Government so desires, and requests the Chair of the Special Committee to take all the steps necessary to that end;", "4. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work concerning a public awareness programme, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and, in that regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;", "5. Calls upon the administering Power to assist the territorial Government in the diversification and sustainability of the economy of the Territory and to address employment and cost-of-living issues;", "6. Welcomes the invitation to American Samoa in 2011 to become Pacific Islands Forum observer;", "II", "Anguilla", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Anguilla[9] and other relevant information,", "Recalling the holding of the 2003 Caribbean regional seminar in Anguilla, hosted by the territorial Government and made possible by the administering Power, the first time that the seminar had been held in a Non-Self-Governing Territory,", "Recalling also the statement of the representative of Anguilla at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May 2009,", "Noting the internal constitutional review process resumed by the territorial Government in 2006, the work of the Constitutional and Electoral Reform Commission, which prepared its report in August 2006, the holding of public and other consultative meetings in 2007 on proposed constitutional amendments to be presented to the administering Power, and the 2008 decision to set up a drafting team consisting of territorial Government officials, members of the House of Assembly and lawyers to draft a new constitution, as well as the presentation of the draft constitution for public consultation in the Territory in 2009 and the expectation that the draft text will be discussed with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, with the aim of seeking full internal self-government without prejudice to independence as an option,", "Aware of certain difficulties in the relations between the territorial Government and the administering Power regarding budgetary and economic matters and of the intention of the territorial Government to continue its commitment to high-end tourism in an effort to promote local employment opportunities,", "Noting the participation of the Territory as an associate member in the Caribbean Community, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,", "Aware of the willingness expressed by the Prime Ministers of the States members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States in 2011 to assist in the resolution of difficulties being experienced by the territorial Government in respect of its relations with the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,", "1. Once again welcomes the presentation of a new constitution for public consultation in 2009 with the aim of further discussing the new constitution with the administering Power in 2010, and urges that constitutional discussions be concluded as soon as possible;", "2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory in its current efforts with regard to advancing the internal constitutional review exercise, if requested;", "3. Stresses the importance of the previously expressed desire of the territorial Government for a visiting mission by the Special Committee, calls upon the administering Power to facilitate such a mission, if the territorial Government so desires, and requests the Chair of the Special Committee to take all the necessary steps to that end;", "4. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work concerning public consultative outreach efforts consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;", "5. Calls upon the administering Power to assist the territorial Government in strengthening its commitments in the economic domain, including budgetary matters, with regional support as needed and appropriate;", "6. Welcomes the active participation of the Territory in the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;", "III", "Bermuda", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Bermuda[10] and other relevant information,", "Recalling the statement of the representative of Bermuda at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May 2009,", "Conscious of the different viewpoints of the political parties on the future status of the Territory, and noting a January 2011 survey by local media according to which 73 per cent of respondents did not wish to sever ties with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the administering Power, and 14 per cent were in favour of independence,", "Recalling the dispatch of the United Nations special mission to Bermuda in 2005, at the request of the territorial Government and with the concurrence of the administering Power, which provided information to the people of the Territory on the role of the United Nations in the process of self-determination, on the legitimate political status options as clearly defined in General Assembly resolution 1541 (XV) and on the experiences of other small States that have achieved a full measure of self-government,", "1. Stresses the importance of the 2005 report of the Bermuda Independence Commission, which provides a thorough examination of the facts surrounding independence, and continues to regret that the plans for public meetings and the presentation of a Green Paper to the House of Assembly followed by a White Paper outlining the policy proposals for an independent Bermuda have so far not materialized;", "2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work concerning public educational outreach efforts, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;", "IV", "British Virgin Islands", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the British Virgin Islands[11] and other relevant information,", "Noting the statement of the representative of the British Virgin Islands at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Kingstown from 31 May to 2 June 2011, that independence was not a matter regularly discussed among the people of the Territory as there had been no popular call for such a drastic change in the relationship with the administering Power and that the policy framework governing the relationship with the administering Power was being reviewed,", "Recalling the 1993 report of the Constitutional Commissioners, the 1996 debate on the report in the Legislative Council of the Territory, the establishment of the Constitutional Review Commission in 2004, the completion in 2005 of its report providing recommendations on internal constitutional modernization and the debate held in 2005 on the report in the Legislative Council, as well as the negotiations between the administering Power and the territorial Government, which resulted in the adoption of the new Constitution of the Territory in 2007,", "Noting the view expressed in the aforementioned statement made by the representative of the British Virgin Islands at the 2011 Caribbean regional seminar that there was scope for further constitutional review with respect to the practical and effective implementation of the provisions of the 2007 Constitution in the Territory,", "Aware of the negative impact of the global economic slowdown on the growth of the Territory’s financial and tourism services sectors, which was possibly somewhat less severe in 2010–2011,", "Cognizant of the potential usefulness of regional ties for the development of a small island Territory,", "1. Recalls the Constitution of the British Virgin Islands, which took effect in 2007, and stresses the importance of continued discussions on constitutional matters, to accord greater responsibility to the territorial Government for the effective implementation of the 2007 Constitution;", "2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work concerning public outreach efforts, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and, in that regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;", "3. Welcomes the efforts made by the Territory to strengthen its financial services regulatory regime and to seek new, non-traditional markets for its tourism industry;", "4. Also welcomes the active participation of the Territory in the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;", "5. Further welcomes the holding, for the first time at the level of heads of territorial Government, on 12 May 2011, of the meeting of the Inter‑Virgin Islands Council between the Territory and the United States Virgin Islands;", "V", "Cayman Islands", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the Cayman Islands[12] and other relevant information,", "Recalling the statement made by the representative of the territorial Government at the Pacific regional seminar, held in Nouméa from 18 to 20 May 2010,", "Aware of the 2002 report of the Constitutional Modernization Review Commission, which contained a draft constitution for the consideration of the people of the Territory, the 2003 draft constitution offered by the administering Power and the subsequent discussions between the Territory and the administering Power in 2003, and the reopening of discussions between the administering Power and the territorial Government on internal constitutional modernization, in 2006, which resulted in the finalization of a new draft constitution in February 2009, its subsequent acceptance by referendum in May 2009, and promulgation in November 2009,", "Conscious of the work, under the 2009 Constitution, of the new Constitutional Commission, which serves as an advisory body on constitutional matters,", "Acknowledging the view of the territorial Government that, in spite of the global economic downturn and unemployment issues, the Territory’s financial services and tourism industries would help sustain a strong economy,", "1. Recalls the Constitution, which took effect in 2009, and stresses the importance of the work of the new Constitutional Commission, including human rights education, in the Territory;", "2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work concerning public awareness outreach efforts, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;", "3. Welcomes the Territory’s active participation in the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;", "4. Also welcomes the efforts made by the territorial Government to implement sectoral management policies such as investment facilitation and regulation and the promotion of medical and sports tourism, as well as unemployment alleviation programmes in various economic sectors;", "VI", "Guam", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Guam[13] and other relevant information,", "Noting the statement made by the representative of the Governor of Guam at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Kingstown from 31 May to 2 June 2011, that the territorial Government had a strong commitment to the inalienable right of the Chamorro people of Guam to self-determination, aspired to a partnership with the administering Power wherein all interests would be respected and considered, and generally considered militarism an impediment to decolonization,", "Aware that under United States law the relations between the territorial Government and the federal Government in all matters that are not the programme responsibility of another federal department or agency are under the general administrative supervision of the Secretary of the Interior,[14]", "Recalling that, in a referendum held in 1987, the registered and eligible voters of Guam endorsed a draft Guam Commonwealth Act that would establish a new framework for relations between the Territory and the administering Power, providing for a greater measure of internal self-government for Guam and recognition of the right of the Chamorro people of Guam to self-determination for the Territory,", "Recalling also the requests by the elected representatives and non‑governmental organizations of the Territory, including at the 2011 Caribbean regional seminar, that Guam not be removed from the list of the Non-Self-Governing Territories with which the Special Committee is concerned, pending the self-determination of the Chamorro people and taking into account their legitimate rights and interests,", "Aware that negotiations between the administering Power and the territorial Government on the draft Guam Commonwealth Act ended in 1997 and that Guam has subsequently established a non-binding plebiscite process for a self-determination vote by the eligible Chamorro voters,", "Cognizant of the importance that the administering Power continues to implement its programme of transferring surplus federal land to the Government of Guam,", "Noting that the people of the Territory have called for reform in the programme of the administering Power with respect to the thorough, unconditional and expeditious transfer of land property to the people of Guam,", "Aware of the deep concerns expressed by civil society and others, including at the meetings of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of the General Assembly in October 2009 and 2010, at the Pacific regional seminar held in Nouméa from 18 to 20 May 2010, and at the 2011 Caribbean regional seminar, regarding the potential social, cultural, economic and environmental impacts of the planned transfer of additional military personnel of the administering Power to the Territory,", "Conscious that immigration into Guam has resulted in the indigenous Chamorros becoming a minority in their homeland,", "1. Calls once again upon the administering Power to take into consideration the expressed will of the Chamorro people as supported by Guam voters in the referendum of 1987 and as subsequently provided for in Guam law regarding Chamorro self-determination efforts, encourages the administering Power and the territorial Government to enter into negotiations on the matter, and stresses the need for continued close monitoring of the overall situation in the Territory;", "2. Requests the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial Government, to continue to transfer land to the original landowners of the Territory, to continue to recognize and to respect the political rights and the cultural and ethnic identity of the Chamorro people of Guam and to take all measures necessary to address the concerns of the territorial Government with regard to the question of immigration;", "3. Also requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating public outreach efforts, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested, and welcomes the recent outreach work by the territorial Government, including the convening in 2011 of a Chamorro forum;", "4. Further requests the administering Power to cooperate in establishing programmes for the sustainable development of the economic activities and enterprises of the Territory, noting the special role of the Chamorro people in the development of Guam;", "5. Welcomes the invitation to Guam in 2011 to become Pacific Islands Forum observer;", "VII", "Montserrat", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Montserrat[15] and other relevant information,", "Recalling the statement of the representative of Montserrat at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May 2009,", "Aware of the 2002 report of the Constitutional Review Commission, the convening of a committee of the House of Assembly in 2005 to review the report, the subsequent negotiating process with the administering Power on a draft constitution according greater autonomy to the territorial Government, the efforts of the newly elected 2010 territorial Government to continue the process of negotiating constitutional reforms with the administering Power, and the draft constitution agreed between the two parties and published for public consultation,", "Noting the approval of a new Constitution in 2010 and the work of the territorial Government to update the relevant parts of the Territory’s legislation so that the Constitution can enter into force in 2011,", "Aware that Montserrat continues to receive budgetary aid from the administering Power for the operation of the territorial Government,", "Recalling the statements made by participants at the 2009 Caribbean regional seminar encouraging the administering Power to commit sufficient resources to meet the Territory’s special needs,", "Noting with concern the continued consequences of the 1995 volcanic eruption, which led to the evacuation of three quarters of the Territory’s population to safe areas of the island and to areas outside the Territory, which continues to have enduring consequences for the economy of the island,", "Acknowledging the continued assistance provided to the Territory by States members of the Caribbean Community, in particular Antigua and Barbuda, which has offered safe refuge and access to educational and health facilities, as well as employment for thousands who have left the Territory,", "Noting the continuing efforts of the administering Power and the territorial Government to deal with the consequences of the volcanic eruption,", "1. Recalls the progress made by the territorial Government and the administering Power on concluding the negotiations to reform the Constitution of the Territory, and welcomes the approval of a new Constitution for the Territory;", "2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work concerning public outreach efforts, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;", "3. Welcomes the active participation of the Territory in the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;", "4. Calls upon the administering Power, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, as well as regional and other organizations, to continue to provide assistance to the Territory in alleviating the consequences of the volcanic eruption;", "VIII", "Pitcairn", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Pitcairn[16] and other relevant information,", "Taking into account the unique character of Pitcairn in terms of population, area and access,", "Aware that, following consultations in 2009, the Pitcairn Constitution Order 2010, including human rights provisions, came into force in the Territory in March 2010,", "Aware also that the administering Power and the territorial Government have implemented a new governance structure to strengthen administrative capacity in the Territory, based on consultations with the people of the Territory, and that Pitcairn continues to receive budgetary aid from the administering Power for the operation of the territorial Government,", "1. Recalls the entry into force of the Pitcairn Constitution Order 2010 in the Territory in March 2010, featuring a new constitutional framework and human rights provisions, and all efforts by the administering Power and the territorial Government that would further devolve operational responsibilities to the Territory, with a view to gradually expanding self-government, including through training of local personnel;", "2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work concerning public outreach efforts, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;", "3. Also requests the administering Power to continue its assistance for the improvement of the economic, social, educational and other conditions of the population of the Territory and to continue its discussions with the territorial Government on how best to support socio-economic security in Pitcairn;", "IX", "Saint Helena", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Saint Helena[17] and other relevant information,", "Recalling the statement of the representative of Saint Helena at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May 2009,", "Taking into account the unique character of Saint Helena in terms of its population, geography and natural resources,", "Aware of the internal constitutional review process led by the territorial Government since 2001, the completion of a draft constitution following negotiations between the administering Power and the territorial Government in 2003 and 2004, the consultative poll with regard to a new Constitution, held in Saint Helena in May 2005, the subsequent preparation of a revised draft constitution and its publication in June 2008 for further public consultation, and the entry into force of the new Constitution for Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha on 1 September 2009,", "Cognizant that Saint Helena continues to receive budgetary aid from the administering Power for the operation of the territorial Government,", "Aware of the efforts of the administering Power and the territorial Government to improve the socio-economic conditions of the population of Saint Helena, in particular in the areas of employment and transport and communications infrastructure,", "Noting the efforts of the Territory to address the problem of unemployment on the island and the joint action of the administering Power and the territorial Government in dealing with it,", "Noting also the importance of improving the infrastructure and accessibility of Saint Helena, and, in this regard, the administering Power’s announcement in 2010 about plans for building an airport on the island of Saint Helena,", "1. Stresses the importance of the Territory’s 2009 Constitution;", "2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work concerning public outreach efforts, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and, in that regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;", "3. Requests the administering Power and relevant international organizations to continue to support the efforts of the territorial Government to address the Territory’s socio-economic development challenges, including unemployment, and limited transport and communications infrastructure;", "4. Calls upon the administering Power to take into account the unique geographical character of Saint Helena while resolving as soon as feasible any outstanding issues related to the airport construction;", "X", "Turks and Caicos Islands", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the Turks and Caicos Islands[18] and other relevant information,", "Recalling the statement of the representative of the Turks and Caicos Islands at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May 2009,", "Recalling also the dispatch of the United Nations special mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2006, at the request of the territorial Government and with the concurrence of the administering Power,", "Aware of the 2002 report of the Constitutional Modernization Review Body, and acknowledging the Constitution agreed between the administering Power and the territorial Government, which entered into force in 2006,", "Noting the administering Power’s decisions to suspend parts of the 2006 Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands, covering the constitutional right to trial by jury, ministerial Government, and the House of Assembly, following the recommendations of an independent Commission of Inquiry and the ruling of the administering Power’s Court of Appeal, to present a draft constitution for public consultation in 2011, and to introduce a new constitution for the Territory,", "Noting also the continued postponement of elections in the Territory,", "Acknowledging the impact that the global economic slowdown and other relevant developments have had on tourism and related real estate development, the mainstays of the Territory’s economy, and the 2010–2011 fiscal stabilization plan providing stimuli to the Territory’s private sector,", "1. Notes with grave concern the ongoing situation in the Turks and Caicos Islands, and notes the efforts of the administering Power to restore good governance, including through the introduction of a new 2011 constitution, and sound financial management in the Territory;", "2. Calls for the restoration of constitutional arrangements providing for representative democracy through elected territorial Government as soon as possible;", "3. Notes the positions and repeated calls of the Caribbean Community and the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries for the restoration of democratically elected territorial Government as a matter of urgency, and also notes the view expressed by the administering Power that elections should not be postponed any longer than necessary;", "4. Also notes the extensive public consultations undertaken by the Constitutional and Electoral Reform Adviser and the continued debate on constitutional and electoral reform within the Territory, and stresses the importance of participation by all groups and interested parties in the consultation process;", "5. Stresses the importance of having in place in the Territory a Constitution that reflects the aspirations and wishes of the people of the Territory, based on the mechanisms for popular consultation;", "6. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work concerning public outreach efforts, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and, in that regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;", "7. Welcomes the active participation of the Territory in the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;", "8. Also welcomes the continuing efforts made by the territorial Government addressing the need for attention to be paid to the enhancement of socio-economic development across the Territory;", "XI", "United States Virgin Islands", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the United States Virgin Islands[19] and other relevant information,", "Aware that under United States law the relations between the territorial Government and the federal Government in all matters not the programme responsibility of another federal department or agency are under the general administrative supervision of the Secretary of the Interior,[20]", "Aware also of the fifth attempt of the Territory to review the existing Revised Organic Act, which organizes its internal governance arrangements, as well as its requests to the administering Power and the United Nations system for assistance to its public education programme,", "Cognizant that a draft constitution was proposed in 2009 and subsequently forwarded to the administering Power, which in 2010 requested the Territory to consider its objections to the draft constitution,", "Cognizant also of the potential usefulness of regional ties for the development of a small island Territory,", "1. Welcomes the proposal of a draft constitution emanating from the Territory in 2009, as a result of the work of the United States Virgin Islands Fifth Constitutional Convention, for review by the administering Power, and requests the administering Power to assist the territorial Government in achieving its political, economic and social goals, in particular the successful conclusion of the ongoing internal Constitutional Convention exercise;", "2. Requests the administering Power to facilitate the process for approval of the proposed territorial constitution in the United States Congress and its implementation, once agreed upon in the Territory;", "3. Also requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work concerning a public education programme, consistent with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;", "4. Reiterates its call for the inclusion of the Territory in regional programmes of the United Nations Development Programme, consistent with the participation of other Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "5. Welcomes the active participation of the Territory in the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;", "6. Also welcomes the holding, for the first time at the level of heads of territorial Government, on 12 May 2011, of the meeting of the Inter-Virgin Islands Council between the Territory and the British Virgin Islands.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23), chap. IX.", "[2]  Resolution 1514 (XV).", "[3]  See A/56/61, annex, and resolution 65/119.", "[4]  See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.", "[5]  A/AC.109/2011/2, 4-12 and 15.", "[6]  A/65/330 and Add.1.", "[7]  A/AC.109/2011/12.", "[8]  United States Congress, 1929 (48 U.S.C. Sec. 1661, 45 Stat. 1253), and Secretary’s Order 2657, Department of the Interior, United States of America, 1951, as amended.", "[9]  A/AC.109/2011/2.", "[10]  A/AC.109/2011/5.", "[11]  A/AC.109/2011/6.", "[12]  A/AC.109/2011/8.", "[13]  A/AC.109/2011/15.", "[14]  United States Congress, Organic Act of Guam, 1950, as amended.", "[15]  A/AC.109/2011/11.", "[16]  A/AC.109/2011/4.", "[17]  A/AC.109/2011/7.", "[18]  A/AC.109/2011/10.", "[19]  A/AC.109/2011/9.", "[20]  United States Congress, Revised Organic Act, 1954." ]
A_RES_66_89
[ "Resolutions adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/434)]", "66/89. Questions of American Samoa, Anguilla, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the British Virgin Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn, Saint Helena", "A", "GENERAL", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the questions of the Non-Self-Governing Territories of Anguilla, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, the British Virgin Islands, the United States Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Pitcairn, American Samoa and St. Helena, hereinafter referred to as “the Territories”,", "Having considered the relevant chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in 2011[1],", "Recalling all United Nations resolutions and decisions relating to those Territories, in particular resolutions adopted by the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session in respect of each Territory covered by the present resolution,", "Recognizing that all options for the self-determination of the Territories are valid provided that they conform to the freely expressed wishes of the people concerned and are consistent with the clearly defined principles contained in General Assembly resolutions 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960 and 1541 (XV) of 15 December 1960 and other resolutions of the Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 1541 (XV), containing the principles that should guide Member States in determining whether or not there is an obligation to transmit the information called for in Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Expressing concern that fifty-one years after the adoption of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples[2], there remain Territories that have not attained autonomy,", "Mindful of the importance of the continued effective implementation of the Declaration, given the objective established by the United Nations to eliminate colonialism by 2020 and the plans of action for the Second and Third International Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism[3],", "Recognizing that the characteristics and aspirations of the peoples of the Territories require flexible, practical and innovative approaches to self-determination options, without prejudice to the extent, geographical location, population or natural resources of the Territory concerned,", "Noting the stated position of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the stated position of the Government of the United States of America on the Non-Self-Governing Territories under its administrations,", "Noting also the developments in the constitutional situation of some Non-Self-Governing Territories, which affect the internal structure of governance, of which the Special Committee has been informed,", "Convinced that the wishes and aspirations of the peoples of the Territories should continue to guide the determination of their future political status and that the referendums, free and fair elections and other forms of popular consultation are an important means of understanding those wishes and aspirations,", "Convinced also that negotiations to determine the status of a Territory should have the active involvement and participation of the people of that Territory, under the supervision of the United Nations and on a case-by-case basis, and that the views of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories with regard to their right to self-determination should be determined,", "Noting that a number of Non-Self-Governing Territories have expressed concern about the procedure used by some administering Powers, contrary to the wishes of the Territories themselves, to amend or enact legislation for their application to the Territories, whether by decrees of the Council, in order to apply to the Territories the obligations under international treaties of the administering Power, whether by unilateral application of laws and regulations,", "Mindful of the importance of the sectors of international financial services and tourism for the economy of some of the Non-Self-Governing Territories,", "Noting the continued cooperation of the Non-Self-Governing Territories at the local and regional levels, including participation in the work of regional organizations,", "Bearing in mind that United Nations visiting and special missions are an effective means of identifying the situation in the Territories, that some Territories have not long received a United Nations visiting mission and that no visiting mission has been sent to some of the Territories, and considering sending other visiting missions to the Territories at the appropriate time, in consultation with the administering Powers concerned and in accordance with the relevant resolutions and decisions of the Territories,", "Mindful also that in order to better understand the political status of the peoples of the Territories and to fulfil their mandate effectively, it is important for the Special Committee to receive information from the respective administering Powers and from other appropriate sources, including the representatives of the Territories, on the wishes and aspirations of those peoples,", "Recognizing that the administering Powers regularly transmit information to the Secretary-General under Article 73 e of the Charter,", "Aware that the participation of appointed and elected representatives of the Territories in the work of the Special Committee is important both to the Territories and to the Committee itself,", "Recognizing the need for the Special Committee to ensure that relevant United Nations bodies launch a public information campaign to help the peoples of the Territories better understand the different options for self-determination,", "Bearing in mind in this regard that the holding of regional seminars in the Caribbean and Pacific regions and at Headquarters, with the active participation of representatives of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, is an effective means for the Special Committee to fulfil its mandate, and that the regional nature of the workshops, which are held alternately in the Caribbean and the Pacific, is a key element in the context of a United Nations programme to determine the political status of the Territories,", "Noting the positions put forward by the representatives of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to the Special Committee and its regional seminars,", "Bearing in mind the 2011 Caribbean regional seminar, held in Kingstown from 31 May to 2 June 2011,", "Mindful of the particular vulnerability of the Territories to natural disasters and the deterioration of the environment and bearing in mind, in this regard, the applicability of the programmes of action or the final documents of all United Nations world conferences and the special sessions of the General Assembly in the economic and social fields,", "Noting with appreciation the contribution made to the development of some Territories by the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Development Programme, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean and the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, as well as regional institutions such as the Caribbean Development Bank, the Caribbean Community, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States, the Pacific Islands Forum and the agencies of the Regional Organizations Council,", "Noting the statement made by the representative of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean at the Caribbean regional seminar in Kingstown, in which he indicated that the six Caribbean Non-Self-Governing Territories were associate members of the Economic Commission and were actively involved in its work,", "Mindful of the fact that the Human Rights Committee, as part of its mandate under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, examines the status of the process of self-determination, including in small island Territories under the Special Committee ' s consideration,", "Recalling the continuing efforts of the Special Committee to undertake a critical review of its work with a view to formulating appropriate and constructive recommendations and decisions to achieve the objectives set out in its mandate,", "Recognizing that the annual working papers prepared by the Secretariat on developments in the situation in each of the small Territories[5], as well as the substantive documentation and information provided by experts, scholars, non-governmental organizations and other sources, have provided important inputs for the updating of the present resolutions,", "Recalling the report of the Secretary-General on the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism,[6],", "1. Reaffirms the inalienable right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to self-determination, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and resolution 1514 (XV), containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;", "2. Reaffirms also that in the process of decolonization there is no alternative to the principle of self-determination, which is also a fundamental human right recognized in the relevant human rights conventions;", "3. Further reaffirms that, ultimately, it is up to the peoples of the Territories themselves to freely decide their future political status in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration and the relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and, in this regard, reiterates their long-standing appeal to the administering Powers to, in collaboration with the Governments of the Territories and the relevant agencies of the United Nations system, to develop self-determination programmes for the Territories,", "4. Stresses the importance of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples receiving information on the views and wishes of the peoples of the Territories and to better understand the status of those Territories, including the nature and scope of the political and constitutional agreements between the Non-Self-Governing Territories and their respective administering Powers;", "5. Requests the administering Powers to continue to transmit regularly information to the Secretary-General under Article 73 e of the Charter;", "6. Calls upon the administering Powers to participate and cooperate fully in the work of the Special Committee to implement the provisions of Article 73 e of the Charter and those of the Declaration and to advise the Special Committee on the implementation of Article 73 b of the Charter on the work of promoting the territorial Government, and encourages the administering Powers to facilitate the dispatch of visiting and special missions to the Territories;", "7. Reaffirms the responsibility of the administering Powers under the Charter to promote economic and social development and to preserve the cultural identity of the Territories, and, as a matter of priority, to mitigate the effects of the current global financial crisis, in consultation with the Governments of the affected Territories, to contribute to the strengthening and diversification of their respective economies;", "8. Requests the Territories and the administering Powers to take all necessary measures to protect and preserve the environment of the Territories in all forms of degradation, and once again requests the relevant specialized agencies to continue to monitor the environmental conditions in the Territories and to provide assistance to those Territories, consistent with the existing regulations of those agencies;", "9. Welcomes the participation of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in regional activities, including the work of regional organizations;", "10. Stresses the importance of the implementation of the plans of action for the Second and Third International Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism,3 in particular by accelerating the implementation of the programme of work for the decolonization of each Non-Self-Governing Territory on a case-by-case basis and conducting regular analysis of progress in the implementation of the Declaration in each Territory and of the scope of that implementation, and that the working papers prepared by the Secretariat on each Territory should fully reflect the developments in those Territories;", "11. Urges Member States to work with the United Nations to ensure that the world is freed from colonialism in the context of the International Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism, and calls upon them to continue to fully support the Special Committee in its efforts to achieve that noble goal;", "12. Stresses the importance of the various constitutional processes undertaken in the Territories administered respectively by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America and led by the Governments of those Territories to address the internal constitutional structure under the current territorial status, and decides to follow closely the developments regarding the future political status of those Territories;", "13. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to report regularly on the implementation of the resolutions on decolonization adopted since the adoption of the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism;", "14. Reiterates its request to the Human Rights Committee to work with the Special Committee, within its mandate on the right to self-determination, contained in the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,4 with a view to exchanging information, given that the Human Rights Committee considers the political and constitutional situation of many of the same Non-Self-Governing Territories under the Special Committee ' s consideration;", "15. Requests the Special Committee to continue to work with the Economic and Social Council and its relevant intergovernmental subsidiary bodies, within their respective mandates, to exchange information on developments in the Non-Self-Governing Territories under review by those bodies;", "16. It also requests the Special Committee to continue its consideration of the question of Non-Self-Governing Territories and to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on that question and on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "B", "TERRITORY", "The General Assembly,", "Referring to resolution A above,", "I", "American Samoa", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on American Samoa[7] and other relevant information,", "Noting the statement made by the representative of the Governor of American Samoa at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Kingstown from 31 May to 2 June 2011, in which he indicated that the Territory maintained the position of the Committee to delete it from the list of Non-Self-Governing Territories of the United Nations, which was time to move forward at the political and economic levels in accordance with the concerns of the administering Power and the United Nations,", "Aware that under United States law, the Secretary of the Interior has administrative jurisdiction over American Samoa[8],", "Noting the position of the administering Power and the statements made by the representatives of American Samoa at regional seminars, including at the 2011 Caribbean regional seminar, in which they invited the Special Committee to send a visiting mission to the Territory,", "Aware of the work of the Future Political Status Study Commission, which culminated in 2006, the publication of its report and recommendations in January 2007, and the establishment of the Constitutional Review Committee of American Samoa in the Territory, as well as the holding in June 2010 of the Fourth Constitutional Convention of American Samoa,", "Noting, in this regard, the statement made by the representative of the Governor of American Samoa at the 2011 Caribbean regional seminar and the previous policy documents submitted to the Special Committee, in which he stated that, taking into account the popular preference expressed for decades to integrate the Territory with the United States of America, the Territory wanted to move forward on the issues of political status, local autonomy and self-government,", "Recognizing the observation made by the territorial Government, including at the 2011 Caribbean regional seminar, that the effects of some federal laws on the Territory ' s economy are of deep concern,", "Aware that American Samoa remains the only Territory of the United States of America receiving financial assistance from the administering Power for the functioning of the territorial Government,", "1. Notes that in the general elections held in November 2010, voters rejected the proposed amendments to the 1967 revised Constitution of American Samoa adopted by the Fourth Constitutional Convention, held in June 2010;", "2. Welcomes the efforts of the territorial Government to advance the issues of political status, local autonomy and self-government in order to progress at the political and economic levels;", "3. Expresses its appreciation for the invitation made in 2011 by the Governor of American Samoa to the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to send a visiting mission to the Territory, calls upon the administering Power to facilitate such a mission if the territorial Government so wishes and requests the Chair of the Special Committee to take all necessary measures to that end;", "4. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work on a public awareness programme, in accordance with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations, and in this regard calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to assist the Territory, if requested;", "5. Calls upon the administering Power to assist the territorial Government in the diversification and sustainability of the Territory ' s economy and to address employment and cost of living issues;", "6. Welcomes the invitation of American Samoa in 2011 to become an observer for the Pacific Islands Forum;", "II", "Anguilla", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Anguilla[9] and other relevant information,", "Recalling the holding of the 2003 Caribbean regional seminar in Anguilla organized by the territorial Government and made possible by the administering Power, the first time that the seminar was held in a Non-Self-Governing Territory,", "Recalling also the statement made by the representative of Anguilla at the Caribbean regional seminar, held at Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May 2009,", "Noting the internal process of review of the Constitution resumed by the territorial Government in 2006, the work of the Constitutional and Electoral Reform Commission, which prepared its report in August 2006, the holding of public and other consultative meetings in 2007 on draft amendments to the Constitution to be submitted to the administering Power, the decision taken in 2008 to establish a drafting team composed of officials of the territorial Government, members of the Legislative Assembly and lawyers and to develop a new constitution,", "Mindful of the fact that relations between the territorial Government and the administering Power face certain difficulties with regard to budgetary and economic issues and that the territorial Government intends to continue to promote high-level tourism in an effort to promote employment opportunities at the local level,", "Noting the participation of the Territory as an associate member of the Caribbean Community, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean,", "Aware of the willingness expressed by the Prime Ministers of the States members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States in 2001 to help resolve the difficulties facing the territorial Government in its relations with the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland,", "1. " Welcomes once again the submission of a new constitution that was submitted for public consultation in 2009 to further examine the new constitution with the administering Power in 2010, and urges that the constitutional deliberations be completed as soon as possible;", "2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory in its efforts to promote the internal constitutional review process, if requested;", "3. Stresses the importance of the previously expressed wish of the territorial Government to receive a visiting mission from the Special Committee, calls upon the administering Power to facilitate that mission if the territorial Government so wishes and requests the Chair of the Special Committee to take all necessary measures to that end;", "4. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work on outreach activities related to public consultations in accordance with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to assist the Territory, if requested;", "5. Calls upon the administering Power to assist the territorial Government in strengthening its economic commitments, including budgetary matters, with the necessary and appropriate regional support;", "6. Welcomes the active participation of the Territory in the work of the Economic and Social Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;", "III", "Bermuda", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Bermuda[10] and other relevant information,", "Recalling the statement made by the representative of Bermuda at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May 2009,", "Aware of the different views of the political parties on the future status of the Territory and noting a recent survey conducted by a local media in January 2011, according to which 73 per cent of the respondents did not want to break the links with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the administering Power, and 14 per cent favoured independence,", "Recalling the dispatch of the United Nations special mission to Bermuda in 2005, at the request of the territorial Government and with the consent of the administering Power, which provided information to the population of the Territory on the role of the United Nations in the self-determination process, on the legitimate options for political status that are clearly defined in its resolution 1541 (XV) and on the experiences of other small States that have been achieved by the full self-government,", "1. Stresses the importance of the 2005 report of the Bermuda Independence Commission, which provides a thorough review of the facts surrounding independence, and continues to regret that the plans for the organization of public meetings and the presentation of a green book to the Legislative Assembly, followed by a white book defining the policy proposals for Bermuda ' s independence, have not been implemented to date;", "2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work on public educational activities in accordance with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to assist the Territory, if requested;", "IV", "British Virgin Islands", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the British Virgin Islands[11] and other relevant information,", "Noting the statement made by the representative of the British Virgin Islands at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Kingstown from 31 May to 2 June 2011, that independence was not an issue to which the population of the Territory regularly spoke, as this had not called for any drastic change in the relationship with the administering Power, and that the policy framework governing the relationship with the administering Power was being reviewed,", "Recalling the 1993 report of the constitutional commissioners, the debate on the report of the Legislative Council of the Territory in 1996, the establishment of the Constitutional Review Commission in 2004, the conclusion in 2005 of its report, containing recommendations on the internal modernization of the Constitution, and the discussion on the report of the Legislative Council in 2005, as well as the negotiations between the administering Power and the territorial Government that led to the adoption of the new Constitution in 2007,", "Noting the view expressed in the above-mentioned statement by the representative of the British Virgin Islands at the 2011 Caribbean regional seminar that there was room for further constitutional review on the practical and effective implementation of the 2007 Constitution in the Territory,", "Aware of the negative impact of the slowdown in the global economy on the growth of the financial and tourism services sectors of the Territory, which was possibly somewhat less severe in 2010-2011,", "Mindful of the usefulness of regional links to the development of a small island Territory,", "1. Recalls the Constitution of the British Virgin Islands, which entered into force in 2007, and stresses the importance of continuing discussions on constitutional issues to give more responsibility to the territorial Government in the effective implementation of the 2007 Constitution;", "2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work on public outreach activities in accordance with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to assist the Territory, if requested;", "3. Welcomes the efforts made by the Territory to strengthen its financial services regulatory regime and to seek new non-traditional markets for its tourism sector;", "4. Also welcomes the active participation of the Territory in the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;", "5. Further welcomes the convening on 12 May 2011 of the inter-Island Virgin Islands Inter-Council meeting between the Territory and the United States Virgin Islands, which for the first time was held at the level of heads of territorial Governments;", "V", "Cayman Islands", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the Cayman Islands[12] and other relevant information,", "Recalling the statement made by the representative of the territorial Government at the Pacific regional seminar, held in Numea from 18 to 20 May 2010,", "Aware of the 2002 report of the Commission on Modernization of the Constitution containing a draft constitution for consideration by the people of the Territory, the draft constitution proposed in 2003 by the administering Power and the subsequent discussions between the Territory and the administering Power that took place in 2003, as well as the resumption of the talks between the administering Power and the territorial Government on the internal modernization of the Constitution in 2006, which resulted in the finalization of a new constitution in May 2009,", "Aware also of the work undertaken by the new Constitutional Commission under the 2009 Constitution, which serves as an advisory body on constitutional matters,", "Recognizing the view of the territorial Government that, despite the worsening world economy and the problems of unemployment, the financial services and tourism sectors of the Territory would contribute to a strong economy,", "1. Recalls the Constitution, which entered into force in 2009, and stresses the importance of the work of the new Constitutional Commission, such as human rights education, in the Territory;", "2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work on public awareness-raising activities in accordance with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to assist the Territory, if requested;", "3. Welcomes the active participation of the Territory in the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;", "4. Also welcomes the efforts made by the territorial Government to implement sectoral management policies, including investment facilitation and regulation and the promotion of medical and sports tourism, as well as to implement unemployment reduction programmes in various economic sectors;", "VI", "Guam", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Guam[13] and other relevant information,", "Noting the statement made by the representative of the Governor of Guam at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Kingstown from 31 May to 2 June 2011, that the territorial Government was firmly committed to the inalienable right of the Chamorro people of Guam to self-determination, it aspired to an association with the administering Power to respect and take into account all interests and, in general, considered militarism as an impediment to decolonization,", "Mindful of the fact that, under United States law, relations between the territorial Government and the federal Government in any matter other than programmatic responsibility of another department or federal agency are under the overall administrative supervision of the Secretary of the Interior[14],", "Recalling that, in a referendum held in 1987, the natives of Guam registered and entitled to vote supported a draft Guam Commonwealth Act establishing a new framework for relations between the Territory and the administering Power, which provided for greater internal autonomy for Guam and the recognition of the right of the Chamorro people of Guam to self-determination for the Territory,", "Recalling also the requests of the elected representatives and non-governmental organizations of the Territory, including at the 2011 Caribbean regional seminar, not to remove Guam from the list of Non-Self-Governing Territories of the Special Committee until the Chamorro people exercise their right to self-determination and taking into account their legitimate rights and interests,", "Aware that the negotiations between the administering Power and the territorial Government on the Guam Commonwealth Bill concluded in 1997 and that Guam subsequently established a process for holding a non-binding plebiscite on self-determination involving voters of the Chamorro people who met the requirements for voting,", "Mindful of the importance of the administering Power continuing its programme for the transfer of surplus federal land to the Government of Guam,", "Noting that the people of the Territory have called for the reform of the programme of the administering Power related to the full, unconditional and expeditious transfer of land to the people of Guam,", "Aware of the deep concern expressed by civil society and other sectors, including at the meetings of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) of the General Assembly, held in October 2009 and 2010, at the Pacific regional seminar held in Numea from 18 to 20 May 2010 and at the 2011 Caribbean regional seminar on the potential social, cultural, economic and environmental impact of the planned transfer to the Territory of a new administering Power,", "Aware also that, because of immigration to Guam, the Chamorro indigenous people have become a minority in their own land,", "1. Once again calls upon the administering Power to take into account the will expressed by the Chamorro people and supported by the voters of Guam in the 1987 referendum, as subsequently provided for in Guam ' s laws concerning the self-determination initiatives of the Chamorro people, encourages the administering Power and the territorial Government to enter into negotiations on this issue and stresses the need to continue to monitor closely the overall situation of the Territory;", "2. Requests the administering Power, in cooperation with the territorial Government, to continue to transfer land to the original owners of the Territory, to continue to recognize and respect the political rights and cultural and ethnic identity of the Chamorro people of Guam and to take all necessary measures to take into account the concerns of the territorial Government regarding the issue of immigration;", "3. Also requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating public outreach activities in accordance with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested, and welcomes the recent outreach efforts of the territorial Government, such as the organization of a Chamorro People ' s Forum in 2011;", "4. Further requests the administering Power to cooperate in establishing programmes for the sustainable development of the economic activities and enterprises of the Territory, taking into account the special role of the Chamorro people in the development of Guam;", "5. Welcomes the invitation in 2011 to Guam to become an observer for the Pacific Islands Forum;", "VII", "Montserrat", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Montserrat[15] and other relevant information,", "Recalling the statement made by the representative of Montserrat at the Caribbean regional seminar, held at Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May 2009,", "Aware of the report of the Constitutional Review Commission for 2002, the meeting of a Legislative Assembly Committee in 2005 to review the report, the subsequent negotiation process with the administering Power on a draft constitution that would give more autonomy to the territorial Government, the process of negotiating constitutional reforms with the administering Power, which continued the territorial Government elected in 2010 and the agreement between the two parties on a draft constitution that was disseminated,", "Noting that the new Constitution was adopted in 2010 and that the territorial Government is updating the relevant parts of its legislation to bring the Constitution into force in 2011,", "Aware that Montserrat continues to receive budgetary assistance from the administering Power for the functioning of the territorial Government,", "Recalling the statements made by the participants of the 2009 Caribbean regional seminar, in which the administering Power was encouraged to commit sufficient resources to meet the special needs of the Territory,", "Noting with concern the continuing consequences of the 1995 volcanic eruption that forced the evacuation of three quarters of the Territory ' s population to safe areas of the island and outside the Territory, which continue to affect the island ' s economy,", "Recognizing the continued assistance to the Territory by the member States of the Caribbean Community, in particular Antigua and Barbuda, which have offered shelter and access to education and health services, as well as employment, to thousands of people who have left the Territory,", "Noting the continuing efforts of the administering Power and the territorial Government to address the consequences of the volcanic eruption,", "1. Recalls the progress made by the territorial Government and the administering Power in concluding the negotiations on the reform of the Territory ' s Constitution and welcomes the adoption of a new Constitution of the Territory;", "2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work on public outreach activities in accordance with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to assist the Territory, if requested;", "3. Welcomes the active participation of the Territory in the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;", "4. Calls upon the administering Power, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, as well as regional organizations and other organizations, to continue to assist the Territory in mitigating the consequences of the volcanic eruption;", "VIII", "Pitcairn", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on Pitcairn[16] and other relevant information,", "Taking into account the unique characteristics of Pitcairn regarding its population, surface and access,", "Mindful of the fact that, following the consultations held in 2009, the new Constitutional Decree of Pitcairn of 2010, which contains human rights provisions, entered into force in the Territory in March 2010,", "Aware also that the administering Power and the territorial Government are implementing a new governance structure to strengthen the administrative capacity of the Territory, on the basis of consultations with the population of the Territory, and that Pitcairn continues to receive budgetary assistance from the administering Power for the functioning of the territorial Government,", "1. Recalls the entry into force of the 2010 Pitcairn Constitutional Decree in the Territory in March 2010, which includes a new constitutional framework and human rights provisions, and all the efforts of the administering Power and the territorial Government to transfer powers to the Territory in order to gradually expand their autonomy, including through the training of local staff;", "2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work on public outreach activities in accordance with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to assist the Territory, if requested;", "3. Also requests the administering Power to continue to provide assistance to improve the economic, social, educational and other conditions of the population of the Territory and to continue its discussions with the territorial Government to find the best way to support the socio-economic security of Pitcairn;", "IX", "Saint Helena", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on St. Helena[17] and other relevant information,", "Recalling the statement made by the representative of St. Helena at the Caribbean regional seminar, held in Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May 2009,", "Taking into account the unique character of St. Helena in terms of its population, geography and natural resources,", "Aware of the internal constitutional review process undertaken by the territorial Government since 2001, the completion of a draft constitution following the negotiations between the administering Power and the territorial Government in 2003 and 2004, the popular consultation on a new Constitution, held in St. Helena in May 2005, the subsequent preparation of a revised draft constitution and its publication in June 2008 for subsequent public consultations and the entry into force of the new Constitution of St. Helena, Ascension and Tris", "Recognizing that St. Helena continues to receive budgetary assistance from the administering Power for the functioning of the territorial Government,", "Aware of the efforts of the administering Power and the territorial Government to improve the socio-economic conditions of the population of St. Helena, particularly with regard to employment and transport and communications infrastructure,", "Noting the efforts of the Territory to address the problem of unemployment on the island and the measures taken jointly by the administering Power and the territorial Government to resolve it,", "Noting also the importance of improving the infrastructure and accessibility of St. Helena, and noting in this regard the announcement by the administering Power in 2010 of the plans for the construction of an airport on St. Helena Island,", "1. Stresses the importance of the 2009 Constitution of the Territory;", "2. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work on public outreach activities in accordance with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to assist the Territory, if requested;", "3. Requests the administering Power and relevant international organizations to continue to support the efforts of the territorial Government to address the challenges of the socio-economic development of the Territory, such as unemployment, and constraints on transport and communications infrastructure;", "4. Calls upon the administering Power to take into account the unique geographical characteristics of St. Helena, while resolving as soon as possible any obstacles that may arise on the construction of the airport;", "X", "Turks and Caicos Islands", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the Turks and Caicos Islands[18] and other relevant information,", "Recalling the statement made by the representative of the Turks and Caicos Islands at the Caribbean regional seminar, held at Frigate Bay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, from 12 to 14 May 2009,", "Recalling also the dispatch of the United Nations special mission to the Turks and Caicos Islands in 2006, at the request of the territorial Government and with the consent of the administering Power,", "Aware of the 2002 report of the constitutional modernization body, and recognizing the agreed Constitution between the administering Power and the territorial Government, which entered into force in 2006,", "Noting the decisions of the administering Power to suspend parts of the 2006 Constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands relating to the constitutional right to a jury trial, the ministerial government and the Legislative Assembly, as a result of the recommendations made by an independent commission of inquiry and the ruling issued by the administering Power Court of Appeal, to submit a draft constitution for public consultations in 2011 and to introduce a new constitution in the Territory,", "Noting also the continuing postponement of elections in the Territory,", "Recognizing the impact of the slowdown in the global economy and other relevant developments on tourism and related real estate development, pillars of the Territory ' s economy, and the fiscal stabilization plan for 2010-2011, which provides incentives for the private sector of the Territory,", "1. Notes with grave concern the current situation in the Turks and Caicos Islands and notes the efforts of the administering Power to restore good governance, including through the introduction of a new constitution in 2011, and sound financial management in the Territory;", "2. Calls for the re-establishment as soon as possible of the constitutional provisions stipulating representative democracy through an elected territorial Government;", "3. Notes the positions and repeated calls of the Caribbean Community and the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries for the urgent restoration of a democratically elected territorial Government and also notes the view expressed by the administering Power that elections should not be postponed further than necessary;", "4. It also notes the extensive consultations undertaken by the Constitutional and Electoral Reform Adviser and the ongoing debate on constitutional and electoral reform in the Territory, and stresses the importance of all groups and stakeholders participating in the consultative process;", "5. Stresses the importance of the Territory having a constitution that reflects the aspirations and wishes of the people of the Territory based on popular consultation mechanisms;", "6. Requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work on public outreach activities in accordance with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to assist the Territory, if requested;", "7. Welcomes the active participation of the Territory in the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;", "8. Also welcomes the ongoing efforts of the territorial Government to respond to the need to pay attention to the promotion of socio-economic development throughout the Territory;", "XI", "United States Virgin Islands", "Taking note of the working paper prepared by the Secretariat on the United States Virgin Islands[19] and other relevant information,", "Mindful of the fact that, under United States law, relations between the territorial Government and the federal Government in any matter other than programmatic responsibility of another department or federal agency are under the overall administrative supervision of the Secretary of the Interior[20],", "Aware also of the Territory ' s fifth attempt to review the revised Organic Law governing its internal governance provisions, as well as requests for assistance to the public education programme for the administering Power and the United Nations system,", "Knowing that a draft constitution was proposed in 2009 and subsequently referred to the administering Power, which in 2010 requested the Territory to examine its objections to the draft constitution,", "Also aware of the usefulness of regional links to the development of a small island Territory,", "1. Welcomes the proposal of the draft constitution formulated by the Territory in 2009, as a result of the work of the Fifth United States Virgin Islands Constitutional Convention, to be considered by the administering Power, and requests the administering Power to assist the territorial Government in achieving its political, economic and social objectives, in particular the successful completion of the ongoing domestic constitutional Convention process;", "2. Requests the administering Power to facilitate the process of adopting the proposed constitution of the Territory at the United States Congress and its implementation, once agreed in the Territory;", "3. Also requests the administering Power to assist the Territory by facilitating its work on a public education programme in accordance with Article 73 b of the Charter of the United Nations and, in this regard, calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to provide assistance to the Territory, if requested;", "4. Reiterates its request that the Territory be included in the regional programmes of the United Nations Development Programme, in line with the participation of other Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "5. Welcomes the active participation of the Territory in the work of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean;", "6. It also welcomes the convening on 12 May 2011 of the Inter-Island Virgin Council between the Territory and the British Virgin Islands, which was first held at the level of heads of the Governments of the Territories.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23), chap. IX.", "[2] Resolution 1514 (XV).", "[3] See A/56/61, annex, and resolution 65/119.", "[4] See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.", "[5] A/AC.109/2011/2, 4-12 and 15.", "[6] A/65/330 and Add.1", "[7] A/AC.109/2011/12.", "[8] United States Congress, 1929 (48 U.S.C. Sec. 1661, 45 Stat. 1253), and ordinance 2657 of the United States Department of the Interior, 1951, as amended.", "[9] A/AC.109/2011/2.", "[10] A/AC.109/2011/5.", "[11] A/AC.109/2011/6.", "[12] A/AC.109/2011/8.", "[13] A/AC.109/2011/15.", "[14] United States Congress, Guam Organization Act 1950, as amended.", "[15] A/AC.109/2011/11.", "[16] A/AC.109/2011/4.", "[17] A/AC.109/2011/7.", "[18] A/AC.109/2011/10.", "[19] A/AC.109/2011/9.", "[20] United States Congress, Revised Organization Act, 1954." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/434)]", "66/90. Difusión de información sobre la descolonización", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo examinado el capítulo del informe del Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales sobre la labor realizada en 2011 relativo a la difusión de información sobre la descolonización y la publicidad de la labor de las Naciones Unidas en el ámbito de la descolonización[1],", "Recordando su resolución 1514 (XV), de 14 de diciembre de 1960, en que figura la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales, y otras resoluciones y decisiones de las Naciones Unidas relativas a la difusión de información sobre la descolonización, en particular su resolución 65/116, de 10 de diciembre de 2010,", "Reconociendo la necesidad de que se apliquen criterios flexibles, prácticos e innovadores en el examen de las opciones de libre determinación de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos con miras a que se ponga en práctica el plan de acción del Tercer Decenio Internacional para la Eliminación del Colonialismo[2],", "Reiterando la importancia de la difusión de información como instrumento para promover los objetivos de la Declaración, y consciente del papel de la opinión pública mundial en la prestación de una asistencia eficaz a los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos para que logren la libre determinación,", "Reconociendo la labor que compete a las Potencias administradoras de transmitir información al Secretario General en virtud del Artículo 73 e de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas,", "Reconociendo también el papel que desempeña el Departamento de Información Pública de la Secretaría a través de los centros de información de las Naciones Unidas en la difusión de información en el plano regional sobre la labor de las Naciones Unidas,", "Recordando la publicación por el Departamento de Información Pública, en consulta con el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, los organismos especializados y el Comité Especial, de un folleto informativo sobre los programas de asistencia que tienen a su disposición los Territorios no autónomos,", "Consciente del papel de las organizaciones no gubernamentales en la difusión de información sobre la descolonización,", "1. Aprueba las actividades de difusión de información sobre la descolonización que realizan el Departamento de Información Pública y el Departamento de Asuntos Políticos de la Secretaría, de conformidad con las resoluciones de las Naciones Unidas sobre la descolonización, y recuerda con satisfacción la publicación, de conformidad con su resolución 61/129, de 14 de diciembre de 2006, del folleto informativo titulado “Qué puede hacer la ONU para asistir a los Territorios no autónomos”, que fue actualizado en mayo de 2009 para el sitio web de las Naciones Unidas sobre la descolonización, y alienta a que se siga actualizando y se distribuya ampliamente;", "2. Considera importante proseguir y ampliar sus actividades encaminadas a lograr la mayor difusión posible de información sobre la descolonización, con especial hincapié en las opciones de libre determinación de que disponen los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos, y a estos fines, solicita al Departamento de Información Pública que, a través de los centros de información de las Naciones Unidas de las regiones pertinentes, difunda activamente y busque métodos nuevos e innovadores para difundir material en los Territorios no autónomos;", "3. Solicita al Secretario General que siga mejorando la información que se ofrece en el sitio web de las Naciones Unidas sobre la descolonización e incluyendo la serie completa de informes relativos a los seminarios regionales sobre descolonización, las declaraciones y trabajos académicos presentados en dichos seminarios y los vínculos a la serie completa de informes del Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales;", "4. Solicita al Departamento de Información Pública que prosiga sus esfuerzos por actualizar la información en la web sobre los programas de asistencia que tienen a su disposición los Territorios no autónomos;", "5. Solicita al Departamento de Asuntos Políticos y al Departamento de Información Pública que pongan en práctica las recomendaciones del Comité Especial y continúen adoptando medidas, por conducto de todos los medios de difusión a su alcance, incluidas las publicaciones, la radio y la televisión, así como Internet, para dar publicidad a la labor de las Naciones Unidas en materia de descolonización, y que, entre otras cosas:", "a) Elaboren procedimientos para reunir, preparar y difundir, especialmente en los Territorios no autónomos, material básico sobre la cuestión de la libre determinación de los pueblos de los Territorios;", "b) Recaben la plena cooperación de las Potencias administradoras en el desempeño de las tareas antes mencionadas;", "c) Sigan examinando la posibilidad de establecer un programa de colaboración con los centros de coordinación en materia de descolonización de los gobiernos de los Territorios, sobre todo en las regiones del Pacífico y el Caribe, para ayudar a mejorar el intercambio de información;", "d) Alienten la participación de las organizaciones no gubernamentales en la difusión de información sobre la descolonización;", "e) Alienten la participación de los Territorios no autónomos en la difusión de información sobre descolonización;", "f) Informen al Comité Especial de las medidas que adopten en cumplimiento de la presente resolución;", "6. Solicita a todos los Estados, incluidas las Potencias administradoras, que aceleren la difusión de la información mencionada en el párrafo 2 supra;", "7. Solicita al Comité Especial que siga examinando esa cuestión y que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 23 (A/66/23), cap. III.", "[2]  Véase la resolución 65/119." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/434)]", "66/90. Dissemination of information on decolonization", "The General Assembly,", "Having examined the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2011 relating to the dissemination of information on decolonization and publicity for the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization,[1]", "Recalling General Assembly resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and other resolutions and decisions of the United Nations concerning the dissemination of information on decolonization, in particular Assembly resolution 65/116 of 10 December 2010,", "Recognizing the need for flexible, practical and innovative approaches towards reviewing the options of self-determination for the peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories with a view to implementing the plan of action for the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism,[2]", "Reiterating the importance of dissemination of information as an instrument for furthering the aims of the Declaration, and mindful of the role of world public opinion in effectively assisting the peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories to achieve self-determination,", "Recognizing the role played by the administering Powers in transmitting information to the Secretary-General in accordance with the terms of Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Recognizing also the role of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat, through the United Nations information centres, in the dissemination of information at the regional level on the activities of the United Nations,", "Recalling the issuance by the Department of Public Information, in consultation with the United Nations Development Programme, the specialized agencies and the Special Committee, of an information leaflet on assistance programmes available to the Non-Self-Governing Territories,", "Aware of the role of non-governmental organizations in the dissemination of information on decolonization,", "1. Approves the activities in the field of dissemination of information on decolonization undertaken by the Department of Public Information and the Department of Political Affairs of the Secretariat, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization, and recalls with satisfaction the publication, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 61/129 of 14 December 2006, of the information leaflet entitled “What the UN Can Do to Assist Non-Self-Governing Territories”, which was updated for the United Nations website on decolonization in May 2009, and encourages continued updating and wide dissemination of the information leaflet;", "2. Considers it important to continue and expand its efforts to ensure the widest possible dissemination of information on decolonization, with particular emphasis on the options for self-determination available for the peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories, and, to this end, requests the Department of Public Information, through the United Nations information centres in the relevant regions, to actively engage and seek new and innovative ways to disseminate material to the Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "3. Requests the Secretary-General to further enhance the information provided on the United Nations decolonization website and to continue to include the full series of reports of the regional seminars on decolonization, the statements and scholarly papers presented at those seminars and links to the full series of reports of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;", "4. Requests the Department of Public Information to continue its efforts to update web-based information on the assistance programmes available to the Non‑Self-Governing Territories;", "5. Requests the Department of Political Affairs and the Department of Public Information to implement the recommendations of the Special Committee and to continue their efforts to take measures through all the media available, including publications, radio and television, as well as the Internet, to give publicity to the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization and, inter alia:", "(a) To develop procedures to collect, prepare and disseminate, particularly to the Non-Self-Governing Territories, basic material on the issue of self-determination of the peoples of the Territories;", "(b) To seek the full cooperation of the administering Powers in the discharge of the tasks referred to above;", "(c) To explore further the idea of a programme of collaboration with the decolonization focal points of territorial Governments, particularly in the Pacific and Caribbean regions, to help improve the exchange of information;", "(d) To encourage the involvement of non-governmental organizations in the dissemination of information on decolonization;", "(e) To encourage the involvement of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in the dissemination of information on decolonization;", "(f) To report to the Special Committee on measures taken in the implementation of the present resolution;", "6. Requests all States, including the administering Powers, to accelerate the dissemination of information referred to in paragraph 2 above;", "7. Requests the Special Committee to continue to examine this question and to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23), chap. III.", "[2]  See resolution 65/119." ]
A_RES_66_90
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/434)]", "66/90. Dissemination of information on decolonization", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the chapter of the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in 2011 on the dissemination of information on the decolonization and publicity of the work of the United Nations in the field of decolonization[1],", "Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and other resolutions and decisions of the United Nations concerning the dissemination of information on decolonization, in particular its resolution 65/116 of 10 December 2010,", "Recognizing the need for flexible, practical and innovative approaches to the review of options for self-determination for the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories with a view to the implementation of the plan of action for the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism,[2]", "Reiterating the importance of the dissemination of information as a tool for promoting the objectives of the Declaration, and mindful of the role of global public opinion in providing effective assistance to the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in achieving self-determination,", "Recognizing the work of the administering Powers to transmit information to the Secretary-General under Article 73 e of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Recognizing also the role of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat through United Nations information centres in the dissemination of information at the regional level on the work of the United Nations,", "Recalling the publication by the Department of Public Information, in consultation with the United Nations Development Programme, the specialized agencies and the Special Committee, of an information leaflet on assistance programmes available to the Non-Self-Governing Territories,", "Aware of the role of non-governmental organizations in the dissemination of information on decolonization,", "1. Approves the dissemination of information on decolonization by the Department of Public Information and the Department of Political Affairs of the Secretariat, in accordance with United Nations resolutions on decolonization, and recalls with satisfaction the publication, in accordance with its resolution 61/129 of 14 December 2006, of the information leaflet entitled " What can the United Nations do to assist the Non-Self-Governing Territories " , which was updated in May 2009 for the United Nations website", "2. It considered it important to continue and expand its efforts to ensure the widest possible dissemination of information on decolonization, with particular emphasis on the options for self-determination available to the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and to that end, requested the Department of Public Information, through the United Nations information centres in the relevant regions, to be actively disseminated and to seek new and innovative methods for disseminating materials in the Non-Self-Governing Territories;", "3. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to improve the information provided on the United Nations website on decolonization and to include the full series of reports on regional seminars on decolonization, statements and academic work presented at those seminars and the links to the comprehensive series of reports of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples;", "4. Requests the Department of Public Information to continue its efforts to update the information on assistance programmes available to the Non-Self-Governing Territories on the web;", "5. Requests the Department of Political Affairs and the Department of Public Information to implement the recommendations of the Special Committee and to continue to take action, through all the media at their disposal, including publications, radio and television, as well as the Internet, to publicize the work of the United Nations on decolonization, and, inter alia:", "(a) Develop procedures for the collection, preparation and dissemination, especially in the Non-Self-Governing Territories, of basic materials on the question of self-determination of the peoples of the Territories;", "(b) Seek the full cooperation of the administering Powers in the performance of the above-mentioned tasks;", "(c) Continue to consider the establishment of a programme of collaboration with the decolonization focal points of the territorial Governments, particularly in the Pacific and Caribbean regions, to help improve the exchange of information;", "(d) Encourage the participation of non-governmental organizations in the dissemination of information on decolonization;", "(e) Encourage the participation of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in the dissemination of information on decolonization;", "f) Report to the Special Committee on the measures taken pursuant to the present resolution;", "6. Requests all States, including the administering Powers, to expedite the dissemination of the information referred to in paragraph 2 above;", "7. Requests the Special Committee to continue its consideration of this question and to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23), chap. III.", "[2] See resolution 65/119." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Comisión Política Especial y de Descolonización (Cuarta Comisión) (A/66/434)]", "66/91. Aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo examinado el informe del Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales sobre la labor realizada en 2011[1],", "Recordando su resolución 1514 (XV), de 14 de diciembre de 1960, en la que figura la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales, y todas sus resoluciones posteriores relativas a la aplicación de la Declaración, la más reciente de las cuales es la resolución 65/117, de 10 de diciembre de 2010, así como las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad sobre la cuestión,", "Teniendo presente su resolución 65/119, de 10 de diciembre de 2010, en la que declaró el período 2011‑2020 Tercer Decenio Internacional para la Eliminación del Colonialismo, y la necesidad de examinar los medios de determinar los deseos de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos basándose en la resolución 1514 (XV) y las demás resoluciones relativas a la descolonización,", "Reconociendo que la eliminación del colonialismo ha sido una de las prioridades de las Naciones Unidas y sigue siéndolo para el decenio que comenzó en 2011,", "Lamentando que las medidas para eliminar el colonialismo a más tardar en 2010 que se pedían en su resolución 55/146, de 8 de diciembre de 2000, no hayan surtido efecto,", "Reiterando su convicción de que es necesario eliminar el colonialismo, la discriminación racial y las violaciones de los derechos humanos fundamentales,", "Observando con satisfacción los constantes esfuerzos del Comité Especial por contribuir a la aplicación efectiva y completa de la Declaración y demás resoluciones de las Naciones Unidas relativas a la descolonización,", "Destacando la importancia de la participación oficial de las Potencias administradoras en la labor del Comité Especial,", "Observando con satisfacción la cooperación y la participación activa de determinadas Potencias administradoras en la labor del Comité Especial, y alentando a las demás a que hagan lo mismo,", "Haciendo notar que el seminario regional del Caribe se celebró en Kingstown del 31 de mayo al 2 de junio de 2011,", "1. Reafirma su resolución 1514 (XV) y todas las demás resoluciones y decisiones relativas a la descolonización, incluida su resolución 65/119, en la que declaró el período 2011‑2020 Tercer Decenio Internacional para la Eliminación del Colonialismo, y exhorta a las Potencias administradoras a que, de conformidad con esas resoluciones, adopten todas las medidas necesarias para que los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos de que se trate puedan ejercer plenamente y sin más demora su derecho a la libre determinación, incluida la independencia;", "2. Reafirma una vez más que la existencia del colonialismo en cualquiera de sus formas y manifestaciones, incluida la explotación económica, es incompatible con la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales y la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos[2];", "3. Reafirma su determinación de seguir adoptando todas las medidas necesarias para lograr la eliminación completa y rápida del colonialismo y la observancia estricta por todos los Estados de las disposiciones pertinentes de la Carta, la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales y la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos;", "4. Afirma una vez más su apoyo a las aspiraciones de los pueblos bajo dominación colonial a ejercer su derecho a la libre determinación, incluida la independencia, de conformidad con las resoluciones de las Naciones Unidas relativas a la descolonización;", "5. Exhorta a las Potencias administradoras a que cooperen plenamente con el Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales para formular y concluir lo antes posible un programa de trabajo constructivo, caso por caso, para los Territorios no autónomos, con objeto de facilitar el cumplimiento del mandato del Comité Especial y de las resoluciones relativas a la descolonización, incluidas las relativas a Territorios concretos;", "6. Recuerda con satisfacción la forma profesional, abierta y transparente en que se llevaron a cabo los referendos para determinar el estatuto futuro de Tokelau que se celebraron bajo la supervisión de las Naciones Unidas en febrero de 2006 y octubre de 2007;", "7. Solicita al Comité Especial que siga buscando los medios adecuados para aplicar de forma inmediata y plena la Declaración y que ponga en práctica las medidas adoptadas por la Asamblea General en relación con el Segundo y Tercer Decenios Internacionales para la Eliminación del Colonialismo en todos los Territorios que todavía no hayan ejercido su derecho a la libre determinación, incluida la independencia, y en particular que:", "a) Formule propuestas concretas para poner fin al colonialismo y la informe al respecto en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones;", "b) Siga examinando la aplicación por los Estados Miembros de la resolución 1514 (XV) y demás resoluciones relativas a la descolonización;", "c) Siga examinando la situación política, económica y social de los Territorios no autónomos y le recomiende, según proceda, las medidas que más convenga adoptar para que las poblaciones de esos Territorios puedan ejercer su derecho a la libre determinación, incluida la independencia, de conformidad con las resoluciones relativas a la descolonización, incluidas las relativas a Territorios concretos;", "d) Formule y concluya, lo antes posible y en colaboración con la Potencia administradora y el Territorio en cuestión, un programa de trabajo constructivo, caso por caso, para los Territorios no autónomos, con objeto de facilitar el cumplimiento del mandato del Comité Especial y de las resoluciones relativas a la descolonización, incluidas las relativas a Territorios concretos;", "e) Siga enviando misiones visitadoras y especiales a los Territorios no autónomos de conformidad con las resoluciones relativas a la descolonización, incluidas las relativas a Territorios concretos;", "f) Lleve a cabo seminarios, según proceda, para recibir y difundir información sobre la labor del Comité Especial y facilite la participación de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos en dichos seminarios;", "g) Adopte todas las medidas necesarias con el fin de obtener apoyo, a nivel mundial, de gobiernos y de organizaciones nacionales e internacionales para el logro de los objetivos de la Declaración y la aplicación de las resoluciones pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas;", "h) Celebre todos los años la Semana de Solidaridad con los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos[3];", "8. Recuerda que el plan de acción para el Segundo Decenio Internacional para la Eliminación del Colonialismo[4], actualizado según sea necesario, representa una base legislativa importante para que los Territorios no autónomos alcancen la autonomía y que la evaluación caso por caso de la consecución de la autonomía en cada Territorio puede constituir una importante contribución a ese proceso;", "9. Exhorta a todos los Estados, en especial a las Potencias administradoras, así como a los organismos especializados y demás organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, a que apliquen, en sus respectivas esferas de competencia, las recomendaciones del Comité Especial para la aplicación de la Declaración y demás resoluciones de las Naciones Unidas sobre la cuestión;", "10. Exhorta a las Potencias administradoras a que se aseguren de que las actividades económicas y de otra índole realizadas en los Territorios no autónomos bajo su administración no tengan consecuencias perjudiciales para los intereses de los pueblos de esos Territorios sino que promuevan su desarrollo, y a que los ayuden a ejercer su derecho a la libre determinación;", "11. Insta a las Potencias administradoras que corresponda a que adopten medidas eficaces para salvaguardar y garantizar el derecho inalienable de los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos a sus recursos naturales y su derecho a establecer y mantener el control sobre la futura explotación de esos recursos, y solicita a las Potencias administradoras que adopten todas las medidas necesarias para proteger los derechos de propiedad de los pueblos de dichos Territorios;", "12. Insta a todos los Estados a que, directamente y mediante sus actividades en los organismos especializados y otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, presten asistencia moral y material, en función de las necesidades, a los pueblos de los Territorios no autónomos, y solicita a las Potencias administradoras que adopten medidas con el fin de obtener y utilizar eficazmente toda la asistencia posible, tanto bilateral como multilateral, para el fortalecimiento de la economía de esos Territorios;", "13. Solicita al Secretario General, a los organismos especializados y a otras organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas que presten asistencia económica, social y de otra índole a los Territorios no autónomos y que continúen haciéndolo, según proceda, una vez que estos hayan ejercido su derecho a la libre determinación, incluida la independencia;", "14. Reafirma que las misiones visitadoras de las Naciones Unidas a los Territorios son un instrumento eficaz para conocer la situación de los Territorios, así como los deseos y las aspiraciones de sus habitantes, y exhorta a las Potencias administradoras a que sigan cooperando con el Comité Especial en el cumplimiento de su mandato y a que faciliten la realización de misiones visitadoras a los Territorios;", "15. Exhorta a todas las Potencias administradoras a que cooperen plenamente en la labor del Comité Especial y a que participen oficialmente en sus futuros períodos de sesiones;", "16. Aprueba el informe del Comité Especial encargado de examinar la situación con respecto a la aplicación de la Declaración sobre la concesión de la independencia a los países y pueblos coloniales sobre la labor realizada en 2011, incluido el programa de trabajo previsto para 2012¹;", "17. Solicita al Secretario General que proporcione al Comité Especial los medios y servicios necesarios para aplicar la presente resolución, así como las demás resoluciones y decisiones relativas a la descolonización aprobadas por la Asamblea General y el Comité Especial.", "81ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 23 (A/66/23).", "[2]  Resolución 217 A (III).", "[3]  Véase la resolución 54/91.", "[4]  A/56/61, anexo." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/434)]", "66/91. Implementation of the Declaration on the granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples", "The General Assembly,", "Having examined the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples for 2011,[1]", "Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and all its subsequent resolutions concerning the implementation of the Declaration, the most recent of which was resolution 65/117 of 10 December 2010, as well as the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,", "Bearing in mind its resolution 65/119 of 10 December 2010, by which it declared the period 2011–2020 the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, and the need to examine ways to ascertain the wishes of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories on the basis of resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions on decolonization,", "Recognizing that the eradication of colonialism has been one of the priorities of the United Nations and continues to be one of its priorities for the decade that began in 2011,", "Regretting that measures to eliminate colonialism by 2010, as called for in its resolution 55/146 of 8 December 2000, have not been successful,", "Reiterating its conviction of the need for the eradication of colonialism, as well as racial discrimination and violations of basic human rights,", "Noting with satisfaction the continued efforts of the Special Committee in contributing to the effective and complete implementation of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization,", "Stressing the importance of the formal participation of the administering Powers in the work of the Special Committee,", "Noting with satisfaction the cooperation and active participation of certain administering Powers in the work of the Special Committee, and encouraging the others also to do so,", "Noting that the Caribbean regional seminar was held in Kingstown from 31 May to 2 June 2011,", "1. Reaffirms its resolution 1514 (XV) and all other resolutions and decisions on decolonization, including its resolution 65/119, by which it declared the period 2011–2020 the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, and calls upon the administering Powers, in accordance with those resolutions, to take all steps necessary to enable the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories concerned to exercise fully as soon as possible their right to self-determination, including independence;", "2. Reaffirms once again that the existence of colonialism in any form or manifestation, including economic exploitation, is incompatible with the Charter of the United Nations, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;[2]", "3. Reaffirms its determination to continue to take all steps necessary to bring about the complete and speedy eradication of colonialism and the faithful observance by all States of the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;", "4. Affirms once again its support for the aspirations of the peoples under colonial rule to exercise their right to self-determination, including independence, in accordance with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations on decolonization;", "5. Calls upon the administering Powers to cooperate fully with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to develop and finalize, as soon as possible, a constructive programme of work on a case-by-case basis for the Non-Self-Governing Territories to facilitate the implementation of the mandate of the Special Committee and the relevant resolutions on decolonization, including resolutions on specific Territories;", "6. Recalls with satisfaction the professional, open and transparent conduct of both the February 2006 and the October 2007 referendums to determine the future status of Tokelau, monitored by the United Nations;", "7. Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek suitable means for the immediate and full implementation of the Declaration and to carry out the actions approved by the General Assembly regarding the Second and Third International Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism in all Territories that have not yet exercised their right to self-determination, including independence, and in particular:", "(a) To formulate specific proposals to bring about an end to colonialism and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "(b) To continue to examine the implementation by Member States of resolution 1514 (XV) and other relevant resolutions on decolonization;", "(c) To continue to examine the political, economic and social situation in the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and to recommend, as appropriate, to the General Assembly the most suitable steps to be taken to enable the populations of those Territories to exercise their right to self-determination, including independence, in accordance with the relevant resolutions on decolonization, including resolutions on specific Territories;", "(d) To develop and finalize, as soon as possible and in cooperation with the administering Power and the Territory in question, a constructive programme of work on a case-by-case basis for the Non-Self-Governing Territories to facilitate the implementation of the mandate of the Special Committee and the relevant resolutions on decolonization, including resolutions on specific Territories;", "(e) To continue to dispatch visiting and special missions to the Non-Self-Governing Territories in accordance with the relevant resolutions on decolonization, including resolutions on specific Territories;", "(f) To conduct seminars, as appropriate, for the purpose of receiving and disseminating information on the work of the Special Committee, and to facilitate participation by the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in those seminars;", "(g) To take all steps necessary to enlist worldwide support among Governments, as well as national and international organizations, for the achievement of the objectives of the Declaration and the implementation of the relevant resolutions of the United Nations;", "(h) To observe annually the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non‑Self-Governing Territories;[3]", "8. Recalls that the plan of action for the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism,[4] updated as necessary, represents an important legislative authority for the attainment of self-government by the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and that the case-by-case assessment of the attainment of self-government in each Territory can make an important contribution to this process;", "9. Calls upon all States, in particular the administering Powers, as well as the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, to give effect within their respective spheres of competence to the recommendations of the Special Committee for the implementation of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;", "10. Calls upon the administering Powers to ensure that economic and other activities in the Non-Self-Governing Territories under their administration do not adversely affect the interests of the peoples but instead promote development, and to assist them in the exercise of their right to self-determination;", "11. Urges the administering Powers concerned to take effective measures to safeguard and guarantee the inalienable rights of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to their natural resources and to establish and maintain control over the future development of those resources, and requests the relevant administering Power to take all steps necessary to protect the property rights of the peoples of those Territories;", "12. Urges all States, directly and through their action in the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, to provide moral and material assistance, as needed, to the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and requests the administering Powers to take steps to enlist and make effective use of all possible assistance, on both a bilateral and a multilateral basis, in the strengthening of the economies of those Territories;", "13. Requests the Secretary-General, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to provide economic, social and other assistance to the Non-Self-Governing Territories and to continue to do so, as appropriate, after they exercise their right to self-determination, including independence;", "14. Reaffirms that the United Nations visiting missions to the Territories are an effective means of ascertaining the situation in the Territories, as well as the wishes and aspirations of their inhabitants, and calls upon the administering Powers to continue to cooperate with the Special Committee in the discharge of its mandate and to facilitate visiting missions to the Territories;", "15. Calls upon all the administering Powers to cooperate fully in the work of the Special Committee and to participate formally in its future sessions;", "16. Approves the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples covering its work during 2011, including the programme of work envisaged for 2012;¹", "17. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Committee with the facilities and services required for the implementation of the present resolution, as well as the other resolutions and decisions on decolonization adopted by the General Assembly and the Special Committee.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23).", "[2]  Resolution 217 A (III).", "[3]  See resolution 54/91.", "[4]  A/56/61, annex." ]
A_RES_66_91
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee (Fourth Committee) (A/66/434)]", "66/91. Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples in 2011[1],", "Recalling its resolution 1514 (XV) of 14 December 1960, containing the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, and all its subsequent resolutions relating to the implementation of the Declaration, the most recent of which is resolution 65/117 of 10 December 2010, as well as the relevant resolutions of the Security Council,", "Bearing in mind its resolution 65/119 of 10 December 2010, in which it declared the period 2011-2020 the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, and the need to consider ways and means of determining the wishes of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories on the basis of resolution 1514 (XV) and other resolutions on decolonization,", "Recognizing that the elimination of colonialism has been one of the priorities of the United Nations and remains a priority for the decade that began in 2011,", "Regret that the measures to eliminate colonialism by 2010 as called for in its resolution 55/146 of 8 December 2000 have not been effective,", "Reiterating its conviction that it is necessary to eliminate colonialism, racial discrimination and violations of fundamental human rights,", "Noting with satisfaction the continuing efforts of the Special Committee to contribute to the effective and complete implementation of the Declaration and other United Nations resolutions on decolonization,", "Stressing the importance of the official participation of the administering Powers in the work of the Special Committee,", "Noting with satisfaction the cooperation and active participation of selected administering Powers in the work of the Special Committee, and encouraging others to do the same,", "Noting that the Caribbean regional seminar was held in Kingstown from 31 May to 2 June 2011,", "1. Reaffirms its resolution 1514 (XV) and all other resolutions and decisions on decolonization, including its resolution 65/119, in which it declared the period 2011-2020 the Third International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism, and calls upon the administering Powers, in accordance with those resolutions, to take all necessary measures to enable the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories concerned to exercise fully and without further delay their right to self-determination, including independence;", "2. Reaffirms once again that the existence of colonialism in any of its forms and manifestations, including economic exploitation, is incompatible with the Charter of the United Nations, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[2];", "3. Reaffirms its determination to continue to take all necessary measures to achieve the complete and expeditious elimination of colonialism and the strict observance by all States of the relevant provisions of the Charter, the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights;", "4. It once again affirms its support for the aspirations of peoples under colonial domination to exercise their right to self-determination, including independence, in accordance with United Nations resolutions on decolonization;", "5. Calls upon the administering Powers to cooperate fully with the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples to formulate and conclude, as soon as possible, a constructive programme of work, on a case-by-case basis, for the Non-Self-Governing Territories, with a view to facilitating the implementation of the mandate of the Special Committee and resolutions on decolonization, including those relating to specific Territories;", "6. Recalls with satisfaction the professional, open and transparent manner in which the referendums were held to determine Tokelau ' s future status under United Nations supervision in February 2006 and October 2007;", "7. Requests the Special Committee to continue to seek appropriate means for the immediate and full implementation of the Declaration and to implement the measures taken by the General Assembly in connection with the Second and Third International Decades for the Eradication of Colonialism in all Territories that have not yet exercised their right to self-determination, including independence, and in particular:", "(a) To make concrete proposals to end colonialism and report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "(b) Continue to review the implementation by Member States of resolution 1514 (XV) and other resolutions on decolonization;", "(c) Continue its consideration of the political, economic and social situation of the Non-Self-Governing Territories and recommend, as appropriate, the most appropriate measures to enable the peoples of those Territories to exercise their right to self-determination, including independence, in accordance with resolutions on decolonization, including those relating to specific Territories;", "(d) To develop and conclude, as soon as possible and in collaboration with the administering Power and the Territory concerned, a constructive programme of work, on a case-by-case basis, for the Non-Self-Governing Territories, with a view to facilitating the implementation of the mandate of the Special Committee and resolutions on decolonization, including those relating to specific Territories;", "(e) Continue to send visiting and special missions to the Non-Self-Governing Territories in accordance with resolutions on decolonization, including those relating to specific Territories;", "f) Conduct seminars, as appropriate, to receive and disseminate information on the work of the Special Committee and facilitate the participation of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories in those seminars;", "(g) Take all necessary measures to secure global support from Governments and national and international organizations for the achievement of the objectives of the Declaration and the implementation of relevant United Nations resolutions;", "(h) Celebrates the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories every year[3];", "8. Recalls that the plan of action for the Second International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism[4], updated as necessary, represents an important legislative basis for the attainment of autonomy by the Non-Self-Governing Territories and that the case-by-case evaluation of the attainment of autonomy in each Territory can constitute an important contribution to this process;", "9. Calls upon all States, in particular the administering Powers, as well as the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, to implement, in their respective areas of competence, the recommendations of the Special Committee for the Implementation of the Declaration and other relevant resolutions of the United Nations;", "10. Calls upon the administering Powers to ensure that the economic and other activities carried out in the Non-Self-Governing Territories under their administration have no adverse consequences for the interests of the peoples of those Territories but to promote their development and to assist them in exercising their right to self-determination;", "11. Urges the administering Powers concerned to take effective measures to safeguard and guarantee the inalienable right of the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories to their natural resources and their right to establish and maintain control over the future exploitation of those resources, and requests the administering Powers to take all necessary measures to protect the property rights of the peoples of those Territories;", "12. Urges all States, directly and through their activities in the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system, to provide moral and material assistance, as needed, to the peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories, and requests the administering Powers to take measures to effectively obtain and use all possible assistance, both bilateral and multilateral, for the strengthening of the economy of those Territories;", "13. Requests the Secretary-General, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to provide economic, social and other assistance to the Non-Self-Governing Territories and to continue to do so, as appropriate, once they have exercised their right to self-determination, including independence;", "14. Reaffirms that United Nations visiting missions to the Territories are an effective tool for understanding the situation of the Territories, as well as the wishes and aspirations of their inhabitants, and calls upon the administering Powers to continue to cooperate with the Special Committee in fulfilling its mandate and to facilitate visiting missions to the Territories;", "15. Calls upon all administering Powers to cooperate fully in the work of the Special Committee and to participate formally in its future sessions;", "16. Adopts the report of the Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples on the work of 2011, including the programme of work planned for 2012;1", "17. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Committee with the necessary means and services to implement the present resolution, as well as the other resolutions and decisions on decolonization adopted by the General Assembly and the Special Committee.", "81st plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 23 (A/66/23).", "[2] Resolution 217 A (III).", "[3] See resolution 54/91.", "[4] A/56/61, annex." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/469)]", "66/92. Nacionalidad de las personas naturales en relación con la sucesión de Estados", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo examinado el tema titulado “Nacionalidad de las personas naturales en relación con la sucesión de Estados”,", "Recordando su resolución 54/112, de 9 de diciembre de 1999, en la cual decidió examinar en su quincuagésimo quinto período de sesiones el proyecto de artículos sobre la nacionalidad de las personas naturales en relación con la sucesión de Estados, preparado por la Comisión de Derecho Internacional,", "Recordando también su resolución 55/153, de 12 de diciembre de 2000, en cuyo anexo figuran los artículos sobre la nacionalidad de las personas naturales en relación con la sucesión de Estados,", "Recordando además sus resoluciones 59/34, de 2 de diciembre de 2004, y 63/118, de 11 de diciembre de 2008,", "Tomando en consideración las observaciones y los comentarios de los gobiernos[1] y los debates de la Sexta Comisión durante los períodos de sesiones de la Asamblea General quincuagésimo noveno, sexagésimo tercero y sexagésimo sexto[2] sobre la cuestión de la nacionalidad de las personas naturales en relación con la sucesión de Estados, en particular con el objetivo de evitar la apatridia como resultado de la sucesión de Estados, así como sobre la conveniencia de elaborar un instrumento jurídico sobre esta cuestión,", "Tomando nota, a este respecto, de la labor realizada a nivel regional a fin de elaborar un instrumento jurídico para evitar la apatridia en relación con la sucesión de Estados,", "1. Reitera su invitación a los gobiernos para que tengan en cuenta, según proceda, lo dispuesto en los artículos que figuran en el anexo de su resolución 55/153 al tratar las cuestiones relativas a la nacionalidad de las personas naturales en relación con la sucesión de Estados;", "2. Alienta una vez más a los Estados a que estudien, según proceda, a nivel regional o subregional, la elaboración de instrumentos jurídicos que regulen las cuestiones relativas a la nacionalidad de las personas naturales en relación con la sucesión de Estados, en particular con el objetivo de evitar la apatridia como resultado de la sucesión de Estados;", "3. Pone de relieve el valor de los artículos como orientación para los Estados a la hora de abordar cuestiones relativas a la nacionalidad de las personas naturales en relación con la sucesión de Estados, especialmente en lo que respecta a evitar la apatridia;", "4. Decide que, a solicitud de cualquier Estado, volverá a ocuparse de la cuestión de la nacionalidad de las personas naturales en relación con la sucesión de Estados cuando sea oportuno, a la luz de la evolución de la práctica de los Estados sobre el particular.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/59/180 y Add.1 y 2, A/63/113, A/66/178 y Add.1.", "[2]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, quincuagésimo noveno período de sesiones, Sexta Comisión, 15ª sesión (A/C.6/59/SR.15), y corrección; ibid., sexagésimo tercer período de sesiones, Sexta Comisión, 11ª sesión (A/C.6/63/SR.11), y corrección; e ibid., sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Sexta Comisión, 15ª sesión (A/C.6/66/SR.15), y corrección." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/469)]", "66/92. Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States", "The General Assembly,", "Having examined the item entitled “Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States”,", "Recalling its resolution 54/112 of 9 December 1999, in which it decided to consider at its fifty-fifth session the draft articles on nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States prepared by the International Law Commission,", "Recalling also its resolution 55/153 of 12 December 2000, the annex to which contains the articles on nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States,", "Recalling further its resolutions 59/34 of 2 December 2004 and 63/118 of 11 December 2008,", "Taking into consideration the comments and observations of Governments[1] and the discussions held in the Sixth Committee at the fifty-ninth, sixty-third and sixty-sixth sessions of the General Assembly[2] on the question of nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States, with a view, in particular, to preventing the occurrence of statelessness as a result of a succession of States, as well as on the advisability of elaborating a legal instrument on this question,", "Taking note, in this regard, of the efforts made at the regional level towards the elaboration of a legal instrument on the avoidance of statelessness in relation to State succession,", "1. Reiterates its invitation to Governments to take into account, as appropriate, the provisions of the articles contained in the annex to resolution 55/153, in dealing with issues of nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States;", "2. Once again encourages States to consider, as appropriate, at the regional or subregional levels, the elaboration of legal instruments regulating questions of nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States, with a view, in particular, to preventing the occurrence of statelessness as a result of a succession of States;", "3. Emphasizes the value of the articles in providing guidance to the States dealing with issues of nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States, in particular concerning the avoidance of statelessness;", "4. Decides that, upon the request of any State, it will revert to the question of nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States at an appropriate time, in the light of the development of State practice in these matters.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  A/59/180 and Add.1 and 2, A/63/113 and A/66/178 and Add.1.", "[2]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Sixth Committee, 15th meeting (A/C.6/59/SR.15), and corrigendum; ibid., Sixty-third Session, Sixth Committee, 11th meeting (A/C.6/63/SR.11), and corrigendum; and ibid., Sixty-sixth Session, Sixth Committee, 15th meeting (A/C.6/66/SR.15), and corrigendum." ]
A_RES_66_92
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/469)]", "66/92. Nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the item entitled “Nation of natural persons in relation to the succession of States”,", "Recalling its resolution 54/112 of 9 December 1999, in which it decided to consider at its fifty-fifth session the draft articles on the nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States, prepared by the International Law Commission,", "Recalling also its resolution 55/153 of 12 December 2000, annexed to the articles on the nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States,", "Recalling further its resolutions 59/34 of 2 December 2004 and 63/118 of 11 December 2008,", "Taking into account the observations and comments of Governments[1] and the debates of the Sixth Committee during the sessions of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth, sixty-third and sixty-sixth[2] on the question of the nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States, in particular with the objective of avoiding statelessness as a result of the succession of States, as well as on the desirability of elaborating a legal instrument on this issue,", "Taking note, in this regard, of the work undertaken at the regional level to develop a legal instrument to prevent statelessness in relation to the succession of States,", "1. Reiterates its invitation to Governments to take into account, as appropriate, the provisions of the articles contained in the annex to its resolution 55/153 in addressing issues relating to the nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States;", "2. Once again encourages States to consider, as appropriate, at the regional or subregional levels, the development of legal instruments governing the nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States, in particular with the objective of avoiding statelessness as a result of the succession of States;", "3. Emphasizes the value of the articles as guidance to States in addressing issues relating to the nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States, especially with regard to avoiding statelessness;", "4. Decides that, at the request of any State, it shall revert to the question of the nationality of natural persons in relation to the succession of States where appropriate, in the light of the evolving practice of States in this regard.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] A/59/180 and Add.1 and 2, A/63/113, A/66/178 and Add.1.", "[2] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Sixth Committee, 15th meeting (A/C.6/59/SR.15), and corrigendum; ibid., sixty-third session, Sixth Committee, 11th meeting (A/C.6/63/SR.11), and corrigendum; and ibid., sixty-sixth session, Sixth Committee, 15th meeting (A/C.6/66/SR.15), and corrigendum." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/470)]", "66/93. Responsabilidad penal de los funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 59/281, de 29 de marzo de 2005, en que hizo suya la recomendación del Comité Especial de Operaciones de Mantenimiento de la Paz al efecto de que el Secretario General pusiera a disposición de los Miembros de las Naciones Unidas un informe amplio sobre la cuestión de la explotación y los abusos sexuales en las operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz de las Naciones Unidas[1],", "Recordando también que el 24 de marzo de 2005 el Secretario General transmitió al Presidente de la Asamblea General un informe de su Asesor sobre la cuestión de la explotación y los abusos sexuales cometidos por el personal de mantenimiento de la paz de las Naciones Unidas[2],", "Recordando además su resolución 59/300, de 22 de junio de 2005, en que hizo suya la recomendación del Comité Especial de Operaciones de Mantenimiento de la Paz de que se estableciera un grupo de expertos jurídicos que prestara asesoramiento sobre la mejor forma de proceder para asegurar que se cumpliera la intención original de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, a saber, que el personal y los expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión nunca quedaran exentos, en la práctica, de afrontar las consecuencias de los actos delictivos cometidos en su lugar de destino ni fueran injustamente castigados por ellos, sin respetarse las debidas garantías procesales[3],", "Reconociendo la valiosa contribución de los funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión al cumplimiento de los principios y propósitos de la Carta,", "Reafirmando la necesidad de promover y asegurar el respeto de los principios y las normas del derecho internacional,", "Reafirmando también que la presente resolución se entiende sin perjuicio de las prerrogativas e inmunidades de los funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión y de las Naciones Unidas de conformidad con el derecho internacional,", "Reafirmando además la obligación de los funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión de respetar las leyes nacionales del Estado anfitrión, así como el derecho de dicho Estado a ejercer, cuando proceda, su competencia en el ámbito penal, de conformidad con las normas pertinentes del derecho internacional y los acuerdos que regulan las operaciones de las misiones de las Naciones Unidas,", "Profundamente preocupada por las denuncias de conductas delictivas y consciente de que, de no investigarse y, en su caso, enjuiciarse esas conductas, podría darse la impresión de que los funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión actúan con impunidad,", "Reafirmando la necesidad de asegurar que todos los funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión actúen de manera que se preserve la imagen, credibilidad, imparcialidad e integridad de las Naciones Unidas,", "Poniendo de relieve que los delitos cometidos por esas personas son inaceptables y tienen efectos perjudiciales para el cumplimiento del mandato de las Naciones Unidas, en particular para las relaciones entre las Naciones Unidas y la población local del país anfitrión,", "Consciente de la importancia de proteger los derechos de las víctimas de conductas delictivas, así como de asegurar la protección adecuada de los testigos, y recordando la aprobación de su resolución 62/214, de 21 de diciembre de 2007, relativa a la Estrategia amplia de las Naciones Unidas sobre la asistencia y el apoyo a las víctimas de la explotación y los abusos sexuales cometidos por personal de las Naciones Unidas y personal asociado,", "Poniendo de relieve la necesidad de mejorar la cooperación internacional para asegurar la exigencia de responsabilidades penales a los funcionarios y los expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión,", "Recordando su resolución 61/29, de 4 de diciembre de 2006, en la que se estableció el Comité Especial sobre la exigencia de responsabilidades penales a los funcionarios y los expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión,", "Habiendo examinado en períodos de sesiones anteriores el informe del Grupo de Expertos Jurídicos establecido por el Secretario General de conformidad con la resolución 59/300[4] y los informes del Comité Especial sobre la exigencia de responsabilidades penales a los funcionarios y los expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión[5], así como la nota de la Secretaría[6] y los informes del Secretario General[7] sobre la responsabilidad penal de los funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 62/63, de 6 de diciembre de 2007, 63/119, de 11 de diciembre de 2008, 64/110, de 16 de diciembre de 2009, y 65/20, de 6 de diciembre de 2010,", "Recordando también su decisión de que, teniendo presentes sus resoluciones 62/63 y 63/119, se siga examinando el informe del Grupo de Expertos Jurídicos, en particular sus aspectos legales, durante su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones en el marco de un grupo de trabajo de la Sexta Comisión, teniendo en cuenta las opiniones de los Estados Miembros y la información contenida en la nota de la Secretaría,", "Convencida de que sigue siendo necesario que las Naciones Unidas y sus Estados Miembros, en aras de la justicia, adopten con urgencia medidas enérgicas y eficaces para asegurar la exigencia de responsabilidades penales a los funcionarios y los expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión,", "1. Toma nota del informe del Secretario General[8];", "2. Insta encarecidamente a los Estados a que adopten todas las medidas necesarias para asegurar que los delitos cometidos por los funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión no queden impunes y los responsables de dichos delitos sean llevados ante la justicia, sin perjuicio de las prerrogativas e inmunidades de esas personas y de las Naciones Unidas con arreglo al derecho internacional y de conformidad con las normas internacionales de derechos humanos, incluidas las debidas garantías procesales;", "3. Insta encarecidamente a todos los Estados a que, en la medida en que aún no lo hayan hecho, consideren la posibilidad de establecer su competencia respecto de los delitos, en particular los delitos graves tipificados en su derecho penal vigente que cometan sus nacionales mientras presten servicios como funcionarios o expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión, al menos en los casos en que la conducta tipificada en el derecho del Estado que establezca su competencia sea también constitutiva de delito en la legislación del Estado anfitrión;", "4. Alienta a todos los Estados a que cooperen entre sí y con las Naciones Unidas para intercambiar información y facilitar la realización de investigaciones y, en su caso, el enjuiciamiento de los funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión que presuntamente hayan cometido delitos graves, con arreglo a su derecho interno y a las normas y reglamentos aplicables de las Naciones Unidas y respetando plenamente las debidas garantías procesales, y a que consideren la posibilidad de reforzar la capacidad de sus autoridades nacionales para investigar y enjuiciar esos delitos;", "5. Alienta también a todos los Estados a que:", "a) Se presten asistencia mutua en relación con investigaciones o procesos penales o procedimientos de extradición relativos a delitos graves cometidos por funcionarios o expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión, en particular con el fin de obtener pruebas que estén a su disposición, de conformidad con su derecho interno o con los tratados u otros acuerdos de extradición y asistencia judicial mutua que puedan existir entre ellos;", "b) De conformidad con su derecho interno, estudien formas de facilitar la posible utilización de la información y el material obtenido de las Naciones Unidas en los procesos penales iniciados en su territorio para enjuiciar delitos graves cometidos por funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión, teniendo presentes las debidas garantías procesales;", "c) De conformidad con su derecho interno, ofrezcan protección efectiva a las víctimas y los testigos de delitos graves presuntamente cometidos por funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión, así como a las demás personas que proporcionen información al respecto, y faciliten el acceso de las víctimas a los programas de asistencia previstos para ellas, sin perjuicio de los derechos del presunto autor del delito, incluidas las debidas garantías procesales;", "d) De conformidad con su derecho interno, estudien formas de responder adecuadamente a las solicitudes de apoyo y asistencia formuladas por los Estados anfitriones con miras a reforzar su capacidad para llevar a cabo investigaciones efectivas respecto de los delitos graves presuntamente cometidos por funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión;", "6. Solicita a la Secretaría que siga velando por que en las solicitudes enviadas a los Estados Miembros para que aporten personal que preste servicios como expertos en misión se haga saber a los Estados que se espera que quienes actúen en esa calidad se atengan a normas rigurosas en su conducta y comportamiento y sean conscientes de que determinadas conductas pueden constituir un delito por el cual se les podrán exigir responsabilidades;", "7. Insta al Secretario General a que siga adoptando otras medidas prácticas en el ámbito de sus facultades a fin de reforzar la capacitación actual sobre normas de conducta de las Naciones Unidas, incluida la capacitación previa al despliegue y la que se imparte al inicio de la misión a los funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión;", "8. Reitera su decisión de que, teniendo presentes sus resoluciones 62/63 y 63/119, se siga examinando el informe del Grupo de Expertos Jurídicos, en particular sus aspectos legales⁴, durante su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones en el marco de un grupo de trabajo de la Sexta Comisión, teniendo en cuenta las opiniones de los Estados Miembros y la información contenida en la nota de la Secretaría⁶, y, a tal efecto, invita a los Estados Miembros a que presenten nuevas observaciones sobre ese informe, en particular respecto de las medidas que deben adoptarse en el futuro;", "9. Solicita al Secretario General que ponga las denuncias verosímiles de delitos presuntamente cometidos por funcionarios o expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión en conocimiento de los Estados contra cuyos nacionales se dirijan, y que pida a esos Estados que indiquen la situación en que se encuentran sus gestiones para investigar y, en su caso, enjuiciar los delitos graves, así como los tipos de asistencia pertinente que los Estados deseen recibir de la Secretaría a los efectos de esas investigaciones y enjuiciamientos;", "10. Insta a los Estados a que proporcionen oportunamente al Secretario General información sobre las medidas adoptadas para tramitar las denuncias verosímiles que este haya puesto en su conocimiento de conformidad con el párrafo 9 supra;", "11. Solicita a las Naciones Unidas que, cuando de sus investigaciones sobre las denuncias formuladas se desprenda que funcionarios o expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión puedan haber cometido delitos graves, examinen medidas adecuadas para facilitar la posible utilización de información y material en los procesos penales incoados por los Estados, teniendo presentes las debidas garantías procesales;", "12. Alienta a las Naciones Unidas a que, cuando determinen a raíz de una investigación administrativa que las denuncias contra funcionarios o expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión son infundadas, adopten las medidas adecuadas, en interés de la Organización, para restablecer la credibilidad y la reputación de esos funcionarios y expertos en misión;", "13. Insta a las Naciones Unidas a que sigan cooperando con los Estados que ejerzan su competencia a fin de proporcionarles, en el marco de las normas pertinentes del derecho internacional y los acuerdos que regulan las actividades de las Naciones Unidas, información y material a los efectos de los procesos penales que dichos Estados incoen;", "14. Pone de relieve que las Naciones Unidas, de conformidad con las normas aplicables de la Organización, deben abstenerse de adoptar medidas de represalia o intimidación contra los funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión que denuncien la comisión de delitos graves por otros funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión;", "15. Toma nota con aprecio de la información suministrada por los gobiernos en respuesta a sus resoluciones 62/63, 63/119, 64/110 y 65/20, e insta a los gobiernos a que sigan adoptando las medidas necesarias para aplicar esas resoluciones, incluidas las disposiciones relativas al establecimiento de competencia respecto de los delitos, en particular los delitos graves tipificados en su derecho penal vigente que cometan sus nacionales mientras presten servicios como funcionarios o expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión, así como las relativas a la cooperación entre los Estados, y a que faciliten datos específicos al respecto, especialmente en relación con lo previsto en el párrafo 3 de la presente resolución, en la información que proporcionen al Secretario General;", "16. Reitera su solicitud al Secretario General de que la informe en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución, en particular por lo que respecta a los párrafos 3, 5, 8 y 9 supra, y sobre los problemas prácticos para su aplicación, tomando como base la información recibida de los gobiernos y de la Secretaría;", "17. Solicita al Secretario General que incluya en su informe datos sobre el número y los tipos de denuncias verosímiles, las medidas adoptadas por las Naciones Unidas y sus Estados Miembros respecto de los delitos graves cometidos por funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión y las gestiones realizadas para asegurar que la información sobre los incidentes sea completa;", "18. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Responsabilidad penal de los funcionarios y expertos de las Naciones Unidas en misión”.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, quincuagésimo noveno período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 19 (A/59/19/Rev.1), primera parte, cap. III, secc. D, párr. 56.", "[2]  Véase A/59/710.", "[3]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, quincuagésimo noveno período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 19 (A/59/19/Rev.1), segunda parte, cap. II, secc. N, párr. 40 a).", "[4]  Véase A/60/980.", "[5]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo segundo período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 54 (A/62/54); e ibid., sexagésimo tercer período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 54 (A/63/54).", "[6]  A/62/329.", "[7]  A/63/260 y Add.1, A/64/183 y Add.1 y A/65/185.", "[8]  A/66/174 y Add.1." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/470)]", "66/93. Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 59/281 of 29 March 2005, in which it endorsed the recommendation of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations that the Secretary-General make available to the United Nations membership a comprehensive report on the issue of sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations peacekeeping operations,[1]", "Recalling also that the Secretary-General, on 24 March 2005, transmitted to the President of the General Assembly a report of his Adviser concerning sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations peacekeeping personnel,[2]", "Recalling further its resolution 59/300 of 22 June 2005, in which it endorsed the recommendation of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations that a group of legal experts be established to provide advice on the best way to proceed so as to ensure that the original intent of the Charter of the United Nations can be achieved, namely that United Nations staff and experts on mission would never be effectively exempt from the consequences of criminal acts committed at their duty station, nor unjustly penalized, without due process,[3]", "Recognizing the valuable contribution of United Nations officials and experts on mission towards the fulfilment of the purposes and principles of the Charter,", "Reaffirming the need to promote and ensure respect for the principles and rules of international law,", "Reaffirming also that the present resolution is without prejudice to the privileges and immunities of United Nations officials and experts on mission and the United Nations under international law,", "Reaffirming further the obligation of United Nations officials and experts on mission to respect the national laws of the host State, as well as the right of the host State to exercise, where applicable, its criminal jurisdiction, in accordance with the relevant rules of international law and agreements governing operations of United Nations missions,", "Deeply concerned by reports of criminal conduct, and conscious that such conduct, if not investigated and, as appropriate, prosecuted, would create the negative impression that United Nations officials and experts on mission operate with impunity,", "Reaffirming the need to ensure that all United Nations officials and experts on mission function in a manner that preserves the image, credibility, impartiality and integrity of the United Nations,", "Emphasizing that crimes committed by such persons are unacceptable and have a detrimental effect on the fulfilment of the mandate of the United Nations, in particular with respect to the relations between the United Nations and the local population in the host country,", "Conscious of the importance of protecting the rights of victims of criminal conduct, as well as of ensuring adequate protection for witnesses, and recalling the adoption of its resolution 62/214 of 21 December 2007 on the United Nations Comprehensive Strategy on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by United Nations Staff and Related Personnel,", "Emphasizing the need to enhance international cooperation to ensure the criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission,", "Recalling its resolution 61/29 of 4 December 2006, by which it established the Ad Hoc Committee on criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission,", "Having considered at its previous sessions the report of the Group of Legal Experts established by the Secretary-General pursuant to its resolution 59/300[4] and the reports of the Ad Hoc Committee,[5] as well as the note by the Secretariat[6] and the reports of the Secretary-General[7] on criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission,", "Recalling its resolutions 62/63 of 6 December 2007, 63/119 of 11 December 2008, 64/110 of 16 December 2009 and 65/20 of 6 December 2010,", "Recalling also its decision that, bearing in mind its resolutions 62/63 and 63/119, the consideration of the report of the Group of Legal Experts, in particular its legal aspects, taking into account the views of Member States and the information contained in the note by the Secretariat, shall be continued during its sixty-seventh session in the framework of a working group of the Sixth Committee,", "Convinced of the continuing need for the United Nations and its Member States to urgently take strong and effective steps to ensure the criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission in the interest of justice,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;[8]", "2. Strongly urges States to take all appropriate measures to ensure that crimes by United Nations officials and experts on mission do not go unpunished and that the perpetrators of such crimes are brought to justice, without prejudice to the privileges and immunities of such persons and the United Nations under international law, and in accordance with international human rights standards, including due process;", "3. Strongly urges all States to consider establishing, to the extent that they have not yet done so, jurisdiction over crimes, particularly those of a serious nature, as known in their existing domestic criminal laws, committed by their nationals while serving as United Nations officials or experts on mission, at least where the conduct as defined in the law of the State establishing jurisdiction also constitutes a crime under the laws of the host State;", "4. Encourages all States to cooperate with each other and with the United Nations in the exchange of information and in facilitating the conduct of investigations and, as appropriate, the prosecution of United Nations officials and experts on mission who are alleged to have committed crimes of a serious nature, in accordance with their domestic law and applicable United Nations rules and regulations, fully respecting due process rights, as well as to consider strengthening the capacities of their national authorities to investigate and prosecute such crimes;", "5. Also encourages all States:", "(a) To afford each other assistance in connection with criminal investigations or criminal or extradition proceedings in respect of crimes of a serious nature committed by United Nations officials and experts on mission, including assistance in obtaining evidence at their disposal, in accordance with their domestic law or any treaties or other arrangements on extradition and mutual legal assistance that may exist between them;", "(b) In accordance with their domestic law, to explore ways and means of facilitating the possible use of information and material obtained from the United Nations for purposes of criminal proceedings initiated in their territory for the prosecution of crimes of a serious nature committed by United Nations officials and experts on mission, bearing in mind due process considerations;", "(c) In accordance with their domestic law, to provide effective protection for victims of, witnesses to and others who provide information in relation to crimes of a serious nature alleged to have been committed by United Nations officials and experts on mission and to facilitate access of victims to victim assistance programmes, without prejudice to the rights of the alleged offender, including those relating to due process;", "(d) In accordance with their domestic law, to explore ways and means of responding adequately to requests by host States for support and assistance in order to enhance their capacity to conduct effective investigations in respect of crimes of a serious nature alleged to have been committed by United Nations officials and experts on mission;", "6. Requests the Secretariat to continue to ensure that requests to Member States seeking personnel to serve as experts on mission make States aware of the expectation that persons who serve in that capacity should meet high standards in their conduct and behaviour and be aware that certain conduct may amount to a crime for which they may be held accountable;", "7. Urges the Secretary-General to continue to take such other practical measures as are within his authority to strengthen existing training on United Nations standards of conduct, including through predeployment and in-mission induction training for United Nations officials and experts on mission;", "8. Reiterates its decision that, bearing in mind its resolutions 62/63 and 63/119, the consideration of the report of the Group of Legal Experts, in particular its legal aspects,⁴ taking into account the views of Member States and the information contained in the note by the Secretariat,⁶ shall be continued during its sixty-seventh session in the framework of a working group of the Sixth Committee, and, for that purpose, invites further comments from Member States on that report, including on the question of future action;", "9. Requests the Secretary-General to bring credible allegations that reveal that a crime may have been committed by United Nations officials or experts on mission to the attention of the States against whose nationals such allegations are made and to request from those States an indication of the status of their efforts to investigate and, as appropriate, prosecute crimes of a serious nature, as well as the types of appropriate assistance that States may wish to receive from the Secretariat for the purposes of such investigations and prosecutions;", "10. Urges States to provide to the Secretary-General at the appropriate time information on their handling of the credible allegations brought to their attention by the Secretary-General in accordance with paragraph 9 above;", "11. Requests the United Nations, when its investigations into allegations suggest that crimes of a serious nature may have been committed by United Nations officials or experts on mission, to consider any appropriate measures that may facilitate the possible use of information and material for purposes of criminal proceedings initiated by States, bearing in mind due process considerations;", "12. Encourages the United Nations, when allegations against United Nations officials or experts on mission are determined by a United Nations administrative investigation to be unfounded, to take appropriate measures, in the interests of the Organization, to restore the credibility and the reputation of such officials and experts on mission;", "13. Urges the United Nations to continue cooperating with States exercising jurisdiction in order to provide them, within the framework of the relevant rules of international law and agreements governing activities of the United Nations, with information and material for purposes of criminal proceedings initiated by States;", "14. Emphasizes that the United Nations, in accordance with the applicable rules of the Organization, should take no action that would retaliate against or intimidate United Nations officials and experts on mission who report allegations concerning crimes of a serious nature committed by United Nations officials and experts on mission;", "15. Takes note with appreciation of the information provided by Governments in response to its resolutions 62/63, 63/119, 64/110 and 65/20, and urges Governments to continue taking the measures necessary for the implementation of those resolutions, including their provisions addressing the establishment of jurisdiction over crimes, particularly those of a serious nature, as known in their existing domestic criminal laws, committed by their nationals while serving as United Nations officials or experts on mission, as well as cooperation among States, and to provide specific details thereon, in particular with respect to paragraph 3 of the present resolution, in the information provided to the Secretary-General;", "16. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution, in particular with respect to paragraphs 3, 5, 8 and 9 above, as well as any practical problems in its implementation, on the basis of information received from Governments and the Secretariat;", "17. Requests the Secretary-General to include in his report information on the number and types of credible allegations and any actions taken by the United Nations and its Member States regarding crimes of a serious nature committed by United Nations officials and experts on mission, including information on efforts made to ensure the completeness of incident reporting;", "18. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission”.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 19 (A/59/19/Rev.1), part one, chap. III, sect. D, para. 56.", "[2]  See A/59/710.", "[3]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 19 (A/59/19/Rev.1), part two, chap. II, sect. N, para. 40 (a).", "[4]  See A/60/980.", "[5]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 54 (A/62/54); and ibid., Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 54 (A/63/54).", "[6]  A/62/329.", "[7]  A/63/260 and Add.1, A/64/183 and Add.1 and A/65/185.", "[8]  A/66/174 and Add.1." ]
A_RES_66_93
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/470)]", "66/93. Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 59/281 of 29 March 2005, in which it endorsed the recommendation of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations that the Secretary-General make available to Members of the United Nations a comprehensive report on the issue of sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations peacekeeping operations[1],", "Recalling also that on 24 March 2005, the Secretary-General transmitted to the President of the General Assembly a report of his Adviser on the question of sexual exploitation and abuse by United Nations peacekeeping personnel[2],", "Recalling further its resolution 59/300 of 22 June 2005, in which it endorsed the recommendation of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations that a group of legal experts be established to provide advice on how best to proceed to ensure that the original intention of the Charter of the United Nations is fulfilled, namely, that United Nations personnel and experts on mission shall never be exempt, in practice, from meeting the consequences of their wrongful acts,", "Recognizing the valuable contribution of United Nations officials and experts on mission to the fulfilment of the principles and purposes of the Charter,", "Reaffirming the need to promote and ensure respect for the principles and norms of international law,", "Reaffirming also that the present resolution is without prejudice to the privileges and immunities of United Nations officials and experts on mission and of the United Nations in accordance with international law,", "Reaffirming further the obligation of United Nations officials and experts on mission to respect the national laws of the host State, as well as the right of the host State to exercise, where appropriate, its criminal competence, in accordance with the relevant rules of international law and the agreements governing the operations of United Nations missions,", "Deeply concerned at allegations of criminal behaviour and aware that, if not investigated and, where appropriate, prosecuted such conduct, the impression could be that United Nations officials and experts on mission acted with impunity,", "Reaffirming the need to ensure that all United Nations officials and experts on mission act in a manner that preserves the image, credibility, impartiality and integrity of the United Nations,", "Emphasizing that the crimes committed by such persons are unacceptable and have adverse effects on the fulfilment of the mandate of the United Nations, in particular for the relations between the United Nations and the local population of the host country,", "Mindful of the importance of protecting the rights of victims of criminal behaviour, as well as ensuring the proper protection of witnesses, and recalling the adoption of its resolution 62/214 of 21 December 2007 on the United Nations Comprehensive Strategy on Assistance and Support to Victims of Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by United Nations and Associated Personnel,", "Emphasizing the need to improve international cooperation to ensure criminal accountability to United Nations officials and experts on mission,", "Recalling its resolution 61/29 of 4 December 2006, by which the Special Committee on the Demand for Criminal Responsibilities was established for United Nations officials and experts on mission,", "Having considered at previous sessions the report of the Group of Legal Experts established by the Secretary-General in accordance with resolution 59/300[4] and the reports of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Demand for Criminal Responsibilities of United Nations Officials and Experts on Mission[5], as well as the note by the Secretariat[6] and the reports of the Secretary-General[7] on the criminal responsibility of United Nations officials and experts on mission,", "Recalling its resolutions 62/63 of 6 December 2007, 63/119 of 11 December 2008, 64/110 of 16 December 2009 and 65/20 of 6 December 2010,", "Recalling also its decision that, bearing in mind its resolutions 62/63 and 63/119, the report of the Group of Legal Experts, in particular its legal aspects, should continue to be considered during its sixty-seventh session in the context of a working group of the Sixth Committee, taking into account the views of Member States and the information contained in the note by the Secretariat,", "Convinced that there is still a need for the United Nations and its Member States, for the sake of justice, to take urgent and effective measures to ensure the criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General[8];", "2. Strongly urges States to take all necessary measures to ensure that crimes committed by United Nations officials and experts on mission do not go unpunished and those responsible for such crimes are brought to justice, without prejudice to the privileges and immunities of those persons and the United Nations under international law and in accordance with international human rights standards, including due process;", "3. Strongly urges all States, to the extent that they have not yet done so, to consider establishing their jurisdiction over crimes, in particular the serious crimes established in their existing criminal law committed by their nationals while serving as United Nations officials or experts on mission, at least in cases where the conduct established in the law of the State establishing its jurisdiction is also criminalized in the laws of the host State;", "4. Encourages all States to cooperate with each other and with the United Nations to exchange information and facilitate the conduct of investigations and, where appropriate, the prosecution of United Nations officials and experts on mission who have allegedly committed serious crimes, in accordance with their domestic law and applicable United Nations rules and regulations and in full respect of due process, and to consider strengthening the capacity of their national authorities to investigate and prosecute such crimes;", "5. Also encourages all States:", "(a) Mutual assistance is provided in connection with criminal investigations or prosecutions or extradition proceedings relating to serious crimes committed by United Nations officials or experts on mission, in particular with the aim of obtaining evidence at their disposal, in accordance with their domestic law or with treaties or other extradition agreements and mutual legal assistance that may exist between them;", "(b) In accordance with their domestic law, consider ways to facilitate the possible use of information and material obtained from the United Nations in criminal proceedings initiated in their territory to prosecute serious crimes committed by United Nations officials and experts on mission, bearing in mind due process;", "(c) In accordance with their domestic law, provide effective protection to victims and witnesses of serious crimes allegedly committed by United Nations officials and experts on mission, as well as to other persons providing information thereon, and facilitate the access of victims to the assistance programmes provided for them, without prejudice to the rights of the alleged offender, including due process guarantees;", "(d) In accordance with their domestic law, consider ways of responding adequately to requests from host States for support and assistance with a view to strengthening their capacity to conduct effective investigations into serious crimes allegedly committed by United Nations officials and experts on mission;", "6. Requests the Secretariat to continue to ensure that requests to Member States to provide personnel serving as experts on mission are made available to States that are expected to adhere to rigorous standards in their conduct and behaviour and are aware that certain conduct may constitute an offence for which they may be held accountable;", "7. Urges the Secretary-General to continue to take other practical steps within the scope of his powers to strengthen the current training on United Nations standards of conduct, including predeployment training and that provided at the start of the mission to United Nations officials and experts on mission;", "8. Reiterates its decision that, bearing in mind its resolutions 62/63 and 63/119, the report of the Group of Legal Experts, in particular its legal aspects, should be continued to be considered,4 during its sixty-seventh session in the context of a working group of the Sixth Committee, taking into account the views of Member States and the information contained in the note by the Secretariat,6 and, to that end, invites Member States to submit further comments on that report, in particular with regard to the future measures;", "9. Requests the Secretary-General to make credible allegations of crimes allegedly committed by United Nations officials or experts on mission in the knowledge of the States against which nationals are directed, and to request those States to indicate the status of their efforts to investigate and, where appropriate, prosecute serious crimes, as well as the types of assistance that States wish to receive from the Secretariat for the purposes of such investigations and prosecutions;", "10. Urges States to provide the Secretary-General with timely information on the measures taken to deal with credible allegations brought to their attention in accordance with paragraph 9 above;", "11. Requests the United Nations, when its investigations into the allegations are conducted, to ensure that United Nations officials or experts on mission may have committed serious crimes, to consider appropriate measures to facilitate the possible use of information and material in criminal proceedings initiated by States, bearing in mind due process;", "12. Encourages the United Nations to take appropriate measures, in the interests of the Organization, to restore the credibility and reputation of such officials and experts on mission, when they determine in the wake of an administrative investigation that allegations against United Nations officials or experts on mission are unfounded;", "13. Urges the United Nations to continue to cooperate with States that exercise their competence in order to provide them, within the framework of the relevant rules of international law and the agreements governing the activities of the United Nations, information and material for the purposes of criminal proceedings instituted by those States;", "14. Emphasizes that the United Nations, in accordance with the applicable rules of the Organization, should refrain from taking retaliation or intimidation against United Nations officials and experts on mission who report serious crimes by other United Nations officials and experts on mission;", "15. Takes note with appreciation of the information provided by Governments in response to its resolutions 62/63, 63/119, 64/110 and 65/20, and urges Governments to continue to take the necessary measures to implement those resolutions, including provisions relating to the establishment of jurisdiction over crimes, in particular the serious crimes established in their existing criminal law committed by their nationals while serving as United Nations officials or experts on mission, as well as those relating to the specific information provided by the Secretary,", "16. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution, in particular with regard to paragraphs 3, 5, 8 and 9 above, and on practical problems for its implementation, based on information received from Governments and the Secretariat;", "17. Requests the Secretary-General to include in his report information on the number and types of credible allegations, measures taken by the United Nations and its Member States regarding serious crimes committed by United Nations officials and experts on mission and efforts to ensure that information on incidents is complete;", "18. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled " Criminal accountability of United Nations officials and experts on mission " .", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 19 (A/59/19/Rev.1), part one, chap. III, sect. D, para. 56.", "[2] See A/59/710.", "[3] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 19 (A/59/19/Rev.1), part two, chap. II, sect. N, para. 40 (a).", "[4] See A/60/980.", "[5] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 54 (A/62/54); and ibid., sixty-third session, Supplement No. 54 (A/63/54).", "[6] A/62/329.", "[7] A/63/260 and Add.1, A/64/183 and Add.1 and A/65/185.", "[8] A/66/174 and Add.1." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/471)]", "66/94. Informe de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional sobre la labor realizada en su 44º período de sesiones", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 2205 (XXI), de 17 de diciembre de 1966, en la que estableció la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional y le confirió el mandato de promover la armonización y unificación progresivas del derecho mercantil internacional y, a ese respecto, tener presentes los intereses de todos los pueblos, en particular los de los países en desarrollo, en la evolución general del comercio internacional,", "Reafirmando su convencimiento de que la modernización y armonización progresivas del derecho mercantil internacional, al reducir o eliminar los obstáculos jurídicos que se oponen al flujo del comercio internacional, especialmente los que afectan a los países en desarrollo, contribuirían de modo significativo a la cooperación económica universal entre todos los Estados sobre una base de igualdad, equidad, interés común y respeto del estado de derecho, así como a la eliminación de la discriminación en el comercio internacional y, por consiguiente, a la paz, la estabilidad y el bienestar de todos los pueblos,", "Habiendo examinado el informe de la Comisión[1],", "Reiterando su preocupación por el hecho de que las actividades realizadas por otros órganos en el ámbito del derecho mercantil internacional sin coordinación suficiente con la Comisión puedan dar lugar a una duplicación no deseable del trabajo y no se ajusten al objetivo de fomentar la eficiencia, uniformidad y coherencia en la unificación y armonización del derecho mercantil internacional,", "Reafirmando el mandato conferido a la Comisión para que, en su calidad de órgano jurídico central del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en el ámbito del derecho mercantil internacional, coordine las actividades jurídicas en la materia, en particular con el fin de evitar la duplicación del trabajo, especialmente entre las organizaciones que elaboran normas de comercio internacional, y fomentar la eficiencia, uniformidad y coherencia en la modernización y armonización del derecho mercantil internacional y, por conducto de su secretaría, continúe manteniendo una estrecha cooperación con otros órganos y organizaciones internacionales que se ocupan del derecho mercantil internacional, incluidas las organizaciones regionales,", "1. Toma nota con aprecio del informe de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional¹;", "2. Encomia a la Comisión por haber finalizado y aprobado la Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional sobre la Contratación Pública[2] y la Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional sobre la Insolvencia Transfronteriza: la Perspectiva Judicial[3];", "3. Toma nota con interés de los progresos realizados por la Comisión en la preparación de normas jurídicas sobre la transparencia en los arbitrajes entablados, en el marco de un tratado, entre inversionistas y un Estado, sobre la solución por vía informática de controversias surgidas de operaciones transfronterizas de comercio electrónico y sobre el comercio electrónico, en particular en el coloquio celebrado en febrero de 2011, la interpretación y aplicación de determinados conceptos de la Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional sobre la Insolvencia Transfronteriza[4] relacionados con el centro de los principales intereses y la preparación de un texto relativo a la inscripción registral de las garantías reales sobre bienes muebles[5];", "4. Acoge con beneplácito las decisiones de la Comisión de preparar una guía para la incorporación al derecho interno de la Ley Modelo sobre la Contratación Pública de la forma más eficaz y práctica posible y un estudio sobre la posible labor futura de la Comisión sobre el tema de la colaboración entre el sector público y el sector privado y los proyectos de infraestructura con financiación privada, de ocuparse del tema de los documentos electrónicos transferibles, de preparar, en cooperación con el Banco Mundial, un proyecto de principios sobre los regímenes eficaces de las operaciones garantizadas, con cargo a los recursos existentes y prescindiendo de los recursos del grupo de trabajo, y de incluir la microfinanza en el temario de la futura labor de la Comisión y seguir examinando tal cuestión en su siguiente período de sesiones, en 2012[6];", "5. Observa con aprecio la decisión de la Comisión de recomendar la utilización de la versión revisada de 2010 de las Reglas Uniformes relativas a las garantías pagaderas a su reclamación, publicada por la Cámara de Comercio Internacional, en las operaciones relacionadas con garantías pagaderas a su reclamación, cuando proceda[7];", "6. Observa con aprecio también los progresos realizados por la Comisión en su proyecto de seguimiento de la aplicación de la Convención sobre el Reconocimiento y la Ejecución de las Sentencias Arbitrales Extranjeras, hecha en Nueva York el 10 de junio de 1958[8], y la decisión de la Comisión de solicitar a la Secretaría que siga trabajando en la preparación de una guía sobre la Convención[9];", "7. Hace suyas las gestiones e iniciativas de la Comisión, en su calidad de órgano jurídico central del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en el ámbito del derecho mercantil internacional, encaminadas a mejorar la coordinación y la cooperación respecto de las actividades jurídicas de las organizaciones internacionales y regionales que se ocupan del derecho mercantil internacional y a promover el estado de derecho a nivel nacional e internacional en esa esfera y, a este respecto, hace un llamamiento a las organizaciones internacionales y regionales competentes para que coordinen sus actividades jurídicas con las de la Comisión a fin de evitar la duplicación del trabajo y fomentar la eficiencia, uniformidad y coherencia en la modernización y armonización del derecho mercantil internacional;", "8. Observa con aprecio los importantes avances logrados por la Comisión en sus actividades de coordinación y cooperación en materia de garantías reales y, en particular, la aprobación por la Comisión de un documento preparado conjuntamente por la Mesa Permanente de la Conferencia de La Haya de Derecho Internacional Privado y las secretarías de la Comisión y del Instituto Internacional para la Unificación del Derecho Privado con la asistencia de expertos externos, titulado “Comparación y análisis de las principales características de los instrumentos internacionales relacionados con las operaciones garantizadas”[10], así como la solicitud de que se le dé la difusión más amplia posible, incluso como publicación de las Naciones Unidas destinada a la venta, reconociendo como es debido la contribución de la Mesa Permanente de la Conferencia de La Haya de Derecho Internacional Privado y de la secretaría del Instituto Internacional para la Unificación del Derecho Privado[11];", "9. Observa que la Comisión convino en que un enfoque coordinado de la cuestión de la ley aplicable a los efectos de propiedad de las cesiones de créditos beneficiaría a todos los Estados, y que solicitó a la Secretaría que cooperara estrechamente con la Comisión Europea con miras a asegurar un enfoque coordinado de la cuestión, teniendo en cuenta el enfoque seguido en la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre la cesión de créditos en el comercio internacional[12] y en la Guía Legislativa de la CNUDMI sobre las Operaciones Garantizadas[13];", "10. Reafirma la importancia que reviste, especialmente para los países en desarrollo, la labor de la Comisión relativa a la cooperación y asistencia técnicas en materia de reforma y desarrollo del derecho mercantil internacional y, a este respecto:", "a) Acoge con beneplácito las iniciativas tomadas por la Comisión para ampliar, por conducto de su secretaría, su programa de cooperación y asistencia técnicas y, a ese respecto, alienta al Secretario General a que establezca asociaciones de colaboración con entidades estatales y no estatales para promover la sensibilización acerca de la labor de la Comisión y facilitar la aplicación efectiva de las normas jurídicas que resulten de dicha labor;", "b) Expresa su aprecio a la Comisión por llevar a cabo actividades de cooperación y asistencia técnicas, y por la asistencia prestada para redactar legislación en materia de derecho mercantil internacional, y señala a la atención del Secretario General lo limitado de los recursos disponibles en esta esfera;", "c) Toma nota con interés del enfoque amplio de la cooperación y asistencia técnicas, basado en el marco estratégico para la asistencia técnica propuesto por la Secretaría a fin de promover la adopción universal de los textos de la Comisión y difundir información sobre los textos recientemente adoptados[14];", "d) Expresa su aprecio a los gobiernos cuyas contribuciones permitieron realizar las actividades de cooperación y asistencia técnicas y hace un llamamiento a los gobiernos, a los órganos competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y a organizaciones, instituciones y particulares para que hagan contribuciones voluntarias al Fondo Fiduciario para simposios de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional y, cuando corresponda, financien proyectos especiales y presten apoyo de cualquier otra manera a la secretaría de la Comisión para realizar actividades de cooperación y asistencia técnicas, en particular en países en desarrollo;", "e) Reitera su llamamiento al Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo y a otros órganos responsables de la asistencia para el desarrollo, como el Banco Mundial y los bancos regionales de desarrollo, así como a los gobiernos en el marco de sus programas de asistencia bilateral, para que presten apoyo al programa de cooperación y asistencia técnicas de la Comisión y cooperen y coordinen sus actividades con las de esta, habida cuenta de la pertinencia e importancia que tienen la labor y los programas de la Comisión para la promoción del estado de derecho a nivel nacional e internacional y para la aplicación de la agenda de las Naciones Unidas para el desarrollo, incluido el logro de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio;", "11. Exhorta a los Estados Miembros, los Estados no miembros, las organizaciones observadoras y la Secretaría a que apliquen el reglamento y los métodos de trabajo de la Comisión, teniendo en cuenta el resumen de conclusiones que figura en el anexo III del informe sobre la labor realizada en su 43º período de sesiones[15], a fin de garantizar la elevada calidad de la labor de la Comisión y la aceptabilidad internacional de sus instrumentos, y a este respecto recuerda sus resoluciones anteriores sobre esta cuestión;", "12. Acoge con beneplácito la decisión de la Comisión de establecer, a reserva de lo que dispongan las normas y reglamentos pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas y a reserva del proceso de aprobación interna por la Oficina de Asuntos Jurídicos de la Secretaría, un Centro Regional para Asia y el Pacífico en la República de Corea, primer paso novedoso pero importante en las actividades de información y asistencia técnica de la Comisión a los países en desarrollo de la región, en el entendimiento de que la implantación de una representación regional habrá de sufragarse totalmente con recursos extrapresupuestarios, inclusive con contribuciones voluntarias de los Estados, aunque no exclusivamente, expresa su aprecio al Gobierno de la República de Corea por su generosa contribución al proyecto piloto y solicita al Secretario General que mantenga informada a la Asamblea General de los avances en el establecimiento de centros regionales de esa índole, incluido el Centro Regional para Asia y el Pacífico en la República de Corea, en particular en lo que respecta a su situación financiera y presupuestaria[16];", "13. Hace un llamamiento a los gobiernos, a los órganos competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y a organizaciones, instituciones y particulares para que hagan contribuciones voluntarias al fondo fiduciario establecido con objeto de conceder asistencia para gastos de viaje a los países en desarrollo que son miembros de la Comisión, previa solicitud de estos y en consulta con el Secretario General, a fin de que vuelva a prestarse dicha asistencia y haya más expertos en representación de países en desarrollo en los períodos de sesiones de la Comisión y sus grupos de trabajo, de suerte que se incrementen los conocimientos y la capacidad a nivel local en el ámbito del derecho mercantil internacional en esos países y se favorezca de este modo el desarrollo del comercio internacional y la promoción de la inversión extranjera;", "14. Decide, a fin de asegurar la plena participación de todos los Estados Miembros en los períodos de sesiones de la Comisión y sus grupos de trabajo, continuar, en la Comisión Principal competente durante el sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones de la Asamblea General, su examen de la concesión de asistencia para gastos de viaje a los países menos adelantados que son miembros de la Comisión, previa solicitud de estos y en consulta con el Secretario General;", "15. Hace suya la convicción de la Comisión de que la puesta en práctica y el empleo efectivo de normas modernas de derecho privado relativas al comercio internacional son esenciales para el fomento de la buena gobernanza, el desarrollo económico sostenido y la erradicación de la pobreza y el hambre, y de que la promoción del principio de legalidad en las relaciones comerciales debe formar parte integrante de la agenda más amplia de las Naciones Unidas para fomentar el estado de derecho a nivel nacional e internacional, entre otras cosas a través del Grupo de Coordinación y Apoyo sobre el Estado de Derecho, que recibe asistencia de la Dependencia sobre el Estado de Derecho de la Oficina Ejecutiva del Secretario General;", "16. Acoge con beneplácito, a este respecto, la mesa redonda sobre la función de la Comisión en el fomento del estado de derecho en las sociedades en situación de conflicto o posterior a un conflicto, celebrada durante el 44º período de sesiones de la Comisión, y toma nota de la especial pertinencia de los instrumentos y recursos de la Comisión para crear un entorno de actividad económica sostenible que propicie la reconstrucción después de los conflictos y evitar que las sociedades experimenten regresiones a situaciones de conflicto;", "17. Toma nota de las opiniones expresadas por la Comisión al final de la mesa redonda en el sentido de que, debido a la carencia de recursos suficientes, deben encontrarse formas innovadoras de promover la utilización de los instrumentos y recursos de la Comisión en una fase temprana de las actividades de recuperación después de los conflictos realizadas por las Naciones Unidas y otros donantes, y de que es necesario dar a conocer mejor el hecho de que la Comisión también se ocupa de cuestiones básicas que constituyen el fundamento de toda actividad comercial y, por consiguiente, contribuye de manera real e inmediata al mejoramiento de las sociedades que salen de situaciones de conflicto[17];", "18. Reitera su solicitud al Secretario General para que, de conformidad con sus resoluciones sobre aspectos relativos a la documentación[18] en las que se insiste en particular en que toda invitación a reducir la extensión de los documentos, cuando proceda, no debe ir en detrimento de la calidad de su presentación ni de su contenido, tenga presente las características especiales del mandato y las funciones de la Comisión en el desarrollo progresivo y la codificación del derecho mercantil internacional al aplicar a sus documentos las normas sobre límite de páginas[19];", "19. Solicita al Secretario General que se sigan redactando actas resumidas de las sesiones de la Comisión dedicadas a la formulación de textos normativos, incluidas las de los comités plenarios establecidos por la Comisión durante su período de sesiones anual, y alienta a la Comisión a que examine esta cuestión en su próximo período de sesiones sobre la base de un informe que deberá preparar la Secretaría[20];", "20. Reafirma la necesidad de asegurar la participación más amplia posible en las reuniones de la Comisión y, a este respecto, observa las razones que se presentan para justificar la alternancia histórica de los lugares de celebración de los períodos de sesiones de la Comisión, a saber, la distribución proporcional de los gastos de viaje entre las delegaciones, la influencia y presencia de la Comisión a nivel mundial y las necesidades de los países en desarrollo, muchos de los cuales no cuentan con representación en Viena, observa también que la Comisión convino en que deberían realizarse todos los esfuerzos posibles por encontrar alternativas a la supresión de la alternancia de los períodos de sesiones que permitieran lograr un resultado similar y, a este respecto, alienta a los Estados Miembros a que, junto con la Secretaría, continúen examinado las actuales prácticas de trabajo a fin de lograr una mayor eficacia y con miras a determinar posibles economías presupuestarias[21];", "21. Destaca la importancia de promover la utilización de los textos dimanantes de la labor de la Comisión para la unificación y armonización a nivel mundial del derecho mercantil internacional y, a tal fin, insta a los Estados que aún no lo hayan hecho a que consideren la posibilidad de firmar o ratificar las convenciones o de adherirse a ellas, incorporar leyes modelo al derecho interno y alentar la utilización de otros textos pertinentes;", "22. Acoge con beneplácito la preparación de compilaciones de jurisprudencia sobre los textos de la Comisión, como la compilación de jurisprudencia relativa a la Convención de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Contratos de Compraventa Internacional de Mercaderías[22], la relativa a la Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional sobre Arbitraje Comercial Internacional[23] y la relativa a la Ley Modelo sobre la Insolvencia Transfronteriza, con el fin de contribuir a la difusión de información sobre esos textos y promover su utilización, incorporación al derecho interno e interpretación uniforme.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 17 (A/66/17).", "[2]  Ibid., cap. III y anexo I.", "[3]  Ibid., cap. IV.", "[4]  Ley Modelo de la CNUDMI sobre la Insolvencia Transfronteriza con la Guía para su incorporación al derecho interno (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.99.V.3), primera parte.", "[5]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 17 (A/66/17), caps. V a IX.", "[6]  Ibid., cap. III, párrs. 181 a 187, 190 y 191; cap. VIII, párr. 228; y caps. IX y X.", "[7]  Ibid., cap. XI.", "[8]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 330, núm. 4739.", "[9]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 17 (A/66/17), cap. XII.", "[10]  Véase A/CN.9/720.", "[11]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 17 (A/66/17), párrs. 278 a 283.", "[12]  Resolución 56/81, anexo.", "[13]  Publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.09.V.12.", "[14]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 17 (A/66/17), cap. XIII.", "[15]  Ibid., sexagésimo quinto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 17 (A/65/17).", "[16]  Ibid., sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 17 (A/66/17), párrs. 262 a 270.", "[17]  Ibid., párrs. 318 y 319.", "[18]  Resolución 52/214, secc. B, 57/283 B, secc. III, y 58/250, secc. III.", "[19]  Resoluciones 59/39, párr. 9, y 65/21, párr. 18; véase también Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, quincuagésimo noveno período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 17 (A/59/17), párrs. 124 a 128.", "[20]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 17 (A/66/17), párr. 333.", "[21]  Ibid., cap. XXI.", "[22]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1489, núm. 25567.", "[23]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, cuadragésimo período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 17 (A/40/17), anexo I; e ibid., sexagésimo primer período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 17 (A/61/17), anexo I." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/471)]", "66/94. Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its forty-fourth session", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 2205 (XXI) of 17 December 1966, by which it established the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law with a mandate to further the progressive harmonization and unification of the law of international trade and in that respect to bear in mind the interests of all peoples, in particular those of developing countries, in the extensive development of international trade,", "Reaffirming its belief that the progressive modernization and harmonization of international trade law, in reducing or removing legal obstacles to the flow of international trade, especially those affecting developing countries, would contribute significantly to universal economic cooperation among all States on a basis of equality, equity, common interest and respect for the rule of law, to the elimination of discrimination in international trade and, thereby, to peace, stability and the well‑being of all peoples,", "Having considered the report of the Commission,[1]", "Reiterating its concern that activities undertaken by other bodies in the field of international trade law without adequate coordination with the Commission might lead to undesirable duplication of efforts and would not be in keeping with the aim of promoting efficiency, consistency and coherence in the unification and harmonization of international trade law,", "Reaffirming the mandate of the Commission, as the core legal body within the United Nations system in the field of international trade law, to coordinate legal activities in this field, in particular to avoid duplication of efforts, including among organizations formulating rules of international trade, and to promote efficiency, consistency and coherence in the modernization and harmonization of international trade law, and to continue, through its secretariat, to maintain close cooperation with other international organs and organizations, including regional organizations, active in the field of international trade law,", "1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law;¹", "2. Commends the Commission for the finalization and adoption of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Public Procurement[2] and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: The Judicial Perspective;[3]", "3. Takes note with interest of the progress made by the Commission in its work on the preparation of legal standards on transparency in treaty-based investor-State arbitration, online dispute resolution for cross-border electronic transactions and electronic commerce, in particular at the colloquium held in February 2011, the interpretation and application of selected concepts of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency[4] relating to centre of main interests, and a draft text on the registration of security rights in movable assets;[5]", "4. Welcomes the decisions of the Commission to prepare a guide to enactment of the Model Law on Public Procurement, in as efficient and practical a manner as possible, and a study on possible future work of the Commission in the area of public-private partnerships and privately financed infrastructure projects, to undertake work in the field of electronic transferable records, to prepare, in cooperation with the World Bank, draft principles on effective secured transactions regimes, within existing resources and without utilizing working group resources, and to include microfinance as an item for the future work of the Commission and to further consider that matter at its next session, in 2012;[6]", "5. Notes with appreciation the decision of the Commission to commend the use of the 2010 revision of the Uniform Rules for Demand Guarantees, published by the International Chamber of Commerce, as appropriate, in transactions involving demand guarantees;[7]", "6. Also notes with appreciation the progress made in the ongoing project of the Commission on monitoring the implementation of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, done in New York on 10 June 1958,[8] and the decision of the Commission to request the Secretariat to pursue its efforts towards the preparation of a guide on the Convention;[9]", "7. Endorses the efforts and initiatives of the Commission, as the core legal body within the United Nations system in the field of international trade law, aimed at increasing coordination of and cooperation on legal activities of international and regional organizations active in the field of international trade law and at promoting the rule of law at the national and international levels in this field, and in this regard appeals to relevant international and regional organizations to coordinate their legal activities with those of the Commission, to avoid duplication of efforts and to promote efficiency, consistency and coherence in the modernization and harmonization of international trade law;", "8. Notes with appreciation the significant progress in the Commission’s coordination and cooperation activities in the field of security interests and in particular the approval by the Commission of a paper prepared jointly by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the secretariats of the Commission and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law, with the assistance of outside experts, entitled “Comparison and analysis of major features of international instruments relating to secured transactions”,[10] as well as the request that it be given the widest possible dissemination, including as a United Nations sales publication, with proper recognition of the contribution of the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the secretariat of the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law;[11]", "9. Notes the agreement of the Commission that a coordinated approach to the matter of the law applicable to the proprietary effects of assignments of receivables is in the interest of all States and its request to the Secretariat to cooperate closely with the European Commission with a view to ensuring a coordinated approach to the matter, taking into account the approach followed in the United Nations Convention on the Assignment of Receivables in International Trade[12] and the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions;[13]", "10. Reaffirms the importance, in particular for developing countries, of the work of the Commission concerned with technical cooperation and assistance in the field of international trade law reform and development, and in this connection:", "(a) Welcomes the initiatives of the Commission towards expanding, through its secretariat, its technical cooperation and assistance programme, and in that respect encourages the Secretary-General to seek partnerships with State and non-State actors to increase awareness about the work of the Commission and facilitate the effective implementation of legal standards resulting from its work;", "(b) Expresses its appreciation to the Commission for carrying out technical cooperation and assistance activities and for providing assistance with legislative drafting in the field of international trade law, and draws the attention of the Secretary-General to the limited resources that are made available in this field;", "(c) Takes note with interest of the comprehensive approach to technical cooperation and assistance, based on the strategic framework for technical assistance suggested by the Secretariat to promote universal adoption of the texts of the Commission and to disseminate information on recently adopted texts;[14]", "(d) Expresses its appreciation to the Governments whose contributions enabled the technical cooperation and assistance activities to take place, and appeals to Governments, the relevant bodies of the United Nations system, organizations, institutions and individuals to make voluntary contributions to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Trust Fund for Symposia and, where appropriate, for the financing of special projects, and otherwise to assist the secretariat of the Commission in carrying out technical cooperation and assistance activities, in particular in developing countries;", "(e) Reiterates its appeal to the United Nations Development Programme and other bodies responsible for development assistance, such as the World Bank and regional development banks, as well as to Governments in their bilateral aid programmes, to support the technical cooperation and assistance programme of the Commission and to cooperate and coordinate their activities with those of the Commission, in the light of the relevance and importance of the work and programmes of the Commission for the promotion of the rule of law at the national and international levels and for the implementation of the United Nations development agenda, including the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals;", "11. Calls upon Member States, non-member States, observer organizations and the Secretariat to apply the rules of procedure and methods of work of the Commission, taking into account the summary of conclusions as reproduced in annex III to the report on the work of its forty-third session,[15] with a view to ensuring the high quality of the work of the Commission and international acceptability of its instruments, and in this regard recalls its previous resolutions related to this matter;", "12. Welcomes the decision by the Commission to establish, subject to the relevant rules and regulations of the United Nations and the internal approval process in the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat, a Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific, in the Republic of Korea, as a novel yet important first step for the Commission in reaching out and providing technical assistance to developing countries in the region, it being understood that the establishment of a regional presence would have to rely entirely on extrabudgetary resources, including but not limited to voluntary contributions from States, expresses its appreciation to the Government of the Republic of Korea for its generous contribution to the pilot project, and requests the Secretary-General to keep the General Assembly informed of developments regarding the establishment of such regional centres, including the Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific in the Republic of Korea and, in particular, their funding and budgetary situation;[16]", "13. Appeals to Governments, the relevant bodies of the United Nations system, organizations, institutions and individuals to make voluntary contributions to the trust fund established to provide travel assistance to developing countries that are members of the Commission, at their request and in consultation with the Secretary-General, in order to enable renewal of the provision of that assistance and to increase expert representation from developing countries at sessions of the Commission and its working groups, necessary to build local expertise and capacities in the field of international trade law in those countries to facilitate the development of international trade and the promotion of foreign investment;", "14. Decides, in order to ensure full participation of all Member States in the sessions of the Commission and its working groups, to continue, in the competent Main Committee during the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, its consideration of granting travel assistance to the least developed countries that are members of the Commission, at their request and in consultation with the Secretary‑General;", "15. Endorses the conviction of the Commission that the implementation and effective use of modern private law standards on international trade are essential for advancing good governance, sustained economic development and the eradication of poverty and hunger and that the promotion of the rule of law in commercial relations should be an integral part of the broader agenda of the United Nations to promote the rule of law at the national and international levels, including through the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group, supported by the Rule of Law Unit in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General;", "16. Welcomes, in this regard, the panel discussion on the role of the Commission in the promotion of the rule of law in conflict and post-conflict societies, held during the forty-fourth session of the Commission, and takes note of the particular relevance of the instruments and resources of the Commission for creating an environment of sustainable economic activity conducive to post-conflict reconstruction and preventing societies from sliding back into conflict;", "17. Takes note of the views expressed by the Commission at the end of the panel discussion that, owing to a lack of sufficient resources, innovative ways need to be found for the early engagement of the instruments and resources of the Commission in post-conflict recovery operations of the United Nations and other donors, and that awareness needs to be increased of the fact that the Commission deals also with the basic building blocks for commercial activity and thus makes a real and immediate contribution in societies emerging from conflict;[17]", "18. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General, in conformity with General Assembly resolutions on documentation-related matters,[18] which, in particular, emphasize that any invitation to limit, where appropriate, the length of documents should not adversely affect either the quality of the presentation or the substance of the documents, to bear in mind the particular characteristics of the mandate and functions of the Commission in the progressive development and codification of international trade law when implementing page limits with respect to the documentation of the Commission;[19]", "19. Requests the Secretary-General to continue providing summary records of the meetings of the Commission, including committees of the whole established by the Commission for the duration of its annual session, relating to the formulation of normative texts, and encourages the Commission to discuss the matter at its next session, on the basis of a report to be prepared by the Secretariat;[20]", "20. Reaffirms the need to ensure the broadest possible participation in meetings of the Commission, and in this connection notes the existing rationale for the historical alternating pattern of sites for meetings of the Commission, that is, the proportionate distribution of travel costs among delegations, the global influence and presence of the Commission and the needs of developing countries, many of which do not have representation in Vienna, also notes the agreement of the Commission that every effort should be made to identify alternatives to abolishing the alternating pattern of meetings that would achieve a similar result, and in this respect encourages Member States, jointly with the Secretariat, to continue to review current working practices to achieve increased efficiency, and with a view to identifying budgetary savings;[21]", "21. Stresses the importance of promoting the use of texts emanating from the work of the Commission for the global unification and harmonization of international trade law, and to this end urges States that have not yet done so to consider signing, ratifying or acceding to conventions, enacting model laws and encouraging the use of other relevant texts;", "22. Welcomes the preparation of digests of case law relating to the texts of the Commission, such as a digest of case law relating to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods,[22] a digest of case law relating to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration,[23] and a digest of case law relating to the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, with the aim of assisting in the dissemination of information on those texts and promoting their use, enactment and uniform interpretation.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17).", "[2]  Ibid., chap. III and annex I.", "[3]  Ibid., chap. IV.", "[4]  UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency with Guide to Enactment (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.99.V.3), part one.", "[5]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), chaps. V‑IX.", "[6]  Ibid., chap. III, paras. 181–187, 190 and 191; chap. VIII, para. 228; and chaps. IX and X.", "[7]  Ibid., chap. XI.", "[8]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 330, No. 4739.", "[9]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), chap. XII.", "[10]  See A/CN.9/720.", "[11]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), paras. 278‑283.", "[12]  Resolution 56/81, annex.", "[13]  United Nations publication, Sales No. E.09.V.12.", "[14]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), chap. XIII.", "[15]  Ibid., Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/65/17).", "[16]  Ibid., Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), paras. 262–270.", "[17]  Ibid., paras. 318 and 319.", "[18]  Resolutions 52/214, sect. B, 57/283 B, sect. III, and 58/250, sect. III.", "[19]  Resolutions 59/39, para. 9, and 65/21, para. 18; see also Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty‑ninth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/59/17), paras. 124–128.", "[20]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), para. 333.", "[21]  Ibid., chap. XXI.", "[22]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1489, No. 25567.", "[23]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Fortieth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/40/17), annex I; and ibid., Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/61/17), annex I." ]
A_RES_66_94
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/471)]", "66/94. Report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on the work of its forty-fourth session", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 2205 (XXI) of 17 December 1966, in which it established the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and entrusted it with the mandate to promote the progressive harmonization and unification of international trade law and, in that regard, to bear in mind the interests of all peoples, in particular those of developing countries, in the overall evolution of international trade,", "Reaffirming its conviction that the progressive modernization and harmonization of international trade law, by reducing or removing legal obstacles to the flow of international trade, especially those affecting developing countries, would contribute significantly to universal economic cooperation among all States on the basis of equality, equity, common interest and respect for the rule of law, as well as the elimination of discrimination in international trade and, therefore, to the well-being of all peoples,", "Having considered the report of the Commission[1],", "Reiterating its concern that activities undertaken by other bodies in the field of international trade law without sufficient coordination with the Commission may lead to undesirable duplication of work and do not meet the objective of promoting efficiency, uniformity and coherence in the unification and harmonization of international trade law,", "Reaffirming the mandate given to the Commission, in its capacity as the central legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law, to coordinate legal activities in the field, in particular in order to avoid duplication of work, especially among organizations that develop international trade standards, and to promote efficiency, uniformity and coherence in the modernization and harmonization of international trade law, and, through its secretariat, to continue to maintain close cooperation with other international trade organizations,", "1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law;1", "2. Commends the Commission for the completion and adoption of the Model Law of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on Procurement[2] and the Model Law of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: Judicial Perspective[3];", "3. Takes note with interest of the progress made by the Commission in the preparation of legal rules on transparency in the arbitration under a treaty between investors and a State on the online settlement of disputes arising from cross-border electronic commerce operations and on electronic commerce, in particular in the colloquium held in February 2011, of the interpretation and application of certain concepts of the United Nations Model Law on Trade Law4", "4. Welcome the Commission ' s decisions to prepare a guide for the incorporation into domestic law of the Model Law on Public Procurement in the most effective and practical manner and a study on the possible future work of the Commission on the topic of public-private-sector collaboration and private-funded infrastructure projects, to deal with the topic of electronic transferable documents, to prepare, in cooperation with the World Bank, a draft principles on effective systems of operations", "5. Notes with appreciation the Commission ' s decision to recommend the use of the revised 2010 version of the Standard Rules relating to guarantees payable to its claim, published by the International Chamber of Commerce, in transactions relating to guarantees payable to its claim, where appropriate[7];", "6. Notes with appreciation also the progress made by the Commission in its draft follow-up to the implementation of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, done in New York on 10 June 1958[8], and the Commission ' s decision to request the Secretariat to continue to work on the preparation of a guide to the Convention[9];", "7. Endorses the Commission ' s efforts and initiatives, as the central legal body of the United Nations system in the field of international trade law, aimed at improving coordination and cooperation with respect to the legal activities of international and regional organizations dealing with international trade law and promoting the rule of law at the national and international levels in that area, and in this regard calls upon relevant international and regional organizations to coordinate their legal activities with a view to avoiding the harmonization of trade law", "8. Notes with appreciation the important progress made by the Commission in its coordination and cooperation activities in the field of security rights and, in particular, the adoption by the Commission of a document prepared jointly by the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law and the secretariats of the Commission and the International Institute for the Unification of Private Law with the assistance of external experts, entitled “Comparation and analysis of the main characteristics of the international instruments related to secured transactions”", "9. Notes that the Commission agreed that a coordinated approach to the issue of law applicable to the ownership of receivables would benefit all States, and that it requested the Secretariat to cooperate closely with the European Commission with a view to ensuring a coordinated approach to the issue, taking into account the approach followed by the United Nations Convention on the Granting of Credits in International Trade[12] and the UNCITRAL Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions;[13]", "10. Reaffirms the importance, especially for developing countries, of the work of the Commission on Technical Cooperation and Assistance in the Reform and Development of International Trade Law and, in this regard:", "(a) Welcomes the initiatives taken by the Commission to expand, through its secretariat, its technical cooperation and assistance programme and, in this regard, encourages the Secretary-General to establish partnerships with State and non-State actors to promote awareness of the work of the Commission and to facilitate the effective implementation of the legal standards resulting from such work;", "(b) Expresses its appreciation to the Commission for carrying out technical cooperation and assistance activities, and for the assistance provided in drafting legislation on international trade law, and draws the attention of the Secretary-General to the limited resources available in this area;", "(c) Takes note with interest of the comprehensive approach to technical cooperation and assistance, based on the strategic framework for technical assistance proposed by the Secretariat to promote the universal adoption of the texts of the Commission and to disseminate information on the recently adopted texts[14];", "(d) Expresses its appreciation to those Governments whose contributions enabled technical cooperation and assistance activities and appeals to Governments, relevant bodies of the United Nations system and organizations, institutions and individuals to make voluntary contributions to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Trust Fund for Symposiums and, where appropriate, to fund special projects and to provide support in any other way to the secretariat of the Commission for technical cooperation and assistance,", "(e) Reiterates its call to the United Nations Development Programme and other bodies responsible for development assistance, such as the World Bank and regional development banks, as well as to Governments within their bilateral assistance programmes, to support the Commission ' s technical cooperation and assistance programme and to cooperate and coordinate its activities with those of the Commission, taking into account the relevance and importance of the work and programmes of the Commission for the promotion of the status of development", "11. Calls upon Member States, non-members, observer organizations and the Secretariat to implement the rules of procedure and working methods of the Commission, taking into account the summary of conclusions contained in annex III to the report on the work of its forty-third session[15], in order to ensure the high quality of the work of the Commission and the international acceptability of its instruments, and in this regard recalls its previous resolutions on this issue;", "12. Welcomes the decision of the Commission to establish, subject to the relevant rules and regulations of the United Nations and subject to the internal approval process by the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat, a Regional Centre for Asia and the Pacific in the Republic of Korea, a new but important step in the information and technical assistance activities of the Commission to the developing countries of the region, on the understanding that the implementation of a fully informed regional representation", "13. Calls upon Governments, relevant bodies of the United Nations system and organizations, institutions and individuals to make voluntary contributions to the trust fund established to provide travel assistance to developing countries that are members of the Commission, upon their request and in consultation with the Secretary-General, so that such assistance can be repaid and more experts on behalf of developing countries at the sessions of the Commission and their working groups may be increased,", "14. Decides, in order to ensure the full participation of all Member States in the sessions of the Commission and its working groups, to continue, at the competent Main Committee during the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, its consideration of the granting of travel assistance to the least developed countries that are members of the Commission, upon their request and in consultation with the Secretary-General;", "15. Endorses the Commission ' s conviction that the effective implementation of and use of modern private law standards relating to international trade are essential for the promotion of good governance, sustained economic development and the eradication of poverty and hunger, and that the promotion of the principle of legality in trade relations should be an integral part of the wider United Nations agenda for the promotion of the rule of law at the national and international levels, including through the Rule of Law and Support Group,", "16. Welcomes, in this regard, the panel discussion on the role of the Commission in promoting the rule of law in conflict or post-conflict societies, held at the forty-fourth session of the Commission, and notes the special relevance of the Commission ' s instruments and resources to create an environment of sustainable economic activity conducive to post-conflict reconstruction and to prevent societies from experiencing regressions to conflict situations;", "17. Takes note of the views expressed by the Commission at the end of the round table that, owing to the lack of adequate resources, innovative ways must be found to promote the use of the instruments and resources of the Commission at an early stage of post-conflict recovery activities undertaken by the United Nations and other donors, and that there is a need to make better known the fact that the Commission also deals with basic issues that constitute the basis for any business improvement and, as a result of immediate and emerging business activities.", "18. " Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General, in accordance with its resolutions on documentation aspects[18] which emphasize in particular that any invitation to reduce the extension of documents, where appropriate, should not detract from the quality of their submission or their content, should take into account the special characteristics of the mandate and functions of the Commission in the progressive development and codification of international trade law in the application of its documents of the page limit rules;", "19. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to draw up summary records of the meetings of the Commission devoted to the formulation of normative texts, including those of the plenary committees established by the Commission during its annual session, and encourages the Commission to consider this question at its next session on the basis of a report to be prepared by the Secretariat[20];", "20. Reaffirms the need to ensure the widest possible participation in the meetings of the Commission and, in this regard, notes the reasons for the historic alternation of the venues of the sessions of the Commission, namely, the proportional distribution of travel costs among delegations, the influence and presence of the Commission at the global level and the needs of developing countries, many of which do not have representation in Vienna, also notes that the Commission", "21. Stresses the importance of promoting the use of texts emanating from the work of the Commission for the global unification and harmonization of international trade law and, to that end, urges States that have not yet done so to consider signing or ratifying or acceding to conventions, to incorporate model laws into domestic law and to encourage the use of other relevant texts;", "22. It welcomes the preparation of compilations of case law on the texts of the Commission, such as the compilation of case law relating to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods,[22] on the Model Law of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on International Commercial Arbitration,[23] and on the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency, with a view to contributing to the standardization of information.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17).", "[2] Ibid., cap. III and annex I.", "[3] Ibid., cap. IV.", "[4] UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency with the Guide to Enactment (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.99.V.3), Part One.", "[5] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), chaps. V to IX.", "[6] Ibid., chap. III, paras. 181-187, 190 and 191; chap. VIII, para. 228; and chaps. IX and X.", "[7] Ibid., chapter XI.", "[8] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 330, No. 4739.", "[9] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), chap. XII.", "[10] See A/CN.9/720.", "[11] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), paras. 278 to 283.", "[12] Resolution 56/81, annex.", "[13] United Nations publication, Sales No. E.09.V.12.", "[14] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), chap. XIII.", "[15] Ibid., sixty-fifth session, Supplement No. 17 (A/65/17).", "[16] Ibid., sixty-sixth session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), paras. 262-270.", "[17] Ibid., paras. 318 and 319.", "[18] Resolution 52/214, sect. B, 57/283 B, sect. III, and 58/250, sect. III.", "[19] Resolutions 59/39, para. 9, and 65/21, para. 18; see also Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/59/17), paras. 124 to 128.", "[20] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), para. 333.", "[21] Ibid., chap. XXI.", "[22] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1489, No. 25567.", "[23] Official Records of the General Assembly, Fortieth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/40/17), annex I; and ibid., sixty-first session, Supplement No. 17 (A/61/17), annex I." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/471)]", "66/95. Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional sobre la Contratación Pública", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 2205 (XXI), de 17 de diciembre de 1966, en la que estableció la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional con objeto de promover la armonización y unificación progresivas del derecho mercantil internacional en interés de todos los pueblos y, en particular, los de los países en desarrollo,", "Observando que la contratación pública representa una parte considerable del gasto público en la mayoría de los Estados,", "Recordando su resolución 49/54, de 9 de diciembre de 1994, en la que recomendaba que se utilizara la Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional sobre la Contratación Pública de Bienes, Obras y Servicios[1],", "Advirtiendo que la Ley Modelo de 1994, que se ha convertido en una importante referencia internacional a la hora de reformar el régimen de la contratación pública, contiene procedimientos destinados a asegurar la competencia, la transparencia, la equidad, la economía y la eficiencia en el proceso de adjudicación,", "Advirtiendo también que, pese al amplio reconocimiento del valor de la Ley Modelo de 1994, han surgido, desde su aprobación, cuestiones y prácticas nuevas que han justificado la revisión de su texto,", "Reconociendo que, en su 37º período de sesiones, en 2004, la Comisión convino en que cabría actualizar la Ley Modelo de 1994 con objeto de tener en cuenta las nuevas prácticas, en particular las resultantes del uso de las comunicaciones electrónicas en las operaciones de contratación pública, y la experiencia adquirida por los Estados al utilizar la Ley Modelo de 1994 como base para sus reformas legislativas, sin apartarse, no obstante, de los principios fundamentales en que se asienta y sin modificar las disposiciones que hayan resultado de utilidad,", "Observando que las revisiones de la Ley Modelo de 1994 fueron objeto de las debidas deliberaciones y de amplias consultas con los gobiernos y las organizaciones internacionales interesadas y que, por lo tanto, cabe esperar que la Ley Modelo revisada, que se denominará “Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional sobre la Contratación Pública”, resulte aceptable para Estados con diferentes sistemas jurídicos, sociales y económicos,", "Observando también que es de esperar que la Ley Modelo revisada contribuya notablemente al establecimiento de un marco jurídico armonizado y moderno para las operaciones de contratación pública que promueva la economía, la eficiencia y la competencia en la contratación y que, al mismo tiempo, fomente la integridad, la confianza, la equidad y la transparencia en el proceso de adjudicación,", "Convencida de que la Ley Modelo revisada ayudará considerablemente a todos los Estados, en particular a los países en desarrollo y a los países de economías en transición, a mejorar sus respectivos regímenes de contratación pública y a formular nuevos regímenes, si no disponen de ninguno, y propiciará el desarrollo de relaciones económicas internacionales armoniosas, así como un mayor desarrollo económico,", "1. Expresa su aprecio a la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional por haber elaborado y aprobado el proyecto de Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional sobre la Contratación Pública[2];", "2. Solicita al Secretario General que transmita el texto de la Ley Modelo a los gobiernos y otros órganos interesados;", "3. Recomienda a todos los Estados que utilicen la Ley Modelo al evaluar sus regímenes jurídicos de contratación pública y que presten la debida atención a las disposiciones de la Ley Modelo cuando promulguen o revisen su legislación en la materia;", "4. Pide que se intensifique la cooperación y la coordinación entre la Comisión y otros órganos y organizaciones internacionales que se ocupan de la reforma del régimen de la contratación pública, incluidas las organizaciones regionales, a fin de evitar que se dupliquen esfuerzos innecesariamente y que, en el proceso de modernización y armonización del derecho de la contratación pública, se obtengan resultados incompatibles, incoherentes o contradictorios;", "5. Hace suyas la labor y las iniciativas de la secretaría de la Comisión destinadas a incrementar la coordinación y la cooperación en torno a las actividades jurídicas relacionadas con la reforma de la contratación pública.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, cuadragésimo noveno período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 17 y corrección (A/49/17 y Corr.1), anexo I.", "[2]  Ibid., sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 17 (A/66/17), párr. 192 y anexo I." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/471)]", "66/95. United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Public Procurement", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 2205 (XXI) of 17 December 1966, by which it established the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law with the purpose of furthering the progressive harmonization and unification of the law of international trade in the interests of all peoples, in particular those of developing countries,", "Noting that procurement constitutes a significant portion of public expenditure in most States,", "Recalling its resolution 49/54 of 9 December 1994 recommending the use of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services,[1]", "Observing that the 1994 Model Law, which has become an important international benchmark in procurement law reform, sets out procedures aimed at achieving competition, transparency, fairness, economy and efficiency in the procurement process,", "Observing also that, despite the widely recognized value of the 1994 Model Law, new issues and practices have arisen since its adoption that have justified revision of the text,", "Recognizing that at its thirty-seventh session, in 2004, the Commission agreed that the 1994 Model Law would benefit from being updated to reflect new practices, in particular those resulting from the use of electronic communications in public procurement, and the experience gained in the use of the 1994 Model Law as a basis for law reform, not departing, however, from the basic principles behind it and not modifying the provisions whose usefulness had been proved,", "Noting that the revisions to the 1994 Model Law were the subject of due deliberation and extensive consultations with Governments and interested international organizations, and that thus it can be expected that the revised Model Law, to be called the “United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Public Procurement”, would be acceptable to States with different legal, social and economic systems,", "Noting also that the revised Model Law is expected to contribute significantly to the establishment of a harmonized and modern legal framework for public procurement that promotes economy, efficiency and competition in procurement and, at the same time, fosters integrity, confidence, fairness and transparency in the procurement process,", "Convinced that the revised Model Law will significantly assist all States, in particular developing countries and countries with economies in transition, in enhancing their existing procurement laws and formulating procurement laws where none presently exist, and will lead to the development of harmonious international economic relations and increased economic development,", "1. Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for developing and adopting the draft United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Public Procurement;[2]", "2. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the text of the Model Law to Governments and other interested bodies;", "3. Recommends that all States use the Model Law in assessing their legal regimes for public procurement and give favourable consideration to the Model Law when they enact or revise their laws;", "4. Calls for closer cooperation and coordination among the Commission and other international organs and organizations, including regional organizations, active in the field of procurement law reform, in order to avoid undesirable duplication of efforts and inconsistent, incoherent or conflicting results in the modernization and harmonization of public procurement law;", "5. Endorses the efforts and initiatives of the secretariat of the Commission aimed at increasing the coordination of, and cooperation on, legal activities concerned with public procurement reform.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 17 and corrigendum (A/49/17 and Corr.1), annex I.", "[2]  Ibid., Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), para. 192 and annex I." ]
A_RES_66_95
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/471)]", "66/95. Model Law of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on Procurement", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 2205 (XXI) of 17 December 1966, in which it established the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law to promote the progressive harmonization and unification of international trade law in the interests of all peoples and, in particular, those of developing countries,", "Noting that public procurement represents a significant part of public expenditure in most States,", "Recalling its resolution 49/54 of 9 December 1994, recommending the use of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Procurement of Goods, Construction and Services[1],", "Noting that the 1994 Model Law, which has become an important international reference to the reform of the procurement regime, contains procedures aimed at ensuring competition, transparency, equity, economy and efficiency in the procurement process,", "Noting also that, despite the broad recognition of the value of the 1994 Model Law, new issues and practices that have justified the revision of its text have emerged since its adoption,", "Recognizing that, at its thirty-seventh session, in 2004, the Commission agreed that the 1994 Model Law should be updated in order to take into account new practices, in particular those resulting from the use of electronic communications in public procurement operations, and the experience gained by States in using the 1994 Model Law as the basis for their legislative reforms, without deviating, however, from the fundamental principles in which the provisions that have been found to be useful,", "Noting that the revisions to the 1994 Model Law were subject to due discussion and extensive consultations with Governments and international organizations concerned, and that it is therefore hoped that the revised Model Law, which will be called the " Model Law of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on Public Procurement " , will be acceptable to States with different legal, social and economic systems,", "Noting also that it is to be hoped that the revised Model Law will contribute significantly to the establishment of a harmonized and modern legal framework for public procurement operations that promotes the economy, efficiency and competition in recruitment, while at the same time promoting integrity, confidence, equity and transparency in the award process,", "Convinced that the revised Model Law will greatly assist all States, in particular developing countries and countries with economies in transition, to improve their respective public procurement regimes and to develop new regimes, if they do not have any, and will foster the development of harmonious international economic relations, as well as increased economic development,", "1. Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for the elaboration and adoption of the draft Model Law of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on Procurement[2];", "2. Requests the Secretary-General to transmit the text of the Model Law to Governments and other interested bodies;", "3. Recommends to all States using the Model Law when assessing their legal procurement regimes and giving due attention to the provisions of the Model Law when enacting or revising their legislation in this regard;", "4. Calls for increased cooperation and coordination between the Commission and other international bodies and organizations concerned with the reform of the procurement regime, including regional organizations, in order to avoid duplication of effort and to ensure that in the process of modernizing and harmonizing the law of public procurement, there are inconsistent, inconsistent or contradictory results;", "5. It endorsed the work and initiatives of the secretariat of the Commission aimed at enhancing coordination and cooperation on legal activities related to public procurement reform.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Forty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 17 and corrigendum (A/49/17 and Corr.1), annex I.", "[2] Ibid., sixty-sixth session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), para. 192 and annex I." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/471)]", "66/96. Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional sobre la Insolvencia Transfronteriza: la Perspectiva Judicial", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 2205 (XXI), de 17 de diciembre de 1966, en la que estableció la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional con objeto de promover la armonización y unificación progresivas del derecho mercantil internacional en interés de todos los pueblos y, en particular, los de los países en desarrollo,", "Observando que, cuando los particulares y las empresas realizan negocios a nivel mundial y tienen bienes e intereses en más de un Estado, la sustanciación eficiente de los procedimientos de insolvencia relativos a esos particulares y empresas requiere entablar una cooperación transfronteriza y coordinar la supervisión y la administración de dichos bienes y negocios,", "Considerando que la Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional sobre la Insolvencia Transfronteriza[1] contribuye de forma significativa a la creación de un marco jurídico armonizado para administrar eficazmente la insolvencia transfronteriza y facilitar la cooperación y la coordinación,", "Reconociendo que la cooperación y la coordinación en los casos de insolvencia transfronteriza y los medios para poner en práctica la Ley Modelo no gozan de amplia difusión,", "Convencida de que si se ofrece información fácilmente accesible sobre la interpretación de la Ley Modelo y la práctica actual al respecto, que los jueces puedan consultar y utilizar en procedimientos de insolvencia, es posible lograr una mayor aplicación y una mejor comprensión de la Ley Modelo y facilitar la cooperación y la coordinación judiciales transfronterizas, al tiempo que se evitan demoras y gastos innecesarios,", "Observando con satisfacción que el 1 de julio de 2011, en su 44º período de sesiones, la Comisión finalizó y aprobó la Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional sobre la Insolvencia Transfronteriza: la Perspectiva Judicial[2],", "Observando que para la preparación de la Ley Modelo sobre la Insolvencia Transfronteriza: la Perspectiva Judicial se celebraron consultas con gobiernos, jueces y otros profesionales del ámbito de la insolvencia,", "1. Expresa su aprecio a la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional por haber finalizado y aprobado la Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional sobre la Insolvencia Transfronteriza: la Perspectiva Judicial²;", "2. Solicita que la Secretaría de las Naciones Unidas establezca un mecanismo para actualizar continuamente la Ley Modelo sobre la Insolvencia Transfronteriza: la Perspectiva Judicial con la misma flexibilidad con que se elaboró, asegurando que mantenga un tono neutro y que siga cumpliendo su propósito establecido;", "3. Solicita al Secretario General que publique, incluso en formato electrónico, el texto de la Ley Modelo sobre la Insolvencia Transfronteriza: la Perspectiva Judicial, según se vaya actualizando o modificando de conformidad con el párrafo 2 de la presente resolución, y que lo remita a los gobiernos solicitándoles que lo hagan llegar a las autoridades competentes a fin de que sea de conocimiento y acceso generalizado;", "4. Recomienda que, cuando proceda, los jueces, los profesionales del ámbito de la insolvencia y otros interesados en procedimientos de insolvencia transfronteriza tomen debidamente en consideración la Ley Modelo sobre la Insolvencia Transfronteriza: la Perspectiva Judicial;", "5. Recomienda también que todos los Estados consideren la posibilidad de aplicar la Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional sobre la Insolvencia Transfronteriza¹.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Ley Modelo de la CNUDMI sobre la Insolvencia Transfronteriza con la Guía para su incorporación al derecho interno (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.99.V.3), primera parte.", "[2]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 17 (A/66/17), párr. 198." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/471)]", "66/96. United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: The Judicial Perspective", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 2205 (XXI) of 17 December 1966, by which it established the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law with the purpose of furthering the progressive harmonization and unification of the law of international trade in the interests of all peoples, in particular those of developing countries,", "Noting that, where individuals and enterprises conduct their businesses on a global basis and have assets and interests in more than one State, the efficient conduct of the insolvency of those individuals and enterprises requires cross-border cooperation in, and coordination of, the supervision and administration of those assets and affairs,", "Considering that the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency[1] contributes significantly to the establishment of a harmonized legal framework for effectively administering cross-border insolvency and facilitating cooperation and coordination,", "Acknowledging that familiarity with cooperation and coordination in cross-border insolvency cases and how the Model Law may be implemented in practice is not widespread,", "Convinced that providing readily accessible information on the interpretation of and current practice with respect to the Model Law for reference and use by judges in insolvency proceedings has the potential to promote wider use and understanding of the Model Law and facilitate cross-border judicial cooperation and coordination, avoiding unnecessary delay and costs,", "Noting with satisfaction the completion and adoption on 1 July 2011 of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: The Judicial Perspective by the Commission at its forty-fourth session,[2]", "Noting that the preparation of the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: The Judicial Perspective was the subject of consultation with Governments, judges and other insolvency professionals,", "1. Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for the completion and adoption of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: The Judicial Perspective;²", "2. Requests the establishment by the Secretariat of the United Nations of a mechanism for updating the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: The Judicial Perspective on an ongoing basis in the same flexible manner as that in which it was developed, ensuring that it maintains a neutral tone and continues to meet its stated purpose;", "3. Requests the Secretary-General to publish, including electronically, the text of the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: The Judicial Perspective, as updated or amended from time to time in accordance with paragraph 2 of the present resolution, and to transmit it to Governments with the request that the text be made available to relevant authorities so that it becomes widely known and available;", "4. Recommends that the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: The Judicial Perspective be given due consideration, as appropriate, by judges, insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders involved in cross-border insolvency proceedings;", "5. Also recommends that all States consider the implementation of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency.¹", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency with Guide to Enactment (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.99.V.3), part one.", "[2]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), para. 198." ]
A_RES_66_96
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/471)]", "66/96. United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: Judicial Perspective", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 2205 (XXI) of 17 December 1966, in which it established the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law to promote the progressive harmonization and unification of international trade law in the interests of all peoples and, in particular, those of developing countries,", "Noting that, when individuals and companies conduct business worldwide and have goods and interests in more than one State, the efficient conduct of insolvency procedures relating to such individuals and companies requires cross-border cooperation and coordination of the supervision and administration of such goods and businesses,", "Considering that the Model Law of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on Cross-Border Insolvency[1] contributes significantly to the creation of a harmonized legal framework to effectively manage cross-border insolvency and facilitate cooperation and coordination,", "Recognizing that cooperation and coordination in cross-border insolvency cases and means of implementing the Model Law are not widely disseminated,", "Convinced that if readily accessible information is provided on the interpretation of the Model Law and the current practice in this regard, for judges to consult and use insolvency proceedings, it is possible to achieve greater application and understanding of the Model Law and to facilitate cross-border judicial cooperation and coordination, while avoiding unnecessary delays and expenditures,", "Noting with satisfaction that on 1 July 2011, at its forty-fourth session, the Commission completed and adopted the Model Law of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: Judicial Perspective[2],", "Noting that for the preparation of the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: the Judicial Perspective held consultations with Governments, judges and other insolvency professionals,", "1. Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law for the completion and adoption of the Model Law of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: Judicial Perspective;2", "2. Requests the United Nations Secretariat to establish a mechanism to continuously update the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: the Judicial Perspective with the same flexibility as it was developed, ensuring that it maintains a neutral tone and continues to fulfil its established purpose;", "3. Requests the Secretary-General to publish, even in electronic format, the text of the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: the Judiciary Perspective, as updated or amended in accordance with paragraph 2 of the present resolution, and to refer it to Governments, requesting them to bring it to the competent authorities in order to make it widely known and accessible;", "4. Recommends that, where appropriate, judges, insolvency professionals and other stakeholders in cross-border insolvency proceedings take due consideration of the Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency: Judicial Perspective;", "5. It also recommends that all States consider implementing the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency.1", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency with the Guide to Enactment (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.99.V.3), Part One.", "[2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 17 (A/66/17), para. 198." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/472)]", "66/97. Programa de asistencia de las Naciones Unidas para la enseñanza, el estudio, la difusión y una comprensión más amplia del derecho internacional", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 2099 (XX), de 20 de diciembre de 1965, en la que estableció el Programa de asistencia de las Naciones Unidas para la enseñanza, el estudio, la difusión y una comprensión más amplia del derecho internacional a fin de contribuir a un mejor conocimiento del derecho internacional como medio de reforzar la paz y la seguridad internacionales y promover relaciones de amistad y cooperación entre los Estados,", "Reafirmando que el Programa de asistencia es una actividad fundamental de las Naciones Unidas y que durante casi medio siglo ha constituido la base de la labor de las Naciones Unidas destinada a promover un mejor conocimiento del derecho internacional,", "Reafirmando también que la creciente demanda de actividades de enseñanza y difusión del derecho internacional plantea nuevos retos para el Programa de asistencia,", "Reconociendo la importancia de que el Programa de asistencia alcance efectivamente a sus beneficiarios, incluso en cuanto a los idiomas, teniendo presentes a la vez las limitaciones de los recursos disponibles,", "Tomando nota con aprecio del informe del Secretario General relativo a la aplicación del Programa de asistencia[1] y de las observaciones del Comité Consultivo del Programa de asistencia, que figuran en dicho informe,", "Observando con preocupación la reducción en el presupuesto por programas para el bienio 2010‑2011 de las consignaciones para becas en beneficio de los países en desarrollo, según se indica en el informe del Secretario General, pese a sus resoluciones 64/113, de 16 de diciembre de 2009, y 65/25, de 6 de diciembre de 2010,", "Considerando que el derecho internacional debe ocupar un lugar apropiado en la enseñanza de las disciplinas jurídicas en todas las universidades,", "Convencida de que se debe alentar a los Estados, las organizaciones internacionales y regionales, las universidades y las instituciones a que sigan apoyando el Programa de asistencia y lleven a cabo más actividades para promover la enseñanza, el estudio, la difusión y una comprensión más amplia del derecho internacional, en particular actividades que beneficien especialmente a personas procedentes de países en desarrollo,", "Reafirmando que en la aplicación del Programa de asistencia sería conveniente aprovechar al máximo los recursos y servicios proporcionados por los Estados Miembros, las organizaciones internacionales y regionales, las universidades, las instituciones y otras entidades,", "Reafirmando también la esperanza de que, al designar a quienes vayan a impartir los seminarios que se celebren en el marco de los programas de becas de derecho internacional, se tenga en cuenta la necesidad de asegurar la representación de los principales sistemas de derecho y el equilibrio entre las diversas regiones geográficas,", "1. Aprueba las directrices y recomendaciones que figuran en la sección III del informe del Secretario General¹, en particular las formuladas para fortalecer y revitalizar el Programa de asistencia de las Naciones Unidas para la enseñanza, el estudio, la difusión y una comprensión más amplia del derecho internacional en respuesta a la creciente demanda de actividades de enseñanza y difusión del derecho internacional;", "2. Autoriza al Secretario General a llevar a cabo en 2012 y 2013 las actividades indicadas en su informe, de conformidad con las directrices y recomendaciones que figuran en él, incluidas:", "a) La concesión de becas, en número que se determinará en función de los recursos generales de que se disponga para el Programa de asistencia y que se concederán a candidatos cualificados de países en desarrollo, para participar en el Programa de becas de derecho internacional en La Haya en 2012 y 2013;", "b) La concesión de becas, en número que se determinará en función de los recursos generales de que se disponga para el Programa de asistencia y que se concederán a candidatos cualificados de países en desarrollo, para participar en cursos regionales de derecho internacional en 2012 y 2013;", "y a financiar dichas actividades con cargo al presupuesto ordinario, así como, cuando sea necesario, con las contribuciones financieras voluntarias para estas becas que se reciban en respuesta a las solicitudes que figuran en los párrafos 18 a 20 infra;", "3. Autoriza también al Secretario General a que en 2012 y 2013 conceda, como mínimo a un candidato, la Beca Conmemorativa Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe sobre el Derecho del Mar, siempre que se disponga de contribuciones voluntarias destinadas a esta beca, y, en este sentido, exhorta a los Estados, organizaciones intergubernamentales, instituciones financieras internacionales, organismos donantes y organizaciones no gubernamentales, así como a las personas físicas y jurídicas, a que hagan contribuciones voluntarias específicamente para esa beca;", "4. Autoriza además al Secretario General a mantener y seguir ampliando la Biblioteca Audiovisual de Derecho Internacional de las Naciones Unidas, que constituye una gran aportación a la enseñanza y difusión del derecho internacional en todo el mundo, y a seguir financiando esa actividad con cargo al presupuesto ordinario, así como, cuando sea necesario, con las contribuciones financieras voluntarias que se reciban en respuesta a las solicitudes que figuran en los párrafos 18 y 19 infra;", "5. Expresa su aprecio al Secretario General por los esfuerzos llevados a cabo para afianzar, ampliar y mejorar las actividades de enseñanza y difusión del derecho internacional en el marco del Programa de asistencia en 2011;", "6. Solicita al Secretario General que considere la posibilidad de admitir como participantes en los diversos componentes del Programa de asistencia a candidatos de países dispuestos a asumir la totalidad de los gastos de participación;", "7. Solicita también al Secretario General que consigne en el presupuesto por programas para el bienio próximo y los bienios futuros los recursos necesarios para el Programa de asistencia a fin de que siga siendo efectivo y continúe ampliándose, y, en particular, se organicen periódicamente cursos regionales de derecho internacional y se asegure la viabilidad de la Biblioteca Audiovisual de Derecho Internacional de las Naciones Unidas;", "8. Reconoce la importancia de las publicaciones jurídicas de las Naciones Unidas que prepara la Oficina de Asuntos Jurídicos de la Secretaría y alienta encarecidamente a que sigan publicándose en diversos formatos, en particular en formato impreso, que es fundamental para los países en desarrollo;", "9. Acoge con beneplácito la labor realizada por la Oficina de Asuntos Jurídicos para poner al día las publicaciones jurídicas de las Naciones Unidas y, en particular, encomia a la División de Codificación de la Oficina de Asuntos Jurídicos por su iniciativa de maquetación electrónica, que ha mejorado considerablemente la aparición puntual de sus publicaciones jurídicas y ha permitido preparar material de capacitación jurídica;", "10. Alienta a la Oficina de Asuntos Jurídicos a que siga manteniendo y ampliando los sitios web enumerados en el anexo del informe del Secretario General, que son un valioso instrumento para la difusión de publicaciones de derecho internacional y para la investigación jurídica avanzada;", "11. Alienta a que se haga uso de pasantes y auxiliares de investigación con el fin de preparar material para la Biblioteca Audiovisual de Derecho Internacional de las Naciones Unidas;", "12. Acoge con beneplácito las actividades de capacitación y asistencia técnica en materia de derecho internacional llevadas a cabo por la Oficina de Asuntos Jurídicos en el marco del Programa de asistencia, según se describe en el informe del Secretario General, y alienta a que prosigan dichas actividades dentro de los límites de los recursos disponibles;", "13. Encomia a la División de Codificación por las medidas de reducción de gastos adoptadas en relación con el Programa de becas de derecho internacional a fin de mantener el número de becas disponibles para este amplio programa de capacitación en derecho internacional;", "14. Expresa su aprecio a la Academia de Derecho Internacional de La Haya por la valiosa contribución que sigue haciendo al Programa de asistencia, que ha permitido a los candidatos seleccionados para el Programa de becas de derecho internacional asistir a los cursos de este último programa en conjunción con los cursos de la Academia;", "15. Observa con aprecio las aportaciones de la Academia de La Haya a la enseñanza, el estudio, la difusión y una comprensión más amplia del derecho internacional y exhorta a los Estados Miembros y a las organizaciones interesadas a que consideren favorablemente el llamamiento de la Academia para que mantengan y, si es posible, aumenten sus contribuciones financieras a fin de que pueda llevar a cabo sus actividades, en particular los cursos de verano, los cursos regionales y los programas del Centro de Estudios e Investigaciones sobre Derecho Internacional y Relaciones Internacionales;", "16. Acoge con beneplácito las gestiones de la División de Codificación para revitalizar y organizar los cursos regionales de derecho internacional como importante actividad de capacitación;", "17. Expresa su aprecio a Etiopía y Tailandia por haberse ofrecido a acoger cursos regionales de derecho internacional en 2012 y a México por haberse ofrecido a acoger un curso regional de derecho internacional en 2013, en función de que se disponga de financiación suficiente con cargo a los recursos generales mencionados en el párrafo 2 supra;", "18. Solicita al Secretario General que siga dando publicidad al Programa de asistencia e invite periódicamente a Estados Miembros, universidades, fundaciones filantrópicas y otras instituciones y organizaciones nacionales e internacionales interesadas, así como a particulares, a hacer contribuciones voluntarias para financiar el Programa o a prestar otro tipo de asistencia para su aplicación y posible ampliación;", "19. Reitera su solicitud a los Estados Miembros y a las organizaciones, instituciones y particulares interesados de que hagan contribuciones voluntarias para, entre otras iniciativas, el Programa de becas de derecho internacional y la Biblioteca Audiovisual de Derecho Internacional de las Naciones Unidas, y expresa su aprecio a los Estados Miembros, las instituciones y los particulares que han realizado contribuciones voluntarias para esos fines;", "20. Insta en particular a todos los gobiernos a que hagan contribuciones voluntarias para los cursos regionales de derecho internacional, importante complemento del Programa de becas de derecho internacional, que organiza la División de Codificación, lo cual aliviaría la carga de los posibles países anfitriones y permitiría organizar cursos regionales periódicamente;", "21. Decide nombrar a veinticinco Estados Miembros (seis de África, cinco de Asia y el Pacífico, tres de Europa Oriental, cinco de América Latina y el Caribe y seis de Europa Occidental y otros Estados) miembros del Comité Consultivo del Programa de asistencia por un período de cuatro años, a partir del 1 de enero de 2012[2];", "22. Solicita al Secretario General que, previa consulta con el Comité Consultivo del Programa de asistencia, presente recomendaciones sobre la aplicación de dicho Programa en los próximos años;", "23. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Programa de asistencia de las Naciones Unidas para la enseñanza, el estudio, la difusión y una comprensión más amplia del derecho internacional”.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/66/505.", "[2]  Los siguientes Estados han sido nombrados miembros del Comité Consultivo del Programa de asistencia: Alemania, Argentina, Canadá, Chile, Chipre, Estados Unidos de América, Etiopía, Federación de Rusia, Francia, Ghana, Irán (República Islámica del), Italia, Kenia, Líbano, Malasia, México, Nigeria, Pakistán, Portugal, República Checa, República Unida de Tanzanía, Sudán, Suriname, Trinidad y Tabago y Ucrania." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/472)]", "66/97. United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 2099 (XX) of 20 December 1965, in which it established the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law to contribute towards a better knowledge of international law as a means of strengthening international peace and security and promoting friendly relations and cooperation among States,", "Reaffirming that the Programme of Assistance is a core activity of the United Nations and that it has provided the foundation for the efforts of the United Nations to promote a better knowledge of international law for nearly half a century,", "Reaffirming also that the increasing demand for international law training and dissemination activities creates new challenges for the Programme of Assistance,", "Recognizing the importance of the Programme of Assistance effectively reaching its beneficiaries, including with regard to languages, while bearing in mind limitations on available resources,", "Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Programme of Assistance[1] and the views of the Advisory Committee on the Programme of Assistance, which are contained in that report,", "Noting with concern the reduction in the programme budget for the biennium 2010–2011 for fellowships for the benefit of developing countries indicated in the report of the Secretary-General, notwithstanding its resolutions 64/113 of 16 December 2009 and 65/25 of 6 December 2010,", "Considering that international law should occupy an appropriate place in the teaching of legal disciplines at all universities,", "Convinced that States, international and regional organizations, universities and institutions should be encouraged to give further support to the Programme of Assistance and to increase their activities to promote the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law, in particular those activities which are of special benefit to persons from developing countries,", "Reaffirming that in the conduct of the Programme of Assistance it would be desirable to use as far as possible the resources and facilities made available by Member States, international and regional organizations, universities, institutions and others,", "Reaffirming also the hope that, in appointing lecturers for the seminars to be held within the framework of the fellowship programmes in international law, account would be taken of the need to secure the representation of major legal systems and balance among various geographical regions,", "1. Approves the guidelines and recommendations contained in section III of the report of the Secretary-General,¹ in particular those designed to strengthen and revitalize the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law in response to the increasing demand for international law training and dissemination activities;", "2. Authorizes the Secretary-General to carry out, in 2012 and 2013, the activities specified in his report, in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations contained therein, including the provision of:", "(a) A number of fellowships, to be determined in the light of the overall resources for the Programme of Assistance and to be awarded to qualified candidates from developing countries, to attend the International Law Fellowship Programme in The Hague in 2012 and 2013;", "(b) A number of fellowships, to be determined in the light of the overall resources for the Programme of Assistance and to be awarded to qualified candidates from developing countries, to attend regional courses in international law in 2012 and 2013;", "and to finance the above activities from provisions in the regular budget as well as, when necessary, from voluntary financial contributions for these fellowships, which would be received as a result of the requests set out in paragraphs 18 to 20 below;", "3. Also authorizes the Secretary-General to award a minimum of one scholarship in 2012 and 2013 under the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea, subject to the availability of voluntary contributions made for this fellowship, and in this regard calls upon States, intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions, donor agencies, non-governmental organizations and natural and juridical persons to make voluntary contributions specifically for this fellowship;", "4. Further authorizes the Secretary-General to continue and further develop the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law as a major contribution to the teaching and dissemination of international law around the world and to continue to finance this activity from provisions in the regular budget as well as, when necessary, from voluntary financial contributions, which would be received as a result of the requests set out in paragraphs 18 and 19 below;", "5. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for the efforts to strengthen, expand and enhance the international law training and dissemination activities within the framework of the Programme of Assistance in 2011;", "6. Requests the Secretary-General to consider admitting, for participation in the various components of the Programme of Assistance, candidates from countries willing to bear the entire cost of such participation;", "7. Also requests the Secretary-General to provide to the programme budget for the next and future bienniums the necessary resources for the Programme of Assistance to ensure the continued effectiveness and further development of the Programme, in particular the organization of regional courses in international law on a regular basis and the viability of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law;", "8. Recognizes the importance of the United Nations legal publications prepared by the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat, and strongly encourages their continued publication in various formats, including hard copy publications, which are essential for developing countries;", "9. Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Office of Legal Affairs to bring up to date the United Nations legal publications, and, in particular, commends the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs for its desktop publishing initiative, which has greatly enhanced the timely issuance of its legal publications and has made possible the preparation of legal training materials;", "10. Encourages the Office of Legal Affairs to continue to maintain and expand its websites listed in the annex to the report of the Secretary-General as an invaluable tool for the dissemination of international law materials as well as for advanced legal research;", "11. Encourages the use of interns and research assistants for the preparation of materials for the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law;", "12. Welcomes the training and technical assistance activities in international law undertaken by the Office of Legal Affairs within the framework of the Programme of Assistance, as described in the report of the Secretary-General, and encourages the continuation of such activities within available resources;", "13. Commends the Codification Division for the cost-saving measures undertaken with regard to the International Law Fellowship Programme to maintain the number of fellowships available for this comprehensive international law training programme;", "14. Expresses its appreciation to The Hague Academy of International Law for the valuable contribution it continues to make to the Programme of Assistance, which has enabled candidates under the International Law Fellowship Programme to attend and participate in the Fellowship Programme in conjunction with the Academy courses;", "15. Notes with appreciation the contributions of The Hague Academy to the teaching, study, dissemination and wider appreciation of international law, and calls upon Member States and interested organizations to give favourable consideration to the appeal of the Academy for a continuation of support and a possible increase in their financial contributions, to enable the Academy to carry out its activities, particularly those relating to the summer courses, regional courses and programmes of the Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations;", "16. Welcomes the efforts of the Codification Division to revitalize and conduct regional courses in international law as an important training activity;", "17. Expresses its appreciation to Ethiopia and Thailand for offering to host regional courses in international law in 2012 and to Mexico for offering to host a regional course in international law in 2013, subject to adequate funding from the overall resources referred to in paragraph 2 above;", "18. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to publicize the Programme of Assistance and periodically to invite Member States, universities, philanthropic foundations and other interested national and international institutions and organizations, as well as individuals, to make voluntary contributions towards the financing of the Programme or otherwise to assist in its implementation and possible expansion;", "19. Reiterates its request to Member States and interested organizations, institutions and individuals to make voluntary contributions, inter alia, for the International Law Fellowship Programme and the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law, and expresses its appreciation to those Member States, institutions and individuals that have made voluntary contributions for this purpose;", "20. Urges, in particular, all Governments to make voluntary contributions for the regional courses in international law organized by the Codification Division as an important complement to the International Law Fellowship Programme, thus alleviating the burden on prospective host countries and making it possible to conduct the regional courses on a regular basis;", "21. Decides to appoint twenty-five Member States, six from African States, five from Asia-Pacific States, three from Eastern European States, five from Latin American and Caribbean States and six from Western European and other States, as members of the Advisory Committee on the Programme of Assistance for a period of four years beginning on 1 January 2012;[2]", "22. Requests the Secretary-General, following consultations with the Advisory Committee on the Programme of Assistance, to submit recommendations regarding the execution of the Programme of Assistance in subsequent years;", "23. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law”.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  A/66/505.", "[2]  The following States have been appointed members of the Advisory Committee on the Programme of Assistance: Argentina, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Ghana, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Portugal, Russian Federation, Sudan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, United Republic of Tanzania and United States of America." ]
A_RES_66_97
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/472)]", "66/97. United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 2099 (XX) of 20 December 1965, in which it established the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law to contribute to a better understanding of international law as a means of strengthening international peace and security and promoting friendly relations and cooperation among States,", "Reaffirming that the Programme of Assistance is a key activity of the United Nations and that for almost half a century it has formed the basis of the work of the United Nations to promote a better understanding of international law,", "Reaffirming also that the growing demand for international law education and dissemination poses new challenges for the Programme of Assistance,", "Recognizing the importance of the Programme of Assistance effectively reaching its beneficiaries, including with regard to languages, while taking into account the limitations of available resources,", "Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the Programme of Assistance[1] and the comments of the Advisory Committee on the Programme of Assistance, contained in that report,", "Noting with concern the reduction in the programme budget for the biennium 2010 - 2011 of the fellowship appropriations for the benefit of developing countries, as indicated in the report of the Secretary-General, despite its resolutions 64/113 of 16 December 2009 and 65/25 of 6 December 2010,", "Considering that international law should take an appropriate place in the teaching of legal disciplines at all universities,", "Convinced that States, international and regional organizations, universities and institutions should be encouraged to continue to support the Programme of Assistance and to undertake more activities to promote the teaching, study, dissemination and wider understanding of international law, in particular activities that benefit particularly persons from developing countries,", "Reaffirming that in the implementation of the Programme of Assistance it would be useful to maximize the resources and services provided by Member States, international and regional organizations, universities, institutions and other entities,", "Reaffirming also the hope that, in appointing those to conduct the seminars under the fellowship programmes of international law, the need to ensure the representation of the principal systems of law and the balance between the various geographical regions will be taken into account,", "1. Adopts the guidelines and recommendations contained in section III of the report of the Secretary-General,1 in particular those designed to strengthen and revitalize the United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law in response to the growing demand for education and dissemination of international law;", "2. Authorizes the Secretary-General to carry out in 2012 and 2013 the activities indicated in his report, in accordance with the guidelines and recommendations contained therein, including:", "(a) Granting of scholarships, to be determined on the basis of the general resources available for the Programme of Assistance and to be granted to qualified candidates from developing countries, to participate in the International Law Fellowship Programme in The Hague in 2012 and 2013;", "(b) Granting of scholarships, to be determined on the basis of the general resources available for the Programme of Assistance and to be granted to qualified candidates from developing countries, to participate in regional courses of international law in 2012 and 2013;", "and to finance such activities from the regular budget, as well as, where necessary, voluntary financial contributions for such fellowships that are received in response to requests contained in paragraphs 18 to 20 below;", "3. Also authorizes the Secretary-General to grant at least one candidate in 2012 and 2013 the Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Memorial Fellowship on the Law of the Sea, provided that voluntary contributions are available for this grant, and in this regard calls upon States, intergovernmental organizations, international financial institutions, donor agencies and non-governmental organizations, as well as individuals and legal entities, to make voluntary contributions specifically for such scholarship;", "4. Further authorizes the Secretary-General to maintain and further expand the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law, which is a major contribution to the teaching and dissemination of international law around the world, and to continue to fund this activity from the regular budget, as well as, where necessary, from voluntary financial contributions received in response to requests contained in paragraphs 18 and 19 below;", "5. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his efforts to strengthen, expand and improve the teaching and dissemination of international law within the framework of the Programme of Assistance in 2011;", "6. Requests the Secretary-General to consider admitting as participants in the various components of the Programme of Assistance to candidates from countries willing to assume full costs of participation;", "7. Also requests the Secretary-General to allocate in the programme budget for the next biennium and future bienniums the resources required for the Programme of Assistance in order to continue to be effective and to continue to expand, and in particular to organize regional courses of international law on a regular basis and to ensure the viability of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law;", "8. Recognizes the importance of United Nations legal publications prepared by the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat and strongly encourages the continued publication in various formats, in particular in print format, which is critical for developing countries;", "9. " Welcomes the work of the Office of Legal Affairs to update United Nations legal publications and, in particular, commends the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs for its e-wallet initiative, which has significantly improved the timely issuance of its legal publications and enabled the preparation of legal training materials;", "10. Encourages the Office of Legal Affairs to continue to maintain and expand the websites listed in the annex to the report of the Secretary-General, which are a valuable tool for the dissemination of international law publications and for advanced legal research;", "11. Encourages the use of trainees and research assistants to prepare materials for the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law;", "12. Welcomes the training and technical assistance activities in the field of international law carried out by the Office of Legal Affairs under the Programme of Assistance, as described in the report of the Secretary-General, and encourages the continuation of such activities within available resources;", "13. Commends the Codification Division for the cost-reduction measures taken under the International Law Fellowship Programme to maintain the number of fellowships available for this comprehensive international law training programme;", "14. Expresses its appreciation to the Hague Academy of International Law for the valuable contribution it continues to make to the Programme of Assistance, which has enabled the candidates selected for the International Law Fellowship Programme to attend the courses of the latter programme in conjunction with the courses of the Academy;", "15. Notes with appreciation the contributions of the Hague Academy to the teaching, study, dissemination and wider understanding of international law, and calls upon Member States and interested organizations to favourably consider the Academy ' s call to maintain and, if possible, to increase their financial contributions so as to enable them to carry out their activities, including summer courses, regional courses and programmes of the International Law and Research Centre;", "16. Welcomes the efforts of the Codification Division to revitalize and organize regional international law courses as an important training activity;", "17. Expresses its appreciation to Ethiopia and Thailand for having offered to host regional international law courses in 2012 and Mexico for having offered to host a regional international law course in 2013, on the basis that adequate funding is available from the general resources referred to in paragraph 2 above;", "18. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to publicize the Programme of Assistance and to regularly invite Member States, universities, philanthropic foundations and other interested national and international institutions and organizations, as well as individuals, to make voluntary contributions to finance the Programme or to provide other assistance for its implementation and possible expansion;", "19. Reiterates its request to Member States and interested organizations, institutions and individuals to make voluntary contributions to, inter alia, the International Law Fellowship Programme and the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law, and expresses its appreciation to Member States, institutions and individuals that have made voluntary contributions for those purposes;", "20. In particular, it urges all Governments to make voluntary contributions to the regional courses of international law, an important complement to the International Law Fellowship Programme, organized by the Codification Division, which would relieve the burden of potential host countries and allow for regular regional courses;", "21. Decides to appoint twenty-five Member States (six from Africa, five from Asia and the Pacific, three from Eastern Europe, five from Latin America and the Caribbean and six from Western Europe and other States) members of the Consultative Committee for the Programme of Assistance for a period of four years, beginning on 1 January 2012[2];", "22. Requests the Secretary-General, after consultation with the Advisory Committee on the Programme of Assistance, to submit recommendations on the implementation of the Programme in the coming years;", "23. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “United Nations Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law”.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] A/66/505", "[2] The following States have been appointed as members of the Consultative Committee for the Programme of Assistance: Argentina, Canada, Chile, Cyprus, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Kenya, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Portugal, Russian Federation, Sudan, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Ukraine." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/473)]", "66/98. Informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional sobre la labor realizada en su 63º período de sesiones", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo examinado el informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional sobre la labor realizada en su 63º período de sesiones[1],", "Poniendo de relieve la importancia de fomentar el desarrollo progresivo y la codificación del derecho internacional como medio de poner en práctica los propósitos y principios enunciados en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y en la Declaración sobre los principios de derecho internacional referentes a las relaciones de amistad y a la cooperación entre los Estados de conformidad con la Carta de las Naciones Unidas[2],", "Reconociendo la conveniencia de remitir las cuestiones jurídicas y de redacción a la Sexta Comisión, incluidos los temas que podrían someterse a la Comisión de Derecho Internacional para un examen más detenido, y de permitir que ambos órganos contribuyan en mayor medida al desarrollo progresivo y la codificación del derecho internacional,", "Recordando la necesidad de seguir examinando los temas de derecho internacional que, dado su nuevo o renovado interés para la comunidad internacional, puedan ser aptos para el desarrollo progresivo y la codificación del derecho internacional y, por consiguiente, puedan incluirse en el programa de trabajo futuro de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional,", "Recordando también el papel de los Estados Miembros en la presentación de propuestas de nuevos temas para su examen por la Comisión de Derecho Internacional y observando a este respecto la recomendación de la Comisión de que tales propuestas vayan acompañadas de una exposición de motivos,", "Reafirmando la importancia de la información aportada por los Estados Miembros sobre sus opiniones y prácticas para el éxito de la labor de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional,", "Reconociendo la importancia de la labor de los relatores especiales de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la celebración del Seminario de Derecho Internacional y observando con aprecio las contribuciones voluntarias hechas al Fondo Fiduciario de las Naciones Unidas para el Seminario de Derecho Internacional,", "Reconociendo la importancia de que se facilite la aparición puntual del Anuario de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional y se elimine el retraso en su publicación,", "Destacando la utilidad de precisar y estructurar el debate de la Sexta Comisión sobre el informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional de manera que se den las condiciones propicias para concentrar la atención en cada uno de los temas principales a que se refiere el informe y para examinar temas concretos,", "Deseando promover en mayor medida, en el contexto de la revitalización del debate sobre el informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional, la interacción entre la Sexta Comisión, como órgano de representantes gubernamentales, y la Comisión de Derecho Internacional, como órgano de expertos jurídicos independientes, con miras a mejorar el diálogo entre ambas,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito las iniciativas destinadas a celebrar debates interactivos, mesas redondas y turnos de preguntas en la Sexta Comisión, con arreglo a lo previsto en la resolución 58/316, de 1 de julio de 2004, sobre nuevas medidas para revitalizar la labor de la Asamblea General,", "1. Toma nota del informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional sobre la labor realizada en su 63º período de sesiones¹;", "2. Expresa su reconocimiento a la Comisión de Derecho Internacional por la labor realizada en su 63º período de sesiones;", "3. Recomienda que la Comisión de Derecho Internacional, teniendo en cuenta los comentarios y observaciones de los gobiernos presentados por escrito u oralmente en los debates de la Sexta Comisión, prosiga su labor sobre los temas incluidos en su programa actual;", "4. Encomia a la Comisión de Derecho Internacional por haber finalizado su labor en relación con el proyecto de artículos sobre la responsabilidad de las organizaciones internacionales[3], el proyecto de artículos sobre los efectos de los conflictos armados en los tratados[4] y la Guía de la Práctica sobre las Reservas a los Tratados[5];", "5. Decide que el examen del capítulo IV del informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional sobre la labor realizada en su 63º período de sesiones, relativo a las “Reservas a los tratados”, continúe en el sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones de la Asamblea General, durante el examen del informe de la Comisión sobre la labor realizada en su 64º período de sesiones;", "6. Señala a la atención de los gobiernos la importancia de que comuniquen a la Comisión de Derecho Internacional sus observaciones sobre los diversos aspectos de los temas del programa de la Comisión, en especial sobre todas las cuestiones concretas mencionadas en el capítulo III de su informe en relación con:", "a) La inmunidad de jurisdicción penal extranjera de los funcionarios del Estado;", "b) La expulsión de extranjeros;", "c) La protección de las personas en casos de desastre;", "d) La obligación de extraditar o juzgar (aut dedere aut judicare);", "e) Los tratados en el tiempo;", "f) La cláusula de la nación más favorecida;", "7. Toma nota de los párrafos 365 a 369 del informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional y, en particular, de la inclusión de los temas “Formación y documentación del derecho internacional consuetudinario”, “Protección de la atmósfera”, “Aplicación provisional de los tratados”, “La norma del trato justo y equitativo en el derecho internacional en materia de inversiones” y “Protección del medio ambiente en relación con los conflictos armados” en el programa de trabajo a largo plazo de la Comisión[6], y toma nota también de las observaciones formuladas al respecto por los Estados Miembros;", "8. Invita a la Comisión de Derecho Internacional a que siga dando prioridad a los temas “Inmunidad de jurisdicción penal extranjera de los funcionarios del Estado” y “La obligación de extraditar o juzgar (aut dedere aut judicare)” y siga trabajando para finalizar su labor al respecto;", "9. Toma nota del informe oral de la Secretaría sobre la asistencia a los relatores especiales de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional[7] y del párrafo 400 del informe de la Comisión, y solicita al Secretario General que siga esforzándose por identificar opciones concretas para apoyar la labor de los relatores especiales, más allá de las previstas en la resolución 56/272 de la Asamblea General, de 27 de marzo de 2002;", "10. Toma nota también de los párrafos 370 a 388 del informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional y, a este respecto, acoge con beneplácito la labor realizada por la Comisión en su 63º período de sesiones para mejorar sus métodos de trabajo en relación con la función de los relatores especiales, los grupos de estudio, el Comité de Redacción, el Grupo de Planificación, la preparación de comentarios de proyectos de artículo, la forma definitiva de la labor realizada sobre un tema determinado, el informe de la Comisión y la relación con la Sexta Comisión;", "11. Acoge con beneplácito a este respecto, en particular, la decisión de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional de definir un calendario provisional para el desarrollo de cada tema nuevo, de revisar periódicamente el logro de los objetivos anuales y de debatir al final de cada período de sesiones un plan preliminar para el siguiente período de sesiones anual, e invita a la Comisión a que ponga esa información a disposición de los Estados Miembros;", "12. Decide volver a examinar durante su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la recomendación que figura en el párrafo 388 del informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional;", "13. Invita a la Comisión de Derecho Internacional a que siga adoptando medidas para mejorar su eficiencia y productividad y a que estudie la posibilidad de formular propuestas a los Estados Miembros con tal fin;", "14. Alienta a la Comisión de Derecho Internacional a que, sin perjuicio de la eficiencia y eficacia de su labor, siga adoptando medidas para reducir los gastos en sus futuros períodos de sesiones;", "15. Toma nota de los párrafos 389 a 391 y 413 a 415 del informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional y, al tiempo que reconoce el carácter excepcional de su corta duración, decide que el próximo período de sesiones de la Comisión se celebre en la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra del 7 de mayo al 1 de junio y del 2 de julio al 3 de agosto de 2012, y solicita a la Secretaría que presente opciones sobre la manera de adelantar las fechas de los períodos de sesiones de la Comisión para que pueda trabajar en condiciones óptimas y su informe a la Asamblea General se publique puntualmente;", "16. Destaca la conveniencia de seguir mejorando el diálogo entre la Comisión de Derecho Internacional y la Sexta Comisión en el sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones de la Asamblea General y, en este contexto, alienta a que, entre otras cosas, se mantenga la práctica de las consultas oficiosas en forma de deliberaciones entre los miembros de la Sexta Comisión y los de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional que asistan al sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones de la Asamblea;", "17. Alienta a las delegaciones a que, en el debate sobre el informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional, se ciñan, en lo posible, al programa de trabajo estructurado acordado por la Sexta Comisión y consideren la posibilidad de presentar declaraciones concisas y específicas;", "18. Alienta a los Estados Miembros a que consideren la posibilidad de estar representados por asesores jurídicos durante la primera semana en que la Sexta Comisión examine el informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional (Semana del Derecho Internacional) a fin de que pueda haber un debate de alto nivel sobre cuestiones de derecho internacional;", "19. Solicita a la Comisión de Derecho Internacional que se siga preocupando especialmente de indicar en su informe anual, en relación con cada tema, las cuestiones concretas respecto de las cuales la opinión de los gobiernos, ya sea expresada en la Sexta Comisión o por escrito, sería de particular interés para orientar de manera efectiva su labor futura;", "20. Toma nota de los párrafos 418 a 422 del informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional relativos a la cooperación e interacción con otros órganos, y alienta a la Comisión a que siga aplicando los artículos 16 e), 25 y 26 de su Estatuto a fin de seguir promoviendo su cooperación con otros órganos que se ocupan del derecho internacional, habida cuenta de la utilidad de dicha cooperación;", "21. Observa que la celebración de consultas con organizaciones nacionales y expertos en derecho internacional puede ayudar a los gobiernos a decidir si deben hacer comentarios y observaciones sobre los proyectos presentados por la Comisión de Derecho Internacional y a formular dichos comentarios y observaciones;", "22. Reafirma sus decisiones anteriores respecto de la función indispensable de la División de Codificación de la Oficina de Asuntos Jurídicos de la Secretaría en la prestación de asistencia a la Comisión de Derecho Internacional, en particular en la preparación de memorandos y estudios sobre temas del programa de la Comisión;", "23. Aprueba las conclusiones formuladas por la Comisión de Derecho Internacional en el párrafo 402 de su informe y reafirma sus decisiones anteriores con respecto a la documentación y las actas resumidas de la Comisión[8];", "24. Acoge con beneplácito los esfuerzos de la Secretaría por publicar, a título de prueba, las actas resumidas provisionales en el sitio web sobre las actividades de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional, alienta a que se publiquen inmediatamente, tan pronto como la secretaría de la Comisión reciba las versiones electrónicas, y aguarda con interés que se institucionalice esta práctica;", "25. Toma nota de los párrafos 403 a 405 del informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional y destaca la necesidad de acelerar la preparación de las actas resumidas de la Comisión;", "26. Toma nota también de los párrafos 406 a 409 del informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional, destaca el valor del Anuario de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional y solicita al Secretario General que vele por su publicación puntual en todos los idiomas oficiales;", "27. Toma nota además del párrafo 410 del informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional, expresa su reconocimiento a los gobiernos que han realizado contribuciones voluntarias al fondo fiduciario para eliminar el retraso en la publicación del Anuario de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional y alienta a que se hagan nuevas contribuciones al fondo;", "28. Acoge con beneplácito los constantes esfuerzos de la División de Codificación por mantener y mejorar el sitio web sobre la labor de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional[9];", "29. Expresa la esperanza de que el Seminario de Derecho Internacional se siga celebrando en conjunción con los períodos de sesiones de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional y de que se dé a un número cada vez mayor de participantes que representen los principales sistemas jurídicos del mundo, en particular los de los países en desarrollo, así como a los delegados de la Sexta Comisión, la oportunidad de asistir a él, y hace un llamamiento a los Estados para que sigan aportando al Fondo Fiduciario de las Naciones Unidas para el Seminario de Derecho Internacional las contribuciones voluntarias que este necesita con urgencia;", "30. Solicita al Secretario General que preste al Seminario de Derecho Internacional servicios suficientes, incluidos servicios de interpretación, cuando se requiera, y lo alienta a que siga considerando formas de mejorar la estructura y el contenido del Seminario;", "31. Subraya la importancia de las actas y el resumen por temas de los debates de la Sexta Comisión para las deliberaciones de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional y, a este respecto, solicita al Secretario General que remita a la atención de la Comisión las actas de los debates del sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones de la Asamblea General sobre el informe de la Comisión, así como las declaraciones escritas que distribuyan las delegaciones en relación con sus exposiciones orales, y que, siguiendo la práctica establecida, prepare y distribuya un resumen por temas de esos debates;", "32. Solicita a la Secretaría que distribuya a los Estados, lo antes posible tras la conclusión del período de sesiones de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional, el capítulo II de su informe, que contiene un resumen de la labor del período de sesiones, el capítulo III, que contiene las cuestiones concretas respecto de las cuales las opiniones de los gobiernos serían de particular interés para la Comisión, y los proyectos de artículo que esta haya aprobado en primera o segunda lectura;", "33. Solicita también a la Secretaría que ponga el informe completo de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional a disposición de los Estados Miembros lo antes posible tras la conclusión del período de sesiones de la Comisión, para que lo examinen con la debida antelación y no más tarde del plazo prescrito para los informes en la Asamblea General;", "34. Alienta a la Comisión de Derecho Internacional a que siga examinando posibles formas de plantear las cuestiones concretas respecto de las cuales las opiniones de los gobiernos serían de particular interés para la Comisión con el fin de ayudarlos a calibrar mejor las cuestiones que requieren respuestas;", "35. Recomienda que el debate sobre el informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional en el sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones de la Asamblea General comience el 29 de octubre de 2012.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 10 (A/66/10).", "[2]  Resolución 2625 (XXV), anexo.", "[3]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 10 (A/66/10), cap. V, secc. E.", "[4]  Ibid., cap. VI, secc. E.", "[5] Ibid., cap. IV, secc. F.", "[6]  Ibid., cap. XIII, párr. 365.", "[7]  Ibid., sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Sexta Comisión, 26ª sesión (A/C.6/66/SR.26), y corrección; véase también A/64/283 y A/65/186.", "[8]  Véanse las resoluciones 32/151, párr. 10, y 37/111, párr. 5, y todas las resoluciones posteriores sobre los informes anuales de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional a la Asamblea General.", "[9]  www.un.org/law/ilc." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/473)]", "66/98. Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-third session", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-third session,[1]", "Emphasizing the importance of furthering the progressive development and codification of international law as a means of implementing the purposes and principles set forth in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,[2]", "Recognizing the desirability of referring legal and drafting questions to the Sixth Committee, including topics that might be submitted to the International Law Commission for closer examination, and of enabling the Sixth Committee and the Commission to enhance further their contribution to the progressive development and codification of international law,", "Recalling the need to keep under review those topics of international law which, given their new or renewed interest for the international community, may be suitable for the progressive development and codification of international law and therefore may be included in the future programme of work of the International Law Commission,", "Recalling also the role of Member States in submitting proposals for new topics for the consideration of the International Law Commission, and noting in this regard the recommendation of the Commission that such proposals be accompanied by a statement of reasons,", "Reaffirming the importance for the successful work of the International Law Commission of the information provided by Member States concerning their views and practice,", "Recognizing the importance of the work of the special rapporteurs of the International Law Commission,", "Welcoming the holding of the International Law Seminar, and noting with appreciation the voluntary contributions made to the United Nations Trust Fund for the International Law Seminar,", "Acknowledging the importance of facilitating the timely publication of the Yearbook of the International Law Commission and of eliminating the backlog,", "Stressing the usefulness of focusing and structuring the debate on the report of the International Law Commission in the Sixth Committee in such a manner that conditions are provided for concentrated attention to each of the main topics dealt with in the report and for discussions on specific topics,", "Wishing to enhance further, in the context of the revitalization of the debate on the report of the International Law Commission, the interaction between the Sixth Committee as a body of governmental representatives and the Commission as a body of independent legal experts, with a view to improving the dialogue between the two bodies,", "Welcoming initiatives to hold interactive debates, panel discussions and question time in the Sixth Committee, as envisaged in resolution 58/316 of 1 July 2004 on further measures for the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly,", "1. Takes note of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-third session;¹", "2. Expresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for the work accomplished at its sixty-third session;", "3. Recommends that the International Law Commission continue its work on the topics in its current programme, taking into account the comments and observations of Governments, whether submitted in writing or expressed orally in debates in the Sixth Committee;", "4. Commends the International Law Commission for the completion of its work on the draft articles on the responsibility of international organizations,[3] the draft articles on the effects of armed conflicts on treaties,[4] and the Guide to Practice on Reservations to Treaties;[5]", "5. Decides that the consideration of chapter IV of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-third session, dealing with the topic “Reservations to treaties”, shall be continued at the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly, during the consideration of the report of the Commission on the work of its sixty-fourth session;", "6. Draws the attention of Governments to the importance for the International Law Commission of having their views on the various aspects of the topics on the agenda of the Commission, in particular on all the specific issues identified in chapter III of its report, regarding:", "(a) Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction;", "(b) Expulsion of aliens;", "(c) Protection of persons in the event of disasters;", "(d) The obligation to extradite or prosecute (aut dedere aut judicare);", "(e) Treaties over time;", "(f) The most-favoured-nation clause;", "7. Takes note of paragraphs 365 to 369 of the report of the International Law Commission and, in particular, of the inclusion of the topics “Formation and evidence of customary international law”, “Protection of the atmosphere”, “Provisional application of treaties”, “The fair and equitable treatment standard in international investment law” and “Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts” in the long-term programme of work of the Commission,[6] and also takes note of the respective comments made by Member States;", "8. Invites the International Law Commission to continue to give priority to, and work towards the conclusion of, the topics “Immunity of State officials from foreign criminal jurisdiction” and “The obligation to extradite or prosecute (aut dedere aut judicare)”;", "9. Takes note of the oral report by the Secretariat on assistance to special rapporteurs of the International Law Commission[7] and of paragraph 400 of the report of the Commission, and requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to identify concrete options for support for the work of special rapporteurs, additional to those provided under General Assembly resolution 56/272 of 27 March 2002;", "10. Also takes note of paragraphs 370 to 388 of the report of the International Law Commission, and in this regard welcomes the work of the Commission during its sixty-third session to improve its methods of work relating to the role of the special rapporteurs, the study groups, the Drafting Committee, the Planning Group, the preparation of commentaries to draft articles, the final form of the work undertaken on a specific topic, the Commission’s report and the relationship with the Sixth Committee;", "11. Welcomes, in this regard, in particular, the decision of the International Law Commission to define a tentative schedule for the development of any new topic, to periodically review the attainment of annual targets, and to discuss a preliminary plan for the next annual session at the end of each session, and invites the Commission to make such information available to Member States;", "12. Decides to revert to the consideration of the recommendation contained in paragraph 388 of the report of the International Law Commission during the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly;", "13. Invites the International Law Commission to continue taking measures to enhance its efficiency and productivity and to consider making proposals to Member States to that end;", "14. Encourages the International Law Commission to continue taking cost-saving measures at its future sessions, without prejudice to the efficiency and effectiveness of its work;", "15. Takes note of paragraphs 389 to 391 and 413 to 415 of the report of the International Law Commission and, while acknowledging the exceptional character of its short duration, decides that the next session of the Commission shall be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 7 May to 1 June and from 2 July to 3 August 2012, and requests the Secretariat to present options on how to secure earlier dates for the sessions of the Commission to ensure optimal working conditions for the Commission and the timely publication of its report to the General Assembly;", "16. Stresses the desirability of further enhancing the dialogue between the International Law Commission and the Sixth Committee at the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly, and in this context encourages, inter alia, the continued practice of informal consultations in the form of discussions between the members of the Sixth Committee and the members of the Commission attending the sixty-seventh session of the Assembly;", "17. Encourages delegations, during the debate on the report of the International Law Commission, to adhere as far as possible to the structured work programme agreed to by the Sixth Committee and to consider presenting concise and focused statements;", "18. Encourages Member States to consider being represented at the level of legal adviser during the first week in which the report of the International Law Commission is discussed in the Sixth Committee (International Law Week) to enable high-level discussions on issues of international law;", "19. Requests the International Law Commission to continue to pay special attention to indicating in its annual report, for each topic, any specific issues on which expressions of views by Governments, either in the Sixth Committee or in written form, would be of particular interest in providing effective guidance for the Commission in its further work;", "20. Takes note of paragraphs 418 to 422 of the report of the International Law Commission with regard to cooperation and interaction with other bodies, and encourages the Commission to continue the implementation of articles 16 (e), 25 and 26 of its statute in order to further strengthen cooperation between the Commission and other bodies concerned with international law, having in mind the usefulness of such cooperation;", "21. Notes that consulting with national organizations and individual experts concerned with international law may assist Governments in considering whether to make comments and observations on drafts submitted by the International Law Commission and in formulating their comments and observations;", "22. Reaffirms its previous decisions concerning the indispensable role of the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat in providing assistance to the International Law Commission, including in the preparation of memorandums and studies on topics on the agenda of the Commission;", "23. Approves the conclusions reached by the International Law Commission in paragraph 402 of its report, and reaffirms its previous decisions concerning the documentation and summary records of the Commission;[8]", "24. Welcomes the efforts of the Secretariat to include on a trial basis the provisional summary records on the website relating to the work of the International Law Commission, encourages their immediate inclusion as soon as the electronic versions are received by the secretariat of the Commission, and looks forward to the institutionalization of this practice;", "25. Takes note of paragraphs 403 to 405 of the report of the International Law Commission, and stresses the need to expedite the preparation of the summary records of the Commission;", "26. Also takes note of paragraphs 406 to 409 of the report of the International Law Commission, stresses the value of the Yearbook of the International Law Commission, and requests the Secretary-General to ensure its timely publication in all official languages;", "27. Further takes note of paragraph 410 of the report of the International Law Commission, expresses its appreciation to Governments that have made voluntary contributions to the trust fund on the backlog relating to the Yearbook of the International Law Commission, and encourages further contributions to the fund;", "28. Welcomes the continuous efforts of the Codification Division to maintain and improve the website relating to the work of the International Law Commission;[9]", "29. Expresses the hope that the International Law Seminar will continue to be held in connection with the sessions of the International Law Commission and that an increasing number of participants representing the principal legal systems of the world, including in particular those from developing countries, will be given the opportunity to attend the Seminar, as well as delegates to the Sixth Committee, and appeals to States to continue to make urgently needed voluntary contributions to the United Nations Trust Fund for the International Law Seminar;", "30. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the International Law Seminar with adequate services, including interpretation, as required, and encourages him to continue considering ways to improve the structure and content of the Seminar;", "31. Underlines the importance of the records and topical summary of the debate in the Sixth Committee for the deliberations of the International Law Commission and, in this regard, requests the Secretary-General to forward to the Commission, for its attention, the records of the debate on the report of the Commission at the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, together with such written statements as delegations may circulate in conjunction with their oral statements, and to prepare and distribute a topical summary of the debate, following established practice;", "32. Requests the Secretariat to circulate to States, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the session of the International Law Commission, chapter II of its report containing a summary of the work of that session, chapter III containing the specific issues on which the views of Governments would be of particular interest to the Commission and the draft articles adopted on either first or second reading by the Commission;", "33. Also requests the Secretariat to make the complete report of the International Law Commission available as soon as possible after the conclusion of the session of the Commission for the consideration of Member States with due anticipation and no later than the prescribed time limit for reports in the General Assembly;", "34. Encourages the International Law Commission to continue considering ways in which specific issues on which the views of Governments would be of particular interest to the Commission could be framed so as to help Governments to have a better appreciation of the issues on which responses are required;", "35. Recommends that the debate on the report of the International Law Commission at the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly commence on 29 October 2012.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/66/10).", "[2]  Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.", "[3]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/66/10), chap. V, sect. E.", "[4]  Ibid., chap. VI, sect. E.", "[5]  Ibid., chap. IV, sect. F.", "[6]  Ibid., chap. XIII, para. 365.", "[7]  Ibid., Sixty-sixth Session, Sixth Committee, 26th meeting (A/C.6/66/SR.26), and corrigendum; see also A/64/283 and A/65/186.", "[8]  See resolutions 32/151, para. 10, and 37/111, para. 5, and all subsequent resolutions on the annual reports of the International Law Commission to the General Assembly.", "[9]  www.un.org/law/ilc." ]
A_RES_66_98
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/473)]", "66/98. Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-third session", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-third session[1],", "Emphasizing the importance of promoting the progressive development and codification of international law as a means of implementing the purposes and principles set out in the Charter of the United Nations and in the Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Cooperation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,[2]", "Acknowledging the desirability of referring legal and drafting issues to the Sixth Committee, including topics that might be submitted to the International Law Commission for further consideration, and of allowing both bodies to contribute more to the progressive development and codification of international law,", "Recalling the need for further consideration of the subjects of international law that, given their new or renewed interest to the international community, may be suitable for the progressive development and codification of international law and may therefore be included in the future programme of work of the International Law Commission,", "Recalling also the role of Member States in submitting proposals for new items for consideration by the International Law Commission and noting in this regard the recommendation of the Commission that such proposals be accompanied by a statement of reasons,", "Reaffirming the importance of information provided by Member States on their views and practices for the success of the work of the International Law Commission,", "Recognizing the importance of the work of the special rapporteurs of the International Law Commission,", "Welcoming the holding of the International Law Seminar and noting with appreciation the voluntary contributions made to the United Nations Trust Fund for the International Law Seminar,", "Recognizing the importance of facilitating the timely appearance of the Yearbook of the International Law Commission and eliminating the delay in its publication,", "Stressing the usefulness of clarifying and structuring the Sixth Committee ' s debate on the report of the International Law Commission so as to provide the conditions for focusing attention on each of the main topics covered by the report and for considering specific topics,", "Wishing to further promote, in the context of the revitalization of the debate on the report of the International Law Commission, the interaction between the Sixth Committee, as a body of governmental representatives, and the International Law Commission, as an independent legal expert body, with a view to enhancing dialogue between the two,", "Welcoming initiatives aimed at interactive discussions, round tables and question shifts in the Sixth Committee, as envisaged in resolution 58/316 of 1 July 2004, on further measures to revitalize the work of the General Assembly,", "1. Takes note of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-third session;", "2. Expresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for the work of its sixty-third session;", "3. Recommends that the International Law Commission, taking into account the comments and observations of Governments submitted in writing orally in the debates of the Sixth Committee, continue its work on the items on its current agenda;", "4. Commends the International Law Commission for completing its work on the draft articles on the responsibility of international organizations[3], the draft articles on the effects of armed conflict on treaties[4] and the Guide to Practice on Reservations to Treaties[5];", "5. Decides that the consideration of chapter IV of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-third session on " Treaty reservations " should continue at the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly during the consideration of the report of the Commission on the work of its sixty-fourth session;", "6. He drew attention to the importance of informing the International Law Commission of its comments on the various aspects of the agenda items of the Commission, in particular on all the specific issues mentioned in chapter III of his report concerning:", "(a) The immunity of foreign criminal jurisdiction from State officials;", "(b) The expulsion of aliens;", "(c) Protection of persons in the event of disasters;", "(d) The obligation to extradite or prosecute (aut dedere aut judicare);", "(e) Treaties over time;", "f) The most-favoured-nation clause;", "7. Takes note of paragraphs 365 to 369 of the report of the International Law Commission and, in particular, of the inclusion of " Formation and documentation of customary international law " , " Protection of the atmosphere " , " Provisional application of treaties " , " The rule of fair and equitable treatment in international investment law " and " Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflict " in the Commission ' , as well,", "8. " Invites the International Law Commission to continue to give priority to the topics " Immunity of foreign criminal jurisdiction of State officials " and " The obligation to extradite or prosecute (aut dedere aut judicare) " and to continue to work towards the end of its work in this regard;", "9. Takes note of the oral report of the Secretariat on assistance to the special rapporteurs of the International Law Commission[7] and paragraph 400 of the report of the Commission, and requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to identify specific options to support the work of the special rapporteurs, beyond those provided for in General Assembly resolution 56/272 of 27 March 2002;", "10. Also takes note of paragraphs 370 to 388 of the report of the International Law Commission and, in this regard, welcomes the work of the Commission at its sixty-third session to improve its working methods in relation to the role of special rapporteurs, study groups, the Drafting Committee, the Planning Group, the preparation of comments on draft articles, the final form of work on a given item, the report of the Commission and Sixth;", "11. Welcomes in this regard, in particular, the decision of the International Law Commission to define an interim timetable for the development of each new theme, to review periodically the achievement of the annual objectives and to discuss at the end of each session a preliminary plan for the next annual session, and invites the Commission to make such information available to Member States;", "12. Decides to revert to the recommendation contained in paragraph 388 of the report of the International Law Commission at its sixty-seventh session;", "13. Invites the International Law Commission to continue to take measures to improve its efficiency and productivity and to consider making proposals to Member States for that purpose;", "14. Encourages the International Law Commission, without prejudice to the efficiency and effectiveness of its work, to continue to take measures to reduce expenditures at its future sessions;", "15. Takes note of paragraphs 389 to 391 and 413 to 415 of the report of the International Law Commission and, while acknowledging the exceptional nature of its short duration, decides that the next session of the Commission will be held at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 7 May to 1 June and from 2 July to 3 August 2012, and requests the Secretariat to provide options on how to advance the dates of the sessions;", "16. Stresses the desirability of further improving the dialogue between the International Law Commission and the Sixth Committee at the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly and, in this context, encourages, inter alia, the continuation of informal consultations in the form of discussions between the members of the Sixth Committee and those of the International Law Commission attending the sixty-seventh session of the Assembly;", "17. Encourages delegations, in the debate on the report of the International Law Commission, to cite, as far as possible, the structured programme of work agreed upon by the Sixth Committee and to consider making concise and specific statements;", "18. Encourages Member States to consider being represented by legal advisers during the first week when the Sixth Committee considers the report of the International Law Commission (Semana of International Law) so that there may be a high-level debate on issues of international law;", "19. Requests the International Law Commission to remain particularly concerned with indicating in its annual report, under each item, the specific issues on which the views of Governments, whether expressed in the Sixth Committee or in writing, would be of particular interest in effectively guiding their future work;", "20. Takes note of paragraphs 418 to 422 of the report of the International Law Commission on cooperation and interaction with other bodies, and encourages the Commission to continue to implement articles 16 (e), 25 and 26 of its Statute in order to further promote its cooperation with other bodies dealing with international law, in view of the usefulness of such cooperation;", "21. Notes that consultations with national organizations and experts in international law can help Governments to decide whether to comment and comment on the projects submitted by the International Law Commission and to make such comments and observations;", "22. Reaffirms its previous decisions regarding the indispensable role of the Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs of the Secretariat in assisting the International Law Commission, in particular in the preparation of memorandums and studies on agenda items of the Commission;", "23. Adopts the conclusions of the International Law Commission in paragraph 402 of its report and reaffirms its previous decisions regarding the documentation and summary records of the Commission[8];", "24. Welcomes the efforts of the Secretariat to issue, on a trial basis, the provisional summary records on the website on the activities of the International Law Commission, encourages the publication immediately, as soon as the secretariat of the Commission receives the electronic versions, and looks forward to the institutionalization of this practice;", "25. Takes note of paragraphs 403 to 405 of the report of the International Law Commission and stresses the need to expedite the preparation of the summary records of the Commission;", "26. Also takes note of paragraphs 406 to 409 of the report of the International Law Commission, stresses the value of the Yearbook of the International Law Commission and requests the Secretary-General to ensure its timely publication in all official languages;", "27. Further takes note of paragraph 410 of the report of the International Law Commission, expresses its appreciation to Governments that have made voluntary contributions to the trust fund to eliminate the delay in the publication of the Yearbook of the International Law Commission and encourages further contributions to the fund;", "28. Welcomes the continued efforts of the Codification Division to maintain and improve the website on the work of the International Law Commission[9];", "29. Expresses the hope that the International Law Seminar will continue to be held in conjunction with the sessions of the International Law Commission and that an increasing number of participants will be given representing the major legal systems of the world, in particular those of developing countries, as well as delegates of the Sixth Committee, the opportunity to attend it, and calls upon States to continue to contribute to the United Nations Trust Fund for the Law Seminar;", "30. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the International Law Seminar with adequate services, including interpretation services, where required, and encourages it to continue to consider ways to improve the structure and content of the Seminar;", "31. Stresses the importance of the records and the summary by themes of the Sixth Committee ' s discussions on the deliberations of the International Law Commission, and in this regard requests the Secretary-General to transmit to the Committee the records of the debates of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly on the report of the Commission, as well as the written statements circulated by delegations in connection with their oral statements, and, in accordance with established practice, to prepare and distribute", "32. Requests the Secretariat to circulate to States, as soon as possible after the conclusion of the session of the International Law Commission, chapter II of its report, which contains a summary of the work of the session, chapter III, which contains the specific issues on which the views of Governments would be of particular interest to the Commission, and the draft articles that it adopted on first or second reading;", "33. Also requests the Secretariat to make the full report of the International Law Commission available to Member States as soon as possible following the conclusion of the session of the Commission, for consideration in due time and not later than the deadline prescribed for reports in the General Assembly;", "34. Encourages the International Law Commission to continue to consider possible ways of raising specific issues on which the views of Governments would be of particular interest to the Commission in order to help them better gauge the issues that require responses;", "35. Recommends that the debate on the report of the International Law Commission at the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly commence on 29 October 2012.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/66/10).", "[2] Resolution 2625 (XXV), annex.", "[3] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/66/10), chap. V, sect. E.", "[4] Ibid., cap. VI, sect. E.", "[5] Ibid., cap. IV, sect. F.", "[6] Ibid., chap. XIII, para. 365.", "[7] Ibid., sixty-sixth session, Sixth Committee, 26th meeting (A/C.6/66/SR.26), and corrigendum; see also A/64/283 and A/65/186.", "[8] See resolutions 32/151, para. 10, and 37/111, para. 5, and all subsequent resolutions on the annual reports of the International Law Commission to the General Assembly.", "[9] www.un.org/law/ilc." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/473)]", "66/99. Efectos de los conflictos armados en los tratados", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo examinado el capítulo VI del informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional sobre la labor realizada en su 63º período de sesiones[1], que contiene el proyecto de artículos sobre los efectos de los conflictos armados en los tratados,", "Observando que la Comisión de Derecho Internacional decidió recomendar a la Asamblea General que tomara nota del proyecto de artículos sobre los efectos de los conflictos armados en los tratados en una resolución e incluyera dicho proyecto como anexo de la resolución, y que estudiara, más adelante, la posibilidad de elaborar una convención basada en el proyecto de artículos[2],", "Poniendo de relieve la importancia que siguen teniendo la codificación y el desarrollo progresivo del derecho internacional a que se hace referencia en el Artículo 13, párrafo 1 a), de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas,", "Observando que el tema de los efectos de los conflictos armados en los tratados reviste gran importancia en las relaciones entre los Estados,", "1. Acoge con beneplácito que la Comisión de Derecho Internacional haya concluido su labor sobre los efectos de los conflictos armados en los tratados y haya aprobado el proyecto de artículos y un comentario detallado sobre el tema¹;", "2. Expresa su aprecio a la Comisión de Derecho Internacional por su incesante contribución a la codificación y el desarrollo progresivo del derecho internacional;", "3. Toma nota de los artículos sobre los efectos de los conflictos armados en los tratados presentados por la Comisión de Derecho Internacional, cuyo texto figura como anexo de la presente resolución, y los señala a la atención de los gobiernos, sin perjuicio de la cuestión de su futura aprobación o de la adopción de otro tipo de medida, según corresponda;", "4. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo noveno período de sesiones un tema titulado “Efectos de los conflictos armados en los tratados”, con el fin de examinar, entre otras cuestiones, la forma que se podría dar a los artículos.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "Anexo", "Efectos de los conflictos armados en los tratados", "Primera parte Ámbito de aplicación y definiciones", "Artículo 1 Ámbito de aplicación", "Los presentes artículos se aplican a los efectos de un conflicto armado en las relaciones entre Estados en virtud de un tratado.", "Artículo 2 Definiciones", "A los efectos de los presentes artículos:", "a) Se entiende por “tratado” un acuerdo internacional celebrado por escrito entre Estados y regido por el derecho internacional, ya conste en un instrumento único o en dos o más instrumentos conexos y cualquiera que sea su denominación particular, e incluye los tratados celebrados entre Estados en los que también sean parte organizaciones internacionales;", "b) Se entiende por “conflicto armado” una situación en la que se recurre a la fuerza armada entre Estados o a la fuerza armada prolongada entre autoridades gubernamentales y grupos armados organizados.", "Segunda parte Principios", "Capítulo I Aplicación de los tratados en caso de conflicto armado", "Artículo 3 Principio general", "La existencia de un conflicto armado no da lugar ipso facto a la terminación de los tratados ni a la suspensión de su aplicación:", "a) Entre los Estados parte en el conflicto;", "b) Entre un Estado parte en el conflicto y un Estado que no lo sea.", "Artículo 4 Disposiciones sobre la aplicación de los tratados", "Cuando el propio tratado contenga disposiciones sobre su aplicación en situaciones de conflicto armado, se aplicarán estas disposiciones.", "Artículo 5 Aplicación de las reglas sobre interpretación de los tratados", "Para determinar si un tratado es susceptible de terminación, retiro o suspensión en caso de conflicto armado se aplicarán las reglas de derecho internacional sobre interpretación de los tratados.", "Artículo 6 Factores que indican si un tratado es susceptible de terminación, retiro o suspensión", "Para determinar si un tratado es susceptible de terminación, retiro o suspensión en caso de conflicto armado deberán tenerse en cuenta todos los factores pertinentes, entre otros:", "a) La naturaleza del tratado, y en particular su materia, su objeto y fin, su contenido y el número de partes en el tratado; y", "b) Las características del conflicto armado, tales como su extensión territorial, su escala e intensidad, su duración y, en el caso de conflictos armados no internacionales, el grado de participación externa.", "Artículo 7 Continuación de la aplicación de los tratados en razón de su materia", "En el anexo de los presentes artículos figura una lista indicativa de los tratados que, en razón de su materia, continúan aplicándose, en todo o en parte, durante un conflicto armado.", "Capítulo II Otras disposiciones relativas a la aplicación de los tratados", "Artículo 8 Celebración de tratados durante un conflicto armado", "1. La existencia de un conflicto armado no afectará a la capacidad de un Estado parte en el conflicto para celebrar tratados de conformidad con el derecho internacional.", "2. Los Estados podrán celebrar acuerdos sobre la terminación o la suspensión de un tratado, o de parte de él, que sea aplicable entre ellos en situaciones de conflicto armado, o podrán convenir su enmienda o modificación.", "Artículo 9 Notificación de la intención de dar por terminado un tratado, de retirarse de él o de suspender su aplicación", "1. El Estado que tenga la intención de dar por terminado un tratado en el que es parte, retirarse de él o suspender su aplicación como consecuencia de un conflicto armado notificará esa intención al otro Estado parte o los otros Estados partes en el tratado, o al depositario del tratado.", "2. La notificación surtirá efecto cuando haya sido recibida por el otro Estado parte o los otros Estados partes, salvo que en ella se prevea una fecha posterior.", "3. Nada de lo dispuesto en los párrafos precedentes afectará al derecho de una parte a formular, en un tiempo razonable y conforme a lo dispuesto en el tratado o en otras reglas aplicables del derecho internacional, objeciones a la terminación de un tratado, al retiro de una de las partes o a la suspensión de su aplicación.", "4. Cuando se haya formulado una objeción con arreglo al párrafo 3, los Estados afectados buscarán una solución por los medios indicados en el Artículo 33 de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas.", "5. Nada de lo dispuesto en los párrafos precedentes afectará a los derechos o las obligaciones de los Estados respecto del arreglo de controversias en la medida en que hayan seguido siendo aplicables.", "Artículo 10 Obligaciones impuestas por el derecho internacional independientemente de un tratado", "La terminación de un tratado, el retiro de una de las partes o la suspensión de su aplicación como consecuencia de un conflicto armado no menoscabarán en modo alguno el deber de un Estado de cumplir toda obligación enunciada en el tratado a la que esté sujeto en virtud del derecho internacional independientemente de ese tratado.", "Artículo 11 Divisibilidad de las disposiciones de un tratado", "La terminación de un tratado, el retiro de una de las partes o la suspensión de su aplicación como consecuencia de un conflicto armado surtirá efecto con respecto a la totalidad del tratado, a menos que el tratado disponga o las partes convengan otra cosa al respecto, salvo cuando:", "a) El tratado contenga cláusulas que sean separables del resto del tratado en lo que respecta a su aplicación;", "b) Se desprenda del tratado o conste de otro modo que la aceptación de esas cláusulas no ha constituido para la otra parte o las otras partes en el tratado una base esencial de su consentimiento en obligarse por el tratado en su conjunto; y", "c) La continuación del cumplimiento del resto del tratado no sea injusta.", "Artículo 12 Pérdida del derecho a dar por terminado un tratado, retirarse de él o suspender su aplicación", "Un Estado no podrá ya dar por terminado un tratado, retirarse de él o suspender su aplicación como consecuencia de un conflicto armado si, después de haber tenido conocimiento de los hechos:", "a) Ha convenido expresamente en que el tratado permanezca en vigor o continúe aplicándose; o", "b) Se ha comportado de tal manera que deba considerarse que ha dado su aquiescencia a la continuación de la aplicación del tratado o a su mantenimiento en vigor.", "Artículo 13 Restablecimiento o reanudación de las relaciones convencionales tras un conflicto armado", "1. Tras un conflicto armado, los Estados partes podrán determinar, mediante acuerdo, el restablecimiento de la vigencia de los tratados que se hubieran dado por terminados o cuya aplicación se hubiera suspendido como consecuencia del conflicto armado.", "2. La reanudación de la aplicación de un tratado que hubiera sido suspendida como consecuencia de un conflicto armado se determinará con arreglo a los factores mencionados en el artículo 6.", "Tercera parte Disposiciones generales", "Artículo 14 Efecto sobre un tratado del ejercicio del derecho de legítima defensa", "El Estado que ejerza su derecho inherente de legítima defensa individual o colectiva de conformidad con la Carta de las Naciones Unidas podrá suspender total o parcialmente la aplicación de un tratado en el que sea parte, en la medida en que esa aplicación sea incompatible con el ejercicio de ese derecho.", "Artículo 15 Prohibición de beneficio para un Estado que cometa un acto de agresión", "El Estado que cometa un acto de agresión en el sentido de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y la resolución 3314 (XXIX) de la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas no podrá dar por terminado un tratado, retirarse de él ni suspender su aplicación como consecuencia de un conflicto armado resultante del acto de agresión, si ello redundase en beneficio de ese Estado.", "Artículo 16 Decisiones del Consejo de Seguridad", "Los presentes artículos se entenderán sin perjuicio de las decisiones pertinentes adoptadas por el Consejo de Seguridad de conformidad con la Carta de las Naciones Unidas.", "Artículo 17 Derechos y obligaciones dimanantes del derecho de la neutralidad", "Los presentes artículos se entenderán sin perjuicio de los derechos y obligaciones de los Estados dimanantes del derecho de la neutralidad.", "Artículo 18 Otros casos de terminación, retiro o suspensión", "Los presentes artículos se entenderán sin perjuicio de la terminación, el retiro o la suspensión de la aplicación de tratados como consecuencia, entre otras causas: a) de una violación grave; b) de la imposibilidad subsiguiente de cumplimiento; o c) de un cambio fundamental en las circunstancias.", "Anexo Lista indicativa de los tratados a que se hace referencia en el artículo 7", "a) Tratados sobre el derecho de los conflictos armados, incluidos los tratados de derecho internacional humanitario;", "b) Tratados por los que se declara, crea o regula un régimen o un estatuto permanente o derechos permanentes conexos, incluidos los tratados en que se establecen o modifican fronteras terrestres y marítimas;", "c) Tratados multilaterales normativos;", "d) Tratados en materia de justicia penal internacional;", "e) Tratados de amistad, comercio y navegación y acuerdos relativos a derechos privados;", "f) Tratados para la protección internacional de los derechos humanos;", "g) Tratados relativos a la protección internacional del medio ambiente;", "h) Tratados relativos a cursos de agua internacionales e instalaciones y construcciones conexas;", "i) Tratados relativos a acuíferos e instalaciones y construcciones conexas;", "j) Tratados que son instrumentos constitutivos de organizaciones internacionales;", "k) Tratados relativos a la solución internacional de controversias por medios pacíficos, en particular mediante la conciliación, la mediación, el arbitraje y el arreglo judicial;", "l) Tratados relativos a las relaciones diplomáticas y consulares.", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 10 (A/66/10).", "[2]  Ibid., párr. 97." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/473)]", "66/99. Effects of armed conflicts on treaties", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered chapter VI of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-third session,[1] which contains the draft articles on the effects of armed conflicts on treaties,", "Noting that the International Law Commission decided to recommend to the General Assembly that it take note of the draft articles on the effects of armed conflicts on treaties in a resolution and annex the draft articles to that resolution, and that it consider, at a later stage, the elaboration of a convention on the basis of the draft articles,[2]", "Emphasizing the continuing importance of the codification and progressive development of international law, as referred to in Article 13, paragraph 1 (a), of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Noting that the subject of the effects of armed conflicts on treaties is of major importance in the relations of States,", "1. Welcomes the conclusion of the work of the International Law Commission on the effects of armed conflicts on treaties and its adoption of the draft articles and a detailed commentary on the subject;¹", "2. Expresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for its continuing contribution to the codification and progressive development of international law;", "3. Takes note of the articles on the effects of armed conflicts on treaties, presented by the International Law Commission, the text of which is annexed to the present resolution, and commends them to the attention of Governments without prejudice to the question of their future adoption or other appropriate action;", "4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session an item entitled “Effects of armed conflicts on treaties” with a view to examining, inter alia, the question of the form that might be given to the articles.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "Annex", "Effects of armed conflicts on treaties", "Part One Scope and definitions", "Article 1 Scope", "The present articles apply to the effects of armed conflict on the relations of States under a treaty.", "Article 2 Definitions", "For the purposes of the present articles:", "(a) “Treaty” means an international agreement concluded between States in written form and governed by international law, whether embodied in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments and whatever its particular designation, and includes treaties between States to which international organizations are also parties;", "(b) “Armed conflict” means a situation in which there is resort to armed force between States or protracted resort to armed force between governmental authorities and organized armed groups.", "Part Two Principles", "Chapter I Operation of treaties in the event of armed conflicts", "Article 3 General principle", "The existence of an armed conflict does not ipso facto terminate or suspend the operation of treaties:", "(a) As between States parties to the conflict;", "(b) As between a State party to the conflict and a State that is not.", "Article 4 Provisions on the operation of treaties", "Where a treaty itself contains provisions on its operation in situations of armed conflict, those provisions shall apply.", "Article 5 Application of rules on treaty interpretation", "The rules of international law on treaty interpretation shall be applied to establish whether a treaty is susceptible to termination, withdrawal or suspension in the event of an armed conflict.", "Article 6 Factors indicating whether a treaty is susceptible to termination, withdrawal or suspension", "In order to ascertain whether a treaty is susceptible to termination, withdrawal or suspension in the event of an armed conflict, regard shall be had to all relevant factors, including:", "(a) The nature of the treaty, in particular its subject matter, its object and purpose, its content and the number of parties to the treaty; and", "(b) The characteristics of the armed conflict, such as its territorial extent, its scale and intensity, its duration and, in the case of non-international armed conflict, also the degree of outside involvement.", "Article 7 Continued operation of treaties resulting from their subject matter", "An indicative list of treaties, the subject matter of which involves an implication that they continue in operation, in whole or in part, during armed conflict, is to be found in the annex to the present articles.", "Chapter II Other provisions relevant to the operation of treaties", "Article 8 Conclusion of treaties during armed conflict", "1. The existence of an armed conflict does not affect the capacity of a State party to that conflict to conclude treaties in accordance with international law.", "2. States may conclude agreements involving termination or suspension of a treaty or part of a treaty that is operative between them during situations of armed conflict, or may agree to amend or modify the treaty.", "Article 9 Notification of intention to terminate or withdraw from a treaty or to suspend its operation", "1. A State intending to terminate or withdraw from a treaty to which it is a Party, or to suspend the operation of that treaty, as a consequence of an armed conflict shall notify the other State Party or States Parties to the treaty, or its depositary, of such intention.", "2. The notification takes effect upon receipt by the other State Party or States Parties, unless it provides for a subsequent date.", "3. Nothing in the preceding paragraphs shall affect the right of a Party to object within a reasonable time, in accordance with the terms of the treaty or other applicable rules of international law, to the termination of or withdrawal from the treaty, or suspension of its operation.", "4. If an objection has been raised in accordance with paragraph 3, the States concerned shall seek a solution through the means indicated in Article 33 of the Charter of the United Nations.", "5. Nothing in the preceding paragraphs shall affect the rights or obligations of States with regard to the settlement of disputes insofar as they have remained applicable.", "Article 10 Obligations imposed by international law independently of a treaty", "The termination of or the withdrawal from a treaty, or the suspension of its operation, as a consequence of an armed conflict, shall not impair in any way the duty of any State to fulfil any obligation embodied in the treaty to which it would be subject under international law independently of that treaty.", "Article 11 Separability of treaty provisions", "Termination, withdrawal from or suspension of the operation of a treaty as a consequence of an armed conflict shall, unless the treaty otherwise provides or the Parties otherwise agree, take effect with respect to the whole treaty except where:", "(a) The treaty contains clauses that are separable from the remainder of the treaty with regard to their application;", "(b) It appears from the treaty or is otherwise established that acceptance of those clauses was not an essential basis of the consent of the other Party or Parties to be bound by the treaty as a whole; and", "(c) Continued performance of the remainder of the treaty would not be unjust.", "Article 12 Loss of the right to terminate or withdraw from a treaty or to suspend its operation", "A State may no longer terminate or withdraw from a treaty or suspend its operation as a consequence of an armed conflict if, after becoming aware of the facts:", "(a) It shall have expressly agreed that the treaty remains in force or continues in operation; or", "(b) It must by reason of its conduct be considered as having acquiesced in the continued operation of the treaty or in its maintenance in force.", "Article 13 Revival or resumption of treaty relations subsequent to an armed conflict", "1. Subsequent to an armed conflict, the States Parties may regulate, on the basis of agreement, the revival of treaties terminated or suspended as a consequence of the armed conflict.", "2. The resumption of the operation of a treaty suspended as a consequence of an armed conflict shall be determined in accordance with the factors referred to in article 6.", "Part Three Miscellaneous", "Article 14 Effect of the exercise of the right to self-defence on a treaty", "A State exercising its inherent right of individual or collective self-defence in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations is entitled to suspend in whole or in part the operation of a treaty to which it is a Party insofar as that operation is incompatible with the exercise of that right.", "Article 15 Prohibition of benefit to an aggressor State", "A State committing aggression within the meaning of the Charter of the United Nations and resolution 3314 (XXIX) of the General Assembly of the United Nations shall not terminate or withdraw from a treaty or suspend its operation as a consequence of an armed conflict that results from the act of aggression if the effect would be to the benefit of that State.", "Article 16 Decisions of the Security Council", "The present articles are without prejudice to relevant decisions taken by the Security Council in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.", "Article 17 Rights and duties arising from the laws of neutrality", "The present articles are without prejudice to the rights and duties of States arising from the laws of neutrality.", "Article 18 Other cases of termination, withdrawal or suspension", "The present articles are without prejudice to the termination, withdrawal or suspension of treaties as a consequence of, inter alia: (a) a material breach; (b) supervening impossibility of performance; or (c) a fundamental change of circumstances.", "Annex Indicative list of treaties referred to in article 7", "(a) Treaties on the law of armed conflict, including treaties on international humanitarian law;", "(b) Treaties declaring, creating or regulating a permanent regime or status or related permanent rights, including treaties establishing or modifying land and maritime boundaries;", "(c) Multilateral law-making treaties;", "(d) Treaties on international criminal justice;", "(e) Treaties of friendship, commerce and navigation and agreements concerning private rights;", "(f) Treaties for the international protection of human rights;", "(g) Treaties relating to the international protection of the environment;", "(h) Treaties relating to international watercourses and related installations and facilities;", "(i) Treaties relating to aquifers and related installations and facilities;", "(j) Treaties which are constituent instruments of international organizations;", "(k) Treaties relating to the international settlement of disputes by peaceful means, including resort to conciliation, mediation, arbitration and judicial settlement;", "(l) Treaties relating to diplomatic and consular relations.", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/66/10).", "[2]  Ibid., para. 97." ]
A_RES_66_99
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/473)]", "66/99. Effects of armed conflict on treaties", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered chapter VI of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-third session[1], which contains the draft articles on the effects of armed conflict on treaties,", "Noting that the International Law Commission decided to recommend to the General Assembly that it take note of the draft articles on the effects of armed conflict on treaties in a resolution and include the draft as an annex to the resolution, and that it consider, later, the possibility of developing a convention based on the draft articles,[2]", "Emphasizing the continuing importance of the codification and progressive development of international law referred to in Article 13, paragraph 1 (a), of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Noting that the issue of the effects of armed conflict on treaties is of great importance in relations among States,", "1. Welcomes the completion by the International Law Commission of its work on the effects of armed conflict on treaties and the adoption of the draft articles and a detailed commentary on the topic;1", "2. Expresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for its continued contribution to the codification and progressive development of international law;", "3. Takes note of the articles on the effects of armed conflict on treaties submitted by the International Law Commission, which are annexed to the present resolution, and draws them to the attention of Governments, without prejudice to the question of their future adoption or the adoption of another measure, as appropriate;", "4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session an item entitled " Effects of armed conflict on treaties " , in order to consider, inter alia, how the articles could be given.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "Annex", "Effects of armed conflict on treaties", "Part I Scope of application and definitions", "Article 1 Scope of application", "These articles apply to the effects of armed conflict on inter-State relations under a treaty.", "Article 2 Definitions", "For the purposes of these articles:", "(a) An international agreement concluded in writing between States and governed by international law is understood as being “treated” either in a single instrument or in two or more related instruments and whatever their particular denomination, and includes treaties between States to which international organizations are also a party;", "(b) “armed conflict” means a situation in which armed force between States or prolonged armed force is used between government authorities and organized armed groups.", "Part Two", "Chapter I Application of Treaties in the Event of Armed Conflict", "Article 3 General principle", "The existence of an armed conflict does not ipso facto result in the termination of treaties or the suspension of their application:", "(a) States parties to the conflict;", "(b) Between a State party to the conflict and a State that is not.", "Article 4 Provisions on the application of treaties", "Where the treaty itself contains provisions on its application in situations of armed conflict, these provisions shall apply.", "Article 5 Application of rules on treaty interpretation", "To determine whether a treaty is susceptible to termination, withdrawal or suspension in the event of an armed conflict, the rules of international law on treaty interpretation shall apply.", "Article 6 Factors indicating whether a treaty is susceptible to termination, withdrawal or suspension", "To determine whether a treaty is susceptible to termination, withdrawal or suspension in the event of an armed conflict, all relevant factors should be taken into account, inter alia:", "(a) The nature of the treaty, in particular its subject matter, object and purpose, content and number of parties to the treaty; and", "(b) The characteristics of the armed conflict, such as its territorial extension, scale and intensity, its duration and, in the case of non-international armed conflicts, the degree of external participation.", "Article 7 Continuation of the application of treaties on the basis of their subject matter", "The annex to the present articles contains an indicative list of treaties which, on the basis of their subject matter, continue to be applied, in whole or in part, during an armed conflict.", "Chapter II Other provisions relating to the implementation of treaties", "Article 8 Celebration of treaties during armed conflict", "1. The existence of an armed conflict will not affect the capacity of a State party to the conflict to conclude treaties in accordance with international law.", "2. States may conclude agreements on the termination or suspension of a treaty, or part thereof, which applies to each other in situations of armed conflict, or may agree on its amendment or modification.", "Article 9 Notification of the intention to terminate a treaty, withdraw or suspend its application", "1. A State intending to terminate a treaty to which it is a party, withdraw from or suspend its application as a result of an armed conflict shall notify the other State party or other States parties to the treaty, or the depositary of the treaty.", "2. The notification shall take effect when received by the other State party or by the other States parties, unless a later date is provided.", "3. Nothing in the preceding paragraphs will affect the right of a party to formulate, in a reasonable time and in accordance with the provisions of the treaty or other applicable rules of international law, objections to the termination of a treaty, the withdrawal of one of the parties or the suspension of its application.", "4. When an objection has been made pursuant to paragraph 3, the affected States shall seek a solution by means specified in Article 33 of the Charter of the United Nations.", "5. Nothing in the preceding paragraphs will affect the rights or obligations of States in the settlement of disputes to the extent that they have continued to apply.", "Article 10 Obligations imposed by international law irrespective of a treaty", "The termination of a treaty, the withdrawal of one of the parties or the suspension of its application as a result of an armed conflict shall in no way undermine the duty of a State to fulfil any obligation set forth in the treaty to which it is subject under international law irrespective of that treaty.", "Article 11 Divisibility of the provisions of a treaty", "The termination of a treaty, the withdrawal of one of the parties or the suspension of its application as a result of an armed conflict shall take effect with respect to the entire treaty, unless otherwise agreed by the treaty or the parties, except where:", "(a) The treaty contains clauses that are separable from the rest of the treaty with regard to its application;", "(b) It is removed from the treaty or otherwise conspicuous that the acceptance of such clauses has not constituted for the other party or the other parties to the treaty an essential basis for their consent to be bound by the treaty as a whole; and", "(c) Continued compliance with the rest of the treaty is not unfair.", "Article 12 Loss of the right to terminate a treaty, withdraw from or suspend its application", "A State may no longer terminate a treaty, withdraw from it or suspend its application as a result of an armed conflict if, after having been aware of the facts:", "(a) It has expressly agreed that the treaty remains in force or continues to apply; or", "(b) It has behaved in such a way that it should be considered to have given its acquiescence to the continuation of the treaty or its ongoing maintenance.", "Article 13 Restoration or resumption of treaty relations following an armed conflict", "1. After an armed conflict, the States Parties may, by agreement, determine the reinstatement of treaties that have been concluded or whose application has been suspended as a result of the armed conflict.", "2. The resumption of the application of a treaty that had been suspended as a result of an armed conflict shall be determined in accordance with the factors mentioned in article 6.", "Part III General provisions", "Article 14 Effect on a treaty to exercise the right to self-defence", "A State exercising its inherent right of individual or collective self-defence in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations may totally or partially suspend the application of a treaty to which it is a party, to the extent that such application is incompatible with the exercise of that right.", "Article 15 Prohibition of benefit to a State committing an act of aggression", "A State committing an act of aggression within the meaning of the Charter of the United Nations and United Nations General Assembly resolution 3314 (XXIX) may not terminate a treaty, withdraw from it or suspend its application as a result of an armed conflict resulting from the act of aggression, if this is for the benefit of that State.", "Article 16 Security Council decisions", "These articles shall be without prejudice to the relevant decisions taken by the Security Council in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.", "Article 17 Rights and obligations arising from the right of neutrality", "These articles shall be without prejudice to the rights and obligations of States arising from the right of neutrality.", "Article 18 Other cases of termination, withdrawal or suspension", "These articles shall be without prejudice to the termination, withdrawal or suspension of the application of treaties as a result, inter alia: (a) of a serious violation; (b) of the subsequent impossibility of compliance; or (c) of a fundamental change in circumstances.", "Annex Indicative list of treaties referred to in article 7", "(a) Treaties on the law of armed conflict, including treaties on international humanitarian law;", "(b) Treaties declaring, creating or regulating a permanent or related status or permanent rights, including treaties establishing or modifying land and maritime boundaries;", "(c) Multilateral normative treaties;", "(d) Treaties on international criminal justice;", "(e) Treaties of friendship, trade and navigation and agreements relating to private rights;", "f) Treaties for the international protection of human rights;", "(g) Treaties relating to international protection of the environment;", "(h) Treaties relating to international watercourses and related facilities and constructions;", "(i) Treaties relating to aquifers and related facilities and buildings;", "(j) Treaties that constitute international organizations;", "(k) Treaties relating to the international settlement of disputes by peaceful means, including through conciliation, mediation, arbitration and judicial settlement;", "(l) Treaties relating to diplomatic and consular relations.", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/66/10).", "[2] Ibid., para. 97." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/473)]", "66/100. Responsabilidad de las organizaciones internacionales", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo examinado el capítulo V del informe de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional sobre la labor realizada en su 63° período de sesiones[1], que contiene el proyecto de artículos sobre la responsabilidad de las organizaciones internacionales,", "Observando que la Comisión de Derecho Internacional decidió recomendar a la Asamblea General que tomara nota del proyecto de artículos sobre la responsabilidad de las organizaciones internacionales en una resolución e incluyera dicho proyecto como anexo de la resolución, y que estudiara, más adelante, la posibilidad de elaborar una convención basada en el proyecto de artículos[2],", "Poniendo de relieve la importancia que siguen teniendo la codificación y el desarrollo progresivo del derecho internacional, a que se hace referencia en el Artículo 13, párrafo 1 a), de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas,", "Observando que el tema de la responsabilidad de las organizaciones internacionales reviste gran importancia en las relaciones de los Estados y las organizaciones internacionales,", "Tomando nota de los comentarios de los gobiernos y los debates de la Sexta Comisión sobre este tema durante el sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones de la Asamblea General[3],", "1. Acoge con beneplácito que la Comisión de Derecho Internacional haya concluido su labor sobre la responsabilidad de las organizaciones internacionales y haya aprobado el proyecto de artículos y un comentario detallado sobre el tema¹;", "2. Expresa su aprecio a la Comisión de Derecho Internacional por su incesante contribución a la codificación y el desarrollo progresivo del derecho internacional;", "3. Toma nota de los artículos sobre la responsabilidad de las organizaciones internacionales presentados por la Comisión de Derecho Internacional, cuyo texto figura como anexo de la presente resolución, y los señala a la atención de los gobiernos y las organizaciones internacionales, sin perjuicio de la cuestión de su futura aprobación o de la adopción de otro tipo de medida, según corresponda;", "4. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo noveno período de sesiones un tema titulado “Responsabilidad de las organizaciones internacionales” con el fin de examinar, entre otras cuestiones, la de la forma que se podría dar a los artículos.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "Anexo", "Responsabilidad de las organizaciones internacionales", "Primera parte Introducción", "Artículo 1 Alcance de los presentes artículos", "1. Los presentes artículos se aplican a la responsabilidad internacional de una organización internacional por un hecho internacionalmente ilícito.", "2. Los presentes artículos se aplican también a la responsabilidad internacional de un Estado por un hecho internacionalmente ilícito relacionado con el comportamiento de una organización internacional.", "Artículo 2 Definiciones", "A los efectos de los presentes artículos:", "a) Se entiende por “organización internacional” una organización instituida por un tratado u otro instrumento regido por el derecho internacional y dotada de personalidad jurídica internacional propia. Además de los Estados, las organizaciones internacionales pueden contar entre sus miembros con otras entidades;", "b) Se entiende por “reglas de la organización”, en particular, los instrumentos constitutivos, las decisiones, resoluciones y otros actos de la organización internacional adoptados de conformidad con esos instrumentos, y la práctica bien establecida de la organización;", "c) Se entiende por “órgano de una organización internacional” toda persona o entidad que posea esta condición de conformidad con las reglas de la organización;", "d) Se entiende por “agente de una organización internacional” un funcionario u otra persona o entidad, que no sea un órgano, al que la organización haya encargado cumplir una de sus funciones, o ayudar a cumplirla, y por medio del cual, en consecuencia, la organización actúa.", "Segunda parte El hecho internacionalmente ilícito de una organización internacional", "Capítulo I Principios generales", "Artículo 3 Responsabilidad de una organización internacional por sus hechos internacionalmente ilícitos", "Todo hecho internacionalmente ilícito de una organización internacional genera su responsabilidad internacional.", "Artículo 4 Elementos del hecho internacionalmente ilícito de una organización internacional", "Hay hecho internacionalmente ilícito de una organización internacional cuando un comportamiento consistente en una acción u omisión:", "a) Es atribuible a esa organización según el derecho internacional; y", "b) Constituye una violación de una obligación internacional de esa organización.", "Artículo 5 Calificación del hecho de una organización internacional como internacionalmente ilícito", "La calificación del hecho de una organización internacional como internacionalmente ilícito se rige por el derecho internacional.", "Capítulo II Atribución de un comportamiento a una organización internacional", "Artículo 6 Comportamiento de órganos o agentes de una organización internacional", "1. El comportamiento de un órgano o de un agente de una organización internacional en el ejercicio de sus funciones se considerará hecho de esa organización según el derecho internacional, cualquiera que sea la posición del órgano o el agente en relación con la organización.", "2. Las reglas de la organización se aplicarán para determinar las funciones de sus órganos y agentes.", "Artículo 7 Comportamiento de órganos de un Estado o de órganos o agentes de una organización internacional puestos a disposición de otra organización internacional", "El comportamiento de un órgano de un Estado o de un órgano o un agente de una organización internacional que hayan sido puestos a disposición de otra organización internacional se considerará un hecho de esta última organización según el derecho internacional si esta ejerce un control efectivo sobre ese comportamiento.", "Artículo 8 Extralimitación en la competencia o contravención de instrucciones", "El comportamiento de un órgano o un agente de una organización internacional se considerará un hecho de esa organización según el derecho internacional si tal órgano o agente actúa a título oficial en el marco de las funciones generales de la organización, aunque ese comportamiento exceda de la competencia del órgano o agente o contravenga sus instrucciones.", "Artículo 9 Comportamiento que una organización internacional reconoce y adopta como propio", "El comportamiento que no sea atribuible a una organización internacional en virtud de los artículos 6 a 8 se considerará, no obstante, hecho de esa organización según el derecho internacional, en el caso y en la medida en que la organización reconozca y adopte ese comportamiento como propio.", "Capítulo III Violación de una obligación internacional", "Artículo 10 Existencia de violación de una obligación internacional", "1. Hay violación de una obligación internacional por una organización internacional cuando un hecho de esa organización internacional no está en conformidad con lo que de ella exige esa obligación, sea cual fuere el origen o la naturaleza de la obligación en cuestión.", "2. El párrafo 1 incluye la violación de toda obligación internacional de una organización con respecto a sus miembros que pueda resultar para una organización internacional de las reglas de la organización.", "Artículo 11 Obligación internacional vigente respecto de una organización internacional", "Un hecho de una organización internacional no constituye violación de una obligación internacional a menos que la organización se halle vinculada por dicha obligación en el momento en que se produce el hecho.", "Artículo 12 Extensión en el tiempo de la violación de una obligación internacional", "1. La violación de una obligación internacional mediante un hecho de una organización internacional que no tenga carácter continuo tiene lugar en el momento en que se produce el hecho, aunque sus efectos perduren.", "2. La violación de una obligación internacional mediante un hecho de una organización internacional que tenga carácter continuo se extiende durante todo el período en el cual el hecho continúa y se mantiene su falta de conformidad con esa obligación.", "3. La violación de una obligación internacional en virtud de la cual una organización internacional debe prevenir un acontecimiento determinado tiene lugar cuando se produce el acontecimiento y se extiende durante todo el período en el cual ese acontecimiento continúa y se mantiene su falta de conformidad con esa obligación.", "Artículo 13 Violación consistente en un hecho compuesto", "1. La violación por una organización internacional de una obligación internacional mediante una serie de acciones u omisiones, definida en su conjunto como ilícita, tiene lugar cuando se produce la acción u omisión que, tomada con las demás acciones u omisiones, es suficiente para constituir el hecho ilícito.", "2. En tal caso, la violación se extiende durante todo el período que comienza con la primera de las acciones u omisiones de la serie y se prolonga mientras esas acciones u omisiones se repiten y se mantiene su falta de conformidad con la obligación internacional.", "Capítulo IV Responsabilidad de una organización internacional en relación con el hecho de un Estado o de otra organización internacional", "Artículo 14 Ayuda o asistencia en la comisión de un hecho internacionalmente ilícito", "La organización internacional que presta ayuda o asistencia a un Estado o a otra organización internacional en la comisión por ese Estado o por esta última organización de un hecho internacionalmente ilícito es responsable internacionalmente por prestar ayuda o asistencia si:", "a) Lo hace conociendo las circunstancias del hecho internacionalmente ilícito; y", "b) El hecho sería internacionalmente ilícito si fuese cometido por la organización que presta la ayuda o asistencia.", "Artículo 15 Dirección y control ejercidos en la comisión del hecho internacionalmente ilícito", "La organización internacional que dirige y controla a un Estado o a otra organización internacional en la comisión por ese Estado o por esta última organización de un hecho internacionalmente ilícito es internacionalmente responsable por este hecho si:", "a) Lo hace conociendo las circunstancias del hecho internacionalmente ilícito; y", "b) El hecho sería internacionalmente ilícito si fuese cometido por la organización que dirige y controla.", "Artículo 16 Coacción sobre un Estado u otra organización internacional", "La organización internacional que coacciona a un Estado o a otra organización internacional para que cometan un hecho es internacionalmente responsable por este hecho si:", "a) El hecho, de no mediar coacción, constituiría un hecho internacionalmente ilícito del Estado o la organización internacional coaccionados; y", "b) La organización internacional que ejerce la coacción actúa conociendo las circunstancias del hecho.", "Artículo 17 Elusión de obligaciones internacionales mediante decisiones y autorizaciones dirigidas a los miembros", "1. Una organización internacional incurre en responsabilidad internacional si se sustrae al cumplimiento de una de sus obligaciones internacionales adoptando una decisión que obliga a Estados miembros o a organizaciones internacionales miembros a cometer un hecho que sería internacionalmente ilícito si fuese cometido por aquella organización.", "2. Una organización internacional incurre en responsabilidad internacional si se sustrae al cumplimiento de una de sus obligaciones internacionales autorizando a Estados miembros o a organizaciones internacionales miembros a cometer un hecho que sería internacionalmente ilícito si fuese cometido por aquella organización y el hecho en cuestión es cometido en virtud de esa autorización.", "3. Los párrafos 1 y 2 se aplican independientemente de que el hecho en cuestión sea internacionalmente ilícito para los Estados miembros o las organizaciones internacionales miembros a los que se dirigió la decisión o la autorización.", "Artículo 18 Responsabilidad de una organización internacional miembro de otra organización internacional", "Sin perjuicio de lo dispuesto en los artículos 14 a 17, la responsabilidad internacional de una organización internacional que es miembro de otra organización internacional también surge en relación con un hecho de esta última en las condiciones enunciadas en los artículos 61 y 62 para los Estados que son miembros de una organización internacional.", "Artículo 19 Efecto de este capítulo", "Este capítulo se entiende sin perjuicio de la responsabilidad internacional del Estado o de la organización internacional que cometan el hecho en cuestión o de cualquier otro Estado u organización internacional.", "Capítulo V Circunstancias que excluyen la ilicitud", "Artículo 20 Consentimiento", "El consentimiento válido otorgado por un Estado o una organización internacional a la comisión de un hecho determinado por otra organización internacional excluye la ilicitud de tal hecho en relación con el Estado o la primera organización en la medida en que el hecho permanece dentro de los límites de dicho consentimiento.", "Artículo 21 Legítima defensa", "La ilicitud del hecho de una organización internacional queda excluida en el caso y en la medida en que ese hecho constituya una medida lícita de legítima defensa en virtud del derecho internacional.", "Artículo 22 Contramedidas", "1. Sin perjuicio de lo dispuesto en los párrafos 2 y 3, la ilicitud de un hecho de una organización internacional que no esté en conformidad con una obligación internacional de esa organización para con un Estado u otra organización internacional queda excluida en el caso y en la medida en que ese hecho constituya una contramedida adoptada de acuerdo con las condiciones de fondo y de procedimiento que exige el derecho internacional, incluidas las enunciadas en el capítulo II de la cuarta parte para las contramedidas adoptadas contra otra organización internacional.", "2. Sin perjuicio de lo dispuesto en el párrafo 3, una organización internacional no podrá tomar contramedidas contra un Estado miembro o una organización internacional miembro responsables a menos que:", "a) Se cumplan las condiciones recogidas en el párrafo 1;", "b) Las contramedidas no sean incompatibles con las reglas de la organización; y", "c) No existan medios adecuados para inducir de otro modo al Estado responsable o a la organización internacional responsable a cumplir sus obligaciones de cese de la violación y de reparación.", "3. Una organización internacional no podrá tomar contramedidas contra un Estado miembro o una organización internacional miembro en respuesta a una violación de una obligación internacional establecida en las reglas de la organización a menos que dichas contramedidas estén previstas en esas reglas.", "Artículo 23 Fuerza mayor", "1. La ilicitud del hecho de una organización internacional que no esté en conformidad con una obligación internacional de esa organización queda excluida si ese hecho se debe a fuerza mayor, es decir, a una fuerza irresistible o a un acontecimiento imprevisto ajenos al control de la organización, que hacen materialmente imposible, en las circunstancias del caso, cumplir con la obligación.", "2. El párrafo 1 no es aplicable si:", "a) La situación de fuerza mayor se debe, por sí sola o en combinación con otros factores, al comportamiento de la organización que la invoca; o", "b) La organización ha asumido el riesgo de que se produzca esa situación.", "Artículo 24 Peligro extremo", "1. La ilicitud del hecho de una organización internacional que no esté en conformidad con una obligación internacional de esa organización queda excluida si el autor de ese hecho no tiene razonablemente, en una situación de peligro extremo, otro modo de salvar su vida o la vida de otras personas confiadas a su cuidado.", "2. El párrafo 1 no es aplicable si:", "a) La situación de peligro extremo se debe, por sí sola o en combinación con otros factores, al comportamiento de la organización que la invoca; o", "b) Es probable que el hecho en cuestión cree un peligro comparable o mayor.", "Artículo 25 Estado de necesidad", "1. Una organización internacional no puede invocar el estado de necesidad como causa de exclusión de la ilicitud de un hecho que no esté en conformidad con una obligación internacional de esa organización a menos que ese hecho:", "a) Sea el único modo para la organización de salvaguardar contra un peligro grave e inminente un interés esencial de sus Estados miembros o de la comunidad internacional en su conjunto cuando la organización, en virtud del derecho internacional, tiene la función de proteger ese interés; y", "b) No afecte gravemente a un interés esencial del Estado o de los Estados con relación a los cuales existe la obligación internacional, o de la comunidad internacional en su conjunto.", "2. En todo caso, una organización internacional no puede invocar el estado de necesidad como causa de exclusión de la ilicitud si:", "a) La obligación internacional de que se trate excluye la posibilidad de invocar el estado de necesidad; o", "b) La organización ha contribuido a que se produzca el estado de necesidad.", "Artículo 26 Cumplimiento de normas imperativas", "Ninguna disposición de este capítulo excluirá la ilicitud de cualquier hecho de una organización internacional que no esté en conformidad con una obligación que emana de una norma imperativa de derecho internacional general.", "Artículo 27 Consecuencias de la invocación de una circunstancia que excluye la ilicitud", "La invocación de una circunstancia que excluye la ilicitud en virtud de este capítulo se entenderá sin perjuicio de:", "a) El cumplimiento de la obligación de que se trate, en el caso y en la medida en que la circunstancia que excluye la ilicitud haya dejado de existir;", "b) La cuestión de la indemnización de cualquier pérdida efectiva causada por el hecho en cuestión.", "Tercera parte Contenido de la responsabilidad internacional de una organización internacional", "Capítulo I Principios generales", "Artículo 28 Consecuencias jurídicas del hecho internacionalmente ilícito", "La responsabilidad internacional de una organización internacional que, de conformidad con las disposiciones de la segunda parte, nace de un hecho internacionalmente ilícito produce las consecuencias jurídicas que se enuncian en esta parte.", "Artículo 29 Continuidad del deber de cumplir la obligación", "Las consecuencias jurídicas del hecho internacionalmente ilícito con arreglo a lo dispuesto en esta parte no afectan la continuidad del deber de la organización internacional responsable de cumplir la obligación violada.", "Artículo 30 Cesación y no repetición", "La organización internacional responsable del hecho internacionalmente ilícito está obligada:", "a) A ponerle fin, si ese hecho continúa;", "b) A ofrecer seguridades y garantías adecuadas de no repetición, si las circunstancias lo exigen.", "Artículo 31 Reparación", "1. La organización internacional responsable está obligada a reparar íntegramente el perjuicio causado por el hecho internacionalmente ilícito.", "2. El perjuicio comprende todo daño, tanto material como moral, causado por el hecho internacionalmente ilícito de la organización internacional.", "Artículo 32 Relevancia de las reglas de la organización", "1. La organización internacional responsable no puede invocar sus reglas como justificación del incumplimiento de las obligaciones que le incumben en virtud de esta parte.", "2. El párrafo 1 se entiende sin perjuicio de la aplicabilidad de las reglas de una organización internacional a las relaciones entre la organización y sus Estados y organizaciones miembros.", "Artículo 33 Alcance de las obligaciones internacionales enunciadas en esta parte", "1. Las obligaciones de la organización internacional responsable enunciadas en esta parte pueden existir con relación a un Estado o varios Estados, a otra organización o a varias organizaciones o a la comunidad internacional en su conjunto, dependiendo, en particular, de la naturaleza y el contenido de la obligación internacional violada y de las circunstancias de la violación.", "2. Esta parte se entiende sin perjuicio de cualquier derecho que la responsabilidad internacional de una organización internacional pueda generar directamente en beneficio de una persona o de una entidad distintas de un Estado o una organización internacional.", "Capítulo II Reparación del perjuicio", "Artículo 34 Formas de reparación", "La reparación íntegra del perjuicio causado por el hecho internacionalmente ilícito adoptará la forma de restitución, de indemnización y de satisfacción, ya sea de manera única o combinada, de conformidad con las disposiciones de este capítulo.", "Artículo 35 Restitución", "La organización internacional responsable de un hecho internacionalmente ilícito está obligada a la restitución, es decir, a restablecer la situación que existía antes de la comisión del hecho ilícito, siempre que y en la medida en que esa restitución:", "a) No sea materialmente imposible;", "b) No entrañe una carga totalmente desproporcionada con relación al beneficio que se derivaría de la restitución en vez de la indemnización.", "Artículo 36 Indemnización", "1. La organización internacional responsable de un hecho internacionalmente ilícito está obligada a indemnizar el daño causado por ese hecho, en la medida en que dicho daño no sea reparado por la restitución.", "2. La indemnización cubrirá todo daño susceptible de evaluación financiera, incluido el lucro cesante en la medida en que este sea comprobado.", "Artículo 37 Satisfacción", "1. La organización internacional responsable de un hecho internacionalmente ilícito está obligada a dar satisfacción por el perjuicio causado por ese hecho en la medida en que ese perjuicio no pueda ser reparado mediante restitución o indemnización.", "2. La satisfacción puede consistir en un reconocimiento de la violación, una expresión de pesar, una disculpa formal o cualquier otra modalidad adecuada.", "3. La satisfacción no será desproporcionada con relación al perjuicio y no podrá adoptar una forma humillante para la organización internacional responsable.", "Artículo 38 Intereses", "1. Se deben pagar intereses sobre toda suma principal adeudada en virtud de este capítulo, en la medida necesaria para asegurar la reparación íntegra. El tipo de interés y el modo de cálculo se fijarán de manera que se alcance ese resultado.", "2. Los intereses se devengarán desde la fecha en que debería haberse pagado la suma principal hasta la fecha en que se haya cumplido la obligación de pago.", "Artículo 39 Contribución al perjuicio", "Para determinar la reparación se tendrá en cuenta la contribución al perjuicio resultante de la acción o la omisión, intencional o negligente, del Estado lesionado o la organización internacional lesionada o de toda persona o entidad en relación con la cual se exija la reparación.", "Artículo 40 Medidas para asegurar el cumplimiento de la obligación de reparación", "1. La organización internacional responsable adoptará todas las medidas apropiadas, de conformidad con sus reglas, a fin de que sus miembros le proporcionen los medios para el cumplimiento efectivo de las obligaciones que le incumben en virtud de este capítulo.", "2. Los miembros de la organización internacional responsable adoptarán todas las medidas apropiadas que las reglas de la organización puedan requerir para que esta pueda cumplir efectivamente las obligaciones que le incumben en virtud de este capítulo.", "Capítulo III Violaciones graves de obligaciones emanadas de normas imperativas de derecho internacional general", "Artículo 41 Aplicación de este capítulo", "1. Este capítulo se aplicará a la responsabilidad internacional generada por una violación grave por una organización internacional de una obligación que emane de una norma imperativa de derecho internacional general.", "2. La violación de tal obligación es grave si implica el incumplimiento flagrante o sistemático de la obligación por la organización internacional responsable.", "Artículo 42 Consecuencias particulares de la violación grave de una obligación en virtud de este capítulo", "1. Los Estados y las organizaciones internacionales cooperarán para poner fin, por medios lícitos, a toda violación grave en el sentido del artículo 41.", "2. Ningún Estado ni ninguna organización internacional reconocerá como lícita una situación creada por una violación grave en el sentido del artículo 41, ni prestará ayuda o asistencia para mantener esa situación.", "3. El artículo 42 se entenderá sin perjuicio de las demás consecuencias enunciadas en esta parte y de toda otra consecuencia que una violación a la que se aplique este capítulo pueda generar según el derecho internacional.", "Cuarta parte Modos de hacer efectiva la responsabilidad internacional de una organización internacional", "Capítulo I Invocación de la responsabilidad de una organización internacional", "Artículo 43 Invocación de la responsabilidad por el Estado lesionado o la organización internacional lesionada", "Un Estado o una organización internacional tendrán derecho como Estado lesionado o como organización internacional lesionada a invocar la responsabilidad de otra organización internacional si la obligación violada existe:", "a) Con relación a ese Estado o a aquella organización internacional individualmente;", "b) Con relación a un grupo de Estados u organizaciones internacionales, del que ese Estado o aquella organización internacional forman parte, o con relación a la comunidad internacional en su conjunto, y la violación de la obligación:", "i) Afecta especialmente a ese Estado o a esa organización internacional; o", "ii) Es de tal índole que modifica radicalmente la situación de todos los demás Estados y organizaciones internacionales con los que existe esa obligación con respecto al ulterior cumplimiento de esta.", "Artículo 44 Notificación de la reclamación por el Estado lesionado o la organización internacional lesionada", "1. El Estado lesionado o la organización internacional lesionada que invoquen la responsabilidad de otra organización internacional notificarán su reclamación a esa organización.", "2. El Estado lesionado o la organización internacional lesionada podrán especificar en particular:", "a) El comportamiento que debería observar la organización internacional responsable para poner fin al hecho ilícito, si ese hecho continúa;", "b) La forma que debería adoptar la reparación de conformidad con las disposiciones de la tercera parte.", "Artículo 45 Admisibilidad de la reclamación", "1. Un Estado lesionado no podrá invocar la responsabilidad de una organización internacional si la reclamación no se presenta de conformidad con las normas aplicables en materia de nacionalidad de las reclamaciones.", "2. Cuando la reclamación esté sujeta a la norma del agotamiento de los recursos internos, el Estado lesionado o la organización internacional lesionada no podrán invocar la responsabilidad de otra organización internacional si no se han agotado todas las vías de recurso disponibles y efectivas.", "Artículo 46 Pérdida del derecho a invocar la responsabilidad", "La responsabilidad de una organización internacional no podrá ser invocada:", "a) Si el Estado lesionado o la organización internacional lesionada han renunciado válidamente a la reclamación;", "b) Si, en razón del comportamiento del Estado lesionado o la organización internacional lesionada, debe entenderse que han dado válidamente aquiescencia a la extinción de la reclamación.", "Artículo 47 Pluralidad de Estados lesionados u organizaciones internacionales lesionadas", "Cuando varios Estados u organizaciones internacionales sean lesionados por el mismo hecho internacionalmente ilícito de una organización internacional, cada Estado lesionado u organización internacional lesionada podrá invocar por separado la responsabilidad de la organización internacional por el hecho internacionalmente ilícito.", "Artículo 48 Responsabilidad de una organización internacional y de uno o varios Estados o una o varias organizaciones internacionales", "1. Cuando una organización internacional y uno o varios Estados o una o varias otras organizaciones internacionales sean responsables del mismo hecho internacionalmente ilícito, podrá invocarse la responsabilidad de cada Estado u organización en relación con ese hecho.", "2. La responsabilidad subsidiaria solo podrá invocarse en la medida en que la invocación de la responsabilidad principal no haya dado lugar a reparación.", "3. Los párrafos 1 y 2:", "a) No autorizan a un Estado lesionado o a una organización internacional lesionada a recibir una indemnización superior al daño que hayan sufrido;", "b) Se entenderán sin perjuicio de cualquier derecho a recurrir que el Estado o la organización internacional que hubieren dado reparación puedan tener contra los otros Estados u organizaciones internacionales responsables.", "Artículo 49 Invocación de la responsabilidad por un Estado o una organización internacional que no sean un Estado lesionado o una organización internacional lesionada", "1. Un Estado o una organización internacional que no sean un Estado lesionado o una organización internacional lesionada tendrán derecho a invocar la responsabilidad de otra organización internacional, con arreglo al párrafo 4, si la obligación violada existe con relación a un grupo de Estados u organizaciones internacionales del que el Estado o la organización que invocan la responsabilidad forman parte y si la obligación ha sido establecida para la protección de un interés colectivo del grupo.", "2. Un Estado que no sea un Estado lesionado tendrá derecho a invocar la responsabilidad de una organización internacional, con arreglo al párrafo 4, si la obligación violada existe con relación a la comunidad internacional en su conjunto.", "3. Una organización internacional que no sea una organización lesionada tendrá derecho a invocar la responsabilidad de otra organización internacional, con arreglo al párrafo 4, si la obligación violada existe con relación a la comunidad internacional en su conjunto y si la salvaguardia de los intereses de la comunidad internacional en su conjunto en que se fundamenta la obligación violada forma parte de las funciones de la organización que invoca la responsabilidad.", "4. Un Estado o una organización internacional con derecho a invocar la responsabilidad en virtud de los párrafos 1 a 3 podrán reclamar a la organización internacional responsable:", "a) La cesación del hecho internacionalmente ilícito y las seguridades y garantías de no repetición, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en el artículo 30; y", "b) El cumplimiento de la obligación de reparación de conformidad con lo dispuesto en la tercera parte, en interés del Estado lesionado o de la organización internacional lesionada o de los beneficiarios de la obligación violada.", "5. Los requisitos para la invocación de la responsabilidad por parte de un Estado o una organización internacional lesionada, previstos en los artículos 44, 45, párrafo 2, y 46, serán de aplicación en caso de invocación de la responsabilidad por parte de un Estado o una organización internacional en virtud de los párrafos 1 a 4.", "Artículo 50 Alcance de este capítulo", "Este capítulo se entenderá sin perjuicio del derecho que pueda tener una persona o entidad que no sea un Estado o una organización internacional a invocar la responsabilidad internacional de una organización internacional.", "Capítulo II Contramedidas", "Artículo 51 Objeto y límites de las contramedidas", "1. El Estado lesionado o la organización internacional lesionada solamente podrán adoptar contramedidas contra una organización internacional responsable de un hecho internacionalmente ilícito con el objeto de inducirla a cumplir las obligaciones que le incumben en virtud de lo dispuesto en la tercera parte.", "2. Las contramedidas se limitarán al incumplimiento temporario de obligaciones internacionales que el Estado o la organización internacional que tomen tales medidas tengan con la organización responsable.", "3. En la medida de lo posible, las contramedidas se tomarán de manera que se permita la reanudación del cumplimiento de las obligaciones en cuestión.", "4. En la medida de lo posible, las contramedidas se tomarán de manera que se limiten sus efectos en el ejercicio por la organización internacional responsable de sus funciones.", "Artículo 52 Condiciones para la adopción de contramedidas por miembros de una organización internacional", "1. Sin perjuicio de lo dispuesto en el párrafo 2, un Estado lesionado o una organización internacional lesionada que sean miembros de una organización internacional responsable no podrán adoptar contramedidas contra esa organización, a menos que:", "a) Se cumplan las condiciones mencionadas en el artículo 51;", "b) Las contramedidas no sean incompatibles con las reglas de la organización; y", "c) No existan medios adecuados para inducir de otro modo a la organización internacional responsable a cumplir las obligaciones que le incumben en lo referente al cese de la violación y a la reparación.", "2. Un Estado lesionado o una organización internacional lesionada que sean miembros de una organización internacional responsable no podrán adoptar contramedidas contra esa organización en respuesta a una violación de una obligación internacional contraída en virtud de las reglas de la organización, a menos que tales contramedidas estén previstas en dichas reglas.", "Artículo 53 Obligaciones que no pueden ser afectadas por las contramedidas", "1. Las contramedidas no podrán afectar a:", "a) La obligación de abstenerse de recurrir a la amenaza o al uso de la fuerza, tal como está enunciada en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas;", "b) Las obligaciones establecidas para la protección de los derechos humanos;", "c) Las obligaciones de carácter humanitario que prohíben las represalias;", "d) Otras obligaciones que emanen de normas imperativas del derecho internacional general.", "2. El Estado lesionado o la organización internacional lesionada que tomen contramedidas no quedarán exentos del cumplimiento de las obligaciones que les incumban:", "a) En virtud de cualquier procedimiento de solución de controversias aplicable entre el Estado lesionado o la organización internacional lesionada y la organización internacional responsable;", "b) En relación con el respeto de toda inviolabilidad de los órganos o agentes de la organización internacional responsable y de los locales, archivos y documentos de esa organización.", "Artículo 54 Proporcionalidad de las contramedidas", "Las contramedidas deben ser proporcionales al perjuicio sufrido, teniendo en cuenta la gravedad del hecho internacionalmente ilícito y los derechos en cuestión.", "Artículo 55 Condiciones del recurso a las contramedidas", "1. Antes de adoptar contramedidas, el Estado lesionado o la organización internacional lesionada:", "a) Requerirán a la organización internacional responsable, de conformidad con el artículo 44, que cumpla las obligaciones que le incumben en virtud de la tercera parte;", "b) Notificarán a la organización internacional responsable cualquier decisión de tomar contramedidas y ofrecerán negociar con esa organización.", "2. No obstante lo dispuesto en el párrafo 1 b), el Estado lesionado o la organización internacional lesionada podrán tomar las contramedidas urgentes que sean necesarias para preservar sus derechos.", "3. Las contramedidas no podrán tomarse y, en caso de haberse tomado, deberán suspenderse sin demora injustificada, si:", "a) El hecho internacionalmente ilícito ha cesado; y", "b) La controversia está sometida a una corte o un tribunal competentes para dictar decisiones vinculantes para las partes.", "4. No se aplicará el párrafo 3 si la organización internacional responsable no aplica de buena fe los procedimientos de solución de controversias.", "Artículo 56 Terminación de las contramedidas", "Se pondrá fin a las contramedidas tan pronto como la organización internacional responsable haya cumplido sus obligaciones en relación con el hecho internacionalmente ilícito de conformidad con lo dispuesto en la tercera parte.", "Artículo 57 Medidas tomadas por un Estado o una organización internacional que no sean un Estado lesionado o una organización lesionada", "Este capítulo no afectará al derecho de cualquier Estado u organización internacional, facultados con arreglo al artículo 49, párrafos 1 a 3, para invocar la responsabilidad de otra organización internacional, a tomar medidas lícitas contra esta para lograr el cese de la violación y la reparación en interés del Estado lesionado o la organización lesionada o de los beneficiarios de la obligación violada.", "Quinta parte Responsabilidad de un Estado en relación con el comportamiento de una organización internacional", "Artículo 58 Ayuda o asistencia prestada por un Estado en la comisión de un hecho internacionalmente ilícito por una organización internacional", "1. El Estado que presta ayuda o asistencia a una organización internacional en la comisión por esta última de un hecho internacionalmente ilícito es responsable internacionalmente por prestar esa ayuda o asistencia si:", "a) Lo hace conociendo las circunstancias del hecho internacionalmente ilícito; y", "b) El hecho sería internacionalmente ilícito si fuese cometido por el Estado que presta la ayuda o la asistencia.", "2. Un hecho de un Estado miembro de una organización internacional realizado de conformidad con las reglas de la organización no genera por sí solo la responsabilidad internacional de ese Estado con arreglo a lo dispuesto en el artículo 58.", "Artículo 59 Dirección y control ejercidos por un Estado en la comisión de un hecho internacionalmente ilícito por una organización internacional", "1. El Estado que dirige y controla a una organización internacional en la comisión por esta última de un hecho internacionalmente ilícito es internacionalmente responsable por este hecho si:", "a) Lo hace conociendo las circunstancias del hecho internacionalmente ilícito; y", "b) El hecho sería internacionalmente ilícito si fuese cometido por ese Estado.", "2. Un hecho de un Estado miembro de una organización internacional realizado de conformidad con las reglas de la organización no genera por sí solo la responsabilidad internacional de ese Estado con arreglo a lo dispuesto en el artículo 59.", "Artículo 60 Coacción ejercida por un Estado sobre una organización internacional", "El Estado que coacciona a una organización internacional para que cometa un hecho es internacionalmente responsable por este hecho si:", "a) El hecho, de no mediar coacción, constituiría un hecho internacionalmente ilícito de la organización internacional coaccionada; y", "b) El Estado que ejerce la coacción actúa conociendo las circunstancias del hecho.", "Artículo 61 Elusión de obligaciones internacionales de un Estado miembro de una organización internacional", "1. Un Estado miembro de una organización internacional incurre en responsabilidad internacional si, prevaliéndose de que la organización es competente en relación con el objeto de una de las obligaciones internacionales de ese Estado, se sustrae al cumplimiento de la obligación induciendo a la organización a cometer un hecho que, de haber sido cometido por dicho Estado, habría constituido una violación de esa obligación.", "2. El párrafo 1 se aplica independientemente de que el hecho sea o no internacionalmente ilícito para la organización internacional.", "Artículo 62 Responsabilidad de un Estado miembro de una organización internacional por un hecho internacionalmente ilícito de esa organización", "1. Un Estado miembro de una organización internacional es responsable de un hecho internacionalmente ilícito de esa organización si:", "a) Ha aceptado la responsabilidad por ese hecho para con la parte lesionada; o", "b) Ha inducido a la parte lesionada a confiar en su responsabilidad.", "2. Se presume que toda responsabilidad internacional de un Estado de conformidad con el párrafo 1 tiene carácter subsidiario.", "Artículo 63 Efecto de esta parte", "Esta parte se entiende sin perjuicio de la responsabilidad internacional de la organización internacional que cometa el hecho en cuestión o de la responsabilidad de cualquier otro Estado u organización internacional.", "Sexta parte Disposiciones generales", "Artículo 64 Lex specialis", "Los presentes artículos no se aplican en el caso y en la medida en que las condiciones de existencia de un hecho internacionalmente ilícito de una organización internacional o de un Estado en relación con el comportamiento de una organización internacional, el contenido de dicha responsabilidad internacional o el modo de hacerla efectiva, se rijan por normas especiales de derecho internacional. Estas normas especiales de derecho internacional pueden estar contenidas en las reglas de la organización que sean aplicables a las relaciones entre la organización internacional y sus miembros.", "Artículo 65 Cuestiones de responsabilidad internacional no reguladas en los presentes artículos", "Las normas de derecho internacional aplicables seguirán rigiendo las cuestiones relativas a la responsabilidad de una organización internacional o de un Estado por un hecho internacionalmente ilícito en la medida en que esas cuestiones no estén reguladas en los presentes artículos.", "Artículo 66 Responsabilidad individual", "Los presentes artículos se entenderán sin perjuicio de cualquier cuestión relativa a la responsabilidad individual, en virtud del derecho internacional, de cualquier persona que actúe en nombre de una organización internacional o de un Estado.", "Artículo 67 Carta de las Naciones Unidas", "Los presentes artículos se entenderán sin perjuicio de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas.", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 10 (A/66/10).", "[2]  Ibid., párr. 85.", "[3]  Ibid., Sexta Comisión, 18ª a 28ª y 30ª sesiones (A/C.6/66/SR.18‑28 y 30), y corrección." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/473)]", "66/100. Responsibility of international organizations", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered chapter V of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-third session,[1] which contains the draft articles on the responsibility of international organizations,", "Noting that the International Law Commission decided to recommend to the General Assembly that it take note of the draft articles on the responsibility of international organizations in a resolution and annex the draft articles to that resolution, and that it consider, at a later stage, the elaboration of a convention on the basis of the draft articles,[2]", "Emphasizing the continuing importance of the codification and progressive development of international law, as referred to in Article 13, paragraph 1 (a), of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Noting that the subject of responsibility of international organizations is of major importance in the relations of States and international organizations,", "Taking note of the comments of Governments and the discussion in the Sixth Committee at the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly on this topic,[3]", "1. Welcomes the conclusion of the work of the International Law Commission on responsibility of international organizations and its adoption of the draft articles and a detailed commentary on the subject;¹", "2. Expresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for its continuing contribution to the codification and progressive development of international law;", "3. Takes note of the articles on the responsibility of international organizations, presented by the International Law Commission, the text of which is annexed to the present resolution, and commends them to the attention of Governments and international organizations without prejudice to the question of their future adoption or other appropriate action;", "4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session an item entitled “Responsibility of international organizations”, with a view to examining, inter alia, the question of the form that might be given to the articles.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "Annex", "Responsibility of international organizations", "Part One Introduction", "Article 1 Scope of the present articles", "1. The present articles apply to the international responsibility of an international organization for an internationally wrongful act.", "2. The present articles also apply to the international responsibility of a State for an internationally wrongful act in connection with the conduct of an international organization.", "Article 2 Use of terms", "For the purposes of the present articles:", "(a) “International organization” means an organization established by a treaty or other instrument governed by international law and possessing its own international legal personality. International organizations may include as members, in addition to States, other entities;", "(b) “Rules of the organization” means, in particular, the constituent instruments, decisions, resolutions and other acts of the international organization adopted in accordance with those instruments, and established practice of the organization;", "(c) “Organ of an international organization” means any person or entity which has that status in accordance with the rules of the organization;", "(d) “Agent of an international organization” means an official or other person or entity, other than an organ, who is charged by the organization with carrying out, or helping to carry out, one of its functions, and thus through whom the organization acts.", "Part Two The internationally wrongful act of an international organization", "Chapter I General principles", "Article 3 Responsibility of an international organization for its internationally wrongful acts", "Every internationally wrongful act of an international organization entails the international responsibility of that organization.", "Article 4 Elements of an internationally wrongful act of an international organization", "There is an internationally wrongful act of an international organization when conduct consisting of an action or omission:", "(a) Is attributable to that organization under international law; and", "(b) Constitutes a breach of an international obligation of that organization.", "Article 5 Characterization of an act of an international organization as internationally wrongful", "The characterization of an act of an international organization as internationally wrongful is governed by international law.", "Chapter II Attribution of conduct to an international organization", "Article 6 Conduct of organs or agents of an international organization", "1. The conduct of an organ or agent of an international organization in the performance of functions of that organ or agent shall be considered an act of that organization under international law, whatever position the organ or agent holds in respect of the organization.", "2. The rules of the organization apply in the determination of the functions of its organs and agents.", "Article 7 Conduct of organs of a State or organs or agents of an international organization placed at the disposal of another international organization", "The conduct of an organ of a State or an organ or agent of an international organization that is placed at the disposal of another international organization shall be considered under international law an act of the latter organization if the organization exercises effective control over that conduct.", "Article 8 Excess of authority or contravention of instructions", "The conduct of an organ or agent of an international organization shall be considered an act of that organization under international law if the organ or agent acts in an official capacity and within the overall functions of that organization, even if the conduct exceeds the authority of that organ or agent or contravenes instructions.", "Article 9 Conduct acknowledged and adopted by an international organization as its own", "Conduct which is not attributable to an international organization under articles 6 to 8 shall nevertheless be considered an act of that organization under international law if and to the extent that the organization acknowledges and adopts the conduct in question as its own.", "Chapter III Breach of an international obligation", "Article 10 Existence of a breach of an international obligation", "1. There is a breach of an international obligation by an international organization when an act of that international organization is not in conformity with what is required of it by that obligation, regardless of the origin or character of the obligation concerned.", "2. Paragraph 1 includes the breach of any international obligation that may arise for an international organization towards its members under the rules of the organization.", "Article 11 International obligation in force for an international organization", "An act of an international organization does not constitute a breach of an international obligation unless the organization is bound by the obligation in question at the time the act occurs.", "Article 12 Extension in time of the breach of an international obligation", "1. The breach of an international obligation by an act of an international organization not having a continuing character occurs at the moment when the act is performed, even if its effects continue.", "2. The breach of an international obligation by an act of an international organization having a continuing character extends over the entire period during which the act continues and remains not in conformity with that obligation.", "3. The breach of an international obligation requiring an international organization to prevent a given event occurs when the event occurs and extends over the entire period during which the event continues and remains not in conformity with that obligation.", "Article 13 Breach consisting of a composite act", "1. The breach of an international obligation by an international organization through a series of actions and omissions defined in aggregate as wrongful occurs when the action or omission occurs which, taken with the other actions or omissions, is sufficient to constitute the wrongful act.", "2. In such a case, the breach extends over the entire period starting with the first of the actions or omissions of the series and lasts for as long as these actions or omissions are repeated and remain not in conformity with the international obligation.", "Chapter IV Responsibility of an international organization in connection with the act of a State or another international organization", "Article 14 Aid or assistance in the commission of an internationally wrongful act", "An international organization which aids or assists a State or another international organization in the commission of an internationally wrongful act by the State or the latter organization is internationally responsible for doing so if:", "(a) The former organization does so with knowledge of the circumstances of the internationally wrongful act; and", "(b) The act would be internationally wrongful if committed by that organization.", "Article 15 Direction and control exercised over the commission of an internationally wrongful act", "An international organization which directs and controls a State or another international organization in the commission of an internationally wrongful act by the State or the latter organization is internationally responsible for that act if:", "(a) The former organization does so with knowledge of the circumstances of the internationally wrongful act; and", "(b) The act would be internationally wrongful if committed by that organization.", "Article 16 Coercion of a State or another international organization", "An international organization which coerces a State or another international organization to commit an act is internationally responsible for that act if:", "(a) The act would, but for the coercion, be an internationally wrongful act of the coerced State or international organization; and", "(b) The coercing international organization does so with knowledge of the circumstances of the act.", "Article 17 Circumvention of international obligations through decisions and authorizations addressed to members", "1. An international organization incurs international responsibility if it circumvents one of its international obligations by adopting a decision binding member States or international organizations to commit an act that would be internationally wrongful if committed by the former organization.", "2. An international organization incurs international responsibility if it circumvents one of its international obligations by authorizing member States or international organizations to commit an act that would be internationally wrongful if committed by the former organization and the act in question is committed because of that authorization.", "3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 apply whether or not the act in question is internationally wrongful for the member States or international organizations to which the decision or authorization is addressed.", "Article 18 Responsibility of an international organization member of another international organization", "Without prejudice to articles 14 to 17, the international responsibility of an international organization that is a member of another international organization also arises in relation to an act of the latter under the conditions set out in articles 61 and 62 for States that are members of an international organization.", "Article 19 Effect of this Chapter", "This Chapter is without prejudice to the international responsibility of the State or international organization which commits the act in question, or of any other State or international organization.", "Chapter V Circumstances precluding wrongfulness", "Article 20 Consent", "Valid consent by a State or an international organization to the commission of a given act by another international organization precludes the wrongfulness of that act in relation to that State or the former organization to the extent that the act remains within the limits of that consent.", "Article 21 Self-defence", "The wrongfulness of an act of an international organization is precluded if and to the extent that the act constitutes a lawful measure of self-defence under international law.", "Article 22 Countermeasures", "1. Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the wrongfulness of an act of an international organization not in conformity with an international obligation towards a State or another international organization is precluded if and to the extent that the act constitutes a countermeasure taken in accordance with the substantive and procedural conditions required by international law, including those set forth in Chapter II of Part Four for countermeasures taken against another international organization.", "2. Subject to paragraph 3, an international organization may not take countermeasures against a responsible member State or international organization unless:", "(a) The conditions referred to in paragraph 1 are met;", "(b) The countermeasures are not inconsistent with the rules of the organization; and", "(c) No appropriate means are available for otherwise inducing compliance with the obligations of the responsible State or international organization concerning cessation of the breach and reparation.", "3. Countermeasures may not be taken by an international organization against a member State or international organization in response to a breach of an international obligation under the rules of the organization unless such countermeasures are provided for by those rules.", "Article 23 Force majeure", "1. The wrongfulness of an act of an international organization not in conformity with an international obligation of that organization is precluded if the act is due to force majeure, that is, the occurrence of an irresistible force or of an unforeseen event, beyond the control of the organization, making it materially impossible in the circumstances to perform the obligation.", "2. Paragraph 1 does not apply if:", "(a) The situation of force majeure is due, either alone or in combination with other factors, to the conduct of the organization invoking it; or", "(b) The organization has assumed the risk of that situation occurring.", "Article 24 Distress", "1. The wrongfulness of an act of an international organization not in conformity with an international obligation of that organization is precluded if the author of the act in question has no other reasonable way, in a situation of distress, of saving the author’s life or the lives of other persons entrusted to the author’s care.", "2. Paragraph 1 does not apply if:", "(a) The situation of distress is due, either alone or in combination with other factors, to the conduct of the organization invoking it; or", "(b) The act in question is likely to create a comparable or greater peril.", "Article 25 Necessity", "1. Necessity may not be invoked by an international organization as a ground for precluding the wrongfulness of an act not in conformity with an international obligation of that organization unless the act:", "(a) Is the only means for the organization to safeguard against a grave and imminent peril an essential interest of its member States or of the international community as a whole, when the organization has, in accordance with international law, the function to protect the interest in question; and", "(b) Does not seriously impair an essential interest of the State or States towards which the international obligation exists, or of the international community as a whole.", "2. In any case, necessity may not be invoked by an international organization as a ground for precluding wrongfulness if:", "(a) The international obligation in question excludes the possibility of invoking necessity; or", "(b) The organization has contributed to the situation of necessity.", "Article 26 Compliance with peremptory norms", "Nothing in this Chapter precludes the wrongfulness of any act of an international organization which is not in conformity with an obligation arising under a peremptory norm of general international law.", "Article 27 Consequences of invoking a circumstance precluding wrongfulness", "The invocation of a circumstance precluding wrongfulness in accordance with this Chapter is without prejudice to:", "(a) Compliance with the obligation in question, if and to the extent that the circumstance precluding wrongfulness no longer exists;", "(b) The question of compensation for any material loss caused by the act in question.", "Part Three Content of the international responsibility of an international organization", "Chapter I General principles", "Article 28 Legal consequences of an internationally wrongful act", "The international responsibility of an international organization which is entailed by an internationally wrongful act in accordance with the provisions of Part Two involves legal consequences as set out in this Part.", "Article 29 Continued duty of performance", "The legal consequences of an internationally wrongful act under this Part do not affect the continued duty of the responsible international organization to perform the obligation breached.", "Article 30 Cessation and non-repetition", "The international organization responsible for the internationally wrongful act is under an obligation:", "(a) To cease that act, if it is continuing;", "(b) To offer appropriate assurances and guarantees of non-repetition, if circumstances so require.", "Article 31 Reparation", "1. The responsible international organization is under an obligation to make full reparation for the injury caused by the internationally wrongful act.", "2. Injury includes any damage, whether material or moral, caused by the internationally wrongful act of an international organization.", "Article 32 Relevance of the rules of the organization", "1. The responsible international organization may not rely on its rules as justification for failure to comply with its obligations under this Part.", "2. Paragraph 1 is without prejudice to the applicability of the rules of an international organization to the relations between the organization and its member States and organizations.", "Article 33 Scope of international obligations set out in this Part", "1. The obligations of the responsible international organization set out in this Part may be owed to one or more States, to one or more other organizations, or to the international community as a whole, depending in particular on the character and content of the international obligation and on the circumstances of the breach.", "2. This Part is without prejudice to any right, arising from the international responsibility of an international organization, which may accrue directly to any person or entity other than a State or an international organization.", "Chapter II Reparation for injury", "Article 34 Forms of reparation", "Full reparation for the injury caused by the internationally wrongful act shall take the form of restitution, compensation and satisfaction, either singly or in combination, in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.", "Article 35 Restitution", "An international organization responsible for an internationally wrongful act is under an obligation to make restitution, that is, to re-establish the situation which existed before the wrongful act was committed, provided and to the extent that restitution:", "(a) Is not materially impossible;", "(b) Does not involve a burden out of all proportion to the benefit deriving from restitution instead of compensation.", "Article 36 Compensation", "1. The international organization responsible for an internationally wrongful act is under an obligation to compensate for the damage caused thereby, insofar as such damage is not made good by restitution.", "2. The compensation shall cover any financially assessable damage, including loss of profits insofar as it is established.", "Article 37 Satisfaction", "1. The international organization responsible for an internationally wrongful act is under an obligation to give satisfaction for the injury caused by that act insofar as it cannot be made good by restitution or compensation.", "2. Satisfaction may consist in an acknowledgement of the breach, an expression of regret, a formal apology or another appropriate modality.", "3. Satisfaction shall not be out of proportion to the injury and may not take a form humiliating to the responsible international organization.", "Article 38 Interest", "1. Interest on any principal sum due under this Chapter shall be payable when necessary in order to ensure full reparation. The interest rate and mode of calculation shall be set so as to achieve that result.", "2. Interest runs from the date when the principal sum should have been paid until the date the obligation to pay is fulfilled.", "Article 39 Contribution to the injury", "In the determination of reparation, account shall be taken of the contribution to the injury by wilful or negligent action or omission of the injured State or international organization or of any person or entity in relation to whom reparation is sought.", "Article 40 Ensuring the fulfilment of the obligation to make reparation", "1. The responsible international organization shall take all appropriate measures in accordance with its rules to ensure that its members provide it with the means for effectively fulfilling its obligations under this Chapter.", "2. The members of a responsible international organization shall take all the appropriate measures that may be required by the rules of the organization in order to enable the organization to fulfil its obligations under this Chapter.", "Chapter III Serious breaches of obligations under peremptory norms of general international law", "Article 41 Application of this Chapter", "1. This Chapter applies to the international responsibility which is entailed by a serious breach by an international organization of an obligation arising under a peremptory norm of general international law.", "2. A breach of such an obligation is serious if it involves a gross or systematic failure by the responsible international organization to fulfil the obligation.", "Article 42 Particular consequences of a serious breach of an obligation under this Chapter", "1. States and international organizations shall cooperate to bring to an end through lawful means any serious breach within the meaning of article 41.", "2. No State or international organization shall recognize as lawful a situation created by a serious breach within the meaning of article 41, nor render aid or assistance in maintaining that situation.", "3. Article 42 is without prejudice to the other consequences referred to in this Part and to such further consequences that a breach to which this Chapter applies may entail under international law.", "Part Four The implementation of the international responsibility of an international organization", "Chapter I Invocation of the responsibility of an international organization", "Article 43 Invocation of responsibility by an injured State or international organization", "A State or an international organization is entitled as an injured State or an injured international organization to invoke the responsibility of another international organization if the obligation breached is owed to:", "(a) That State or the former international organization individually;", "(b) A group of States or international organizations including that State or the former international organization, or the international community as a whole, and the breach of the obligation:", "(i) Specially affects that State or that international organization; or", "(ii) Is of such a character as radically to change the position of all the other States and international organizations to which the obligation is owed with respect to the further performance of the obligation.", "Article 44 Notice of claim by an injured State or international organization", "1. An injured State or international organization which invokes the responsibility of another international organization shall give notice of its claim to that organization.", "2. The injured State or international organization may specify in particular:", "(a) The conduct that the responsible international organization should take in order to cease the wrongful act, if it is continuing;", "(b) What form reparation should take in accordance with the provisions of Part Three.", "Article 45 Admissibility of claims", "1. An injured State may not invoke the responsibility of an international organization if the claim is not brought in accordance with any applicable rule relating to the nationality of claims.", "2. When the rule of exhaustion of local remedies applies to a claim, an injured State or international organization may not invoke the responsibility of another international organization if any available and effective remedy has not been exhausted.", "Article 46 Loss of the right to invoke responsibility", "The responsibility of an international organization may not be invoked if:", "(a) The injured State or international organization has validly waived the claim;", "(b) The injured State or international organization is to be considered as having, by reason of its conduct, validly acquiesced in the lapse of the claim.", "Article 47 Plurality of injured States or international organizations", "Where several States or international organizations are injured by the same internationally wrongful act of an international organization, each injured State or international organization may separately invoke the responsibility of the international organization for the internationally wrongful act.", "Article 48 Responsibility of an international organization and one or more States or international organizations", "1. Where an international organization and one or more States or other international organizations are responsible for the same internationally wrongful act, the responsibility of each State or organization may be invoked in relation to that act.", "2. Subsidiary responsibility may be invoked insofar as the invocation of the primary responsibility has not led to reparation.", "3. Paragraphs 1 and 2:", "(a) Do not permit any injured State or international organization to recover, by way of compensation, more than the damage it has suffered;", "(b) Are without prejudice to any right of recourse that the State or international organization providing reparation may have against the other responsible States or international organizations.", "Article 49 Invocation of responsibility by a State or an international organization other than an injured State or international organization", "1. A State or an international organization other than an injured State or international organization is entitled to invoke the responsibility of another international organization in accordance with paragraph 4 if the obligation breached is owed to a group of States or international organizations, including the State or organization that invokes responsibility, and is established for the protection of a collective interest of the group.", "2. A State other than an injured State is entitled to invoke the responsibility of an international organization in accordance with paragraph 4 if the obligation breached is owed to the international community as a whole.", "3. An international organization other than an injured international organization is entitled to invoke the responsibility of another international organization in accordance with paragraph 4 if the obligation breached is owed to the international community as a whole and safeguarding the interest of the international community as a whole underlying the obligation breached is within the functions of the international organization invoking responsibility.", "4. A State or an international organization entitled to invoke responsibility under paragraphs 1 to 3 may claim from the responsible international organization:", "(a) Cessation of the internationally wrongful act, and assurances and guarantees of non-repetition in accordance with article 30; and", "(b) Performance of the obligation of reparation in accordance with Part Three, in the interest of the injured State or international organization or of the beneficiaries of the obligation breached.", "5. The requirements for the invocation of responsibility by an injured State or international organization under articles 44, 45, paragraph 2, and 46 apply to an invocation of responsibility by a State or international organization entitled to do so under paragraphs 1 to 4.", "Article 50 Scope of this Chapter", "This Chapter is without prejudice to the entitlement that a person or entity other than a State or an international organization may have to invoke the international responsibility of an international organization.", "Chapter II Countermeasures", "Article 51 Object and limits of countermeasures", "1. An injured State or an injured international organization may only take countermeasures against an international organization which is responsible for an internationally wrongful act in order to induce that organization to comply with its obligations under Part Three.", "2. Countermeasures are limited to the non-performance for the time being of international obligations of the State or international organization taking the measures towards the responsible international organization.", "3. Countermeasures shall, as far as possible, be taken in such a way as to permit the resumption of performance of the obligations in question.", "4. Countermeasures shall, as far as possible, be taken in such a way as to limit their effects on the exercise by the responsible international organization of its functions.", "Article 52 Conditions for taking countermeasures by members of an international organization", "1. Subject to paragraph 2, an injured State or international organization which is a member of a responsible international organization may not take countermeasures against that organization unless:", "(a) The conditions referred to in article 51 are met;", "(b) The countermeasures are not inconsistent with the rules of the organization; and", "(c) No appropriate means are available for otherwise inducing compliance with the obligations of the responsible international organization concerning cessation of the breach and reparation.", "2. Countermeasures may not be taken by an injured State or international organization which is a member of a responsible international organization against that organization in response to a breach of an international obligation under the rules of the organization unless such countermeasures are provided for by those rules.", "Article 53 Obligations not affected by countermeasures", "1. Countermeasures shall not affect:", "(a) The obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force as embodied in the Charter of the United Nations;", "(b) Obligations for the protection of human rights;", "(c) Obligations of a humanitarian character prohibiting reprisals;", "(d) Other obligations under peremptory norms of general international law.", "2. An injured State or international organization taking countermeasures is not relieved from fulfilling its obligations:", "(a) Under any dispute settlement procedure applicable between it and the responsible international organization;", "(b) To respect any inviolability of organs or agents of the responsible international organization and of the premises, archives and documents of that organization.", "Article 54 Proportionality of countermeasures", "Countermeasures must be commensurate with the injury suffered, taking into account the gravity of the internationally wrongful act and the rights in question.", "Article 55 Conditions relating to resort to countermeasures", "1. Before taking countermeasures, an injured State or international organization shall:", "(a) Call upon the responsible international organization, in accordance with article 44, to fulfil its obligations under Part Three;", "(b) Notify the responsible international organization of any decision to take countermeasures and offer to negotiate with that organization.", "2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 (b), the injured State or international organization may take such urgent countermeasures as are necessary to preserve its rights.", "3. Countermeasures may not be taken and, if already taken, must be suspended without undue delay if:", "(a) The internationally wrongful act has ceased; and", "(b) The dispute is pending before a court or tribunal which has the authority to make decisions binding on the parties.", "4. Paragraph 3 does not apply if the responsible international organization fails to implement the dispute settlement procedures in good faith.", "Article 56 Termination of countermeasures", "Countermeasures shall be terminated as soon as the responsible international organization has complied with its obligations under Part Three in relation to the internationally wrongful act.", "Article 57 Measures taken by States or international organizations other than an injured State or organization", "This Chapter does not prejudice the right of any State or international organization, entitled under article 49, paragraphs 1 to 3, to invoke the responsibility of another international organization, to take lawful measures against that organization to ensure cessation of the breach and reparation in the interest of the injured State or organization or of the beneficiaries of the obligation breached.", "Part Five Responsibility of a State in connection with the conduct of an international organization", "Article 58 Aid or assistance by a State in the commission of an internationally wrongful act by an international organization", "1. A State which aids or assists an international organization in the commission of an internationally wrongful act by the latter is internationally responsible for doing so if:", "(a) The State does so with knowledge of the circumstances of the internationally wrongful act; and", "(b) The act would be internationally wrongful if committed by that State.", "2. An act by a State member of an international organization done in accordance with the rules of the organization does not as such engage the international responsibility of that State under the terms of article 58.", "Article 59 Direction and control exercised by a State over the commission of an internationally wrongful act by an international organization", "1. A State which directs and controls an international organization in the commission of an internationally wrongful act by the latter is internationally responsible for that act if:", "(a) The State does so with knowledge of the circumstances of the internationally wrongful act; and", "(b) The act would be internationally wrongful if committed by that State.", "2. An act by a State member of an international organization done in accordance with the rules of the organization does not as such engage the international responsibility of that State under the terms of article 59.", "Article 60 Coercion of an international organization by a State", "A State which coerces an international organization to commit an act is internationally responsible for that act if:", "(a) The act would, but for the coercion, be an internationally wrongful act of the coerced international organization; and", "(b) The coercing State does so with knowledge of the circumstances of the act.", "Article 61 Circumvention of international obligations of a State member of an international organization", "1. A State member of an international organization incurs international responsibility if, by taking advantage of the fact that the organization has competence in relation to the subject matter of one of the State’s international obligations, it circumvents that obligation by causing the organization to commit an act that, if committed by the State, would have constituted a breach of the obligation.", "2. Paragraph 1 applies whether or not the act in question is internationally wrongful for the international organization.", "Article 62 Responsibility of a State member of an international organization for an internationally wrongful act of that organization", "1. A State member of an international organization is responsible for an internationally wrongful act of that organization if:", "(a) It has accepted responsibility for that act towards the injured party; or", "(b) It has led the injured party to rely on its responsibility.", "2. Any international responsibility of a State under paragraph 1 is presumed to be subsidiary.", "Article 63 Effect of this Part", "This Part is without prejudice to the international responsibility of the international organization which commits the act in question, or of any State or other international organization.", "Part Six General provisions", "Article 64 Lex specialis", "These articles do not apply where and to the extent that the conditions for the existence of an internationally wrongful act or the content or implementation of the international responsibility of an international organization, or of a State in connection with the conduct of an international organization, are governed by special rules of international law. Such special rules of international law may be contained in the rules of the organization applicable to the relations between an international organization and its members.", "Article 65 Questions of international responsibility not regulated by these articles", "The applicable rules of international law continue to govern questions concerning the responsibility of an international organization or a State for an internationally wrongful act to the extent that they are not regulated by these articles.", "Article 66 Individual responsibility", "These articles are without prejudice to any question of the individual responsibility under international law of any person acting on behalf of an international organization or a State.", "Article 67 Charter of the United Nations", "These articles are without prejudice to the Charter of the United Nations.", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/66/10).", "[2]  Ibid., para. 85.", "[3]  Ibid., Sixth Committee, 18th to 28th and 30th meetings (A/C.6/66/SR.18–28 and 30), and corrigendum." ]
A_RES_66_100
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/473)]", "66/100. Responsibility of international organizations", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered chapter V of the report of the International Law Commission on the work of its sixty-third session[1], which contains the draft articles on the responsibility of international organizations,", "Noting that the International Law Commission decided to recommend to the General Assembly that it take note of the draft articles on the responsibility of international organizations in a resolution and include the draft as an annex to the resolution, and that it consider, later, the possibility of elaborating a convention based on the draft articles[2],", "Emphasizing the continuing importance of the codification and progressive development of international law, referred to in Article 13, paragraph 1 (a), of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Noting that the issue of responsibility of international organizations is of great importance in the relations of States and international organizations,", "Taking note of the comments of Governments and the debates of the Sixth Committee on this item during the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly,[3]", "1. Welcomes the completion by the International Law Commission of its work on the responsibility of international organizations and the adoption of the draft articles and a detailed commentary on the item;1", "2. Expresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for its continued contribution to the codification and progressive development of international law;", "3. Takes note of the articles on the responsibility of international organizations submitted by the International Law Commission, the text of which is annexed to the present resolution, and draws them to the attention of Governments and international organizations, without prejudice to the question of their future adoption or the adoption of another measure, as appropriate;", "4. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-ninth session an item entitled “Responsibility of international organizations” in order to consider, inter alia, the manner in which the articles could be given.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "Annex", "Responsibility of international organizations", "Part One", "Article 1 Scope of the present articles", "1. These articles apply to the international responsibility of an international organization for an internationally wrongful act.", "2. These articles also apply to the international responsibility of a State for an internationally wrongful act related to the conduct of an international organization.", "Article 2 Definitions", "For the purposes of these articles:", "(a) " International organization " means an organization established by a treaty or another instrument governed by international law and endowed with its own international legal personality. In addition to States, international organizations can count among their members with other entities;", "(b) It is understood as “organizational rules”, in particular the constituent instruments, decisions, resolutions and other acts of the international organization adopted in accordance with those instruments, and the well-established practice of the organization;", "(c) “Organization of an international organization” means any person or entity that possesses this condition in accordance with the rules of the organization;", "(d) It is understood that “an agent of an international organization” is an official or other person or entity, which is not an organ, to which the organization has commissioned to perform one of its functions, or to help fulfil it, and through which the organization acts accordingly.", "Part II The internationally wrongful act of an international organization", "Chapter I General principles", "Article 3 Responsibility of an international organization for its internationally wrongful acts", "Any internationally wrongful act of an international organization generates its international responsibility.", "Article 4 Elements of the internationally wrongful act of an international organization", "There is an internationally wrongful act of an international organization when a conduct consisting of an action or omission:", "(a) It is attributable to that organization under international law; and", "(b) It constitutes a violation of an international obligation of that organization.", "Article 5 Rationale of an international organization as an internationally wrongful organization", "The qualification of an international organization as an internationally wrongful organization is governed by international law.", "Chapter II Attribution of conduct to an international organization", "Article 6 Conduct of organs or agents of an international organization", "1. The conduct of an organ or agent of an international organization in the exercise of its functions shall be deemed to have been done by that organization in accordance with international law, irrespective of the position of the organ or agent in relation to the organization.", "2. The rules of the organization shall be applied to determine the functions of its organs and agents.", "Article 7 Conduct of organs of a State or organs or agents of an international organization made available to another international organization", "The conduct of an organ of a State or an organ or agent of an international organization that has been made available to another international organization shall be regarded as an act of the latter organization under international law if it exercises effective control over such conduct.", "Article 8 Exclusion in competition or contravention of instructions", "The conduct of an organ or agent of an international organization shall be regarded as an act of such organization in accordance with international law if such an organ or agent acts in an official capacity within the framework of the general functions of the organization, although such conduct exceeds the competence of the organ or agent or contravenes its instructions.", "Article 9 Behavior recognized and adopted by an international organization as its own", "Behaviour which is not attributable to an international organization under articles 6 to 8 shall, however, be deemed to have been done by that organization in accordance with international law, in the case and to the extent that the organization recognizes and adopts such conduct as its own.", "Chapter III Violation of an international obligation", "Article 10 Existence of violation of an international obligation", "1. There is a violation of an international obligation by an international organization when an act of that international organization is not in conformity with the requirements of that obligation, regardless of the origin or nature of the obligation in question.", "2. Paragraph 1 includes the violation of any international obligation of an organization with respect to its members that may result for an international organization of the rules of the organization.", "Article 11 Current international obligation with respect to an international organization", "An act of an international organization does not constitute a violation of an international obligation unless the organization is bound by that obligation at the time of the event.", "Article 12 Extension in the time of the violation of an international obligation", "1. Violation of an international obligation through an act of an international organization that does not have a continuing character takes place at the time when the act occurs, even if its effects perish.", "2. Violation of an international obligation through an act of an international organization that is of a continuing nature extends throughout the period in which the act continues and remains in conformity with that obligation.", "3. The violation of an international obligation under which an international organization must prevent a particular event takes place when the event occurs and extends throughout the period during which the event continues and remains in conformity with that obligation.", "Article 13 Violation consisting of a compound act", "1. Violation by an international organization of an international obligation through a series of actions or omissions, defined as a whole as unlawful, takes place when the action or omission, taken with other actions or omissions, is sufficient to constitute the wrongful act.", "2. In such a case, the violation extends throughout the period beginning with the first of the actions or omissions of the series and extends while such actions or omissions are repeated and their lack is maintained in accordance with the international obligation.", "Chapter IV Responsibility of an international organization in connection with the act of a State or other international organization", "Article 14 Aid or assistance in the commission of an internationally wrongful act", "The international organization that assists or assists a State or another international organization in the commission by that State or the latter organization of an internationally wrongful act is internationally responsible for providing assistance or assistance if:", "(a) He does so by knowing the circumstances of the internationally wrongful act; and", "(b) The act would be internationally wrongful if committed by the aid or assistance organization.", "Article 15 Direction and control exercised in the commission of the internationally wrongful act", "The international organization that directs and controls a State or another international organization in the commission by that State or the latter organization of an internationally wrongful act is internationally responsible for this fact if:", "(a) He does so by knowing the circumstances of the internationally wrongful act; and", "(b) The act would be internationally wrongful if committed by the organization that directs and controls.", "Article 16 Coercion of a State or other international organization", "The international organization that coerces a State or another international organization to commit an act is internationally responsible for this fact if:", "(a) Failure to mediate coercion would constitute an internationally wrongful act of the coerced State or international organization; and", "(b) The international organization exercising coercion acts by knowing the circumstances of the fact.", "Article 17 Elusion of international obligations through decisions and authorizations addressed to members", "1. An international organization incurs international responsibility if it fails to comply with one of its international obligations by adopting a decision that compels member States or international member organizations to commit an internationally wrongful act if committed by that organization.", "2. An international organization incurs international responsibility if it fails to comply with one of its international obligations by authorizing member States or international organizations to commit an act that would be internationally wrongful if committed by that organization and the act in question is committed under that authorization.", "3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 apply irrespective of whether the act in question is internationally wrongful for member States or international organizations to which the decision or authorization was directed.", "Article 18 Responsibility of an international organization member of another international organization", "Without prejudice to the provisions of articles 14 to 17, the international responsibility of an international organization that is a member of another international organization also arises in relation to an act of the latter in the conditions set out in articles 61 and 62 for States that are members of an international organization.", "Article 19 Effect of this Chapter", "This chapter is without prejudice to the international responsibility of the State or international organization that commits the act in question or of any other State or international organization.", "Chapter V Circumstances excluding wrongfulness", "Article 20 Consent", "The valid consent granted by a State or an international organization to the commission of an act determined by another international organization excludes the wrongfulness of such an act in relation to the State or the first organization to the extent that the act remains within the limits of such consent.", "Article 21 Legal defence", "The wrongfulness of an international organization is excluded in the case and to the extent that such an act constitutes a lawful measure of self-defence under international law.", "Article 22 Countermeasures", "1. Without prejudice to the provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3, the wrongfulness of an act of an international organization that is not in conformity with an international obligation of that organization to a State or other international organization is excluded in the case and to the extent that such an act constitutes a countermeasure adopted in accordance with the substantive and procedural conditions required by international law, including those set out in chapter II of part 4 for countermeasures adopted against another international organization.", "2. Without prejudice to paragraph 3, an international organization may not take countermeasures against a responsible member State or international organization unless:", "(a) The conditions set out in paragraph 1 are met;", "(b) Countermeasures are not incompatible with the rules of the organization; and", "(c) There is no appropriate means to otherwise induce the responsible State or the responsible international organization to fulfil its obligations to cease violations and reparations.", "3. An international organization may not take countermeasures against a member State or international organization in response to a violation of an international obligation set out in the rules of the organization unless such countermeasures are provided for in those rules.", "Article 23: Force majeure", "1. The wrongfulness of an international organization that is not in conformity with an international obligation of that organization is excluded if that fact is due to force majeure, that is, to an irresistible force or to an unforeseen event beyond the control of the organization, which make it materially impossible, in the circumstances of the case, to comply with the obligation.", "2. Paragraph 1 does not apply if:", "(a) The force majeure situation is due, by itself or in combination with other factors, to the behaviour of the organization that invokes it; or", "(b) The organization has taken the risk of such a situation.", "Article 24 Extreme danger", "1. The wrongfulness of the fact of an international organization that is not in conformity with an international obligation of that organization is excluded if the author of that act is not reasonably, in a situation of extreme danger, another way of saving his life or the lives of other persons entrusted to his care.", "2. Paragraph 1 does not apply if:", "(a) The extreme danger situation is due, by itself or in combination with other factors, to the behavior of the organization that invokes it; or", "(b) The fact in question is likely to create a comparable or greater danger.", "Article 25: State of necessity", "1. An international organization cannot invoke the state of necessity as a cause for the exclusion of the wrongfulness of an act that is not in conformity with an international obligation of that organization unless that fact:", "(a) Be the only way for the organization to safeguard against a serious and imminent danger an essential interest of its member States or the international community as a whole when the organization, under international law, has the role to protect that interest; and", "(b) It does not seriously affect an essential interest of the State or States in respect of which there is an international obligation, or of the international community as a whole.", "2. In any case, an international organization cannot invoke the state of necessity as a cause of exclusion from wrongfulness if:", "(a) The international obligation in question excludes the possibility of invoking the state of necessity; or", "(b) The organization has contributed to the state of necessity.", "Article 26 Compliance with peremptory norms", "No provision in this chapter shall exclude the wrongfulness of any act of an international organization which is not in conformity with an obligation emanating from a peremptory norm of general international law.", "Article 27 Consequences of the invocation of a circumstance precluding wrongfulness", "The invocation of a circumstance that excludes wrongfulness under this chapter shall be without prejudice to:", "(a) Compliance with the obligation in question, in the case and to the extent that the circumstances precluding wrongfulness have ceased to exist;", "(b) The issue of compensation for any actual loss caused by the fact in question.", "Part III Contents of the international responsibility of an international organization", "Chapter I General principles", "Article 28 Legal implications of the internationally wrongful act", "The international responsibility of an international organization which, in accordance with the provisions of part two, is born of an internationally wrongful act produces the legal consequences set forth in this part.", "Article 29 Continuity of duty to fulfil the obligation", "The legal consequences of the internationally wrongful act under this party do not affect the continuity of the duty of the international organization responsible for fulfilling the obligation breached.", "Article 30 Cessation and non-repetition", "The international organization responsible for the internationally wrongful act is bound:", "(a) To put an end to it, if that fact continues;", "(b) To provide adequate assurances and guarantees of non-repetition, if circumstances require.", "Article 31 Reparation", "1. The responsible international organization is obliged to fully repair the injury caused by the internationally wrongful act.", "2. The injury includes all damage, both material and moral, caused by the internationally wrongful act of the international organization.", "Article 32 Relevance of the rules of the organization", "1. The responsible international organization cannot invoke its rules as a justification for its failure to comply with its obligations under this party.", "2. Paragraph 1 is without prejudice to the applicability of rules of an international organization to relations between the organization and its member States and organizations.", "Article 33 Scope of international obligations set out in this part", "1. The obligations of the responsible international organization set forth in this part may exist in relation to a State or several States, another organization or several organizations or the international community as a whole, depending, in particular, on the nature and content of the international obligation violated and the circumstances of the violation.", "2. This party is without prejudice to any right that the international responsibility of an international organization can generate directly for the benefit of a person or an entity other than a State or an international organization.", "Chapter II Reparation from injury", "Article 34 Forms of reparation", "Full reparation for the injury caused by the internationally wrongful act shall take the form of restitution, compensation and satisfaction, either in a unique or combined manner, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.", "Article 35 Restitution", "The international organization responsible for an internationally wrongful act is obliged to restitution, that is, to restore the situation before the commission of the wrongful act, provided that and to the extent that such restitution:", "(a) Not materially impossible;", "(b) Do not incur a completely disproportionate burden on the benefit that would arise from restitution rather than compensation.", "Article 36 Compensation", "1. The international organization responsible for an internationally wrongful act is obliged to compensate for the damage caused by that act, to the extent that such damage is not repaired by restitution.", "2. Compensation will cover any damage that may be financially assessed, including loss of profits to the extent that it is checked.", "Article 37 Satisfaction", "1. The international organization responsible for an internationally wrongful act is obliged to give satisfaction for the injury caused by that act to the extent that such injury cannot be repaired through restitution or compensation.", "2. Satisfaction may consist of a recognition of rape, an expression of regret, a formal apology or any other appropriate modality.", "3. Satisfaction shall not be disproportionate with respect to the injury and may not adopt a humiliating form for the responsible international organization.", "Article 38 Interests", "1. Interest should be paid on any principal amount owed under this chapter, to the extent necessary to ensure full reparation. The interest rate and calculation mode will be set to achieve this result.", "2. Interest shall be accrued from the date on which the principal amount should have been paid to the date on which the payment obligation has been fulfilled.", "Article 39 Contribution to injury", "In determining reparation, the contribution to the injury resulting from the intentional or negligent action or omission of the injured State or international organization or of any person or entity in respect of which the remedy is required shall be taken into account.", "Article 40 Measures to ensure compliance with the obligation of reparation", "1. The responsible international organization shall take all appropriate measures, in accordance with its rules, to provide its members with the means for the effective fulfilment of its obligations under this chapter.", "2. Members of the responsible international organization shall take all appropriate measures that the rules of the organization may require to enable it to effectively fulfil its obligations under this chapter.", "Chapter III Serious violations of obligations arising from peremptory norms of general international law", "Article 41 Implementation of this chapter", "1. This chapter will apply to international liability arising from a serious breach by an international organization of an obligation arising from a peremptory norm of general international law.", "2. Violation of such an obligation is serious if it involves flagrant or systematic breach of the obligation by the responsible international organization.", "Article 42 Individual consequences of serious violations of an obligation under this chapter", "1. States and international organizations shall cooperate to end, by lawful means, any serious violation within the meaning of article 41.", "2. No State or any international organization shall recognize as lawful a situation created by a serious violation within the meaning of article 41, nor provide assistance or assistance to maintain that situation.", "3. Article 42 shall be without prejudice to the other consequences set forth in this part and any other consequence that a violation to which this chapter applies may result in international law.", "Part Four Ways to Ensuring the International Responsibility of an International Organization", "Chapter I Invocation of the Responsibility of an International Organization", "Article 43 Invocation of responsibility by the injured State or international organization", "A State or an international organization shall have the right as an injured State or international organization to invoke the responsibility of another international organization if the obligation violated exists:", "(a) With regard to that State or to that international organization individually;", "(b) With regard to a group of States or international organizations, of which that State or that international organization is a party, or with regard to the international community as a whole, and the violation of the obligation:", "(i) Especially affects that State or that international organization; or", "(ii) It is of this nature that radically changes the situation of all other States and international organizations with which such an obligation exists with respect to the further implementation of this obligation.", "Article 44 Notification of the claim by the injured State or international organization", "1. The injured State or international organization that invokes the responsibility of another international organization shall notify that organization of its claim.", "2. The injured State or international organization may specify in particular:", "(a) The conduct to be observed by the international organization responsible for ending the wrongful act, if that fact continues;", "(b) The manner in which reparation should be made in accordance with the provisions of part three.", "Article 45 Admissibility of claim", "1. An injured State may not invoke the responsibility of an international organization if the claim is not submitted in accordance with applicable claims nationality rules.", "2. Where the claim is subject to the rule of exhaustion of domestic remedies, the injured State or international organization may not invoke the responsibility of another international organization if all available and effective remedies have not been exhausted.", "Article 46 Loss of the right to invoke responsibility", "The responsibility of an international organization cannot be invoked:", "(a) If the injured State or international organization has validly waived the claim;", "(b) If, because of the behaviour of the injured State or international organization, it should be understood that they have validly acquiesced the extinction of the claim.", "Article 47 Plurality of injured States or international organizations", "Where a number of States or international organizations are injured by the same internationally wrongful act of an international organization, each injured State or international organization may separately invoke the responsibility of the international organization for the internationally wrongful act.", "Article 48 Responsibility of an international organization and of one or more States or one or more international organizations", "1. Where an international organization and one or more States or one or more other international organizations are responsible for the same internationally wrongful act, the responsibility of each State or organization may be invoked in relation to that fact.", "2. Subsidiary liability may only be invoked to the extent that the invocation of primary responsibility has not resulted in reparation.", "3. Paragraphs 1 and 2:", "(a) They do not authorize an injured State or an injured international organization to receive compensation beyond the damage they have suffered;", "(b) It shall be without prejudice to any right to appeal that the State or international organization which has provided redress may have against the other responsible States or international organizations.", "Article 49 Invocation of responsibility by a State or an international organization other than an injured State or international organization", "1. A State or an international organization other than an injured State or international organization shall have the right to invoke the responsibility of another international organization, in accordance with paragraph 4, if the obligation breached exists in relation to a group of States or international organizations to which the State or organization invokes responsibility is a party and whether the obligation has been established for the protection of a collective interest of the group.", "2. A State other than an injured State shall have the right to invoke the responsibility of an international organization, in accordance with paragraph 4, if the obligation breached exists with respect to the international community as a whole.", "3. An international organization other than an injured organization shall have the right to invoke the responsibility of another international organization, in accordance with paragraph 4, whether the obligation breached exists with respect to the international community as a whole and whether the safeguarding of the interests of the international community as a whole on which the obligation breached is based is part of the functions of the organization that invokes responsibility.", "4. A State or an international organization entitled to invoke responsibility under paragraphs 1 to 3 may request the responsible international organization:", "(a) The cessation of the internationally wrongful act and the assurances and guarantees of non-repetition, in accordance with article 30; and", "(b) Compliance with the obligation of reparation in accordance with Part III, in the interest of the injured State or of the injured international organization or of the beneficiaries of the obligation violated.", "5. The requirements for the invocation of responsibility by an injured State or international organization, provided for in articles 44, 45, paragraph 2, and 46, shall be applicable in the event of the invocation of responsibility by a State or an international organization under paragraphs 1 to 4.", "Article 50 Scope of this Chapter", "This chapter shall without prejudice to the right of a person or entity other than a State or an international organization to invoke the international responsibility of an international organization.", "Chapter II Countermeasures", "Article 51 Object and limits of countermeasures", "1. The injured State or international organization may only take countermeasures against an international organization responsible for an internationally wrongful act in order to induce it to fulfil its obligations under Part III.", "2. Countermeasures shall be limited to temporary non-compliance with international obligations which the State or international organization taking such measures has with the responsible organization.", "3. To the extent possible, countermeasures will be taken in a manner that permits the resumption of compliance with the obligations in question.", "4. To the extent possible, countermeasures will be taken to limit their impact in the exercise by the international organization responsible for its functions.", "Article 52 Conditions for the adoption of countermeasures by members of an international organization", "1. Without prejudice to paragraph 2, an injured State or international organization that is members of a responsible international organization may not take countermeasures against that organization unless:", "(a) The conditions referred to in article 51 are met;", "(b) Countermeasures are not incompatible with the rules of the organization; and", "(c) There are no appropriate means to induce the international organization responsible otherwise to fulfil its obligations with regard to the cessation of rape and reparation.", "2. An injured State or international organization that is members of a responsible international organization may not take countermeasures against that organization in response to a violation of an international obligation contracted under the rules of the organization, unless such countermeasures are provided for in such rules.", "Article 53 Obligations that cannot be affected by countermeasures", "1. Countermeasures may not affect:", "(a) The obligation to refrain from resorting to the threat or use of force, as set out in the Charter of the United Nations;", "(b) The obligations established for the protection of human rights;", "(c) Humanitarian obligations prohibiting reprisals;", "(d) Other obligations arising from peremptory norms of general international law.", "2. The injured State or international organization taking countermeasures shall not be exempt from the fulfilment of their obligations:", "(a) Under any dispute settlement procedure applicable between the injured State or international organization and the responsible international organization;", "(b) With regard to respect for any inviolability of the bodies or agents of the responsible international organization and the premises, archives and documents of that organization.", "Article 54 Proportionality of countermeasures", "Countermeasures should be proportional to the injury suffered, taking into account the seriousness of the internationally wrongful act and the rights in question.", "Article 55 Conditions of recourse to countermeasures", "1. Before taking countermeasures, the injured State or international organization:", "(a) They shall require the responsible international organization, in accordance with article 44, to fulfil its obligations under part three;", "(b) They will notify the responsible international organization of any decision to take countermeasures and offer to negotiate with that organization.", "2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 (b), the injured State or international organization may take such urgent countermeasures as may be necessary to preserve their rights.", "3. Countermeasures may not be taken and, if taken, they shall be suspended without unjustified delay if:", "(a) The internationally wrongful act has ceased; and", "(b) The dispute is submitted to a court or tribunal competent to make decisions binding on the parties.", "4. Paragraph 3 would not apply if the responsible international organization did not apply dispute resolution procedures in good faith.", "Article 56 Termination of countermeasures", "Countermeasures will be terminated as soon as the responsible international organization has fulfilled its obligations in relation to the internationally wrongful act in accordance with Part III.", "Article 57 Measures taken by a State or an international organization other than an injured State or organization", "This chapter shall not affect the right of any State or international organization, empowered under article 49, paragraphs 1 to 3, to invoke the responsibility of another international organization, to take legal action against it in order to achieve the cessation of rape and reparation in the interest of the injured State or organization or of the beneficiaries of the obligation violated.", "Part 5 Responsibility of a State in relation to the conduct of an international organization", "Article 58 Aid or assistance provided by a State in the commission of an internationally wrongful act by an international organization", "1. The State providing assistance or assistance to an international organization in the commission of an internationally wrongful act is internationally responsible for providing such assistance or assistance if:", "(a) He does so by knowing the circumstances of the internationally wrongful act; and", "(b) The act would be internationally wrongful if committed by the State providing aid or assistance.", "2. A fact by a State member of an international organization carried out in accordance with the rules of the organization does not in itself generate the international responsibility of that State under article 58.", "Article 59 Direction and control exercised by a State in the commission of an internationally wrongful act by an international organization", "1. The State that directs and controls an international organization in the commission by the latter of an internationally wrongful act is internationally responsible for this fact if:", "(a) He does so by knowing the circumstances of the internationally wrongful act; and", "(b) The act would be internationally wrongful if committed by that State.", "2. A fact by a State member of an international organization carried out in accordance with the rules of the organization does not in itself generate the international responsibility of that State under article 59.", "Article 60 Coercion exercised by a State on an international organization", "The State that coerces an international organization to commit an act is internationally responsible for this fact if:", "(a) Failure to mediate coercion would constitute an internationally wrongful act of coerced international organization; and", "(b) The State exercising coercion acts by knowing the circumstances of the act.", "Article 61 Elusion of international obligations of a State member of an international organization", "1. A State member of an international organization incurs international responsibility if, by virtue of the fact that the organization is competent in relation to the object of one of the international obligations of that State, it refrains from fulfilling the obligation by inducing the organization to commit an act which, if committed by that State, would have constituted a violation of that obligation.", "2. Paragraph 1 applies irrespective of whether or not the act is internationally wrongful for the international organization.", "Article 62 Responsibility of a State member of an international organization for an internationally wrongful act of that organization", "1. A State member of an international organization is responsible for an internationally wrongful act of that organization if:", "(a) He has accepted responsibility for that fact for the injured party; or", "(b) She has induced the injured party to trust her responsibility.", "2. Any international responsibility of a State under paragraph 1 is presumed to be subsidiary.", "Article 63 Effect of this Part", "This party is without prejudice to the international responsibility of the international organization that commits the act in question or the responsibility of any other State or international organization.", "Sixth part General arrangements", "Article 64 Lex specialis", "These articles do not apply in the case and to the extent that the conditions of existence of an internationally wrongful act of an international organization or of a State in relation to the conduct of an international organization, the content of such international responsibility or the manner of giving it effect are governed by special rules of international law. These special rules of international law may be contained in the rules of the organization that apply to relations between the international organization and its members.", "Article 65 Issues of international responsibility not regulated in these articles", "Applicable international law rules will continue to address issues relating to the responsibility of an international organization or State for an internationally wrongful act to the extent that such issues are not regulated in these articles.", "Article 66 Individual responsibility", "These articles shall be without prejudice to any question concerning the individual liability, under international law, of any person acting on behalf of an international organization or State.", "Article 67 Charter of the United Nations", "These articles shall be without prejudice to the Charter of the United Nations.", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 10 (A/66/10).", "[2] Ibid., para. 85.", "[3] Ibid., Sixth Committee, 18th to 28th and 30th meetings (A/C.6/66/SR.18-28 and 30), and corrigendum." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/474)]", "66/101. Informe del Comité Especial de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y del fortalecimiento del papel de la Organización", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 3499 (XXX), de 15 de diciembre de 1975, en la que estableció el Comité Especial de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y del fortalecimiento del papel de la Organización, y las resoluciones sobre esta cuestión que aprobó en períodos de sesiones posteriores,", "Recordando también su resolución 47/233, de 17 de agosto de 1993, relativa a la revitalización de la labor de la Asamblea General,", "Recordando además su resolución 47/62, de 11 de diciembre de 1992, relativa a la cuestión de la representación equitativa en el Consejo de Seguridad y el aumento del número de sus miembros,", "Tomando nota del informe del Grupo de Trabajo de composición abierta sobre la cuestión de la representación equitativa en el Consejo de Seguridad y el aumento del número de sus miembros y otros asuntos relativos al Consejo de Seguridad[1],", "Recordando las cuestiones pertinentes a la labor del Comité Especial que se mencionan en su resolución 47/120 B, de 20 de septiembre de 1993,", "Recordando también su resolución 51/241, de 31 de julio de 1997, relativa al fortalecimiento del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, y su resolución 51/242, de 15 de septiembre de 1997, titulada “Suplemento de un Programa de Paz”, en la cual aprobó los textos sobre la coordinación y la cuestión de las sanciones impuestas por las Naciones Unidas, que figuran en el anexo de esa resolución,", "Preocupada por los problemas económicos especiales que afrontan ciertos Estados como consecuencia de la aplicación de medidas preventivas o coercitivas adoptadas por el Consejo de Seguridad contra otros Estados, y teniendo en cuenta la obligación que incumbe a los Estados Miembros de las Naciones Unidas, conforme al Artículo 49 de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, de prestarse ayuda mutua para aplicar las medidas dispuestas por el Consejo,", "Recordando que los terceros Estados que afrontan problemas económicos especiales de esa naturaleza tienen derecho a consultar al Consejo de Seguridad respecto de la solución de tales problemas, de conformidad con el Artículo 50 de la Carta,", "Recordando también que la Corte Internacional de Justicia es el principal órgano judicial de las Naciones Unidas, y reafirmando su autoridad e independencia,", "Teniendo presente la aprobación de los documentos de trabajo revisados sobre los métodos de trabajo del Comité Especial[2],", "Tomando nota del informe del Secretario General titulado “Repertorio de la práctica seguida por los órganos de las Naciones Unidas y Repertorio de la práctica seguida por el Consejo de Seguridad”[3],", "Tomando nota también de los párrafos 106 a 110, 176 y 177 del Documento Final de la Cumbre Mundial 2005[4],", "Teniendo presente la decisión del Comité Especial en la que expresaba su disposición a participar, si procediera, en la ejecución de toda decisión que pudiera adoptarse en la reunión plenaria de alto nivel del sexagésimo período de sesiones de la Asamblea General, celebrada en septiembre de 2005, que tuviera relación con la Carta y cualquier enmienda a ella[5],", "Recordando lo dispuesto en sus resoluciones 50/51, de 11 de diciembre de 1995, 51/208, de 17 de diciembre de 1996, 52/162, de 15 de diciembre de 1997, 53/107, de 8 de diciembre de 1998, 54/107, de 9 de diciembre de 1999, 55/157, de 12 de diciembre de 2000, 56/87, de 12 de diciembre de 2001, 57/25, de 19 de noviembre de 2002, 58/80, de 9 de diciembre de 2003, y 59/45, de 2 de diciembre de 2004,", "Recordando también su resolución 64/115, de 16 de diciembre de 2009, y el documento titulado “Introducción y aplicación de sanciones impuestas por las Naciones Unidas” que figura como anexo de esa resolución,", "Habiendo examinado el informe del Comité Especial sobre la labor realizada en su período de sesiones de 2011[6],", "Observando con aprecio la labor realizada por el Comité Especial para alentar a los Estados a centrar su atención en la necesidad de prevenir y resolver por medios pacíficos las controversias que puedan poner en peligro el mantenimiento de la paz y la seguridad internacionales,", "1. Toma nota del informe del Comité Especial de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y del fortalecimiento del papel de la Organización⁶;", "2. Decide que el Comité Especial celebre su próximo período de sesiones del 21 al 28 de febrero y el 1 de marzo de 2012;", "3. Solicita al Comité Especial que, en su período de sesiones de 2012, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en el párrafo 5 de la resolución 50/52 de la Asamblea, de 11 de diciembre de 1995:", "a) Siga examinando todas las propuestas relativas a la cuestión del mantenimiento de la paz y la seguridad internacionales en todos sus aspectos a fin de fortalecer el papel de las Naciones Unidas y, en ese contexto, examine otras propuestas relativas al mantenimiento de la paz y la seguridad internacionales que le hayan sido presentadas o le sean presentadas en su período de sesiones de 2012;", "b) Siga examinando, con carácter prioritario, con la debida profundidad y en un marco adecuado, la cuestión de la aplicación de las disposiciones de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas relativas a la asistencia a terceros Estados afectados por la aplicación de sanciones de conformidad con el Capítulo VII de la Carta sobre la base de todos los informes conexos del Secretario General[7] y las propuestas presentadas sobre este tema;", "c) Mantenga en su programa la cuestión del arreglo pacífico de controversias entre Estados;", "d) Examine, si procede, cualquier propuesta que le formule la Asamblea General para la ejecución de las decisiones adoptadas en la reunión plenaria de alto nivel de su sexagésimo período de sesiones, celebrada en septiembre de 2005, que tengan relación con la Carta y cualquier enmienda a ella;", "e) Siga examinando, con carácter prioritario, formas de mejorar sus métodos de trabajo e incrementar su eficiencia a fin de determinar medidas que cuenten con amplia aceptación para aplicarlas en el futuro;", "4. Invita al Comité Especial a que, en su período de sesiones de 2012, continúe indicando nuevos temas que podrían examinarse en el futuro con el fin de contribuir a la revitalización de la labor de las Naciones Unidas;", "5. Observa que el Comité Especial está dispuesto a proporcionar, dentro de los límites de su mandato, la asistencia que le pidan los demás órganos subsidiarios de la Asamblea General en relación con cualquiera de las cuestiones de las que se ocupen dichos órganos;", "6. Solicita al Comité Especial que le presente, en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, un informe sobre sus trabajos;", "7. Reconoce la importante función de la Corte Internacional de Justicia, principal órgano judicial de las Naciones Unidas, en el arreglo de controversias entre Estados, así como la valía de su labor y la importancia de que se recurra a ella para resolver las controversias por medios pacíficos, toma nota de que, de conformidad con el Artículo 96 de la Carta, la Corte puede emitir opiniones consultivas a solicitud de la Asamblea General, el Consejo de Seguridad u otros órganos autorizados de las Naciones Unidas y los organismos especializados, y solicita al Secretario General que distribuya oportunamente, como documentos oficiales de las Naciones Unidas, las opiniones consultivas solicitadas por los órganos principales de las Naciones Unidas;", "8. Encomia al Secretario General por los progresos logrados en la preparación de los estudios del Repertorio de la práctica seguida por los órganos de las Naciones Unidas, y en particular por haber aprovechado en mayor medida el programa de pasantías de las Naciones Unidas y haber ampliado la cooperación con instituciones académicas a ese fin, así como por los progresos logrados en la puesta al día del Repertorio de la práctica seguida por el Consejo de Seguridad;", "9. Observa con aprecio las contribuciones de los Estados Miembros al fondo fiduciario para poner al día la publicación del Repertorio de la práctica seguida por el Consejo de Seguridad y al fondo fiduciario para eliminar el retraso en la publicación del Repertorio de la práctica seguida por los órganos de las Naciones Unidas;", "10. Reitera su llamamiento a que se aporten contribuciones voluntarias al fondo fiduciario para poner al día la publicación del Repertorio de la práctica seguida por el Consejo de Seguridad y al fondo fiduciario para eliminar el retraso en la publicación del Repertorio de la práctica seguida por los órganos de las Naciones Unidas a fin de prestar más apoyo a la Secretaría para eliminar efectivamente ese retraso, y a que se patrocinen voluntariamente y sin costo alguno para las Naciones Unidas los servicios de expertos asociados que ayuden a poner al día ambas publicaciones;", "11. Exhorta al Secretario General a que prosiga sus esfuerzos para poner al día ambas publicaciones y para que estén disponibles en formato electrónico en todos los idiomas correspondientes, y a que siga abordando en particular el retraso en la preparación del volumen III del Repertorio de la práctica seguida por los órganos de las Naciones Unidas;", "12. Reitera que el Secretario General es responsable de la calidad del Repertorio de la práctica seguida por los órganos de las Naciones Unidas y el Repertorio de la práctica seguida por el Consejo de Seguridad y, con respecto a este último, exhorta al Secretario General a que continúe ajustándose a las modalidades esbozadas en los párrafos 102 a 106 del informe del Secretario General de 18 de septiembre de 1952[8];", "13. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre el Repertorio de la práctica seguida por los órganos de las Naciones Unidas y el Repertorio de la práctica seguida por el Consejo de Seguridad;", "14. Solicita también al Secretario General que presente al Comité Especial en su próximo período de sesiones la información mencionada en el párrafo 11 de su informe sobre la aplicación de las disposiciones de la Carta relativas a la asistencia a terceros Estados afectados por la aplicación de sanciones[9];", "15. Solicita además al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre la aplicación de las disposiciones de la Carta relativas a la asistencia a terceros Estados afectados por la aplicación de sanciones, en relación con el tema titulado “Informe del Comité Especial de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y del fortalecimiento del papel de la Organización”;", "16. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Informe del Comité Especial de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y del fortalecimiento del papel de la Organización”.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo tercer período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 47 (A/63/47).", "[2]  Ibid., sexagésimo primer período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 33 (A/61/33), párr. 72.", "[3]  A/66/201.", "[4]  Véase la resolución 60/1.", "[5]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 33 (A/60/33), párr. 77.", "[6]  Ibid., sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 33 (A/66/33).", "[7]  A/48/573‑S/26705, A/49/356, A/50/60‑S/1995/1, A/50/361, A/50/423, A/51/317, A/52/308, A/53/312, A/54/383 y Add.1, A/55/295 y Add.1, A/56/303, A/57/165 y Add.1, A/58/346, A/59/334, A/60/320, A/61/304, A/62/206 y Corr.1, A/63/224, A/64/225, A/65/217 y A/66/213.", "[8]  A/2170.", "[9]  A/66/213." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/474)]", "66/101. Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 3499 (XXX) of 15 December 1975, by which it established the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, and its relevant resolutions adopted at subsequent sessions,", "Recalling also its resolution 47/233 of 17 August 1993 on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly,", "Recalling further its resolution 47/62 of 11 December 1992 on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council,", "Taking note of the report of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters related to the Security Council,[1]", "Recalling the elements relevant to the work of the Special Committee contained in its resolution 47/120 B of 20 September 1993,", "Recalling also its resolution 51/241 of 31 July 1997 on the strengthening of the United Nations system and its resolution 51/242 of 15 September 1997, entitled “Supplement to an Agenda for Peace”, by which it adopted the texts on coordination and the question of sanctions imposed by the United Nations, which are annexed to that resolution,", "Concerned about the special economic problems confronting certain States arising from the carrying out of preventive or enforcement measures taken by the Security Council against other States, and taking into account the obligation of Members of the United Nations under Article 49 of the Charter of the United Nations to join in affording mutual assistance in carrying out the measures decided upon by the Council,", "Recalling the right of third States confronted with special economic problems of that nature to consult the Security Council with regard to a solution of those problems, in accordance with Article 50 of the Charter,", "Recalling also that the International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, and reaffirming its authority and independence,", "Mindful of the adoption of the revised working papers on the working methods of the Special Committee,[2]", "Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council”,[3]", "Taking note also of paragraphs 106 to 110, 176 and 177 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome,[4]", "Mindful of the decision of the Special Committee in which it expressed its readiness to engage, as appropriate, in the implementation of any decisions that might be taken at the high-level plenary meeting of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly in September 2005 that concerned the Charter and any amendments thereto,[5]", "Recalling the provisions of its resolutions 50/51 of 11 December 1995, 51/208 of 17 December 1996, 52/162 of 15 December 1997, 53/107 of 8 December 1998, 54/107 of 9 December 1999, 55/157 of 12 December 2000, 56/87 of 12 December 2001, 57/25 of 19 November 2002, 58/80 of 9 December 2003 and 59/45 of 2 December 2004,", "Recalling also its resolution 64/115 of 16 December 2009 and the document entitled “Introduction and implementation of sanctions imposed by the United Nations” annexed thereto,", "Having considered the report of the Special Committee on the work of its session held in 2011,[6]", "Noting with appreciation the work done by the Special Committee to encourage States to focus on the need to prevent and to settle peacefully their disputes which are likely to endanger the maintenance of international peace and security,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization;⁶", "2. Decides that the Special Committee shall hold its next session from 21 to 28 February and on 1 March 2012;", "3. Requests the Special Committee, at its session in 2012, in accordance with paragraph 5 of General Assembly resolution 50/52 of 11 December 1995:", "(a) To continue its consideration of all proposals concerning the question of the maintenance of international peace and security in all its aspects in order to strengthen the role of the United Nations and, in this context, to consider other proposals relating to the maintenance of international peace and security already submitted or which may be submitted to the Special Committee at its session in 2012;", "(b) To continue to consider, on a priority basis and in an appropriate substantive manner and framework, the question of the implementation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions under Chapter VII of the Charter based on all of the related reports of the Secretary-General[7] and the proposals submitted on the question;", "(c) To keep on its agenda the question of the peaceful settlement of disputes between States;", "(d) To consider, as appropriate, any proposal referred to it by the General Assembly in the implementation of the decisions of the high-level plenary meeting of the sixtieth session of the Assembly in September 2005 that concern the Charter and any amendments thereto;", "(e) To continue to consider, on a priority basis, ways and means of improving its working methods and enhancing its efficiency with a view to identifying widely acceptable measures for future implementation;", "4. Invites the Special Committee, at its session in 2012, to continue to identify new subjects for consideration in its future work with a view to contributing to the revitalization of the work of the United Nations;", "5. Notes the readiness of the Special Committee to provide, within its mandate, such assistance as may be sought at the request of other subsidiary bodies of the General Assembly in relation to any issues before them;", "6. Requests the Special Committee to submit a report on its work to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "7. Recognizes the important role of the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, in adjudicating disputes among States and the value of its work, as well as the importance of having recourse to the Court in the peaceful settlement of disputes, takes note, consistent with Article 96 of the Charter, of the Court’s advisory jurisdiction that may be requested by the General Assembly, the Security Council or other authorized organs of the United Nations and the specialized agencies, and requests the Secretary-General to distribute, in due course, the advisory opinions requested by the principal organs of the United Nations as official documents of the United Nations;", "8. Commends the Secretary-General for the progress made in the preparation of studies of the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs, including the increased use of the internship programme of the United Nations and further expanded cooperation with academic institutions for this purpose, as well as the progress made towards updating the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council;", "9. Notes with appreciation the contributions made by Member States to the trust fund for the updating of the Repertoire, as well as the trust fund for the elimination of the backlog in the Repertory;", "10. Reiterates its call for voluntary contributions to the trust fund for the updating of the Repertoire, voluntary contributions to the trust fund for the elimination of the backlog in the Repertory so as to further support the Secretariat in carrying out the effective elimination of that backlog, as well as the sponsoring, on a voluntary basis, and with no cost to the United Nations, of associate experts to assist in the updating of the two publications;", "11. Calls upon the Secretary-General to continue his efforts towards updating the two publications and making them available electronically in all their respective language versions and to continue to address, in particular, the backlog in the preparation of volume III of the Repertory;", "12. Reiterates the responsibility of the Secretary-General for the quality of the Repertory and the Repertoire, and, with regard to the Repertoire, calls upon the Secretary-General to continue to follow the modalities outlined in paragraphs 102 to 106 of the report of the Secretary-General of 18 September 1952;[8]", "13. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, at its sixty-seventh session, a report on both the Repertory and the Repertoire;", "14. Also requests the Secretary-General to brief the Special Committee at its next session on the information referred to in paragraph 11 of his report on the implementation of the provisions of the Charter related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions;[9]", "15. Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly, at its sixty-seventh session, under the item entitled “Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization”, a report on the implementation of the provisions of the Charter related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions;", "16. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization”.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 47 (A/63/47).", "[2]  Ibid., Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 33 (A/61/33), para. 72.", "[3]  A/66/201.", "[4]  See resolution 60/1.", "[5]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 33 (A/60/33), para. 77.", "[6]  Ibid., Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 33 (A/66/33).", "[7]  A/48/573‑S/26705, A/49/356, A/50/60‑S/1995/1, A/50/361, A/50/423, A/51/317, A/52/308, A/53/312, A/54/383 and Add.1, A/55/295 and Add.1, A/56/303, A/57/165 and Add.1, A/58/346, A/59/334, A/60/320, A/61/304, A/62/206 and Corr.1, A/63/224, A/64/225, A/65/217 and A/66/213.", "[8]  A/2170.", "[9]  A/66/213." ]
A_RES_66_101
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/474)]", "66/101. Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 3499 (XXX) of 15 December 1975, in which it established the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, and the resolutions on this issue adopted at subsequent sessions,", "Recalling also its resolution 47/233 of 17 August 1993 on the revitalization of the work of the General Assembly,", "Recalling further its resolution 47/62 of 11 December 1992 on the question of equitable representation on and increase in the membership of the Security Council,", "Taking note of the report of the Open-ended Working Group on the Question of Equitable Representation on and Increase in the Membership of the Security Council and Other Matters Related to the Security Council[1],", "Recalling the issues relevant to the work of the Special Committee referred to in its resolution 47/120 B of 20 September 1993,", "Recalling also its resolution 51/241 of 31 July 1997 on the strengthening of the United Nations system and its resolution 51/242 of 15 September 1997, entitled " Supplement to a Peace Programme " , in which it adopted the texts on coordination and the question of sanctions imposed by the United Nations, annexed to that resolution,", "Concerned about the special economic problems faced by certain States as a result of the implementation of preventive or coercive measures taken by the Security Council against other States, and taking into account the obligation of States Members of the United Nations, in accordance with Article 49 of the Charter of the United Nations, to provide mutual assistance in implementing the measures mandated by the Council,", "Recalling that third States facing such special economic problems have the right to consult the Security Council with regard to the resolution of such problems, in accordance with Article 50 of the Charter,", "Recalling also that the International Court of Justice is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, and reaffirming its authority and independence,", "Bearing in mind the adoption of the revised working papers on the working methods of the Special Committee,[2]", "Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Repertoire of the Practice of United Nations Organs and Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council”,[3]", "Noting also paragraphs 106 to 110, 176 and 177 of the 2005 World Summit Outcome,[4]", "Bearing in mind the decision of the Special Committee expressing its readiness to participate, if appropriate, in the implementation of any decisions that might be taken at the high-level plenary meeting of the sixtieth session of the General Assembly, held in September 2005, relating to the Charter and any amendments thereto[5],", "Recalling its resolutions 50/51 of 11 December 1995, 51/208 of 17 December 1996, 52/162 of 15 December 1997, 53/107 of 8 December 1998, 54/107 of 9 December 1999, 55/157 of 12 December 2000, 56/87 of 12 December 2001, 57/25 of 19 November 2002, 58/80 of 9 December 2003 and 59/45 of 2 December 2004,", "Recalling also its resolution 64/115 of 16 December 2009 and the document entitled “Introduction and implementation of sanctions imposed by the United Nations” annexed to that resolution,", "Having considered the report of the Ad Hoc Committee on the work of its 2011 session[6],", "Noting with appreciation the work of the Special Committee to encourage States to focus on the need to prevent and resolve peacefully disputes that might jeopardize the maintenance of international peace and security,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization;6", "2. Decides that the Ad Hoc Committee shall hold its next session from 21 to 28 February and 1 March 2012;", "3. Requests the Special Committee, at its 2012 session, in accordance with paragraph 5 of Assembly resolution 50/52 of 11 December 1995:", "(a) Continue to consider all proposals on the question of the maintenance of international peace and security in all its aspects in order to strengthen the role of the United Nations and, in that context, to consider other proposals concerning the maintenance of international peace and security that have been submitted to it or presented to it at its 2012 session;", "(b) Continue to consider, as a matter of priority, with due depth and within an appropriate framework, the question of the implementation of the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations concerning assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions in accordance with Chapter VII of the Charter on the basis of all the related reports of the Secretary-General[7] and the proposals presented on this subject;", "(c) Maintain on its agenda the issue of the peaceful settlement of disputes between States;", "(d) Consider, as appropriate, any proposal made by the General Assembly for the implementation of the decisions taken at the high-level plenary meeting of its sixtieth session, held in September 2005, relating to the Charter and any amendments thereto;", "(e) Continue to consider, as a matter of priority, ways to improve its working methods and increase its efficiency in order to identify measures that are widely accepted for future implementation;", "4. Invites the Special Committee, at its 2012 session, to continue to identify new topics that could be considered in the future in order to contribute to the revitalization of the work of the United Nations;", "5. Notes that the Special Committee is prepared to provide, within the limits of its mandate, the assistance requested by the other subsidiary bodies of the General Assembly in connection with any of the matters to which such bodies are concerned;", "6. Requests the Special Committee to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on its work;", "7. Recognizes the important role of the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, in the settlement of disputes between States, as well as the value of its work and the importance of its use in the resolution of disputes by peaceful means, notes that, in accordance with Article 96 of the Charter, the Court may issue advisory opinions at the request of the General Assembly, the Security Council or other authorized organs of the United Nations,", "8. Commends the Secretary-General for the progress made in the preparation of the studies of the Repertoire of the Practice of United Nations Organs, and in particular for making greater use of the United Nations internship programme and for expanding cooperation with academic institutions to that end, as well as for the progress made in updating the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council;", "9. Notes with appreciation the contributions of Member States to the trust fund to update the publication of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council and the Trust Fund to Eliminate the Delay in the Repertoire of Practice of United Nations Organs;", "10. Reiterates its call for voluntary contributions to the trust fund to update the publication of the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council and the Trust Fund to Eliminate the Delay in the Repertoire of the Practice of United Nations Organs in order to provide more support to the Secretariat to effectively eliminate this delay, and to provide voluntary and cost-free sponsorship for the United Nations of the services of partner experts to assist in the effective elimination of this delay;", "11. Calls upon the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to update both publications and to make them available electronically in all relevant languages, and to continue to address in particular the delay in the preparation of volume III of the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs;", "12. Reiterates that the Secretary-General is responsible for the quality of the Repertoire of the Practice of United Nations Organs and the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council and, with regard to the latter, calls upon the Secretary-General to continue to conform to the modalities outlined in paragraphs 102 to 106 of the report of the Secretary-General of 18 September 1952[8];", "13. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the Repertory of Practice of United Nations Organs and the Repertoire of the Practice of the Security Council;", "14. Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Ad Hoc Committee at its next session the information referred to in paragraph 11 of his report on the implementation of the provisions of the Charter concerning assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions[9];", "15. Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the provisions of the Charter relating to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions, under the item entitled “Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization”;", "16. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization”.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 47 (A/63/47).", "[2] Ibid., sixty-first session, Supplement No. 33 (A/61/33), para. 72.", "[3] A/66/201.", "[4] See resolution 60/1.", "[5] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixtieth Session, Supplement No. 33 (A/60/33), para. 77.", "[6] Ibid., sixty-sixth session, Supplement No. 33 (A/66/33).", "[7] A/48/573‐S/26705, A/49/356, A/50/60‐S/1995/1, A/50/361, A/50/423, A/51/317, A/52/308, A/53/312, A/54/383 and Add.1, A/55/295 and Add.1, A/56/303, A/57/165 and Add.1, A/58/346, A/59/334, A/60/320, A/61/304, A/62/206 and Corr.1, A/63/224, A/64/225,", "[8] A/2170.", "[9] A/66/213." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/475)]", "66/102. El estado de derecho en los planos nacional e internacional", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 65/32, de 6 de diciembre de 2010,", "Reafirmando su compromiso con los propósitos y principios de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y el derecho internacional, que son el fundamento indispensable de un mundo más pacífico, próspero y justo, y reiterando su determinación de promover su estricto respeto y de establecer una paz justa y duradera en todo el mundo,", "Reafirmando que los derechos humanos, el estado de derecho y la democracia están vinculados entre sí, se refuerzan mutuamente y forman parte de los valores y principios fundamentales, universales e indivisibles de las Naciones Unidas,", "Reafirmando también la necesidad del respeto y la aplicación universales del estado de derecho en los planos nacional e internacional y su compromiso solemne con un orden internacional basado en el estado de derecho y el derecho internacional, que, junto con los principios de la justicia, es esencial para la coexistencia pacífica y la cooperación entre los Estados,", "Convencida de que el progreso del estado de derecho en los planos nacional e internacional es esencial para el crecimiento económico sostenido, el desarrollo sostenible, la erradicación de la pobreza y el hambre y la protección de todos los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales, y reconociendo que la seguridad colectiva depende de que exista una cooperación eficaz, de conformidad con la Carta y el derecho internacional, contra las amenazas transnacionales,", "Reafirmando el deber de todos los Estados de abstenerse en sus relaciones internacionales de la amenaza o el uso de la fuerza en cualquier forma incompatible con los propósitos y principios de las Naciones Unidas y de arreglar sus controversias internacionales por medios pacíficos de tal manera que no se pongan en peligro ni la paz y la seguridad internacionales ni la justicia, de conformidad con el Capítulo VI de la Carta, y exhortando a los Estados que aún no lo hayan hecho a que consideren la posibilidad de reconocer la competencia de la Corte Internacional de Justicia según lo dispuesto en su Estatuto,", "Convencida de que la promoción y el respeto del estado de derecho en los planos nacional e internacional, así como la justicia y la buena gobernanza, deben guiar las actividades de las Naciones Unidas y de sus Estados Miembros,", "Recordando el párrafo 134 e) del Documento Final de la Cumbre Mundial 2005[1],", "1. Toma nota del informe anual del Secretario General sobre el fortalecimiento y la coordinación de las actividades de las Naciones Unidas orientadas a la promoción del estado de derecho[2];", "2. Reafirma el papel de la Asamblea General en lo que respecta al fomento del desarrollo progresivo del derecho internacional y su codificación, y reafirma además que los Estados deben cumplir todas las obligaciones que les incumben con arreglo al derecho internacional;", "3. Reafirma también que es imprescindible respetar y promover el estado de derecho en el plano internacional de conformidad con los principios de la Carta;", "4. Acoge con beneplácito el diálogo iniciado por el Grupo de Coordinación y Apoyo sobre el Estado de Derecho y la Dependencia sobre el Estado de Derecho con los Estados Miembros sobre el tema “Promoción del estado de derecho en el plano internacional”, y pide que este diálogo continúe con miras a fomentar el estado de derecho en el plano internacional;", "5. Destaca la importancia de que el estado de derecho se respete en el ámbito nacional y la necesidad de que los Estados Miembros que lo soliciten reciban más apoyo para dar cumplimiento en el ámbito nacional a sus respectivas obligaciones internacionales mediante el aumento de la asistencia técnica y la creación de capacidad y sobre la base de una mayor coordinación y coherencia en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas y entre los donantes, y reitera su petición de que se evalúen más detenidamente la eficacia de dichas actividades, y, en particular, las posibles medidas para mejorar la eficacia de las actividades de creación de capacidad;", "6. Pide, en este contexto, que se fomente el diálogo entre todas las partes interesadas con miras a situar las perspectivas nacionales en el centro de la asistencia en el ámbito del estado de derecho, con el fin de fortalecer la implicación nacional;", "7. Exhorta al sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que, según proceda, aborde sistemáticamente los aspectos relacionados con el estado de derecho en las actividades pertinentes, incluida la participación de la mujer en actividades relacionadas con el estado de derecho, reconociendo la importancia que este reviste en prácticamente todos los ámbitos de la labor de las Naciones Unidas;", "8. Expresa su pleno apoyo a la función general de coordinación y armonización que, dentro del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y conforme a los mandatos vigentes, desempeña el Grupo de Coordinación y Apoyo sobre el Estado de Derecho, asistido por la Dependencia sobre el Estado de Derecho de la Oficina Ejecutiva del Secretario General, bajo la dirección de la Vicesecretaria General;", "9. Solicita al Secretario General que presente puntualmente su próximo informe anual sobre las actividades de las Naciones Unidas orientadas a la promoción del estado de derecho, de conformidad con el párrafo 5 de su resolución 63/128, de 11 de diciembre de 2008;", "10. Reconoce la importancia de que se restablezca la confianza en el estado de derecho como elemento fundamental de la justicia de transición;", "11. Alienta al Secretario General y al sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que otorguen alta prioridad a las actividades orientadas a la promoción del estado de derecho;", "12. Invita a la Corte Internacional de Justicia, la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional y la Comisión de Derecho Internacional a que sigan formulando observaciones, en sus respectivos informes a la Asamblea General, sobre sus funciones actuales en la promoción del estado de derecho;", "13. Invita al Grupo de Coordinación y Apoyo sobre el Estado de Derecho y a la Dependencia sobre el Estado de Derecho a que continúen manteniendo contactos periódicos con los Estados Miembros, en particular en reuniones informativas oficiosas;", "14. Destaca la necesidad de dotar a la Dependencia sobre el Estado de Derecho de los fondos y el personal necesarios para que pueda llevar a cabo su labor de manera sostenible y eficaz, e insta al Secretario General y los Estados Miembros a que sigan apoyando el funcionamiento de la Dependencia;", "15. Recuerda su decisión de convocar una reunión de alto nivel de la Asamblea General sobre el tema “El estado de derecho en los planos nacional e internacional” durante la serie de sesiones de alto nivel de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, y decide adoptar las siguientes disposiciones para la organización de la reunión de alto nivel:", "a) La reunión de alto nivel consistirá en una sesión plenaria de un día de duración que se celebrará el lunes 24 de septiembre de 2012;", "b) Se invitará a intervenir en la sesión plenaria al Presidente de la Asamblea General, el Secretario General, el Presidente de la Corte Internacional de Justicia, el Presidente del Consejo de Seguridad, la Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos, la Administradora del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, el Director Ejecutivo de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito, el Presidente de la Comisión de Derecho Internacional, los Estados Miembros y los observadores, así como un número limitado de representantes de organizaciones no gubernamentales que se ocupen de cuestiones relacionadas con el estado de derecho[3];", "c) El Presidente de la Asamblea General elaborará una lista de representantes de organizaciones no gubernamentales reconocidas como entidades consultivas por el Consejo Económico y Social que participarán en la reunión de alto nivel;", "d) El Presidente de la Asamblea General elaborará una lista de representantes de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, incluidas las organizaciones no gubernamentales que se ocupan de cuestiones relacionadas con el estado de derecho, y, teniendo en cuenta el principio de representación geográfica equitativa, presentará la lista a los Estados Miembros para que la examinen con arreglo al procedimiento de no objeción, a fin de determinar la participación en la reunión de alto nivel;", "16. Decide que el documento final de la reunión de alto nivel sea conciso y solicita al Presidente de la Asamblea General que prepare un proyecto de texto, en consulta con los Estados Miembros, y que celebre consultas oficiosas de carácter inclusivo y en fecha apropiada a fin de que los Estados Miembros dispongan de tiempo suficiente para examinarlo y llegar a un acuerdo antes de la reunión;", "17. Solicita al Presidente de la Asamblea General que, en consulta con los Estados Miembros, ultime las disposiciones para la organización de las sesiones, incluida la lista de oradores para la sesión plenaria, teniendo en cuenta la duración de la reunión de alto nivel, el nivel de representación, la representación geográfica equitativa y la necesidad de asegurar que todos los oradores incluidos en la lista tengan la oportunidad de intervenir;", "18. Solicita al Secretario General que, a más tardar en marzo de 2012, presente un informe para su examen por los Estados Miembros como preparación para la reunión de alto nivel;", "19. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “El estado de derecho en los planos nacional e internacional”;", "20. Invita a los Estados Miembros y al Secretario General a que propongan posibles subtemas para futuros debates de la Sexta Comisión, para su inclusión en el próximo informe anual, con miras a ayudar a la Sexta Comisión a elegir futuros subtemas.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase la resolución 60/1.", "[2]  A/66/133.", "[3]  Intervendrán con arreglo al procedimiento de no objeción, según la práctica establecida." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/475)]", "66/102. The rule of law at the national and international levels", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 65/32 of 6 December 2010,", "Reaffirming its commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, which are indispensable foundations of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world, and reiterating its determination to foster strict respect for them and to establish a just and lasting peace all over the world,", "Reaffirming that human rights, the rule of law and democracy are interlinked and mutually reinforcing and that they belong to the universal and indivisible core values and principles of the United Nations,", "Reaffirming also the need for universal adherence to and implementation of the rule of law at both the national and international levels and its solemn commitment to an international order based on the rule of law and international law, which, together with the principles of justice, is essential for peaceful coexistence and cooperation among States,", "Convinced that the advancement of the rule of law at the national and international levels is essential for the realization of sustained economic growth, sustainable development, the eradication of poverty and hunger and the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and acknowledging that collective security depends on effective cooperation, in accordance with the Charter and international law, against transnational threats,", "Reaffirming the duty of all States to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes and principles of the United Nations and to settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not endangered, in accordance with Chapter VI of the Charter, and calling upon States that have not yet done so to consider accepting the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice in accordance with its Statute,", "Convinced that the promotion of and respect for the rule of law at the national and international levels, as well as justice and good governance, should guide the activities of the United Nations and of its Member States,", "Recalling paragraph 134 (e) of the 2005 World Summit Outcome,[1]", "1. Takes note of the annual report of the Secretary-General on strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities;[2]", "2. Reaffirms the role of the General Assembly in encouraging the progressive development of international law and its codification, and reaffirms further that States shall abide by all their obligations under international law;", "3. Reaffirms also the imperative of upholding and promoting the rule of law at the international level in accordance with the principles of the Charter;", "4. Welcomes the dialogue initiated by the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group and the Rule of Law Unit with Member States on the topic ‘‘Promoting the rule of law at the international level’’, and calls for the continuation of this dialogue with a view to fostering the rule of law at the international level;", "5. Stresses the importance of adherence to the rule of law at the national level and the need to strengthen support to Member States, upon their request, in the domestic implementation of their respective international obligations through enhanced technical assistance and capacity-building, based on greater coordination and coherence within the United Nations system and among donors, and reiterates its call for greater evaluation of the effectiveness of such activities, including possible measures to improve the effectiveness of those capacity-building activities;", "6. Calls, in this context, for dialogue to be enhanced among all stakeholders with a view to placing national perspectives at the centre of rule of law assistance in order to strengthen national ownership;", "7. Calls upon the United Nations system to systematically address, as appropriate, aspects of the rule of law in relevant activities, including the participation of women in rule of law-related activities, recognizing the importance of the rule of law to virtually all areas of United Nations engagement;", "8. Expresses full support for the overall coordination and coherence role of the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group within the United Nations system within existing mandates, supported by the Rule of Law Unit in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, under the leadership of the Deputy Secretary-General;", "9. Requests the Secretary-General to submit, in a timely manner, his next annual report on United Nations rule of law activities, in accordance with paragraph 5 of its resolution 63/128 of 11 December 2008;", "10. Recognizes the importance of restoring confidence in the rule of law as a key element of transitional justice;", "11. Encourages the Secretary-General and the United Nations system to accord high priority to rule of law activities;", "12. Invites the International Court of Justice, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and the International Law Commission to continue to comment, in their respective reports to the General Assembly, on their current roles in promoting the rule of law;", "13. Invites the Rule of Law Coordination and Resource Group and the Rule of Law Unit to continue to interact with Member States on a regular basis, in particular in informal briefings;", "14. Stresses the need to provide the Rule of Law Unit with the necessary funding and staff in order to enable it to carry out its tasks in an effective and sustainable manner, and urges the Secretary-General and Member States to continue to support the functioning of the Unit;", "15. Recalls its decision to convene a high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the topic “The rule of law at the national and international levels” during the high-level segment of its sixty-seventh session, and decides that the organizational arrangements for the high-level meeting should be as follows:", "(a) The high-level meeting will be held as a one-day plenary on Monday, 24 September 2012;", "(b) The President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the President of the International Court of Justice, the President of the Security Council, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Chair of the International Law Commission, Member States and observers, as well as a limited number of representatives of non-governmental organizations active in the field of the rule of law,[3] will be invited to speak at the plenary;", "(c) The President of the General Assembly shall draw up a list of representatives of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council who will participate in the high-level meeting;", "(d) The President of the General Assembly shall draw up a list of representatives of civil society organizations, including non-governmental organizations active in the field of the rule of law and, taking into account the principle of equitable geographical representation, submit the list to Member States for consideration on a no-objection basis, for participation in the high-level meeting;", "16. Decides that the high-level meeting will result in a concise outcome document, and requests the President of the General Assembly to produce a draft text, in consultation with Member States, and to convene inclusive informal consultations at an appropriate date in order to enable sufficient consideration and agreement by Member States prior to the meeting;", "17. Requests the President of the General Assembly, in consultation with Member States, to finalize the organizational arrangements of the meetings, including the list of speakers for the plenary, taking into account the length of the high-level meeting, the level of representation, equitable geographical representation and the need to ensure that all listed speakers will have the opportunity to speak;", "18. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report for the consideration of Member States in preparation for the high-level meeting, no later than March 2012;", "19. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “The rule of law at the national and international levels”;", "20. Invites Member States as well as the Secretary-General to suggest possible sub-topics for future Sixth Committee debates for inclusion in the forthcoming annual report, with a view to assisting the Sixth Committee in choosing future sub-topics.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  See resolution 60/1.", "[2]  A/66/133.", "[3]  To speak on a non-objection basis in accordance with past practice." ]
A_RES_66_102
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/475)]", "66/102. The rule of law at the national and international levels", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 65/32 of 6 December 2010,", "Reaffirming its commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and international law, which are the indispensable foundation of a more peaceful, prosperous and just world, and reiterating its determination to promote its strict respect and to establish a just and lasting peace throughout the world,", "Reaffirming that human rights, the rule of law and democracy are interlinked, mutually reinforcing and part of the fundamental, universal and indivisible values and principles of the United Nations,", "Reaffirming also the need for universal respect for and implementation of the rule of law at the national and international levels and its solemn commitment to an international order based on the rule of law and international law, which, together with the principles of justice, is essential for peaceful coexistence and cooperation among States,", "Convinced that the progress of the rule of law at the national and international levels is essential for sustained economic growth, sustainable development, the eradication of poverty and hunger and the protection of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, and recognizing that collective security depends on effective cooperation, in accordance with the Charter and international law, against transnational threats,", "Reaffirming the duty of all States to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes and principles of the United Nations and to settle their international disputes by peaceful means in such a way that international peace and security and justice are not endangered, in accordance with Chapter VI of the Charter, and calling upon States that have not yet done so to consider recognizing the jurisdiction of the International Court,", "Convinced that the promotion and respect for the rule of law at the national and international levels, as well as justice and good governance, should guide the activities of the United Nations and its Member States,", "Recalling paragraph 134 (e) of the 2005 World Summit Outcome[1],", "1. Takes note of the annual report of the Secretary-General on strengthening and coordinating United Nations rule of law activities[2];", "2. Reaffirms the role of the General Assembly in promoting the progressive development of international law and its codification, and further reaffirms that States must fulfil all their obligations under international law;", "3. Reaffirms also that it is essential to respect and promote the rule of law at the international level in accordance with the principles of the Charter;", "4. Welcomes the dialogue initiated by the Rule of Law Coordination and Support Group and the Rule of Law Unit with Member States on the theme “Promotion of the rule of law at the international level”, and requests that this dialogue continue with a view to promoting the rule of law at the international level;", "5. Stresses the importance of respect for the rule of law at the national level and the need for Member States, upon their request, to receive more support to fulfil their respective international obligations at the national level through increased technical assistance and capacity-building and on the basis of enhanced coordination and coherence within the United Nations system and among donors, and reiterates its request to enhance the effectiveness of such activities, in particular,", "6. In this context, it calls for the promotion of dialogue among all stakeholders with a view to placing national perspectives at the centre of assistance in the field of the rule of law, with a view to strengthening national ownership;", "7. Calls upon the United Nations system, as appropriate, to systematically address the rule of law aspects in relevant activities, including the participation of women in rule of law activities, recognizing the importance of the rule of law in virtually all areas of the work of the United Nations;", "8. Expresses its full support for the overall coordination and harmonization role that, within the United Nations system and in accordance with the existing mandates, the Rule of Law Coordination and Support Group, assisted by the Rule of Law Unit of the Executive Office of the Secretary-General, under the direction of the Deputy Secretary-General;", "9. Requests the Secretary-General to submit promptly his next annual report on the activities of the United Nations aimed at the promotion of the rule of law, in accordance with paragraph 5 of its resolution 63/128 of 11 December 2008;", "10. Recognizes the importance of restoring confidence in the rule of law as a fundamental element of transitional justice;", "11. Encourages the Secretary-General and the United Nations system to give high priority to rule of law activities;", "12. Invites the International Court of Justice, the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law and the International Law Commission to continue to comment, in their respective reports to the General Assembly, on their current functions in promoting the rule of law;", "13. Invites the Rule of Law Coordination and Support Group and the Rule of Law Unit to continue to maintain regular contacts with Member States, in particular in informal briefings;", "14. Stresses the need to provide the Rule of Law Unit with the necessary funds and staff to enable it to carry out its work in a sustainable and effective manner, and urges the Secretary-General and Member States to continue to support the functioning of the Unit;", "15. Recalls its decision to convene a high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the theme " The rule of law at the national and international levels " during the high-level segment of its sixty-seventh session, and decides to adopt the following arrangements for the organization of the high-level meeting:", "(a) The high-level meeting will consist of a one-day plenary meeting to be held on Monday, 24 September 2012;", "(b) The President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the President of the International Court of Justice, the President of the Security Council, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the Chairman of the International Law Commission, Member States and observers, shall be invited to speak in the plenary meeting;3", "(c) The President of the General Assembly will prepare a list of representatives of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council who will participate in the high-level meeting;", "(d) The President of the General Assembly will draw up a list of representatives of civil society organizations, including non-governmental organizations dealing with rule of law issues, and, taking into account the principle of equitable geographical representation, will submit the list to Member States for consideration under the non-objection procedure, in order to determine participation at the high-level meeting;", "16. Decides that the outcome document of the high-level meeting shall be concise and requests the President of the General Assembly to prepare a draft text, in consultation with Member States, and to hold informal consultations of an inclusive and appropriate time, so that Member States may have sufficient time to consider it and reach agreement before the meeting;", "17. Requests the President of the General Assembly, in consultation with Member States, to finalize the arrangements for the organization of meetings, including the list of speakers for the plenary meeting, taking into account the duration of the high-level meeting, the level of representation, equitable geographical representation and the need to ensure that all speakers on the list have the opportunity to speak;", "18. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report by March 2012 for consideration by Member States in preparation for the high-level meeting;", "19. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “The rule of law at the national and international levels”;", "20. Invites Member States and the Secretary-General to propose possible sub-items for future discussions of the Sixth Committee, for inclusion in the next annual report, with a view to assisting the Sixth Committee in electing future sub-items.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] See resolution 60/1.", "[2] A/66/133.", "[3] They shall intervene according to the procedure of non-objection, in accordance with established practice." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/476)]", "66/103. Alcance y aplicación del principio de la jurisdicción universal", "La Asamblea General,", "Reafirmando su compromiso con los propósitos y principios de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, el derecho internacional y un orden internacional basado en el estado de derecho, que es esencial para la coexistencia pacífica y la cooperación entre los Estados,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 64/117, de 16 de diciembre de 2009, y 65/33, de 6 de diciembre de 2010,", "Teniendo en cuenta los comentarios y observaciones de los gobiernos y los observadores y los debates de la Sexta Comisión durante los períodos de sesiones de la Asamblea General sexagésimo cuarto, sexagésimo quinto y sexagésimo sexto sobre el alcance y la aplicación de la jurisdicción universal[1],", "Reconociendo la diversidad de opiniones expresadas por los Estados y la necesidad de seguir examinando el tema para comprender mejor el alcance y la aplicación de la jurisdicción universal,", "Reiterando su compromiso de luchar contra la impunidad y observando las opiniones expresadas por los Estados en el sentido de que la mejor forma de garantizar la legitimidad y credibilidad del ejercicio de la jurisdicción universal es que esta se aplique de manera responsable y sensata con arreglo al derecho internacional,", "1. Toma nota con aprecio del informe del Secretario General preparado sobre la base de los comentarios y observaciones de los gobiernos y los observadores pertinentes[2];", "2. Decide que la Sexta Comisión siga examinando el alcance y la aplicación de la jurisdicción universal, sin perjuicio de que este tema y otras cuestiones conexas se examinen en otros foros de las Naciones Unidas, y, con ese fin, decide establecer en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones un grupo de trabajo de la Sexta Comisión para seguir realizando un examen exhaustivo del alcance y la aplicación de la jurisdicción universal[3];", "3. Invita a los Estados Miembros y a los observadores pertinentes, según proceda, a que presenten antes del 30 de abril de 2012 información y observaciones sobre el alcance y la aplicación de la jurisdicción universal, incluida, cuando corresponda, información sobre los tratados internacionales aplicables pertinentes y sus disposiciones legales y prácticas judiciales internas, y solicita al Secretario General que prepare un informe basado en esa información y observaciones y lo presente a la Asamblea General en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones;", "4. Decide que el grupo de trabajo esté abierto a todos los Estados Miembros y que se invite a los observadores pertinentes de la Asamblea General a participar en las labores del grupo de trabajo;", "5. Decide también incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Alcance y aplicación del principio de la jurisdicción universal”.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo cuarto período de sesiones, Sexta Comisión, 12ª, 13ª y 25ª sesiones (A/C.6/64/SR.12, 13 y 25), y corrección; ibid., sexagésimo quinto período de sesiones, Sexta Comisión, 10ª a 12ª, 27ª y 28ª sesiones (A/C.6/65/SR.10‑12, 27 y 28), y corrección; e ibid., sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Sexta Comisión, 12ª, 13ª, 17ª y 29ª sesiones (A/C.6/66/SR.12, 13, 17 y 29), y corrección.", "[2]  A/66/93 y Add.1; véase también A/65/181.", "[3]  El grupo de trabajo tendrá en cuenta el documento oficioso del grupo de trabajo establecido en el sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones (A/C.6/66/WG.3/1)." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/476)]", "66/103. The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming its commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, to international law and to an international order based on the rule of law, which is essential for peaceful coexistence and cooperation among States,", "Recalling its resolutions 64/117 of 16 December 2009 and 65/33 of 6 December 2010,", "Taking into account the comments and observations of Governments and observers and the discussions held in the Sixth Committee at the sixty-fourth, sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth sessions of the General Assembly, on the scope and application of universal jurisdiction,[1]", "Recognizing the diversity of views expressed by States and the need for further consideration towards a better understanding of the scope and application of universal jurisdiction,", "Reiterating its commitment to fighting impunity, and noting the views expressed by States that the legitimacy and credibility of the use of universal jurisdiction are best ensured by its responsible and judicious application consistent with international law,", "1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General prepared on the basis of comments and observations of Governments and relevant observers;[2]", "2. Decides that the Sixth Committee shall continue its consideration of the scope and application of universal jurisdiction, without prejudice to the consideration of this topic and related issues in other forums of the United Nations, and for this purpose decides to establish, at its sixty-seventh session, a working group of the Sixth Committee to continue to undertake a thorough discussion of the scope and application of universal jurisdiction;[3]", "3. Invites Member States and relevant observers, as appropriate, to submit, before 30 April 2012, information and observations on the scope and application of universal jurisdiction, including, where appropriate, information on the relevant applicable international treaties, their domestic legal rules and judicial practice, and requests the Secretary-General to prepare and submit to the General Assembly, at its sixty-seventh session, a report based on such information and observations;", "4. Decides that the Working Group shall be open to all Member States and that relevant observers to the General Assembly will be invited to participate in the work of the Working Group;", "5. Also decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “The scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction”.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fourth Session, Sixth Committee, 12th, 13th and 25th meetings (A/C.6/64/SR.12, 13 and 25), and corrigendum; ibid., Sixty-fifth Session, Sixth Committee, 10th to 12th, 27th and 28th meetings (A/C.6/65/SR.10–12, 27 and 28), and corrigendum; and ibid., Sixty‑sixth Session, Sixth Committee, 12th, 13th, 17th and 29th meetings (A/C.6/66/SR.12, 13, 17 and 29), and corrigendum.", "[2]  A/66/93 and Add.1; see also A/65/181.", "[3]  The Working Group will take into account the informal working paper of the Working Group at the Sixty-sixth session (A/C.6/66/WG.3/1)." ]
A_RES_66_103
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/476)]", "66/103. Scope and application of the principle of universal jurisdiction", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming its commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations, international law and an international order based on the rule of law, which is essential for peaceful coexistence and cooperation among States,", "Recalling its resolutions 64/117 of 16 December 2009 and 65/33 of 6 December 2010,", "Taking into account the comments and observations of Governments and observers and the debates of the Sixth Committee during the sixty-fourth, sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth sessions of the General Assembly on the scope and application of universal jurisdiction,[1]", "Recognizing the diversity of views expressed by States and the need for further consideration of the topic to better understand the scope and application of universal jurisdiction,", "Reiterating its commitment to combat impunity and noting the views expressed by States that the best way to ensure the legitimacy and credibility of the exercise of universal jurisdiction is that it is implemented in a responsible and sensible manner in accordance with international law,", "1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General prepared on the basis of comments and observations of Governments and relevant observers[2];", "2. Decides that the Sixth Committee shall continue to examine the scope and application of universal jurisdiction, without prejudice to the consideration of this item and other related matters in other United Nations forums, and, to that end, decides to establish at its sixty-seventh session a working group of the Sixth Committee to continue to undertake a comprehensive review of the scope and application of universal jurisdiction[3];", "3. Invites Member States and relevant observers, as appropriate, to submit information and observations on the scope and application of universal jurisdiction by 30 April 2012, including, where appropriate, information on relevant international treaties and their domestic legal provisions and judicial practices, and requests the Secretary-General to prepare a report based on such information and observations and to submit it to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "4. Decides that the working group shall be open to all Member States and that the relevant observers of the General Assembly shall be invited to participate in the work of the working group;", "5. Decides also to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled " Scope and implementation of the principle of universal jurisdiction " .", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fourth Session, Sixth Committee, 12th, 13th and 25th meetings (A/C.6/64/SR.12, 13 and 25), and corrigendum; ibid., sixty-fifth session, Sixth Committee, 10th to 12th, 27th and 28th meetings (A/C.6/65/SR.10-12, 27 and 28), and corrigendum; and ibid., sixty-sixth session, 12", "[2] A/66/93 and Add.1; see also A/65/181.", "[3] The working group will take into account the informal working group document established at the sixty-sixth session (A/C.6/66/WG.3/1)." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/477)]", "66/104. El derecho de los acuíferos transfronterizos", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 63/124, de 11 de diciembre de 2008, en la que tomó nota del proyecto de artículos sobre el derecho de los acuíferos transfronterizos presentado por la Comisión de Derecho Internacional,", "Observando la gran importancia del derecho de los acuíferos transfronterizos para las relaciones entre los Estados, y la necesidad de asegurar, mediante la cooperación internacional, una gestión razonable y adecuada de los acuíferos transfronterizos, que son un recurso natural de importancia vital,", "Poniendo de relieve la importancia que siguen teniendo la codificación y el desarrollo progresivo del derecho internacional a que se hace referencia en el Artículo 13, párrafo 1 a), de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas,", "Tomando nota de las observaciones de los gobiernos y los debates de la Sexta Comisión sobre este tema durante sus períodos de sesiones sexagésimo tercero y sexagésimo sexto[1],", "1. Alienta nuevamente a los Estados interesados a que concierten los correspondientes arreglos bilaterales o regionales para la adecuada gestión de sus acuíferos transfronterizos, teniendo en cuenta las disposiciones del proyecto de artículos que figura como anexo de su resolución 63/124;", "2. Alienta al Programa Hidrológico Internacional de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, de cuya contribución se dejó constancia en la resolución 63/124, a que siga prestando asistencia científica y técnica a los Estados interesados;", "3. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo octavo período de sesiones el tema titulado “El derecho de los acuíferos transfronterizos” y, a la luz de las observaciones formuladas por escrito por los gobiernos y de las opiniones expresadas en los debates de la Sexta Comisión celebrados durante sus períodos de sesiones sexagésimo tercero y sexagésimo sexto, seguir examinando, entre otras cuestiones, la de la forma definitiva que se podría dar al proyecto de artículos.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo tercer período de sesiones, Sexta Comisión, 26ª sesión (A/C.6/63/SR.26), y corrección; e ibid., sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Sexta Comisión, 16ª y 29ª sesiones (A/C.6/66/SR.16 y 29), y corrección." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/477)]", "66/104. The law of transboundary aquifers", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 63/124 of 11 December 2008, in which it took note of the draft articles on the law of transboundary aquifers formulated by the International Law Commission,", "Noting the major importance of the subject of the law of transboundary aquifers in the relations of States and the need for reasonable and proper management of transboundary aquifers, a vitally important natural resource, through international cooperation,", "Emphasizing the continuing importance of the codification and progressive development of international law, as referred to in Article 13, paragraph 1 (a), of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Taking note of the comments of Governments and the discussions in the Sixth Committee at its sixty-third and sixty-sixth sessions on this topic,[1]", "1. Further encourages the States concerned to make appropriate bilateral or regional arrangements for the proper management of their transboundary aquifers, taking into account the provisions of the draft articles annexed to its resolution 63/124;", "2. Encourages the International Hydrological Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, whose contribution was noted in resolution 63/124, to offer further scientific and technical assistance to the States concerned;", "3. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-eighth session the item entitled “The law of transboundary aquifers” and, in the light of written comments of Governments, as well as views expressed in the debates of the Sixth Committee held at its sixty-third and sixty-sixth sessions, to continue to examine, inter alia, the question of the final form that might be given to the draft articles.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Sixth Committee, 26th meeting (A/C.6/63/SR.26), and corrigendum; and ibid., Sixty-sixth Session, Sixth Committee, 16th and 29th meetings (A/C.6/66/SR.16 and 29), and corrigendum." ]
A_RES_66_104
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/477)]", "66/104. The right of transboundary aquifers", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 63/124 of 11 December 2008, in which it took note of the draft articles on the law of transboundary aquifers submitted by the International Law Commission,", "Noting the great importance of the right of transboundary aquifers to inter-State relations, and the need to ensure, through international cooperation, reasonable and adequate management of transboundary aquifers, which are a vital natural resource,", "Emphasizing the continuing importance of the codification and progressive development of international law referred to in Article 13, paragraph 1 (a), of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Taking note of the comments of Governments and the discussions of the Sixth Committee on this item during its sixty-third and sixty-sixth sessions,[1]", "1. Further encourages the States concerned to conclude the relevant bilateral or regional arrangements for the proper management of their transboundary aquifers, taking into account the provisions of the draft articles annexed to its resolution 63/124;", "2. Encourages the International Hydrological Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which was reflected in resolution 63/124, to continue to provide scientific and technical assistance to the States concerned;", "3. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-eighth session the item entitled " The right of transboundary aquifers " and, in the light of the written comments made by Governments and the views expressed in the debates of the Sixth Committee held during its sixty-third and sixty-sixth sessions, to continue to consider, inter alia, the final form to be given to the draft articles.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Sixth Committee, 26th meeting (A/C.6/63/SR.26), and corrigendum; and ibid., sixty-sixth session, Sixth Committee, 16th and 29th meetings (A/C.6/66/SR.16 and 29), and corrigendum." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/478)]", "66/105. Medidas para eliminar el terrorismo internacional", "La Asamblea General,", "Guiada por los propósitos y principios de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas,", "Reafirmando en todos sus aspectos la Estrategia global de las Naciones Unidas contra el terrorismo aprobada el 8 de septiembre de 2006[1], en la que se mejora el marco general de las actividades de la comunidad internacional para combatir eficazmente el flagelo del terrorismo en todas sus formas y manifestaciones, y recordando los exámenes bienales primero y segundo de la Estrategia, que tuvieron lugar los días 4 y 5 de septiembre de 2008 y 8 de septiembre de 2010, respectivamente, y los debates celebrados en esas ocasiones[2],", "Recordando la Declaración con motivo del cincuentenario de las Naciones Unidas[3],", "Recordando también la Declaración del Milenio[4],", "Recordando además el Documento Final de la Cumbre Mundial 2005[5] y reafirmando especialmente la sección relativa al terrorismo,", "Recordando la Declaración sobre medidas para eliminar el terrorismo internacional, que figura en el anexo de su resolución 49/60, de 9 de diciembre de 1994, y la Declaración complementaria de la Declaración de 1994 sobre medidas para eliminar el terrorismo internacional, que figura en el anexo de su resolución 51/210, de 17 de diciembre de 1996,", "Recordando también todas sus resoluciones sobre medidas para eliminar el terrorismo internacional y las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad sobre las amenazas a la paz y la seguridad internacionales causadas por actos terroristas,", "Convencida de la importancia de que, en su calidad de órgano universal competente para hacerlo, examine medidas encaminadas a eliminar el terrorismo internacional,", "Profundamente consternada por la persistencia de los actos de terrorismo en el mundo entero,", "Reafirmando su enérgica condena de los odiosos actos de terrorismo que han causado una enorme pérdida de vidas humanas, destrucción y daños, incluidos los que dieron lugar a la aprobación de su resolución 56/1, de 12 de septiembre de 2001, así como de las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad 1368 (2001), de 12 de septiembre de 2001, 1373 (2001), de 28 de septiembre de 2001, y 1377 (2001), de 12 de noviembre de 2001, y los ocurridos desde entonces,", "Reafirmando también su enérgica condena de los atroces ataques perpetrados deliberadamente contra oficinas de las Naciones Unidas en diversas partes del mundo,", "Afirmando que los Estados deben cerciorarse de que las medidas que adopten para luchar contra el terrorismo sean conformes con todas las obligaciones que les incumben en virtud del derecho internacional y deben adoptar esas medidas de conformidad con el derecho internacional, en particular las normas internacionales de derechos humanos, el derecho internacional de los refugiados y el derecho internacional humanitario,", "Destacando la necesidad de estrechar aún más la cooperación internacional entre Estados y entre organizaciones y organismos internacionales, organizaciones y acuerdos regionales y las Naciones Unidas a fin de prevenir, combatir y eliminar el terrorismo en todas sus formas y manifestaciones, dondequiera que se cometan los actos de terrorismo y quienquiera que los cometa, de conformidad con los principios de la Carta, el derecho internacional y los convenios y convenciones internacionales pertinentes,", "Observando la función que corresponde al Comité del Consejo de Seguridad establecido en virtud de la resolución 1373 (2001), relativa a la lucha contra el terrorismo, en la vigilancia de la aplicación de dicha resolución, en particular en lo que respecta a la adopción por los Estados de las medidas financieras, jurídicas y técnicas necesarias y la ratificación o aceptación de los convenios, convenciones y protocolos internacionales en la materia,", "Teniendo presente la necesidad de reforzar el papel de las Naciones Unidas y los organismos especializados competentes en la lucha contra el terrorismo internacional, así como las propuestas del Secretario General para reforzar el papel de la Organización a ese respecto,", "Teniendo presente también la necesidad fundamental de intensificar la cooperación internacional, regional y subregional a fin de reforzar la capacidad propia de los Estados para prevenir y reprimir eficazmente el terrorismo internacional en todas sus formas y manifestaciones,", "Reiterando su llamamiento a los Estados para que examinen con urgencia el alcance de las disposiciones jurídicas internacionales vigentes sobre prevención, represión y eliminación del terrorismo en todas sus formas y manifestaciones a fin de asegurar la existencia de un marco jurídico completo que abarque todos los aspectos de la cuestión,", "Poniendo de relieve que la tolerancia y el diálogo entre civilizaciones y el fomento de la comprensión entre religiones y culturas se cuentan entre los elementos más importantes para promover la cooperación y el éxito en la lucha contra el terrorismo, y acogiendo con beneplácito las diversas iniciativas en ese sentido,", "Reafirmando que ningún acto terrorista está justificado en ninguna circunstancia,", "Recordando la resolución 1624 (2005) del Consejo de Seguridad, de 14 de septiembre de 2005, y teniendo presente que los Estados deben asegurarse de que las medidas que adopten para luchar contra el terrorismo sean conformes con las obligaciones que les incumben en virtud del derecho internacional, en particular las normas internacionales de derechos humanos, el derecho internacional de los refugiados y el derecho internacional humanitario,", "Tomando nota de las recientes medidas e iniciativas de ámbito internacional, regional y subregional para prevenir y reprimir el terrorismo internacional adoptadas, entre otros, por la Asociación Euromediterránea, la Asociación Europea de Libre Comercio, la Asociación de Naciones del Asia Sudoriental, la Autoridad Intergubernamental para el Desarrollo, la Comunidad del África Meridional para el Desarrollo, la Comunidad del África Oriental, la Comunidad Económica de los Estados de África Occidental, la Conferencia sobre la Interacción y las Medidas de Fomento de la Confianza en Asia, el Consejo de Cooperación de los Estados Árabes del Golfo, el Consejo de Europa, el Foro de Cooperación Económica Asia-Pacífico, el Foro de las Islas del Pacífico, el Foro Mundial contra el Terrorismo, el Foro Regional de la Asociación de Naciones de Asia Sudoriental, el Grupo de los Ocho, la Liga de los Estados Árabes, el Mercado Común del África Oriental y Meridional, el Movimiento de los Países No Alineados, la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional, la Organización de Cooperación Islámica, la Organización de Cooperación y Desarrollo Económicos, la Organización de Cooperación de Shanghai, la Organización de los Estados Americanos, la Organización Marítima Internacional, la Organización Mundial de Aduanas, la Organización para la Seguridad y la Cooperación en Europa, la Organización del Tratado del Atlántico Norte, la Organización del Tratado de Seguridad Colectiva, el Proceso de Bali de lucha contra el terrorismo, el Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana, la Unión Africana y la Unión Europea,", "Observando la labor regional para prevenir, combatir y eliminar el terrorismo en todas sus formas y manifestaciones, dondequiera que se cometan los actos de terrorismo y quienquiera que los cometa, en particular mediante la elaboración de convenios y convenciones regionales y la adhesión a ellos,", "Recordando que, en sus resoluciones 54/110, de 9 de diciembre de 1999, 55/158, de 12 de diciembre de 2000, 56/88, de 12 de diciembre de 2001, 57/27, de 19 de noviembre de 2002, 58/81, de 9 de diciembre de 2003, 59/46, de 2 de diciembre de 2004, 60/43, de 8 de diciembre de 2005, 61/40, de 4 de diciembre de 2006, 62/71, de 6 de diciembre de 2007, 63/129, de 11 de diciembre de 2008, 64/118, de 16 de diciembre de 2009, y 65/34, de 6 de diciembre de 2010, decidió que el Comité Especial establecido en virtud de su resolución 51/210 examinara y mantuviera en su programa la cuestión de la convocatoria de una conferencia de alto nivel bajo los auspicios de las Naciones Unidas a fin de formular una respuesta organizada conjunta de la comunidad internacional al terrorismo en todas sus formas y manifestaciones,", "Recordando también el Documento Final de la XV Conferencia en la Cumbre de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno del Movimiento de los Países No Alineados, aprobado en Sharm el‑Sheikh (Egipto), el 16 de julio de 2009[6], en que se reiteró la posición colectiva del Movimiento de los Países No Alineados sobre el terrorismo y se reafirmó su iniciativa anterior, en la que se hacía un llamamiento para que se convocara una conferencia internacional en la cumbre, bajo los auspicios de las Naciones Unidas, a fin de formular una respuesta organizada conjunta de la comunidad internacional al terrorismo en todas sus formas y manifestaciones[7], así como otras iniciativas en la materia,", "Consciente de sus resoluciones 57/219, de 18 de diciembre de 2002, 58/187, de 22 de diciembre de 2003, 59/191, de 20 de diciembre de 2004, 60/158, de 16 de diciembre de 2005, 61/171, de 19 de diciembre de 2006, 62/159, de 18 de diciembre de 2007, 63/185, de 18 de diciembre de 2008, 64/168, de 18 de diciembre de 2009, y 65/221, de 21 de diciembre de 2010,", "Habiendo examinado el informe del Secretario General[8], el informe del Comité Especial[9] y el informe oral del Presidente del Grupo de Trabajo establecido por la Sexta Comisión durante el sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones de la Asamblea[10],", "1. Condena enérgicamente todos los actos, métodos y prácticas terroristas, en todas sus formas y manifestaciones, por considerarlos criminales e injustificables, dondequiera y por quienquiera que sean cometidos;", "2. Exhorta a todos los Estados Miembros, las Naciones Unidas y otras organizaciones internacionales, regionales y subregionales pertinentes a que apliquen sin demora y en todos sus aspectos la Estrategia global de las Naciones Unidas contra el terrorismo¹, así como las resoluciones relativas a los exámenes bienales primero y segundo de la Estrategia[11], a nivel internacional, regional, subregional y nacional, en particular mediante la movilización de recursos y conocimientos especializados;", "3. Recuerda el papel fundamental que corresponde a la Asamblea General en el seguimiento de la aplicación y actualización de la Estrategia, espera con interés los resultados del tercer examen bienal y, a ese respecto, recuerda también su invitación al Secretario General a que haga aportaciones a las futuras deliberaciones de la Asamblea y le solicita que, al hacerlo, facilite información sobre las actividades pertinentes que realice la Secretaría a fin de asegurar la coordinación y la coherencia generales de la labor del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en la lucha contra el terrorismo;", "4. Reitera que los actos criminales con fines políticos realizados con la intención de provocar un estado de terror en la población en general, en uno de sus grupos o en determinadas personas son injustificables en toda circunstancia, cualesquiera que sean las consideraciones políticas, filosóficas, ideológicas, raciales, étnicas, religiosas o de otra índole que se aleguen para justificarlos;", "5. Reitera su llamamiento a todos los Estados para que adopten nuevas medidas, de conformidad con la Carta de las Naciones Unidas y las disposiciones pertinentes del derecho internacional, incluidas las normas internacionales de derechos humanos, a fin de prevenir el terrorismo e intensificar la cooperación internacional en la lucha contra este y, con tal objeto, para que consideren, en particular, la aplicación de las medidas que figuran en el párrafo 3 a) a f) de su resolución 51/210;", "6. Reitera su llamamiento también a todos los Estados para que, con el fin de aplicar de forma más eficaz los instrumentos jurídicos correspondientes, intensifiquen, cuando y donde proceda, el intercambio de información sobre hechos relacionados con el terrorismo y para que, al hacerlo, eviten difundir información inexacta o no verificada;", "7. Reitera su llamamiento a los Estados para que se abstengan de financiar o promover actividades terroristas, apoyarlas por cualquier otro medio o proporcionar adiestramiento para ellas;", "8. Expresa preocupación por el aumento del número de casos de secuestro y toma de rehenes perpetrados por grupos terroristas para obtener rescates o concesiones políticas, y expresa la necesidad de ocuparse de esta cuestión;", "9. Insta a los Estados a que se aseguren de que sus nacionales u otras personas o entidades que se encuentren en su territorio y que, de manera intencional, proporcionen o recauden fondos en beneficio de personas o entidades que cometan o intenten cometer actos terroristas, faciliten su comisión o participen en ella sean sancionados con penas acordes a la gravedad de tales actos;", "10. Recuerda a los Estados la obligación que les incumbe, en virtud de los convenios, convenciones y protocolos internacionales pertinentes y las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad, incluida la resolución 1373 (2001), de asegurar que los autores de actos terroristas sean llevados ante la justicia;", "11. Reafirma que tanto la cooperación internacional como las medidas adoptadas por los Estados para luchar contra el terrorismo deben ajustarse a los principios de la Carta, el derecho internacional y los convenios y convenciones internacionales pertinentes;", "12. Recuerda la aprobación del Convenio internacional para la represión de los actos de terrorismo nuclear[12], la Enmienda a la Convención sobre la protección física de los materiales nucleares[13], el Protocolo de 2005 del Convenio para la represión de actos ilícitos contra la seguridad de la navegación marítima[14] y el Protocolo de 2005 del Protocolo para la represión de actos ilícitos contra la seguridad de las plataformas fijas emplazadas en la plataforma continental[15], e insta a todos los Estados a que consideren, con carácter prioritario, la posibilidad de hacerse partes en esos instrumentos;", "13. Insta a todos los Estados que aún no lo hayan hecho a que consideren, con carácter prioritario y de conformidad con la resolución 1373 (2001) del Consejo de Seguridad y la resolución 1566 (2004) del Consejo, de 8 de octubre de 2004, la posibilidad de hacerse partes en los convenios, convenciones y protocolos pertinentes que se mencionan en el párrafo 6 de la resolución 51/210 de la Asamblea General, así como en el Convenio Internacional para la represión de los atentados terroristas cometidos con bombas[16], el Convenio Internacional para la represión de la financiación del terrorismo[17], el Convenio internacional para la represión de los actos de terrorismo nuclear y la Enmienda a la Convención sobre la protección física de los materiales nucleares, y exhorta a todos los Estados a que promulguen, según proceda, la legislación interna necesaria para aplicar las disposiciones de esos convenios, convenciones y protocolos, se cercioren de que sus tribunales sean competentes para enjuiciar a los autores de actos terroristas y cooperen con otros Estados y con las organizaciones internacionales y regionales competentes prestándoles apoyo y asistencia con ese fin;", "14. Insta a los Estados a que cooperen con el Secretario General, entre ellos y con las organizaciones intergubernamentales interesadas con el fin de asegurar, cuando proceda y dentro de los mandatos existentes, que se preste asesoramiento técnico y especializado de otra índole a los Estados que requieran y soliciten asistencia para hacerse partes en los convenios, convenciones y protocolos mencionados en el párrafo 13 supra y para aplicarlos;", "15. Observa con aprecio y satisfacción que, de conformidad con el llamamiento contenido en los párrafos 12 y 13 de su resolución 65/34, varios Estados se han hecho partes en los convenios, convenciones y protocolos pertinentes en ella mencionados, cumpliendo así el objetivo de lograr una mayor aceptación y aplicación de esos convenios o convenciones;", "16. Reafirma la Declaración sobre medidas para eliminar el terrorismo internacional[18] y la Declaración complementaria de la Declaración de 1994 sobre medidas para eliminar el terrorismo internacional[19] y exhorta a todos los Estados a que les den cumplimiento;", "17. Exhorta a todos los Estados a que cooperen para prevenir y reprimir los actos terroristas;", "18. Insta a todos los Estados y al Secretario General a que, en su labor de prevención del terrorismo internacional, hagan uso de la mejor manera posible de las instituciones de que disponen las Naciones Unidas;", "19. Observa con aprecio el acuerdo de contribución firmado por las Naciones Unidas y la Arabia Saudita el 19 de septiembre de 2011 para poner en marcha el Centro de las Naciones Unidas contra el Terrorismo en el marco del Equipo Especial sobre la Ejecución de la Lucha contra el Terrorismo;", "20. Solicita a la Subdivisión de Prevención del Terrorismo de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito, con sede en Viena, que persevere en sus esfuerzos por mejorar, en el marco de su mandato, la capacidad de las Naciones Unidas en materia de prevención del terrorismo, y reconoce, en el contexto de la Estrategia global de las Naciones Unidas contra el terrorismo y la resolución 1373 (2001) del Consejo de Seguridad, el papel que le corresponde de prestar asistencia a los Estados para que se hagan partes en los convenios, convenciones y protocolos internacionales pertinentes relativos al terrorismo y los apliquen, incluidos los más recientes, y refuercen los mecanismos internacionales de cooperación en materia penal relacionados con el terrorismo, en particular mediante el desarrollo de la capacidad nacional;", "21. Acoge con beneplácito la labor que actualmente realiza la Secretaría para preparar la tercera edición, en todos los idiomas oficiales, de la publicación Instrumentos internacionales relativos a la prevención y la represión del terrorismo internacional;", "22. Invita a las organizaciones intergubernamentales regionales a que presenten al Secretario General información sobre las medidas que hayan adoptado a nivel regional para eliminar el terrorismo internacional, así como sobre las reuniones intergubernamentales que hayan celebrado;", "23. Observa los avances realizados en la elaboración del proyecto de convenio general sobre el terrorismo internacional en las reuniones del Comité Especial establecido en virtud de su resolución 51/210 y del Grupo de Trabajo establecido por la Sexta Comisión durante su sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, y celebra que siga trabajándose con ese fin;", "24. Decide que la Sexta Comisión establezca un grupo de trabajo durante su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones con miras a finalizar el proyecto de convenio general sobre el terrorismo internacional y seguir debatiendo el tema relativo a la convocatoria de una conferencia de alto nivel bajo los auspicios de las Naciones Unidas, incluido en su programa en virtud de la resolución 54/110 de la Asamblea General;", "25. Decide también que el Comité Especial se vuelva a reunir, en su caso, en 2013, en las fechas que se decidan en el sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones de la Asamblea General, a fin de continuar elaborando, con la mayor diligencia, el proyecto de convenio general sobre el terrorismo internacional y seguir debatiendo el tema relativo a la convocatoria de una conferencia de alto nivel bajo los auspicios de las Naciones Unidas, incluido en su programa en virtud de la resolución 54/110 de la Asamblea;", "26. Alienta a todos los Estados Miembros a que redoblen sus esfuerzos en el intervalo entre los períodos de sesiones para resolver cualesquiera cuestiones pendientes;", "27. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Medidas para eliminar el terrorismo internacional”.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Resolución 60/288.", "[2]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo segundo período de sesiones, Sesiones Plenarias, sesiones 117ª a 120ª (A/62/PV.117‑120), y corrección; e ibid., sexagésimo cuarto período de sesiones, Sesiones Plenarias, sesiones 116ª y 117ª (A/64/PV.116 y 117), y corrección.", "[3]  Véase la resolución 50/6.", "[4]  Véase la resolución 55/2.", "[5]  Véase la resolución 60/1.", "[6]  A/63/965‑S/2009/514, anexo.", "[7]  Véase A/53/667‑S/1998/1071, anexo I, párrs. 149 a 162.", "[8]  A/66/96 y Add.1.", "[9]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 37 (A/66/37).", "[10]  Ibid., Sexta Comisión, 28ª sesión (A/C.6/66/SR.28), y corrección.", "[11]  Resoluciones 62/272 y 64/297.", "[12]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2445, núm. 44004.", "[13]  Aprobada el 8 de julio de 2005 por la Conferencia de examen y adopción de enmiendas propuestas a la Convención sobre la protección física de los materiales nucleares.", "[14]  Aprobado el 14 de octubre de 2005 por la Conferencia diplomática de revisión de los tratados para la represión de actos ilícitos (LEG/CONF.15/21).", "[15]  Aprobado el 14 de octubre de 2005 por la Conferencia diplomática de revisión de los tratados para la represión de actos ilícitos (LEG/CONF.15/22).", "[16]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2149, núm. 37517.", "[17]  Ibid., vol. 2178, núm. 38349.", "[18]  Resolución 49/60, anexo.", "[19]  Resolución 51/210, anexo." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/478)]", "66/105. Measures to eliminate international terrorism", "The General Assembly,", "Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Reaffirming, in all its aspects, the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy adopted on 8 September 2006,[1] enhancing the overall framework for the efforts of the international community to effectively counter the scourge of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, and recalling the first and second biennial review of the Strategy, on 4 and 5 September 2008 and on 8 September 2010, respectively, and the debates that were held on those occasions,[2]", "Recalling the Declaration on the Occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations,[3]", "Recalling also the United Nations Millennium Declaration,[4]", "Recalling further the 2005 World Summit Outcome,[5] and reaffirming in particular the section on terrorism,", "Recalling the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, contained in the annex to General Assembly resolution 49/60 of 9 December 1994, and the Declaration to Supplement the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, contained in the annex to Assembly resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996,", "Recalling also all General Assembly resolutions on measures to eliminate international terrorism and Security Council resolutions on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts,", "Convinced of the importance of the consideration of measures to eliminate international terrorism by the General Assembly as the universal organ having competence to do so,", "Deeply disturbed by the persistence of terrorist acts, which have been carried out worldwide,", "Reaffirming its strong condemnation of the heinous acts of terrorism that have caused enormous loss of human life, destruction and damage, including those which prompted the adoption of General Assembly resolution 56/1 of 12 September 2001, as well as Security Council resolutions 1368 (2001) of 12 September 2001, 1373 (2001) of 28 September 2001 and 1377 (2001) of 12 November 2001, and those that have occurred since,", "Reaffirming also its strong condemnation of the atrocious and deliberate attacks that have occurred against United Nations offices in various parts of the world,", "Affirming that States must ensure that any measure taken to combat terrorism complies with all their obligations under international law and must adopt such measures in accordance with international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law,", "Stressing the need to strengthen further international cooperation among States and among international organizations and agencies, regional organizations and arrangements and the United Nations in order to prevent, combat and eliminate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, wherever and by whomsoever committed, in accordance with the principles of the Charter, international law and the relevant international conventions,", "Noting the role of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism in monitoring the implementation of that resolution, including the taking of the necessary financial, legal and technical measures by States and the ratification or acceptance of the relevant international conventions and protocols,", "Mindful of the need to enhance the role of the United Nations and the relevant specialized agencies in combating international terrorism and of the proposals of the Secretary-General to enhance the role of the Organization in this respect,", "Mindful also of the essential need to strengthen international, regional and subregional cooperation aimed at enhancing the national capacity of States to prevent and effectively suppress international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,", "Reiterating its call upon States to review urgently the scope of the existing international legal provisions on the prevention, repression and elimination of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, with the aim of ensuring that there is a comprehensive legal framework covering all aspects of the matter,", "Emphasizing that tolerance and dialogue among civilizations and the enhancement of interfaith and intercultural understanding are among the most important elements in promoting cooperation and success in combating terrorism, and welcoming the various initiatives to this end,", "Reaffirming that no terrorist act can be justified in any circumstances,", "Recalling Security Council resolution 1624 (2005) of 14 September 2005, and bearing in mind that States must ensure that any measure taken to combat terrorism complies with their obligations under international law, in particular international human rights, refugee and humanitarian law,", "Taking note of recent developments and initiatives at the international, regional and subregional levels to prevent and suppress international terrorism, including those of the African Union, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Bali Counter-Terrorism Process, the Central American Integration System, the Collective Security Treaty Organization, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia, the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf, the Council of Europe, the East African Community, the Economic Community of West African States, the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, the European Free Trade Association, the European Union, the Global Counterterrorism Forum, the Group of Eight, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Maritime Organization, the League of Arab States, the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Organization of American States, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, the Pacific Islands Forum, the Regional Forum of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, the Southern African Development Community and the World Customs Organization,", "Noting regional efforts to prevent, combat and eliminate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, wherever and by whomsoever committed, including through the elaboration of, and adherence to, regional conventions,", "Recalling its decision in resolutions 54/110 of 9 December 1999, 55/158 of 12 December 2000, 56/88 of 12 December 2001, 57/27 of 19 November 2002, 58/81 of 9 December 2003, 59/46 of 2 December 2004, 60/43 of 8 December 2005, 61/40 of 4 December 2006, 62/71 of 6 December 2007, 63/129 of 11 December 2008, 64/118 of 16 December 2009 and 65/34 of 6 December 2010 that the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 should address, and keep on its agenda, the question of convening a high-level conference under the auspices of the United Nations to formulate a joint organized response of the international community to terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,", "Recalling also the Final Document of the Fifteenth Summit Conference of Heads of State and Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, adopted in Sharm el‑Sheikh, Egypt, on 16 July 2009,[6] which reiterated the collective position of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries on terrorism and reaffirmed its previous initiative calling for an international summit conference under the auspices of the United Nations to formulate a joint organized response of the international community to terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,[7] as well as other relevant initiatives,", "Aware of its resolutions 57/219 of 18 December 2002, 58/187 of 22 December 2003, 59/191 of 20 December 2004, 60/158 of 16 December 2005, 61/171 of 19 December 2006, 62/159 of 18 December 2007, 63/185 of 18 December 2008, 64/168 of 18 December 2009 and 65/221 of 21 December 2010,", "Having examined the report of the Secretary-General,[8] the report of the Ad Hoc Committee[9] and the oral report of the Chair of the Working Group established by the Sixth Committee at the sixty-sixth session of the Assembly,[10]", "1. Strongly condemns all acts, methods and practices of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations as criminal and unjustifiable, wherever and by whomsoever committed;", "2. Calls upon all Member States, the United Nations and other appropriate international, regional and subregional organizations to implement the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy,¹ as well as the resolutions relating to the first and second biennial review of the Strategy,[11] in all its aspects at the international, regional, subregional and national levels without delay, including by mobilizing resources and expertise;", "3. Recalls the pivotal role of the General Assembly in following up the implementation and the updating of the Strategy, looks forward to the third biennial review and in this regard recalls its invitation to the Secretary-General to contribute to the future deliberations of the Assembly, and requests the Secretary-General when doing so to provide information on relevant activities within the Secretariat to ensure overall coordination and coherence in the counter-terrorism efforts of the United Nations system;", "4. Reiterates that criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public, a group of persons or particular persons for political purposes are in any circumstances unjustifiable, whatever the considerations of a political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other nature that may be invoked to justify them;", "5. Reiterates its call upon all States to adopt further measures in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the relevant provisions of international law, including international standards of human rights, to prevent terrorism and to strengthen international cooperation in combating terrorism and, to that end, to consider in particular the implementation of the measures set out in paragraphs 3 (a) to (f) of General Assembly resolution 51/210;", "6. Also reiterates its call upon all States, with the aim of enhancing the efficient implementation of relevant legal instruments, to intensify, as and where appropriate, the exchange of information on facts related to terrorism and, in so doing, to avoid the dissemination of inaccurate or unverified information;", "7. Reiterates its call upon States to refrain from financing, encouraging, providing training for or otherwise supporting terrorist activities;", "8. Expresses concern at the increase in incidents of kidnapping and hostage‑taking with demands for ransom and/or political concessions by terrorist groups, and expresses the need to address this issue;", "9. Urges States to ensure that their nationals or other persons and entities within their territory that wilfully provide or collect funds for the benefit of persons or entities who commit, or attempt to commit, facilitate or participate in the commission of terrorist acts are punished by penalties consistent with the grave nature of such acts;", "10. Reminds States of their obligations under relevant international conventions and protocols and Security Council resolutions, including Council resolution 1373 (2001), to ensure that perpetrators of terrorist acts are brought to justice;", "11. Reaffirms that international cooperation as well as actions by States to combat terrorism should be conducted in conformity with the principles of the Charter, international law and relevant international conventions;", "12. Recalls the adoption of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism,[12] the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material,[13] the Protocol of 2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation[14] and the Protocol of 2005 to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf,[15] and urges all States to consider, as a matter of priority, becoming parties to these instruments;", "13. Urges all States that have not yet done so to consider, as a matter of priority and in accordance with Security Council resolution 1373 (2001) and Council resolution 1566 (2004) of 8 October 2004, becoming parties to the relevant conventions and protocols as referred to in paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 51/210, as well as the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings,[16] the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism,[17] the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism and the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, and calls upon all States to enact, as appropriate, the domestic legislation necessary to implement the provisions of those conventions and protocols, to ensure that the jurisdiction of their courts enables them to bring to trial the perpetrators of terrorist acts and to cooperate with and provide support and assistance to other States and relevant international and regional organizations to that end;", "14. Urges States to cooperate with the Secretary-General and with one another, as well as with interested intergovernmental organizations, with a view to ensuring, where appropriate within existing mandates, that technical and other expert advice is provided to those States requiring and requesting assistance in becoming parties to and implementing the conventions and protocols referred to in paragraph 13 above;", "15. Notes with appreciation and satisfaction that, consistent with the call contained in paragraphs 12 and 13 of General Assembly resolution 65/34, a number of States became parties to the relevant conventions and protocols referred to therein, thereby realizing the objective of wider acceptance and implementation of those conventions;", "16. Reaffirms the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism[18] and the Declaration to Supplement the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism,[19] and calls upon all States to implement them;", "17. Calls upon all States to cooperate to prevent and suppress terrorist acts;", "18. Urges all States and the Secretary-General, in their efforts to prevent international terrorism, to make the best use of the existing institutions of the United Nations;", "19. Notes with appreciation the contribution agreement to launch the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre signed between the United Nations and Saudi Arabia on 19 September 2011, established within the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force;", "20. Requests the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in Vienna to continue its efforts to enhance, through its mandate, the capabilities of the United Nations in the prevention of terrorism, and recognizes, in the context of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Security Council resolution 1373 (2001), its role in assisting States in becoming parties to and implementing the relevant international conventions and protocols relating to terrorism, including the most recent among them, and in strengthening international cooperation mechanisms in criminal matters related to terrorism, including through national capacity-building;", "21. Welcomes the current efforts by the Secretariat to prepare the third edition of the publication International Instruments related to the Prevention and Suppression of International Terrorism in all official languages;", "22. Invites regional intergovernmental organizations to submit to the Secretary-General information on the measures they have adopted at the regional level to eliminate international terrorism, as well as on intergovernmental meetings held by those organizations;", "23. Notes the progress made in the elaboration of the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism during the meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly resolution 51/210 and of the Working Group established by the Sixth Committee during the sixty-sixth session of the Assembly, and welcomes continuing efforts to that end;", "24. Decides that the Sixth Committee, at the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly, will establish a working group with a view to finalizing the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism and continuing to discuss the item included in its agenda by Assembly resolution 54/110 concerning the question of convening a high-level conference under the auspices of the United Nations;", "25. Also decides to reconvene the Ad Hoc Committee in 2013, as appropriate, on dates to be decided at the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly, in order to, on an expedited basis, continue to elaborate the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism and continue to discuss the item included in its agenda by Assembly resolution 54/110 concerning the question of convening a high-level conference under the auspices of the United Nations;", "26. Encourages all Member States to redouble their efforts during the intersessional period towards resolving any outstanding issues;", "27. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Measures to eliminate international terrorism”.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Resolution 60/288.", "[2]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Plenary Meetings, 117th to 120th meetings (A/62/PV.117–120), and corrigendum; and ibid., Sixty-fourth Session, Plenary Meetings, 116th and 117th meetings (A/64/PV.116 and 117), and corrigendum.", "[3]  See resolution 50/6.", "[4]  See resolution 55/2.", "[5]  See resolution 60/1.", "[6]  A/63/965‑S/2009/514, annex.", "[7]  See A/53/667‑S/1998/1071, annex I, paras. 149–162.", "[8]  A/66/96 and Add.1.", "[9]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 37 (A/66/37).", "[10]  Ibid., Sixth Committee, 28th meeting (A/C.6/66/SR.28), and corrigendum.", "[11]  Resolutions 62/272 and 64/297.", "[12]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2445, No. 44004.", "[13]  Adopted on 8 July 2005 by the Conference to Consider and Adopt Proposed Amendments to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.", "[14]  Adopted on 14 October 2005 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the SUA Treaties (LEG/CONF.15/21).", "[15]  Adopted on 14 October 2005 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Revision of the SUA Treaties (LEG/CONF.15/22).", "[16]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2149, No. 37517.", "[17]  Ibid., vol. 2178, No. 38349.", "[18]  Resolution 49/60, annex.", "[19]  Resolution 51/210, annex." ]
A_RES_66_105
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/478)]", "66/105. Measures to eliminate international terrorism", "The General Assembly,", "Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Reaffirming in all its aspects the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy adopted on 8 September 2006[1], which improves the overall framework of the activities of the international community to effectively combat the scourge of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, and recalling the biennial first and second reviews of the Strategy, which took place on 4 and 5 September 2008 and 8 September 2010, respectively, and the discussions held on those occasions[2],", "Recalling the Declaration on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations,[3]", "Recalling also the Millennium Declaration[4],", "Recalling further the 2005 World Summit Outcome[5] and reaffirming in particular the section on terrorism,", "Recalling the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, contained in the annex to its resolution 49/60 of 9 December 1994, and the Supplementary Declaration of the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism, contained in the annex to its resolution 51/210 of 17 December 1996,", "Recalling also all its resolutions on measures to eliminate international terrorism and Security Council resolutions on threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts,", "Convinced of the importance of considering, as a universal body competent to do so, measures to eliminate international terrorism,", "Deeply dismayed by the persistence of acts of terrorism throughout the world,", "Reaffirming its strong condemnation of the odious acts of terrorism that have caused enormous loss of human life, destruction and damage, including those that led to the adoption of its resolution 56/1 of 12 September 2001, as well as Security Council resolutions 1368 (2001) of 12 September 2001, 1373 (2001) of 28 September 2001 and 1377 (2001) of 12 November 2001, and those that have occurred since then,", "Reaffirming also its strong condemnation of the heinous deliberate attacks against United Nations offices in various parts of the world,", "Affirming that States should ensure that any measures taken to combat terrorism are in conformity with all their obligations under international law and must take such measures in accordance with international law, in particular international human rights law, international refugee law and international humanitarian law,", "Stressing the need to further strengthen international cooperation between States and between international organizations and agencies, regional organizations and arrangements and the United Nations in order to prevent, combat and eliminate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, wherever and by whomsoever acts of terrorism are committed, in accordance with the principles of the Charter, international law and relevant international conventions,", "Noting the role of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1373 (2001) concerning counter-terrorism in monitoring the implementation of that resolution, in particular with regard to the adoption by States of the necessary financial, legal and technical measures and the ratification or acceptance of the relevant international conventions and protocols,", "Bearing in mind the need to strengthen the role of the United Nations and the relevant specialized agencies in combating international terrorism, as well as the proposals of the Secretary-General to strengthen the role of the Organization in that regard,", "Bearing in mind also the fundamental need to enhance international, regional and subregional cooperation to strengthen the capacity of States to effectively prevent and suppress international terrorism in all its forms and manifestations,", "Reiterating its call upon States to urgently consider the scope of existing international legal provisions on the prevention, suppression and elimination of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations in order to ensure the existence of a comprehensive legal framework covering all aspects of the issue,", "Emphasizing that tolerance and dialogue among civilizations and the promotion of interreligious and intercultural understanding are among the most important elements for promoting cooperation and success in combating terrorism, and welcoming the various initiatives in this regard,", "Reaffirming that no terrorist act is justified under any circumstances,", "Recalling Security Council resolution 1624 (2005) of 14 September 2005, and bearing in mind that States should ensure that the measures taken to combat terrorism are consistent with their obligations under international law, in particular international human rights law, international refugee law and international humanitarian law,", "The African Union, the International Organization of African Unity", "Noting the regional efforts to prevent, combat and eliminate terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, wherever and by whomsoever terrorist acts are committed, in particular through the elaboration of and accession to regional conventions,", "Recalling that, in its resolutions 54/110 of 9 December 1999, 55/158 of 12 December 2000, 56/88 of 12 December 2001, 57/27 of 19 November 2002, 58/81 of 9 December 2003, 59/46 of 2 December 2004, 60/43 of 8 December 2005, 61/40 of 4 December 2006, 62/71 of 6 December 2007, 63/129 of 11 December 2009,", "Recalling also the Final Document of the XV Conference at the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries, adopted at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 16 July 2009[6], which reiterated the collective position of the Non-Aligned Movement on terrorism and reaffirmed its previous initiative, calling for the convening of an international conference at the summit level, under the auspices of the United Nations,", "Aware of its resolutions 57/219 of 18 December 2002, 58/187 of 22 December 2003, 59/191 of 20 December 2004, 60/158 of 16 December 2005, 61/171 of 19 December 2006, 62/159 of 18 December 2007, 63/185 of 18 December 2008, 64/168 of 18 December 2009 and 65/221 of 21 December 2010,", "Having considered the report of the Secretary-General[8], the report of the Special Committee[9] and the oral report of the Chairman of the Working Group established by the Sixth Committee during the sixty-sixth session of the Assembly[10],", "1. Strongly condemns all terrorist acts, methods and practices, in all their forms and manifestations, as criminal and unjustifiable, wherever and by whomsoever committed;", "2. Calls upon all Member States, the United Nations and other relevant international, regional and subregional organizations to implement the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy without delay and in all its aspects,1 as well as the resolutions on the first and second biennial reviews of the Strategy[11], at the international, regional, subregional and national levels, in particular through resource mobilization and expertise;", "3. Recalls the central role of the General Assembly in the follow-up to the implementation and updating of the Strategy, looks forward to the results of the third biennial review and, in this regard, also recalls its invitation to the Secretary-General to contribute to the future deliberations of the Assembly and requests him, in so doing, to provide information on the relevant activities of the Secretariat in order to ensure the overall coordination and coherence of the work of the United Nations system in combating terrorism;", "4. It reiterates that criminal acts for political purposes intended to provoke a state of terror in the general population, in one of its groups or in certain persons are unjustifiable in all circumstances, regardless of political, philosophical, ideological, racial, ethnic, religious or other considerations adjoining them;", "5. Reiterates its call upon all States to take further measures, in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and the relevant provisions of international law, including international human rights standards, to prevent terrorism and to enhance international cooperation in the fight against it and, to that end, to consider, in particular, the implementation of the measures contained in paragraph 3 (a) to (f) of its resolution 51/210;", "6. It also reiterates its call upon all States, in order to more effectively implement the relevant legal instruments, to intensify, where and where appropriate, the exchange of information on acts related to terrorism and, in doing so, to prevent the dissemination of inaccurate or unverified information;", "7. Reiterates its call upon States to refrain from financing or promoting terrorist activities, to support or to provide training for any other means;", "8. Expresses concern at the increase in cases of kidnapping and hostage-taking by terrorist groups for ransom or political concessions, and expresses the need to address this issue;", "9. Urges States to ensure that their nationals or other persons or entities within their territory and that, intentionally, they provide or collect funds for the benefit of persons or entities who commit or attempt to commit terrorist acts, facilitate or participate in their commission, are punished by penalties commensurate with the gravity of such acts;", "10. It reminds States of their obligation under relevant international conventions and protocols and Security Council resolutions, including resolution 1373 (2001), to ensure that perpetrators of terrorist acts are brought to justice;", "11. Reaffirms that both international cooperation and measures taken by States to combat terrorism must be consistent with the principles of the Charter, international law and relevant international conventions;", "12. Recalls the adoption of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism[12], the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material[13], the 2005 Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation[14] and the 2005 Protocol to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the Continental Shelf[15], and urges all States parties to", "13. Call upon all States that have not yet done so to consider, as a matter of priority and in accordance with Security Council resolution (2001) and Council resolution 1566 (2004) of 8 October 2004, the possibility of becoming parties to the relevant conventions and protocols referred to in paragraph 6 of General Assembly resolution 51/210, as well as to the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings[16]", "14. Urges States to cooperate with the Secretary-General, including and with the intergovernmental organizations concerned, with a view to ensuring, where appropriate and within existing mandates, that technical and other expertise be provided to States that require and seek assistance to become parties to the conventions and protocols referred to in paragraph 13 above and to implement them;", "15. Notes with appreciation and satisfaction that, in accordance with the appeal contained in paragraphs 12 and 13 of its resolution 65/34, a number of States have become parties to the relevant conventions and protocols mentioned therein, thus meeting the objective of achieving greater acceptance and implementation of those conventions;", "16. Reaffirms the Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism[18] and the Declaration supplementing the 1994 Declaration on Measures to Eliminate International Terrorism[19] and calls upon all States to implement them;", "17. Calls upon all States to cooperate in preventing and suppressing terrorist acts;", "18. Urges all States and the Secretary-General, in their efforts to prevent international terrorism, to make the best use of the institutions available to the United Nations;", "19. Notes with appreciation the contribution agreement signed by the United Nations and Saudi Arabia on 19 September 2011 to launch the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre within the framework of the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force;", "20. Requests the Terrorism Prevention Branch of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, based in Vienna, to continue its efforts to improve, within the framework of its mandate, the capacity of the United Nations in the prevention of terrorism, and recognizes, in the context of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy and Security Council resolution 1373 (2001), the role of States in implementing the relevant conventions,", "21. Welcomes the work currently being done by the Secretariat in preparing the third edition, in all official languages, of the publication International Instruments on the Prevention and Suppression of International Terrorism;", "22. Invites regional intergovernmental organizations to submit to the Secretary-General information on measures they have taken at the regional level to eliminate international terrorism, as well as on intergovernmental meetings they have held;", "23. Notes the progress made in the elaboration of the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism at the meetings of the Ad Hoc Committee established pursuant to its resolution 51/210 and the Working Group established by the Sixth Committee at its sixty-sixth session, and welcomes its continuing efforts to that end;", "24. Decides that the Sixth Committee shall establish a working group during its sixty-seventh session with a view to finalizing the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism and to continue to discuss the item on the convening of a high-level conference under the auspices of the United Nations, including in its agenda under General Assembly resolution 54/110;", "25. Decides also that the Ad Hoc Committee shall meet again, as appropriate, in 2013, at the dates decided at the sixty-seventh session of the General Assembly, in order to continue to elaborate, with the utmost diligence, the draft comprehensive convention on international terrorism and to continue to discuss the item on the convening of a high-level conference under the auspices of the United Nations, including in its agenda under Assembly resolution 54/110;", "26. Encourages all Member States to intensify their efforts at the intersessional interval to resolve any outstanding issues;", "27. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Measures to eliminate international terrorism”.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Resolution 60/288.", "[2] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Plenary Meetings, 117th to 120th meetings (A/62/PV.117-120), and corrigendum; and ibid., sixty-fourth session, Plenary Meetings, 116th and 117th meetings (A/64/PV.116 and 117), and corrigendum.", "[3] See resolution 50/6.", "[4] See resolution 55/2.", "[5] See resolution 60/1.", "[6] A/63/965‐S/2009/514, annex.", "[7] See A/53/667-S/1998/1071, annex I, paras. 149-162.", "[8] A/66/96 and Add.1.", "[9] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 37 (A/66/37).", "[10] Ibid., Sixth Committee, 28th meeting (A/C.6/66/SR.28), and corrigendum.", "[11] Resolutions 62/272 and 64/297", "[12] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2445, No. 44004.", "[13] Adopted on 8 July 2005 by the Conference on the Review and Adoption of Proposed Amendments to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material.", "[14] Adopted on 14 October 2005 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Review of Treaties for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (LEG/CONF.15/21).", "[15] Adopted on 14 October 2005 by the Diplomatic Conference on the Review of Treaties for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts (LEG/CONF.15/22).", "[16] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2149, No. 37517.", "[17] Ibid., vol. 2178, No. 38349.", "[18] Resolution 49/60, annex.", "[19] Resolution 51/210, annex." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/481)]", "66/106. Código de conducta de los magistrados del Tribunal Contencioso-Administrativo de las Naciones Unidas y el Tribunal de Apelaciones de las Naciones Unidas", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 62/228, de 22 de diciembre de 2007, en la que decidió que el Consejo de Justicia Interna redactara un código de conducta de los magistrados del Tribunal Contencioso-Administrativo de las Naciones Unidas y el Tribunal de Apelaciones de las Naciones Unidas para su examen por la Asamblea General,", "Recordando también la invitación, cursada a la Sexta Comisión en las resoluciones pertinentes, para que examine los aspectos jurídicos de la administración de justicia en las Naciones Unidas, sin perjuicio de la función que compete a la Quinta Comisión como Comisión Principal encargada de los asuntos administrativos y presupuestarios,", "Habiendo examinado los informes del Consejo de Justicia Interna presentados a la Asamblea General en sus períodos de sesiones sexagésimo quinto[1] y sexagésimo sexto[2], en cuyos anexos figura un proyecto de código de conducta de los magistrados de los Tribunales,", "Expresando su aprecio al Consejo de Justicia Interna por haber elaborado el proyecto de código de conducta de los magistrados,", "Aprueba el código de conducta de los magistrados del Tribunal Contencioso-Administrativo de las Naciones Unidas y el Tribunal de Apelaciones de las Naciones Unidas que figura en el anexo de la presente resolución.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "Anexo", "Código de conducta de los magistrados del Tribunal Contencioso-Administrativo de las Naciones Unidas y el Tribunal de Apelaciones de las Naciones Unidas", "Preámbulo", "Considerando que en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas los Estados Miembros afirman, entre otras cosas, su resolución de crear condiciones bajo las cuales pueda mantenerse la justicia para realizar la cooperación internacional mediante el desarrollo y estímulo del respeto a los derechos humanos y a las libertades fundamentales, sin discriminación alguna,", "Considerando que la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos reconoce como fundamental el principio de que toda persona tiene derecho, en condiciones de plena igualdad, a ser oída públicamente y con justicia por un tribunal independiente e imparcial, para la determinación de sus derechos y obligaciones,", "Considerando que ese derecho ha sido consagrado y desarrollado en una variedad de importantes instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos, como el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos,", "Considerando que la Asamblea General, en el párrafo 4 de su resolución 61/261, de 4 de abril de 2007, decidió establecer un sistema de administración de justicia independiente, transparente, profesional, con recursos suficientes y descentralizado conforme con las normas pertinentes del derecho internacional y con los principios de legalidad y del debido proceso para asegurar que se respetasen los derechos y obligaciones de los funcionarios y que los administradores y los funcionarios respondiesen por igual de sus actos,", "Considerando que la justa resolución de las reclamaciones laborales contribuirá a que las Naciones Unidas lleven a cabo una labor eficaz y aumentará la integridad de la Organización,", "Considerando que la confianza pública en el sistema de justicia interna y en la autoridad y la integridad morales del Tribunal Contencioso-Administrativo de las Naciones Unidas y el Tribunal de Apelaciones de las Naciones Unidas es de suma importancia en el entorno laboral de las Naciones Unidas,", "Considerando que es esencial que los magistrados, individual y colectivamente, respeten y honren los cargos judiciales como depositarios de la confianza pública, y luchen por aumentar y mantener la confianza en el sistema de justicia interna,", "Y considerando que los Principios básicos relativos a la independencia de la judicatura han sido elaborados para asegurar y promover la independencia de los órganos judiciales y pueden servir de guía para la administración de justicia interna,", "Se aprueban los siguientes valores y principios a fin de establecer las normas de conducta de los magistrados del Tribunal Contencioso-Administrativo de las Naciones Unidas y el Tribunal de Apelaciones de las Naciones Unidas, servir de guía a esos magistrados y ayudar al personal y a la administración de las Naciones Unidas a comprender mejor y apoyar la labor de esos dos Tribunales dentro de la Organización:", "1. Independencia", "a) Los magistrados deberán mantener la independencia e integridad del sistema de justicia interna de las Naciones Unidas y actuar con independencia en el ejercicio de sus funciones, libres de influencia, incentivos, presión o amenaza inapropiados de cualquier parte o sector;", "b) A fin de proteger la independencia institucional de los Tribunales, los magistrados deberán adoptar todas las medidas que consideren razonables para asegurar que ninguna persona, parte, institución o Estado interfiera, directa o indirectamente, en la labor de los Tribunales;", "2. Imparcialidad", "a) En todos los asuntos que resuelvan, los magistrados deberán actuar sin temor y no podrán tener favoritismos ni prejuicios;", "b) Los magistrados deberán velar por que su conducta mantenga en todo momento la confianza de todos en la imparcialidad de los Tribunales;", "c) Los magistrados deberán excusarse de entender en una causa cuando:", "i) Tengan un conflicto de intereses;", "ii) Una persona debidamente informada pueda razonablemente suponer que tienen un conflicto de intereses;", "iii) Posean, a título personal, conocimiento de hechos probatorios controvertidos relacionados con el proceso;", "d) Los magistrados no podrán excusarse por razones de escasa entidad. La decisión por la que resuelvan una solicitud de recusación deberá ser fundada;", "e) Los magistrados deberán informar a las partes con suficiente antelación de cualquier cuestión que pudiera razonablemente considerarse como motivo de recusación en relación con un asunto concreto;", "f) Los magistrados no podrán intervenir en la resolución de una causa en la que algún miembro de su familia sea parte litigante o represente a uno de los litigantes o en cuyo resultado algún miembro de su familia tenga un interés considerable;", "g) A los efectos de determinar si deberían excusarse de entender en un asunto, los magistrados deberán conocer cuáles son sus intereses personales, fiduciarios o económicos y deberán, en la medida de lo posible y razonable, procurar estar informados sobre los intereses económicos de sus familiares cercanos;", "h) i) Los magistrados no podrán negociar ni aceptar directa o indirectamente remuneraciones, ingresos, compensaciones, regalos, ventajas o privilegios incompatibles con su función judicial ni que puedan razonablemente percibirse como una recompensa o un factor que pudiera inducirlos a adoptar una posición favorable a alguna de las partes;", "ii) Los magistrados podrán recibir regalos, condecoraciones, premios o beneficios simbólicos que no den lugar a la incompatibilidad o percepción razonable a la que se refiere el inciso h) i) supra;", "i) Los magistrados no podrán participar en transacciones o actividades financieras, políticas o comerciales, incluidas actividades para reunir fondos, que sean incompatibles con la independencia e imparcialidad que exige su condición de magistrados y afecten negativamente su imagen de magistrados independientes e imparciales, que puedan razonablemente percibirse como un aprovechamiento de su cargo de magistrado, o que sean incompatibles de cualquier otra manera con el ejercicio de su función judicial en las Naciones Unidas;", "3. Integridad", "a) Los magistrados serán personas de moral intachable y deberán actuar siempre, y no solo cuando ejerzan sus funciones, honorablemente y de conformidad con los valores y principios establecidos en el presente Código;", "b) Los magistrados deberán cumplir en todo momento con la ley del país en que vivan, en que trabajen o que visiten, incluso cuando no estén ejerciendo funciones oficiales;", "c) Los magistrados deberán informar al Presidente de su Tribunal de cualquier enfermedad o cualquier otro problema de salud que pueda afectar el desempeño de sus funciones;", "4. Corrección", "a) Los magistrados deberán observar y promover elevadas normas de conducta judicial a fin de fortalecer la confianza en la integridad de la administración de justicia en las Naciones Unidas;", "b) Salvo en el ejercicio de sus funciones judiciales, los magistrados no podrán comentar públicamente los argumentos de fondo de ningún asunto que se encuentre sometido a los Tribunales ni harán ningún comentario que pueda razonablemente afectar el resultado de un proceso o menoscabar la justicia del mismo;", "c) Los magistrados deberán guardar secreto profesional en relación con las deliberaciones que mantengan con los demás magistrados y la información de carácter confidencial que adquieran en el desempeño de sus funciones;", "d) Los magistrados, como cualquier otro ciudadano, tienen derecho a la libertad de expresión, de creencias, de asociación y de reunión, pero deben ejercerlas teniendo debidamente en cuenta los valores y principios establecidos en el presente Código;", "e) Los magistrados no podrán utilizar, ni dejar que otros utilicen, el prestigio de sus funciones judiciales para promover sus intereses personales ni los de algún miembro de su familia o de cualquier otra persona, ni deberán dar la impresión de que alguien puede influir en ellos de manera inapropiada;", "f) Los magistrados, en sus relaciones personales con funcionarios que sean parte en una causa, representantes letrados u otras personas que comparezcan habitualmente ante el Tribunal en que ejercen sus funciones, deberán evitar situaciones que podrían razonablemente dar lugar a sospechas de favoritismo o parcialidad;", "g) Los magistrados del Tribunal Contencioso­Administrativo de las Naciones Unidas en régimen de dedicación exclusiva no podrán ejercer la abogacía, pero podrán asesorar oficiosamente a los miembros de su familia, amigos, organizaciones de beneficencia o similares sin recibir remuneración;", "h) Los magistrados deberán hacer todo lo posible por fomentar un espíritu de cooperación en los Tribunales, actuando con cortesía y respetando la dignidad de los demás, incluidos los empleados del Tribunal;", "i) Los magistrados podrán constituir o integrar asociaciones de magistrados;", "j) Siempre que desempeñen sus funciones judiciales con corrección y eficiencia, los magistrados podrán participar en cualquier actividad lícita que no implique una deshonra para la función judicial en las Naciones Unidas a ojos de un miembro razonable de la comunidad;", "5. Transparencia", "Los magistrados deberán observar el principio de la publicidad de los actos judiciales, es decir, que para que haya justicia esta debe ser pública. Asimismo, los magistrados deberán adoptar medidas razonables para asegurar que se respete ese principio en la tramitación de los asuntos ante los Tribunales;", "6. Imparcialidad de los procedimientos", "a) Los magistrados resolverán las controversias sobre la base de hechos demostrados y del derecho que corresponda aplicar en procedimientos imparciales, lo que incluye la obligación de:", "i) Observar la letra y el espíritu de la norma audi alteram partem (“escúchese a la otra parte”);", "ii) Mantener un criterio manifiestamente imparcial;", "iii) Dar a conocer los fundamentos de toda decisión;", "b) Los magistrados no se comportarán de manera racista o sexista, ni de ninguna otra manera que resulte discriminatoria, y mantendrán y respetarán los principios establecidos en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos y el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos. Los magistrados no discriminarán injustamente, ni con sus palabras ni con su conducta, a personas o grupos de personas, ni harán un uso abusivo del poder o de las facultades con que fueron investidos;", "c) Los magistrados no permitirán a los empleados del Tribunal ni a los representantes letrados que intervengan ante los Tribunales, ni a las demás personas que se encuentren sujetas a sus instrucciones o control, que se comporten de manera racista o sexista, ni de ninguna otra manera que resulte discriminatoria;", "d) Los magistrados tienen la obligación de proteger a los testigos y las partes de actos de acoso o intimidación en las actuaciones ante el Tribunal;", "e) En el curso de los procedimientos judiciales, los magistrados darán un trato cortés a los representantes letrados, las partes, los testigos, los empleados del Tribunal, los demás magistrados y el público asistente, y les exigirán que actúen de la misma manera;", "7. Competencia y diligencia", "a) Los magistrados serán diligentes en el ejercicio de todas las funciones judiciales que se les asignen, incluidas las tareas relacionadas con su cargo de magistrados o el funcionamiento de los Tribunales, y desempeñarán su labor judicial con rapidez, profesionalidad y eficiencia;", "b) Los magistrados dictarán sus sentencias o resoluciones con celeridad. Las sentencias deberán dictarse a más tardar tres meses después de la conclusión de las audiencias o de la etapa de presentación de los alegatos o, en el caso del Tribunal de Apelaciones de las Naciones Unidas, después de concluida la sesión en que se haya decidido la cuestión, a menos que se den circunstancias excepcionales;", "c) Los magistrados cooperarán con toda investigación oficial sobre la conducta que hayan tenido en el ejercicio de su cargo;", "d) Los magistrados no realizarán actos que resulten perjudiciales para la administración eficiente y rápida de la justicia ni la labor del Tribunal;", "e) Cuando desempeñen su labor, los magistrados se reunirán en el horario de trabajo habitual del Tribunal fijado por sus miembros y asistirán a las audiencias y debates en el horario que se haya estipulado, a menos que tengan razones fundadas para no hacerlo. En caso de no poder estar presentes, informarán por adelantado de esa circunstancia al Presidente del Tribunal. De necesitar ausentarse por más de tres días, deberán obtener autorización del Presidente del Tribunal en que ejerzan sus funciones;", "f) Los magistrados respetarán y cumplirán las solicitudes administrativas que formule el Presidente del Tribunal en que ejerzan sus funciones, siempre que sean razonables;", "g) Los magistrados adoptarán medidas razonables para conservar el nivel de competencia profesional necesario y mantenerse informados de las novedades que ocurran en la esfera del derecho administrativo y laboral internacionales, así como de las normas internacionales de derechos humanos;", "h) Las obligaciones judiciales de los magistrados primarán sobre todas sus demás actividades.", "[1]  A/65/86.", "[2]  A/66/158." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/481)]", "66/106. Code of conduct for the judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 62/228 of 22 December 2007, in which it decided that the Internal Justice Council should draft a code of conduct for the judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal, for consideration by the General Assembly,", "Recalling also the invitation, made in the relevant resolutions, to the Sixth Committee to consider the legal aspects of the administration of justice at the United Nations, without prejudice to the role of the Fifth Committee as the Main Committee entrusted with responsibilities for administrative and budgetary matters,", "Having considered the reports of the Internal Justice Council submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth[1] and sixty-sixth[2] sessions, which contain in the annexes thereto the draft text of a code of conduct for the judges of the Tribunals,", "Expressing its appreciation to the Internal Justice Council for preparing the draft code of conduct for the judges,", "Approves the code of conduct for the judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal, as set out in the annex to the present resolution.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "Annex", "Code of conduct for the judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal", "Preamble", "Whereas the Charter of the United Nations affirms, inter alia, the determination of Member States to establish conditions under which justice can be maintained to achieve international cooperation in promoting and encouraging respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms without any discrimination,", "Whereas the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes as fundamental the principle that everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of rights and obligations,", "Whereas this right is endorsed and elaborated upon in a range of important international human rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,", "Whereas the General Assembly, in paragraph 4 of its resolution 61/261 of 4 April 2007, decided to establish an independent, transparent, professionalized, adequately resourced and decentralized system of administration of justice consistent with the relevant rules of international law and the principles of the rule of law and due process to ensure respect for the rights and obligations of staff members and the accountability of managers and staff members alike,", "Whereas the fair resolution of employment grievances will contribute to efficiency in the work carried out by the United Nations and enhance the integrity of the Organization,", "Whereas public confidence in the internal justice system and in the moral authority and integrity of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal is of the utmost importance within the working environment of the United Nations,", "Whereas it is essential that judges, individually and collectively, respect and honour judicial office as a public trust, and strive to enhance and maintain confidence in the internal justice system,", "And whereas the Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary are designed to secure and promote the independence of judicial bodies, and can provide guidance for the internal administration of justice,", "The following values and principles are adopted to establish standards for the conduct of the judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal, to provide guidance to those judges and also to assist the staff and management of the United Nations to better understand and support the work of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal within the United Nations:", "1. Independence", "(a) Judges must uphold the independence and integrity of the internal justice system of the United Nations and must act independently in the performance of their duties, free of any inappropriate influences, inducements, pressures or threats from any party or quarter;", "(b) In order to protect the institutional independence of the Tribunals, judges must take all reasonable steps to ensure that no person, party, institution or State interferes, directly or indirectly, with the Tribunals;", "2. Impartiality", "(a) Judges must act without fear, favour, or prejudice in all matters that they adjudicate;", "(b) Judges must ensure that their conduct at all times maintains the confidence of all in the impartiality of the Tribunals;", "(c) Judges must recuse themselves from a case if:", "(i) They have a conflict of interest;", "(ii) It may reasonably appear to a properly informed person that they have a conflict of interest;", "(iii) They have personal knowledge of disputed evidentiary facts concerning the proceedings;", "(d) Judges must not recuse themselves on insubstantial grounds. Judges must provide reasons when they decide an application for recusal;", "(e) Judges must disclose to the parties in good time any matter that could reasonably be perceived to give rise to an application for recusal in a particular matter;", "(f) Judges must not participate in the determination of a case in which any member of their family is a litigant or represents a litigant, or in the outcome of which any member of their family has a significant interest;", "(g) In order to determine whether they should recuse themselves from any matter, judges must be aware of their personal and fiduciary financial interests and shall, as far as reasonably possible, make efforts to be informed about the financial interests of members of their immediate family;", "(h) (i) Judges must not directly or indirectly negotiate or accept any remuneration, income, compensation, gift, advantage or privilege that is incompatible with judicial office or that can reasonably be perceived either as a reward or as likely to influence them in favour of a particular party;", "(ii) Judges may receive a token gift, decoration, award or benefit that does not result in the incompatibility or reasonable perception referred to in subparagraph (h) (i) above;", "(i) Judges must not engage in financial, political or business dealings or activities, including fund-raising activities, that are inconsistent with, and reflect adversely upon, the independence and impartiality required by their status as judges, that may reasonably be perceived to exploit the judge’s judicial position, or that are in any other way incompatible with judicial office in the United Nations;", "3. Integrity", "(a) Judges must be of high moral character and always, and not only in the discharge of their duties, act honourably and in accordance with the values and principles set out in the present Code;", "(b) Judges at all times, including periods when they are not on official business, must comply with the law of the country in which they live, work or visit;", "(c) Judges must inform the presiding judge of their Tribunal should they suffer from an illness or other condition that might threaten the performance of their duties;", "4. Propriety", "(a) Judges must exhibit and promote high standards of judicial conduct to reinforce confidence in the integrity of the administration of justice at the United Nations;", "(b) Save in the discharge of judicial office, judges must not comment publicly on the merits of any case pending before the Tribunals or make any comment that might reasonably be expected to affect the outcome of such proceedings or impair the manifest fairness of the process;", "(c) Judges are bound by professional duties of confidentiality with regard to deliberations with judicial colleagues and confidential information acquired in the course of their duties;", "(d) Judges, like other citizens, are entitled to freedom of expression, belief, association and assembly, but must exercise these freedoms with due regard to the values and principles set out in the present Code;", "(e) Judges must not use or lend the prestige of judicial office to advance the private interests of the judge, a member of the judge’s family or anyone else, nor shall judges convey the impression that anyone is in a position to influence them improperly;", "(f) In their personal relations with individual staff members who are parties, legal representatives and others who appear regularly in the Tribunal presided over by them, judges must avoid situations which might give rise to the reasonable apprehension of favouritism or partiality;", "(g) Full-time judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal must not practise law, but may give informal advice to family members, friends, charitable organizations and the like without remuneration;", "(h) Judges should use their best endeavours to foster collegiality in the Tribunals. In so doing they must act courteously and respect the dignity of others, including members of the Tribunal staff;", "(i) Judges may form or join associations of judges;", "(j) Subject to the proper and effective performance of judicial duties, a judge may engage in any lawful activity as long as it does not bring the judicial office in the United Nations into disrepute in the mind of reasonable members of the community;", "5. Transparency", "Judges must observe the principle of open justice, namely that justice must be seen to be done, and take reasonable steps to ensure that this principle is honoured in the manner in which cases before the Tribunals are handled;", "6. Fairness in the conduct of proceedings", "(a) Judges must resolve disputes by making findings of fact and applying the appropriate law in fair proceedings. This includes the duty to:", "(i) Observe the letter and spirit of the audi alteram partem (“hear the other side”) rule;", "(ii) Remain manifestly impartial;", "(iii) Publish reasons for any decision;", "(b) Judges must not conduct themselves in a manner that is racist, sexist or otherwise discriminatory. They must uphold and respect the principles set out in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Judges must not by word or conduct unfairly discriminate against any individual or group of individuals, or abuse the power and authority vested in them;", "(c) Judges must not permit Tribunal staff or legal representatives appearing before the Tribunals, or others under their direction or control, to act in a manner that is racist, sexist or otherwise discriminatory;", "(d) Judges have a duty to protect witnesses and parties from harassment and bullying during Tribunal proceedings;", "(e) When conducting judicial proceedings, judges must act courteously to legal representatives, parties, witnesses, Tribunal staff, judicial colleagues and the public, and require them to act courteously;", "7. Competence and diligence", "(a) Judges must perform all assigned judicial duties, including tasks relevant to the judicial office or the operation of the Tribunals, diligently and dispose of judicial work promptly in an efficient and professional manner;", "(b) Judges must give judgement or rulings in a case promptly. Judgements should be given no later than three months from the end of the hearing or the close of pleadings or, in the case of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal, from the end of the session in which the matter is decided, unless there are exceptional circumstances;", "(c) Judges must cooperate with any formal inquiry into their conduct in office;", "(d) Judges must not engage in conduct that is prejudicial to the effective and expeditious administration of justice or the work of the Tribunal;", "(e) When engaged in the administration of justice, judges must attend chambers during their normal working hours, as determined by the members of the Tribunal, and attend hearings and deliberations of the Tribunal during stipulated hours, unless they have a good reason not to do so. Judges must inform the presiding judge of the Tribunal in advance if they need to be absent. If they are to be absent for longer than three days, they must obtain the approval of the presiding judge of their Tribunal;", "(f) Judges must respect and comply with the reasonable administrative requests of the presiding judge of the Tribunal of which they are members;", "(g) Judges must take reasonable steps to maintain the necessary level of professional competence and to keep themselves informed about relevant developments in international administrative and employment law, as well as international human rights norms;", "(h) Judges’ judicial duties must take precedence over other duties and activities.", "[1]  A/65/86.", "[2]  A/66/158." ]
A_RES_66_106
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/481)]", "66/106. Code of Conduct of Judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 62/228 of 22 December 2007, in which it decided that the Internal Justice Council should draft a code of conduct for the judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal for consideration by the General Assembly,", "Recalling also the invitation extended to the Sixth Committee in the relevant resolutions to consider the legal aspects of the administration of justice at the United Nations, without prejudice to the role of the Fifth Committee as the Main Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions,", "Having considered the reports of the Internal Justice Council submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth and sixty-sixth sessions,[2] annexes containing a draft code of conduct for the judges of the Tribunals,", "Expressing its appreciation to the Internal Justice Council for developing the draft code of conduct of the judges,", "Approves the code of conduct of the judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal as set out in the annex to the present resolution.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "Annex", "Code of Conduct of Judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal", "Preamble", "Considering that, in the Charter of the United Nations, Member States affirm, inter alia, their resolution to create conditions under which justice can be maintained for international cooperation through the development and encouragement of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, without any discrimination,", "Considering that the Universal Declaration of Human Rights recognizes as fundamental the principle that everyone has the right, in full equality, to be heard publicly and with justice by an independent and impartial tribunal, for the determination of their rights and obligations,", "Considering that this right has been enshrined and developed in a variety of important international human rights instruments, such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,", "Considering that the General Assembly, in paragraph 4 of its resolution 61/261 of 4 April 2007, decided to establish an independent, transparent, professional system of administration of justice with sufficient and decentralized resources in accordance with the relevant rules of international law and with the principles of legality and due process to ensure that the rights and obligations of staff are respected and that managers and officials respond equally to their actions,", "Considering that the just resolution of labour claims will contribute to the effective work of the United Nations and enhance the integrity of the Organization,", "Considering that public confidence in the internal justice system and in the moral authority and integrity of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal is of paramount importance in the working environment of the United Nations,", "Considering that it is essential that the judges, individually and collectively, respect and honor judicial positions as depositaries of public trust, and strive to increase and maintain confidence in the internal justice system,", "And considering that the Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary have been developed to ensure and promote the independence of judicial bodies and can serve as a guide to the administration of internal justice,", "The following values and principles are adopted in order to establish the standards of conduct of the judges of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal, to guide those judges and to assist United Nations staff and administration to better understand and support the work of those two Tribunals within the Organization:", "1. Independence", "(a) Judges shall maintain the independence and integrity of the United Nations internal justice system and act independently in the exercise of their functions, free of influence, incentives, pressure or inappropriate threat from any part or sector;", "(b) In order to protect the institutional independence of the Tribunals, judges shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that no person, party, institution or State interferes directly or indirectly in the work of the Tribunals;", "2. Impartiality", "(a) In all matters resolved, judges shall act without fear and may not have favouritism or prejudice;", "(b) Judges should ensure that their conduct maintains at all times the confidence of all in the impartiality of the Tribunals;", "(c) Judges should be excused from hearing in a case when:", "(i) Have a conflict of interest;", "(ii) A duly informed person may reasonably assume that they have a conflict of interest;", "(iii) Have, on a personal basis, knowledge of controversial evidence related to the process;", "(d) Judges may not be excused for reasons of limited nature. The decision to resolve a request for recusal shall be substantiated;", "(e) Judges should inform the parties sufficiently in advance of any matter that could reasonably be considered as grounds for recusal in relation to a particular matter;", "f) Judges may not intervene in the resolution of a case in which a member of their family is a litigant party or represents one of the litigants or whose result a member of their family has considerable interest;", "(g) For the purpose of determining whether they should be excused from understanding in a matter, judges should know what their personal, trust or economic interests are and should, to the extent possible and reasonable, seek to be informed of the economic interests of their close relatives;", "(h) (i) Judges may not negotiate or accept directly or indirectly remuneration, income, compensation, gifts, advantages or privileges incompatible with their judicial function or may reasonably be perceived as a reward or a factor that may induce them to adopt a position favourable to any party;", "(ii) Judges may receive gifts, decorations, awards or symbolic benefits that do not give rise to the incompatibility or reasonable perception referred to in subparagraph (h) (i) above;", "(i) Judges may not participate in financial, political or commercial transactions or activities, including fund-raising activities, which are incompatible with the independence and impartiality required by their status as judges and adversely affect their image of independent and impartial judges, who may reasonably be perceived as taking advantage of their position as a judge, or who are otherwise incompatible with the exercise of their judicial role in the United Nations;", "3. Integrity", "(a) Judges shall be an intachable person and shall always act, and not only when they exercise their functions, honorably and in accordance with the values and principles set forth in this Code;", "(b) Judges shall at all times comply with the law of the country in which they live, work or visit, even if they are not exercising official functions;", "(c) Judges shall inform the President of their Tribunal of any illness or any other health problem that may affect the performance of their functions;", "4. Corrigendum", "(a) Judges should observe and promote high standards of judicial conduct in order to strengthen confidence in the integrity of the administration of justice at the United Nations;", "(b) Except in the exercise of their judicial functions, the judges may not publicly comment on the substantive arguments of any matter which is subject to the Tribunals or make any comment that may reasonably affect the outcome of a trial or impair the justice of the Tribunal;", "(c) Judges shall have professional secrecy in connection with their deliberations with the other judges and confidential information they acquire in the performance of their functions;", "(d) Judges, like any other citizen, have the right to freedom of expression, belief, association and assembly, but must exercise them with due regard to the values and principles set out in this Code;", "(e) Judges may not use, or allow others to use, the prestige of their judicial functions to promote their personal interests or those of any member of their family or of any other person, nor should they give the impression that someone may inappropriately influence them;", "f) Judges, in their personal relations with officials who are party to a case, legal representatives or other persons who are habitually appearing before the Tribunal in which they exercise their functions, should avoid situations that might reasonably result in suspicion of favouritism or bias;", "(g) Judges of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal on a full-time basis may not exercise the legal profession, but may informally advise members of their family, friends, charitable or similar organizations without remuneration;", "(h) Judges should make every effort to foster a spirit of cooperation in the Tribunals, acting with courtesy and respecting the dignity of others, including the employees of the Tribunal;", "(i) Judges may form or form associations of judges;", "(j) Whenever they perform their judicial functions with correction and efficiency, the judges may participate in any lawful activity that does not imply dishonour for the judicial function in the United Nations in the eyes of a reasonable community member;", "5. Transparency", "Judges should observe the principle of publicity of judicial acts, i.e., that justice should be public. Judges should also take reasonable measures to ensure that this principle is respected in the handling of cases before the Tribunals;", "6. Impartiality of procedures", "(a) Judges shall resolve disputes on the basis of proven facts and the appropriate right to apply in impartial proceedings, including the obligation to:", "(i) Observe the letter and spirit of the audi alteram partem rule (“hear the other side”);", "(ii) To maintain a manifestly impartial approach;", "(iii) Make known the basis of any decision;", "(b) Judges shall not behave in a racist or sexist manner, or in any other manner that is discriminatory, and shall maintain and respect the principles set out in the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Judges shall not discriminate unjustly, with their words or with their conduct, against persons or groups of persons, or make an abusive use of the power or powers with which they were invested;", "(c) The judges shall not permit the employees of the Tribunal or the legal representatives involved in the Tribunals, or other persons subject to their instructions or control, to behave in a racist or sexist manner, or in any other manner that is discriminatory;", "(d) Judges have an obligation to protect witnesses and parties from acts of harassment or intimidation in proceedings before the Tribunal;", "(e) In the course of court proceedings, the judges shall provide courteous treatment to the legal representatives, the parties, witnesses, the employees of the Tribunal, the other judges and the audience, and shall require them to act in the same manner;", "7. Competition and diligence", "(a) Judges shall be diligent in the exercise of all judicial functions assigned to them, including tasks related to their position as judges or the functioning of the Tribunals, and shall perform their judicial work expeditiously, professionally and efficiently;", "(b) Judges shall issue their sentences or resolutions promptly. Judgements shall be rendered no later than three months after the conclusion of the hearings or the stage of submission of the pleadings or, in the case of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal, after the end of the meeting at which the matter has been decided, unless exceptional circumstances arise;", "(c) The judges shall cooperate with any formal investigation into the conduct they have had in the exercise of their office;", "(d) Judges shall not perform acts that are detrimental to the efficient and expeditious administration of justice or the work of the Tribunal;", "(e) When they perform their work, the judges will meet at the regular working hours of the Tribunal set by their members and attend hearings and discussions at the time required, unless they have substantial grounds for not doing so. In the event that they cannot be present, they shall inform the President of the Tribunal in advance of that circumstance. If they need to be absent for more than three days, they must obtain authorization from the President of the Tribunal to carry out their duties;", "f) Judges shall respect and comply with administrative requests made by the President of the Tribunal for the performance of their functions, provided that they are reasonable;", "(g) Judges shall take reasonable measures to retain the necessary level of professional competence and to keep abreast of developments in the field of international administrative and labour law, as well as international human rights standards;", "(h) The judicial obligations of the judges shall prevail over all their other activities.", "[1] A/65/86.", "[2] A/66/158." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/481)]", "66/107. Enmiendas del reglamento del Tribunal de Apelaciones de las Naciones Unidas", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 63/253, de 24 de diciembre de 2008, en la que aprobó los estatutos del Tribunal Contencioso-Administrativo de las Naciones Unidas y el Tribunal de Apelaciones de las Naciones Unidas, que figuran en los anexos I y II de esa resolución,", "Recordando también el artículo 7, párrafo 1, del estatuto del Tribunal Contencioso-Administrativo de las Naciones Unidas y el artículo 6, párrafo 1, del estatuto del Tribunal de Apelaciones de las Naciones Unidas,", "Recordando además el artículo 37, párrafos 1 y 2, del reglamento del Tribunal Contencioso-Administrativo de las Naciones Unidas[1], así como el artículo 32, párrafos 1 y 2, del reglamento del Tribunal de Apelaciones de las Naciones Unidas[2],", "Habiendo examinado el informe del Secretario General[3],", "1. Aprueba las enmiendas del reglamento del Tribunal de Apelaciones de las Naciones Unidas que figuran en el anexo de la presente resolución;", "2. Decide no aprobar la enmienda del artículo 19 (Tramitación del procedimiento) del reglamento del Tribunal Contencioso-Administrativo de las Naciones Unidas que figura en el anexo I del documento A/66/86 y que fue adoptada por el Tribunal el 14 de diciembre de 2010 de conformidad con el artículo 37, párrafo 1, del reglamento.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "Anexo", "Enmiendas del reglamento del Tribunal de Apelaciones de las Naciones Unidas", "Artículo 4 Salas", "2. Cuando el Presidente o dos magistrados que conozcan de una causa consideren que las circunstancias así lo justifican, la causa se remitirá al pleno del Tribunal de Apelaciones. En caso de empate en las votaciones de los magistrados del pleno del Tribunal de Apelaciones, decidirá el voto del Presidente.", "Artículo 9 Contestación de la apelación, adhesión a la apelación y contestación de la adhesión a la apelación", "4. En el plazo de 45 días desde la notificación del recurso de apelación, la parte que conteste al recurso podrá presentar ante el Tribunal de Apelaciones su adhesión a la apelación, acompañada de un escrito de una extensión máxima de 15 páginas, indicando las medidas que solicite y los motivos invocados. No se podrán formular nuevas pretensiones en el marco de la adhesión a la apelación.", "6. Las disposiciones de los párrafos 1 a 3 y 5 del artículo 9 se aplicarán, mutatis mutandis, a la adhesión a la apelación y a la contestación de la adhesión a la apelación.", "Artículo 18 bis Tramitación del procedimiento", "1. El Presidente podrá dictar, en cualquier momento y a instancia de parte o de oficio, las órdenes que estime necesarias para la sustanciación rápida e imparcial de la causa y para que se haga justicia a las partes.", "2. Si, con anterioridad a la fecha de apertura del período de sesiones en que se vaya a examinar la causa, el apelante comunica por escrito al Tribunal de Apelaciones, con notificación a la parte apelada, su voluntad de desistir de la apelación, el Presidente podrá disponer que la causa se retire del registro.", "3. Si una acción queda sin objeto y ya no es necesario pronunciarse al respecto, el Presidente podrá, en cualquier momento y de oficio, tras comunicar su intención a las partes y, si procede, recibir sus observaciones, dictar una orden motivada.", "4. El Presidente podrá designar a un magistrado o a una sala de magistrados para que dicten órdenes en el ámbito del presente artículo.", "Artículo 19 Adopción y emisión de las sentencias", "2. Las sentencias se emitirán por escrito y en ellas se indicarán las razones, los hechos y los fundamentos de derecho en que se basen. Las sentencias en procedimiento sumario podrán dictarse en cualquier momento, aunque el Tribunal de Apelaciones no esté celebrando un período de sesiones. Serán adoptadas por una sala de tres magistrados designada por el Presidente.", "[1]  Resolución 64/119, anexo I.", "[2]  Ibid., anexo II.", "[3]  A/66/86 y Add.1." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/481)]", "66/107. Amendments to the rules of procedure of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 63/253 of 24 December 2008, in which it adopted the statutes of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal, as set out in annexes I and II to that resolution,", "Recalling also article 7, paragraph 1, of the statute of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and article 6, paragraph 1, of the statute of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal,", "Recalling further article 37, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the rules of procedure of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal,[1] as well as article 32, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the rules of procedure of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal,[2]", "Having considered the report of the Secretary-General,[3]", "1. Approves the amendments to the rules of procedure of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal, as set out in the annex to the present resolution;", "2. Decides not to approve the amendment to article 19 (Case management) of the rules of procedure of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal contained in annex I of document A/66/86 and adopted by the Tribunal on 14 December 2010 in accordance with article 37, paragraph 1, of the rules of procedure.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "Annex", "Amendments to the rules of procedure of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal", "Article 4 Panels", "2. When the President or any two judges sitting on a particular case consider that the case so warrants, the case shall be heard by the whole Appeals Tribunal. If there is a tie in the voting by the judges of the whole Appeals Tribunal, the President shall have a casting vote.", "Article 9 Answers, cross-appeals and answers to cross-appeals", "4. Within 45 days of notification of the appeal, a party answering the appeal may file a cross-appeal, accompanied by a brief which shall not exceed 15 pages, with the Appeals Tribunal stating the relief sought and the grounds of the cross-appeal. The cross-appeal may not add new claims.", "6. The provisions of article 9.1 to 9.3 and 9.5 apply, mutatis mutandis, to a cross-appeal and answer to a cross-appeal.", "Article 18 bis Case management", "1. The President may, at any time, either on a motion of a party or of his or her own volition, issue any order which appears to be appropriate for the fair and expeditious management of the case and to do justice to the parties.", "2. If, before the opening date of the session during which the case is to be considered, the appellant informs the Appeals Tribunal, in writing, with notice to the respondent, that he or she wishes to discontinue the proceedings, the President may order the case to be removed from the register.", "3. If an action has become devoid of purpose and there is no longer any need to adjudicate it, the President may, at any time, of his or her own volition, after having informed the parties of that intention and, if applicable, received their observations, adopt a reasoned order.", "4. The President may designate a judge or a panel of judges to issue any order within the purview of the present article.", "Article 19 Adoption and issuance of judgements", "2. Judgements shall be issued in writing and shall state the reasons, facts and law on which they are based. Summary judgements may be issued at any time, even when the Appeals Tribunal is not in session. They shall be adopted by panels of three judges designated by the President.", "[1]  Resolution 64/119, annex I.", "[2]  Ibid., annex II.", "[3]  A/66/86 and Add.1." ]
A_RES_66_107
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/481)]", "66/107. Amendments to the rules of procedure of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 63/253 of 24 December 2008, in which it adopted the statutes of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and the United Nations Appeals Tribunal, as contained in annexes I and II to that resolution,", "Recalling also article 7, paragraph 1, of the statute of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal and article 6, paragraph 1, of the statute of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal,", "Recalling further rule 37, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the rules of procedure of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal[1], as well as rule 32, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the rules of procedure of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal[2],", "Having considered the report of the Secretary-General[3],", "1. Approves the amendments to the rules of procedure of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal contained in the annex to the present resolution;", "2. Decides not to approve the amendment to rule 19 (Procedure handling) of the rules of procedure of the United Nations Dispute Tribunal contained in annex I to document A/66/86 and adopted by the Tribunal on 14 December 2010 in accordance with rule 37, paragraph 1, of the rules of procedure.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "Annex", "Amendments to the rules of procedure of the United Nations Appeals Tribunal", "Article 4 Chambers", "2. When the President or two judges who are aware of a case consider that the circumstances so justify it, the case shall be referred to the plenary of the Appeals Tribunal. In the event of a tie in the votes of the judges of the full Court of Appeal, the President shall decide.", "Article 9 Response to the Appeal, Accession to the Appeal and Response to the Appeal", "4. Within 45 days of the notice of the appeal, the party replying to the appeal may submit to the Appeals Tribunal its accession to the appeal, accompanied by a letter of up to 15 pages, indicating the measures requested and the grounds invoked. No further claims may be made within the framework of the accession to the appeal.", "6. The provisions of article 9, paragraphs 1 to 3 and 5, shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to accession to the appeal and to the response of accession to the appeal.", "Article 18 bis Procedure", "1. The President may, at any time and at the request of a party or ex officio, issue such orders as he deems necessary for the speedy and impartial conduct of the case and for justice to the parties.", "2. If, prior to the opening date of the session at which the case is to be examined, the appellant communicates in writing to the Appeals Tribunal, with notification to the appellant party, his willingness to withdraw from the appeal, the President may order the case to withdraw from the registry.", "3. If an action is without object and it is no longer necessary to take action, the President may, at any time and on his own motion, after communicating his intention to the parties and, where appropriate, receive his comments, issue a motivated order.", "4. The President may designate a judge or a judge ' s chamber to order under this article.", "Article 19 Adoption and issuance of judgements", "2. The judgements shall be issued in writing and shall indicate the reasons, facts and grounds of law on which they are based. Judgements in summary proceedings may be rendered at any time, even if the Appeals Tribunal is not holding a session. They will be adopted by a three-judge room designated by the President.", "[1] Resolution 64/119, annex I.", "[2] Ibid., annex II.", "[3] A/66/86 and Add.1." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/482)]", "66/108. Informe del Comité de Relaciones con el País Anfitrión", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo examinado el informe del Comité de Relaciones con el País Anfitrión[1],", "Recordando el Artículo 105 de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, la Convención sobre Prerrogativas e Inmunidades de las Naciones Unidas[2], el Acuerdo entre las Naciones Unidas y los Estados Unidos de América relativo a la Sede de las Naciones Unidas[3] y las obligaciones del país anfitrión,", "Recordando también que, de conformidad con el párrafo 7 de su resolución 2819 (XXVI), de 15 de diciembre de 1971, el Comité ha de examinar las cuestiones que se planteen en relación con la aplicación del Acuerdo entre las Naciones Unidas y los Estados Unidos de América relativo a la Sede de las Naciones Unidas y asesorar al país anfitrión sobre estas cuestiones,", "Reconociendo que las autoridades competentes del país anfitrión deben seguir adoptando medidas efectivas, en particular para prevenir actos que atenten contra la seguridad de las misiones y de su personal,", "1. Hace suyas las recomendaciones y conclusiones del Comité de Relaciones con el País Anfitrión que figuran en el párrafo 39 de su informe¹;", "2. Considera que el mantenimiento de condiciones adecuadas para el normal funcionamiento de las delegaciones y misiones acreditadas ante las Naciones Unidas y el respeto de sus prerrogativas e inmunidades, que es una cuestión de suma importancia, redundan en beneficio de las Naciones Unidas y de todos los Estados Miembros, y solicita al país anfitrión que siga resolviendo, mediante negociaciones, los problemas que puedan surgir y adoptando todas las medidas necesarias para impedir cualquier interferencia en el funcionamiento de las misiones; asimismo insta al país anfitrión a que siga adoptando medidas oportunas, como la formación de agentes de policía y seguridad y de funcionarios de aduanas y control de fronteras, a fin de que se sigan respetando las prerrogativas e inmunidades diplomáticas y de que, en caso de infringirse, se aseguren las debidas investigaciones y reparaciones, de conformidad con el derecho aplicable;", "3. Observa los problemas que han tenido algunas misiones permanentes respecto de la aplicación del Programa de estacionamiento de vehículos diplomáticos[4], y observa que el Comité continuará ocupándose de la cuestión a fin de que este Programa se siga aplicando debidamente y de manera justa, no discriminatoria, eficaz y, por tanto, compatible con el derecho internacional;", "4. Solicita al país anfitrión que considere la eliminación de las restricciones a los viajes que se siguen imponiendo al personal de algunas misiones y a funcionarios de la Secretaría de algunas nacionalidades y, a ese respecto, observa las posiciones de larga data de los Estados afectados, del Secretario General y del país anfitrión;", "5. Observa las preocupaciones expresadas por algunas delegaciones en cuanto a la denegación de visados de entrada a representantes de Estados Miembros y los retrasos en su expedición;", "6. Observa también que el Comité espera que el país anfitrión siga intensificando sus esfuerzos para expedir puntualmente visados de entrada a los representantes de Estados Miembros, de conformidad con el artículo IV, sección 11, del Acuerdo entre las Naciones Unidas y los Estados Unidos de América relativo a la Sede de las Naciones Unidas³, para viajar a Nueva York y asistir a reuniones de las Naciones Unidas, y que el Comité espera que el país anfitrión siga intensificando sus esfuerzos, incluida la expedición de visados, para facilitar la participación de representantes de Estados Miembros en otras reuniones de las Naciones Unidas, cuando proceda;", "7. Observa además que algunas delegaciones han solicitado que se reduzca el plazo impuesto por el país anfitrión para expedir los visados de entrada a los representantes de los Estados Miembros, ya que plantea dificultades para la plena participación de los Estados Miembros en reuniones de las Naciones Unidas;", "8. Observa las preocupaciones suscitadas por la decisión de JPMorgan Chase Bank de cerrar todas las cuentas bancarias de las misiones permanentes ante las Naciones Unidas a más tardar el 31 de marzo de 2011 y acoge con beneplácito las gestiones del país anfitrión para facilitar que las misiones permanentes abran cuentas bancarias en otras instituciones financieras;", "9. Expresa su reconocimiento por los esfuerzos realizados por el país anfitrión, y espera que las cuestiones planteadas en las sesiones del Comité sigan resolviéndose en un espíritu de cooperación y de conformidad con el derecho internacional;", "10. Afirma la importancia de que el Comité se encuentre en condiciones de cumplir su mandato y reunirse con rapidez para abordar cuestiones urgentes e importantes relativas a las relaciones entre las Naciones Unidas y el país anfitrión, y, al respecto, solicita a la Secretaría y al Comité de Conferencias que den prioridad a las solicitudes de servicios de conferencias que formule el Comité de Relaciones con el País Anfitrión para las reuniones que deba celebrar cuando la Asamblea General y sus Comisiones Principales estén reunidas, sin perjuicio de las necesidades de esos órganos y siempre que dichos servicios estén disponibles;", "11. Solicita al Secretario General que siga participando activamente en todos los aspectos de las relaciones de las Naciones Unidas con el país anfitrión;", "12. Solicita al Comité que prosiga su labor de conformidad con lo dispuesto en la resolución 2819 (XXVI);", "13. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Informe del Comité de Relaciones con el País Anfitrión”.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 26 (A/66/26).", "[2]  Resolución 22 A (I).", "[3]  Véase la resolución 169 (II).", "[4]  A/AC.154/355, anexo." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/482)]", "66/108. Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country,[1]", "Recalling Article 105 of the Charter of the United Nations, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations,[2] the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations[3] and the responsibilities of the host country,", "Recalling also that, in accordance with paragraph 7 of General Assembly resolution 2819 (XXVI) of 15 December 1971, the Committee should consider, and advise the host country on, issues arising in connection with the implementation of the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations,", "Recognizing that effective measures should continue to be taken by the competent authorities of the host country, in particular to prevent any acts violating the security of missions and the safety of their personnel,", "1. Endorses the recommendations and conclusions of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country contained in paragraph 39 of its report;¹", "2. Considers that the maintenance of appropriate conditions for the normal work of the delegations and the missions accredited to the United Nations and the observance of their privileges and immunities, which is an issue of great importance, are in the interest of the United Nations and all Member States, and requests the host country to continue to solve, through negotiations, problems that might arise and to take all measures necessary to prevent any interference with the functioning of missions; and urges the host country to continue to take appropriate action, such as training of police, security, customs and border control officers, with a view to maintaining respect for diplomatic privileges and immunities and if violations occur to ensure that such cases are properly investigated and remedied, in accordance with applicable law;", "3. Notes the problems experienced by some permanent missions in connection with the implementation of the Parking Programme for Diplomatic Vehicles,[4] and notes that the Committee shall remain seized of the matter, with a view to continuing to maintain the proper implementation of the Parking Programme in a manner that is fair, non-discriminatory, effective and therefore consistent with international law;", "4. Requests the host country to consider removing the remaining travel restrictions imposed by it on staff of certain missions and staff members of the Secretariat of certain nationalities, and in this regard notes the long-standing positions of affected States, of the Secretary-General and of the host country;", "5. Notes the concerns expressed by some delegations concerning the denial and delay of entry visas to representatives of Member States;", "6. Also notes that the Committee anticipates that the host country will continue to enhance its efforts to ensure the issuance of entry visas, in a timely manner, to representatives of Member States, pursuant to article IV, section 11, of the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations³ to travel to New York on United Nations business, and that the Committee anticipates that the host country will continue to enhance efforts, including visa issuance, to facilitate the participation of representatives of Member States in other United Nations meetings, as appropriate;", "7. Further notes that a number of delegations have requested shortening the time frame applied by the host country for issuance of entry visas to representatives of Member States, since this time frame poses difficulties for the full-fledged participation of Member States in United Nations meetings;", "8. Notes the concerns over the decision by JPMorgan Chase Bank to close all bank accounts held by Permanent Missions to the United Nations by 31 March 2011, and welcomes the efforts of the host country to facilitate the opening of bank accounts for permanent missions with other financial institutions;", "9. Expresses its appreciation for the efforts made by the host country, and hopes that the issues raised at the meetings of the Committee will continue to be resolved in a spirit of cooperation and in accordance with international law;", "10. Affirms the importance of the Committee being in a position to fulfil its mandate and meet on short notice to deal with urgent and important matters concerning the relations between the United Nations and the host country, and in that connection requests the Secretariat and the Committee on Conferences to accord priority to requests from the Committee on Relations with the Host Country for conference-servicing facilities for meetings of that Committee that must be held while the General Assembly and its Main Committees are meeting, without prejudice to the requirements of those bodies and on an “as available” basis;", "11. Requests the Secretary-General to remain actively engaged in all aspects of the relations of the United Nations with the host country;", "12. Requests the Committee to continue its work in conformity with General Assembly resolution 2819 (XXVI);", "13. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country”.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 26 (A/66/26).", "[2]  Resolution 22 A (I).", "[3]  See resolution 169 (II).", "[4]  A/AC.154/355, annex." ]
A_RES_66_108
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/482)]", "66/108. Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country[1],", "Recalling Article 105 of the Charter of the United Nations, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations[2], the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America concerning United Nations Headquarters[3] and the obligations of the host country,", "Recalling also that, in accordance with paragraph 7 of its resolution 2819 (XXVI) of 15 December 1971, the Committee should consider the issues arising in connection with the implementation of the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America concerning United Nations Headquarters and advise the host country on these issues,", "Recognizing that the competent authorities of the host country should continue to take effective measures, in particular to prevent acts that infringe the safety of missions and their personnel,", "1. Endorses the recommendations and conclusions of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country contained in paragraph 39 of its report;1", "2. Considering that the maintenance of adequate conditions for the normal functioning of delegations and missions accredited to the United Nations and respect for their privileges and immunities, which is a matter of utmost importance, are for the benefit of the United Nations and all Member States, and requests the host country to continue to resolve, through negotiations, any problems that may arise and to take all necessary measures to prevent any interference in the functioning of the missions; and to continue to ensure that the host country", "3. Notes the problems experienced by some permanent missions with regard to the implementation of the Diplomatic Vehicle Parking Programme[4], and notes that the Committee will continue to deal with the issue in order to ensure that the Programme continues to be properly and fairly, non-discriminatory, effective and therefore consistent with international law;", "4. Requests the host country to consider the elimination of travel restrictions that continue to be imposed on staff of some missions and Secretariat staff of some nationalities and, in this regard, notes the long-standing positions of the affected States, the Secretary-General and the host country;", "5. Notes the concerns expressed by some delegations regarding the denial of entry visas to representatives of Member States and delays in their issuance;", "6. Notes also that the Committee expects the host country to continue to intensify its efforts to issue timely entry visas to representatives of Member States, in accordance with article IV, section 11, of the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America on United Nations Headquarters,3 to travel to New York and attend United Nations meetings, and that the Committee expects that the host country will continue to intensify its efforts, including the issuance of visas, to facilitate other Member States ' participation", "7. Further notes that some delegations have requested a reduction in the time frame imposed by the host country to issue entry visas to representatives of Member States, as it poses difficulties for the full participation of Member States in United Nations meetings;", "8. Notes the concerns raised by the decision of JPMorgan Chase Bank to close all bank accounts of permanent missions to the United Nations by 31 March 2011 and welcomes the efforts of the host country to facilitate the opening of bank accounts by permanent missions to other financial institutions;", "9. Expresses its appreciation for the efforts of the host country, and hopes that the issues raised at the meetings of the Committee will continue to be resolved in a spirit of cooperation and in accordance with international law;", "10. Affirms the importance of the Committee in a position to fulfil its mandate and to meet expeditiously to address urgent and important issues relating to relations between the United Nations and the host country, and, in this regard, requests the Secretariat and the Committee on Conferences to give priority to requests for conference services to be made by the Committee on Relations with the Host Country for meetings to be held when the General Assembly and its Main Committees are meeting, without prejudice to those needs;", "11. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to participate actively in all aspects of United Nations relations with the host country;", "12. Requests the Committee to continue its work in accordance with resolution 2819 (XXVI);", "13. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country”.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 26 (A/66/26).", "[2] Resolution 22 A (I).", "[3] See resolution 169 (II).", "[4] A/AC.154/355, annex." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/484)]", "66/109. Otorgamiento de la condición de observador en la Asamblea General a la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas", "La Asamblea General,", "Deseando promover la cooperación entre las Naciones Unidas y la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas,", "1. Decide invitar a la Unión de Naciones Suramericanas a participar en los períodos de sesiones y en la labor de la Asamblea General en calidad de observador;", "2. Solicita al Secretario General que adopte las medidas necesarias para dar cumplimiento a la presente resolución.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011" ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/484)]", "66/109. Observer status for the Union of South American Nations in the General Assembly", "The General Assembly,", "Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Union of South American Nations,", "1. Decides to invite the Union of South American Nations to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer;", "2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to implement the present resolution.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011" ]
A_RES_66_109
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/484)]", "66/109. Observer status for the Union of South American Nations in the General Assembly", "The General Assembly,", "Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Union of South American Nations,", "1. Decides to invite the Union of South American Nations to participate in the sessions and in the work of the General Assembly as an observer;", "2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to implement the present resolution.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011" ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/485)]", "66/110. Otorgamiento de la condición de observador en la Asamblea General a la Agencia Internacional de Energías Renovables", "La Asamblea General,", "Deseando promover la cooperación entre las Naciones Unidas y la Agencia Internacional de Energías Renovables,", "1. Decide invitar a la Agencia Internacional de Energías Renovables a participar en los períodos de sesiones y en la labor de la Asamblea General en calidad de observador;", "2. Solicita al Secretario General que adopte las medidas necesarias para dar cumplimiento a la presente resolución.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011" ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/485)]", "66/110. Observer status for the International Renewable Energy Agency in the General Assembly", "The General Assembly,", "Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the International Renewable Energy Agency,", "1. Decides to invite the International Renewable Energy Agency to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer;", "2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to implement the present resolution.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011" ]
A_RES_66_110
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/485)]", "66/110. Observer status for the International Renewable Energy Agency in the General Assembly", "The General Assembly,", "Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the International Renewable Energy Agency,", "1. Decides to invite the International Renewable Energy Agency to participate in the sessions and in the work of the General Assembly as an observer;", "2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to implement the present resolution.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011" ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/486)]", "66/111. Otorgamiento de la condición de observador en la Asamblea General a la Iniciativa de Europa Central", "La Asamblea General,", "Deseando promover la cooperación entre las Naciones Unidas y la Iniciativa de Europa Central,", "1. Decide invitar a la Iniciativa de Europa Central a participar en los períodos de sesiones y en la labor de la Asamblea General en calidad de observador;", "2. Solicita al Secretario General que adopte las medidas necesarias para dar cumplimiento a la presente resolución.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011" ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/486)]", "66/111. Observer status for the Central European Initiative in the General Assembly", "The General Assembly,", "Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Central European Initiative,", "1. Decides to invite the Central European Initiative to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer;", "2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to implement the present resolution.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011" ]
A_RES_66_111
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/486)]", "66/111. Observer status for the Central European Initiative in the General Assembly", "The General Assembly,", "Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Central European Initiative,", "1. Decides to invite the Central European Initiative to participate in the sessions and work of the General Assembly as an observer;", "2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to implement the present resolution.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011" ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/488)]", "66/112. Otorgamiento de la condición de observador en la Asamblea General a la Autoridad Intergubernamental para el Desarrollo", "La Asamblea General,", "Deseando promover la cooperación entre las Naciones Unidas y la Autoridad Intergubernamental para el Desarrollo,", "1. Decide invitar a la Autoridad Intergubernamental para el Desarrollo a participar en los períodos de sesiones y en la labor de la Asamblea General en calidad de observador;", "2. Solicita al Secretario General que adopte las medidas necesarias para dar cumplimiento a la presente resolución.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011" ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/488)]", "66/112. Observer status for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in the General Assembly", "The General Assembly,", "Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development,", "1. Decides to invite the Intergovernmental Authority on Development to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer;", "2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to implement the present resolution.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011" ]
A_RES_66_112
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/488)]", "66/112. Observer status for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development in the General Assembly", "The General Assembly,", "Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development,", "1. Decides to invite the Intergovernmental Authority on Development to participate in the sessions and in the work of the General Assembly as an observer;", "2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to implement the present resolution.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011" ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 9 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Sexta Comisión (A/66/550)]", "66/113. Otorgamiento de la condición de observador en la Asamblea General a la Unión Económica y Monetaria del África Occidental", "La Asamblea General,", "Deseando promover la cooperación entre las Naciones Unidas y la Unión Económica y Monetaria del África Occidental,", "1. Decide invitar a la Unión Económica y Monetaria del África Occidental a participar en los períodos de sesiones y en la labor de la Asamblea General en calidad de observador;", "2. Solicita al Secretario General que adopte las medidas necesarias para dar cumplimiento a la presente resolución.", "82ª sesión plenaria 9 de diciembre de 2011" ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/550)]", "66/113. Observer status for the West African Economic and Monetary Union in the General Assembly", "The General Assembly,", "Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the West African Economic and Monetary Union,", "1. Decides to invite the West African Economic and Monetary Union to participate in the sessions and the work of the General Assembly in the capacity of observer;", "2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary action to implement the present resolution.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011" ]
A_RES_66_113
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 9 December 2011", "[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/66/550)]", "66/113. Observer status for the West African Economic and Monetary Union in the General Assembly", "The General Assembly,", "Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa,", "1. Decides to invite the Economic and Monetary Union of West Africa to participate in the sessions and work of the General Assembly as an observer;", "2. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to implement the present resolution.", "82nd plenary meeting 9 December 2011" ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 12 de diciembre de 2011", "[sin remisión previa a una Comisión Principal (A/66/L.25 y Add.1)]", "66/114. Monumento permanente y recuerdo de las víctimas de la esclavitud y de la trata transatlántica de esclavos", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 61/19, de 28 de noviembre de 2006, titulada “Celebración del bicentenario de la abolición de la trata transatlántica de esclavos”, y las resoluciones subsiguientes tituladas “Monumento permanente y recuerdo de las víctimas de la esclavitud y de la trata transatlántica de esclavos”,", "Recordando también que el 25 de marzo se designó Día Internacional de Recuerdo de las Víctimas de la Esclavitud y la Trata Transatlántica de Esclavos,", "Reconociendo lo poco que se sabe sobre la trata transatlántica de esclavos y sus duraderas consecuencias, percibidas en todo el mundo, y acogiendo con beneplácito que haya aumentado la atención que se dedica a la cuestión gracias a la conmemoración anual realizada por la Asamblea General, incluida la sensibilización en muchos Estados,", "Observando las iniciativas emprendidas por los Estados como reafirmación de su compromiso de aplicar los párrafos 101 y 102 de la Declaración de Durban de la Conferencia Mundial contra el Racismo, la Discriminación Racial, la Xenofobia y las Formas Conexas de Intolerancia con el fin de corregir el legado de la esclavitud y contribuir al restablecimiento de la dignidad de las víctimas de la esclavitud y de la trata de esclavos[1],", "Recordando, en particular, el párrafo 101 de la Declaración de Durban, en que, entre otras cosas, se invitaba a la comunidad internacional y a sus miembros a honrar la memoria de las víctimas,", "Destacando la importancia de educar e informar a las generaciones actuales y futuras sobre las causas, consecuencias y enseñanzas de la esclavitud y de la trata transatlántica de esclavos,", "Recordando que la iniciativa del monumento permanente complementa la labor que realiza la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura en relación con el proyecto sobre la Ruta del Esclavo, incluidas sus actividades conmemorativas,", "1. Hace suya la iniciativa de los Estados Miembros de erigir, en un lugar destacado de la Sede de las Naciones Unidas que sea fácilmente accesible para los delegados, el personal y los visitantes de las Naciones Unidas, un monumento permanente en reconocimiento de la tragedia y en consideración del legado de la esclavitud y de la trata transatlántica de esclavos;", "2. Recuerda el establecimiento de un comité de Estados interesados de todas las regiones geográficas del mundo, en el cual los Estados Miembros procedentes de la Comunidad del Caribe y la Unión Africana desempeñan una función primordial, encargado de supervisar el proyecto del monumento permanente, en colaboración con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, representantes de la Secretaría, el Centro Schomburg de Investigación sobre la Cultura Negra de la Biblioteca Pública de Nueva York y la sociedad civil;", "3. Recuerda también el establecimiento de un fondo fiduciario para el monumento permanente, denominado Fondo Fiduciario de las Naciones Unidas para la Colaboración – Monumento Permanente y administrado por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para las Asociaciones de Colaboración, y observa la situación actual de las contribuciones al Fondo Fiduciario[2];", "4. Reconoce que hacen falta contribuciones voluntarias sostenidas para lograr oportunamente el objetivo de erigir un monumento permanente en honor de las víctimas de la esclavitud y de la trata transatlántica de esclavos;", "5. Expresa su sincero reconocimiento a los Estados Miembros que ya han efectuado contribuciones al Fondo Fiduciario, alienta a que hagan contribuciones adicionales e invita a los Estados Miembros y otras partes interesadas que no lo hayan hecho a seguir su ejemplo;", "6. Solicita al Secretario General que organice cada año una serie de actividades para celebrar el Día Internacional de Recuerdo de las Víctimas de la Esclavitud y la Trata Transatlántica de Esclavos, en particular una sesión conmemorativa de la Asamblea General en la Sede de las Naciones Unidas, y, cuando proceda, actividades por conducto de la red de centros de información de las Naciones Unidas;", "7. Solicita al Departamento de Información Pública de la Secretaría que, en cooperación con los países interesados y con las organizaciones y órganos competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, siga tomando medidas apropiadas para sensibilizar al público mundial acerca de las actividades conmemorativas y de la iniciativa del monumento permanente, y facilite los esfuerzos por erigir el monumento permanente en la Sede de las Naciones Unidas;", "8. Reitera la solicitud que formuló en la resolución 64/15, de 16 de noviembre de 2009, de que los Estados Miembros elaboren, de conformidad con su legislación nacional, programas educativos para formar a las generaciones futuras e inculcarles, incluso mediante los programas de estudios, la comprensión de las enseñanzas obtenidas, la historia y las consecuencias de la esclavitud y de la trata de esclavos, y proporcionen la información conexa al Secretario General para que la incluya en su informe;", "9. Acoge con beneplácito que se haya concertado el memorando de entendimiento tripartito entre la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para las Asociaciones de Colaboración, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura y el Comité del Monumento Permanente para que sirva de marco de la cooperación en la ejecución de la iniciativa destinada a honrar a las víctimas de la esclavitud y de la trata transatlántica de esclavos;", "10. Acoge con beneplácito también que recientemente se haya puesto en marcha el concurso internacional de diseño del monumento permanente y alienta a que haya una participación lo más amplia posible y se presenten diseños de todas las regiones geográficas del mundo;", "11. Alienta a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura a que ayude al Comité del Monumento Permanente a encontrar candidatos idóneos, incluso entre sus especialistas internacionales, para que formen parte del jurado internacional independiente que seleccionará el diseño ganador;", "12. Toma nota del informe del Secretario General referente al programa de difusión educativa sobre la trata transatlántica de esclavos y la esclavitud[3] en cuanto guarda relación con la estrategia diversa de difusión educativa para aumentar la conciencia de las generaciones futuras y educarlas sobre las causas, las consecuencias, las enseñanzas y el legado de la trata transatlántica de esclavos y dar a conocer los peligros del racismo y los prejuicios, y alienta a que se siga trabajando en este sentido;", "13. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre la labor que se sigue realizando para ejecutar el programa de difusión educativa, incluidas las actividades emprendidas por los Estados Miembros para aplicar la presente resolución, así como sobre las medidas adoptadas para sensibilizar al público mundial acerca de las actividades conmemorativas y de la iniciativa del monumento permanente;", "14. Solicita a la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para las Asociaciones de Colaboración que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente un informe exhaustivo, a través del Secretario General, sobre la situación del Fondo Fiduciario, en particular sobre las contribuciones recibidas y su utilización;", "15. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Seguimiento de la celebración del bicentenario de la abolición de la trata transatlántica de esclavos”.", "83ª sesión plenaria 12 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase A/CONF.189/12 y Corr.1, cap. I.", "[2]  Véase A/66/162.", "[3]  A/66/382." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 12 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.25 and Add.1)]", "66/114. Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 61/19 of 28 November 2006, entitled “Commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade” and subsequent resolutions entitled “Permanent memorial to and remembrance of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade”,", "Recalling also the designation of 25 March as the annual International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade,", "Recognizing how little is known about the transatlantic slave trade and its lasting consequences, felt throughout the world, and welcoming the increased attention that the annual commemoration by the General Assembly has brought to the issue, including raising awareness in many States,", "Noting the initiatives undertaken by States in reaffirming their commitment to implement paragraphs 101 and 102 of the Durban Declaration of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, aimed at countering the legacy of slavery and contributing to the restoration of the dignity of the victims of slavery and the slave trade,[1]", "Recalling, in particular, paragraph 101 of the Durban Declaration, which, inter alia, invited the international community and its members to honour the memory of the victims,", "Stressing the importance of educating and informing current and future generations about the causes, consequences and lessons of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade,", "Recalling that the permanent memorial initiative complements the work being done at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the Slave Route Project, including its commemorative activities,", "1. Endorses the initiative of Member States to erect, at a place of prominence at United Nations Headquarters that is easily accessible to delegates, United Nations staff and visitors, a permanent memorial in acknowledgement of the tragedy and in consideration of the legacy of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade;", "2. Recalls the establishment of a committee of interested States to oversee the permanent memorial project, drawn from all geographical regions of the world, with Member States from the Caribbean Community and the African Union playing a primary role, in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, representatives of the Secretariat, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture of the New York Public Library and civil society;", "3. Also recalls the establishment of a trust fund for the permanent memorial, referred to as the United Nations Trust Fund for Partnerships — Permanent Memorial, administered by the United Nations Office for Partnerships, and notes the current status of contributions to the Trust Fund;[2]", "4. Recognizes the necessity of sustained voluntary contributions in order to achieve in a timely manner the goal of erecting a permanent memorial in honour of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade;", "5. Expresses sincere appreciation to those Member States that have already made contributions to the Trust Fund, encourages additional contributions, and invites Member States and other interested parties that have not done so to do likewise;", "6. Requests the Secretary-General to organize a series of activities annually to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, including a commemorative meeting of the General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters and, as appropriate, activities through the network of United Nations information centres;", "7. Requests the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat, in cooperation with the countries concerned and with relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, to continue to take appropriate steps to enhance world public awareness of the commemorative activities and the permanent memorial initiative, and to facilitate efforts to erect the permanent memorial at United Nations Headquarters;", "8. Reiterates its request, in resolution 64/15 of 16 November 2009, for Member States to develop, in accordance with their national legislation, educational programmes, including through school curricula, designed to educate and inculcate in future generations an understanding of the lessons, history and consequences of slavery and the slave trade, and to provide such information to the Secretary-General for inclusion in his report;", "9. Welcomes the conclusion of the tripartite memorandum of understanding between the United Nations Office for Partnerships, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Permanent Memorial Committee to serve as the framework for cooperation in implementing the initiative to honour the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade;", "10. Also welcomes the recent launch of the international design competition for the permanent memorial, and encourages the broadest possible participation and submission of designs from all geographical regions of the world;", "11. Encourages the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to assist the Permanent Memorial Committee in identifying qualified candidates, including from its pool of international specialists, to serve on the independent international panel of judges to select the winning design;", "12. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the programme of educational outreach on the transatlantic slave trade and slavery[3] relating to the diverse educational outreach strategy to increase awareness of and to educate future generations about the causes, consequences, lessons and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade and to communicate the dangers of racism and prejudice, and encourages continued action in this regard;", "13. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on continued action to implement the programme of educational outreach, including actions taken by Member States in implementing the present resolution, as well as steps to enhance world public awareness of the commemorative activities and the permanent memorial initiative;", "14. Requests the United Nations Office for Partnerships, through the Secretary-General, to submit a comprehensive report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the status of the Trust Fund and, in particular, on contributions received and their utilization;", "15. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Follow-up to the commemoration of the two-hundredth anniversary of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade”.", "83rd plenary meeting 12 December 2011", "[1]  See A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1, chap. I.", "[2]  See A/66/162.", "[3]  A/66/382." ]
A_RES_66_114
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 12 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.25 and Add.1)]", "66/114. Permanent monument and memory of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 61/19 of 28 November 2006, entitled “Celebration of the bicentennial of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade”, and subsequent resolutions entitled “Permanent Monument and Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade”,", "Recalling also that on 25 March, the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Trafficking of Slaves was designated,", "Recognizing the little known about the transatlantic slave trade and its lasting consequences, perceived worldwide, and welcoming the increased attention devoted to the issue through the annual commemoration of the General Assembly, including awareness in many States,", "Noting the efforts of States to reaffirm their commitment to implement paragraphs 101 and 102 of the Durban Declaration of the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance in order to redress the legacy of slavery and to contribute to the restoration of the dignity of the victims of slavery and the slave trade[1],", "Recalling, in particular, paragraph 101 of the Durban Declaration, in which, inter alia, the international community and its members were invited to honour the memory of the victims,", "Stressing the importance of educating and informing current and future generations of the causes, consequences and teachings of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade,", "Recalling that the permanent memorial initiative complements the work of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the Slave Route project, including its commemorative activities,", "1. Endorses the initiative of Member States to erect, in a prominent place at United Nations Headquarters that is easily accessible to United Nations delegates, staff and visitors, a permanent memorial in recognition of the tragedy and in consideration of the legacy of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade;", "2. Recalls the establishment of a committee of interested States from all geographical regions of the world, in which Member States from the Caribbean Community and the African Union play a primary role in overseeing the permanent memorial project, in collaboration with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, representatives of the Secretariat, the Schomburg Black Culture Research Centre of the New York Public Library and civil society;", "3. Also recalls the establishment of a trust fund for the permanent memorial, known as the United Nations Trust Fund for Partnerships - - Permanent Memorial and administered by the United Nations Office for Partnerships, and notes the current status of contributions to the Trust Fund[2];", "4. Recognizes the need for sustained voluntary contributions in order to achieve the objective of erecting a permanent memorial in honour of the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade;", "5. Expresses its sincere appreciation to those Member States that have already made contributions to the Trust Fund, encourages further contributions and invites Member States and other interested parties that have not done so to follow their example;", "6. Requests the Secretary-General to organize a series of activities each year to celebrate the International Day of Remembrance of Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Traffic in Slaves, including a commemorative meeting of the General Assembly at United Nations Headquarters, and, where appropriate, activities through the United Nations information centres network;", "7. Requests the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat, in cooperation with the countries concerned and with the relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, to continue to take appropriate measures to sensitize the global public about the commemorative activities and the permanent memorial initiative, and to facilitate efforts to erect the permanent memorial at United Nations Headquarters;", "8. Reiterates its request in resolution 64/15 of 16 November 2009 for Member States to develop, in accordance with their national legislation, educational programmes to train future generations and inculcate them, including through curricula, the understanding of lessons learned, the history and consequences of slavery and the slave trade, and to provide the related information to the Secretary-General for inclusion in his report;", "9. Welcomes the conclusion of the tripartite memorandum of understanding between the United Nations Office for Partnerships, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the Standing Monument Committee to serve as a framework for cooperation in the implementation of the initiative to honour the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade;", "10. It also welcomes the recent launch of the international competition for the design of the permanent monument and encourages the widest possible participation and designs of all geographical regions of the world;", "11. Encourages the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to assist the Standing Monument Committee in finding suitable candidates, including among its international specialists, to form part of the independent international jury that will select the winning design;", "12. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the programme of educational dissemination on the transatlantic slave trade and slavery[3] as it relates to the diverse strategy of educational dissemination to raise awareness of future generations and educate them on the causes, consequences, lessons and legacy of the transatlantic slave trade and to raise awareness of the dangers of racism and prejudice, and encourages further work in this regard;", "13. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the ongoing work to implement the educational outreach programme, including activities undertaken by Member States to implement the present resolution, as well as on measures taken to raise the awareness of the commemorative activities and the permanent memorial initiative to the global public;", "14. Requests the United Nations Office for Partnerships to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a comprehensive report, through the Secretary-General, on the status of the Trust Fund, in particular on contributions received and their utilization;", "15. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Follow-up to the commemoration of the bicentennial of the abolition of the transatlantic slave trade”.", "83rd plenary meeting 12 December 2011", "[1] See A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1, chap. I.", "[2] See A/66/162.", "[3] A/66/382." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 12 de diciembre de 2011", "[sin remisión previa a una Comisión Principal (A/66/L.24 y Add.1)]", "66/115. Salud mundial y política exterior", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 63/33, de 26 de noviembre de 2008, 64/108, de 10 diciembre de 2009, y 65/95, de 9 de diciembre de 2010,", "Recordando también los resultados de las grandes conferencias y cumbres de las Naciones Unidas en las esferas económica y social y esferas conexas, especialmente los relacionados con la salud mundial,", "Reafirmando el compromiso con el cumplimiento de todos los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, en particular los Objetivos cuarto, quinto y sexto, expresado en el documento final de la Reunión Plenaria de Alto Nivel de la Asamblea General sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, titulado “Cumplir la promesa: unidos para lograr los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio”[1], y acogiendo con beneplácito, a este respecto, el informe de la Comisión sobre la Información y la Rendición de Cuentas para la Salud de la Mujer y el Niño[2],", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la Declaración política sobre el VIH y el SIDA: intensificación de nuestro esfuerzo para eliminar el VIH y el SIDA[3], aprobada en la Reunión de Alto Nivel de la Asamblea General sobre el VIH y el SIDA, que se celebró en Nueva York del 8 al 10 de junio de 2011, y reafirmando la voluntad política de cumplir efectivamente los compromisos que allí figuran,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito también la Declaración política de la Reunión de Alto Nivel de la Asamblea General sobre la Prevención y el Control de las Enfermedades no Transmisibles[4], aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de septiembre de 2011, y reafirmando la voluntad política de cumplir efectivamente los compromisos que allí figuran,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito además la Declaración política de Río sobre determinantes sociales de la salud, aprobada en la Conferencia Mundial sobre Determinantes Sociales de la Salud, que se celebró en Río de Janeiro (Brasil) del 19 al 21 de octubre de 2011,", "Observando con preocupación que, para millones de personas de todo el mundo, el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental, incluido el acceso a medicamentos, sigue siendo una meta distante y que, en muchos casos, especialmente en el de los niños y el de quienes viven en la pobreza, las probabilidades de alcanzar esa meta son cada vez más remotas,", "Reconociendo que las desigualdades en el acceso a la atención de la salud pueden aumentar en tiempos de crisis, particularmente las que afectan a las personas que viven con discapacidad, y que durante esos períodos se debería hacer un esfuerzo especial para mantener las funciones de atención pública de la salud y atención primaria de la salud,", "Reconociendo también que la mejora de las condiciones sociales y económicas desfavorables es primordialmente una cuestión de política social y económica, y que la mayoría de los factores de riesgo subyacentes a la tuberculosis, la malaria, el VIH y el SIDA y la mortalidad materna e infantil, así como a las enfermedades no transmisibles, están relacionados con condiciones sociales y económicas,", "Reconociendo además que las desigualdades en materia de salud son consecuencia de determinantes sociales de la salud, es decir, de las condiciones sociales en que nacen, crecen, viven, trabajan y envejecen las personas, y que tales determinantes incluyen las experiencias en los primeros años de vida, la educación, la situación económica, el empleo y el trabajo decente, la vivienda y el medio ambiente, así como la existencia de sistemas eficaces para prevenir y tratar la mala salud,", "Teniendo presentes las consecuencias a largo plazo que tiene la exposición a radiación nuclear para la salud de la población afectada y la necesidad de que la comunidad internacional esté mejor preparada para responder colectivamente, incluso por medio de la plena aplicación del Reglamento Sanitario Internacional[5],", "Recordando que, según el informe de 2007 del Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio Climático[6], es probable que la exposición al cambio climático proyectada afecte a la situación sanitaria de millones de personas, particularmente a las que tienen poca capacidad de adaptación,", "Observando el papel de la Iniciativa sobre Política Exterior y Salud Mundial en la promoción de la sinergia entre la política exterior y la salud mundial, así como la contribución de la declaración ministerial de Oslo[7], que se reafirmó, con medidas y compromisos renovados, en la Declaración Ministerial de 22 de septiembre de 2010[8],", "Acogiendo con beneplácito que el 24 de mayo de 2011 la 64ª Asamblea Mundial de la Salud aprobara la resolución 64.5, relativa a la preparación para una gripe pandémica, el intercambio de virus gripales y el acceso a las vacunas y otros beneficios[9],", "1. Observa con aprecio la nota del Secretario General[10] en que transmite el informe de la Directora General de la Organización Mundial de la Salud y las recomendaciones sobre la mejora de la coordinación, la coherencia y la eficacia de la gobernanza que promueva la salud mundial y las maneras de abordar los determinantes sociales de la salud que allí figuran;", "2. Pide que se preste más atención a la salud como importante cuestión intersectorial de políticas en el quehacer internacional;", "3. Alienta a los Estados Miembros a que sigan examinando la estrecha relación existente entre la salud mundial y la política exterior y reconozcan que los retos mundiales en materia de salud requieren una labor concertada y sostenida para seguir promoviendo un entorno mundial de políticas que propicie la salud mundial;", "4. Invita a los Estados Miembros a que adopten un enfoque multisectorial, al tiempo que toman en consideración los determinantes sociales de la salud, con miras a reducir las desigualdades en materia de salud y posibilitar el desarrollo sostenible, y destaca la necesidad urgente de actuar en relación con los determinantes sociales para dar el último impulso a la consecución de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, de proteger el desarrollo económico y social y de reconocer la importancia de que los sistemas nacionales de salud tengan una cobertura universal, especialmente por medio de mecanismos de atención primaria de la salud y protección social, incluidos los niveles mínimos de protección social determinados a nivel nacional, con el fin de proporcionar acceso a los servicios de salud a todas las personas, en particular a los sectores más pobres de la población;", "5. Reitera la necesidad de que se aplique plenamente el Reglamento Sanitario Internacional⁵ como parte de las respuestas de emergencia a cuestiones relacionadas con la salud y el medio ambiente;", "Salud y medio ambiente", "6. Reafirma que los seres humanos constituyen el centro de las preocupaciones relacionadas con el desarrollo sostenible y tienen derecho a una vida saludable y productiva en armonía con la naturaleza;", "7. Reafirma también la función rectora de la Organización Mundial de la Salud y la importante función del sistema de las Naciones Unidas para hacer frente a los retos que plantea la salud mundial en un entorno cambiante y aumentar la prominencia de las cuestiones relativas a la salud en los diversos foros internacionales;", "8. Reafirma además la Convención Marco de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Cambio Climático[11] y los objetivos y principios allí enunciados, así como el compromiso de posibilitar la aplicación íntegra, efectiva y sostenida de la Convención con el fin de cumplir su objetivo último;", "9. Insta a los Estados Miembros a que, según proceda, intensifiquen la labor relativa a los determinantes sociales de la exposición a peligros ambientales y sus consecuencias actuales y previstas para la salud;", "10. Pide que se preste más atención a las cuestiones relacionadas con la salud en la labor mundial en materia de medio ambiente, así como a las cuestiones medioambientales en la labor relativa a la salud, y exhorta a la comunidad internacional a que reconozca los vínculos directos existentes entre la salud y el medio ambiente;", "11. Insta a los Estados Miembros a que promuevan a todos los niveles la integración de las preocupaciones en materia de salud, incluidas las de las personas que viven en situaciones vulnerables, en las estrategias, las políticas y los programas de erradicación de la pobreza y desarrollo sostenible;", "12. Alienta a que se elaboren políticas multisectoriales con miras a limitar no solo los efectos nocivos de la intervención humana y la degradación del medio ambiente sino también las consecuencias actuales y previstas del cambio climático para la salud;", "13. Alienta a los Estados Miembros a que vinculen la salud y el medio ambiente en sus planes nacionales de desarrollo y a que, mediante la educación y la capacitación a todos los niveles, aumenten la capacidad nacional para prevenir mejor las enfermedades relacionadas con el medio ambiente;", "14. Reafirma que la elaboración de políticas nacionales e internacionales de protección del medio ambiente tiene un efecto beneficioso para la salud;", "15. Destaca la necesidad de fomentar la investigación sobre los factores de riesgo ambientales y los determinantes sociales de la salud;", "16. Destaca también la necesidad de reforzar los mecanismos nacionales de seguimiento para medir los efectos del medio ambiente en la salud, detectar los riesgos incipientes y evaluar el progreso realizado, así como de fortalecer las evaluaciones de los riesgos y los mecanismos de alerta temprana nacionales para determinar, evaluar y tratar de corregir los aspectos vulnerables a la degradación del medio ambiente desde el punto de vista de la salud;", "17. Pide que aumente la cooperación y la asistencia internacionales, regionales y subregionales, incluso mediante la movilización de recursos y la transferencia de conocimientos, tecnología y competencia especializada, en condiciones acordadas, con el fin de aumentar la capacidad de los países en desarrollo para gestionar los riesgos, por medios como el desarrollo y la sostenibilidad de la infraestructura y la capacidad científica, tecnológica, técnica e institucional necesaria para investigar, observar, analizar, localizar y, cuando sea posible, prever los peligros naturales y ambientales, los aspectos vulnerables y los efectos de los desastres;", "18. Reitera la importancia de que se emprendan iniciativas internacionales de fomento de la capacidad en que se evalúen los vínculos entre la salud y el medio ambiente y se utilicen los conocimientos adquiridos para formular políticas nacionales y regionales que respondan más eficazmente a las amenazas ambientales para la salud humana;", "19. Alienta, a este respecto, a que aumente la cooperación internacional para intercambiar mejores prácticas y proporcionar asistencia técnica y en materia de creación de capacidad a los países en desarrollo con miras a la aplicación de sus políticas nacionales;", "20. Alienta a los Estados Miembros a que tengan en consideración la importante función que desempeña la salud en la consecución del desarrollo sostenible, incluso en el contexto de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible;", "Salud y desastres naturales", "21. Expresa grave preocupación por el aumento del número de personas afectadas por desastres naturales y destaca la necesidad de atender sus necesidades en materia de salud;", "22. Subraya la función crucial que desempeña la salud en la preparación para situaciones de emergencia y la respuesta a los desastres naturales, así como la necesidad de integrar plenamente la salud en las estrategias de reducción del riesgo de desastres y recuperación sostenible;", "23. Reconoce la función primordial que corresponde a las autoridades nacionales y locales en la respuesta a los desastres y la función rectora que corresponde a la Organización Mundial de la Salud, en cuanto organismo principal del Grupo de Acción Sanitaria Mundial, en la asistencia humanitaria que presta el sistema de las Naciones Unidas y, en cuanto asociado de la Estrategia Internacional para la Reducción de los Desastres, en el apoyo a la labor de socorro y el fortalecimiento de la preparación para los desastres;", "24. Reconoce también la clara relación existente entre la respuesta a las situaciones de emergencia, la rehabilitación y el desarrollo, y reafirma que, con el fin de lograr una transición sin problemas del socorro a la rehabilitación y el desarrollo, la asistencia de emergencia en los desastres naturales debe prestarse de manera que propicie la recuperación y el desarrollo a largo plazo, y que las medidas de emergencia deben considerarse como un paso hacia el desarrollo sostenible;", "25. Acoge con beneplácito que la 64ª Asamblea Mundial de la Salud aprobara, el 24 de mayo de 2011, la resolución 64.10, relativa al fortalecimiento de la capacidad nacional de manejo de las emergencias sanitarias y los desastres y a la resiliencia de los sistemas de salud, el 20 de mayo de 2011, la resolución 64.1, relativa a la aplicación del Reglamento Sanitario Internacional (2005), y, el 24 de mayo de 2011, la resolución 64.24, relativa al agua potable, el saneamiento y la salud⁹;", "26. Destaca que sigue siendo necesario que en los desastres naturales haya coordinación entre la Oficina de Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios de la Secretaría, la Organización Mundial de la Salud, las demás organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas, las organizaciones humanitarias, el Banco Mundial y los bancos regionales de desarrollo para aumentar la efectividad de las respuestas en materia de salud y fortalecer la preparación y la capacidad de respuesta de las autoridades sanitarias nacionales y locales, en estrecha coordinación con los gobiernos nacionales, teniendo en cuenta la función primordial y rectora del Estado afectado en la iniciación, organización, coordinación y ejecución de esa asistencia en su territorio;", "27. Reconoce la importante función que corresponde a la Estrategia Internacional para la Reducción de los Desastres en la supervisión de la ejecución del Marco de Acción de Hyogo para 2005‑2015: Aumento de la resiliencia de las naciones y las comunidades ante los desastres[12], incluso en el sector de la salud;", "28. Alienta a los Estados Miembros a que refuercen los programas de gestión de las emergencias sanitarias y del riesgo de desastres que abarcan todos los peligros, incluidos los dedicados a la reducción del riesgo de desastres, la preparación para las situaciones de emergencia y la respuesta a estas, el agua y el saneamiento y el control de las epidemias, y los integren en los planes de salud nacionales e internacionales;", "29. Insta a los Estados Miembros a que, según proceda, intensifiquen la labor relativa a los determinantes sociales de la vulnerabilidad a los desastres y sus consecuencias actuales y previstas para la salud;", "30. Subraya la importancia de que se refuerce la preparación de los sistemas de salud para las situaciones de emergencia, incluso mediante programas de seguridad y preparación de los hospitales y capacitación de los trabajadores de la salud;", "31. Alienta a los Estados Miembros a que refuercen la participación de las comunidades en la preparación para los desastres y la respuesta a ellos con el fin de aumentar su resistencia a ellos;", "Medidas de seguimiento", "32. Insta a los Estados Miembros a que continúen teniendo en cuenta las cuestiones relativas a la salud en la formulación de la política exterior;", "33. Solicita al Secretario General que, en estrecha colaboración con la Directora General de la Organización Mundial de la Salud y con la participación de los programas, fondos y organismos especializados competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, así como de otras instituciones multilaterales pertinentes, según corresponda y en consulta con los Estados Miembros, asigne una prioridad elevada a la generación y reunión de datos comparables y fiables sobre la interrelación de la salud y el medio ambiente, y de la salud y los desastres naturales, y que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente un informe, en relación con el tema titulado “Salud mundial y política exterior”, en que se reflexione sobre esas interrelaciones y figuren recomendaciones para mejorar la gestión de los riesgos para la salud que entrañan los desastres ambientales.", "83ª sesión plenaria 12 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase la resolución 65/1.", "[2]  Se puede consultar en www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/accountability_commission/ es/index.html.", "[3]  Resolución 65/277, anexo.", "[4]  Resolución 66/2, anexo.", "[5]  Se puede consultar en www.who.int/ihr/es/index.html.", "[6]  Se puede consultar en www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/es/contents.html.", "[7]  A/63/591, anexo.", "[8]  Véase A/65/538.", "[9]  Véase Organización Mundial de la Salud, 64ª Asamblea Mundial de la Salud, Ginebra, 16 a 24 de mayo de 2011, Resoluciones y Decisiones, Anexos (WHA64/2011/REC/1).", "[10]  A/66/497.", "[11]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, núm. 30822.", "[12]  A/CONF.206/6, cap. I, resolución 2." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 12 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.24 and Add.1)]", "66/115. Global health and foreign policy", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 63/33 of 26 November 2008, 64/108 of 10 December 2009 and 65/95 of 9 December 2010,", "Recalling also the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields, especially those related to global health,", "Reaffirming the commitment to the achievement of all the Millennium Development Goals, in particular Goals 4, 5 and 6, as expressed in the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals entitled “Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals”,[1] and in this regard welcoming the report of the Commission on Information and Accountability for Women’s and Children’s Health,[2]", "Welcoming the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Intensifying our Efforts to Eliminate HIV and AIDS,[3] the outcome of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on HIV and AIDS, held in New York, from 8 to 10 June 2011, and reaffirming the political will to effectively implement the commitments contained therein,", "Welcoming also the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases,[4] adopted by the General Assembly on 19 September 2011, and reaffirming the political will to effectively implement the commitments contained therein,", "Welcoming further the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health, adopted at the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 19 to 21 October 2011,", "Noting with concern that for millions of people throughout the world, the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including access to medicines, still remains a distant goal and that in many cases, especially for children and people living in poverty, the likelihood of achieving this goal is becoming increasingly remote,", "Acknowledging that inequities in access to health care can increase during times of crisis, particularly for persons living with disabilities, and that special efforts should be made to maintain public health-care and primary health-care functions during these periods,", "Acknowledging also that improvement of unfavourable social and economic conditions is primarily a social and economic policy issue and that most of the underlying risk factors for tuberculosis, malaria, HIV and AIDS and maternal and infant mortality, as well as for non-communicable diseases, are associated with social and economic conditions,", "Recognizing that health inequities arise from social determinants of health, that is, the societal conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, and that these determinants include experiences in their early years, education, economic status, employment and decent work, housing and environment, and effective systems of preventing and treating ill health,", "Bearing in mind the long-term health consequences of exposure to nuclear radiation for the affected populations and the need for the international community to be better prepared to respond collectively, including through the full implementation of the International Health Regulations,[5]", "Recalling that, according to the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in 2007,[6] projected exposure to climate change is likely to affect the health status of millions of people, particularly those with low adaptive capacity,", "Noting the role of the Foreign Policy and Global Health Initiative in promoting synergy between foreign policy and global health, as well as the contribution of the Oslo Ministerial Declaration,[7] which was reaffirmed, with renewed actions and commitments, by the ministerial declaration of 22 September 2010,[8]", "Welcoming the adoption by the sixty-fourth World Health Assembly on 24 May 2011 of resolution 64.5 on pandemic influenza preparedness: sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits,[9]", "1. Notes with appreciation the note by the Secretary-General[10] transmitting the report of the Director-General of the World Health Organization and the recommendations contained in the report on improving coordination, coherence and effectiveness of governance for global health and addressing the social determinants of health;", "2. Calls for more attention to health as an important cross-cutting policy issue on the international agenda;", "3. Encourages Member States to continue to consider the close relationship between global health and foreign policy and to recognize that global health challenges entail concerted and sustained efforts to further promote a global policy environment supportive of global health;", "4. Invites Member States to adopt a multisectoral approach, while taking into consideration the social determinants of health, with a view to reducing health inequities and enabling sustainable development, and stresses the urgent need to act on social determinants for the final push towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, to protect economic and social development and to recognize the importance of universal coverage in national health systems, especially through primary health-care and social protection mechanisms, including nationally determined social protection floors, so as to provide access to health services for all, in particular the poorest segments of the population;", "5. Reiterates the need to fully implement the International Health Regulations,⁵ as part of the emergency responses to health and environment-related issues;", "Health and the environment", "6. Reaffirms that human beings are at the centre of concerns related to sustainable development and are entitled to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature;", "7. Also reaffirms the leading role of the World Health Organization and the important role of the United Nations system in meeting the challenges of global health in a changing environment and enhancing the visibility of health issues in the different international forums;", "8. Further reaffirms the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,[11] and the objectives and principles set out therein, and the commitment to enable the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention, in order to achieve its ultimate objective;", "9. Urges Member States to intensify efforts to address, as appropriate, the social determinants of exposure to environmental hazards and their current and projected consequences on health;", "10. Calls for more attention to health-related issues in the global environmental agenda as well as for more attention to environmental issues in the health agenda, and calls upon the international community to acknowledge the direct linkages between health and the environment;", "11. Urges Member States to promote at all levels the integration of health concerns, including of people living in vulnerable situations, into strategies, policies and programmes for poverty eradication and sustainable development;", "12. Encourages the development of multisectoral policies with a view to limiting not only the detrimental impact of human intervention and environmental degradation on but also the current and projected consequences of climate change for health;", "13. Encourages Member States to link health and the environment in their national development plans and, through education and training at all levels, to develop national capacities to better prevent diseases related to the environment;", "14. Reaffirms that the development of national and international policies on environmental protection has a beneficial effect on health;", "15. Stresses the need to foster research on environmental risk factors and social determinants of health;", "16. Also stresses the need to strengthen national monitoring mechanisms for measuring the impacts of the environment on health, identifying emerging risks and evaluating the progress made and to strengthen national risk assessment and early warning mechanisms for identifying, assessing and addressing health vulnerabilities posed by environmental degradation;", "17. Calls for increased international, regional and subregional cooperation and assistance, including through the mobilization of resources and the transfer of knowledge, technology and expertise, on mutually agreed terms, so as to enhance the capacity of developing countries to manage risks, including through the development and sustainability of the infrastructure and scientific, technological, technical and institutional capacities needed to research, observe, analyse, map and, where possible, forecast natural and environmental hazards, vulnerabilities and disaster impacts;", "18. Reiterates the importance of launching international capacity-building initiatives that assess health and environmental linkages and use the knowledge gained to create more effective national and regional policy responses to environmental threats to human health;", "19. Encourages, in this regard, greater international cooperation on sharing best practices and providing technical assistance and assistance in capacity-building to developing countries in the implementation of their national policies;", "20. Encourages Member States to take into consideration the important role of health for the achievement of sustainable development, including in the context of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development;", "Health and natural disasters", "21. Expresses grave concern at the increase in the number of people affected by natural disasters, and stresses the need to address their health needs;", "22. Underlines the crucial role of health in emergency preparedness and response to natural disasters, as well as the need to fully integrate health into strategies for disaster risk reduction and sustainable recovery;", "23. Recognizes the primary role of national and local authorities in responding to disasters and the leading role of the World Health Organization, as the lead of the Global Health Cluster, in the provision of humanitarian assistance by the United Nations system, and as a partner of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, in supporting relief efforts and enhancing disaster preparedness;", "24. Also recognizes the clear relationship between emergency response, rehabilitation and development, and reaffirms that, in order to ensure a smooth transition from relief to rehabilitation and development, emergency assistance in natural disasters must be provided in ways that will be supportive of recovery and long-term development and that emergency measures should be seen as a step towards sustainable development;", "25. Welcomes the adoption by the sixty-fourth World Health Assembly on 24 May 2011 of resolution 64.10 on strengthening national health emergency and disaster management capacities and resilience of health systems, on 20 May 2011 of resolution 64.1 on implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005) and on 24 May 2011 of resolution 64.24 on drinking water, sanitation and health;⁹", "26. Stresses the continued need for coordination in natural disasters among the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat, the World Health Organization, other relevant United Nations organizations, humanitarian organizations, the World Bank and regional development banks so as to enhance effectiveness of health responses and to strengthen preparedness and response capacity of national and local health authorities, in close coordination with national Governments, taking into account the primary and leading role of the affected State in the initiation, organization, coordination and implementation of such assistance within its territory;", "27. Recognizes the important role of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in monitoring the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters,[12] including in the health sector;", "28. Encourages Member States to strengthen all-hazards health emergency and disaster risk-management programmes, including disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness and response, water and sanitation and epidemic control, and to integrate them into national and international health plans;", "29. Urges Member States to intensify efforts, as appropriate, to address the social determinants of vulnerabilities to disasters and their current and projected consequences for health;", "30. Underlines the importance of strengthening the preparedness of health systems for emergencies, including through programmes on safe and prepared hospitals and training for health-care workers;", "31. Encourages Member States to strengthen the involvement of communities in disaster preparedness and response in order to enhance their resilience;", "Follow-up actions", "32. Urges Member States to continue to consider health issues in the formulation of foreign policy;", "33. Requests the Secretary-General, in close collaboration with the Director-General of the World Health Organization and with the participation of relevant programmes, funds and specialized agencies of the United Nations system, as well as other relevant multilateral institutions, as appropriate, and in consultation with Member States, to give high priority to generating and collecting comparable and reliable data on the interlinkages between health and environment, and health and natural disasters, and to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, under the item entitled “Global health and foreign policy”, a report which reflects on these interlinkages and contains recommendations for improving the management of health risks arising from environmental disasters.", "83rd plenary meeting 12 December 2011", "[1]  See resolution 65/1.", "[2]  Available from www.who.int/topics/millenium_development_goals/accountability_commission/en/index.html.", "[3]  Resolution 65/277, annex.", "[4]  Resolution 66/2, annex.", "[5]  Available from www.who.int/ihr/en/.", "[6]  Available from www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/en/contents.html.", "[7]  A/63/591, annex.", "[8]  See A/65/538.", "[9]  See World Health Organization, Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly, Geneva, 16–24 May 2011, Resolutions and Decisions, Annexes (WHA64/2011/REC/1).", "[10]  A/66/497.", "[11]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822.", "[12]  A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, chap. I, resolution 2." ]
A_RES_66_115
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 12 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.24 and Add.1)]", "66/115. Global health and foreign policy", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 63/33 of 26 November 2008, 64/108 of 10 December 2009 and 65/95 of 9 December 2010,", "Recalling also the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic, social and related fields, especially those related to global health,", "Reaffirming the commitment to the implementation of all the Millennium Development Goals, in particular the fourth, fifth and sixth Goals, as expressed in the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, entitled " To fulfil the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals " , and welcoming, in this regard, the report of the Commission on Information and Accounts for Health,2", "Welcoming the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Intensifying Our Effort to Eliminate HIV and AIDS[3], adopted at the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on HIV and AIDS, held in New York from 8 to 10 June 2011, and reaffirming the political will to effectively implement the commitments contained therein,", "Welcoming also the Political Declaration of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Prevention and Control of Non-communicable Diseases, adopted by the General Assembly on 19 September 2011, and reaffirming the political will to fulfil effectively the commitments contained therein,", "Welcoming further the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health, adopted at the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health, held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 19 to 21 October 2011,", "Noting with concern that, for millions of people around the world, the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including access to medicines, remains a distant goal and that, in many cases, especially for children and those living in poverty, the likelihood of achieving that goal is becoming increasingly remote,", "Recognizing that inequalities in access to health care can increase in times of crisis, particularly those affecting persons living with disabilities, and that a special effort should be made during those periods to maintain public health care and primary health care functions,", "Recognizing also that improving social and economic conditions is primarily a social and economic policy issue, and that most of the risk factors underlying tuberculosis, malaria, HIV and AIDS and maternal and child mortality, as well as non-communicable diseases, are related to social and economic conditions,", "Recognizing further that health inequalities are the result of social determinants of health, i.e. the social conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, and that such determinants include experiences in the first years of life, education, the economic situation, employment and decent work, housing and the environment, as well as the existence of effective systems to prevent and treat poor health,", "Bearing in mind the long-term consequences of exposure to nuclear radiation for the health of the affected population and the need for the international community to be better prepared to respond collectively, including through the full implementation of the International Health Regulations[5],", "Recalling that, according to the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change[6], the exposure to projected climate change is likely to affect the health situation of millions of people, particularly those with little adaptation capacity,", "Noting the role of the Initiative on Foreign Policy and Global Health in promoting synergies between foreign policy and global health, as well as the contribution of the Oslo Ministerial Declaration[7], which was reaffirmed, with renewed measures and commitments, in the Ministerial Declaration of 22 September 2010[8],", "Welcoming the adoption by the 64th World Health Assembly on 24 May 2011 of resolution 64.5 on pandemic influenza preparedness, influenza exchange and access to vaccines and other benefits,[9]", "1. Notes with appreciation the note by the Secretary-General[10] transmitting the report of the Director-General of the World Health Organization and the recommendations on improving the coordination, coherence and effectiveness of governance that promotes global health and ways to address the social determinants of health contained therein;", "2. Calls for greater attention to health as an important cross-cutting issue of international policies;", "3. Encourages Member States to continue to examine the close relationship between global health and foreign policy and to recognize that global health challenges require concerted and sustained efforts to further promote a global policy environment conducive to global health;", "4. Invites Member States to adopt a multisectoral approach, while taking into account the social determinants of health, with a view to reducing health inequalities and enabling sustainable development, and stresses the urgent need to act on the social determinants to give the ultimate impetus to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, to protect economic and social development and to recognize the importance of national health systems with a view to ensuring universal coverage,", "5. Reiterates the need for full implementation of the International Health Regulations5 as part of emergency responses to health and environmental issues;", "Health and environment", "6. Reaffirms that human beings are at the heart of sustainable development concerns and have the right to a healthy and productive life in harmony with nature;", "7. Reaffirms also the leading role of the World Health Organization and the important role of the United Nations system in addressing the challenges posed by global health in a changing environment and in enhancing the prominence of health issues in the various international forums;", "8. Further reaffirms the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change[11] and the objectives and principles set out therein, as well as the commitment to enable the full, effective and sustained implementation of the Convention in order to fulfil its ultimate objective;", "9. Urges Member States, as appropriate, to intensify work on the social determinants of exposure to environmental hazards and their current and anticipated health consequences;", "10. Calls for increased attention to health issues in global environmental work, as well as environmental issues in health work, and calls upon the international community to recognize the direct links between health and the environment;", "11. Urges Member States to promote at all levels the integration of health concerns, including those of people living in vulnerable situations, in poverty eradication and sustainable development strategies, policies and programmes;", "12. Encourages the development of multisectoral policies with a view to limiting not only the harmful effects of human intervention and environmental degradation, but also the current and anticipated consequences of climate change for health;", "13. Encourages Member States to link health and the environment in their national development plans and, through education and training at all levels, to enhance national capacity to better prevent environmental-related diseases;", "14. Reaffirms that the development of national and international environmental protection policies has a beneficial impact on health;", "15. Stresses the need to encourage research on environmental risk factors and social determinants of health;", "16. Stresses also the need to strengthen national monitoring mechanisms to measure the impact of the environment on health, identify emerging risks and assess progress made, as well as to strengthen national risk assessments and early warning mechanisms to identify, evaluate and address health-related aspects of environmental degradation;", "17. Calls for increased international, regional and subregional cooperation and assistance, including through resource mobilization and the transfer of knowledge, technology and expertise, on agreed terms, in order to enhance the capacity of developing countries to manage risks, including the development and sustainability of infrastructure and scientific, technological, technical and institutional capacity to investigate, monitor, analyse, locate and, where possible, foresee the natural and environmental hazards,", "18. Reiterates the importance of international capacity-building initiatives that assess the linkages between health and the environment and use the knowledge gained to formulate national and regional policies that respond more effectively to environmental threats to human health;", "19. Encourages, in this regard, to enhance international cooperation in sharing best practices and providing technical and capacity-building assistance to developing countries with a view to implementing their national policies;", "20. Encourages Member States to take into account the important role of health in achieving sustainable development, including in the context of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development;", "Health and natural disasters", "21. Expresses grave concern at the increase in the number of people affected by natural disasters and stresses the need to address their health needs;", "22. Stresses the critical role of health in emergency preparedness and response to natural disasters, as well as the need to fully integrate health into disaster risk reduction and sustainable recovery strategies;", "23. Recognizes the primary role of national and local authorities in disaster response and the leadership role of the World Health Organization, as the lead agency of the World Health Action Group, in the humanitarian assistance provided by the United Nations system and, as a partner of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, in supporting relief work and strengthening disaster preparedness;", "24. Recognizes also the clear link between emergency response, rehabilitation and development, and reaffirms that, in order to achieve a smooth transition from relief to rehabilitation and development, emergency assistance in natural disasters should be provided in a manner conducive to long-term recovery and development, and that emergency measures should be considered as a step towards sustainable development;", "25. Welcomes the adoption by the 64th World Health Assembly on 24 May 2011 of resolution 64.10 on strengthening national capacity for the management of health emergencies and disasters and the resilience of health systems, on 20 May 2011, resolution 64.1, on the implementation of the International Health Regulations (2005), and, on 24 May 2011, resolution 64.24 on safe drinking water, sanitation and sanitation;", "26. Stresses the continuing need for coordination among the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat, the World Health Organization, other relevant United Nations organizations, humanitarian organizations, the World Bank and regional development banks in order to enhance the effectiveness of health responses and to strengthen the preparedness and response capacity of national and local health authorities, in close coordination with national Governments, taking into account the primary and governing role of the organization of the country,", "27. Recognizes the important role of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction in monitoring the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters[12], including in the health sector;", "28. Encourages Member States to strengthen and integrate emergency and disaster risk management programmes covering all hazards, including disaster risk reduction, emergency preparedness and response, water and sanitation and epidemic control into national and international health plans;", "29. Urges Member States, as appropriate, to intensify work on the social determinants of vulnerability to disasters and their current and anticipated health consequences;", "30. Stresses the importance of strengthening the development of health systems for emergencies, including through safety and hospital preparedness and training programmes for health workers;", "31. Encourages Member States to strengthen community participation in and response to disaster preparedness in order to increase their resistance to disaster preparedness;", "Follow-up action", "32. Urges Member States to continue to take into account health issues in the formulation of foreign policy;", "33. Requests the Secretary-General, in close collaboration with the Director-General of the World Health Organization and with the participation of the relevant programmes, funds and specialized agencies of the United Nations system, as well as other relevant multilateral institutions, as appropriate and in consultation with Member States, to accord high priority to the generation and collection of comparable and reliable data on the interrelationship of health and the environment, and to include the sixty-seventh session of health and natural disasters,", "83rd plenary meeting 12 December 2011", "[1] See resolution 65/1.", "[2] Available at www.who.int/topics/millennium_development_goals/accountability_commission/ es/index.html.", "[3] Resolution 65/277, annex.", "[4] Resolution 66/2, annex.", "[5] Available at www.who.int/ihr/es/index.html.", "[6] Available at www.ipcc.ch/publications_and_data/ar4/syr/es/contents.html.", "[7] A/63/591, annex.", "[8] See A/65/538.", "[9] See World Health Organization, 64th World Health Assembly, Geneva, 16-24 May 2011, Resolutions and Decisions, Annexes (WHA64/2011/REC/1).", "[10] A/66/497.", "[11] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822.", "[12] A/CONF.206/6, chap. I, resolution 2." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 12 de diciembre de 2011", "[sin remisión previa a una Comisión Principal (A/66/L.23 y Add.1)]", "66/116. Seguimiento de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción sobre una Cultura de Paz", "La Asamblea General,", "Teniendo presente la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, incluidos los propósitos y principios que en ella figuran, y especialmente el empeño en preservar a las generaciones venideras del flagelo de la guerra,", "Recordando la Constitución de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, en la cual se afirma que, “puesto que las guerras nacen en la mente de los hombres, es en la mente de los hombres donde deben erigirse los baluartes de la paz”,", "Recordando también sus resoluciones anteriores relativas a una cultura de paz, en particular las resoluciones 52/15, de 20 de noviembre de 1997, en que se proclamó el año 2000 Año Internacional de la Cultura de la Paz, y 53/25, de 10 de noviembre de 1998, en que se proclamó el período 2001‑2010 Decenio Internacional de una Cultura de Paz y No Violencia para los Niños del Mundo, y las resoluciones 56/5, de 5 de noviembre de 2001, 57/6, de 4 de noviembre de 2002, 58/11, de 10 de noviembre de 2003, 59/143, de 15 de diciembre de 2004, 60/3, de 20 de octubre de 2005, 61/45, de 4 de diciembre de 2006, 62/89, de 17 de diciembre de 2007, 63/113, de 5 de diciembre de 2008, 64/80, de 7 de diciembre de 2009, y 65/11, de 23 de noviembre de 2010, aprobadas en relación con el tema del programa titulado “Cultura de paz”,", "Reconociendo la importancia de la Declaración[1] y el Programa de Acción[2] sobre una Cultura de Paz, que constituyen el mandato universal de la comunidad internacional, en particular del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, en materia de promoción de una cultura de paz y no violencia que beneficie a la humanidad, particularmente a las generaciones venideras,", "Reafirmando la Declaración del Milenio[3], en que se propugna la promoción activa de una cultura de paz,", "Tomando nota del Documento Final de la Cumbre Mundial 2005, aprobado en su reunión plenaria de alto nivel[4],", "Acogiendo con beneplácito que el 2 de octubre se celebre el Día Internacional de la No Violencia, que fue proclamado por las Naciones Unidas[5],", "Reconociendo que todas las actividades que llevan a cabo el sistema de las Naciones Unidas en general y la comunidad internacional en su conjunto en pro del mantenimiento y la consolidación de la paz, la prevención de los conflictos, el desarme, el desarrollo sostenible, la promoción de la dignidad humana y de los derechos humanos, la democracia, el estado de derecho, la buena gobernanza y la igualdad entre los géneros, a nivel nacional e internacional, contribuyen en gran medida a la cultura de paz,", "Haciendo notar que su resolución 57/337, de 3 de julio de 2003, relativa a la prevención de conflictos armados, podría contribuir a que se promoviera aún más una cultura de paz,", "Teniendo en cuenta la iniciativa “Manifiesto 2000” de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, que promueve una cultura de paz y ha recibido más de setenta y cinco millones de firmas de apoyo de todo el mundo,", "Reconociendo la importancia de que se respete y comprenda la diversidad religiosa y cultural en el mundo entero, se elija la negociación y no la confrontación y se trabaje conjuntamente y no unos contra otros,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito el informe de la Directora General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura referente a la aplicación de la resolución 65/11, que ha sido transmitido por el Secretario General[6],", "Acogiendo con beneplácito también el informe del Secretario General sobre el diálogo entre culturas, religiones y civilizaciones[7],", "Recordando que la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura proclamó el 21 de febrero Día Internacional del Idioma Materno con la finalidad de proteger, promover y preservar la diversidad lingüística y cultural y el multilingüismo para fomentar una cultura de paz, armonía social, diálogo intercultural y comprensión mutua y enriquecerla,", "Apreciando la intensificación de la labor que sigue realizando la Alianza de Civilizaciones de las Naciones Unidas a fin de promover una cultura de paz mediante diversos proyectos prácticos en los ámbitos de la juventud, la educación, los medios de difusión y las migraciones, en colaboración con gobiernos, organizaciones internacionales, fundaciones y grupos de la sociedad civil, así como con medios de difusión y dirigentes empresariales,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito que la Conferencia General de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura aprobara, en su 36ª reunión, un programa de acción para una cultura de paz y no violencia, y observando que los objetivos de ese programa de acción están en consonancia con la Declaración y el Programa de Acción sobre una Cultura de Paz aprobados por la Asamblea General,", "Alentando a que prosigan y se intensifiquen los esfuerzos y las actividades de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil encaminados a fomentar la cultura de paz en todo el mundo, como se establece en el Programa de Acción,", "1. Reitera que el objetivo de la aplicación efectiva del Programa de Acción sobre una Cultura de Paz² es fortalecer aún más el movimiento mundial en pro de una cultura de paz una vez concluido el Decenio Internacional de una Cultura de Paz y No Violencia para los Niños del Mundo (2001‑2010), y exhorta a todos los interesados a que presten una atención renovada a ese objetivo;", "2. Invita a los Estados Miembros a que sigan haciendo cada vez más hincapié en sus actividades de promoción de una cultura de paz en los planos nacional, regional e internacional, y a que las amplíen, así como a que aseguren que se fomenten la paz y la no violencia a todos los niveles;", "3. Invita a las entidades del sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que, conforme a los mandatos vigentes y según proceda, integren los ámbitos de actuación del Programa de Acción en sus programas de actividades para promover una cultura de paz y no violencia a nivel nacional, regional e internacional;", "4. Encomia a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, para quien la promoción de una cultura de paz es la expresión de su mandato fundamental, por seguir fortaleciendo las actividades que ha emprendido para promover una cultura de paz, incluida la promoción de la educación para la paz y la difusión de la Declaración sobre una Cultura de Paz¹, así como del Programa de Acción y material conexo, en diversos idiomas por todo el mundo;", "5. Invita a la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura a que estudie la viabilidad de crear un fondo especial bajo los auspicios de esa organización para atender las necesidades de proyectos de promoción efectiva de una cultura de paz dedicados a países concretos;", "6. Encomia a los organismos competentes de las Naciones Unidas, en particular al Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia, a la Entidad de las Naciones Unidas para la Igualdad entre los Géneros y el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres (ONU-Mujeres) y a la Universidad para la Paz, por las actividades que llevan a cabo con el fin de seguir promoviendo una cultura de paz y no violencia, incluida la promoción de la educación para la paz y las actividades relacionadas con ámbitos concretos que se señalan en el Programa de Acción, y los alienta a que prosigan esa labor y la fortalezcan y amplíen aún más;", "7. Alienta a la Comisión de Consolidación de la Paz a que siga promoviendo las actividades de consolidación de la paz y fomentando una cultura de paz y no violencia en la labor de consolidación de la paz después de los conflictos a nivel de los países;", "8. Insta a las autoridades competentes a que ofrezcan en las escuelas una educación apropiada para cada edad que incluya lecciones sobre comprensión mutua, tolerancia, ciudadanía activa, derechos humanos y promoción de una cultura de paz;", "9. Alienta a los medios de difusión, especialmente a los medios de difusión para las masas, a que participen en la promoción de una cultura de paz y no violencia, prestando especial atención a los niños y los jóvenes,", "10. Encomia a la sociedad civil, las organizaciones no gubernamentales y los jóvenes por las actividades que llevan a cabo para seguir promoviendo una cultura de paz y no violencia, incluida su campaña de sensibilización sobre una cultura de paz;", "11. Alienta a la sociedad civil y a las organizaciones no gubernamentales a que sigan fortaleciendo la labor que llevan a cabo para promover una cultura de paz por medios como la adopción de su propio programa de actividades para complementar las iniciativas de los Estados Miembros, las organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y otras organizaciones internacionales y regionales, de manera acorde con la Declaración y el Programa de Acción;", "12. Destaca la función la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura en la movilización de todos los interesados pertinentes, tanto de dentro como de fuera del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, con el fin de apoyar la diversidad cultural, el diálogo intercultural y una cultura de paz, e invita a esa organización a que siga fortaleciendo la comunicación y la divulgación, incluso por medio del sitio web de la cultura de paz[8], para promover los objetivos del programa de acción para una cultura de paz y no violencia recién aprobado en los planos nacional, regional y mundial;", "13. Invita a los Estados Miembros, a todos los componentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y a las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, incluido el Comité de Organizaciones No Gubernamentales sobre el Día Internacional de la Paz ante las Naciones Unidas, a que presten una atención creciente a la celebración del Día Internacional de la Paz el 21 de septiembre de cada año como un día de alto el fuego y no violencia a nivel mundial, de conformidad con su resolución 55/282, de 7 de septiembre de 2001;", "14. Invita al Secretario General a que, dentro de los límites de los recursos existentes, en consulta con los Estados Miembros y teniendo en cuenta las observaciones de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, estudie mecanismos y estrategias para aplicar la Declaración y el Programa de Acción, y a que ponga en marcha actividades de divulgación para aumentar la conciencia mundial respecto del Programa de Acción y sus ocho ámbitos de actuación con miras a su ejecución;", "15. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre las medidas adoptadas para aplicar la presente resolución y sobre las actividades reforzadas de las Naciones Unidas y sus organismos afiliados para aplicar el Programa de Acción y promover una cultura de paz y no violencia;", "16. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el tema titulado “Cultura de paz”.", "83ª sesión plenaria 12 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Resolución 53/243 A.", "[2]  Resolución 53/243 B.", "[3]  Véase la resolución 55/2.", "[4]  Véase la resolución 60/1.", "[5]  Véase la resolución 61/271.", "[6]  Véase A/66/273.", "[7]  A/66/280.", "[8]  www3.unesco.org/iycp/." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 12 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.23 and Add.1)]", "66/116. Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace", "The General Assembly,", "Bearing in mind the Charter of the United Nations, including the purposes and principles contained therein, and especially the dedication to saving succeeding generations from the scourge of war,", "Recalling the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which states that, “since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defences of peace must be constructed”,", "Recalling also its previous resolutions on a culture of peace, in particular resolution 52/15 of 20 November 1997 proclaiming 2000 the International Year for the Culture of Peace, resolution 53/25 of 10 November 1998 proclaiming the period 2001–2010 the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, and resolutions 56/5 of 5 November 2001, 57/6 of 4 November 2002, 58/11 of 10 November 2003, 59/143 of 15 December 2004, 60/3 of 20 October 2005, 61/45 of 4 December 2006, 62/89 of 17 December 2007, 63/113 of 5 December 2008, 64/80 of 7 December 2009 and 65/11 of 23 November 2010, adopted under its agenda item entitled “Culture of peace”,", "Recognizing the importance of the Declaration[1] and Programme of Action[2] on a Culture of Peace, which serve as the universal mandate for the international community, particularly the United Nations system, for the promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence that benefits humanity, in particular future generations,", "Reaffirming the United Nations Millennium Declaration[3] which calls for the active promotion of a culture of peace,", "Taking note of the 2005 World Summit Outcome adopted at the high-level plenary meeting of the General Assembly,[4]", "Welcoming the observance of 2 October as the International Day of Non‑Violence, as proclaimed by the United Nations,[5]", "Recognizing that all efforts made by the United Nations system in general and the international community at large for peacekeeping, peacebuilding, the prevention of conflicts, disarmament, sustainable development, the promotion of human dignity and human rights, democracy, the rule of law, good governance and gender equality at the national and international levels contribute greatly to the culture of peace,", "Noting that its resolution 57/337 of 3 July 2003 on the prevention of armed conflict could contribute to the further promotion of a culture of peace,", "Taking into account the “Manifesto 2000” initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization promoting a culture of peace, which has received over seventy-five million signatures of endorsement throughout the world,", "Recognizing the importance of respect and understanding for religious and cultural diversity throughout the world, of choosing negotiations over confrontation and of working together and not against each other,", "Welcoming the report of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the implementation of resolution 65/11, as transmitted by the Secretary-General,[6]", "Welcoming also the report of the Secretary-General on intercultural, interreligious and intercivilizational dialogue,[7]", "Recalling the proclamation by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization of 21 February as the International Mother Language Day, which aims at protecting, promoting and preserving linguistic and cultural diversity, and multilingualism, in order to foster and enrich a culture of peace, social harmony, cross-cultural dialogue and mutual understanding,", "Appreciating the increased ongoing efforts of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations in promoting a culture of peace through a number of practical projects in the areas of youth, education, media and migrations, in collaboration with Governments, international organizations, foundations and civil society groups, as well as media and corporate leaders,", "Welcoming the adoption by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its thirty-sixth session of a programme of action for a culture of peace and non-violence, and noting that the objectives of that programme of action are in line with the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace adopted by the General Assembly,", "Encouraging the continued and increasing efforts and activities on the part of civil society organizations throughout the world in advancing the culture of peace as envisaged in the Programme of Action,", "1. Reiterates that the objective of the effective implementation of the Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace² is to strengthen further the global movement for a culture of peace following the observance of the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, 2001–2010, and calls upon all concerned to renew their attention to this objective;", "2. Invites Member States to continue to place greater emphasis on and expand their activities promoting a culture of peace at the national, regional and international levels and to ensure that peace and non-violence are fostered at all levels;", "3. Invites the entities of the United Nations system, within their existing mandates, to integrate, as appropriate, the action areas of the Programme of Action in their programmes of activities, focusing on promoting a culture of peace and non‑violence at the regional, national and international levels;", "4. Commends the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, for which the promotion of a culture of peace is the expression of its fundamental mandate, for further strengthening the activities it has undertaken to promote a culture of peace, including the promotion of peace education and the dissemination of the Declaration on a Culture of Peace¹ and the Programme of Action and related materials in various languages across the world;", "5. Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to consider the feasibility of creating a special fund under the Organization to cater to the country-specific projects for the effective promotion of a culture of peace;", "6. Commends the relevant United Nations bodies, in particular the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and the University for Peace, for their activities in further promoting a culture of peace and non-violence, including the promotion of peace education and activities related to specific areas identified in the Programme of Action, and encourages them to continue and further strengthen and expand their efforts;", "7. Encourages the Peacebuilding Commission to continue to promote peacebuilding activities and advance a culture of peace and non-violence in post-conflict peacebuilding efforts at the country level;", "8. Urges the appropriate authorities to provide age-appropriate education, in children’s schools, that includes lessons in mutual understanding, tolerance, active citizenship, human rights and the promotion of a culture of peace;", "9. Encourages the involvement of media, especially the mass media, in promoting a culture of peace and non-violence, with particular regard to children and young people;", "10. Commends civil society, non-governmental organizations and young people for their activities in further promoting a culture of peace and non-violence, including through their campaign to raise awareness on a culture of peace;", "11. Encourages civil society and non-governmental organizations to further strengthen their efforts to promote a culture of peace, inter alia, by adopting their own programme of activities to complement the initiatives of Member States, the organizations of the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations, in line with the Declaration and Programme of Action;", "12. Stresses the role of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in mobilizing all relevant stakeholders within and outside the United Nations system in support of cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and a culture of peace, and invites the Organization to continue to enhance communication and outreach, including through the culture of peace website,[8] in order to promote the objectives of the newly adopted programme of action for a culture of peace and non-violence at the regional, national and global levels;", "13. Invites Member States, all parts of the United Nations system and civil society organizations, including the International Day of Peace Non-Governmental Organization Committee at the United Nations, to accord increasing attention to their observance of the International Day of Peace on 21 September each year as a day of global ceasefire and non-violence, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 55/282 of 7 September 2001;", "14. Invites the Secretary-General, within existing resources, in consultation with the Member States and taking into account the observations of civil society organizations, to explore mechanisms and strategies for the implementation of the Declaration and Programme of Action and to initiate outreach efforts to increase global awareness of the Programme of Action and its eight areas of action aimed at their implementation;", "15. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on actions undertaken to implement the present resolution and on heightened activities by the United Nations and its affiliated agencies to implement the Programme of Action and to promote a culture of peace and non-violence;", "16. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Culture of peace”.", "83rd plenary meeting 12 December 2011", "[1]  Resolution 53/243 A.", "[2]  Resolution 53/243 B.", "[3]  See resolution 55/2.", "[4]  See resolution 60/1.", "[5]  See resolution 61/271.", "[6]  See A/66/273.", "[7]  A/66/280.", "[8]  www3.unesco.org/iycp/." ]
A_RES_66_116
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 12 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.23 and Add.1)]", "66/116. Follow-up to the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace", "The General Assembly,", "Bearing in mind the Charter of the United Nations, including the purposes and principles contained therein, and especially the commitment to preserve future generations from the scourge of war,", "Recalling the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which states that “since wars are born in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men where the bastions of peace must be erected”,", "Recalling also its previous resolutions on a culture of peace, in particular resolutions 52/15 of 20 November 1997, which proclaimed the year 2000 as the International Year of the Culture of Peace, and 53/25 of 10 November 1998, which proclaimed the period 2001 - 2010 as the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the Children of the World, and resolutions 56/5 of 5 November 2001, 57/6 of 4 November 2002,", "Recognizing the importance of the Declaration[1] and the Programme of Action[2] on a Culture of Peace, which constitute the universal mandate of the international community, in particular the United Nations system, in the promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence that benefits humanity, particularly generations to come,", "Reaffirming the Millennium Declaration[3], which advocates the active promotion of a culture of peace,", "Taking note of the 2005 World Summit Outcome adopted at its high-level plenary meeting[4],", "Welcoming the convening of the International Day of Non-Violence on 2 October, which was proclaimed by the United Nations[5],", "Recognizing that all activities undertaken by the United Nations system in general and the international community as a whole for the maintenance and consolidation of peace, conflict prevention, disarmament, sustainable development, the promotion of human dignity and human rights, democracy, the rule of law, good governance and gender equality at the national and international levels contribute greatly to the culture of peace,", "Noting that its resolution 57/337 of 3 July 2003 on the prevention of armed conflict could contribute to the further promotion of a culture of peace,", "Taking into account the “Manifesto 2000” initiative of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which promotes a culture of peace and has received more than seventy-five million signatures from around the world,", "Recognizing the importance of respect for and understanding religious and cultural diversity throughout the world, the choice of negotiation and not confrontation and working together and not against each other,", "Welcoming the report of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on the implementation of resolution 65/11, which has been transmitted by the Secretary-General,[6],", "Welcoming also the report of the Secretary-General on dialogue among cultures, religions and civilizations[7],", "Recalling that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization proclaimed 21 February as the International Mother Language Day to protect, promote and preserve linguistic and cultural diversity and multilingualism to foster a culture of peace, social harmony, intercultural dialogue and mutual understanding,", "Appreciating the continuing intensification of the work of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations to promote a culture of peace through various practical projects in the areas of youth, education, the media and migration, in collaboration with Governments, international organizations, foundations and civil society groups, as well as with the media and business leaders,", "Welcoming the adoption by the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization at its thirty-sixth meeting of a programme of action for a culture of peace and non-violence, and noting that the objectives of that programme of action are in line with the Declaration and Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace adopted by the General Assembly,", "Encouraging the continued and intensified efforts and activities of civil society organizations aimed at fostering the culture of peace around the world, as set out in the Programme of Action,", "1. Reiterates that the objective of the effective implementation of the Programme of Action on a Culture of Peace2 is to further strengthen the global movement for a culture of peace once the International Decade for a Culture of Peace and Non-Violence for the World ' s Children (2001-2010), and calls upon all stakeholders to give renewed attention to that goal;", "2. Invites Member States to continue to place increasing emphasis on their efforts to promote a culture of peace at the national, regional and international levels and to expand them, as well as to ensure that peace and non-violence are promoted at all levels;", "3. Invites the entities of the United Nations system, within existing mandates and as appropriate, to integrate the areas of action of the Programme of Action into their programmes of activities to promote a culture of peace and non-violence at the national, regional and international levels;", "4. Commends the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, for whom the promotion of a culture of peace is the expression of its fundamental mandate, for further strengthening its efforts to promote a culture of peace, including the promotion of education for peace and the dissemination of the Declaration on a Culture of Peace, as well as the Programme of Action and related materials, in various languages around the world;", "5. Invites the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to consider the feasibility of creating a special fund under the auspices of that organization to meet the needs of projects for the effective promotion of a culture of peace dedicated to specific countries;", "6. Commends the relevant United Nations agencies, in particular the United Nations Children ' s Fund, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and the University for Peace, for their efforts to further promote a culture of peace and non-violence, including the promotion of peace education and activities related to specific areas identified,", "7. Encourages the Peacebuilding Commission to continue to promote peacebuilding activities and to foster a culture of peace and non-violence in post-conflict peacebuilding efforts at the country level;", "8. Urges the competent authorities to provide appropriate education for each age in schools, including lessons on mutual understanding, tolerance, active citizenship, human rights and the promotion of a culture of peace;", "9. Encourages the media, especially the mass media, to participate in the promotion of a culture of peace and non-violence, with special attention to children and youth,", "10. Commends civil society, non-governmental organizations and youth for their efforts to further promote a culture of peace and non-violence, including their awareness-raising campaign on a culture of peace;", "11. Encourages civil society and non-governmental organizations to continue to strengthen their efforts to promote a culture of peace through the adoption of their own programme of activities to complement the efforts of Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations, in a manner consistent with the Declaration and Programme of Action;", "12. Stresses the role of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in mobilizing all relevant stakeholders, both within and outside the United Nations system, to support cultural diversity, intercultural dialogue and a culture of peace, and invites that organization to continue to strengthen communication and outreach, including through the website of the culture of peace[8], to promote the objectives of the programme of action for a non-national culture of peace,", "13. Invites Member States, all components of the United Nations system and civil society organizations, including the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations on International Day of Peace to the United Nations, to give increasing attention to the observance of the International Day of Peace on 21 September each year as a day of ceasefire and non-violence worldwide, in accordance with its resolution 55/282 of 7 September 2001;", "14. " Invites the Secretary-General, within existing resources, in consultation with Member States and taking into account the comments of civil society organizations, to consider mechanisms and strategies for the implementation of the Declaration and Programme of Action, and to launch outreach activities to raise global awareness of the Programme of Action and its eight areas of action for its implementation;", "15. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on measures taken to implement the present resolution and on the strengthened activities of the United Nations and its affiliated agencies to implement the Programme of Action and to promote a culture of peace and non-violence;", "16. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the item entitled “Culture of peace”.", "83rd plenary meeting 12 December 2011", "[1] Resolution 53/243 A.", "[2] Resolution 53/243 B.", "[3] See resolution 55/2.", "[4] See resolution 60/1.", "[5] See resolution 61/271.", "[6] See A/66/273.", "[7] A/66/280.", "[8] www3.unesco.org/iycp/." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 15 de diciembre de 2011", "[sin remisión previa a una Comisión Principal (A/66/L.26 y Add.1)]", "66/117. Seguridad del personal de asistencia humanitaria y protección del personal de las Naciones Unidas", "La Asamblea General,", "Reafirmando su resolución 46/182, de 19 de diciembre de 1991, relativa al fortalecimiento de la coordinación de la asistencia humanitaria de emergencia que prestan las Naciones Unidas,", "Recordando todas las resoluciones relativas a la seguridad del personal de asistencia humanitaria y la protección del personal de las Naciones Unidas, incluida su resolución 65/132, de 15 de diciembre de 2010, así como la resolución 1502 (2003) del Consejo de Seguridad, de 26 de agosto de 2003, y las declaraciones pertinentes de la Presidencia del Consejo,", "Recordando también todas las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad y las declaraciones de su Presidencia, así como los informes del Secretario General al Consejo, sobre la protección de los civiles en los conflictos armados,", "Recordando además todas las disposiciones pertinentes del derecho internacional, incluido el derecho internacional humanitario y las normas de derechos humanos, así como todos los tratados pertinentes[1],", "Reafirmando la necesidad de promover y asegurar el respeto de los principios y las normas del derecho internacional, incluido el derecho internacional humanitario,", "Reafirmando también los principios de neutralidad, humanidad, imparcialidad e independencia en la prestación de asistencia humanitaria,", "Recordando que, con arreglo al derecho internacional, la responsabilidad primordial respecto de la seguridad y protección del personal de asistencia humanitaria y del personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado corresponde al gobierno que acoge una operación de las Naciones Unidas realizada en virtud de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas o de sus acuerdos con organizaciones competentes,", "Expresando su reconocimiento a los gobiernos que respetan los principios convenidos internacionalmente en materia de protección del personal de asistencia humanitaria y del personal de las Naciones Unidas, pero expresando preocupación por la falta de respeto de dichos principios en algunas zonas,", "Instando a todas las partes que intervienen en conflictos armados a que, de conformidad con el derecho internacional humanitario, en particular con las obligaciones contraídas en virtud de los Convenios de Ginebra de 12 de agosto de 1949[2] y las obligaciones que les imponen sus Protocolos adicionales de 8 de junio de 1977[3], garanticen la seguridad y protección de todo el personal de asistencia humanitaria y del personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito que el número de Estados partes en la Convención sobre la Seguridad del Personal de las Naciones Unidas y el Personal Asociado[4], que entró en vigor el 15 de enero de 1999, haya seguido aumentando hasta sumar ochenta y nueve, teniendo presente la necesidad de promover la universalidad de la Convención y acogiendo con beneplácito que el 19 de agosto de 2010 entrara en vigor el Protocolo Facultativo de la Convención sobre la Seguridad del Personal de las Naciones Unidas y el Personal Asociado[5], que amplía el alcance de la protección jurídica que ofrece la Convención,", "Profundamente preocupada por los peligros y los riesgos a que se enfrenta sobre el terreno el personal de asistencia humanitaria y el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado, que cumple su cometido en contextos cada vez más complejos, así como por la continua disminución, en muchos casos, del respeto de los principios y las normas del derecho internacional, en particular del derecho internacional humanitario,", "Destacando la importancia de respetar plenamente las obligaciones relativas al uso de vehículos e instalaciones del personal de asistencia humanitaria y del personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado, definidas en los instrumentos internacionales pertinentes, así como las obligaciones relativas a los emblemas distintivos que se reconocen en los Convenios de Ginebra,", "Encomiando el valor y la entrega de las personas que participan en operaciones humanitarias, a menudo con un grave riesgo personal, y especialmente del personal de contratación local,", "Observando que aproximadamente el 1% de los funcionarios del sistema de las Naciones Unidas se han visto afectados por incidentes de seguridad importantes, y observando la considerable reducción del número de funcionarios de las Naciones Unidas que resultaron muertos o heridos a causa de actos de violencia en 2010, pero observando con preocupación el aumento del número de funcionarios de las Naciones Unidas que resultaron muertos o heridos a causa de actos de violencia en el primer semestre de 2011,", "Lamentando profundamente las muertes de personal de asistencia humanitaria internacional y nacional y de personal de las Naciones Unidas y personal asociado que participa en la prestación de asistencia humanitaria, así como los actos violentos cometidos contra ellos, y deplorando enormemente el número de víctimas que se produce entre este personal en situaciones complejas de emergencia humanitaria, en particular en los conflictos armados y en las situaciones posteriores a los conflictos,", "Expresando profunda preocupación por los efectos profundos y prolongados que tienen los ataques y amenazas contra el personal de asistencia humanitaria y el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado,", "Condenando enérgicamente los actos de asesinato y demás formas de violencia, violación y agresión sexual, y todas las formas de violencia dirigidas en particular contra las mujeres y los niños, así como los actos de intimidación, atraco a mano armada, secuestro, toma de rehenes, rapto, hostigamiento y arresto y detención ilegales a que se ven expuestos quienes participan en operaciones humanitarias, al igual que los ataques contra convoyes humanitarios y los actos de destrucción y saqueo de bienes,", "Expresando profunda preocupación porque los ataques y amenazas contra el personal de asistencia humanitaria y el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado son un factor que limita cada vez más la prestación de asistencia y protección a las poblaciones necesitadas,", "Afirmando la necesidad de que los Estados aseguren que los autores de ataques cometidos en su territorio contra el personal de asistencia humanitaria y el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado no actúen con impunidad, y de que se haga comparecer ante la justicia a quienes cometan tales actos, conforme a las leyes nacionales y a las obligaciones dimanantes del derecho internacional,", "Recordando que en el Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional[6] se incluyen entre los crímenes de guerra los ataques dirigidos intencionalmente contra el personal participante en una misión de asistencia humanitaria o de mantenimiento de la paz de conformidad con la Carta, y haciendo notar la función que puede desempeñar la Corte, en los casos apropiados, en el enjuiciamiento de los responsables de violaciones graves del derecho internacional humanitario,", "Reafirmando la necesidad de garantizar un grado suficiente de seguridad al personal de las Naciones Unidas y al personal asociado de asistencia humanitaria, incluido el de contratación local, que constituye un deber implícito de la Organización, y teniendo presente la necesidad de promover y mejorar la conciencia respecto de la seguridad en la cultura institucional de las Naciones Unidas, así como la cultura de rendición de cuentas en todos los niveles, y de seguir concienciando y sensibilizando sobre las culturas y leyes nacionales y locales,", "Muy preocupada por el elevado número de accidentes, y las víctimas consiguientes, que sufre el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado, consciente de la importancia que tiene la seguridad vial para que haya continuidad en las operaciones humanitarias de las Naciones Unidas y para prevenir que se produzcan víctimas entre los civiles, el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado, y, a ese respecto, lamentando las muertes de civiles a consecuencia de esos incidentes,", "Haciendo notar la importancia de que las Naciones Unidas y el país anfitrión estrechen aún más su colaboración con respecto a la planificación para hacer frente a imprevistos, el intercambio de información y la evaluación de los riesgos, en el contexto de una buena cooperación mutua en los asuntos relativos a la seguridad del personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado,", "1. Acoge con beneplácito el informe del Secretario General sobre la seguridad del personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado[7];", "2. Insta a todos los Estados a que hagan cuanto sea posible para asegurar la aplicación cabal y efectiva de los principios y las normas del derecho internacional, incluido el derecho internacional humanitario, las normas de derechos humanos y el derecho de los refugiados, relativos a la seguridad del personal de asistencia humanitaria y el personal de las Naciones Unidas;", "3. Insta encarecidamente a todos los Estados a que adopten las medidas necesarias para garantizar la seguridad del personal de asistencia humanitaria y del personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado, y a que respeten y hagan respetar la inviolabilidad de los locales de las Naciones Unidas, que son indispensables para la continuidad y la ejecución satisfactoria de las operaciones de las Naciones Unidas;", "4. Exhorta a todos los gobiernos y a las partes en situaciones complejas de emergencia humanitaria, en particular los conflictos armados y las situaciones posteriores a estos, de los países donde realiza actividades el personal de asistencia humanitaria a que, de conformidad con las disposiciones pertinentes del derecho internacional y de la legislación nacional, cooperen plenamente con las Naciones Unidas y los demás organismos y organizaciones humanitarios y garanticen el acceso seguro y sin trabas del personal de asistencia humanitaria, así como la entrega de suministros y equipo, para que pueda desempeñar con eficiencia su tarea de ayudar a la población civil afectada, incluidos los refugiados y los desplazados internos;", "5. Exhorta a todos los Estados a que consideren la posibilidad de hacerse partes en los instrumentos internacionales pertinentes y a que cumplan plenamente las obligaciones contraídas en virtud de ellos;", "6. Exhorta también a todos los Estados a que consideren la posibilidad de hacerse partes en el Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional⁶;", "7. Exhorta además a todos los Estados a que consideren la posibilidad de hacerse partes en el Protocolo Facultativo de la Convención sobre la Seguridad del Personal de las Naciones Unidas y el Personal Asociado⁵ e insta a los Estados partes a que promulguen leyes nacionales apropiadas, cuando proceda, para permitir su aplicación efectiva;", "8. Exhorta a todos los Estados, a todas las partes en conflictos armados y a todos los agentes humanitarios a que respeten los principios de neutralidad, humanidad, imparcialidad e independencia en la prestación de asistencia humanitaria;", "9. Expresa profunda preocupación por las persistentes amenazas y ataques deliberados contra la seguridad del personal de asistencia humanitaria y el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado, y por la inquietante tendencia a la comisión de ataques contra la seguridad de ese personal por motivos políticos o criminales;", "10. Acoge con beneplácito la contribución que realiza a las operaciones humanitarias de las Naciones Unidas el personal femenino de las Naciones Unidas y el personal femenino asociado, expresa preocupación porque, en algunos casos, ese personal está relativamente más expuesto a determinados tipos de delitos y actos de intimidación y hostigamiento, e insta encarecidamente al sistema de las Naciones Unidas y a los Estados Miembros a que adopten las medidas apropiadas para garantizar su seguridad;", "11. Condena enérgicamente toda amenaza o acto de violencia contra el personal de asistencia humanitaria y el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado, reafirma la necesidad de hacer rendir cuentas a los responsables de esos actos, insta encarecidamente a todos los Estados a que adopten medidas más enérgicas para asegurar que todo acto de esa índole cometido en su territorio se investigue a fondo y que se haga comparecer ante la justicia a los autores de conformidad con la legislación nacional y las obligaciones dimanantes del derecho internacional, e insta a los Estados a que pongan fin a la impunidad de quienes cometen tales actos;", "12. Exhorta a todos los Estados a que cumplan plenamente las obligaciones que les incumben conforme al derecho internacional humanitario, incluidas las establecidas en el Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949[8], a fin de respetar y proteger a los civiles, incluido el personal de asistencia humanitaria, en los territorios bajo su jurisdicción;", "13. Exhorta también a todos los Estados a que proporcionen información pronta y suficiente en caso de arresto o detención de personal de asistencia humanitaria o de personal de las Naciones Unidas y personal asociado con miras a facilitar la asistencia médica necesaria y permitir a equipos médicos independientes visitar a los detenidos y examinarlos, y los insta a que adopten las medidas que hagan falta para asegurar que se ponga en libertad de inmediato a quienes hayan sido arrestados o detenidos infringiendo las convenciones y los convenios pertinentes mencionados en la presente resolución y las normas aplicables del derecho internacional humanitario;", "14. Exhorta a todas las demás partes en conflictos armados a que se abstengan de raptar, secuestrar y tomar como rehenes al personal de asistencia humanitaria o al personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado, o de detener a ese personal, infringiendo las convenciones y los convenios pertinentes mencionados en la presente resolución y las normas aplicables del derecho internacional humanitario, y a que pongan en libertad inmediatamente a todos los secuestrados y detenidos, sin causarles daño y sin exigir ninguna concesión;", "15. Solicita al Secretario General que tome las medidas necesarias para que se respeten plenamente los derechos humanos, las prerrogativas e inmunidades del personal de las Naciones Unidas y demás personal que lleve a cabo actividades en cumplimiento del mandato de una operación de las Naciones Unidas, y solicita también al Secretario General que procure que en las negociaciones de los acuerdos relativos a las sedes o a las misiones que guarden relación con el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado se incluyan las condiciones aplicables que figuran en la Convención sobre Prerrogativas e Inmunidades de las Naciones Unidas[9], la Convención sobre Prerrogativas e Inmunidades de los Organismos Especializados[10] y la Convención sobre la Seguridad del Personal de las Naciones Unidas y el Personal Asociado⁴;", "16. Recomienda que el Secretario General siga procurando que se incluyan las disposiciones fundamentales de la Convención sobre la Seguridad del Personal de las Naciones Unidas y el Personal Asociado, entre ellas las referentes a la prevención de ataques contra miembros de una operación, la tipificación de esos ataques como delitos sancionables por ley y el procesamiento o la extradición de los culpables, y que los países anfitriones incluyan dichas disposiciones, en los acuerdos futuros y, de ser necesario, en los acuerdos existentes sobre el estatuto de las fuerzas, sobre el estatuto de las misiones, con el país anfitrión y otros acuerdos conexos que negocien las Naciones Unidas con esos países, teniendo en cuenta la importancia de que dichos acuerdos se concierten oportunamente, y alienta a que se siga trabajando en este sentido;", "17. Reafirma la obligación de todo el personal de asistencia humanitaria y el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado de respetar y, cuando proceda, observar las leyes nacionales del país en que desempeñen sus funciones, de conformidad con el derecho internacional y la Carta de las Naciones Unidas;", "18. Destaca la importancia de asegurar que el personal de asistencia humanitaria y el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado conozca las costumbres y tradiciones locales y nacionales de los países en que esté destinado, sea sensible al respecto y comunique con claridad sus propósitos y objetivos a la población local;", "19. Solicita al Secretario General que siga tomando las medidas necesarias para que el personal de las Naciones Unidas y demás personal que lleve a cabo actividades en cumplimiento del mandato de una operación de las Naciones Unidas esté debidamente informado sobre las normas mínimas de seguridad operacional y los códigos de conducta aplicables y realice sus actividades de conformidad con ambos, esté debidamente informado sobre las condiciones en que habrá de actuar y las normas que habrá de cumplir, con inclusión de la legislación nacional y el derecho internacional, y se le imparta suficiente capacitación en materia de seguridad, normas de derechos humanos y derecho internacional humanitario, a fin de mejorar su seguridad y eficacia en el desempeño de sus funciones, y reafirma la necesidad de que todas las demás organizaciones humanitarias presten un apoyo análogo a su personal;", "20. Solicita también al Secretario General que, en coordinación con los Estados Miembros, siga tomando las medidas necesarias para que todos los locales y bienes de las Naciones Unidas, incluidas las viviendas del personal, cumplan las normas mínimas de seguridad operacional de las Naciones Unidas y otras normas pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas en materia de seguridad;", "21. Acoge con beneplácito la labor que lleva a cabo el Secretario General para que todo el personal de las Naciones Unidas reciba suficiente capacitación en materia de seguridad, destaca la necesidad de que se siga mejorando la capacitación para aumentar la sensibilidad cultural y los conocimientos sobre la legislación pertinente, incluido el derecho internacional humanitario, antes del despliegue sobre el terreno, y reafirma la necesidad de que todas las demás organizaciones humanitarias presten un apoyo análogo a su personal;", "22. Acoge con beneplácito también la labor que lleva a cabo el Secretario General para proporcionar servicios de asesoramiento y apoyo al personal de las Naciones Unidas afectado por incidentes de seguridad y pone de relieve la importancia de que se pongan servicios de control del estrés, salud mental y servicios conexos a disposición del personal de las Naciones Unidas en todo el sistema, y alienta a todas las organizaciones humanitarias a que presten un apoyo análogo a su personal;", "23. Observa con aprecio las medidas que han adoptado el Secretario General y el sistema de las Naciones Unidas para aumentar la seguridad vial, por medios como la mejora de la capacitación e iniciativas para promover esa seguridad, con el fin de reducir los incidentes causados por peligros viales, y solicita al Secretario General que prosiga la reunión y el análisis de datos sobre incidentes de circulación, incluidos los relativos a las víctimas civiles de los accidentes de circulación, y que informe al respecto;", "24. Acoge con beneplácito el progreso realizado en la labor de seguir mejorando el sistema de gestión de la seguridad de las Naciones Unidas y apoya la especial orientación a hacer posible que el sistema de las Naciones Unidas cumpla sus mandatos y ejecute sus programas y actividades gestionando con eficacia los riesgos a que está expuesto el personal, y alienta a las Naciones Unidas y demás agentes humanitarios pertinentes a que incluyan en su estrategia de gestión de riesgos el establecimiento de buenas relaciones con las autoridades nacionales y locales y el fomento de la confianza de esas autoridades, así como la promoción de la aceptación por las comunidades locales y todos los agentes pertinentes;", "25. Alienta al Secretario General a que siga elaborando procedimientos que faciliten el despliegue de personal de seguridad de las Naciones Unidas debidamente calificado y fortalezcan la capacidad de las Naciones Unidas para desplegar ese personal;", "26. Solicita al Secretario General que, por conducto de la Red Interinstitucional de Gestión de la Seguridad, entre otros medios, mantenga la cooperación y colaboración intensificadas entre los departamentos, las organizaciones, los fondos y los programas de las Naciones Unidas y las organizaciones internacionales afiliadas, incluso entre las sedes y sus oficinas exteriores, en la planificación y aplicación de medidas encaminadas a mejorar la seguridad, la capacitación y la sensibilidad del personal, y exhorta a todos los departamentos, las organizaciones, los fondos y los programas competentes de las Naciones Unidas y a las organizaciones internacionales afiliadas a que apoyen esa labor;", "27. Exhorta a todos los agentes pertinentes a que en sus declaraciones públicas hagan cuanto sea posible por propiciar un entorno favorable para la seguridad del personal de asistencia humanitaria y el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado;", "28. Pone de relieve la necesidad de prestar particular atención a la seguridad del personal de asistencia humanitaria de contratación local, que es especialmente vulnerable a los ataques y sufre la mayoría de las bajas, incluso en casos de secuestro, hostigamiento, bandidaje e intimidación, solicita al Secretario General que mantenga en examen las disposiciones normativas, operacionales y administrativas de las Naciones Unidas en materia de seguridad que sean pertinentes en relación con el personal de contratación local, y exhorta a las Naciones Unidas y a las organizaciones humanitarias a que aseguren que su personal sea debidamente consultado y esté suficientemente informado y capacitado en relación con las medidas, planes e iniciativas de seguridad pertinentes de sus respectivas organizaciones, que deben ajustarse a la legislación nacional y al derecho internacional aplicables;", "29. Observa con aprecio el progreso de que se ha informado en el cumplimiento de las recomendaciones del Grupo Independiente sobre la seguridad del personal y los locales de las Naciones Unidas en todo el mundo[11], incluida la revisión del marco de rendición de cuentas, solicita que se sigan aplicando las recomendaciones y aguarda con interés el informe sobre seguridad, incluso sobre las mejoras e innovaciones, según proceda, para el desarrollo del sistema de gestión de la seguridad que le presentará el Secretario General en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones;", "30. Solicita al Departamento de Seguridad de la Secretaría que refuerce aún más el análisis de las amenazas y siga mejorando y aplicando un sistema de gestión de la información eficaz, moderno y flexible en apoyo de las necesidades analíticas y operacionales, que incluya el análisis de las mejores prácticas que se está realizando en todo el sistema e información sobre la variedad y el alcance de los incidentes de seguridad que afectan al personal de asistencia humanitaria y al personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado, incluidos los ataques que se dirigen contra ellos, a fin de adoptar decisiones objetivas y basadas en pruebas sobre el modo de reducir los riesgos que surgen en el contexto de operaciones relacionadas con las Naciones Unidas;", "31. Acoge con beneplácito las gestiones que realiza el Secretario General para mejorar la colaboración con los gobiernos anfitriones en cuestiones de seguridad, incluida la labor de apoyo a los oficiales designados de las Naciones Unidas en lo relativo a la colaboración con las autoridades de los gobiernos anfitriones en materia de seguridad del personal;", "32. Destaca que el funcionamiento efectivo de las operaciones de seguridad en los países exige una capacidad unificada en lo que atañe a políticas, normas, coordinación, comunicación, cumplimiento y evaluación de las amenazas y los riesgos, y señala los beneficios que esta reporta al personal de las Naciones Unidas y al personal asociado, incluidos los logrados por el Departamento de Seguridad desde su creación;", "33. Reconoce las medidas adoptadas hasta el momento por el Secretario General, así como la necesidad de seguir mejorando la coordinación y la cooperación, tanto en las sedes como sobre el terreno, entre las Naciones Unidas y las demás organizaciones humanitarias y no gubernamentales en los asuntos relacionados con la seguridad del personal de asistencia humanitaria y del personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado, con miras a resolver problemas comunes de seguridad sobre el terreno, teniendo en cuenta las iniciativas nacionales y locales pertinentes, como las derivadas del marco “Salvar vidas entre todos”, alienta a que se emprendan iniciativas de colaboración para atender las necesidades de capacitación en materia de seguridad, invita a los Estados Miembros a que consideren la posibilidad de aumentar su apoyo a esas iniciativas, y solicita al Secretario General que la informe sobre las medidas que se adopten a ese respecto;", "34. Subraya la necesidad urgente de asignar recursos suficientes y previsibles, tanto ordinarios como extrapresupuestarios, a la seguridad del personal de las Naciones Unidas, incluso mediante el proceso de llamamientos unificados, y alienta a todos los Estados a que hagan contribuciones al Fondo Fiduciario para la Seguridad del Personal del Sistema de las Naciones Unidas con miras, entre otras cosas, a reforzar los esfuerzos del Departamento de Seguridad para cumplir su mandato y su responsabilidad de posibilitar la ejecución segura de los programas;", "35. Subraya también la necesidad de mejorar la coordinación entre las Naciones Unidas y los gobiernos anfitriones, de conformidad con las disposiciones pertinentes del derecho internacional y las legislaciones nacionales, en lo que respecta al uso y despliegue del equipo esencial necesario para garantizar la seguridad del personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado que se encarga de suministrar la asistencia humanitaria de las organizaciones de las Naciones Unidas;", "36. Recuerda la función fundamental que desempeñan los recursos de telecomunicaciones para facilitar la seguridad del personal de asistencia humanitaria y del personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado, exhorta a los Estados a que consideren la posibilidad de adherirse al Convenio de Tampere sobre el suministro de recursos de telecomunicaciones para la mitigación de catástrofes y las operaciones de socorro en caso de catástrofe, de 18 de junio de 1998[12], que entró en vigor el 8 de enero de 2005, o de ratificarlo, y los insta a que faciliten y agilicen, de conformidad con sus legislaciones nacionales y las obligaciones internacionales que les incumben, el uso de equipos de comunicaciones en esas operaciones, entre otros medios, limitando y, cuando sea posible, levantando rápidamente las restricciones impuestas al uso de equipos de comunicaciones por el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado;", "37. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente un informe amplio y actualizado sobre la seguridad del personal de asistencia humanitaria y la protección del personal de las Naciones Unidas, así como sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución.", "86ª sesión plenaria 15 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Entre ellos, en particular, la Convención sobre Prerrogativas e Inmunidades de las Naciones Unidas, de 13 de febrero de 1946, la Convención sobre Prerrogativas e Inmunidades de los Organismos Especializados, de 21 de noviembre de 1947, la Convención sobre la Seguridad del Personal de las Naciones Unidas y el Personal Asociado, de 9 de diciembre de 1994, el Protocolo Facultativo de la Convención sobre la Seguridad del Personal de las Naciones Unidas y el Personal Asociado, de 8 de diciembre de 2005, el Convenio de Ginebra relativo a la protección debida a las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, de 12 de agosto de 1949, y los Protocolos adicionales de los Convenios de Ginebra, de 8 de junio de 1977, y el Protocolo II enmendado, de 3 de mayo de 1996, de la Convención sobre prohibiciones o restricciones del empleo de ciertas armas convencionales que puedan considerarse excesivamente nocivas o de efectos indiscriminados, de 10 de octubre de 1980.", "[2]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 75, núms. 970 a 973.", "[3]  Ibid., vol. 1125, núms. 17512 y 17513.", "[4]  Ibid., vol. 2051, núm. 35457.", "[5]  Resolución 60/42, anexo.", "[6]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2187, núm. 38544.", "[7]  A/66/345.", "[8]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 75, núm. 973.", "[9]  Resolución 22 A (I).", "[10]  Resolución 179 (II).", "[11]  Se puede consultar en www.un.org/News/dh/infocus/terrorism/PanelOnSafetyReport.pdf.", "[12]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2296, núm. 40906." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.26 and Add.1)]", "66/117. Safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 on the strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian emergency assistance of the United Nations,", "Recalling all relevant resolutions on safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel, including its resolution 65/132 of 15 December 2010, as well as Security Council resolution 1502 (2003) of 26 August 2003 and relevant statements by the President of the Council,", "Recalling also all Security Council resolutions and presidential statements and reports of the Secretary-General to the Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflict,", "Recalling further all relevant provisions of international law, including international humanitarian law and human rights law, as well as all relevant treaties,[1]", "Reaffirming the need to promote and ensure respect for the principles and rules of international law, including international humanitarian law,", "Reaffirming also the principles of neutrality, humanity, impartiality and independence for the provision of humanitarian assistance,", "Recalling that primary responsibility under international law for the security and protection of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel lies with the Government hosting a United Nations operation conducted under the Charter of the United Nations or its agreements with relevant organizations,", "Expressing its appreciation to those Governments which respect the internationally agreed principles on the protection of humanitarian and United Nations personnel, while expressing concern over the lack of respect for these principles in some areas,", "Urging all parties involved in armed conflicts, in compliance with international humanitarian law, in particular their obligations under the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949[2] and the obligations applicable to them under the Additional Protocols thereto of 8 June 1977,[3] to ensure the security and protection of all humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel,", "Welcoming the fact that the number of States parties to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel,[4] which entered into force on 15 January 1999, has continued to rise, the number now having reached eighty-nine, mindful of the need to promote the universality of the Convention, and welcoming the entry into force on 19 August 2010 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel,[5] which expands the scope of legal protection under the Convention,", "Deeply concerned by the dangers and security risks faced by humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel at the field level, as they operate in increasingly complex contexts, as well as the continuous erosion, in many cases, of respect for the principles and rules of international law, in particular international humanitarian law,", "Stressing the importance of fully respecting the obligations relating to the use of vehicles and premises of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel as defined by relevant international instruments, as well as the obligations relating to distinctive emblems recognized in the Geneva Conventions,", "Commending the courage and commitment of those who take part in humanitarian operations, often at great personal risk, especially locally recruited staff,", "Noting that about one per cent of United Nations system personnel have been affected by significant security incidents, and noting the substantial reduction in the number of United Nations personnel killed or injured by violence in 2010, while noting with concern the increase in the number of United Nations personnel killed or injured by violence in the first half of 2011,", "Expressing profound regret at the deaths of and violent acts against international and national humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel involved in the provision of humanitarian assistance, and strongly deploring the casualties among such personnel in complex humanitarian emergencies, in particular in armed conflicts and in post-conflict situations,", "Expressing deep concern at the deep and long-lasting impacts of attacks and threats against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel,", "Strongly condemning acts of murder and other forms of violence, rape and sexual assault and all forms of violence committed in particular against women and children, and intimidation, armed robbery, abduction, hostage-taking, kidnapping, harassment and illegal arrest and detention to which those participating in humanitarian operations are exposed, as well as attacks on humanitarian convoys and acts of destruction and looting of property,", "Expressing deep concern that the occurrence of attacks and threats against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel is a factor that increasingly restricts the provision of assistance and protection to populations in need,", "Affirming the need for States to ensure that perpetrators of attacks committed on their territory against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel do not operate with impunity, and that the perpetrators of such acts are brought to justice, as provided for by national laws and obligations under international law,", "Recalling the inclusion of attacks intentionally directed against personnel involved in a humanitarian assistance or peacekeeping mission in accordance with the Charter as a war crime in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court,[6] and noting the role that the Court can play in appropriate cases in bringing to justice those responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law,", "Reaffirming the need to ensure adequate levels of safety and security for United Nations personnel and associated humanitarian personnel, including locally recruited staff, which constitutes an underlying duty of the Organization, and mindful of the need to promote and enhance security consciousness within the organizational culture of the United Nations and a culture of accountability at all levels, as well as to continue to promote awareness of and sensitivity to national and local cultures and laws,", "Gravely concerned at the high number of accidents and resulting casualties among United Nations and associated personnel, and conscious of the importance of road safety in ensuring the continuity of United Nations humanitarian operations and preventing casualties among civilians and United Nations and associated personnel, and in this regard regretting the loss of civilian life as a result of such incidents,", "Noting the importance of reinforcing close collaboration between the United Nations and the host country on contingency planning, information exchange and risk assessment in the context of good mutual cooperation on issues relating to the security of United Nations and associated personnel,", "1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on safety and security of United Nations and associated personnel;[7]", "2. Urges all States to make every effort to ensure the full and effective implementation of the relevant principles and rules of international law, including international humanitarian law, human rights law and refugee law related to the safety and security of humanitarian personnel and United Nations personnel;", "3. Strongly urges all States to take the necessary measures to ensure the safety and security of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel and to respect and ensure respect for the inviolability of United Nations premises, which are essential to the continuation and successful implementation of United Nations operations;", "4. Calls upon all Governments and parties in complex humanitarian emergencies, in particular in armed conflicts and in post-conflict situations, in countries in which humanitarian personnel are operating, in conformity with the relevant provisions of international law and national laws, to cooperate fully with the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies and organizations and to ensure the safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel and delivery of supplies and equipment, in order to allow those personnel to perform efficiently their task of assisting the affected civilian population, including refugees and internally displaced persons;", "5. Calls upon all States to consider becoming parties to and to respect fully their obligations under the relevant international instruments;", "6. Also calls upon all States to consider becoming parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court;⁶", "7. Further calls upon all States to consider becoming parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel,⁵ and urges States parties to put in place appropriate national legislation, as necessary, to enable its effective implementation;", "8. Calls upon all States, all parties involved in armed conflict and all humanitarian actors to respect the principles of neutrality, humanity, impartiality and independence for the provision of humanitarian assistance;", "9. Expresses deep concern over the continuing threats and deliberate targeting of and the disturbing trend of politically or criminally motivated attacks against the safety and security of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel;", "10. Welcomes the contribution of female United Nations and associated personnel in United Nations humanitarian operations, expresses concern that in some cases these personnel are relatively more exposed to certain forms of crime and acts of intimidation and harassment, and strongly urges the United Nations system and Member States to take appropriate action for their safety and security;", "11. Strongly condemns all threats and acts of violence against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel, reaffirms the need to hold accountable those responsible for such acts, strongly urges all States to take stronger action to ensure that any such acts committed on their territory are investigated fully and to ensure that the perpetrators of such acts are brought to justice in accordance with national laws and obligations under international law, and urges States to end impunity for such acts;", "12. Calls upon all States to comply fully with their obligations under international humanitarian law, including as provided by the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949,[8] in order to respect and protect civilians, including humanitarian personnel, in territories subject to their jurisdiction;", "13. Also calls upon all States to provide adequate and prompt information in the event of the arrest or detention of humanitarian personnel or United Nations and associated personnel, so as to afford them the necessary medical assistance and to allow independent medical teams to visit and examine the health of those detained, and urges them to take the necessary measures to ensure the speedy release of those who have been arrested or detained in violation of the relevant conventions referred to in the present resolution and applicable international humanitarian law;", "14. Calls upon all other parties involved in armed conflict to refrain from abducting, taking hostage or kidnapping humanitarian personnel or United Nations and associated personnel or detaining them in violation of the relevant conventions referred to in the present resolution and applicable international humanitarian law, and speedily to release, without harm or requirement of concession, any abductee or detainee;", "15. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to promote full respect for the human rights, privileges and immunities of United Nations and other personnel carrying out activities in fulfilment of the mandate of a United Nations operation, and also requests the Secretary-General to seek the inclusion, in negotiations of headquarters and other mission agreements concerning United Nations and associated personnel, of the applicable conditions contained in the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations,[9] the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies[10] and the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel;⁴", "16. Recommends that the Secretary-General continue to seek the inclusion of, and that host countries include, key provisions of the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, among others, those regarding the prevention of attacks against members of the operation, the establishment of such attacks as crimes punishable by law and the prosecution or extradition of offenders, in future as well as, if necessary, in existing status-of-forces, status-of-mission, host country and other related agreements negotiated between the United Nations and those countries, mindful of the importance of the timely conclusion of such agreements, and encourages further efforts in this regard;", "17. Reaffirms the obligation of all humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel to respect and, where required, observe the national laws of the country in which they are operating, in accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations;", "18. Stresses the importance of ensuring that humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel are aware of and sensitive to national and local customs and traditions in their countries of assignment and communicate clearly their purpose and objectives to local populations;", "19. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take the necessary measures to ensure that United Nations and other personnel carrying out activities in fulfilment of the mandate of a United Nations operation are properly informed about and operate in conformity with the minimum operating security standards and relevant codes of conduct and are properly informed about the conditions under which they are called upon to operate and the standards that they are required to meet, including those contained in relevant national laws and international law, and that adequate training in security, human rights law 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;", "20. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue, in coordination with Member States, to take the necessary measures to ensure that all United Nations premises and assets, including staff residences, are compliant with the United Nations minimum operating security standards and other relevant United Nations security standards;", "21. Welcomes the ongoing efforts of the Secretary-General to ensure that all United Nations personnel receive adequate safety and security training, stresses the need to continue to improve training so as to enhance cultural awareness and knowledge of relevant law, including international humanitarian law, prior to their deployment to the field, and reaffirms the necessity for all other humanitarian organizations to provide their personnel with similar support;", "22. Also welcomes the efforts of the Secretary-General to provide counselling and support services to United Nations personnel affected by safety and security incidents, and emphasizes the importance of making available stress management, mental health and related services for United Nations personnel throughout the system, and encourages all humanitarian organizations to provide their personnel with similar support;", "23. Notes with appreciation the ongoing measures taken by the Secretary-General and the United Nations system to enhance road safety, including through improved training and initiatives to promote road safety so as to reduce incidents caused by road hazards, and requests the Secretary-General to continue the collection and analysis of data and to report on road incidents, including civilian casualties resulting from road accidents;", "24. Welcomes the progress made towards further enhancing the security management system of the United Nations and supports the focus on enabling the United Nations system to deliver its mandates, programmes and activities by effectively managing the risks to which personnel are exposed, and encourages the United Nations and other relevant humanitarian actors to include as part of their risk-management strategy the building of good relations and trust with national and local governments and the promotion of acceptance by local communities and all relevant actors;", "25. Encourages the Secretary-General to continue developing enabling procedures that facilitate the deployment of suitably qualified United Nations security personnel and that strengthen the ability of the United Nations to deploy its personnel;", "26. Requests the Secretary-General, inter alia through the Inter-Agency Security Management Network, to continue the increased cooperation and collaboration among United Nations departments, organizations, funds and programmes and affiliated international organizations, including between their headquarters and field offices, in the planning and implementation of measures aimed at improving staff security, training and awareness, and calls upon all relevant United Nations departments, organizations, funds and programmes and affiliated international organizations to support those efforts;", "27. Calls upon all relevant actors to make every effort to support in their public statements a favourable environment for the safety and security of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel;", "28. Emphasizes the need to pay particular attention to the safety and security of locally recruited humanitarian personnel, who are particularly vulnerable to attacks and who account for the majority of casualties, including in cases of kidnapping, harassment, banditry and intimidation, requests the Secretary-General to keep under review the relevant United Nations safety and security policy, operational and administrative arrangements related to locally recruited personnel, and calls upon the United Nations and humanitarian organizations to ensure that their personnel are adequately consulted on, informed about and trained in the relevant security measures, plans and initiatives of their respective organizations, which should be in line with applicable national laws and international law;", "29. Notes with appreciation the progress reported in implementing the recommendations of the Independent Panel on Safety and Security of United Nations Personnel and Premises Worldwide,[11] including the revision of the accountability framework, requests the continued implementation of the recommendations, and looks forward to the report of the Secretary-General on safety and security, including on refinements and innovations, as appropriate, for the development of the security management system, to be submitted to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "30. Requests the Department of Safety and Security of the Secretariat to further strengthen the analysis of threats and to continue to improve and implement an effective, modern and flexible information management capacity in support of analytical and operational requirements, including the ongoing system-wide analysis of best practices and information on the range and scope of safety and security incidents involving humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel, including attacks against them, in order to make objective and evidence-based decisions on how to reduce the risks arising in the context of United Nations related operations;", "31. Welcomes the work of the Secretary-General in enhancing security collaboration with host Governments, including efforts to support United Nations designated officials with regard to collaboration with host Government authorities on staff safety and security;", "32. Stresses that the effective functioning at the country level of security operations requires a unified capacity for policy, standards, coordination, communication, compliance and threat and risk assessment, and notes the benefits thereof to United Nations and associated personnel, including those achieved by the Department of Safety and Security since its establishment;", "33. Recognizes the steps taken by the Secretary-General thus far, as well as the need for continued efforts to enhance coordination and cooperation, at both the headquarters and the field levels, between the United Nations and other humanitarian 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, taking into account relevant national and local initiatives in this regard, inter alia, those derived from the “Saving Lives Together” framework, encourages collaborative initiatives to address security training needs, invites Member States to consider increasing support to those initiatives, and requests the Secretary-General to report on steps taken in this regard;", "34. Underlines the urgent need to allocate adequate and predictable resources to the safety and security of United Nations personnel, through regular and extrabudgetary resources, including through the consolidated appeals process, and encourages all States to contribute to the Trust Fund for Security of Staff Members of the United Nations System, inter alia, with a view to reinforcing the efforts of the Department of Safety and Security to meet its mandate and responsibilities to enable the safe delivery of programmes;", "35. Also underlines the need for better coordination between the United Nations and host Governments, in accordance with the relevant provisions of international law and national laws, on the use and deployment of essential equipment required to provide for the safety and security of United Nations personnel and associated personnel working in the delivery of humanitarian assistance by United Nations organizations;", "36. Recalls the essential role of telecommunications resources in facilitating the safety of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel, calls upon States to consider acceding to or ratifying the Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunication Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Relief Operations of 18 June 1998,[12] which entered into force on 8 January 2005, and urges them to facilitate and expedite, consistent with their national laws and international obligations applicable to them, the use of communications equipment in such operations, inter alia, by limiting and, whenever possible, expeditiously lifting the restrictions placed on the use of communications equipment by United Nations and associated personnel;", "37. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a comprehensive and updated report on the safety and security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel and on the implementation of the present resolution.", "86th plenary meeting 15 December 2011", "[1]  These include, notably, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of 13 February 1946, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of 21 November 1947, the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel of 9 December 1994, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel of 8 December 2005, the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War of 12 August 1949 and the Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 8 June 1977, and Amended Protocol II of 3 May 1996 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.", "[2]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973.", "[3]  Ibid., vol. 1125, Nos. 17512 and 17513.", "[4]  Ibid., vol. 2051, No. 35457.", "[5]  Resolution 60/42, annex.", "[6]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2187, No. 38544.", "[7]  A/66/345.", "[8]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.", "[9]  Resolution 22 A (I).", "[10]  Resolution 179 (II).", "[11]  Available from www.un.org/News/dh/infocus/terrorism/PanelOnSafetyReport.pdf.", "[12]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2296, No. 40906." ]
A_RES_66_117
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.26 and Add.1)]", "66/117. Security of humanitarian personnel and protection of United Nations personnel", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations,", "Recalling all resolutions concerning the security of humanitarian personnel and the protection of United Nations personnel, including its resolution 65/132 of 15 December 2010, as well as Security Council resolution 1502 (2003) of 26 August 2003, and the relevant statements of the presidency of the Council,", "Recalling also all Security Council resolutions and statements of its presidency, as well as the reports of the Secretary-General to the Council, on the protection of civilians in armed conflict,", "Recalling further all relevant provisions of international law, including international humanitarian law and human rights law, as well as all relevant treaties[1],", "Reaffirming the need to promote and ensure respect for the principles and norms of international law, including international humanitarian law,", "Reaffirming also the principles of neutrality, humanity, impartiality and independence in the provision of humanitarian assistance,", "Recalling that, under international law, the primary responsibility for the safety and protection of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel rests with the Government hosting a United Nations operation under the Charter of the United Nations or its agreements with relevant organizations,", "Expressing its appreciation to Governments that respect the internationally agreed principles of the protection of humanitarian and United Nations personnel, but expressing concern at the lack of respect for those principles in some areas,", "Calling upon all parties involved in armed conflict, in accordance with international humanitarian law, in particular their obligations under the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949[2] and their obligations under their Additional Protocols of 8 June 1977[3], to ensure the safety and security of all humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel,", "Welcoming the fact that the number of States parties to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel[4], which entered into force on 15 January 1999, has continued to increase to eighty-nine, bearing in mind the need to promote the universality of the Convention and welcoming the entry into force on 19 August 2010 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel[5],", "Deeply concerned at the dangers and risks faced by humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel on the ground, which fulfils its role in increasingly complex contexts, as well as the continuing decline in, in many cases, respect for the principles and norms of international law, in particular international humanitarian law,", "Stressing the importance of fully respecting the obligations relating to the use of vehicles and facilities of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel, as defined in the relevant international instruments, as well as the obligations relating to the distinctive emblems recognized in the Geneva Conventions,", "Commending the value and delivery of persons involved in humanitarian operations, often at serious personal risk, and especially local staff,", "Noting that approximately 1 per cent of United Nations system staff have been affected by major security incidents, and noting the significant reduction in the number of United Nations personnel killed or injured by violence in 2010, but noting with concern the increase in the number of United Nations staff killed or injured by violence in the first half of 2011,", "Deeply regretting the deaths of international and national humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel involved in the provision of humanitarian assistance, as well as violent acts committed against them, and greatly deploring the number of victims among such personnel in complex humanitarian emergencies, in particular in armed conflicts and post-conflict situations,", "Expressing deep concern at the profound and prolonged impact of attacks and threats against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel,", "Strongly condemning the acts of murder and other forms of violence, rape and sexual assault, and all forms of violence directed in particular against women and children, as well as acts of intimidation, armed robbery, abduction, hostage-taking, abduction, harassment and illegal arrest and detention to which those involved in humanitarian operations are exposed, as well as attacks on humanitarian convoys and acts of destruction and looting of property,", "Expressing deep concern that attacks and threats against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel are a factor that increasingly limits the provision of assistance and protection to populations in need,", "Affirming the need for States to ensure that perpetrators of attacks on their territory against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel do not act with impunity, and that those who commit such acts are brought to justice in accordance with national laws and obligations under international law,", "Recalling that the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court[6] includes, among war crimes, intentionally targeted attacks on personnel involved in a humanitarian or peacekeeping mission in accordance with the Charter, and noting the role that the Court can play in appropriate cases in the prosecution of those responsible for serious violations of international humanitarian law,", "Reaffirming the need to ensure adequate security for United Nations and associated humanitarian personnel, including local staff, which is an implicit duty of the Organization, and bearing in mind the need to promote and enhance awareness of security in the institutional culture of the United Nations, as well as the culture of accountability at all levels, and to continue to raise awareness and awareness of national and local cultures and laws,", "Gravely concerned at the high number of accidents, and the resulting victims, experienced by United Nations and associated personnel, aware of the importance of road safety for continuity in United Nations humanitarian operations and to prevent casualties among civilians, United Nations staff and associated personnel, and, in this regard, regretting the deaths of civilians as a result of such incidents,", "Noting the importance of further collaboration between the United Nations and the host country with regard to contingency planning, information-sharing and risk assessment, in the context of good mutual cooperation in matters relating to the safety of United Nations and associated personnel,", "1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the safety of United Nations and associated personnel[7];", "2. Urges all States to make every possible effort to ensure the full and effective implementation of the principles and norms of international law, including international humanitarian law, human rights and refugee law, relating to the safety of humanitarian personnel and United Nations personnel;", "3. Strongly urges all States to take the necessary measures to ensure the safety of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel, and to respect and respect the inviolability of United Nations premises, which are indispensable for the continuity and successful implementation of United Nations operations;", "4. Calls upon all Governments and parties to complex humanitarian emergencies, in particular armed conflicts and post-conflict situations, of the countries where humanitarian personnel are active, in accordance with the relevant provisions of international law and national legislation, to cooperate fully with the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies and organizations and to ensure the safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel, as well as the delivery of internally displaced persons and equipment, so as to enable them to fulfil their affected populations,", "5. Calls upon all States to consider becoming parties to relevant international instruments and to comply fully with their obligations under them;", "6. Also calls upon all States to consider becoming parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court;6", "7. Further calls upon all States to consider becoming parties to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel,5 and urges States parties to enact appropriate national laws, where appropriate, to enable their effective implementation;", "8. Calls upon all States, all parties to armed conflict and all humanitarian actors to respect the principles of neutrality, humanity, impartiality and independence in the provision of humanitarian assistance;", "9. Expresses deep concern at the continuing threats and deliberate attacks against the security of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel, and at the disturbing trend towards attacks on the security of such personnel on political or criminal grounds;", "10. " Welcomes the contribution made to United Nations humanitarian operations by United Nations and associated female personnel, expresses concern that, in some cases, such personnel are relatively more exposed to certain types of crimes and acts of intimidation and harassment, and strongly urges the United Nations system and Member States to take appropriate measures to ensure their safety;", "11. Strongly condemns any threat or act of violence against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel, reaffirms the need to hold accountable those responsible for such acts, strongly urges all States to take more vigorous action to ensure that any such act committed in their territory is thoroughly investigated and that perpetrators are brought to justice in accordance with national legislation and obligations under international law,", "12. Calls upon all States to comply fully with their obligations under international humanitarian law, including those set out in the Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, of 12 August 1949,[8] in order to respect and protect civilians, including humanitarian personnel, in the territories under their jurisdiction;", "13. Also calls upon all States to provide prompt and adequate information in the event of the arrest or detention of humanitarian personnel or United Nations personnel and associated personnel with a view to facilitating the necessary medical assistance and allowing independent medical teams to visit and examine detainees, and urges them to take the necessary measures to ensure that those arrested or detained are immediately released in violation of the relevant conventions mentioned in the present international resolution and the relevant conventions;", "14. Calls upon all other parties to armed conflict to refrain from the abduction, abduction and hostage-taking of humanitarian personnel or United Nations and associated personnel, or to arrest such personnel, in violation of the relevant conventions mentioned in the present resolution and the applicable rules of international humanitarian law, and to immediately release all abducted and detained persons, without causing harm and without requiring any concessions;", "15. Requests the Secretary-General to take the necessary measures to ensure full respect for human rights, privileges and immunities of United Nations personnel and other personnel carrying out activities in accordance with the mandate of a United Nations operation, and also requests the Secretary-General to ensure that in the negotiations of headquarters agreements or missions relating to United Nations personnel and associated personnel, the applicable conditions of the Convention are included[", "16. Recommends that the Secretary-General continue to seek the inclusion of the fundamental provisions of the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel, including those relating to the prevention of attacks against members of an operation, the criminalization of such attacks as offences punishable by law and the prosecution or extradition of perpetrators, and that the host countries include such provisions, in future agreements and, if necessary, in existing agreements", "17. Reaffirms the obligation of all humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel to respect and, where appropriate, to observe the national laws of the country in which they perform their functions, in accordance with international law and the Charter of the United Nations;", "18. Stresses the importance of ensuring that humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel are aware of the local and national customs and traditions of countries where they are intended, are sensitive and clearly communicating their aims and objectives to the local population;", "19. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to take the necessary measures to ensure that United Nations and other personnel carrying out activities in compliance with the mandate of a United Nations operation are duly informed of the minimum standards of operational security and applicable codes of conduct and to carry out their activities in accordance with both, are duly informed of the conditions under which they are to act and the standards to be met, including national legislation and international law, and to provide adequate security,", "20. Also requests the Secretary-General, in coordination with Member States, to continue to take the necessary measures to ensure that all United Nations premises and assets, including staff housing, comply with the United Nations minimum operating security standards and other relevant United Nations security standards;", "21. Welcomes the efforts of the Secretary-General to ensure that all United Nations personnel receive adequate security training, stresses the need for further improvement in training to enhance cultural sensitivity and knowledge on relevant legislation, including international humanitarian law, prior to deployment on the ground, and reaffirms the need for all other humanitarian organizations to provide similar support to their staff;", "22. Also welcomes the efforts of the Secretary-General to provide advisory services and support to United Nations personnel affected by security incidents and emphasizes the importance of providing stress control, mental health and related services to United Nations system-wide personnel, and encourages all humanitarian organizations to provide similar support to their staff;", "23. Notes with appreciation the measures taken by the Secretary-General and the United Nations system to improve road safety, including by improving training and initiatives to promote such safety, in order to reduce incidents caused by road hazards, and requests the Secretary-General to continue the collection and analysis of data on movement incidents, including those relating to civilian victims of road traffic accidents, and to report thereon;", "24. Welcomes the progress made in further improving the United Nations security management system and supports the special guidance to enable the United Nations system to fulfil its mandates and to implement its programmes and activities by effectively managing the risks to which staff are exposed, and encourages the United Nations and other relevant humanitarian actors to include in their risk management strategy the establishment of good relations with national and local authorities and the promotion of all relevant actors,", "25. Encourages the Secretary-General to continue to develop procedures to facilitate the deployment of properly qualified United Nations security personnel and to strengthen the capacity of the United Nations to deploy such personnel;", "26. Requests the Secretary-General, through the Inter-Agency Security Management Network, inter alia, to continue enhanced cooperation and collaboration among United Nations departments, organizations, funds and programmes and affiliated international organizations, including between headquarters and their field offices, in the planning and implementation of measures to improve the safety, training and sensitivity of staff, and calls upon all relevant United Nations departments, organizations, funds and programmes", "27. Calls upon all relevant actors to make every possible effort in their public statements to provide an enabling environment for the safety of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel;", "28. Emphasizes the need to pay particular attention to the safety of locally recruited humanitarian personnel, which is particularly vulnerable to attacks and suffers most of the casualties, including in cases of abduction, harassment, banditry and intimidation, requests the Secretary-General to keep under review the relevant United Nations policy, operational and administrative arrangements in the field of security relevant to locally recruited personnel, and calls upon the United Nations and humanitarian organizations to ensure that they are sufficiently informed", "29. Notes with appreciation the progress reported in the implementation of the recommendations of the Independent Group on the Safety of United Nations Staff and Facilities worldwide[11], including the revision of the accountability framework, requests that the recommendations be continued and looks forward to the report on security, including improvements and innovations, as appropriate, for the development of the security management system to be submitted to it by the Secretary-General at its sixty-seventh session;", "30. Requests the Department of Safety and Security of the Secretariat to further strengthen the threat analysis and to continue to improve and implement an effective, modern and flexible information management system in support of analytical and operational needs, including the analysis of best practices being carried out throughout the system and information on the variety and extent of security incidents affecting humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel, including through objective decision-making", "31. " Welcomes the efforts of the Secretary-General to enhance collaboration with host Governments on security issues, including the work of supporting the designated United Nations officials in working with host Government authorities on staff security;", "32. Stresses that the effective functioning of security operations in countries requires unified capacity in terms of policies, standards, coordination, communication, compliance and threat and risk assessment, and notes the benefits of this report to United Nations and associated personnel, including those achieved by the Department of Safety and Security since its inception;", "33. Recognizes the measures taken so far by the Secretary-General, as well as the need to further improve coordination and cooperation, both at headquarters and in the field, between the United Nations and other humanitarian and non-governmental organizations in matters related to the security of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel, with a view to resolving common security concerns on the ground, taking into account relevant national and local initiatives, as well as those arising from the framework "", "34. Stresses the urgent need to allocate adequate and predictable resources, both regular and extrabudgetary, to the security of United Nations personnel, including through the consolidated appeals process, and encourages all States to contribute to the United Nations System Staff Security Trust Fund with a view, inter alia, to strengthening the efforts of the Department of Safety and Security to fulfil its mandate and responsibility for enabling the safe implementation of programmes;", "35. Stresses also the need to improve coordination between the United Nations and host Governments, in accordance with the relevant provisions of international law and national legislation, with regard to the use and deployment of the essential equipment necessary to ensure the safety of United Nations and associated personnel responsible for providing humanitarian assistance to United Nations organizations;", "36. Recalls the critical role of telecommunications resources in facilitating the safety of humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel, calls upon States to consider acceding to the Tampere Convention on the Provision of Telecommunications Resources for Disaster Mitigation and Disaster Relief Operations of 18 June 1998[12], which came into force on 8 January 2005, or to ratify, and", "37. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a comprehensive and updated report on the security of humanitarian personnel and the protection of United Nations personnel, as well as on the implementation of the present resolution.", "86th plenary meeting 15 December 2011", "[1] Among them, in particular, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of 13 February 1946, the Convention on the Privileges and Immunities of the Specialized Agencies of 21 November 1947, the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel of 9 December 1994, the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel of 8 December 1996,", "[2] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 970-973.", "[3] Ibid., vol. 1125, No. 17512 and 17513.", "[4] Ibid., vol. 2051, No. 35457.", "[5] Resolution 60/42, annex.", "[6] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2187, No. 38544.", "[7] A/66/345.", "[8] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 973.", "[9] Resolution 22 A (I).", "[10] Resolution 179 (II).", "[11] Available at www.un.org/News/dh/infocus/terrorism/PanelOnSafetyReport.pdf.", "[12] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2296, No. 40906." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 15 de diciembre de 2011", "[sin remisión previa a una Comisión Principal (A/66/L.27 y Add.1)]", "66/118. Asistencia al pueblo palestino", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 65/134, de 15 de diciembre de 2010, así como sus resoluciones anteriores sobre la cuestión,", "Recordando también la firma por el Gobierno del Estado de Israel y la Organización de Liberación de Palestina, representante del pueblo palestino, de la Declaración de Principios sobre las Disposiciones Relacionadas con un Gobierno Autónomo Provisional, que tuvo lugar en Washington, D.C. el 13 de septiembre de 1993[1], y la concertación por las dos partes de los acuerdos de aplicación subsiguientes,", "Recordando además todas las disposiciones pertinentes del derecho internacional, incluidos el derecho humanitario y las normas de derechos humanos, en particular el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos[2], el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales², la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño[3] y la Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer[4],", "Muy preocupada por las difíciles condiciones de vida y la situación humanitaria que afectan al pueblo palestino, en especial a las mujeres y a los niños, en todo el territorio palestino ocupado,", "Consciente de la urgente necesidad de mejorar la infraestructura económica y social del territorio ocupado,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito, en este contexto, la elaboración de proyectos, en particular de infraestructura, para reactivar la economía palestina y mejorar las condiciones de vida del pueblo palestino, destacando la necesidad de crear condiciones propicias para facilitar la ejecución de estos proyectos y haciendo notar la contribución de los asociados de la región y de la comunidad internacional,", "Consciente de que el desarrollo es difícil bajo un régimen de ocupación y se promueve mejor en circunstancias de paz y estabilidad,", "Observando los grandes problemas económicos y sociales a que se enfrentan el pueblo palestino y sus dirigentes,", "Poniendo de relieve la importancia que revisten la seguridad y el bienestar de todos los habitantes, en particular de las mujeres y los niños, de la región entera del Oriente Medio, cuya promoción se facilita con un entorno estable y seguro, entre otras cosas,", "Profundamente preocupada por las repercusiones negativas que tiene la violencia para el bienestar presente y futuro de los niños de la región, incluidas sus consecuencias para la salud física y mental,", "Consciente de la urgente necesidad de que se preste asistencia internacional al pueblo palestino, teniendo en cuenta las prioridades palestinas,", "Expresando grave preocupación por la situación humanitaria imperante en Gaza y subrayando la importancia de la asistencia de emergencia y humanitaria,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito los resultados de la Conferencia en Apoyo de la Paz en el Oriente Medio, celebrada en Washington, D.C. el 1 de octubre de 1993, el establecimiento del Comité Especial de Enlace para la Coordinación de la Asistencia Internacional a los Palestinos, la labor de secretaría de ese Comité que realiza el Banco Mundial y el establecimiento del Grupo Consultivo, así como todas las reuniones de seguimiento y los mecanismos internacionales establecidos para prestar asistencia al pueblo palestino,", "Subrayando la importancia de la Conferencia Internacional de Apoyo a la Economía Palestina para la Reconstrucción de Gaza, celebrada el 2 de marzo de 2009 en Sharm el‑Sheikh (Egipto), en la labor de hacer frente a la apremiante situación humanitaria que impera en Gaza y movilizar a los donantes con el fin de proporcionar apoyo financiero y político a la Autoridad Palestina para aliviar la situación socioeconómica y humanitaria en que se encuentra el pueblo palestino,", "Recordando la Conferencia Internacional de Donantes para el Estado Palestino, celebrada en París el 17 de diciembre de 2007, la Conferencia de Berlín de apoyo a la seguridad civil y el estado de derecho en Palestina, celebrada el 24 de junio de 2008, y las Conferencias sobre las inversiones en Palestina, celebradas en Belén del 21 al 23 de mayo de 2008 y los días 2 y 3 de junio de 2010,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito las reuniones más recientes del Comité Especial de Enlace para la Coordinación de la Asistencia Internacional a los Palestinos, celebradas en Nueva York el 21 de septiembre de 2010 y el 18 de septiembre de 2011,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito también las actividades del Comité de Enlace Conjunto, que constituye un foro en el que se examinan con la Autoridad Palestina cuestiones prácticas y de política económica relacionadas con la asistencia de los donantes,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito además la aplicación del Plan Palestino de Reforma y Desarrollo 2008‑2010, así como que se haya presentado el Plan Palestino de Desarrollo Nacional 2011‑2013 en materia de gobernanza, economía, desarrollo social e infraestructura, y destacando la necesidad de que se siga prestando apoyo internacional al proceso de construcción del Estado palestino, como se indica en el resumen de la Presidencia de la reunión celebrada por el Comité Especial de Enlace en 2011,", "Destacando la necesidad de que las Naciones Unidas participen plenamente en el proceso de establecimiento de las instituciones palestinas y presten amplia asistencia al pueblo palestino,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito las medidas adoptadas recientemente para atenuar las restricciones impuestas a la circulación y al acceso en la Ribera Occidental, destacando al mismo tiempo la necesidad de adoptar nuevas medidas en este sentido y reconociendo que tales medidas mejorarían las condiciones de vida y la situación sobre el terreno y podrían promover nuevos progresos en el desarrollo económico palestino,", "Reconociendo las medidas recientes anunciadas por Israel con respecto al acceso a la Franja de Gaza y pidiendo al mismo tiempo la plena ejecución de esas medidas y la adopción de medidas complementarias que respondan a la necesidad de un cambio fundamental de política que permita la apertura sostenida y normalizada de los cruces fronterizos para la circulación de personas y bienes, incluso para la reconstrucción y la recuperación económica de Gaza,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito las actividades del Representante Especial del Cuarteto, Sr. Tony Blair, encargado de elaborar, con el Gobierno de la Autoridad Palestina, un programa plurianual para fortalecer las instituciones, promover el desarrollo económico y movilizar fondos internacionales,", "Destacando la urgencia de alcanzar una solución duradera a la crisis de Gaza mediante la plena aplicación de la resolución 1860 (2009) del Consejo de Seguridad, de 8 de enero de 2009,", "Destacando también la importancia de la apertura normalizada de los puntos de cruce a fin de facilitar la circulación de personas y bienes, tanto a efectos humanitarios como comerciales,", "Observando la participación activa del Coordinador Especial de las Naciones Unidas para el Proceso de Paz del Oriente Medio y Representante Personal del Secretario General ante la Organización de Liberación de Palestina y la Autoridad Palestina en las actividades de los Enviados Especiales del Cuarteto,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito que el Consejo de Seguridad hiciera suya, en su resolución 1515 (2003), de 19 de noviembre de 2003, la hoja de ruta basada en la ejecución para una solución permanente biestatal del conflicto israelo-palestino[5], y destacando la necesidad de ponerla en práctica y de cumplir sus disposiciones,", "Encomiando los esfuerzos realizados en el marco del Cuarteto por los Estados Unidos de América, la Unión Europea, las Naciones Unidas y la Federación de Rusia para promover enérgicamente una solución biestatal, observando el compromiso del Cuarteto de mantener una participación activa y la necesidad de fuerte apoyo internacional para promover el proceso de paz, y pidiendo que se reanuden y se aceleren las negociaciones entre las partes israelí y palestina hacia una solución amplia del conflicto árabe-israelí, tomando como base las resoluciones pertinentes del Consejo de Seguridad y los principios de referencia de la Conferencia de Madrid, a fin de asegurar una solución política, con dos Estados —Israel y un Estado palestino independiente, democrático, contiguo y viable— que vivan uno junto a otro en condiciones de paz y seguridad,", "Habiendo examinado el informe del Secretario General[6],", "Expresando grave preocupación porque persiste la violencia contra la población civil,", "1. Toma nota del informe del Secretario General⁶;", "2. Expresa su reconocimiento al Secretario General por su rápida respuesta y por las gestiones realizadas en relación con la asistencia al pueblo palestino;", "3. Expresa su reconocimiento también a los Estados Miembros, a los órganos de las Naciones Unidas y a las organizaciones intergubernamentales, regionales y no gubernamentales que han prestado y siguen prestando asistencia al pueblo palestino;", "4. Destaca la importancia de la labor realizada por el Coordinador Especial de las Naciones Unidas para el Proceso de Paz del Oriente Medio y Representante Personal del Secretario General ante la Organización de Liberación de Palestina y la Autoridad Palestina y de las medidas adoptadas bajo los auspicios del Secretario General para asegurar el establecimiento de un mecanismo de coordinación de las actividades de las Naciones Unidas en todos los territorios ocupados;", "5. Insta a los Estados Miembros, las instituciones financieras internacionales del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, las organizaciones intergubernamentales y no gubernamentales y las organizaciones regionales e interregionales a que, en estrecha cooperación con la Organización de Liberación de Palestina y por conducto de las instituciones oficiales palestinas, presten asistencia económica y social al pueblo palestino con la mayor rapidez y generosidad posibles;", "6. Acoge con beneplácito, a este respecto, las reuniones del Comité Especial de Enlace para la Coordinación de la Asistencia Internacional a los Palestinos celebradas en septiembre de 2010 y septiembre de 2011, y el resultado de la Conferencia Internacional de Apoyo a la Economía Palestina para la Reconstrucción de Gaza, en que los donantes prometieron aproximadamente 4.500 millones de dólares de los Estados Unidos para financiar las necesidades del pueblo palestino;", "7. Recuerda la Conferencia Internacional de Donantes para el Estado Palestino, la Conferencia de Berlín de apoyo a la seguridad civil y el estado de derecho en Palestina y las Conferencias sobre las inversiones en Palestina;", "8. Destaca la importancia de dar seguimiento a los resultados de la Conferencia Internacional de Apoyo a la Economía Palestina para la Reconstrucción de Gaza;", "9. Exhorta a los donantes que todavía no hayan convertido sus promesas de apoyo presupuestario en desembolsos a que transfieran los fondos lo antes posible, alienta a todos los donantes a que incrementen su asistencia directa a la Autoridad Palestina, en consonancia con su programa de gobierno, a fin de hacer posible que construya un Estado palestino viable y próspero, subraya la necesidad de que la carga se reparta equitativamente entre los donantes y los alienta a que consideren la posibilidad de ajustar sus ciclos de financiación al ciclo del presupuesto nacional de la Autoridad Palestina;", "10. Exhorta a las organizaciones y los organismos competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que intensifiquen su asistencia para atender las necesidades urgentes del pueblo palestino, de conformidad con las prioridades establecidas por la parte palestina;", "11. Expresa su reconocimiento por la labor del Organismo de Obras Públicas y Socorro de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de Palestina en el Cercano Oriente y reconoce la función vital que este desempeña en la prestación de asistencia humanitaria al pueblo palestino, particularmente en la Franja de Gaza;", "12. Exhorta a la comunidad internacional a que preste la asistencia y los servicios que se necesitan urgentemente para tratar de aliviar la difícil situación humanitaria a que se enfrentan las mujeres y los niños palestinos y sus familias y contribuir a la reconstrucción y al desarrollo de las instituciones palestinas pertinentes;", "13. Destaca la función que han venido desempeñando todos los instrumentos de financiación, incluidos el Mecanismo Palestino-Europeo de Gestión de la Ayuda Socio-Económica de la Comisión Europea y el fondo fiduciario del Banco Mundial, en la asistencia directa al pueblo palestino;", "14. Insta a los Estados Miembros a que abran sus mercados a las exportaciones de productos palestinos en las condiciones más favorables posibles, con arreglo a las normas comerciales pertinentes, y a que cumplan cabalmente los acuerdos comerciales y de cooperación vigentes;", "15. Exhorta a la comunidad internacional de donantes a que acelere el suministro de la asistencia prometida al pueblo palestino para atender sus necesidades urgentes;", "16. Destaca, en este contexto, la importancia de asegurar el libre acceso de la ayuda humanitaria al pueblo palestino y la libre circulación de personas y bienes;", "17. Destaca también la necesidad de que las dos partes apliquen plenamente el Acuerdo sobre los desplazamientos y el acceso y los Principios convenidos para el cruce de Rafah, de 15 de noviembre de 2005, a fin de que la población civil palestina y las importaciones y exportaciones puedan circular por la Franja de Gaza, así como entrar y salir libremente;", "18. Destaca además la necesidad de garantizar la seguridad y la protección del personal, los locales, las instalaciones, el equipo, los vehículos y los suministros de asistencia humanitaria, así como la necesidad de garantizar el acceso seguro y sin trabas del personal de asistencia humanitaria, así como la entrega de suministros y equipo, para que pueda desempeñar con eficiencia su tarea de ayudar a la población civil afectada;", "19. Insta a la comunidad internacional de donantes, los organismos y organizaciones de las Naciones Unidas y las organizaciones no gubernamentales a que presten asistencia económica de emergencia y asistencia humanitaria al pueblo palestino, en particular de la Franja de Gaza, con la mayor rapidez posible para contrarrestar los efectos de la crisis actual;", "20. Destaca la necesidad de continuar aplicando el Protocolo de París sobre relaciones económicas, de 29 de abril de 1994, quinto anexo del Acuerdo Provisional Israelo-Palestino sobre la Ribera Occidental y la Franja de Gaza, firmado en Washington, D.C. el 28 de septiembre de 1995[7], incluso en lo que respecta a la transferencia pronta, íntegra y regular de los ingresos por concepto de impuestos indirectos palestinos;", "21. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, por conducto del Consejo Económico y Social, le presente un informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución en que figuren:", "a) Una evaluación de la asistencia efectivamente recibida por el pueblo palestino;", "b) Una evaluación de las necesidades que no se hayan atendido todavía y propuestas concretas para atenderlas eficazmente;", "22. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el subtema titulado “Asistencia al pueblo palestino”.", "86ª sesión plenaria 15 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/48/486‑S/26560, anexo.", "[2]  Véase la resolución 2200 A (XXI), anexo.", "[3]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, núm. 27531.", "[4]  Ibid., vol. 1249, núm. 20378.", "[5]  S/2003/529, anexo.", "[6]  A/66/80‑E/2011/111.", "[7]  A/51/889‑S/1997/357, anexo." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.27 and Add.1)]", "66/118. Assistance to the Palestinian people", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 65/134 of 15 December 2010, as well as its previous resolutions on the question,", "Recalling also the signing of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements in Washington, D.C., on 13 September 1993, by the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people,[1] and the subsequent implementation agreements concluded by the two sides,", "Recalling further all relevant international law, including humanitarian and human rights law, and, in particular, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,[2] the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,² the Convention on the Rights of the Child[3] and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,[4]", "Gravely concerned at the difficult living conditions and humanitarian situation affecting the Palestinian people, in particular women and children, throughout the occupied Palestinian territory,", "Conscious of the urgent need for improvement in the economic and social infrastructure of the occupied territory,", "Welcoming, in this context, the development of projects, notably on infrastructure, to revive the Palestinian economy and improve the living conditions of the Palestinian people, stressing the need to create the appropriate conditions to facilitate the implementation of these projects, and noting the contribution of partners in the region and of the international community,", "Aware that development is difficult under occupation and is best promoted in circumstances of peace and stability,", "Noting the great economic and social challenges facing the Palestinian people and their leadership,", "Emphasizing the importance of the safety and well-being of all people, in particular women and children, in the whole Middle East region, the promotion of which is facilitated, inter alia, in a stable and secure environment,", "Deeply concerned about the negative impact, including the health and psychological consequences, of violence on the present and future well-being of children in the region,", "Conscious of the urgent necessity for international assistance to the Palestinian people, taking into account the Palestinian priorities,", "Expressing grave concern about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, and underlining the importance of emergency and humanitarian assistance,", "Welcoming the results of the Conference to Support Middle East Peace, convened in Washington, D.C., on 1 October 1993, the establishment of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Coordination of the International Assistance to Palestinians and the work being done by the World Bank as its secretariat and the establishment of the Consultative Group, as well as all follow-up meetings and international mechanisms established to provide assistance to the Palestinian people,", "Underlining the importance of the International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza, held in Sharm el‑Sheikh, Egypt, on 2 March 2009, in addressing the immediate humanitarian situation in Gaza and in mobilizing donors to provide financial and political support for the Palestinian Authority in order to alleviate the socio-economic and humanitarian situation being faced by the Palestinian people,", "Recalling the International Donors Conference for the Palestinian State, held in Paris on 17 December 2007, the Berlin Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and the Rule of Law, held on 24 June 2008, and the Palestine Investment Conferences, held in Bethlehem from 21 to 23 May 2008 and on 2 and 3 June 2010,", "Welcoming the latest meetings of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Coordination of the International Assistance to Palestinians, held in New York on 21 September 2010 and on 18 September 2011,", "Welcoming also the activities of the Joint Liaison Committee, which provides a forum in which economic policy and practical matters related to donor assistance are discussed with the Palestinian Authority,", "Welcoming further the implementation of the Palestinian Reform and Development Plan 2008–2010 and the presentation of the Palestinian National Development Plan 2011–2013 on governance, economy, social development and infrastructure, and stressing the need for continued international support for the Palestinian State-building process, as outlined in the summary of the Chair of the meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee in 2011,", "Stressing the need for the full engagement of the United Nations in the process of building Palestinian institutions and in providing broad assistance to the Palestinian people,", "Welcoming recent steps to ease the restrictions on movement and access in the West Bank, while stressing the need for further steps to be taken in this regard, and recognizing that such steps would improve living conditions and the situation on the ground and could promote further Palestinian economic development,", "Acknowledging the recent measures announced by Israel regarding access to the Gaza Strip, while calling for full implementation and complementary measures that address the need for a fundamental change in policy that allows for the sustained and regular opening of the border crossings for the movement of persons and goods, including for the reconstruction and economic recovery of Gaza,", "Welcoming the action of the Special Representative of the Quartet, Tony Blair, charged with developing, with the Government of the Palestinian Authority, a multi-year agenda to strengthen institutions, promote economic development and mobilize international funds,", "Stressing the urgency of reaching a durable solution to the crisis in Gaza through the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1860 (2009) of 8 January 2009,", "Stressing also the importance of the regular opening of the crossings for the movement of persons and goods, for both humanitarian and commercial flows,", "Noting the active participation of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority in the activities of the Special Envoys of the Quartet,", "Welcoming the endorsement by the Security Council, in resolution 1515 (2003) of 19 November 2003, of the performance-based road map to a permanent two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,[5] and stressing the need for its implementation and compliance with its provisions,", "Commending the efforts within the Quartet made by the United States of America, the European Union, the United Nations and the Russian Federation in pursuing vigorously a two-State solution, noting the commitment of the Quartet to remain actively involved and the need for strong international support to promote the peace process, and calling for the resumption and acceleration of negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides towards a comprehensive resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict, on the basis of relevant Security Council resolutions and the terms of reference of the Madrid Conference, in order to ensure a political solution, with two States — Israel and an independent, democratic, contiguous and viable Palestinian State — living side by side in peace and security,", "Having considered the report of the Secretary-General,[6]", "Expressing grave concern about continuing violence against civilians,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;⁶", "2. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his rapid response and efforts regarding assistance to the Palestinian people;", "3. Also expresses its appreciation to the Member States, United Nations bodies and intergovernmental, regional and non-governmental organizations that have provided and continue to provide assistance to the Palestinian people;", "4. Stresses the importance of the work of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority and of the steps taken under the auspices of the Secretary-General to ensure the achievement of a coordinated mechanism for United Nations activities throughout the occupied territories;", "5. Urges Member States, international financial institutions of the United Nations system, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and regional and interregional organizations to extend, as rapidly and as generously as possible, economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people, in close cooperation with the Palestine Liberation Organization and through official Palestinian institutions;", "6. Welcomes, in this regard, the meetings of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Coordination of the International Assistance to Palestinians in September 2010 and September 2011, and the outcome of the International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza, at which donors pledged approximately 4.5 billion United States dollars to support the needs of the Palestinian people;", "7. Recalls the International Donors Conference for the Palestinian State, the Berlin Conference in Support of Palestinian Civil Security and the Rule of Law, and the Palestine Investment Conferences;", "8. Stresses the importance of following up on the results of the International Conference in Support of the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza;", "9. Calls upon donors that have not yet converted their budget support pledges into disbursements to transfer funds as soon as possible, encourages all donors to increase their direct assistance to the Palestinian Authority in accordance with its government programme in order to enable it to build a viable and prosperous Palestinian State, underlines the need for equitable burden-sharing by donors in this effort, and encourages donors to consider aligning funding cycles with the Palestinian Authority’s national budget cycle;", "10. Calls upon relevant organizations and agencies of the United Nations system to intensify their assistance in response to the urgent needs of the Palestinian people in accordance with priorities set forth by the Palestinian side;", "11. Expresses its appreciation for the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, and recognizes the vital role of the Agency in providing humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, particularly in the Gaza Strip;", "12. Calls upon the international community to provide urgently needed assistance and services in an effort to alleviate the difficult humanitarian situation being faced by Palestinian women, children and their families and to help in the reconstruction and development of relevant Palestinian institutions;", "13. Stresses the role that all funding instruments, including the European Commission’s Palestinian-European Mechanism for the Management of Socio-Economic Aid and the World Bank trust fund, have been playing in directly assisting the Palestinian people;", "14. Urges Member States to open their markets to exports of Palestinian products on the most favourable terms, consistent with appropriate trading rules, and to implement fully existing trade and cooperation agreements;", "15. Calls upon the international donor community to expedite the delivery of pledged assistance to the Palestinian people to meet their urgent needs;", "16. Stresses, in this context, the importance of ensuring free humanitarian access to the Palestinian people and the free movement of persons and goods;", "17. Also stresses the need for the full implementation by both parties of the Agreement on Movement and Access and of the Agreed Principles for the Rafah Crossing, of 15 November 2005, to allow for the freedom of movement of the Palestinian civilian population, as well as for imports and exports, within and into and out of the Gaza Strip;", "18. Further stresses the need to ensure the safety and security of humanitarian personnel, premises, facilities, equipment, vehicles and supplies, as well as the need to ensure safe and unhindered access by humanitarian personnel and delivery of supplies and equipment, in order to allow such personnel to efficiently perform their task of assisting affected civilian populations;", "19. Urges the international donor community, United Nations agencies and organizations and non-governmental organizations to extend to the Palestinian people, as rapidly as possible, emergency economic assistance and humanitarian assistance, particularly in the Gaza Strip, to counter the impact of the current crisis;", "20. Stresses the need for the continued implementation of the Paris Protocol on Economic Relations of 29 April 1994, fifth annex to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, signed in Washington, D.C., on 28 September 1995,[7] including with regard to the full, prompt and regular transfer of Palestinian indirect tax revenues;", "21. Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, through the Economic and Social Council, on the implementation of the present resolution, containing:", "(a) An assessment of the assistance actually received by the Palestinian people;", "(b) An assessment of the needs still unmet and specific proposals for responding effectively to them;", "22. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “Assistance to the Palestinian people”.", "86th plenary meeting 15 December 2011", "[1]  A/48/486‑S/26560, annex.", "[2]  See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.", "[3]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.", "[4]  Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378.", "[5]  S/2003/529, annex.", "[6]  A/66/80‑E/2011/111.", "[7]  A/51/889‑S/1997/357, annex." ]
A_RES_66_118
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.27 and Add.1)]", "66/118. Assistance to the Palestinian people", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 65/134 of 15 December 2010, as well as its previous relevant resolutions,", "Recalling also the signing by the Government of the State of Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization, the representative of the Palestinian people, of the Declaration of Principles on Interim Self-Government Arrangements, held in Washington, D.C. on 13 September 1993[1], and the conclusion by the two parties of the subsequent implementation agreements,", "Recalling further all relevant provisions of international law, including humanitarian law and human rights law, in particular the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,[2] the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights,2 the Convention on the Rights of the Child[3] and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,[4],", "Gravely concerned at the difficult living conditions and the humanitarian situation affecting the Palestinian people, especially women and children, throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory,", "Mindful of the urgent need to improve the economic and social infrastructure of the occupied territory,", "Welcoming, in this context, the development of projects, in particular infrastructure, to reactivate the Palestinian economy and improve the living conditions of the Palestinian people, stressing the need to create conditions conducive to facilitating the implementation of these projects and noting the contribution of partners in the region and the international community,", "Aware that development is difficult under an occupation regime and is best promoted in circumstances of peace and stability,", "Noting the major economic and social challenges facing the Palestinian people and their leaders,", "Emphasizing the importance of the safety and well-being of all inhabitants, in particular women and children, of the entire region of the Middle East, whose promotion is facilitated by a stable and secure environment, inter alia,", "Deeply concerned at the negative impact of violence on the present and future well-being of children in the region, including its impact on physical and mental health,", "Mindful of the urgent need for international assistance to the Palestinian people, taking into account Palestinian priorities,", "Expressing grave concern at the humanitarian situation in Gaza and underlining the importance of emergency and humanitarian assistance,", "Welcoming the outcome of the Conference in Support of Peace in the Middle East, held in Washington, D.C. on 1 October 1993, the establishment of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Coordination of International Assistance to Palestinians, the work of the secretariat of that Committee of the World Bank and the establishment of the Consultative Group, as well as all follow-up meetings and international mechanisms established to assist the Palestinian people,", "Stressing the importance of the International Conference on Support for the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza, held on 2 March 2009 in Sharm elSheikh, Egypt, in addressing the pressing humanitarian situation in Gaza and mobilizing donors to provide financial and political support to the Palestinian Authority to alleviate the socio-economic and humanitarian situation in which the Palestinian people are located,", "Recalling the International Donors ' Conference for the Palestinian State, held in Paris on 17 December 2007, the Berlin Conference to Support Civil Security and the Rule of Law in Palestine, held on 24 June 2008, and the Palestine Investment Conferences, held in Bethlehem from 21 to 23 May 2008 and on 2 and 3 June 2010,", "Welcoming the most recent meetings of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Coordination of International Assistance to Palestinians, held in New York on 21 September 2010 and 18 September 2011,", "Welcoming also the activities of the Joint Liaison Committee, which is a forum in which practical and economic policy issues related to donor assistance are discussed with the Palestinian Authority,", "Welcoming further the implementation of the Palestinian Reform and Development Plan 2008 - 2010, as well as the 2011 - 2013 Palestinian National Development Plan on governance, economy, social development and infrastructure, and stressing the need for continued international support for the construction of the Palestinian State, as outlined in the Chair ' s summary of the 2011 meeting of the Special Liaison Committee,", "Stressing the need for the United Nations to participate fully in the process of establishing Palestinian institutions and to provide extensive assistance to the Palestinian people,", "Welcoming recent measures to mitigate restrictions on movement and access in the West Bank, while stressing the need for further action in this regard and recognizing that such measures would improve living conditions and the situation on the ground and could promote further progress in Palestinian economic development,", "Acknowledging the recent measures announced by Israel regarding access to the Gaza Strip and at the same time calling for the full implementation of these measures and the adoption of complementary measures that respond to the need for a fundamental change in policy that will allow the sustained and normal opening of border crossings for the movement of persons and goods, including for the reconstruction and economic recovery of Gaza,", "Welcoming the activities of the Special Representative of the Quartet, Mr. Tony Blair, in charge of developing, with the Government of the Palestinian Authority, a multi-year programme to strengthen institutions, promote economic development and mobilize international funds,", "Stressing the urgency of achieving a durable solution to the Gaza crisis through the full implementation of Security Council resolution 1860 (2009) of 8 January 2009,", "Stressing also the importance of the standard opening of crossing points in order to facilitate the movement of persons and goods, both for humanitarian and commercial purposes,", "Noting the active participation of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority in the activities of the Special Envoys of the Quartet,", "Welcoming the endorsement by the Security Council in its resolution 1515 (2003) of 19 November 2003 of the implementation-based road map for a permanent two-State solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict[5], and stressing the need to implement and implement its provisions,", "Commending the efforts made within the framework of the Quartet by the United States of America, the European Union, the United Nations and the Russian Federation to vigorously promote a two-State solution, noting the Quartet ' s commitment to active participation and the need for strong international support to promote the peace process, and calling for the resumption and accelerated negotiations between the Israeli and Palestinian sides towards a comprehensive settlement of the Arab-Israeli conflict", "Having considered the report of the Secretary-General[6],", "Expressing grave concern at the persistence of violence against the civilian population,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;6", "2. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General for his prompt response and for the efforts made in assisting the Palestinian people;", "3. Expresses its appreciation also to Member States, United Nations bodies and intergovernmental, regional and non-governmental organizations that have provided and continue to assist the Palestinian people;", "4. Stresses the importance of the work of the United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority and of the measures taken under the auspices of the Secretary-General to ensure the establishment of a coordination mechanism for United Nations activities in all the occupied territories;", "5. Urges Member States, international financial institutions of the United Nations system, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and regional and interregional organizations, in close cooperation with the Palestine Liberation Organization and through Palestinian official institutions, to provide economic and social assistance to the Palestinian people as quickly and as generously as possible;", "6. Welcomes, in this regard, the meetings of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for the Coordination of International Assistance to Palestinians held in September 2010 and September 2011 and the outcome of the International Support Conference for the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza, in which donors pledged approximately $4.5 billion to finance the needs of the Palestinian people;", "7. Recalls the International Donors ' Conference for the Palestinian State, the Berlin Conference to Support Civil Security and the Rule of Law in Palestine and the Palestine Investment Conferences;", "8. Stresses the importance of following up on the outcome of the International Conference to Support the Palestinian Economy for the Reconstruction of Gaza;", "9. Calls upon donors that have not yet converted their pledges of budgetary support into disbursements to transfer funds as soon as possible, encourages all donors to increase their direct assistance to the Palestinian Authority, in line with its programme of government, in order to enable it to build a viable and prosperous Palestinian State, stresses the need for the burden to be shared equitably among donors and encourages them to consider the financing of adjusting their national budget cycles;", "10. Calls upon the relevant organizations and agencies of the United Nations system to intensify their assistance in meeting the urgent needs of the Palestinian people, in accordance with the priorities established by the Palestinian side;", "11. Expresses its appreciation for the work of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East and recognizes the vital role it plays in providing humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, particularly in the Gaza Strip;", "12. Calls upon the international community to provide urgently needed assistance and services to address the plight of the humanitarian situation faced by Palestinian women and children and their families and to contribute to the reconstruction and development of relevant Palestinian institutions;", "13. Stresses the role of all funding instruments, including the European-Palestinian Socio-Economic Aid Management Mechanism of the European Commission and the World Bank Trust Fund, in direct assistance to the Palestinian people;", "14. Urges Member States to open their markets to exports of Palestinian products under the most favourable conditions, in accordance with relevant trade rules, and to comply fully with existing trade and cooperation agreements;", "15. Calls upon the international donor community to accelerate the provision of the assistance pledged to the Palestinian people to meet their urgent needs;", "16. Stresses, in this context, the importance of ensuring the free access of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people and the free movement of persons and goods;", "17. It also stresses the need for the two parties to fully implement the Agreement on Movements and Access and the agreed Principles for the Rafah crossing of 15 November 2005 so that the Palestinian civilian population and imports and exports can circulate through the Gaza Strip, as well as to enter and leave freely;", "18. Further stresses the need to ensure the safety and security of humanitarian personnel, premises, facilities, equipment, vehicles and supplies, as well as the need to ensure safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel, as well as the delivery of supplies and equipment, so that it can efficiently carry out its task of assisting the affected civilian population;", "19. Urges the international donor community, United Nations agencies and organizations and non-governmental organizations to provide emergency economic assistance and humanitarian assistance to the Palestinian people, in particular the Gaza Strip, as quickly as possible to counter the effects of the current crisis;", "20. Stresses the need to continue the implementation of the Paris Protocol on Economic Relations of 29 April 1994, the fifth annex to the Israeli-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, signed in Washington, D.C. on 28 September 1995[7], including with regard to the early, full and regular transfer of income from Palestinian indirect taxes;", "21. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, through the Economic and Social Council, a report on the implementation of the present resolution containing:", "(a) An assessment of the assistance effectively received by the Palestinian people;", "(b) An assessment of the needs that have not yet been met and concrete proposals to respond effectively;", "22. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled “Assistance to the Palestinian people”.", "86th plenary meeting 15 December 2011", "[1] A/48/486-S/26560, annex.", "[2] See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.", "[3] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.", "[4] Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378.", "[5] S/2003/529, annex.", "[6] A/66/80-E/2011/111.", "[7] A/51/889-S/1997/357, annex." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 15 de diciembre de 2011", "[sin remisión previa a una Comisión Principal (A/66/L.28 y Add.1)]", "66/119. Fortalecimiento de la coordinación de la asistencia humanitaria de emergencia que prestan las Naciones Unidas", "La Asamblea General,", "Reafirmando su resolución 46/182, de 19 de diciembre de 1991, y los principios rectores que figuran en su anexo, así como las demás resoluciones pertinentes de la Asamblea General y del Consejo Económico y Social y las conclusiones convenidas del Consejo,", "Observando los informes del Secretario General sobre el fortalecimiento de la coordinación de la asistencia humanitaria de emergencia que prestan las Naciones Unidas[1] y sobre el Fondo central para la acción en casos de emergencia[2],", "Reafirmando los principios de neutralidad, humanidad, imparcialidad e independencia en la prestación de asistencia humanitaria y reafirmando también la necesidad de que todos los agentes que participan en la prestación de asistencia humanitaria en situaciones complejas de emergencia y desastres naturales promuevan y respeten plenamente estos principios,", "Profundamente preocupada por problemas mundiales como las adversas repercusiones de la crisis financiera y económica mundial y las negativas repercusiones de la inestabilidad excesiva de los precios de los alimentos en la seguridad alimentaria, así como por sus efectos en la creciente vulnerabilidad de la población y sus repercusiones en la necesidad de asistencia humanitaria y su suministro,", "Poniendo de relieve la necesidad de movilizar recursos suficientes, predecibles, oportunos y flexibles para la prestación de asistencia humanitaria basándose en la evaluación de las necesidades y en proporción con ellas, a fin de asegurar una cobertura más completa de las necesidades de todos los sectores y de todas las emergencias humanitarias, y reconociendo, en este sentido, los logros del Fondo central para la acción en casos de emergencia,", "Reiterando la necesidad de que los Estados Miembros, las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas y demás agentes pertinentes incorporen la perspectiva de género en la prestación de asistencia humanitaria, en particular atendiendo las necesidades específicas de las mujeres, las niñas, los niños y los hombres de manera amplia y sistemática, y de que tengan en cuenta las necesidades de la población afectada, incluidas las personas con discapacidad,", "Expresando su profunda preocupación por las crecientes dificultades que acarrean, para los Estados Miembros y para el sistema de respuesta humanitaria de las Naciones Unidas y su capacidad, las consecuencias de los desastres naturales, incluidas las relacionadas con los persistentes efectos del cambio climático, y reafirmando la importancia de que se aplique el Marco de Acción de Hyogo para 2005‑2015: Aumento de la resiliencia de las naciones y las comunidades ante los desastres[3], entre otros medios, proporcionando recursos suficientes para reducir el riesgo de desastres, incluida la inversión en la preparación para casos de desastre, y procurando reconstruir mejor en todas las etapas, desde el socorro hasta el desarrollo,", "Reconociendo los problemas que plantean la magnitud y la complejidad de las emergencias humanitarias recientes, en particular para la capacidad y la coordinación del sistema de respuesta humanitaria,", "Reconociendo también que crear capacidad de preparación y respuesta a nivel local y nacional es indispensable para responder de manera más predecible y eficaz y contribuye al cumplimiento de los objetivos humanitarios y de desarrollo, incluido el aumento de la resiliencia y la reducción de la necesidad de respuestas humanitarias,", "Poniendo de relieve que es esencial mejorar la cooperación internacional en la asistencia humanitaria de emergencia y reafirmando su resolución 65/264, de 28 de enero de 2011, relativa a la cooperación internacional para la asistencia humanitaria en los casos de desastre natural, desde el socorro hasta el desarrollo,", "Poniendo de relieve también el carácter fundamentalmente civil de la asistencia humanitaria y reafirmando la necesidad de que, en las situaciones en que se utilice capacidad y activos militares para apoyar la prestación de asistencia humanitaria, esa utilización se realice con el consentimiento del Estado afectado y de conformidad con el derecho internacional, incluido el derecho internacional humanitario, y los principios humanitarios,", "Condenando el creciente número de amenazas y ataques violentos perpetrados deliberadamente contra el personal y las instalaciones de asistencia humanitaria y haciendo notar sus negativas consecuencias para la prestación de asistencia humanitaria a la población necesitada,", "Reconociendo el elevado número de personas afectadas por las emergencias humanitarias, entre ellas los desplazados internos, teniendo en cuenta sus necesidades particulares y acogiendo con beneplácito, a este respecto, que se aprobara la Convención de la Unión Africana para la protección y asistencia a los desplazados internos en África[4], que constituye un paso importante en el fortalecimiento del marco normativo nacional y regional para la protección y asistencia a los desplazados internos en África, y que esté en marcha el proceso de ratificación,", "Reconociendo también la importancia de los Convenios de Ginebra de 1949[5], que contienen un marco jurídico esencial para la protección de las personas civiles en tiempo de guerra, incluida la prestación de asistencia humanitaria,", "Observando con grave preocupación que en muchas situaciones de emergencia se sigue tomando deliberadamente a la población civil como objetivo de actos violentos, incluida la violencia basada en el género, en particular la violencia sexual, y la violencia contra los niños,", "Observando con aprecio el esfuerzo que siguen realizando las Naciones Unidas para mejorar la respuesta humanitaria por medios que incluyen el fortalecimiento de la capacidad en ese ámbito, la mejora de la coordinación de la asistencia humanitaria, el aumento de la financiación predecible y suficiente y el fomento de la rendición de cuentas de todos los interesados, y reconociendo la importancia de que se refuercen los procedimientos administrativos y la financiación de emergencia a fin de posibilitar una respuesta a las emergencias que sea efectiva y se base en las necesidades,", "Reconociendo que, para reforzar la coordinación de la asistencia humanitaria sobre el terreno, las organizaciones de las Naciones Unidas deben seguir trabajando en estrecha coordinación con los gobiernos nacionales,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito el 60° aniversario de la Convención sobre el Estatuto de los Refugiados, de 1951[6], y el 50° aniversario de la Convención para reducir los casos de apatridia, de 1961[7],", "Reafirmando la importancia de la asistencia humanitaria que presta el sistema de las Naciones Unidas y acogiendo con beneplácito el 20° aniversario de su resolución 46/182,", "1. Acoge con beneplácito los resultados de la 14ª serie de sesiones sobre asuntos humanitarios del Consejo Económico y Social, celebrada durante su período de sesiones sustantivo de 2011[8];", "2. Solicita a la Coordinadora del Socorro de Emergencia que siga tratando de fortalecer la coordinación y la rendición de cuentas en la asistencia humanitaria, así como el liderazgo en el sistema de respuesta humanitaria de las Naciones Unidas, incluso por conducto del Comité Permanente entre Organismos, y exhorta a las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas y a las demás organizaciones intergubernamentales competentes, así como a los demás agentes en las esferas humanitaria y del desarrollo, a que sigan trabajando con la Oficina de Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios de la Secretaría para aumentar la coordinación, la eficacia y la eficiencia de la asistencia humanitaria;", "3. Solicita también a la Coordinadora del Socorro de Emergencia que mejore el diálogo con los Estados Miembros sobre los procesos, actividades y deliberaciones pertinentes del Comité Permanente entre Organismos;", "4. Exhorta a las organizaciones competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y, según proceda, a los demás agentes humanitarios competentes a que perseveren en su esfuerzo por mejorar la respuesta humanitaria a los desastres naturales y causados por el hombre y a las situaciones complejas de emergencia prosiguiendo el fortalecimiento de la capacidad de respuesta humanitaria a todos los niveles, reforzando aún más el suministro y la coordinación de la asistencia humanitaria a nivel mundial y sobre el terreno, incluso mediante los mecanismos de coordinación por grupos existentes, y en apoyo de las autoridades nacionales del Estado afectado, según proceda, y continuando la mejora de la eficiencia, la transparencia, el desempeño y la rendición de cuentas;", "5. Reconoce los beneficios que generan la colaboración y la coordinación con los agentes humanitarios pertinentes para la eficacia de la respuesta humanitaria y alienta a las Naciones Unidas a que prosigan la labor encaminada a fortalecer las asociaciones de colaboración a nivel mundial con el Movimiento Internacional de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja, las organizaciones no gubernamentales humanitarias pertinentes y los demás participantes en el Comité Permanente entre Organismos;", "6. Solicita al Secretario General que siga fortaleciendo el apoyo que se presta a los coordinadores residentes y de asuntos humanitarios y a los equipos de las Naciones Unidas en los países por medios como la formación necesaria, la búsqueda de recursos, la mejora del proceso de búsqueda y selección de los coordinadores residentes y de asuntos humanitarios de las Naciones Unidas y el aumento de la rendición de cuentas respecto de su desempeño;", "7. Exhorta a la Presidenta del Grupo de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo y a la Coordinadora del Socorro de Emergencia a que intensifiquen sus consultas antes de presentar recomendaciones definitivas sobre el proceso de selección de coordinadores residentes en países donde es probable que hagan falta operaciones importantes de respuesta humanitaria;", "8. Reafirma la importancia de que se aplique el Marco de Acción de Hyogo para 2005‑2015: Aumento de la resiliencia de las naciones y las comunidades ante los desastres³, y toma nota con aprecio del examen de mitad de período del Marco de Acción de Hyogo[9], el resultado de la tercera reunión de la Plataforma Mundial para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres, que se celebró en Ginebra del 8 al 13 de mayo de 2011, y el Informe de evaluación global sobre la reducción del riesgo de desastres 2011[10];", "9. Exhorta a los Estados Miembros y a la comunidad internacional a que aumenten los recursos destinados a las medidas de reducción del riesgo de desastres, en particular proporcionando financiación efectiva, predecible, flexible y suficiente, cuando sea posible, con destino a la prevención, la mitigación, la preparación para responder eficazmente y la planificación para imprevistos, al objeto, entre otros, de seguir fortaleciendo la capacidad nacional y local de preparación y respuesta ante emergencias humanitarias, y alienta a que se estreche la cooperación entre los interesados nacionales y los agentes en las esferas humanitaria y del desarrollo a este respecto;", "10. Insta a los Estados Miembros, las Naciones Unidas y demás organizaciones competentes a que adopten nuevas medidas para proporcionar una respuesta de emergencia coordinada a las necesidades alimentarias y nutricionales de la población damnificada, procurando a la vez que dichas medidas coadyuven a las estrategias y los programas nacionales encaminados a mejorar la seguridad alimentaria;", "11. Expresa preocupación por los retos relacionados, entre otras cosas, con el acceso seguro al combustible, la leña, la energía alternativa, el agua y el saneamiento, la vivienda, los alimentos y la asistencia sanitaria, así como su utilización, en las emergencias humanitarias, y toma nota con aprecio de las iniciativas emprendidas a nivel nacional e internacional que promueven la cooperación efectiva a este respecto;", "12. Alienta a la comunidad internacional, incluidas las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas y la Federación Internacional de Sociedades de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja, a que apoye los esfuerzos de los Estados Miembros destinados a fortalecer su capacidad de preparación para los desastres y de respuesta a ellos, así como, según proceda, los esfuerzos destinados a reforzar los sistemas de detección y vigilancia del riesgo de desastres, en particular la vulnerabilidad y los peligros naturales;", "13. Acoge con beneplácito las iniciativas de nivel regional y nacional relacionadas con la aplicación de las Directrices sobre la facilitación y reglamentación nacionales de las operaciones internacionales de socorro en casos de desastre y asistencia para la recuperación inicial[11], aprobadas en la XXX Conferencia Internacional de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja, que se celebró en Ginebra del 26 al 30 de noviembre de 2007, y alienta a los Estados Miembros y, cuando corresponda, a las organizaciones regionales a que adopten nuevas medidas para fortalecer los marcos operacionales y jurídicos del socorro internacional en casos de desastre, teniendo en cuenta las Directrices, según proceda;", "14. Alienta a los Estados a que establezcan un entorno propicio para el desarrollo de la capacidad de las autoridades locales y de las organizaciones no gubernamentales y de base comunitaria locales y nacionales a fin de que mejore la preparación para prestar asistencia humanitaria oportuna, eficaz y predecible, y alienta a las Naciones Unidas y las organizaciones humanitarias a que respalden esos esfuerzos, incluso, cuando corresponda, mediante la transferencia de tecnología y conocimientos a los países en desarrollo y el apoyo a los programas encaminados a mejorar la capacidad de coordinación de los Estados afectados;", "15. Exhorta a las entidades humanitarias de las Naciones Unidas, las demás organizaciones humanitarias competentes, los asociados para el desarrollo, el sector privado, los países donantes y los Estados afectados a que aumenten la cooperación y la coordinación y sigan elaborando y utilizando instrumentos apropiados para planificar y prestar asistencia humanitaria de maneras que favorezcan la recuperación temprana y las actividades de rehabilitación y reconstrucción sostenibles;", "16. Alienta al sistema de las Naciones Unidas y a las organizaciones humanitarias a que sigan trabajando para incorporar la recuperación temprana en la programación humanitaria, reconoce que la recuperación temprana debería recibir más financiación y alienta a que se proporcione financiación oportuna, flexible y predecible con ese fin, incluso por conducto de los instrumentos humanitarios existentes;", "17. Toma nota de la labor que realizan los Estados Miembros, el sistema de las Naciones Unidas y la comunidad internacional para fortalecer la preparación y la capacidad de respuesta humanitaria en los planos local, nacional y regional, y exhorta a las Naciones Unidas y a los asociados pertinentes a que sigan prestando apoyo a este respecto;", "18. Alienta los esfuerzos por ofrecer servicios educacionales en situaciones de emergencia humanitaria, en particular para contribuir a una transición fluida del socorro al desarrollo;", "19. Exhorta a las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas a que apoyen la mejora del proceso de llamamientos unificados, entre otros medios, preparando evaluaciones comunes de las necesidades y planes comunes de acción humanitaria, incluido un mejor análisis de los créditos asignados a las cuestiones de género, con el fin de promover el desarrollo del proceso en cuanto instrumento de planificación estratégica y establecimiento de prioridades de las Naciones Unidas, así como haciendo intervenir en el proceso a otras organizaciones humanitarias competentes, al tiempo que reitera que los llamamientos unificados deben prepararse en consulta con los Estados afectados;", "20. Solicita a los Estados Miembros, las organizaciones humanitarias competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y demás agentes humanitarios pertinentes que aseguren que en todos los aspectos de la respuesta humanitaria, incluida la preparación para casos de desastre y la evaluación de las necesidades, se tengan en cuenta las necesidades específicas de la población afectada, en el entendimiento de que la consideración adecuada de factores como el género, la edad y la discapacidad, entre otros, forma parte de una respuesta humanitaria amplia y efectiva, y, a este respecto, alienta a que se procure asegurar la incorporación de la perspectiva de género en la prestación de asistencia humanitaria;", "21. Exhorta a las organizaciones humanitarias de las Naciones Unidas a que, en consulta con los Estados Miembros, según proceda, fortalezcan la base empírica que sustenta la asistencia humanitaria estableciendo más mecanismos comunes a fin de aumentar la calidad, la transparencia y la fiabilidad de las evaluaciones comunes de las necesidades humanitarias y de seguir avanzando hacia su preparación, incluso mejorando la reunión y el análisis de datos desglosados por sexo, edad y discapacidad y los informes al respecto, para evaluar su desempeño en la prestación de la asistencia y asegurar que esas organizaciones hagan el uso más efectivo posible de los recursos humanitarios;", "22. Exhorta a las Naciones Unidas y a sus asociados en la labor humanitaria a que mejoren la rendición de cuentas a los Estados Miembros, incluidos los Estados afectados, y a todos los demás interesados, y a que sigan fortaleciendo la respuesta humanitaria por medios como la supervisión y la evaluación del suministro de su asistencia humanitaria, la incorporación de las enseñanzas obtenidas en la programación y las consultas con la población afectada para que se atiendan debidamente sus necesidades;", "23. Exhorta a los donantes a que aporten recursos suficientes, oportunos, predecibles y flexibles, basados en la evaluación de las necesidades y en proporción con ellas, en particular para las situaciones de emergencia que no tengan financiación suficiente, consideren la posibilidad de asumir compromisos tempranos y multianuales en materia de financiación humanitaria común y continúen apoyando diversos cauces de financiación humanitaria, alienta a que se procure aplicar los Principios y buena gestión de las donaciones humanitarias[12] y, a este respecto, alienta al sector privado, la sociedad civil y demás entidades pertinentes a que hagan contribuciones apropiadas que complementen las de otras fuentes;", "24. Acoge con beneplácito los importantes logros conseguidos por el Fondo central para la acción en casos de emergencia al asegurar una respuesta más oportuna y predecible a las situaciones de emergencia humanitaria y destaca la importancia de seguir mejorando el funcionamiento del Fondo a fin de asegurar que los recursos se utilicen de la manera más eficaz, efectiva, responsable y transparente posible;", "25. Toma nota con aprecio de las conclusiones de la evaluación quinquenal del Fondo central para la acción en casos de emergencia llevada a cabo en 2011[13], decide, a ese respecto, reducir la cuantía del elemento de préstamos del Fondo a 30 millones de dólares de los Estados Unidos y solicita que los recursos, incluidos los intereses devengados, que superen los 30 millones de dólares pasen al elemento de subvenciones del Fondo y se utilicen a tales efectos;", "26. Decide autorizar a la Coordinadora del Socorro de Emergencia y a los organismos operacionales pertinentes, bajo la dirección de la Coordinadora, a que, en circunstancias excepcionales y con sujeción a plazos, utilicen el elemento de préstamos del Fondo central para la acción en casos de emergencia a fin de mejorar, con arreglo a sus mandatos respectivos, la coordinación de la respuesta rápida, cuando no exista capacidad suficiente sobre el terreno;", "27. Exhorta a todos los Estados Miembros, e invita al sector privado y a todas las personas e instituciones interesadas, a que estudien la posibilidad de aumentar sus contribuciones voluntarias al Fondo central para la acción en casos de emergencia, y pone de relieve que las contribuciones deberán sumarse a los compromisos actuales respecto de los programas humanitarios y no ir en detrimento de los recursos disponibles para la cooperación internacional en materia de desarrollo;", "28. Reitera que la Oficina de Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios debería tener una financiación suficiente y más predecible y exhorta a todos los Estados Miembros a que consideren la posibilidad de aumentar sus contribuciones voluntarias;", "29. Reafirma la obligación de todos los Estados y de las partes en los conflictos armados de proteger a los civiles en esos conflictos de conformidad con el derecho internacional humanitario e invita a los Estados a que promuevan una cultura de protección, teniendo en cuenta las necesidades particulares de las mujeres, los niños, las personas de edad y las personas con discapacidad;", "30. Exhorta a los Estados a que adopten medidas preventivas y respondan con eficacia ante los actos de violencia cometidos contra la población civil en los conflictos armados y a que aseguren que se haga comparecer a los responsables ante la justicia sin demora, con arreglo a la legislación nacional y a las obligaciones derivadas del derecho internacional que les incumben;", "31. Insta a todos los Estados Miembros a que hagan frente a la violencia basada en el género en las emergencias humanitarias y aseguren que sus leyes e instituciones sean adecuadas para prevenir e investigar con prontitud los actos de violencia basada en el género y procesar a sus autores, y exhorta a los Estados, las Naciones Unidas y todas las organizaciones humanitarias competentes a que mejoren la coordinación, armonicen la respuesta y refuercen la capacidad a efectos de reducir dicha violencia y asegurar los servicios de apoyo a las víctimas;", "32. Reconoce que los Principios Rectores de los Desplazamientos Internos[14] constituyen un importante marco internacional para la protección de los desplazados internos, alienta a los Estados Miembros y a los organismos de asistencia humanitaria a que sigan trabajando conjuntamente, en colaboración con las comunidades de acogida, para dar una respuesta más predecible a las necesidades de los desplazados internos, y, a ese respecto, pide un apoyo internacional ampliado y continuado a las actividades que realizan los Estados para desarrollar su capacidad, cuando lo soliciten;", "33. Exhorta a todos los Estados y a las partes en situaciones complejas de emergencia humanitaria, en particular los conflictos armados y las situaciones posteriores a estos, en los países donde realiza actividades el personal de asistencia humanitaria a que, de conformidad con las disposiciones pertinentes del derecho internacional y de la legislación nacional, cooperen plenamente con las Naciones Unidas y demás organismos y organizaciones de asistencia humanitaria y garanticen el acceso seguro y sin trabas del personal de asistencia humanitaria, así como la entrega de suministros y equipo, para que pueda desempeñar con eficiencia su tarea de ayudar a la población civil afectada, incluidos los refugiados y los desplazados internos;", "34. Acoge con beneplácito el progreso realizado en la labor de seguir mejorando el sistema de gestión de la seguridad de las Naciones Unidas y apoya el enfoque adoptado por el Secretario General para que ese sistema se centre principalmente en posibilitar que el sistema de las Naciones Unidas ejecute sus mandatos, programas y actividades gestionando eficazmente los riesgos a que está expuesto el personal, incluso en la prestación de asistencia humanitaria;", "35. Solicita al Secretario General que informe sobre las medidas adoptadas al objeto de posibilitar que las Naciones Unidas sigan fortaleciendo su capacidad de contratar y desplegar personal de forma rápida y flexible, adquirir material y servicios de socorro de emergencia con celeridad, de manera eficaz en función del costo y localmente, cuando corresponda, y desembolsar fondos con prontitud a fin de prestar apoyo a los gobiernos y a los equipos de las Naciones Unidas en los países en la coordinación de la asistencia humanitaria internacional;", "36. Solicita también al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe, por conducto del Consejo Económico y Social en su período de sesiones sustantivo de 2012, sobre los progresos realizados en el fortalecimiento de la coordinación de la asistencia humanitaria de emergencia que prestan las Naciones Unidas, y que le presente un informe sobre el uso detallado del Fondo central para la acción en casos de emergencia.", "86ª sesión plenaria 15 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/66/81‑E/2011/117.", "[2]  A/66/357.", "[3]  A/CONF.206/6, cap. I, resolución 2.", "[4]  Se puede consultar en www.africa-union.org.", "[5]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 75, núms. 970 a 973.", "[6]  Ibid., vol. 189, núm. 2545.", "[7]  Ibid., vol. 989, núm. 14458.", "[8]  Véase A/66/3, cap. VI. Para el texto definitivo, véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 3.", "[9]  Se puede consultar en www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/18197.", "[10]  Se puede consultar en www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/19846.", "[11]  Se pueden consultar en www.ifrc.org.", "[12]  A/58/99‑E/2003/94, anexo II.", "[13]  Se puede consultar en http://ochaonline.un.org/cerf/WhatistheCERF/EvaluationsandReviews/tabid/5340/ language/en-US/Default.aspx.", "[14]  E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, anexo." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.28 and Add.1)]", "66/119. Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 and the guiding principles contained in the annex thereto, other relevant General Assembly and Economic and Social Council resolutions and agreed conclusions of the Council,", "Noting the reports of the Secretary-General on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations[1] and on the Central Emergency Response Fund,[2]", "Reaffirming the principles of neutrality, humanity, impartiality and independence for the provision of humanitarian assistance, and reaffirming also the need for all actors engaged in the provision of humanitarian assistance in situations of complex emergencies and natural disasters to promote and fully respect these principles,", "Deeply concerned about global challenges such as the ongoing adverse impact of the world financial and economic crisis and the negative impact of the excessively volatile food prices on food security and about their effect on the increasing vulnerability of populations and impact on the need for and provision of humanitarian assistance,", "Emphasizing the need to mobilize adequate, predictable, timely and flexible resources for humanitarian assistance based on and in proportion to assessed needs, with a view to ensuring fuller coverage of the needs in all sectors and across humanitarian emergencies, and recognizing, in this regard, the achievements of the Central Emergency Response Fund,", "Reiterating the need for Member States, relevant United Nations organizations and other relevant actors to mainstream a gender perspective into humanitarian assistance, including by addressing the specific needs of women, girls, boys and men in a comprehensive and consistent manner, and to take into account the needs of affected populations, including persons with disabilities,", "Expressing its deep concern about the increasing challenges faced by Member States and the United Nations humanitarian response system and their capacities as a result of the consequences of natural disasters, including those related to the continuing impact of climate change, and reaffirming the importance of implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters,[3] inter alia, by providing adequate resources for disaster risk reduction, including investment in disaster preparedness, and by working towards building back better in all phases from relief to development,", "Recognizing the challenges posed by the magnitude and complexity of recent humanitarian emergencies, in particular to the capacity and coordination of the humanitarian response system,", "Recognizing also that building national and local preparedness and response capacity is critical to a more predictable and effective response and contributes to the achievement of humanitarian and development objectives, including enhanced resilience and a reduced need for humanitarian response,", "Emphasizing that enhancing international cooperation on emergency humanitarian assistance is essential, and reaffirming its resolution 65/264 of 28 January 2011 on international cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters,", "Emphasizing also the fundamentally civilian character of humanitarian assistance, and, in situations in which military capacity and assets are used to support the implementation of humanitarian assistance, reaffirming the need for their use to be undertaken with the consent of the affected State and in conformity with international law, including international humanitarian law, as well as humanitarian principles,", "Condemning the increasing number of deliberate threats and violent attacks against humanitarian personnel and facilities, and noting the negative implications for the provision of humanitarian assistance to populations in need,", "Recognizing the high numbers of persons affected by humanitarian emergencies, including internally displaced persons, bearing in mind their particular needs, and welcoming in this regard the adoption and ongoing process of ratification of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa,[4] which marks a significant step towards strengthening the national and regional normative framework for the protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons in Africa,", "Recognizing also the importance of the Geneva Conventions of 1949,[5] which include a vital legal framework for the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War, including the provision of humanitarian assistance,", "Noting with grave concern that violence, including gender-based violence, particularly sexual violence, and violence against children, continues to be deliberately directed against civilian populations in many emergency situations,", "Noting with appreciation the efforts that the United Nations continues to make to improve humanitarian response, including by strengthening humanitarian response capacities, improving humanitarian coordination, enhancing predictable and adequate funding and strengthening the accountability of all stakeholders, and recognizing the importance of strengthening emergency administrative procedures and funding to allow for an effective and needs-based response to emergencies,", "Recognizing that, in strengthening the coordination of humanitarian assistance in the field, United Nations organizations should continue to work in close coordination with national Governments,", "Welcoming the sixtieth anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees[6] and the fiftieth anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness,[7]", "Reaffirming the importance of humanitarian assistance by the United Nations system, and welcoming the twentieth anniversary of its resolution 46/182,", "1. Welcomes the outcome of the fourteenth humanitarian affairs segment of the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2011;[8]", "2. Requests the Emergency Relief Coordinator to continue her efforts to strengthen the coordination and accountability of humanitarian assistance and leadership within the United Nations humanitarian response system, including through the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, and calls upon relevant United Nations organizations and other relevant intergovernmental organizations, as well as other humanitarian and development actors, to continue to work with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat to enhance the coordination, effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian assistance;", "3. Also requests the Emergency Relief Coordinator to improve dialogue with Member States on the relevant processes, activities and deliberations of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee;", "4. Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations system and, as appropriate, other relevant humanitarian actors to continue efforts to improve the humanitarian response to natural and man-made disasters and complex emergencies by further strengthening humanitarian response capacities at all levels, by continuing to strengthen the provision and coordination of humanitarian assistance at the global and field level, including through existing cluster coordination mechanisms, and in support of national authorities of the affected State, as appropriate, and by further enhancing efficiency, transparency, performance and accountability;", "5. Recognizes the benefits of engagement and coordination with relevant humanitarian actors to the effectiveness of humanitarian response, and encourages the United Nations to continue to pursue efforts to strengthen partnerships at the global level with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, relevant humanitarian non-governmental organizations and other participants in the Inter‑Agency Standing Committee;", "6. Requests the Secretary-General to continue strengthening the support provided to United Nations resident/humanitarian coordinators and to United Nations country teams, including by providing necessary training, identifying resources and improving the identification of and the selection process for United Nations resident/humanitarian coordinators, and enhancing their performance accountability;", "7. Calls upon the Chair of the United Nations Development Group and the Emergency Relief Coordinator to enhance their consultations before presenting final recommendations on the selection process for resident coordinators in countries likely to require significant humanitarian response operations;", "8. Reaffirms the importance of implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005–2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters,³ and takes note with appreciation of the midterm review of the Hyogo Framework for Action,[9] the outcome of the third session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Geneva from 8 to 13 May 2011, and the 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction;[10]", "9. Calls upon Member States and the international community to increase resources for disaster risk reduction measures, including by providing effective, predictable, flexible and adequate funding, where possible, for prevention, mitigation and preparedness for effective response and contingency planning in order to, inter alia, further strengthen national and local capacities to prepare for and respond to humanitarian emergencies, and furthermore encourages closer cooperation between national stakeholders and humanitarian and development actors in this regard;", "10. Urges Member States, the United Nations and other relevant organizations to take further steps to provide a coordinated emergency response to the food and nutrition needs of affected populations, while aiming to ensure that such steps are supportive of national strategies and programmes aimed at improving food security;", "11. Expresses concern about the challenges related to, inter alia, safe access to and use of fuel, firewood, alternative energy, water and sanitation, shelter and food and health-care services in humanitarian emergencies, and takes note with appreciation of initiatives at the national and international levels that promote effective cooperation in this regard;", "12. Encourages the international community, including relevant United Nations organizations and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, to support efforts of Member States aimed at strengthening their capacity to prepare for and respond to disasters and to support efforts, as appropriate, to strengthen systems for identifying and monitoring disaster risk, including vulnerability and natural hazards;", "13. Welcomes the initiatives at the regional and national levels related to the implementation of the Guidelines for the Domestic Facilitation and Regulation of International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance,[11] adopted at the Thirtieth International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, held in Geneva from 26 to 30 November 2007, and encourages Member States and, where applicable, regional organizations to take further steps to strengthen operational and legal frameworks for international disaster relief, taking into account the Guidelines, as appropriate;", "14. Encourages States to create an enabling environment for the capacity‑building of local authorities and of national and local non-governmental and community-based organizations in order to ensure better preparedness in providing timely, effective and predictable humanitarian assistance, and encourages the United Nations and humanitarian organizations to provide support to such efforts, including, as appropriate, through the transfer of technology and expertise to developing countries and through support to programmes aimed at enhancing the coordination capacities of affected States;", "15. Calls upon United Nations humanitarian entities, other relevant humanitarian organizations, development partners, the private sector, donor countries and the affected State to enhance cooperation and coordination and to continue to utilize and develop appropriate tools with a view to planning and delivering humanitarian assistance in ways that are supportive of early recovery as well as of sustainable rehabilitation and reconstruction efforts;", "16. Encourages the United Nations system and humanitarian organizations to continue their efforts to mainstream early recovery into humanitarian programming, acknowledges that early recovery should receive further funding, and encourages the provision of timely, flexible and predictable funding for early recovery, including through established humanitarian instruments;", "17. Takes note of the efforts of Member States, the United Nations system and the international community to strengthen preparedness and local, national and regional humanitarian response capacity, and calls upon the United Nations and relevant partners to continue support in this regard;", "18. Encourages efforts to provide education in humanitarian emergencies, including in order to contribute to a smooth transition from relief to development;", "19. Calls upon relevant United Nations organizations to support the improvement of the consolidated appeals process, inter alia, by engaging in the preparation of common needs assessments and common humanitarian action plans, including through a better analysis of gender-related allocations, in order to further the development of the process as an instrument for United Nations strategic planning and prioritization, and by involving other relevant humanitarian organizations in the process, while reiterating that consolidated appeals should be prepared in consultation with affected States;", "20. Requests Member States, relevant humanitarian organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant humanitarian actors to ensure that all aspects of humanitarian response, including disaster preparedness and needs assessments, take into account the specific needs of the affected population, recognizing that giving appropriate consideration to, inter alia, gender, age and disability is part of a comprehensive and effective humanitarian response, and in this regard encourages efforts to ensure gender mainstreaming in the delivery of humanitarian assistance;", "21. Calls upon United Nations humanitarian organizations, in consultation with Member States, as appropriate, to strengthen the evidence base for humanitarian assistance by further developing common mechanisms to improve the quality, transparency and reliability of, and make further progress towards, common humanitarian needs assessments, including through improved collection, analysis and reporting of sex-, age- and disability-disaggregated data to assess their performance in assistance and to ensure the most effective use of humanitarian resources by these organizations;", "22. Calls upon the United Nations and its humanitarian partners to enhance accountability to Member States, including affected States, and all other stakeholders, and to further strengthen humanitarian response efforts, including by monitoring and evaluating the provision of their humanitarian assistance, incorporating lessons learned into programming and consulting with the affected populations so that their needs are appropriately addressed;", "23. Calls upon donors to provide adequate, timely, predictable and flexible resources based on and in proportion to assessed needs, including for underfunded emergencies, to consider providing early and multi-year commitments to pooled humanitarian funds and to continue to support diverse humanitarian funding channels, encourages efforts to adhere to the Principles and Good Practice of Humanitarian Donorship,[12] and in this respect encourages the private sector, civil society and other relevant entities to make relevant contributions, complementary to those of other sources;", "24. Welcomes the important achievements of the Central Emergency Response Fund in ensuring a more timely and predictable response to humanitarian emergencies, and stresses the importance of continuing to improve the functioning of the Fund in order to ensure that resources are used in the most efficient, effective, accountable and transparent manner possible;", "25. Takes note with appreciation of the findings of the five-year evaluation of the Central Emergency Response Fund carried out in 2011,[13] in this regard decides to reduce the size of the loan element of the Fund to 30 million United States dollars, and requests that the balance of any funds, including interest earned, above 30 million dollars be placed in the grant element of the Fund and used for that purpose;", "26. Decides to authorize, in exceptional circumstances and on a time-bound basis, the Emergency Relief Coordinator and relevant operational agencies under the leadership of the Coordinator to utilize the loan element of the Central Emergency Response Fund to enhance, within their respective mandates, rapid response coordination where insufficient capacity exists at the field level;", "27. Calls upon all Member States and invites the private sector and all concerned individuals and institutions to consider increasing their voluntary contributions to the Central Emergency Response Fund, and emphasizes that contributions should be additional to current commitments to humanitarian programming and should not be to the detriment of resources made available for international cooperation for development;", "28. Reiterates that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs should benefit from adequate and more predictable funding, and calls upon all Member States to consider increasing voluntary contributions;", "29. Reaffirms the obligation of all States and parties to an armed conflict to protect civilians in armed conflicts in accordance with international humanitarian law, and invites States to promote a culture of protection, taking into account the particular needs of women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities;", "30. Calls upon States to adopt preventive measures and effective responses to acts of violence committed against civilian populations in armed conflicts and to ensure that those responsible are promptly brought to justice, in accordance with national law and their obligations under international law;", "31. Urges all Member States to address gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies and to ensure that their laws and institutions are adequate to prevent, promptly investigate and prosecute gender-based violence, and calls upon States, the United Nations and all relevant humanitarian organizations to improve coordination, harmonize response and strengthen capacity, with a view to reducing such violence and ensuring support services to victims of such violence;", "32. Recognizes the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement[14] as an important international framework for the protection of internally displaced persons, encourages Member States and humanitarian agencies to continue to work together, in collaboration with host communities, in endeavours to provide a more predictable response to the needs of internally displaced persons, and in this regard calls for continued and enhanced international support, upon request, for the capacity-building efforts of States;", "33. Calls upon all States and parties in complex humanitarian emergencies, in particular in armed conflict and in post-conflict situations, in countries in which humanitarian personnel are operating, in conformity with the relevant provisions of international law and national laws, to cooperate fully with the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies and organizations and to ensure the safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel, as well as delivery of supplies and equipment, in order to allow such personnel to efficiently perform their task of assisting affected civilian populations, including refugees and internally displaced persons;", "34. Welcomes the progress made towards further enhancing the security management system of the United Nations, and supports the approach taken by the Secretary-General to focus the security management system on enabling the United Nations system to deliver on its mandates, programmes and activities by effectively managing the risks to which personnel are exposed, including in the provision of humanitarian assistance;", "35. Requests the Secretary-General to report on actions taken to enable the United Nations to continue to strengthen its ability to recruit and deploy staff quickly and flexibly, to procure emergency relief materials and services rapidly, cost-effectively and locally, where applicable, and to quickly disburse funds in order to support Governments and United Nations country teams in the coordination of international humanitarian assistance;", "36. Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, through the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2012, on progress made in strengthening the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations and to submit a report to the Assembly on the detailed use of the Central Emergency Response Fund.", "86th plenary meeting 15 December 2011", "[1]  A/66/81‑E/2011/117.", "[2]  A/66/357.", "[3]  A/CONF.206/6 and Corr.1, chap. I, resolution 2.", "[4]  Available from www.africa-union.org.", "[5]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973.", "[6]  Ibid., vol. 189, No. 2545.", "[7]  Ibid., vol. 989, No. 14458.", "[8]  See A/66/3, chap. VI. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 3.", "[9] Available from www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/18197.", "[10] Available from www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/19846.", "[11]  Available from www.ifrc.org.", "[12]  A/58/99‑E/2003/94, annex II.", "[13]  Available from http://ochaonline.un.org/cerf/WhatistheCERF/EvaluationsandReviews/tabid/5340/language/ en-US/Default.aspx.", "[14]  E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, annex." ]
A_RES_66_119
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.28 and Add.1)]", "66/119. Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 and the guiding principles contained in its annex, as well as the other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council and the agreed conclusions of the Council,", "Noting the reports of the Secretary-General on strengthening the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations[1] and on the Central Emergency Response Fund[2],", "Reaffirming the principles of neutrality, humanity, impartiality and independence in the provision of humanitarian assistance and also reaffirming the need for all actors involved in the provision of humanitarian assistance in complex emergencies and natural disasters to promote and fully respect these principles,", "Deeply concerned about global challenges such as the adverse impact of the global financial and economic crisis and the negative impact of excessive food price volatility on food security, as well as its impact on the growing vulnerability of the population and its impact on the need for humanitarian assistance and its supply,", "Emphasizing the need to mobilize adequate, predictable, timely and flexible resources for the delivery of humanitarian assistance on the basis of and in proportion to needs assessment, in order to ensure more comprehensive coverage of the needs of all sectors and all humanitarian emergencies, and recognizing, in this regard, the achievements of the Central Emergency Response Fund,", "Reiterating the need for Member States, relevant United Nations organizations and other relevant actors to mainstream a gender perspective in the provision of humanitarian assistance, in particular by addressing the specific needs of women, girls, boys and men in a comprehensive and systematic manner, and to take into account the needs of the affected population, including persons with disabilities,", "Expressing its deep concern at the growing challenges, for Member States and for the United Nations humanitarian response system and their capacity, the impact of natural disasters, including those related to the persistent effects of climate change, and reaffirming the importance of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action for 2005 - 2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters[3], including by providing better investment in disaster preparedness,", "Recognizing the challenges posed by the magnitude and complexity of recent humanitarian emergencies, in particular for the capacity and coordination of the humanitarian response system,", "Recognizing also that building capacity for preparedness and response at the local and national levels is indispensable for responding more predictable and effectively and contributes to the implementation of humanitarian and development goals, including increased resilience and reduced need for humanitarian responses,", "Emphasizing that it is essential to improve international cooperation in emergency humanitarian assistance and reaffirming its resolution 65/264 of 28 January 2011 on international cooperation for humanitarian assistance in the event of a natural disaster, from relief to development,", "Emphasizing also the fundamentally civilian nature of humanitarian assistance and reaffirming the need, in situations where military capabilities and assets are used to support the delivery of humanitarian assistance, such use is carried out with the consent of the affected State and in accordance with international law, including international humanitarian law, and humanitarian principles,", "Condemning the growing number of deliberate threats and violent attacks against humanitarian personnel and facilities and noting their negative consequences for the provision of humanitarian assistance to the population in need,", "Recognizing the high number of people affected by humanitarian emergencies, including internally displaced persons, taking into account their particular needs and welcoming, in this regard, the adoption of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa[4], which is an important step in strengthening the national and regional policy framework for the protection and assistance of internally displaced persons in Africa, and the ratification process is under way,", "Recognizing also the importance of the Geneva Conventions of 1949[5], which contain an essential legal framework for the protection of civilians in time of war, including the provision of humanitarian assistance,", "Noting with grave concern that in many emergency situations the civilian population remains deliberately targeted at violent acts, including gender-based violence, in particular sexual violence, and violence against children,", "Noting with appreciation the continuing efforts of the United Nations to improve the humanitarian response through capacity-building in this area, improved coordination of humanitarian assistance, increased predictable and adequate funding and enhanced accountability of all stakeholders, and recognizing the importance of strengthening administrative procedures and emergency financing in order to enable an effective and responsive response to emergencies,", "Recognizing that, in order to strengthen the coordination of humanitarian assistance in the field, United Nations organizations should continue to work closely with national Governments,", "Welcoming the sixtieth anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees[6] and the fiftieth anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness[7],", "Reaffirming the importance of humanitarian assistance provided by the United Nations system and welcoming the twentieth anniversary of its resolution 46/182,", "1. Welcomes the outcome of the fourteenth humanitarian affairs segment of the Economic and Social Council, held during its substantive session of 2011[8];", "2. Requests the Emergency Relief Coordinator to continue its efforts to strengthen coordination and accountability in humanitarian assistance, as well as leadership in the United Nations humanitarian response system, including through the Inter-Agency Standing Committee, and calls upon relevant United Nations organizations and other relevant intergovernmental organizations, as well as other actors in the humanitarian and development fields, to continue to work with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat", "3. Also requests the Emergency Relief Coordinator to enhance dialogue with Member States on the relevant processes, activities and deliberations of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee;", "4. Calls upon the relevant organizations of the United Nations system and, as appropriate, other relevant humanitarian actors to continue their efforts to improve the humanitarian response to natural and man-made disasters and complex emergencies by continuing to strengthen humanitarian response capacities at all levels, further strengthening the delivery and coordination of humanitarian assistance at the global and field levels, including through existing mechanisms for coordination,", "5. Recognizes the benefits of collaboration and coordination with humanitarian actors relevant to the effectiveness of the humanitarian response, and encourages the United Nations to continue efforts to strengthen global partnerships with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, relevant humanitarian non-governmental organizations and other participants in the Inter-Agency Standing Committee;", "6. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to strengthen the support provided to resident and humanitarian coordinators and United Nations country teams through such means as necessary training, resource-seeking, improving the search and selection process for United Nations resident and humanitarian coordinators and increasing accountability for their performance;", "7. Calls upon the President of the United Nations Development Group and the Emergency Relief Coordinator to intensify their consultations before submitting final recommendations on the selection process for resident coordinators in countries where significant humanitarian response operations are likely to be required;", "8. Reaffirms the importance of the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005 - 2015: Building the Resilience of Nations and Communities to Disasters,3 and notes with appreciation the midterm review of the Hyogo Framework for Action[9], the outcome of the third meeting of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Geneva from 8 to 13 May 2011, and the Global Disaster Risk Assessment Report 2011.10", "9. Calls upon Member States and the international community to increase resources for disaster risk reduction measures, in particular by providing effective, predictable, flexible and sufficient funding, where possible, for prevention, mitigation, preparedness and contingency planning, to continue to strengthen national and local capacities for humanitarian emergency preparedness and response, and encourages the strengthening of national and local capacities in humanitarian emergency preparedness and response,", "10. Urges Member States, the United Nations and other relevant organizations to take further measures to provide a coordinated emergency response to the food and nutritional needs of the affected population, while ensuring that such measures contribute to national strategies and programmes aimed at improving food security;", "11. Expresses concern at the challenges related, inter alia, to safe access to and use of fuel, fuelwood, alternative energy, water and sanitation, housing, food and health care in humanitarian emergencies, and notes with appreciation the initiatives undertaken at the national and international levels that promote effective cooperation in this regard;", "12. Encourages the international community, including relevant United Nations organizations and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, to support the efforts of Member States to strengthen their capacity for disaster preparedness and response, and, as appropriate, efforts to strengthen disaster risk detection and monitoring systems, including vulnerability and natural hazards;", "13. Welcomes regional and national initiatives related to the implementation of the Guidelines on the National Facilitation and Regulation of International Disaster Relief and Initial Recovery Assistance[11], adopted at the XXX International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent, held in Geneva from 26 to 30 November 2007, and encourages Member States and, where appropriate, regional organizations to take further steps to strengthen international humanitarian and humanitarian relief frameworks,", "14. Encourages States to establish an enabling environment for the development of the capacity of local authorities and local and national non-governmental and community-based organizations to enhance preparedness for timely, effective and predictable humanitarian assistance, and encourages the United Nations and humanitarian organizations to support such efforts, including, where appropriate, through the transfer of technology and knowledge to developing countries and support programmes to improve the capacity of affected States;", "15. Calls upon United Nations humanitarian entities, other relevant humanitarian organizations, development partners, the private sector, donor countries and affected States to enhance cooperation and coordination and to continue to develop and use appropriate tools to plan and provide humanitarian assistance in ways that favour early recovery and sustainable rehabilitation and reconstruction;", "16. Encourages the United Nations system and humanitarian organizations to continue to work to mainstream early recovery in humanitarian programming, recognizes that early recovery should receive more funding and encourages timely, flexible and predictable funding to that end, including through existing humanitarian instruments;", "17. Takes note of the efforts of Member States, the United Nations system and the international community to strengthen humanitarian preparedness and capacity at the local, national and regional levels, and calls upon the United Nations and relevant partners to continue to provide support in this regard;", "18. Encourages efforts to provide educational services in humanitarian emergencies, in particular to contribute to a smooth transition from relief to development;", "19. Calls upon the relevant United Nations organizations to support the improvement of the consolidated appeals process, inter alia, by preparing common needs assessments and common humanitarian action plans, including a better analysis of gender-related credits, in order to promote the development of the process as a tool for strategic planning and prioritization of the United Nations, as well as by involving other relevant humanitarian organizations in the process, while reiterating that appeals", "20. Requests Member States, relevant humanitarian organizations of the United Nations system and other relevant humanitarian actors to ensure that all aspects of the humanitarian response, including disaster preparedness and needs assessment, take into account the specific needs of the affected population, on the understanding that appropriate consideration of factors such as gender, age and disability, among others, is a part of a comprehensive and effective humanitarian response, and, in this regard, seeks to ensure gender mainstreaming;", "21. Calls upon United Nations humanitarian organizations, in consultation with Member States, as appropriate, to strengthen the evidence base underpinning humanitarian assistance by establishing more common mechanisms to enhance the quality, transparency and reliability of common humanitarian needs assessments and to continue to advance towards their preparation, including by improving the collection and analysis of gender, age and disability-disaggregated data and reports thereon, to assess their performance in the delivery of humanitarian assistance and to ensure the most effective use of humanitarian aid", "22. Calls upon the United Nations and its humanitarian partners to enhance accountability to Member States, including affected States, and to all other stakeholders, and to continue to strengthen the humanitarian response by such means as monitoring and evaluating the delivery of humanitarian assistance, mainstreaming the lessons learned in programming and consultation with the affected population to adequately address their needs;", "23. Calls upon donors to provide adequate, timely, predictable and flexible resources, based on and in proportion to needs assessment, in particular for emergencies that do not have sufficient funding, to consider early and multi-year commitments in the field of common humanitarian financing and to continue to support various channels of humanitarian financing, encourages efforts to complement the Principles and Good Management of Humanitarian Donations[12] and, in this regard, to encourage other relevant actors,", "24. Welcomes the significant achievements of the Central Emergency Response Fund in ensuring a more timely and predictable response to humanitarian emergencies, and stresses the importance of further improving the operation of the Fund to ensure that resources are used in the most effective, effective, accountable and transparent manner possible;", "25. Takes note with appreciation of the findings of the 2011 Central Emergency Response Fund ' s five-year evaluation[13], decides, in this regard, to reduce the amount of the Fund ' s loan element to US$ 30 million and requests that resources, including accrued interest, that exceed US$ 30 million be transferred to the Fund ' s grant element and be used for this purpose;", "26. Decides to authorize the Emergency Relief Coordinator and relevant operational agencies, under the leadership of the Coordinator, to use, in exceptional circumstances and subject to time, the Central Emergency Response Fund loan element in order to improve, under their respective mandates, the coordination of the rapid response, where there is insufficient capacity on the ground;", "27. Calls upon all Member States, and invites the private sector and all interested individuals and institutions, to consider increasing their voluntary contributions to the Central Emergency Response Fund, and emphasizes that contributions should be added to current commitments in respect of humanitarian programmes and not detrimental to the resources available for international development cooperation;", "28. Reiterates that the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs should have adequate and more predictable funding and calls upon all Member States to consider increasing their voluntary contributions;", "29. Reaffirms the obligation of all States and parties to armed conflict to protect civilians in such conflicts in accordance with international humanitarian law and invites States to promote a culture of protection, taking into account the particular needs of women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities;", "30. Calls upon States to take preventive measures and respond effectively to acts of violence against the civilian population in armed conflict and to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice without delay, in accordance with national legislation and their obligations under international law;", "31. Urges all Member States to address gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies and to ensure that their laws and institutions are appropriate to promptly prevent and investigate gender-based violence and prosecute perpetrators, and calls upon States, the United Nations and all relevant humanitarian organizations to improve coordination, harmonize response and strengthen capacity to reduce such violence and ensure victim support services;", "32. Recognizes that the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement[14] constitute an important international framework for the protection of internally displaced persons, encourages Member States and humanitarian agencies to continue to work together, in collaboration with host communities, to provide a more predictable response to the needs of internally displaced persons, and, in this regard, calls for expanded and sustained international support for States ' efforts to develop their capacity, when requested;", "33. Calls upon all States and parties to complex humanitarian emergencies, in particular armed conflicts and post-conflict situations, in countries where humanitarian personnel are active, to cooperate fully, in accordance with the relevant provisions of international law and national legislation, with the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies and organizations, and to ensure the safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel, including the delivery of internally displaced persons and equipment, to enable them to carry out their tasks,", "34. Welcomes the progress made in further improving the United Nations security management system and supports the Secretary-General ' s approach to focusing on enabling the United Nations system to implement its mandates, programmes and activities effectively managing the risks to which staff are exposed, including in the provision of humanitarian assistance;", "35. Requests the Secretary-General to report on measures taken to enable the United Nations to further strengthen its capacity to recruit and deploy rapidly and flexibly, to procure emergency relief materials and services promptly, in a cost-effective manner and locally, as appropriate, and to disburse funds promptly to support Governments and United Nations country teams in coordinating international humanitarian assistance;", "36. It also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, through the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2012, on the progress made in strengthening the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, and to report to the General Assembly on the detailed use of the Central Emergency Response Fund.", "86th plenary meeting 15 December 2011", "[1] A/66/81-E/2011/117.", "[2] A/66/357.", "[3] A/CONF.206/6, chap. I, resolution 2.", "[4] Available at www.africa-union.org.", "[5] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 970-973.", "[6] Ibid., vol. 189, No. 2545.", "[7] Ibid., vol. 989, No. 14458.", "[8] See A/66/3, chap. VI. For the final text, see Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 3.", "[9] Available at www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/18197.", "[10] Available at www.unisdr.org/we/inform/publications/19846.", "[11] Available at www.ifrc.org.", "[12] A/58/99-E/2003/94, annex II.", "[13] Available at http://ochaonline.un.org/cerf/WhatistheCERF/EvaluationsandReviews/tabid/5340/ language/en-US/Default.aspx.", "[14] E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, annex." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 15 de diciembre de 2011", "[sin remisión previa a una Comisión Principal (A/66/L.29 y Add.1)]", "66/120. Fortalecimiento de la asistencia humanitaria, el socorro de emergencia y la rehabilitación en respuesta a la grave sequía existente en la región del Cuerno de África", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 46/182, de 19 de diciembre de 1991, y las demás resoluciones pertinentes de la Asamblea General y el Consejo Económico y Social,", "Reafirmando los principios de neutralidad, humanidad, imparcialidad e independencia en la prestación de asistencia humanitaria y la necesidad de que todos los agentes que participan en la prestación de esa asistencia en situaciones complejas de emergencia y desastres naturales promuevan tales principios y los respeten plenamente,", "Poniendo de relieve que recae en el Estado afectado la responsabilidad primordial respecto de la iniciación, organización, coordinación y ejecución de la asistencia humanitaria en su territorio, así como de la facilitación de la labor que realizan las organizaciones humanitarias para mitigar las consecuencias de los desastres naturales,", "Recordando el Marco Amplio para la Acción Actualizado que elaboró el Equipo de Tareas de Alto Nivel del sistema de las Naciones Unidas sobre la crisis mundial de la seguridad alimentaria[1], en que, entre otras cosas, se puso de relieve el enfoque de dos vías consistente tanto en hacer frente a la crisis alimentaria y humanitaria inmediata como en atender la necesidad de crear resiliencia a largo plazo con el fin de contribuir a la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional,", "Profundamente preocupada por la crítica situación humanitaria existente en la región del Cuerno de África, donde las Naciones Unidas han declarado un estado de hambruna en partes de Somalia, mientras que otras partes de Somalia y partes de Etiopía, Kenya y Djibouti sufren una grave inseguridad alimentaria, y conjuntamente más de 13 millones de personas necesitan asistencia que permita salvar vidas y reducir el sufrimiento,", "Profundamente preocupada también por el persistente conflicto armado de Somalia, incluidos los actos de grupos armados destinados a impedir que la población afectada reciba o, en caso de necesidad, trate de obtener asistencia humanitaria, así como a obstaculizar o impedir que el personal humanitario y el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado desempeñen sus funciones humanitarias,", "Lamentando profundamente la pérdida de vidas humanas y el sufrimiento, y consciente de las enormes pérdidas de cosechas y ganado que se han producido y los negativos efectos que tiene para el medio ambiente la situación de sequía y hambruna existente en la región del Cuerno de África,", "Subrayando la necesidad urgente de asistencia humanitaria y de socorro, rehabilitación y asistencia para los medios de vida continuados, sobre la base de la evaluación de las necesidades de los miembros de las comunidades vulnerables, como los pastores y agricultores indigentes, los refugiados y los desplazados internos,", "Resaltando que, si bien la crisis humanitaria existente en el Cuerno de África es excepcionalmente aguda en estos momentos, se trata de una crisis prolongada que requiere compromisos continuados de los gobiernos anfitriones, las Naciones Unidas, las organizaciones internacionales y regionales, los grupos de la sociedad civil y los donantes para hacer frente a los problemas humanitarios y de desarrollo,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito el esfuerzo de los gobiernos y de las personas de la región del Cuerno de África para proteger y proporcionar asistencia humanitaria a las víctimas de la sequía y la hambruna, y acogiendo con beneplácito también las iniciativas regionales destinadas a hacer frente a la crisis humanitaria actual, crear resiliencia y prevenir sequías catastróficas, incluida la cumbre conjunta sobre la crisis en el Cuerno de África de la Autoridad Intergubernamental para el Desarrollo y la Comunidad de África Oriental, celebrada en Nairobi los días 8 y 9 de septiembre de 2011, la conferencia sobre promesas de contribuciones para el Cuerno de África de la Unión Africana, celebrada en Addis Abeba el 25 de agosto de 2011, y la reunión sobre promesas de contribuciones para Somalia de la Organización de Cooperación Islámica, celebrada en Estambul (Turquía) el 17 de agosto de 2011, así como sus resultados,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito también la celebración y el resultado de la minicumbre ministerial sobre la respuesta humanitaria a la crisis en el Cuerno de África, celebrada en Nueva York el 24 de septiembre de 2011,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito además el esfuerzo y la asistencia de la comunidad internacional, incluidos los donantes, el sistema de las Naciones Unidas, las organizaciones regionales, los organismos internacionales y el Movimiento Internacional de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja, así como de las organizaciones no gubernamentales y las entidades del sector privado, para prestar socorro y complementar el esfuerzo de los gobiernos y de las personas de la región del Cuerno de África para combatir la hambruna y demás efectos de la sequía y la inseguridad alimentaria,", "Reconociendo que, para reforzar la coordinación de la asistencia humanitaria sobre el terreno, las organizaciones de las Naciones Unidas deben seguir trabajando en estrecha coordinación con los gobiernos nacionales,", "1. Expresa su solidaridad, simpatía y apoyo a la población y a los gobiernos de la región del Cuerno de África afectados por las condiciones de sequía y hambruna;", "2. Encomia las medidas adoptadas por los gobiernos de los países afectados para albergar a los refugiados y exhorta a las Naciones Unidas a que sigan colaborando estrechamente con los gobiernos interesados y otros asociados para prestar la asistencia necesaria a los refugiados y apoyar a las comunidades de acogida, según proceda;", "3. Expresa su reconocimiento a la comunidad internacional, incluidos los gobiernos, el sistema de las Naciones Unidas, las organizaciones regionales, los organismos internacionales y el Movimiento Internacional de la Cruz Roja y de la Media Luna Roja, así como a las organizaciones no gubernamentales y a las entidades del sector privado, que proporcionan socorro de emergencia a la población afectada;", "4. Expresa su reconocimiento al Secretario General, la Coordinadora del Socorro de Emergencia, la Oficina de Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios de la Secretaría y los fondos y programas de las Naciones Unidas, así como a las demás organizaciones humanitarias, por su respuesta, y subraya la necesidad urgente de seguir aumentando la asistencia encaminada a aliviar las consecuencias de la sequía en las zonas más afectadas de la región del Cuerno de África y crear resiliencia a largo plazo;", "5. Insta a la comunidad internacional, incluidas las organizaciones internacionales y regionales competentes, así como al sector privado y a la sociedad civil, a que sigan prestando asistencia humanitaria y hagan contribuciones a los mecanismos de financiación humanitaria, en respuesta a los llamamientos pertinentes;", "6. Solicita a la Coordinadora del Socorro de Emergencia que siga dirigiendo la labor encaminada a reforzar la coordinación de la asistencia humanitaria y promover las asociaciones de colaboración entre los agentes humanitarios y de desarrollo, e insta a las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas y demás organizaciones intergubernamentales competentes, así como a los demás agentes en las esferas humanitaria y del desarrollo pertinentes, incluida la sociedad civil, a que sigan trabajando con la Oficina de Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios para aumentar la coordinación, eficacia y eficiencia de la asistencia humanitaria;", "7. Alienta a los Estados y demás agentes que prestan asistencia humanitaria a que mejoren la cooperación con la Oficina de Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios para que aumente la coordinación, eficacia y eficiencia de la asistencia humanitaria que se presta al Cuerno de África;", "8. Solicita al Secretario General y a todos los órganos y organismos del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, las instituciones financieras internacionales y los organismos de desarrollo que ayuden a los países de la región del Cuerno de África, siempre que sea posible por medio de asistencia humanitaria, técnica y financiera continuada y eficaz que contribuya a crear resiliencia y a superar la situación humanitaria, en particular la inseguridad alimentaria y la insuficiencia crónica de agua, a corto, medio y largo plazo, de conformidad con las prioridades determinadas a nivel nacional;", "9. Exhorta a todos los Estados a que mantengan el impulso y el compromiso político que demostraron en la cumbre conjunta sobre la crisis en el Cuerno de África de hacer frente a las causas subyacentes de vulnerabilidad en las zonas propensas a la sequía y fortalecer la resiliencia de los miembros de las comunidades afectadas por ella, incluidas las personas que se dedican al pastoreo y al agropastoreo, mediante el establecimiento de prioridades en las actividades de reducción del riesgo, incluida la ordenación de los recursos hídricos, el desarrollo agrícola y la protección social, y su integración en las políticas de desarrollo, la planificación y la asignación de los recursos nacionales, y, a este respecto, exhorta a la comunidad internacional a que siga prestando apoyo a esa labor;", "10. Solicita a los órganos y organizaciones competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y demás organizaciones multilaterales que sigan manteniendo un apoyo y una asistencia apropiados a la labor nacional y regional para fortalecer la reducción del riesgo de desastres, incluida la alerta temprana, la preparación para los desastres y la capacidad de vigilancia de la salud y la nutrición de los países afectados;", "11. Condena enérgicamente que las organizaciones humanitarias hayan sido expulsadas, las actividades del personal de asistencia humanitaria hayan sido prohibidas y el suministro de asistencia humanitaria haya sido tomado como objetivo, obstaculizado o impedido por grupos armados en Somalia, y deplora todo ataque contra personal humanitario;", "12. Exhorta a todos los Estados y partes a que cooperen plenamente con las Naciones Unidas y los demás organismos y organizaciones humanitarios, de conformidad con las disposiciones pertinentes del derecho internacional y la legislación nacional, y garanticen el acceso seguro y sin trabas del personal de asistencia humanitaria, así como la entrega de suministros y equipo, para que ese personal pueda salvar vidas y desempeñar con eficiencia su tarea de ayudar a la población civil afectada, incluidos los refugiados y los desplazados internos;", "13. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución en relación con el subtema titulado “Fortalecimiento de la coordinación de la asistencia humanitaria de emergencia que prestan las Naciones Unidas”.", "86ª sesión plenaria 15 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Se puede consultar en www.un-foodsecurity.org." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.29 and Add.1)]", "66/120. Strengthening humanitarian assistance, emergency relief and rehabilitation in response to the severe drought in the Horn of Africa region", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 and other relevant General Assembly and Economic and Social Council resolutions,", "Reaffirming the principles of neutrality, humanity, impartiality and independence for the provision of humanitarian assistance, and the need for all actors engaged in the provision of humanitarian assistance in situations of complex emergencies and natural disasters to promote and fully respect these principles,", "Emphasizing that the affected State has primary responsibility for the initiation, organization, coordination and implementation of humanitarian assistance within its territory and for facilitation of the work of humanitarian organizations in mitigating the consequences of natural disasters,", "Recalling the Updated Comprehensive Framework for Action produced by the United Nations system High-level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis[1] which, among other things, emphasized the twin-track approach of addressing both the immediate humanitarian food crisis and the need for building long-term resilience to contribute to food and nutrition security,", "Deeply concerned about the critical humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa region, where the United Nations has declared a state of famine in parts of Somalia, while other parts of Somalia and parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti are suffering severe food insecurity and, altogether, over 13 million people are in need of assistance that saves lives and reduces suffering,", "Deeply concerned also about the protracted armed conflict in Somalia, including acts by armed groups to prevent affected populations from receiving or, where necessary, seeking humanitarian assistance, as well as to obstruct or prevent humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel from discharging their humanitarian functions,", "Deeply regretting the loss of human lives and suffering, and conscious of the huge loss in crops and livestock sustained and the negative impact on the environment of the drought and famine situation in the Horn of Africa region,", "Underlining the urgent need for humanitarian assistance and continued relief, rehabilitation and livelihood assistance, based on assessed needs of members of vulnerable communities, such as destitute pastoralists and farmers, refugees and internally displaced persons,", "Highlighting the fact that the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, although exceptionally acute at this time, is a protracted crisis that requires continued commitments by host Governments, the United Nations, international and regional organizations, civil society groups and donors to address humanitarian and developmental challenges,", "Welcoming the efforts of the Governments and people of the Horn of Africa region to protect and provide humanitarian assistance to the victims of drought and famine, and welcoming also regional initiatives to address the present humanitarian crisis, build resilience and prevent drought disasters, including the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and East African Community joint summit on the Horn of Africa crisis, held in Nairobi on 8 and 9 September 2011, the African Union pledging conference for the Horn of Africa, held in Addis Ababa on 25 August 2011, and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation pledging meeting on Somalia, held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 17 August 2011, and their outcomes,", "Welcoming also the holding and outcome of the ministerial mini-summit on the humanitarian response to the Horn of Africa crisis, held in New York on 24 September 2011,", "Welcoming further the efforts and assistance of the international community, including donors, the United Nations system, regional organizations, international agencies, and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, as well as non-governmental organizations and private sector entities, in providing relief and in supplementing the efforts of the Governments and people of the Horn of Africa region to combat famine and other effects of drought and food insecurity,", "Recognizing that in strengthening the coordination of humanitarian assistance in the field, United Nations organizations should continue to work in close coordination with national Governments,", "1. Expresses its solidarity, sympathy and support for the people and Governments of the Horn of Africa region affected by the drought and famine conditions;", "2. Commends steps taken by the Governments of those affected countries to accommodate refugees, and calls upon the United Nations to continue to work closely with the Governments concerned and other partners in providing necessary assistance to refugees and support to host communities, as appropriate;", "3. Expresses its appreciation to the international community, including Governments, the United Nations system, regional organizations, international agencies and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, as well as non-governmental organizations and private sector entities, that are providing emergency relief to the affected populations;", "4. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat and the United Nations funds and programmes, as well as other humanitarian organizations, for their response, and underlines the urgent need to continue to scale up assistance aimed at alleviating the consequences of the drought in the most affected areas in the Horn of Africa region and to build resilience in the longer term;", "5. Urges the international community, including relevant international and regional organizations, as well as the private sector and civil society, to continue providing humanitarian assistance and to make contributions to humanitarian funding mechanisms, in response to relevant appeals;", "6. Requests the Emergency Relief Coordinator to continue to lead the efforts to strengthen the coordination of humanitarian assistance and promote partnerships among humanitarian and development actors, and urges relevant United Nations and other relevant intergovernmental organizations, as well as other humanitarian and relevant development actors, including civil society, to continue to work with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to enhance the coordination, effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian assistance;", "7. Encourages States and other actors providing humanitarian assistance to improve cooperation with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs so as to enhance the coordination, effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian assistance to the Horn of Africa;", "8. Requests the Secretary-General and all the organs and bodies of the United Nations system, international financial institutions and development agencies to assist the countries of the Horn of Africa region whenever possible through continued effective humanitarian, technical and financial assistance that contributes to building resilience and overcoming the humanitarian situation, in particular food insecurity and chronic water deficiency in the short, medium and long term, in conformity with the priorities identified at the national level;", "9. Calls upon all States to maintain the momentum and political commitment shown at the joint summit on the Horn of Africa crisis to addressing the underlying causes of vulnerability in drought-prone areas and strengthening the resilience of members of drought-affected communities, including pastoralists and agro-pastoralists, through the prioritization and integration of risk-reduction activities, including water management, agricultural development and social protection, into development policies, planning and national resource allocations, and in this regard calls upon the international community to continue to support those efforts;", "10. Requests the relevant organs and organizations of the United Nations system and other multilateral organizations to continue to maintain appropriate support and assistance to national and regional efforts towards strengthening disaster risk reduction, including early warning, disaster preparedness and health and nutrition surveillance capacities of the countries affected;", "11. Strongly condemns the expulsion of humanitarian organizations, the ban on the activities of humanitarian personnel, and the targeting, hindering or prevention of the delivery of humanitarian assistance in Somalia by armed groups, and deplores any attacks on humanitarian personnel;", "12. Calls upon all States and parties to cooperate fully with the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies and organizations, in conformity with the relevant provisions of international law and national laws, and to ensure the safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel, as well as delivery of supplies and equipment, in order to allow such personnel to save lives and efficiently perform their task of assisting affected civilian populations, including refugees and internally displaced persons;", "13. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution under the sub-item entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations”.", "86th plenary meeting 15 December 2011", "[1]  Available from www.un-foodsecurity.org." ]
A_RES_66_120
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 15 December 2011", "[without reference to a Main Committee (A/66/L.29 and Add.1)]", "66/120. Strengthening humanitarian assistance, emergency relief and rehabilitation in response to the severe drought in the Horn of Africa region", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991 and the other relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council,", "Reaffirming the principles of neutrality, humanity, impartiality and independence in the provision of humanitarian assistance and the need for all actors involved in the provision of such assistance in complex emergencies and natural disasters to promote and fully respect such principles,", "Emphasizing that the affected State has primary responsibility for the initiation, organization, coordination and implementation of humanitarian assistance in its territory, as well as the facilitation of the work of humanitarian organizations to mitigate the consequences of natural disasters,", "Recalling the Comprehensive Framework for Updated Action developed by the United Nations System High-level Task Force on the Global Food Security Crisis[1], which, inter alia, emphasized the two-way approach to addressing both the immediate food and humanitarian crisis and addressing the need for long-term resilience in order to contribute to food and nutrition security,", "Deeply concerned at the critical humanitarian situation in the Horn of Africa region, where the United Nations has declared a state of famine in parts of Somalia, while other parts of Somalia and parts of Ethiopia, Kenya and Djibouti suffer severe food insecurity, and together more than 13 million people need assistance to save lives and reduce suffering,", "Deeply concerned also at the persistent armed conflict in Somalia, including acts of armed groups aimed at preventing the affected population from receiving or, if necessary, seeking humanitarian assistance, as well as hindering or preventing humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel from performing their humanitarian functions,", "Deeply regretting the loss of human lives and suffering, and aware of the enormous losses of crops and livestock that have occurred and the negative impact of the drought and famine in the Horn of Africa on the environment,", "Stressing the urgent need for humanitarian and relief, rehabilitation and assistance for the continuing livelihoods, based on the assessment of the needs of members of vulnerable communities, such as indigent pastoralists and farmers, refugees and internally displaced persons,", "Stressing that, while the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa is exceptionally acute at this time, it is a protracted crisis that requires continued commitments from host Governments, the United Nations, international and regional organizations, civil society groups and donors to address humanitarian and development challenges,", "Welcoming the efforts of Governments and individuals in the Horn of Africa region to protect and provide humanitarian assistance to victims of drought and famine, and welcoming also the regional initiatives to address the current humanitarian crisis, build resilience and prevent catastrophic droughts, including the joint summit on the crisis in the Nairobi Horn of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and the African Community,", "Welcoming also the holding and outcome of the ministerial mini-member on the humanitarian response to the crisis in the Horn of Africa, held in New York on 24 September 2011,", "Welcoming further the efforts and assistance of the international community, including donors, the United Nations system, regional organizations, international agencies and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, as well as non-governmental organizations and private sector entities, to provide relief and complement the efforts of Governments and people in the Horn of Africa region to combat famine and other effects of drought and food insecurity,", "Recognizing that, in order to strengthen the coordination of humanitarian assistance in the field, United Nations organizations should continue to work closely with national Governments,", "1. Expresses its solidarity, sympathy and support for the population and Governments of the Horn of Africa region affected by drought and famine conditions;", "2. Commends the measures taken by the Governments of the affected countries to house refugees and calls upon the United Nations to continue to work closely with the Governments concerned and other partners to provide the necessary assistance to refugees and to support host communities, as appropriate;", "3. Expresses its appreciation to the international community, including Governments, the United Nations system, regional organizations, international agencies and the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, as well as non-governmental organizations and private sector entities, which provide emergency relief to the affected population;", "4. Expresses its appreciation to the Secretary-General, the Emergency Relief Coordinator, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat and the United Nations funds and programmes, as well as to other humanitarian organizations, for their response, and underlines the urgent need to continue to increase assistance to alleviate the consequences of drought in the most affected areas of the Horn of Africa region and to build long-term resilience;", "5. Urges the international community, including relevant international and regional organizations, as well as the private sector and civil society, to continue to provide humanitarian assistance and to contribute to humanitarian financing mechanisms, in response to the relevant appeals;", "6. Requests the Emergency Relief Coordinator to continue to lead efforts to strengthen the coordination of humanitarian assistance and to promote partnerships between humanitarian and development actors, and urges relevant United Nations organizations and other relevant intergovernmental organizations, as well as other actors in the relevant humanitarian and development fields, including civil society, to continue to work with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to enhance the coordination, effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian assistance;", "7. Encourages States and other humanitarian actors to improve cooperation with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs to enhance the coordination, effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian assistance to the Horn of Africa;", "8. Requests the Secretary-General and all organs and agencies of the United Nations system, international financial institutions and development agencies to assist countries in the Horn of Africa region, wherever possible through continued and effective humanitarian, technical and financial assistance that contributes to building resilience and to overcoming the humanitarian situation, in particular food insecurity and chronic water insufficiency, in the short, medium and long term, in accordance with national priorities;", "9. Calls upon all States to maintain the political momentum and commitment they demonstrated at the joint summit on the crisis in the Horn of Africa to address the underlying causes of vulnerability in drought-prone areas and to strengthen the resilience of members of communities affected by it, including those engaged in pastoral and agro-pastoral, through the prioritization of risk reduction activities, including management of water resources,", "10. Requests the relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system and other multilateral organizations to continue to maintain appropriate support and assistance for national and regional efforts to strengthen disaster risk reduction, including early warning, disaster preparedness and health and nutrition monitoring capacity of affected countries;", "11. Strongly condemns the expulsion of humanitarian organizations, the activities of humanitarian personnel have been banned and the provision of humanitarian assistance has been targeted, impeded or prevented by armed groups in Somalia, and deplores any attacks against humanitarian personnel;", "12. Calls upon all States and parties to cooperate fully with the United Nations and other humanitarian agencies and organizations, in accordance with the relevant provisions of international law and national legislation, and to ensure the safe and unhindered access of humanitarian personnel, as well as the delivery of supplies and equipment, so that such personnel can save lives and efficiently carry out their task of assisting the affected civilian population, including refugees and internally displaced persons;", "13. Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution under the sub-item entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations”.", "86th plenary meeting 15 December 2011", "[1] Available at www.un-foodsecurity.org." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/121. Políticas y programas relativos a la juventud", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando el Programa de Acción Mundial para los Jóvenes, que aprobó en sus resoluciones 50/81, de 14 de diciembre de 1995, y 62/126, de 18 de diciembre de 2007,", "Recordando también el documento final de la Reunión de Alto Nivel de la Asamblea General sobre la Juventud: Diálogo y Comprensión Mutua, que aprobó el 26 de julio de 2011[1],", "Recordando además el Documento final de la Conferencia sobre la crisis financiera y económica mundial y sus efectos en el desarrollo[2],", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la iniciativa del Gobierno de Sri Lanka de celebrar en 2014 en Colombo una conferencia mundial sobre la juventud, centrada en la participación e implicación de los jóvenes en el logro de los objetivos de desarrollo convenidos internacionalmente, incluidos los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito también la participación de representantes jóvenes de delegaciones nacionales en la Asamblea General,", "Profundamente preocupada porque la situación de los jóvenes, especialmente las niñas y las jóvenes, en muchas partes del mundo se ha visto afectada negativamente por la crisis financiera y económica mundial, reafirmando que la erradicación de la pobreza sigue siendo uno de los mayores desafíos que enfrenta el mundo hoy día y reconociendo que sus consecuencias van más allá del contexto socioeconómico,", "Reconociendo que los modos en que los jóvenes puedan satisfacer sus aspiraciones, hacer frente a los retos y convertir en realidad su potencial influirán en las condiciones sociales y económicas actuales y el bienestar y los medios de vida de las generaciones futuras, y destacando la necesidad de que se siga trabajando para promover los intereses de la juventud, incluido el pleno disfrute de sus derechos humanos, prestándoles apoyo en la realización de su potencial, el desarrollo de sus aptitudes y la superación de los obstáculos a que se enfrentan, entre otros medios,", "Reconociendo también que la comunidad internacional ha padecido múltiples crisis relacionadas entre sí, en particular los efectos que viene ocasionando la crisis financiera y económica, la volatilidad de los precios de la energía y los alimentos y las persistentes preocupaciones acerca de la seguridad alimentaria, así como los retos cada vez mayores que plantean el cambio climático y la pérdida de diversidad biológica, todo lo cual ha hecho aumentar la vulnerabilidad y las desigualdades y ha repercutido negativamente en los avances en materia de desarrollo, en particular en los países en desarrollo, y pidiendo una mayor cooperación y una acción concertada para hacer frente a esos desafíos, en las que se tenga en cuenta la valiosa función que puede desempeñar la educación en ese sentido,", "1. Reafirma el Programa de Acción Mundial para los Jóvenes[3], incluidas sus quince esferas prioritarias interrelacionadas, y exhorta a los Estados Miembros a que sigan ejecutándolo en los planos local, nacional, regional e internacional;", "2. Toma nota con aprecio del informe del Secretario General titulado “Año Internacional de la Juventud: diálogo y comprensión mutua”[4];", "3. Toma nota con aprecio también del informe del Secretario General titulado “Ejecución del Programa de Acción Mundial para los Jóvenes: coordinación y colaboración del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en su labor relacionada con la juventud”[5], y acoge con beneplácito la reciente intensificación de la colaboración entre las entidades de las Naciones Unidas en la esfera del desarrollo de la juventud;", "4. Expresa profunda preocupación por que el logro de los objetivos de desarrollo social pueda complicarse por las múltiples crisis relacionadas entre sí, en particular los efectos que viene ocasionando la crisis financiera y económica, la volatilidad de los precios de la energía y los alimentos y las persistentes preocupaciones acerca de la seguridad alimentaria, así como los retos cada vez mayores que plantean el cambio climático y la pérdida de diversidad biológica;", "5. Reconoce que los jóvenes de todos los países constituyen un recurso humano importante para el desarrollo y son agentes fundamentales del cambio social, el desarrollo económico y la innovación tecnológica, y afirma que la inversión en el desarrollo y la educación de los jóvenes es crucial para un desarrollo social y económico sostenible;", "6. Reafirma que el fortalecimiento de la cooperación internacional respecto de la juventud, inclusive por medio del cumplimiento de todos los compromisos relativos a la asistencia oficial para el desarrollo, la transferencia de tecnología apropiada, la creación de capacidad, la mejora del diálogo, la comprensión mutua y la participación activa de los jóvenes son elementos cruciales de la labor encaminada a lograr la erradicación de la pobreza, el empleo pleno y la integración social;", "7. Insta a los Estados Miembros a promover la participación plena y efectiva de los jóvenes y las organizaciones dirigidas por jóvenes en los procesos pertinentes de adopción de decisiones, particularmente en la formulación, aplicación y seguimiento de políticas, programas y actividades en todo momento, especialmente en épocas de crisis;", "8. Insta también a los Estados Miembros a que traten específicamente el desarrollo de los jóvenes en sus medidas de recuperación económica y financiera haciendo hincapié en el empleo de los jóvenes y promoviendo la capacidad empresarial, el voluntariado y el desarrollo de sistemas educativos y de capacitación formales, informales y no formales que se ajusten a las necesidades de los jóvenes y la sociedad en la que viven, y alienta a todas las instancias pertinentes, entre ellas la comunidad académica, el sector privado, los sindicatos y las instituciones financieras, a que promuevan la responsabilidad social y establezcan asociaciones de colaboración a ese respecto;", "9. Exhorta a los Estados Miembros a que promuevan el bienestar de los jóvenes, particularmente de los pobres y marginados, mediante políticas y planes de acción amplios y, en particular, que incluyan la pobreza, el empleo y la integración social como aspectos fundamentales de sus programas nacionales de desarrollo, y alienta a la comunidad internacional y al sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que apoyen a los Estados Miembros en ese sentido;", "10. Destaca las posibilidades que ofrece la tecnología de la información y las comunicaciones para mejorar la calidad de vida de los jóvenes a fin de que puedan participar en mayor medida en la economía mundial y, a este respecto, exhorta a los Estados Miembros a que, con el apoyo del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, los donantes, el sector privado y la sociedad civil, faciliten el acceso universal, no discriminatorio, equitativo, seguro y asequible a la tecnología de la información y las comunicaciones, especialmente en las escuelas y los lugares públicos, a que eliminen los obstáculos para superar la brecha digital, incluso mediante la transferencia de tecnología en condiciones fijadas de común acuerdo y la cooperación internacional, y a que promuevan la elaboración de contenido pertinente a nivel local y apliquen medidas para impartir a los jóvenes los conocimientos y aptitudes que les permitan usar de manera adecuada y segura la tecnología de la información y las comunicaciones;", "11. Destaca también que los jóvenes son especialmente vulnerables en el mercado de trabajo en épocas de crisis y, a fin de satisfacer las necesidades de los jóvenes en un mercado de trabajo en rápida evolución, reconoce que para promover el empleo pleno, el trabajo decente y la capacidad empresarial es necesario invertir en la educación, la capacitación y el desarrollo de aptitudes de las jóvenes y los jóvenes, fortalecer los sistemas de protección social y atención de la salud, aplicar las normas laborales convenidas internacionalmente, prestar especial atención a los jóvenes empleados en el sector no estructurado de la economía y erradicar de manera gradual y efectiva el trabajo infantil;", "12. Reconoce que el empleo de los jóvenes y las oportunidades laborales para ellos contribuyen a la estabilidad, la cohesión y la inclusión sociales y que los Estados desempeñan un papel importante para satisfacer las demandas de los jóvenes en ese sentido, observa que el Pacto Mundial para el Empleo contiene recomendaciones y opciones de política para los Estados, e invita a los países donantes, las organizaciones multilaterales y otros interesados a que apoyen las iniciativas nacionales destinadas a fomentar el empleo de los jóvenes;", "13. Insta a los Estados Miembros a que se ocupen de los problemas de las niñas y las jóvenes, así como de los estereotipos de género que perpetúan la discriminación contra las niñas y las jóvenes y los roles estereotipados de hombres y mujeres que impiden el desarrollo social, reafirmando el compromiso de promover el empoderamiento de la mujer y la igualdad entre los géneros, así como la incorporación de la perspectiva de género en todas las actividades de desarrollo, que considera esenciales al logro del desarrollo sostenible y a las iniciativas para combatir el hambre, la pobreza y las enfermedades, a que consoliden políticas y programas que sirvan para mejorar, asegurar y ampliar la plena participación de las jóvenes en pie de igualdad en todas las esferas de la vida política, económica, social y cultural, y a que les den mayor acceso a todos los recursos necesarios para el pleno ejercicio de todos sus derechos humanos y libertades fundamentales, eliminando los obstáculos persistentes, especialmente garantizando la igualdad de acceso al empleo pleno y productivo y al trabajo decente, y reforzando su independencia económica;", "14. Reconoce los efectos que viene ocasionando la crisis financiera y económica en la calidad de vida y la salud de los jóvenes y, en ese sentido, alienta a los Estados Miembros a promover la educación y los conocimientos sobre la salud entre los jóvenes, por medios como la educación con base empírica y estrategias y programas de información dentro y fuera de las escuelas y campañas de concienciación pública, así como a ampliar el acceso de los jóvenes a servicios de salud asequibles, seguros y eficaces prestando especial atención a la nutrición, incluidos los trastornos alimentarios y la obesidad, los efectos de las enfermedades transmisibles y no transmisibles y la salud sexual y reproductiva, así como a las medidas para prevenir las enfermedades de transmisión sexual, en particular el VIH y el SIDA, y fomentando la conciencia al respecto;", "15. Insta a los Estados Miembros a que, entre otras cosas para hacer frente a los efectos sociales que vienen ocasionando las crisis, aumenten los esfuerzos para mejorar la calidad de la educación y promover el acceso universal a ella, en particular de las jóvenes, los jóvenes no escolarizados, los jóvenes con discapacidad, los jóvenes indígenas, los jóvenes de las zonas rurales, los jóvenes migrantes y los jóvenes que viven con el VIH y los que están afectados por el SIDA, sin discriminación de ningún tipo, a fin de que puedan adquirir los conocimientos, la capacidad, las aptitudes y los valores éticos necesarios, incluso mediante un acceso apropiado a becas y otros programas que contribuyen a la movilidad estudiantil, a la educación no formal y a la educación y la formación técnica y profesional, con miras a potenciar sus contribuciones a la sociedad como agentes importantes para la promoción del desarrollo;", "16. Insta también a los Estados Miembros a que adopten medidas concertadas que sean conformes al derecho internacional con el fin de eliminar los obstáculos para el pleno ejercicio de los derechos de los jóvenes que viven bajo ocupación extranjera y de ese modo promover el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio;", "17. Insta además a los Estados Miembros a que adopten medidas eficaces que sean conformes al derecho internacional para proteger a los jóvenes afectados por el terrorismo y la incitación a este o explotados en ese contexto;", "18. Insta a los Estados Miembros a que promuevan la igualdad de oportunidades para todos, luchen contra todas las formas de discriminación contra los jóvenes, incluida la discriminación por motivos de raza, color, sexo, idioma, religión, opiniones políticas o de otra índole, origen nacional o social, posición económica, nacimiento u otra condición, y fomenten la integración social de grupos como los jóvenes con discapacidad, los jóvenes migrantes y los jóvenes indígenas, en pie de igualdad con otros;", "19. Alienta a los Estados Miembros a que estudien la posibilidad de incluir a representantes de los jóvenes en las delegaciones que envíen a todos los debates pertinentes de la Asamblea General y del Consejo Económico y Social y sus comisiones orgánicas y a las conferencias pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas, según proceda, teniendo presente el principio del equilibrio de género y la no discriminación, y, entre otras cosas, a que estudien la posibilidad de establecer un programa nacional de delegados de los jóvenes, y pone de relieve que esos representantes deberían ser elegidos mediante un proceso transparente que les garantice un mandato adecuado para que puedan representar a los jóvenes de sus países;", "20. Exhorta a los donantes, incluidos los Estados Miembros y las organizaciones intergubernamentales y no gubernamentales, a que contribuyan activamente al Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Juventud con el fin de facilitar la participación de representantes de los jóvenes de países en desarrollo en las actividades de las Naciones Unidas, teniendo en cuenta la necesidad de un mayor equilibrio geográfico entre los representantes de los jóvenes, y de acelerar la ejecución del Programa de Acción Mundial para los Jóvenes y apoyar la elaboración del Informe sobre la Juventud Mundial, y, a ese respecto, solicita al Secretario General que adopte las medidas oportunas para alentar las contribuciones al Fondo;", "21. Reitera su solicitud al Secretario General de que fortalezca el Programa de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Juventud, dentro de los límites de los recursos existentes del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de la Secretaría, a fin de responder al aumento de las solicitudes que se hacen al Programa;", "22. Solicita a las entidades de las Naciones Unidas que mejoren su coordinación e intensifiquen la labor encaminada a aplicar un enfoque más coherente, amplio e integrado al desarrollo de los jóvenes por medios como la Red Interinstitucional para el Desarrollo de la Juventud, exhorta a las entidades de las Naciones Unidas y a los asociados pertinentes a que elaboren nuevas medidas de apoyo a la labor nacional, regional e internacional para hacer frente a los problemas que obstaculizan el desarrollo de los jóvenes y, a ese respecto, alienta la colaboración estrecha con los Estados Miembros y con otras instancias pertinentes, incluida la sociedad civil, en particular las organizaciones dirigidas por jóvenes.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase la resolución 65/312.", "[2]  Resolución 63/303, anexo.", "[3]  Resolución 50/81, anexo, y resolución 62/126, anexo.", "[4]  A/66/129.", "[5]  A/66/61‑E/2011/3." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/121. Policies and programmes involving youth", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling the World Programme of Action for Youth, adopted by the General Assembly in its resolutions 50/81 of 14 December 1995 and 62/126 of 18 December 2007,", "Recalling also the outcome document of the High‑level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding, adopted by the General Assembly on 26 July 2011,[1]", "Recalling further the Outcome of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development,[2]", "Welcoming the initiative of the Government of Sri Lanka to host in 2014 a world conference on youth in Colombo, with a focus on the participation and involvement of youth in achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,", "Welcoming also the participation of young representatives in national delegations at the General Assembly,", "Profoundly concerned that the situation of youth, especially girls and young women, in many parts of the world has been negatively impacted by the world financial and economic crisis, and reaffirming that eradicating poverty continues to be among the greatest global challenges facing the world today, recognizing its impact beyond the socioeconomic context,", "Recognizing that the ways in which young people are able to address their aspirations and challenges and fulfil their potential will influence current social and economic conditions and the well‑being and livelihood of future generations, and stressing the need for further efforts to promote the interests of youth, including the full enjoyment of their human rights, inter alia, by supporting young people in developing their potential and talents and tackling obstacles facing youth,", "Recognizing also that the international community has been challenged by multiple and interrelated crises, including the ongoing impact of the financial and economic crisis, volatile energy and food prices and ongoing concerns over food security, as well as the increasing challenges posed by climate change and the loss of biodiversity, all of which have increased vulnerabilities and inequalities and have adversely affected development gains, in particular in developing countries, and calling for enhanced cooperation and concerted action to address those challenges, taking into account the positive role that education can play in that respect,", "1. Reaffirms the World Programme of Action for Youth,[3] including its fifteen interrelated priority areas, and calls upon Member States to continue its implementation at the local, national, regional and international levels;", "2. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary‑General entitled “International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding”;[4]", "3. Also takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary‑General entitled “Implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth: United Nations system coordination and collaboration related to youth”,[5] and welcomes the recent increased collaboration among the United Nations entities in the area of youth development;", "4. Expresses deep concern that the attainment of the social development objectives may be hindered by the multiple and interrelated crises, including the ongoing impact of the financial and economic crisis, volatile energy and food prices and ongoing concerns over food security, as well as the increasing challenges posed by climate change and the loss of biodiversity;", "5. Recognizes that young people in all countries are both a major human resource for development and key agents for social change, economic development and technological innovation, and affirms that investment in youth development and education is crucial for sustainable social and economic development;", "6. Reaffirms that the strengthening of international cooperation regarding youth, including through the fulfilment of all official development assistance commitments, the transfer of appropriate technology, capacity‑building, the enhancement of dialogue, mutual understanding and the active participation of young people are crucial elements of efforts towards achieving the eradication of poverty, full employment and social integration;", "7. Urges Member States to promote the full and effective participation of young people and youth‑led organizations in relevant decision‑making processes, including in developing, implementing and monitoring policies, programmes and activities at all times, especially in times of crisis;", "8. Also urges Member States to specifically address youth development in their economic and financial recovery measures by emphasizing youth employment and promoting entrepreneurship, volunteerism and the development of formal, informal and non‑formal educational and training systems in line with the needs of young people and their societies, and encourages all relevant stakeholders, including academia, the private sector, trade unions and financial institutions, to promote social responsibility and to develop partnerships in this regard;", "9. Calls upon Member States to promote the well‑being of young people, particularly the poor and the marginalized, through comprehensive policies and action plans and, in particular, to address poverty, employment and social integration as fundamental aspects of their national development agendas, and encourages the international community and the United Nations system to support Member States in this regard;", "10. Stresses the potential of information and communications technology to improve the quality of life of young people in order to enable them to better participate in the global economy, and in this regard calls upon Member States, with the support of the United Nations system, donors, the private sector and civil society, to ensure universal, non‑discriminatory, equitable, safe and affordable access to information and communications technology, especially in schools and public places, and to remove the barriers to bridging the digital divide, including through the transfer of technology on mutually agreed terms and international cooperation, as well as to promote the development of locally relevant content and implement measures to equip young people with the knowledge and skills to use information and communications technology appropriately and safely;", "11. Also stresses that young people are particularly vulnerable in the labour market in times of crisis, and, in order to meet the needs of youth in a rapidly changing labour market, recognizes that promoting full employment, decent work and entrepreneurship requires investing in education, training and skills development for young women and men, strengthening social protection and health systems, applying internationally agreed labour standards, paying special attention to young people employed in the informal economy and the progressive and effective elimination of child labour;", "12. Recognizes that youth employment and job opportunities for youth contribute to social stability, cohesion and inclusion and that States have an important role in addressing the demands of youth in this regard, notes that the Global Jobs Pact provides recommendations and policy options for States, and invites donor countries, multilateral organizations and other stakeholders to support national efforts aimed at enhancing employment for youth;", "13. Urges Member States to address the challenges of girls and young women, as well as gender stereotypes that perpetuate discrimination against girls and young women and stereotypic roles of men and women that are preclusive of social development, by reaffirming the commitment to the empowerment of women and gender equality, as well as to the mainstreaming of a gender perspective into all development efforts, recognizing that these are critical for achieving sustainable development and for efforts to combat hunger, poverty and disease, and to strengthen policies and programmes that improve, ensure and broaden the full participation of young women in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life, as equal partners, and to improve their access to all resources needed for the full exercise of all their human rights and fundamental freedoms by removing persistent barriers, including ensuring equal access to full and productive employment and decent work, as well as strengthening their economic independence;", "14. Recognizes the ongoing impact of the financial and economic crisis on the quality of life and health of young people, and in this regard encourages Member States to promote health education and health literacy among young people, including through evidence‑based education and information strategies and programmes in and out of schools and through public campaigns, as well as to increase the access of youth to affordable, safe and effective health care by paying special attention to, and raising awareness regarding, nutrition, including eating disorders and obesity, the effects of non‑communicable and communicable diseases and sexual and reproductive health, as well as measures to prevent sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV and AIDS;", "15. Urges Member States to increase efforts, including to address the ongoing social impact of the crises, to improve the quality of education and promote universal access to education, particularly for young women, out‑of‑school youth, youth with disabilities, indigenous youth, youth in rural areas, young migrants and youth living with HIV and affected by AIDS, without discrimination on any basis, to ensure that they can acquire the knowledge, capacities, skills and ethical values needed, including by appropriate access to scholarships and other mobility programmes, non‑formal education, and technical and vocational education and training, in order to further develop their contributions to societies as relevant actors to promote development;", "16. Also urges Member States to take concerted actions in conformity with international law to remove the obstacles to the full realization of the rights of young people living under foreign occupation to promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals;", "17. Further urges Member States to take effective measures in conformity with international law to protect young people affected or exploited by terrorism and incitement;", "18. Urges Member States to promote equal opportunities for all, to combat all forms of discrimination against young people, including that based on race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, and to foster social integration for social groups such as young persons with disabilities, young migrants and indigenous youth on an equal basis with others;", "19. Encourages Member States to consider including youth representatives in their delegations at all relevant discussions in the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council and its functional commissions and at relevant United Nations conferences, as appropriate, bearing in mind the principle of gender balance and non‑discrimination, and, inter alia, to consider establishing a national youth delegate programme, and emphasizes that such youth representatives should be selected through a transparent process which ensures that they have a suitable mandate to represent young people in their countries;", "20. Calls upon donors, including Member States and intergovernmental and non‑governmental organizations, to actively contribute to the United Nations Youth Fund in order to facilitate the participation of youth representatives from developing countries in the activities of the United Nations, taking into account the need for greater geographical balance of youth representation, as well as to accelerate the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth and to support the production of the World Youth Report, and in this regard requests the Secretary‑General to take appropriate action to encourage contributions to the Fund;", "21. Reiterates its request to the Secretary‑General to strengthen the United Nations Programme on Youth within the existing resources of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat so as to meet the increasing demands on the Programme;", "22. Requests that the United Nations entities enhance their coordination and intensify efforts towards a more coherent, comprehensive and integrated approach to youth development through, inter alia, the Inter‑Agency Network on Youth Development, calls upon the United Nations entities and relevant partners to develop additional measures to support national, regional and international efforts in addressing challenges hindering youth development, and in this regard encourages close collaboration with Member States and other relevant stakeholders, including civil society, particularly youth‑led organizations.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  See resolution 65/312.", "[2]  Resolution 63/303, annex.", "[3]  Resolution 50/81, annex, and resolution 62/126, annex.", "[4]  A/66/129.", "[5]  A/66/61‑E/2011/3." ]
A_RES_66_121
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/121. Youth policies and programmes", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling the World Programme of Action for Youth, adopted by its resolutions 50/81 of 14 December 1995 and 62/126 of 18 December 2007,", "Recalling also the outcome document of the High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on Youth: Mutual Dialogue and Understanding, adopted on 26 July 2011[1],", "Recalling further the Outcome Document of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development[2],", "Welcoming the initiative of the Government of Sri Lanka to hold a global youth conference in Colombo in 2014 focusing on youth participation and involvement in achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,", "Welcoming also the participation of young representatives of national delegations in the General Assembly,", "Deeply concerned that the situation of young people, especially girls and young women, in many parts of the world has been adversely affected by the global financial and economic crisis, reaffirming that poverty eradication remains one of the greatest challenges facing the world today and recognizing that its consequences go beyond the socio-economic context,", "Recognizing that ways in which young people can meet their aspirations, meet the challenges and realize their potential will affect the current social and economic conditions and the well-being and livelihoods of future generations, and stressing the need for continued efforts to promote the interests of youth, including the full enjoyment of their human rights, supporting them in realizing their potential, developing their skills and overcoming obstacles,", "Recognizing also that the international community has suffered multiple interrelated crises, in particular the effects of the financial and economic crisis, volatility in energy and food prices and persistent concerns about food security, as well as the growing challenges posed by climate change and the loss of biodiversity, all of which has led to increased vulnerability and inequalities and has had a negative impact on development progress,", "1. Reaffirms the World Programme of Action for Youth[3], including its fifteen interrelated priority areas, and calls upon Member States to continue to implement it at the local, national, regional and international levels;", "2. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “International Year of Youth: Dialogue and Mutual Understanding”[4];", "3. " Takes note with appreciation also of the report of the Secretary-General entitled " Implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth: coordination and collaboration of the United Nations system in its youth work " [5], and welcomes the recent intensification of collaboration among United Nations entities in the field of youth development;", "4. Expresses deep concern that achieving social development goals can be complicated by the multiple interrelated crises, in particular the impact of the financial and economic crisis, the volatility of energy and food prices and the continuing concerns about food security, as well as the growing challenges posed by climate change and the loss of biodiversity;", "5. Recognizes that young people in all countries constitute an important human resource for development and are key actors in social change, economic development and technological innovation, and affirms that investment in youth development and education is crucial for sustainable social and economic development;", "6. Reaffirms that the strengthening of international cooperation with regard to youth, including through the implementation of all commitments relating to official development assistance, the transfer of appropriate technology, capacity-building, the enhancement of dialogue, mutual understanding and the active participation of youth are crucial elements of efforts to achieve poverty eradication, full employment and social integration;", "7. Urges Member States to promote the full and effective participation of youth and youth-led organizations in relevant decision-making processes, particularly in the formulation, implementation and follow-up of policies, programmes and activities at all times, especially in times of crisis;", "8. Also urges Member States to specifically address the development of young people in their economic and financial recovery measures by emphasizing youth employment and promoting entrepreneurship, volunteering and the development of formal, informal and non-formal education and training systems that meet the needs of young people and society in which they live, and encourages all relevant actors, including the academic community, the private sector, trade unions and social institutions", "9. Calls upon Member States to promote the well-being of young people, particularly the poor and marginalized, through comprehensive policies and action plans, including poverty, employment and social integration as key aspects of their national development programmes, and encourages the international community and the United Nations system to support Member States in this regard;", "10. Stresses the potential of information and communications technology to improve the quality of life of young people so that they can be more involved in the global economy and, in this regard, calls upon Member States, with the support of the United Nations system, local donors, the private sector and civil society, to facilitate universal, non-discriminatory, equitable, safe and affordable access to information and communications technology, especially in schools and in schools", "11. It also emphasizes that young people are particularly vulnerable in the labour market at times of crisis and, in order to meet the needs of young people in a rapidly evolving labour market, recognizes that in order to promote full employment, decent work and entrepreneurship, there is a need to invest in the education, training and skills development of young people and young people, to strengthen social protection and health care systems, to implement internationally agreed labour standards, to pay special attention to informal labour", "12. Recognizes that the employment of young people and employment opportunities for them contribute to social stability, cohesion and inclusion and that States play an important role in meeting the demands of young people in this regard, notes that the Global Jobs Pact contains recommendations and policy options for States, and invites donor countries, multilateral organizations and other stakeholders to support national efforts to promote youth employment;", "13. Calls upon Member States to address the problems of girls and young women, as well as gender stereotypes that perpetuate discrimination against girls and young women, and the stereotyped roles of men and women that impede social development, reaffirming the commitment to promote the empowerment of women and gender equality, as well as the mainstreaming of the gender perspective into all development activities,", "14. Recognizes the impact of the financial and economic crisis on the quality of life and health of young people and, in this regard, encourages Member States to promote education and knowledge on health among young people, through such means as evidence-based education and information strategies and programmes within and outside schools and public awareness campaigns, as well as to increase the access of young people to affordable, safe and effective health services,", "15. Urges Member States, inter alia, to address the social effects of crises, to increase efforts to improve the quality of education and to promote universal access to education, in particular for young women, non-school youth, youth with disabilities, indigenous youth, youth in rural areas, young migrants and young people living with HIV and those affected by AIDS, without any appropriate discrimination,", "16. It also urges Member States to take concerted action in conformity with international law in order to remove obstacles to the full realization of the rights of young people living under foreign occupation and thereby promote the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals;", "17. Further urges Member States to take effective measures that are in conformity with international law to protect and incite young people affected by terrorism;", "18. Urges Member States to promote equal opportunities for all, to combat all forms of discrimination against young people, including discrimination on the basis of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other views, national or social origin, property, birth or other status, and to promote social integration of groups such as youth with disabilities, young migrants and indigenous youth, on an equal basis with others;", "19. Encourages Member States to consider including representatives of young people in delegations to send to all relevant discussions of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council and its functional commissions and relevant United Nations conferences, as appropriate, bearing in mind the principle of gender balance and non-discrimination, and, inter alia, to consider establishing a national programme of youth delegates, and emphasizes that they should be elected by means of a transparent process;", "20. Calls upon donors, including Member States and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to contribute actively to the United Nations Youth Fund in order to facilitate the participation of youth representatives from developing countries in United Nations activities, taking into account the need for greater geographical balance among youth representatives, and to accelerate the implementation of the World Programme of Action for Youth and to support the development of the World Youth Report, and to the General Assembly,", "21. Reiterates its request to the Secretary-General to strengthen the United Nations Youth Programme, within existing resources of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat, in order to respond to the increased requests made to the Programme;", "22. He asked United Nations entities to improve their coordination and to intensify efforts to implement a more coherent, comprehensive and integrated approach to youth development through such means as the Inter-Agency Network for Youth Development, called on United Nations entities and relevant partners to develop further measures to support national, regional and international efforts to address the challenges of young people ' s development and, in that regard, encouraged close collaboration with other relevant Member States.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] See resolution 65/312.", "[2] Resolution 63/303, annex.", "[3] Resolution 50/81, annex, and resolution 62/126, annex.", "[4] A/66/129.", "[5] A/66/61-E/2011/3." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/122. Promoción de la integración social mediante la inclusión social", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social, celebrada en Copenhague del 6 al 12 de marzo de 1995, y su vigésimo cuarto período extraordinario de sesiones, titulado “La Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social y el futuro: en pos del desarrollo social para todos en el actual proceso de mundialización”, que tuvo lugar en Ginebra del 26 de junio al 1 de julio de 2000,", "Recordando también la resolución 2010/12 del Consejo Económico y Social, de 22 de julio de 2010, sobre la promoción de la integración social,", "Recordando además el documento final de la Reunión Plenaria de Alto Nivel de la Asamblea General sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio[1], en el que los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno reconocieron la gran importancia de promover sistemas integrales de protección social que aseguren el acceso universal a los servicios sociales esenciales, coherentes con las prioridades y circunstancias nacionales, a fin de cumplir los objetivos de desarrollo convenidos internacionalmente, incluidos los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio,", "Tomando nota con aprecio del estudio del Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia titulado “Reducir las diferencias para alcanzar los Objetivos”, publicado el 7 de septiembre de 2010, en el que se demuestra que la adopción de un enfoque centrado en la equidad para asegurar la supervivencia y el desarrollo del niño, atendiendo en particular a los niños más desfavorecidos y vulnerables, es una estrategia práctica y eficaz para cumplir los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio en materia de salud infantil,", "Reafirmando el compromiso de la comunidad internacional de hacer efectivo el derecho universal al trabajo, a un nivel de vida adecuado, a los servicios sociales necesarios y a la seguridad social,", "Destacando que para erradicar la pobreza es necesario promover el crecimiento económico sostenido, inclusivo y equitativo, y que este debe complementarse, según proceda, con políticas eficaces de protección social, incluidas políticas de inclusión social,", "Reconociendo que los beneficios del crecimiento económico deben favorecer también a las personas que se encuentran en situación vulnerable o de marginación,", "Reconociendo también que las políticas y los sistemas de inclusión social desempeñan un papel fundamental en la promoción de una sociedad inclusiva, y que también son indispensables para fomentar sociedades estables, seguras, armoniosas, pacíficas y justas y mejorar la cohesión y la inclusión sociales, y crear así un entorno propicio al desarrollo y al progreso,", "Reafirmando que la responsabilidad social y la rendición de cuentas de las empresas desempeñan un papel importante en la creación de un entorno propicio para promover el crecimiento económico y la integración social,", "Reconociendo que las políticas de inclusión social también refuerzan el proceso democrático,", "Destacando que las políticas de inclusión social deben promover la igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de la mujer, así como la igualdad de oportunidades y de acceso a los servicios de protección social para todos, en particular para las personas que se encuentran en situación vulnerable o de marginación,", "Reconociendo que la participación de las personas que se encuentran en situación vulnerable o de marginación es crucial para formular y aplicar políticas de inclusión social que permitan alcanzar realmente la integración social, según proceda,", "Reconociendo la importante función que desempeña la sociedad civil, en particular las organizaciones no gubernamentales, en la promoción de la integración social, por medios como los programas sociales y el apoyo a la elaboración de políticas sociales inclusivas,", "Destacando la importancia de un entorno internacional propicio, en particular de una mayor cooperación internacional que apoye las iniciativas nacionales encaminadas a promover la integración social mediante la inclusión social en todos los países, incluido el cumplimiento de todos los compromisos relativos a la asistencia oficial para el desarrollo, el alivio de la deuda, el acceso a los mercados, el apoyo financiero y técnico y la creación de capacidad,", "Expresando preocupación por que, en tiempos de crisis económica y financiera y de constante inquietud por la inseguridad energética y alimentaria, la exclusión social puede agravarse; una situación en la que las políticas y los programas de inclusión social sostenibles y fiables pueden desempeñar un papel positivo,", "1. Destaca que los Estados, en quienes recae la responsabilidad primordial de promover la integración y la inclusión sociales, deben dar prioridad a la creación de una “sociedad para todos”[2] basada en el respeto de todos los derechos humanos y los principios de igualdad entre las personas, el acceso a servicios sociales básicos y la promoción de la participación activa de todos los miembros de la sociedad, en particular los que se encuentran en situación vulnerable o de marginación, en todos los aspectos de la vida, incluidas las actividades cívicas, sociales, económicas y políticas, así como en los procesos de adopción de decisiones;", "2. Exhorta a los Estados a que promuevan una participación más equitativa en los beneficios del crecimiento económico y un acceso más equitativo a estos, entre otras cosas, mediante políticas que aseguren un mercado de trabajo inclusivo, políticas macroeconómicas que tengan en cuenta las necesidades sociales y en las que el empleo ocupe un lugar destacado, y estrategias de inclusión social que promuevan la integración social asegurando un nivel mínimo de protección social a las personas que se encuentran en situación vulnerable o de marginación, según determine cada país en función de sus circunstancias particulares, en especial en respuesta a la demanda, y la promoción y protección de sus derechos sociales y económicos;", "3. Alienta a los Estados a que, cuando proceda, consideren la posibilidad de crear instituciones u organismos nacionales encargados de promover, aplicar y evaluar los programas y mecanismos de inclusión social a nivel nacional y local;", "4. Alienta también a los Estados a que, junto con las entidades competentes de las Naciones Unidas, sigan vigilando los avances realizados en el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio pertinentes, en particular en relación con sus indicadores, teniendo en cuenta que su consecución es un elemento esencial para la formulación y promoción de políticas nacionales de inclusión social;", "5. Invita a los Estados Miembros y alienta a las organizaciones regionales a apoyar, a petición de los países que lo soliciten, las iniciativas nacionales encaminadas a lograr sociedades inclusivas, en particular en los países en desarrollo, por medios como la prestación de cooperación financiera y técnica para el establecimiento y la aplicación de políticas de inclusión social racionales;", "6. Alienta a los Estados Miembros a incorporar los objetivos de integración social en las políticas de inclusión social promoviendo la participación de las personas que se encuentran en situación vulnerable o de marginación en los procesos de planificación, aplicación y seguimiento, en colaboración, según proceda, con las organizaciones pertinentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas para el desarrollo, las organizaciones regionales, las instituciones financieras internacionales y regionales, los asociados para el desarrollo y los interlocutores sociales, el sector privado y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil;", "7. Invita a los Estados, las organizaciones pertinentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas para el desarrollo, las organizaciones regionales, las instituciones financieras internacionales y regionales, los asociados para el desarrollo y los interlocutores sociales, el sector privado y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil a que intercambien opiniones e información sobre políticas de inclusión social racionales y mejores prácticas;", "8. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo octavo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución;", "9. Decide seguir examinando la cuestión en su sexagésimo octavo período de sesiones, en relación con el tema titulado “Desarrollo social”.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase la resolución 65/1.", "[2]  Véase Informe de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social, Copenhague, 6 a 12 de marzo de 1995 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.96.IV.8), cap. I, resolución 1, anexo II, párr. 66." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/122. Promoting social integration through social inclusion", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling the World Summit for Social Development, held at Copenhagen from 6 to 12 March 1995, and the twenty‑fourth special session of the General Assembly entitled “World Summit for Social Development and beyond: achieving social development for all in a globalizing world”, held at Geneva from 26 June to 1 July 2000,", "Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolution 2010/12 of 22 July 2010 on promoting social integration,", "Recalling further the outcome document of the High‑level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals,[1] in which Heads of State and Government acknowledged the significant importance of promoting comprehensive systems of social protection that provide universal access to essential social services, consistent with national priorities and circumstances, to meet internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,", "Taking note with appreciation of the study by the United Nations Children’s Fund entitled Narrowing the Gaps to Meet the Goals, released on 7 September 2010, which shows that an equity‑focused approach to child survival and development, focusing on reaching the most deprived and vulnerable children, proves to be a practical and effective strategy for meeting the health Millennium Development Goals for children,", "Reaffirming the commitment of the international community to realizing the universal right to work, an adequate standard of living, necessary social services and social security,", "Stressing that the promotion of sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth is necessary to achieve poverty eradication and should be complemented, as appropriate, by effective social protection policies, including social inclusion policies,", "Recognizing that the gains of economic growth should benefit also those who are in vulnerable or marginalized situations,", "Recognizing also that social inclusion policies and systems play a critical role in promoting an inclusive society, and are also crucial for fostering stable, safe, harmonious, peaceful and just societies and for improving social cohesion and inclusion so as to create an environment for development and progress,", "Reaffirming the important role of corporate social responsibility and accountability in contributing to an enabling environment to promote economic growth and social integration,", "Recognizing that social inclusion policies also strengthen the democratic process,", "Stressing that social inclusion policies should promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and equal access to opportunities and social protection for all, in particular for those who are in vulnerable or marginalized situations,", "Acknowledging that the participation of persons in vulnerable or marginalized situations is crucial to formulating and implementing social inclusion policies that effectively achieve social integration, as appropriate,", "Recognizing the important role played by civil society, including non‑governmental organizations, in promoting social integration, inter alia, through social programmes and support for the development of socially inclusive policies,", "Stressing the importance of an enabling international environment, in particular enhanced international cooperation to support national efforts towards promoting social integration through social inclusion in every country, including the fulfilment of all commitments on official development assistance, debt relief, market access, financial and technical support and capacity‑building,", "Expressing concern that, in times of economic and financial crisis and ongoing concern about energy and food insecurity, social exclusion can be exacerbated; in this regard sustainable and reliable social inclusion policies and programmes can play a positive role,", "1. Stresses that States, which bear the main responsibility for social integration and social inclusion, should prioritize the creation of a “society for all”[2] based on respect for all human rights and the principles of equality among individuals, the access to basic social services and the promotion of the active participation of every member of society, in particular those in vulnerable or marginalized situations, in all aspects of life, including civic, social, economic and political activities, as well as participation in decision‑making processes;", "2. Calls upon States to promote a more equitable participation in and access to economic growth gains through, inter alia, policies that ensure inclusive labour markets and by implementing socially responsive macroeconomic policies in which employment has a key role, and social inclusion strategies which promote social integration ensuring social protection floors for those who are in vulnerable or marginalized situations, as defined by each country in accordance with its individual circumstances, including on a demand‑driven basis, and the promotion and protection of their social and economic rights;", "3. Encourages States to consider, when appropriate, the creation of national institutions or agencies for promoting, implementing and evaluating social inclusion programmes and mechanisms at the national and local levels;", "4. Also encourages States, together with relevant United Nations entities, to continue monitoring progress towards the relevant Millennium Development Goals, in particular regarding their indicators, as their achievement is an essential element to shape and promote national policies for social inclusion;", "5. Invites Member States, and encourages regional organizations, to support national efforts to achieve inclusive societies, in particular in developing countries, upon their request, by providing, inter alia, financial and technical cooperation for the design and implementation of sound social inclusion policies;", "6. Encourages Member States to mainstream social integration objectives into social inclusion policies, promoting the participation of persons in vulnerable or marginalized situations in planning, implementing and monitoring processes, in collaboration, as appropriate, with relevant organizations of the United Nations development system, regional organizations, international and regional financial institutions, development and social partners, the private sector and civil society organizations;", "7. Invites States, relevant organizations of the United Nations development system, regional organizations, international and regional financial institutions, development and social partners, the private sector and civil society organizations to exchange views and share information on sound social inclusion policies and best practices;", "8. Requests the Secretary‑General to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its sixty‑eighth session;", "9. Decides to consider the question further at its sixty‑eighth session under the item entitled “Social development”.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  See resolution 65/1.", "[2]  See Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6–12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II, para. 66." ]
A_RES_66_122
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/122. Promotion of social integration through social inclusion", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling the World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen from 6 to 12 March 1995, and its twenty-fourth special session, entitled " The World Summit for Social Development and the future: towards social development for all in the current globalization process " , held in Geneva from 26 June to 1 July 2000,", "Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolution 2010/12 of 22 July 2010 on the promotion of social integration,", "Recalling further the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals[1], in which Heads of State and Government recognized the great importance of promoting comprehensive social protection systems that ensure universal access to essential social services, consistent with national priorities and circumstances, in order to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,", "Noting with appreciation the study of the United Nations Children ' s Fund entitled " Reducing Differences in achieving the Goals " , published on 7 September 2010, which demonstrates that the adoption of a equity-based approach to ensuring the survival and development of children, in particular the most disadvantaged and vulnerable children, is a practical and effective strategy for meeting the Millennium Development Goals in child health,", "Reaffirming the commitment of the international community to realize the universal right to work, at an adequate standard of living, to necessary social services and social security,", "Stressing that the eradication of poverty requires the promotion of sustained, inclusive and equitable economic growth, and that it should be complemented, as appropriate, by effective social protection policies, including social inclusion policies,", "Recognizing that the benefits of economic growth should also favour persons in vulnerable or marginalized situations,", "Recognizing also that policies and systems of social inclusion play a key role in the promotion of an inclusive society, and are also indispensable in fostering stable, safe, harmonious, peaceful and just societies and improving social cohesion and inclusion, and thus creating an enabling environment for development and progress,", "Reaffirming that corporate social responsibility and accountability play an important role in creating an enabling environment for promoting economic growth and social integration,", "Recognizing that social inclusion policies also reinforce the democratic process,", "Stressing that social inclusion policies should promote gender equality and the empowerment of women, as well as equal opportunities and access to social protection services for all, in particular for persons in vulnerable or marginalized situations,", "Recognizing that the participation of persons in vulnerable or marginalized situations is crucial for the formulation and implementation of social inclusion policies that will effectively achieve social integration, as appropriate,", "Recognizing the important role played by civil society, in particular non-governmental organizations, in promoting social integration, through such means as social programmes and support for the development of inclusive social policies,", "Stressing the importance of an enabling international environment, in particular enhanced international cooperation to support national efforts to promote social integration through social inclusion in all countries, including the implementation of all commitments relating to official development assistance, debt relief, market access, financial and technical support and capacity-building,", "Expressing concern that, in times of economic and financial crisis and of constant concern for energy and food insecurity, social exclusion can be aggravated; a situation in which sustainable and reliable social inclusion policies and programmes can play a positive role,", "1. Stresses that States, with primary responsibility for promoting social integration and inclusion, should give priority to the creation of a “society for all”[2] based on respect for all human rights and the principles of equality among persons, access to basic social services and the promotion of the active participation of all members of society, in particular those in vulnerable situations or marginalization, in all aspects of life, including economic decision-making,", "2. Calls upon States to promote more equitable participation in and more equitable access to the benefits of economic growth, including through policies that ensure an inclusive labour market, macroeconomic policies that take into account social needs and where employment is prominent, and social inclusion strategies that promote social integration by ensuring a minimum level of social protection for persons in a vulnerable or marginalized situation, as determined by each country in particular circumstances,", "3. Encourages States, where appropriate, to consider establishing national institutions or agencies to promote, implement and evaluate social inclusion programmes and mechanisms at the national and local levels;", "4. Also encourages States, together with relevant United Nations entities, to continue to monitor progress in the implementation of the relevant Millennium Development Goals, in particular with regard to their indicators, bearing in mind that their achievement is an essential element in the formulation and promotion of national social inclusion policies;", "5. Invites Member States and encourages regional organizations to support, at their request, national efforts to achieve inclusive societies, in particular in developing countries, through the provision of financial and technical cooperation for the establishment and implementation of sound social inclusion policies;", "6. Encourages Member States to mainstream social integration goals into social inclusion policies by promoting the participation of persons in vulnerable situations or marginalization in planning, implementation and monitoring processes, in collaboration, as appropriate, with relevant organizations of the United Nations development system, regional organizations, international and regional financial institutions, development partners and social partners, the private sector and civil society organizations;", "7. Invites States, relevant organizations of the United Nations development system, regional organizations, international and regional financial institutions, development partners and social partners, the private sector and civil society organizations to exchange views and information on sound social inclusion policies and best practices;", "8. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;", "9. Decides to continue its consideration of the question at its sixty-eighth session under the item entitled “Social development”.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] See resolution 65/1.", "[2] See Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6-12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II, para. 66." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/123. Las cooperativas en el desarrollo social", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 47/90, de 16 de diciembre de 1992, 49/155, de 23 de diciembre de 1994, 51/58, de 12 de diciembre de 1996, 54/123, de 17 de diciembre de 1999, 56/114, de 19 de diciembre de 2001, 58/131, de 22 de diciembre de 2003, 60/132, de 16 de diciembre de 2005, 62/128, de 18 de diciembre de 2007, 64/136, de 18 de diciembre de 2009, y 65/184, de 21 de diciembre de 2010, relativas a las cooperativas en el desarrollo social,", "Reconociendo que las cooperativas, en sus distintas formas, promueven la máxima participación posible de todas las personas en el desarrollo económico y social, incluidos las mujeres, los jóvenes, las personas de edad, las personas con discapacidad y las personas indígenas, son cada vez más un factor importante del desarrollo económico y social y contribuyen a la erradicación de la pobreza,", "Reconociendo también la importante contribución que aportan y pueden ofrecer las cooperativas de toda índole al seguimiento de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social, la Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer y la segunda Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Asentamientos Humanos (Hábitat II), incluidas sus conferencias de examen quinquenales, la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Alimentación, la Segunda Asamblea Mundial sobre el Envejecimiento, la Conferencia Internacional sobre la Financiación para el Desarrollo, la Cumbre Mundial sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible y la Cumbre Mundial 2005,", "Observando con aprecio la función que puede desempeñar el establecimiento de cooperativas en la mejora de las condiciones sociales y económicas de los pueblos indígenas y las comunidades rurales,", "1. Toma nota del informe del Secretario General[1];", "2. Acoge con beneplácito la proclamación del año 2012 como Año Internacional de las Cooperativas y su presentación el 31 de octubre de 2011;", "3. Alienta a todos los Estados Miembros, así como a las Naciones Unidas y a todos los demás interesados pertinentes, a que aprovechen el Año Internacional de las Cooperativas para promover las cooperativas y aumentar la conciencia sobre su contribución al desarrollo económico y social, y para intercambiar buenas prácticas sobre la ejecución de las actividades realizadas durante el Año;", "4. Invita a los gobiernos y las organizaciones internacionales a que, en colaboración con las cooperativas y las organizaciones de cooperativas, consideren la posibilidad de elaborar una guía o plan de acción para la promoción de las cooperativas para el desarrollo socioeconómico sostenible con posterioridad al Año Internacional de las Cooperativas y a que lo presenten a la Asamblea General en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, a fin de garantizar un seguimiento específico y eficaz de las actividades del Año;", "5. Señala a la atención de los gobiernos la recomendación que figura en el informe del Secretario General de que centren el apoyo en las cooperativas como empresas comerciales sostenibles y exitosas que contribuyen directamente a la generación de empleo, la reducción de la pobreza y la protección social en diversos sectores económicos en zonas urbanas y rurales;", "6. Alienta a los gobiernos a que sigan examinando, según proceda, las disposiciones jurídicas y administrativas que rigen las actividades de las cooperativas a fin de promover su crecimiento y sostenibilidad en un entorno socioeconómico que evoluciona con rapidez, entre otras cosas, estableciendo para las cooperativas condiciones equiparables a las de otras empresas comerciales y sociales, incluidos incentivos fiscales apropiados y el acceso a los servicios y mercados financieros;", "7. Insta a los gobiernos, las organizaciones internacionales competentes y los organismos especializados a que, en colaboración con las organizaciones nacionales e internacionales de cooperativas, presten la debida atención al papel y la contribución de las cooperativas en la aplicación y el seguimiento de los resultados de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social, la Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer y la segunda Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre los Asentamientos Humanos (Hábitat II), incluidas sus conferencias de examen quinquenales, la Cumbre Mundial sobre la Alimentación, la Segunda Asamblea Mundial sobre el Envejecimiento, la Conferencia Internacional sobre la Financiación para el Desarrollo, la Cumbre Mundial sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible y la Cumbre Mundial 2005, lo cual implica, entre otras cosas:", "a) Aprovechar y desarrollar plenamente las posibilidades que tienen las cooperativas de contribuir a la consecución de los objetivos de desarrollo social, en particular la erradicación de la pobreza, la generación de empleo pleno y productivo y una mayor integración social;", "b) Alentar y facilitar el establecimiento y el desarrollo de cooperativas, incluso adoptando medidas para que las personas que viven en la pobreza o pertenecen a grupos vulnerables, incluidos las mujeres, los jóvenes, las personas con discapacidad, las personas de edad y las personas indígenas, puedan participar plenamente, de forma voluntaria, en las cooperativas y atender a sus necesidades de servicios sociales;", "c) Tomar medidas apropiadas para crear un entorno propicio y favorable al desarrollo de las cooperativas, entre otras cosas, estableciendo una asociación efectiva entre los gobiernos y el movimiento cooperativista mediante consejos consultivos u órganos asesores conjuntos, y promoviendo e implementando mejor legislación, investigación, intercambio de buenas prácticas, capacitación, asistencia técnica y fomento de la capacidad de las cooperativas, especialmente en materia de gestión, auditoría y técnicas de comercialización;", "d) Aumentar la conciencia del público sobre la contribución de las cooperativas a la generación de empleo y al desarrollo socioeconómico, promover una labor amplia de investigación y reunión de datos estadísticos sobre las actividades de las cooperativas y su efecto socioeconómico global y en el empleo a nivel nacional e internacional, y promover la formulación de políticas nacionales bien concebidas mediante la armonización de las metodologías estadísticas;", "8. Invita a los gobiernos a que, en colaboración con el movimiento cooperativista, elaboren programas destinados a aumentar la capacidad de las cooperativas perfeccionando, en particular, las aptitudes de sus miembros en materia de organización, gestión y finanzas, respetando al mismo tiempo los principios de la igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de la mujer, y a que instauren y apoyen programas destinados a mejorar el acceso de las cooperativas a las nuevas tecnologías;", "9. Invita a los gobiernos y las organizaciones internacionales a que, en colaboración con las cooperativas y las organizaciones de cooperativas, promuevan, cuando corresponda, el crecimiento de las cooperativas agrícolas mediante el acceso fácil a financiación asequible, la adopción de técnicas de producción sostenibles, las inversiones en infraestructura rural y sistemas de riego, el fortalecimiento de los mecanismos de comercialización y el apoyo a la participación de la mujer en las actividades económicas;", "10. Invita también a los gobiernos y las organizaciones internacionales a que, en colaboración con las cooperativas y las organizaciones de cooperativas, promuevan, cuando corresponda, el crecimiento de las cooperativas financieras a fin de alcanzar el objetivo de una financiación inclusiva mediante el acceso fácil a servicios financieros asequibles para todos;", "11. Alienta a los gobiernos a que intensifiquen y amplíen la disponibilidad y accesibilidad de trabajos de investigación sobre el funcionamiento y la contribución de las cooperativas, y a que establezcan metodologías para la reunión y divulgación de datos mundiales comparables y buenas prácticas de las empresas cooperativas, con la colaboración de todos los interesados;", "12. Invita a los gobiernos, las organizaciones internacionales competentes, los organismos especializados y las organizaciones de cooperativas de ámbito local, nacional e internacional a que sigan celebrando cada año, el primer sábado de julio, el Día Internacional de las Cooperativas, proclamado en su resolución 47/90;", "13. Solicita al Secretario General que, en cooperación con las organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas y otras organizaciones internacionales, y con las organizaciones de cooperativas de ámbito nacional, regional e internacional, siga prestando apoyo a los Estados Miembros, cuando proceda, en sus esfuerzos por crear un entorno propicio al desarrollo de las cooperativas, proporcionando asistencia para desarrollar los recursos humanos, ofreciendo asesoramiento técnico y capacitación, y promoviendo un intercambio de experiencias y mejores prácticas por medios como conferencias, cursos prácticos y seminarios a nivel nacional y regional;", "14. Solicita también al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo octavo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución, que incluya un panorama general de las actividades realizadas durante el Año Internacional de las Cooperativas.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/66/136." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/123. Cooperatives in social development", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 47/90 of 16 December 1992, 49/155 of 23 December 1994, 51/58 of 12 December 1996, 54/123 of 17 December 1999, 56/114 of 19 December 2001, 58/131 of 22 December 2003, 60/132 of 16 December 2005, 62/128 of 18 December 2007, 64/136 of 18 December 2009 and 65/184 of 21 December 2010 concerning cooperatives in social development,", "Recognizing that cooperatives, in their various forms, promote the fullest possible participation in the economic and social development of all people, including women, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities and indigenous peoples, are becoming a significant factor of economic and social development and contribute to the eradication of poverty,", "Recognizing also the important contribution and potential of all forms of cooperatives to the follow‑up to the World Summit for Social Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women and the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), including their five‑year reviews, the World Food Summit, the Second World Assembly on Ageing, the International Conference on Financing for Development, the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the 2005 World Summit,", "Noting with appreciation the potential role of cooperative development in the improvement of the social and economic conditions of indigenous peoples and rural communities,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary‑General;[1]", "2. Welcomes the proclamation of the year 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives and the launch of the Year on 31 October 2011;", "3. Encourages all Member States, as well as the United Nations and all other relevant stakeholders, to take advantage of the International Year of Cooperatives as a way of promoting cooperatives and raising awareness of their contribution to social and economic development and to share good practices on the implementation of the activities carried out during the Year;", "4. Invites Governments and international organizations, in partnership with cooperatives and cooperative organizations, to consider developing a road map or plan of action for the promotion of cooperatives for sustainable socioeconomic development beyond the International Year of Cooperatives and to submit it to the General Assembly at its sixty‑seventh session so as to ensure a focused and effective follow‑up to the activities of the Year;", "5. Draws the attention of Governments to the recommendation contained in the report of the Secretary‑General to focus support on cooperatives as sustainable and successful business enterprises that contribute directly to employment generation, poverty reduction and social protection, across a variety of economic sectors in urban and rural areas;", "6. Encourages Governments to keep under review, as appropriate, the legal and administrative provisions governing the activities of cooperatives in order to enhance the growth and sustainability of cooperatives in a rapidly changing socioeconomic environment by, inter alia, providing a level playing field for cooperatives vis‑à‑vis other business and social enterprises, including appropriate tax incentives and access to financial services and markets;", "7. Urges Governments, relevant international organizations and the specialized agencies, in collaboration with national and international cooperative organizations, to give due consideration to the role and contribution of cooperatives in the implementation of and follow‑up to the outcomes of the World Summit for Social Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women and the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), including their five‑year reviews, the World Food Summit, the Second World Assembly on Ageing, the International Conference on Financing for Development, the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the 2005 World Summit by, inter alia:", "(a) Utilizing and developing fully the potential and contribution of cooperatives for the attainment of social development goals, in particular the eradication of poverty, the generation of full and productive employment and the enhancement of social integration;", "(b) Encouraging and facilitating the establishment and development of cooperatives, including taking measures aimed at enabling people living in poverty or belonging to vulnerable groups, including women, youth, persons with disabilities, older persons and indigenous peoples, to fully participate, on a voluntary basis, in cooperatives and to address their social service needs;", "(c) Taking appropriate measures aimed at creating a supportive and enabling environment for the development of cooperatives by, inter alia, developing an effective partnership between Governments and the cooperative movement through joint consultative councils and/or advisory bodies and by promoting and implementing better legislation, research, sharing of good practices, training, technical assistance and capacity‑building of cooperatives, especially in the fields of management, auditing and marketing skills;", "(d) Raising public awareness of the contribution of cooperatives to employment generation and to socioeconomic development, promoting comprehensive research and statistical data‑gathering on the activities, employment and overall socioeconomic impact of cooperatives at the national and international levels and promoting sound national policy formulation by harmonizing statistical methodologies;", "8. Invites Governments, in collaboration with the cooperative movement, to develop programmes aimed at enhancing capacity‑building of cooperatives, including by strengthening the organizational, management and financial skills of their members, while respecting the principles of gender equality and the empowerment of women, and to introduce and support programmes to improve the access of cooperatives to new technologies;", "9. Invites Governments and international organizations, in collaboration with cooperatives and cooperative organizations, to promote, as appropriate, the growth of agricultural cooperatives through easy access to affordable finance, adoption of sustainable production techniques, investments in rural infrastructure and irrigation, strengthened marketing mechanisms and support for the participation of women in economic activities;", "10. Also invites Governments and international organizations, in collaboration with cooperatives and cooperative organizations, to promote, as appropriate, the growth of financial cooperatives to meet the goal of inclusive finance by providing easy access to affordable financial services for all;", "11. Encourages Governments to intensify and expand the availability and accessibility of research on the operations and contribution of cooperatives and to establish methodologies for the collection and dissemination of comparable global data on and the good practices of cooperative enterprises, in collaboration with all stakeholders;", "12. Invites Governments, relevant international organizations, the specialized agencies and local, national and international cooperative organizations to continue to observe the International Day of Cooperatives annually, on the first Saturday of July, as proclaimed by the General Assembly in its resolution 47/90;", "13. Requests the Secretary‑General, in cooperation with the relevant United Nations and other international organizations and national, regional and international cooperative organizations, to continue rendering support to Member States, as appropriate, in their efforts to create a supportive environment for the development of cooperatives, providing assistance for human resources development, technical advice and training and promoting an exchange of experience and best practices through, inter alia, conferences, workshops and seminars at the national and regional levels;", "14. Also requests the Secretary‑General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty‑eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, including an overview of the activities that have been implemented during the International Year of Cooperatives.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  A/66/136." ]
A_RES_66_123
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/123. Cooperatives in social development", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 47/90 of 16 December 1992, 49/155 of 23 December 1994, 51/58 of 12 December 1996, 54/123 of 17 December 1999, 56/114 of 19 December 2001, 58/131 of 22 December 2003, 60/132 of 16 December 2005, 62/128 of 18 December 2007, 64/136 of 18 December 2009 and 65/184 of 21 December 2010, relating to cooperative development,", "Recognizing that cooperatives, in their various forms, promote the maximum possible participation of all persons in economic and social development, including women, youth, older persons, persons with disabilities and indigenous persons, are increasingly an important factor in economic and social development and contribute to poverty eradication,", "Recognizing also the important contribution of cooperatives of all kinds to the follow-up to the World Summit for Social Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women and the second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), including its five-year review conferences, the World Food Summit, the Second World Assembly on Ageing, the International Conference on Financing for Development, the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the 2005 World Summit,", "Noting with appreciation the role that cooperatives can play in improving the social and economic conditions of indigenous peoples and rural communities,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General[1];", "2. Welcomes the proclamation of 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives and its presentation on 31 October 2011;", "3. Encourages all Member States, as well as the United Nations and all other relevant stakeholders, to take advantage of the International Year of Cooperatives to promote cooperatives and raise awareness of their contribution to economic and social development, and to share good practices on the implementation of the activities carried out during the Year;", "4. Invites Governments and international organizations, in collaboration with cooperatives and cooperative organizations, to consider developing a guide or action plan for the promotion of cooperatives for sustainable socio-economic development beyond the International Year of Cooperatives and to submit it to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, in order to ensure specific and effective follow-up to the activities of the Year;", "5. He drew attention to the recommendation contained in the Secretary-General ' s report to focus on cooperatives as sustainable and successful business enterprises that directly contributed to employment generation, poverty reduction and social protection in various economic sectors in urban and rural areas;", "6. Encourages Governments to continue to review, as appropriate, the legal and administrative provisions governing cooperative activities in order to promote their growth and sustainability in a rapidly evolving socio-economic environment, including by providing cooperatives with conditions comparable to those of other business and social enterprises, including appropriate tax incentives and access to financial services and markets;", "7. Urges Governments, relevant international organizations and the specialized agencies, in collaboration with national and international cooperative organizations, to give due attention to the role and contribution of cooperatives in the implementation and follow-up to the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development, the Fourth World Conference on Women and the Second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), including its five-year review conferences, the World Food Summit, the Second United Nations", "(a) To take full advantage of and develop the potential of cooperatives to contribute to the achievement of social development goals, including poverty eradication, full and productive employment generation and increased social integration;", "(b) Encourage and facilitate the establishment and development of cooperatives, including by taking measures to enable people living in poverty or belonging to vulnerable groups, including women, youth, persons with disabilities, older persons and indigenous persons, to participate fully, on a voluntary basis, in cooperatives and to meet their social services needs;", "(c) Take appropriate measures to create an enabling and enabling environment for the development of cooperatives, including by establishing an effective partnership between Governments and the cooperative movement through advisory councils or joint advisory bodies, and by promoting and implementing better legislation, research, sharing good practices, training, technical assistance and capacity-building of cooperatives, especially in the areas of management, audit and marketing techniques;", "(d) To increase public awareness of the contribution of cooperatives to employment generation and socio-economic development, to promote comprehensive research and statistical data collection on cooperative activities and their overall socio-economic impact and employment at the national and international levels, and to promote well-designed national policies through the harmonization of statistical methodologies;", "8. Invites Governments, in collaboration with the cooperative movement, to develop programmes aimed at enhancing the capacity of cooperatives by enhancing, in particular, the skills of their members in organizing, managing and finance, while respecting the principles of gender equality and the empowerment of women, and to encourage and support programmes aimed at improving the access of cooperatives to new technologies;", "9. Invites Governments and international organizations, in collaboration with cooperatives and cooperative organizations, to promote, where appropriate, the growth of agricultural cooperatives through easy access to affordable financing, the adoption of sustainable production techniques, investments in rural infrastructure and irrigation systems, the strengthening of marketing mechanisms and support for women ' s participation in economic activities;", "10. It also invites Governments and international organizations, in collaboration with cooperatives and cooperative organizations, to promote, where appropriate, the growth of financial cooperatives in order to achieve the goal of inclusive funding through easy access to affordable financial services for all;", "11. Encourages Governments to intensify and expand the availability and accessibility of research on the functioning and contribution of cooperatives, and to establish methodologies for the collection and dissemination of comparable global data and good practices of cooperative enterprises, with the collaboration of all stakeholders;", "12. Invites Governments, relevant international organizations, specialized agencies and cooperative organizations at the local, national and international levels to continue to celebrate each year, on the first Saturday of July, the International Day of Cooperatives, proclaimed in its resolution 47/90;", "13. Requests the Secretary-General, in cooperation with relevant United Nations organizations and other international organizations, and with cooperative organizations at the national, regional and international levels, to continue to support Member States, where appropriate, in their efforts to create an enabling environment for the development of cooperatives, providing assistance for the development of human resources, providing technical advice and training, and promoting an exchange of experiences and best practices through such as conferences, workshops and seminars at the national and regional levels;", "14. It also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, including an overview of activities during the International Year of Cooperatives.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] A/66/136." ]
[ "CCW/CONF.III/SR.2", "6 de diciembre de 2007", "ESPAÑOL", "Original: INGLÉS", "Ginebra, 7 a 17 de noviembre de 2006", "ACTA RESUMIDA DE LA SEGUNDA SESIÓN", "celebrada en el Palacio de las Naciones, Ginebra, el martes 7 de noviembre de 2006, a las 15.00 horas", "Presidente: Sr. RIVASSEAU (Francia)", "SUMARIO", "Intercambio general de opiniones (continuación)", "Consideración y aprobación de los documentos finales", "La presente acta podrá ser objeto de correcciones.", "Las correcciones deberán redactarse en uno de los idiomas de trabajo. Dichas correcciones deberán presentarse en forma de memorando y, además, incorporarse en un ejemplar del acta. Las correcciones deberán enviarse dentro del plazo de una semana a partir de la fecha del presente documento, a la Sección de Edición, Oficina E.4108, Palacio de las Naciones, Ginebra.", "Las correcciones que se introduzcan en las actas de la Conferencia se reunirán en un único documento que se publicará poco después de finalizado el período de sesiones.", "GE.06-65053 (S) 280807 061207", "Se declara abierta la sesión a las 15.10 horas.", "INTERCAMBIO GENERAL DE OPINIONES (continuación)", "1. El Sr. VÉLEZ BENEDETTI (Colombia) dice que la Convención es un valioso instrumento que contribuye tanto a la promoción como a la protección del derecho internacional humanitario. Impulsa la solidaridad y la cooperación internacional en relación con los daños causados por las armas convencionales, incluidas las minas terrestres, las armas trampa y otros dispositivos explosivos improvisados. Hace suyo lo expresado el día anterior por el Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas sobre los efectos prolongados de esas armas sobre los niños, las próximas generaciones, las personas desplazadas y la reconstrucción post conflicto. Por tal razón, la universalización de la Convención es una necesidad.", "2. La Conferencia debe centrarse en la implementación de políticas encaminadas a la prohibición de la transferencia de este tipo de armas a actores no estatales. También es indispensable adoptar instrumentos para la aplicación de los principios existentes del DIH y para el mejoramiento del diseño de ciertas municiones, incluidas las minas diferentes de las minas antipersonal y las submuniciones. Es preciso también adoptar medidas para reducir el riesgo humanitario proveniente de los restos explosivos de guerra.", "3. Debe aprovecharse la tercera Conferencia de Examen para identificar los puntos de coincidencia entre los Estados, y para reconocer los puntos de desacuerdo, donde el consenso es imposible. De esta manera los Estados podrán adoptar medidas efectivas respecto de algunas cuestiones y retomar los puntos de desacuerdo en el futuro, economizando así tiempo y otros recursos.", "4. Hace un llamamiento a los Estados para que aprueben el proyecto de decisión sobre el establecimiento de un programa de patrocinio con arreglo a la Convención y para que dispongan lo necesario para la implementación del programa. El objetivo principal del programa debe ser apoyar a los países afectados por el uso ilegal de las armas abarcadas por la Convención para que puedan participar en las reuniones de expertos, para que la labor de la Conferencia se base en la experiencia aportada. Ello sería una base mucho más amplia e incluyente para la participación que el criterio actual, que es el nivel de desarrollo económico aparente del país solicitante del patrocinio. El Comité rector del programa deberá recibir aportaciones de los países afectados así como de los países donantes.", "5. El Sr. BELEVÁN TAMAYO (Perú) encomia las iniciativas recientes para favorecer la universalización de la Convención. Insta a todos los Estados Partes a que incrementen su participación en las reuniones de la Convención para concienciar más a la comunidad internacional sobre las cuestiones abarcadas por la Convención y sus protocolos. El trabajo de patrocinio contribuiría a ello alentando la participación de los países en desarrollo. Entiende que el mecanismo propuesto para el programa sería el aplicado con éxito por los países donantes en el marco de la Convención de Ottawa.", "6. Una mayor representatividad de los Estados Partes permitirá igualmente un mejor cumplimiento con las obligaciones contenidas en la Convención y sus protocolos. El Perú apoya los esfuerzos con miras a establecer un mecanismo adecuado que abarque la totalidad de la Convención y sus protocolos, que sería un avance importante respecto del actual mecanismo.", "7. La Conferencia debe centrarse en adoptar medidas para reducir el impacto de las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal sobre las poblaciones civiles, y mejorar las condiciones de trabajo de los desminadores, durante y después de las hostilidades. Son de suma importancia en ese sentido las cuestiones de la detectabilidad y de la vida útil de las minas. En materia de restos explosivos de guerra, el enfoque en tres etapas puede servir de base para seguir analizando la temática, en conjunto con el informe del profesor McCormack, cuyas recomendaciones podrían ayudar en la búsqueda de soluciones para reducir los efectos humanitarios de esos restos. El Perú aprecia la pronta entrada en vigor del Protocolo V, que se propone ratificar a corto plazo.", "8. El Sr. TURCOTTE (Canadá) felicita a los Estados Partes que han ratificado el Protocolo V y les exhorta a verificar que disponen de los medios, mecanismos y procesos para cumplir con sus obligaciones. El Canadá ha analizado su capacidad de cumplir con dichas obligaciones, y se espera que el Gobierno ratifique el Protocolo en un futuro cercano.", "9. Los Estados Partes han llegado a un punto muerto respecto de la cuestión de las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal. Ha llegado el momento de adoptar decisiones sobre la cuestión, que data de la Primera Conferencia de Examen, celebrada en 1996. El Canadá propone pasar de inmediato a la negociación de un nuevo protocolo jurídicamente vinculante que imponga limitaciones razonables sobre la vida útil de esas minas y garantice su detectabilidad por los medios habituales. Toda reducción de la utilidad militar de esas minas se compensaría con creces por el menor riesgo humanitario que plantearían.", "10. El Canadá acoge con agrado la propuesta de establecer un grupo de expertos gubernamentales para estudiar las precauciones viables para mejorar el diseño de los sistemas láser militares para evitar la incidencia de ceguera permanente a la vista no amplificada.", "11. Respecto a la cuestión de los REG, el Canadá cree que si se aplicara correctamente y se respetara plenamente el derecho internacional humanitario, protegería adecuadamente a los civiles. El siguiente paso lógico es examinar sistemas de armas específicos. El Canadá ha tomado nota de la propuesta de negociar un instrumento jurídicamente vinculante para mitigar el impacto humanitario adverso de las municiones de racimo, así como la propuesta de proseguir los esfuerzos del Grupo de Trabajo sobre los restos explosivos de guerra para examinar las formas de mejorar el diseño de la municiones, en particular las submuniciones, para reducir a un mínimo el riesgo humanitario que plantean. Las propuestas actuales y futuras podrían analizarse en el marco de la Convención, y el Canadá acoge con agrado la oportunidad de celebrar un debate constructivo sobre las municiones de racimo y otras armas de esa índole.", "12. Aunque algunos acontecimientos recientes han demostrado abundantemente la pertinencia de la Convención, es necesario acelerar el ritmo de trabajo para proteger las vidas y los medios de sustento de personas en todo el mundo y cumplir la promesa de la Convención.", "13. El Sr. VALLE FONROUGE (Argentina) dice que la Conferencia debe adoptar un mandato de negociación amplio respecto a las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal que contemple la diversidad de opiniones expuestas durante los últimos cuatro años. Debe permitir avanzar en la elaboración de un instrumento regulatorio sobre la producción y las transferencias de esas armas para prevenir los riesgos que comporta para la población civil un uso irresponsable de esas armas. La cooperación y la asistencia deberán incluirse en dicho instrumento para facilitar la adhesión de los Estados de menores recursos.", "14. Como el derecho internacional humanitario contiene normas adecuadas aplicables al empleo de armas que podrían generar restos explosivos de guerra, el próximo debate debe orientarse hacia la adopción de medidas preventivas. Esas medidas deben tender a mejorar la fiabilidad de la munición durante todo el ciclo de vida, inclusive su desarrollo, producción, almacenamiento y empleo. La cooperación y la asistencia técnica aplicada a la fiabilidad de la munición facilitará la adopción de las medidas preventivas a pesar del aumento de los costos emergentes de su desarrollo e implementación, a la vez que evitará el riesgo de debilitar legítimos requerimientos de defensa.", "15. La Argentina apoyará la propuesta presentada relativa al establecimiento de un mandato de negociación de un instrumento sobre las preocupaciones humanitarias que representan las municiones de racimo, y agradece al Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (CICR) la labor que ha venido realizando respecto a este tema.", "16. El Gobierno de su país también respalda la idea de adoptar un mecanismo de cumplimiento para la Convención y sus protocolos a través de un acuerdo anexo a la Convención. El requisito de la presentación de informes al Secretario General de carácter previo a cada Conferencia mejoraría el sistema actual.", "17. El Plan de Acción para promover la universalidad de la Convención también cuenta con la aprobación de la Argentina. La Argentina es signataria del Protocolo V y realiza estudios correspondientes a su ratificación. Respecto del punto 10 ii) del Plan de Acción, la Argentina y el CICR organizaron un seminario regional sobre las armas en el derecho internacional humanitario, que se realizó en Buenos Aires en agosto de 2006. El programa de patrocinio servirá de fomento a la universalización de la Convención y a la participación de los Estados Partes en sus reuniones.", "18. Los Estados Partes deben velar por que la Conferencia consolide los avances reflejados en previas reuniones. También deben mantener la flexibilidad para lograr un balance entre el fortalecimiento del derecho internacional humanitario y las legítimas necesidades de defensa.", "19. El Sr. DA ROCHA PARANHOS (Brasil) dice que los Estados Partes deben aprovechar la oportunidad para reafirmar su compromiso respecto de la universalización y la plena aplicación de la Convención y sentar las bases para su futuro fortalecimiento. A ese respecto, acoge con agrado la inminente entrada en vigor del Protocolo V, que su Gobierno ratificará en breve. Ese instrumento ofrece un marco jurídico efectivo para hacer frente al problema de los restos explosivos de guerra con medidas de prevención y de remedio. Si bien hay que esperar para evaluar la eficacia del nuevo Protocolo, deben celebrarse debates técnicos sobre las medidas para impedir que las municiones se transformen en restos explosivos de guerra, con hincapié en la cooperación internacional y el intercambio de tecnología. Por lo tanto, el Brasil apoya la renovación del mandato del Grupo de Expertos Gubernamentales (GEG) para tratar esos asuntos.", "20. En su calidad de Coordinador del Grupo de Expertos Gubernamentales sobre las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal de 2006, confía en que las disposiciones modificadas que presentó sobre dichas minas sirvan de base firme para la labor de la Conferencia en esa esfera. Habida cuenta de la persistencia de opiniones diferentes al respecto, habrá que recurrir al diálogo y la flexibilidad para lograr resultados.", "21. Apoya el desarrollo y la adopción de un mecanismo no intrusivo para promover el cumplimiento de la Convención y sus protocolos. Ese mecanismo deberá basarse en los principios de consulta, cooperación y aclaración. Únicamente los Estados Partes pueden adoptar decisiones sobre la aclaración de las obligaciones dimanantes de la Convención y sus protocolos. Esas decisiones deberán adoptarse en un marco conducente a la debida representación y a una adopción oficial de decisiones.", "22. El Sr. MINE (Japón) dice que aunque después de la Segunda Conferencia de Examen se haya logrado algunos resultados concretos, la Conferencia actual debería examinar cómo convocar al GEG de manera eficaz pero más económica en el futuro.", "23. En la preparación de la redacción de un protocolo sobre las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal se han tenido en cuenta muchos aspectos importantes desde las perspectivas comunitaria y de la seguridad. Sin embargo, los Estados Partes no deben olvidar que el propósito del protocolo es reducir el impacto humanitario de esas minas. Por lo tanto, el nuevo protocolo deberá fortalecer el Protocolo II Enmendado, y no debilitarlo. Las obligaciones sobre la detectabilidad y la vida útil son fundamentales para el protocolo, y deben aplicarse por igual a todos los Estados Partes.", "24. Además del Protocolo V, se han logrado adelantos mediante debates que han profundizado el entendimiento de los principios del derecho internacional humanitario aplicados a los restos explosivos de guerra. Se están realizando debates sustanciales sobre medidas preventivas técnicas respecto de las municiones, y el informe McCormack es una base práctica para la continuación de los trabajos. Aunque los Estados Partes todavía no han llegado a un consenso sobre la cuestión de las municiones de racimo, deben continuar los esfuerzos para balancear las preocupaciones humanitarias y de seguridad.", "25. El Japón insta a todos los Estados Partes a que den pruebas de su voluntad de comprometerse y cooperar respecto de un mecanismo de aplicación universal para promover el cumplimiento de la Convención y sus protocolos. El Japón destaca la importancia de promover la aplicación constante y la universalización de la Convención, cuyo mérito estribe en su capacidad de responder a medida que evolucionen los problemas de la comunidad internacional.", "26. El Sr. BIELASHOV (Ucrania) hace suya la declaración hecha en nombre de la Unión Europea. Ucrania sigue comprometida respecto del pleno cumplimiento de la Convención y de todos sus protocolos y subraya la necesidad de incrementar su eficacia, en beneficio tanto de los combatientes como de los civiles. Espera que los instrumentos se fortalezcan aún más en los esfuerzos mundiales regionales en favor del desarme y la limitación de los armamentos.", "27. Considera la cuestión de las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal como un importante problema humanitario y apoya la adopción de un instrumento jurídicamente vinculante que imponga limitaciones sobre el uso y la transferencia de esas armas. El instrumento deberá incluir disposiciones sobre la cooperación y la asistencia bilaterales, regionales e internacionales para facilitar su aplicación por los Estados Partes.", "28. Hace un llamamiento a los Estados para que promuevan la universalización del Protocolo V sobre los restos explosivos de guerra, que está a punto de entrar en vigor. El Protocolo V contribuirá a fortalecer el derecho internacional humanitario y a consolidar los esfuerzos para hacer frente al impacto negativo de los restos explosivos de guerra. Ucrania celebrará la continuación de los trabajos al respecto por el Grupo de Expertos Gubernamentales en 2007.", "29. La Convención y sus protocolos siguen siendo un mecanismo práctico para reducir los riesgos para la población civil que suponen las operaciones militares convencionales, y su Gobierno resultará beneficiado por el establecimiento de un mecanismo de cumplimiento claramente definido y transparente. Ucrania apoya todos los esfuerzos por limitar el uso de las armas que infligen sufrimiento a los civiles y los combatientes, como lo demuestra la amplia gama de medidas que ya ha adoptado y su firme decisión de apoyar nuevas iniciativas en esa esfera.", "30. El Sr. MANALO (Filipinas) dice que la Convención es uno de los principales instrumentos del derecho internacional humanitario y que debe fortalecerse y universalizarse. A ese respecto, encomia el Plan de Acción para promover la universalización de la Convención.", "31. Expresa la esperanza de que se logren progresos significativos sobre la cuestión de un mecanismo de cumplimiento y acoge con satisfacción el establecimiento de un programa de patrocinio voluntario destinado a concienciar sobre la Convención y sus protocolos.", "32. A la luz de los problemas humanitarios causados por las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal, Filipinas apoya medidas para limitar y regular su uso. También comparte la preocupación de que las municiones de racimo plantean graves amenazas para las poblaciones civiles, y hace suyos los llamamientos en favor de una limitación y una reglamentación de su uso. Deben emprenderse esfuerzos técnicos para rediseñar esas armas, con miras a reducir el peligro de que se transformen en restos explosivos de guerra. Su país está estudiando actualmente la ratificación del Protocolo V, teniendo presente su próxima entrada en vigor.", "33. El Sr. ITZCHAKI (Israel) dice que la Convención, desde su incepción, constituye uno de los marcos más efectivos para lograr un balance entre las preocupaciones humanitarias y las consideraciones legítimas en materia militar y de seguridad. Los debates sobre la aplicación de la Convención y sus protocolos, con la participación de expertos militares y de organizaciones humanitarias, han contribuido eficazmente a reducir el sufrimiento humano.", "34. La Convención ha concienciado sobre los efectos del uso irresponsable e indiscriminado de ciertas armas convencionales y ha servido de terreno común para facilitar las negociaciones entre los Estados, garantizando que no se comprometan las consideraciones legítimas en materia de seguridad. Sin embargo, el hecho de que la Convención no haya sido ratificada por todos los Estados ha conducido a cierta inconsistencia en las obligaciones legales de los Estados, lo que subraya la necesidad de su ratificación universal.", "35. Su Gobierno ha podido participar constructivamente en el proceso de la Convención y contribuir a su desarrollo hasta ahora. Seguirá actuando en consecuencia, con el firme convencimiento de que es esencial fortalecer el proceso de la Convención, antes que crear un proceso paralelo fuera del marco de la Convención.", "36. El creciente número de víctimas civiles exige la atención especial de la comunidad internacional. Si bien las armas convencionales tienen objetivos legítimos en relación con la seguridad y la defensa nacionales, tienen un impacto estratégico y humanitario desestabilizador cuando caen en manos de terroristas. Recalca la necesidad de abordar esta cuestión con carácter prioritario, teniendo en cuenta las amenazas reales que se ciernen sobre la paz y la estabilidad internacionales.", "37. Mientras los Estados que luchan por defender a sus ciudadanos procuran aplicar la moderación necesaria para reducir el sufrimiento humano, los terroristas no observan límite alguno ni los principios básicos del derecho internacional humanitario. Esto ha quedado demostrado en el reciente conflicto con Hezbolá en el Líbano meridional, donde se ha usado a civiles como escudos humanos e instalaciones civiles como plataformas de lanzamiento para los ataques. ¿Cómo podría la comunidad internacional incrementar su control sobre la transferencia de armas a grupos renegados? Esa amenaza rebasa los límites de cualquier región y debe ser el objetivo de la futura acción en el marco de la Convención, antes que añadir disposiciones que ofrezcan aún más inmunidad a los terroristas.", "38. Es necesario basarse en el éxito de los últimos logros de la Convención, en particular la disposición sobre marcos jurídicos significativos para hacer frente a los restos explosivos de guerra. Israel acoge con agrado la entrada en vigor del Protocolo V, que constituye una buena base para ulteriores conversaciones sobre medidas preventivas y sobre medidas para incrementar la seguridad y la fiabilidad de la municiones para reducir los riesgos que suponen los restos explosivos de guerra. El Gobierno de su país se enorgullece de haber participado en cinco años de debates para lograr un instrumento balanceado que rige el uso de las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal de manera que pueda reducirse realmente el sufrimiento humano y facilitarse una remoción rápida de las minas en situaciones posteriores a conflictos.", "39. El mecanismo de cumplimiento convenido en el Protocolo II Enmendado también podría ser aplicable a la totalidad de la Convención, puesto que reduce la posibilidad de que se abuse de las preocupaciones humanitarias para promover una agenda política diferente. La necesidad de evitar ese abuso debería orientar a la Conferencia en su consideración del proyecto de decisión presentado a este respecto.", "40. El Sr. FERNÁNDEZ PALACIOS (Cuba) dice que se hace cada vez más necesario preservar el multilateralismo en las relaciones internacionales, basado en un estricto respeto a los principios del derecho internacional y la Carta de las Naciones Unidas.", "41. Mientras los gastos militares ascienden ya a 1 millón de millones de dólares, en el mundo hay 1.000 millones de analfabetos y 900 millones de hambrientos. Con apenas el 10% de los actuales gastos militares se podrían alcanzar los objetivos de desarrollo del milenio. Esto sería posible si existiera la voluntad política de destinar los recursos hacia la búsqueda de soluciones a los problemas asociados con el subdesarrollo y en la reducción de la brecha entre los países más ricos y los más pobres.", "42. El pueblo de Cuba se ha visto obligado a subsistir, desde hace 47 años, bajo las condiciones de plaza sitiada ante la amenaza de agresión militar directa de los Estados Unidos. En julio de 2006 la administración norteamericana anunció nuevas medidas en el contexto de un nuevo plan anexionista en su obstinada política de destruir a la revolución cubana. Dicho plan anexa un grupo de medidas \"secretas\", que sólo nos hace pensar en más planes de agresión, de atentados y del uso de la fuerza. A ese grave peligro hay que sumarle la guerra económica a la que se ha visto sometida Cuba, que le impide el acceso a los recursos necesarios y a las tecnologías de avanzada para el desarrollo.", "43. Por estas razones el Gobierno de Cuba le presta especial atención a su seguridad nacional y opina que no es creíble la actitud de algunos países que abogan por limitar el uso de las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal al mismo tiempo que fabrican nuevos y más sofisticados armamentos convencionales.", "44. Cuba ha mantenido una actitud constructiva a lo largo de los debates sobre las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal, llegando incluso a presentar una propuesta de expertos gubernamentales en su 12º período de sesiones, que trata de otorgar otro enfoque a las discusiones para que se tomen en cuenta las opiniones de los países en desarrollo. Le complace ver que otros países también han presentado otras propuestas.", "45. Ve de manera positiva que las cuestiones técnicas tengan un carácter recomendativo. Sin embargo, algunas de las propuestas que se han formulado sólo son alcanzables por países de alto desarrollo tecnológico y con suficiente poderío económico y militar, en contraste con países en desarrollo, como lo es Cuba.", "46. Cualquier decisión que se tome con relación a la aplicación de la Convención y sus protocolos anexos debe mantenerse dentro del mecanismo que hemos establecido y debe ser lo suficientemente flexible para abordar las preocupaciones de todas las partes.", "47. Cuba cree que la adopción de \"buenas prácticas\", como una medida jurídicamente vinculante de carácter obligatorio, podría crear precedentes negativos en la aplicación de las normas internacionales para el tratamiento de la prohibición o restricción de otras armas. No tiene sentido ético el empleo del término \"buenas prácticas\" cuando se trata de mecanismos que pueden provocar la muerte y la destrucción, por lo que debería cambiarse su denominación por \"recomendaciones\" de carácter voluntario.", "48. Cuba saluda la entrada en vigor del Protocolo V, cuya puesta en marcha y universalización deben ser tareas inmediatas. Cuba ha iniciado los trámites constitucionales para su ratificación.", "49. El Sr. IŞIK (Turquía) dice que después de que Turquía pasó a ser Estado Parte en la Convención el 1º de marzo de 2004, la Convención y diversos protocolos entraron en vigor en Turquía el 2 de septiembre de 2005. Así, asiste a una Conferencia de Examen en calidad de Estado Parte por primera vez, y ahora está en condiciones de desempeñar un papel más activo respecto del logro de los objetivos de la Convención.", "50. El Sr. NAESS (Noruega) dice que los instrumentos jurídicamente vinculantes sobre los restos explosivos de guerra y sobre las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal son esenciales para reducir el sufrimiento humano durante los conflictos armados y después de ellos. Noruega toma nota con satisfacción de la inminente entrada en vigor del Protocolo V y está firmemente decidida a aplicarlo. Insta a todos los Estados que aún no hayan firmado y ratificado el Protocolo a que lo hagan, y apoya las iniciativas para promover su universalización.", "51. Un creciente número de Estados está reconociendo los efectos indiscriminados y el número inaceptablemente elevado de restos explosivos de guerra que dejan las municiones de racimo. Felicita a la sociedad civil por sus esfuerzos por destacar y documentar el sufrimiento humano resultante. La información sobre la situación en el Líbano demuestra la urgente necesidad de un instrumento internacional sobre las municiones de racimo. El instrumento debe centrarse en los aspectos humanitarios, e indicar claramente las obligaciones relativas a su aplicación.", "52. En relación con la cuestión de las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal, debe mejorarse la situación de la población civil y de los desminadores humanitarios. Todo nuevo protocolo jurídicamente vinculante de la Convención sobre la cuestión deberá incluir disposiciones más amplias que las del Protocolo II Enmendado. La detectabilidad y la vida útil, conjuntamente con las disposiciones relativas a las transferencias, deben ser elementos fundamentales del nuevo protocolo.", "53. Noruega apoya las nuevas iniciativas en favor de la universalización de la Convención y sus protocolos, y el establecimiento de un mecanismo de cumplimiento. Reitera la voluntad de su Gobierno de trabajar constructivamente para el éxito de la actual Conferencia de Examen.", "54. El Sr. DUBE (Observador de Zimbabwe) dice que Zimbabwe tiene interés en firmar todos los convenios relativos al mejoramiento de la seguridad internacional. Ha firmado la Convención sobre la prohibición del empleo, almacenamiento, producción y transferencia de minas antipersonal y sobre su destrucción, y ha participado en una campaña para poner fin al sufrimiento causado por las minas antipersonal que matan y discapacitan a centenares de personas y animales. La adopción de la Convención de Ottawa en 1997 fue un hito importante, y aunque los conflictos no han cesado, el mundo se está transformando ahora en un lugar más seguro gracias a los esfuerzos que se vienen desplegando para prohibir o limitar el uso de ciertas armas convencionales. La Convención sobre las armas biológicas reviste también especial importancia, y pide a los Estados poseedores de esas armas que las destruyan, o que velen por que se usen con fines pacíficos.", "55. El Sr. BLAŽEK (República Checa) dice que la Octava Conferencia Anual de las Partes en el Protocolo Enmendado sobre Prohibiciones o Restricciones del Uso de Minas, Armas Trampa y otros Artefactos (Protocolo II Enmendado) se celebró en Ginebra el 6 de noviembre de 2006, para facilitar las consultas y la cooperación sobre todas las cuestiones relacionadas con la aplicación del Protocolo. Asistieron a la Conferencia 58 Estados Partes y un Estado signatario, 10 Estados observadores y varios órganos de las Naciones Unidas, organizaciones internacionales y ONG, y se presentaron 43 informes anuales nacionales. La Conferencia examinó la cuestión del aplazamiento del cumplimiento de los párrafos 2 b) y 3 a) y b) del Anexo Técnico del Protocolo II Enmendado, y se señaló que el período de aplazamiento autorizado expiraría el 3 de diciembre de 2007. La Conferencia decidió que las fechas y el programa de la Novena Conferencia Anual de 2007 se establecerían en la presente Conferencia de Examen. La Octava Conferencia Anual concluyó con un llamamiento a todos los Estados para que se adhirieran al Protocolo II Enmendado lo antes posible, y se pidió a los 86 Estados Partes que promovieran una mayor adhesión al Protocolo en sus respectivas regiones.", "56. El Sr. SPOERRI (Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja) dice que en los últimos 11 años la Convención sobre ciertas armas convencionales se ha ampliado para abarcar los conflictos armados no internacionales, se han prohibido las armas láser cegadoras y se ha impuesto nuevas restricciones a las minas terrestres, las trampas explosivas y dispositivos similares. El Protocolo V sobre los restos explosivos de guerra estableció nuevas normas para reducir a un mínimo las muertes, lesiones y sufrimiento causados por los artefactos sin estallar y abandonados. La presente Conferencia de Examen ofrece la oportunidad de examinar el estatuto y la operación de la Convención y sus protocolos, evaluar los cambios ocurridos en la tecnología de las armas y la naturaleza del conflicto armado, y perfeccionar aún más el derecho internacional humanitario. El Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja (CICR) insta a los Estados Partes a que adopten un nuevo protocolo para reducir el costo humano de las minas antivehículo y a que comiencen a elaborar un nuevo instrumento para hacer frente a las graves y prolongadas consecuencias del uso de municiones de racimo. Las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal han sido tema de extensos debates, y el CICR ha documentado la gravedad de la repercusión de esas minas sobre las poblaciones civiles y las operaciones de asistencia humanitaria. Los delegados del CICR han sido testigos de las trágicas consecuencias del encuentro de vehículos civiles con esas minas. También algunos delegados han sido víctimas de esas minas. Un protocolo sobre el asunto podría fortalecer las normas actuales si se exige que dichas armas sean detectables y de vida útil reducida. Ese protocolo deberá ser jurídicamente vinculante, deberá representar un adelanto significativo respecto de las normas contenidas en el Protocolo II Enmendado y deberá ser lo suficientemente claro para que se pueda aplicar de inmediato para solucionar los problemas sobre el terreno.", "57. Durante más de 40 años, se ha sabido que las municiones de racimo han causado un considerable número de muertos y heridos entre los civiles tanto durante los conflictos armados como después de ellos. El sufrimiento de los civiles y la carga que representa la remoción de esas armas siguen aumentando sin cejar, y la lista de los Estados afectados por esas armas aumenta de año en año. El CICR estima que ya es hora de adoptar enérgicas medidas internacionales para poner fin al cuadro predecible de tragedia humana vinculado con las municiones de racimo, cuyas características específicas justifican plenamente la adopción de medidas enérgicas. El CICR pide a todos los Estados que adopten medidas a nivel nacional para poner fin al uso de municiones de racimo de poca precisión o poco fiables, prohibir el uso de esas municiones contra cualquier objetivo militar ubicado en una zona poblada, eliminar las existencias de municiones de poca precisión o poco fiables y, mientras tanto, no transferir esas armas a otros países. Se necesita de un nuevo instrumento internacional para abordar exhaustiva y eficazmente el problema de las municiones de racimo, y el CICR está preparado para acoger una reunión internacional de expertos a principios de 2007 para comenzar a determinar los elementos de un acuerdo de esa índole. El grave y desproporcionado costo humano de esas municiones de racimo exige una rigurosa reglamentación.", "58. Las conferencias de examen han desempeñado un papel crítico en la promoción de la universalización y la plena aplicación de la Convención. Ha transcurrido un total de 25 años desde la adopción de la Convención, y, por lo tanto, debe hacerse un examen a fondo para examinar la aplicación nacional de las obligaciones contraídas en virtud de la Convención, el establecimiento de mecanismos nacionales para determinar la legalidad de las nuevas armas, y la aclaración de ciertas cuestiones vinculadas con el Protocolo IV sobre las armas láser cegadoras. En 2001 el CICR presentó un informe a la Segunda Conferencia de Examen en que destacaba su preocupación por el hecho de que la prohibición del uso de balas que estallaban en el interior del cuerpo humano podía ser debilitada por la producción y proliferación de ciertas balas de uso múltiple de 12,7 milímetros. La Conferencia de Examen invitó a los Estados a que adoptaran medidas apropiadas. Reiterados ensayos balísticos han demostrado que esas balas de uso múltiple son capaces de hecho de estallar dentro del cuerpo humano en una variedad de circunstancias, en particular cuando se trata de disparos a corto alcance o tras hacer impacto en prendas antibalas. Aunque el CICR no propone nuevas medidas por parte de la Tercera Conferencia de Examen, invita a los Estados a que confirmen su consideración de que el uso antipersonal de la balas que estallan en el cuerpo humano está prohibido. Insta a los Estados a que integren esa norma en sus manuales militares y material de capacitación.", "59. El Sr. GAYLARD (Equipo de las Naciones Unidas de Actividades Relativas a las Minas) dice que las Naciones Unidas son testigo permanente de la repercusión humanitaria y socioeconómica de las minas terrestres y de los restos explosivos de guerra, en particular las submuniciones sin estallar. En su capacidad de observador en el Grupo de Expertos Gubernamentales, las Naciones Unidas han facilitado las presentaciones basadas sobre el terreno y han contribuido a los debates y negociaciones sustantivos entre los Estados Partes. Se ha mantenido a los Estados Partes informados periódicamente acerca de las amenazas humanitarias y otros peligros planteados por las minas terrestres y los restos explosivos de guerra. En un reciente estudio de las Naciones Unidas realizado en toda una gama de programas sobre el terreno se señaló la atención a esos peligros y amenazas, y en un informe preparado por encargo de las Naciones Unidas sobre la situación en Albania y en la República Democrática Popular Lao se subrayaron las repercusiones socioeconómicas y humanitarias de las municiones de racimo.", "60. El Equipo de las Naciones Unidas de Actividades Relativas a las Minas ha participado activamente en las negociaciones que han conducido a la adopción del Protocolo V, y celebra su inminente entrada en vigor. Las Naciones Unidas también han contribuido al desarrollo de un entendimiento común de la naturaleza de las municiones y submuniciones de racimo, y han señalado sistemáticamente la atención a su impacto adverso en las esferas humanitaria y del desarrollo y piden la adopción de medidas para mitigar ese impacto. Los Estados Partes en la Convención deben realizar nuevos esfuerzos para la concertación de un acuerdo sobre las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal para asegurar que todas esas minas contengan un mecanismo de autodestrucción o de autodesactivación, y que no lleven dispositivos antimanipulación o espoletas sensibles que pudieran ser activados por la presencia o proximidad de una persona. El Equipo de las Naciones Unidas de Actividades Relativas a las Minas hace suyo el mensaje del Secretario General a la presente Conferencia de Examen, sobre la necesidad de abordar los efectos inhumanos de las municiones de racimo y adoptar un mecanismo para el cumplimiento efectivo y la cooperación en relación con la Convención en sus protocolos. También apoya la adopción de un programa de patrocinio para la Convención, que facilite una mayor participación en las reuniones de la Convención, en particular por parte de países afectados por el uso de ciertas armas convencionales, incluidas las minas terrestres, los restos explosivos de guerra y las municiones de racimo.", "61. El Sr. NELLEN (Centro Internacional de Desminado Humanitario de Ginebra) dice que un firme compromiso respecto del principio humanitario de reglamentar y restringir el uso de las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal y de los restos explosivos de guerra, incluidas las municiones de racimo, constituiría un logro importante durante muchos años. Las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal presentan un grave obstáculo para la recuperación posterior a los conflictos en relación con el retorno de los refugiados y otros civiles, así como de los trabajadores humanitarios y del sector de la remoción de las minas terrestres. Por lo tanto, espera que los Estados Partes se esfuercen para adoptar un instrumento jurídicamente vinculante para hacer frente a todas las preocupaciones humanitarias planteadas por el uso de esas minas. El Centro está dispuesto a contribuir a los debates, en particular sobre la detectabilidad y la vida útil de las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal. La minas deberán poder ser detectadas por detectores de metales, mediante la inclusión de una pieza de hierro de 8 g en una sola masa coherente. Deberán estar dotadas de un mecanismo de autodestrucción o de autoneutralización, con un dispositivo de autodesactivación de seguridad. En caso de no llegarse a un acuerdo sobre la adopción de un nuevo protocolo, deberá centrarse la atención en la aplicación del Protocolo II Enmendado, en particular respecto de las minas distintas de las minas antipersonal.", "62. En relación con la cuestión de los restos explosivos de guerra, dice que espera que la entrada en vigor del Protocolo V constituya una primera medida hacia la eliminación del peligro de los artefactos sin estallar y los restos explosivos abandonados después de los conflictos. Aún habrá que desplegar esfuerzos para alentar a los Estados a que ratifiquen el nuevo protocolo y lo apliquen. Deberían realizarse nuevos esfuerzos para establecer un mecanismo de cumplimiento firme para la Convención, y garantizar su eficacia. En el proyecto de decisión sobre el posible programa de patrocinio de la Convención se establecen los principios generales, objetivos y modalidades operacionales de ese programa, en que el Centro está dispuesto a participar, si así se le solicita.", "CONSIDERACIÓN Y APROBACIÓN DE LOS DOCUMENTOS FINALES (tema 18 del programa) (CCW/CONF.III/CRP.1)", "63. El PRESIDENTE señala a la atención de los miembros del Comité de la parte I del proyecto de documento final (CCW/CONF.III/CRP.1), distribuido en la sala de conferencias. El documento final habrá de aprobarse en su totalidad más tarde durante el período de sesiones.", "Se levanta la sesión a las 16.55 horas." ]
[ "THIRD REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE STATESPARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON PROHIBITIONS ORRESTRICTIONSON THE USE OF CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONSWHICH MAY BE DEEMED TO BE EXCESSIVELYINJURIOUSOR TO HAVE INDISCRIMINATE EFFECTS\tCCW/CONF.III/SR.216 November 2006Original: ENGLISH", "Geneva, 7-17 November 2006", "SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 2nd MEETING", "Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva,", "on Tuesday, 7 November 2006, at 3 p.m.", "President: Mr. RIVASSEAU (France)", "CONTENTS", "GENERAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS (continued)", "CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF THE FINAL DOCUMENTS", "The meeting was called to order at 3.10 p.m.", "GENERAL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS (continued)", "1. Mr. VELEZ BENEDETTI (Colombia) said that the Convention was a valuable instrument that contributed to the promotion and protection of international humanitarian law. It encouraged solidarity and international cooperation to deal with the damage caused by conventional weapons such as landmines, booby traps and other improvised explosive devices. He supported the comments made by the Secretary-General of the United Nations the previous day on the lasting effects of such weapons on children, future generations, displaced persons and post-conflict reconstruction. Universalization of the Convention was therefore a priority.", "2. The Conference should focus on implementing policies to prohibit the transfer of such weapons to non-State actors. Adopting instruments to implement the existing principles of international humanitarian law and to improve the design of certain weapons, including mines other than anti-personnel mines and submunitions, was equally imperative. Measures to reduce the humanitarian risk from explosive remnants of war were another priority.", "3. The Third Review Conference should be used to identify the areas on which States parties could agree and acknowledge those on which consensus was impossible. That would allow States parties to adopt effective measures on some issues and to leave more controversial issues to be settled at a later date, thus saving time and other resources.", "4. He called on States parties to adopt the draft decision on the establishment of a sponsorship programme under the Convention and to take the necessary steps to implement the programme. The principal objective of the programme should be to enable countries affected by the illegal use of the weapons covered by the Convention to participate in the meetings of experts, so that the work of the Conference would be informed by their experience. That would provide a broader, more inclusive basis for participation than the current criterion, which was the apparent level of economic development of countries requesting sponsorship. The programme’s steering committee should receive inputs from those affected countries as well as from donor countries.", "5. Mr. BELEVAN TAMAYO (Peru) commended recent initiatives to promote the universality of the CCW. He urged all States parties to increase their participation in CCW meetings in order to raise awareness among the international community of the issues covered by the Convention and its protocols. The sponsorship programme would contribute to that end by encouraging the participation of developing countries. He took it that the proposed mechanism for the programme would be the one that had been successfully implemented by the donor countries under the Ottawa Convention.", "6. Greater representation of States parties would also facilitate increased compliance with the Convention and its protocols. Peru supported the efforts to establish an appropriate mechanism that would encompass the Convention and all its protocols, which would be a significant improvement on the current system.", "7. The Conference should focus on adopting measures to reduce the impact of mines other than anti-personnel mines on civilian populations, and to improve working conditions for mine‑clearers during and after hostilities. The issues of detectability and the life cycle of mines were particularly relevant in that regard. The three-step approach to explosive remnants of war should be used for future work, and the McCormack report would assist in the search for ways to reduce the humanitarian effects of such remnants. Peru welcomed the imminent entry into force of Protocol V, which it planned to ratify in the near future.", "8. Mr. TURCOTTE (Canada) congratulated the States parties that had ratified Protocol V, and called on them to ensure that they had the means, mechanisms and processes in place to meet their obligations. Canada had analysed its ability to meet such obligations, and it was hoped that the Government would ratify the Protocol in the near future.", "9. States parties had reached an impasse on the issue of mines other than anti-personnel mines. Decisions should now be taken on the matter, which dated back to the First Review Conference in 1996. Canada proposed moving immediately to the negotiation of a new legally binding protocol that placed reasonable limitations on the active life of such mines and ensured that they were detectable by commonly available means. Any reduction in the military utility of such mines would be outweighed by the reduced humanitarian risk they would pose.", "10. Canada welcomed the proposal to establish a group of governmental experts to study feasible precautions to improve the design of military laser systems in order to avoid the incidence of permanent blindness to unenhanced vision.", "11. On the issue of ERW, Canada believed that if international humanitarian law was correctly applied and fully respected, it could provide adequate protection for civilians. The logical next step was to examine specific weapons systems. Canada had noted the proposal to negotiate a legally binding instrument to mitigate the adverse humanitarian impact of cluster munitions, as well as the proposal to continue the efforts of the Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War to examine ways to improve the design of munitions, including submunitions, in order to minimize the humanitarian risk they posed. Current and future proposals could be discussed within the CCW framework, and Canada welcomed the opportunity for constructive discussion on cluster munitions and other such weapons.", "12. While several recent developments had amply demonstrated the relevance of the CCW, it was necessary to accelerate the pace of work in order to protect the lives and livelihoods of people throughout the world and to fulfil the promise of the Convention.", "13. Mr. VALLE FONROUGE (Argentina) said that the Conference should adopt a broad negotiating mandate on the issue of mines other than anti-personnel mines that would reflect the diversity of opinions expressed over the past four years. It should facilitate the development of a regulatory instrument for the production and transfer of such weapons and to minimize the risks posed to the civilian population by irresponsible use of those weapons. Cooperation and assistance should be included in the instrument in order to facilitate accession by States with limited resources.", "14. Since international humanitarian law contained sufficient provisions on the use of arms that could generate explosive remnants of war, debate in future should focus on preventive measures. Such measures should strive to improve the reliability of such munitions throughout their life cycle, including development, production, storage and use. Cooperation and technical assistance in that area would facilitate the adoption of the preventive measures by offsetting the increased costs of development and implementation, while avoiding the risk of undermining legitimate defence requirements.", "15. Argentina supported the proposal to negotiate a legally binding instrument that addressed the humanitarian concerns posed by cluster munitions, and paid tribute to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for its work in that field.", "16. His Government also backed the idea of adopting a compliance mechanism for the Convention and its protocols by means of an agreement attached to the Convention. The requirement that States parties should submit reports to the Secretary-General before each conference would improve on the current system.", "17. The Plan of Action to promote the universality of the CCW also met with Argentina’s approval. Argentina was a signatory to Protocol V and was currently considering ratification. With regard to point 10 (ii) of the Plan of Action, Argentina and ICRC had organized a regional seminar on weapons in international humanitarian law in Buenos Aires in August 2006. The sponsorship programme would help to promote universalization of the CCW Convention and encourage States parties to participate in meetings.", "18. States parties should strive to ensure that the Conference built on the progress made at previous meetings. They should also maintain flexibility in order to strike a balance between the strengthening of international humanitarian law and legitimate defence requirements.", "19. Mr. DA ROCHA PARANHOS (Brazil) said that States parties should take the opportunity to reaffirm their commitment to the universalization and full implementation of the Convention and to lay the groundwork for its future strengthening. In that regard, he welcomed the imminent entry into force of Protocol V, which his Government would ratify shortly. That instrument provided an effective legal framework for tackling the problem of explosive remnants of war with preventive and remedial measures. While time should be allowed to assess the effectiveness of the new Protocol, technical discussions on measures to prevent munitions from becoming explosive remnants of war should be held, focusing on international cooperation and the exchange of technology. Brazil therefore supported the renewal of the mandate of the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) to discuss such matters.", "20. As the 2006 Coordinator of the GGE on Mines Other than Anti-Personnel Mines, he trusted that the revised provisions that he had submitted on such mines would provide a sound basis for the work of the Conference in that field. Given that different views persisted on the issue, dialogue and flexibility would be required in order to attain results.", "21. He supported the development and adoption of a non-intrusive mechanism to promote compliance with the Convention and its protocols. Such a mechanism should be based on the principles of consultation, cooperation and clarification. Only States parties could take decisions on the clarification of obligations deriving from the Convention and its protocols. Such decisions should be taken in a framework conducive to proper representation and formal decision-making.", "22. Mr. MINE (Japan) said that while a number of concrete outcomes had been achieved since the Second Review Conference, the current Conference should examine ways to convene the GGE in a more cost-effective way in future.", "23. Much preparation had gone into drafting a protocol regulating mines other than anti‑personnel mines that would be meaningful from the humanitarian and security perspectives. States parties should not, however, forget that the aim of the protocol was to reduce the humanitarian impact of such mines. The new protocol should therefore strengthen Amended Protocol II, not weaken it. Obligations on detectability and active life were fundamental to the protocol, and should apply equally to all States parties.", "24. In addition to Protocol V, progress had been made through discussions that had deepened the understanding of international humanitarian law principles applied to explosive remnants of war. Substantial discussions were under way on technical preventive measures for munitions, and the McCormack report provided a practical basis for further work. While States parties had not yet reached consensus on the issue of cluster munitions, efforts to balance humanitarian and security concerns continued.", "25. Japan urged all States parties to demonstrate the will to compromise and cooperate on a universally applicable mechanism to promote compliance with the Convention and its protocols. Japan emphasized the importance of promoting the steady implementation and universalization of the Convention, whose merit lay in its ability to respond as the international community’s problems evolved.", "26. Mr. BIELASHOV (Ukraine) associated himself with the statement delivered on behalf of the European Union. Ukraine remained committed to full compliance with the Convention and all its protocols and emphasized the need to increase their effectiveness, for the benefit of both combatants and civilians. He hoped that the instruments would be further strengthened in the global and regional efforts towards disarmament and arms control.", "27. He considered the issue of mines other than anti-personnel mines a paramount humanitarian concern and supported the adoption of a legally binding instrument which imposed limitations on the use and transfer of such weapons. The instrument should include provisions on bilateral, regional and international cooperation and assistance designed to facilitate its implementation by States parties.", "28. He called upon States to promote the universalization of Protocol V on explosive remnants of war, which was about to enter into force. Protocol V would contribute to strengthening international humanitarian law and consolidate efforts to address the negative impacts of explosive remnants of war. Ukraine would welcome continued work on the subject by the Group of Governmental Experts in 2007.", "29. The Convention and the protocols thereto remained a practical mechanism for reducing the risks to the civilian population from conventional military operations, and his Government would benefit from a clearly defined, transparent compliance mechanism. Ukraine supported all efforts to limit the use of weapons that inflicted suffering on civilians and combatants, as evidenced by the wide range of measures it had already taken and its determination to support new initiatives in that area.", "30. Mr. MANALO (Philippines) said the Convention was one of the principal instruments of international humanitarian law and should be strengthened and universalized. In that regard, he commended the plan of action to promote the universalization of CCW.", "31. He expressed the hope that significant progress could be reached on the issue of a compliance mechanism and welcomed the establishment of a voluntary sponsorship programme aimed at raising awareness of the Convention and its protocols.", "32. In the light of the humanitarian problems caused by mines other than anti-personnel mines, the Philippines supported measures to restrict and regulate their use. It also shared the concern that cluster munitions posed severe threats to civilian populations, and endorsed calls to restrict and regulate their use. Technical efforts should be made to redesign such weapons, with a view to reducing their risk of becoming explosive remnants of war. His country was currently studying ratification of Protocol V, bearing in mind its forthcoming entry into force.", "33. Mr. ITZCHAKI (Israel) said that the Convention, since its inception, constituted one of the more significant frameworks for achieving a balance between humanitarian concerns and legitimate military and security considerations. Discussions on the implementation of the CCW and its protocols, involving military experts and humanitarian organizations, had effectively helped to reduce human suffering.", "34. The Convention had raised awareness of the effects of the irresponsible and indiscriminate use of certain conventional weapons and offered common ground to facilitate negotiations between States, whilst ensuring that legitimate security considerations were not compromised. However, the fact that the CCW had not yet been ratified by all States led to inconsistency in States’ legal obligations, underlying the need for universal ratification.", "35. His Government had been able to engage constructively in the CCW process and contribute to its development over the years. It would continue with that approach, in the firm belief that it was essential to strengthen the CCW process rather than create a parallel process outside the Convention framework.", "36. The growing number of civilian casualties required special attention from the international community. While conventional weapons had legitimate objectives in relation to national security and defence, they had a clearly destabilizing strategic and humanitarian impact when used by terrorists. He stressed the need to address the present issue as a priority, taking into consideration the real threats posed to international peace and stability.", "37. While States fighting to defend their citizens endeavoured to apply the restraint necessary to reduce human suffering, no boundaries or basic principles of international humanitarian law were observed by terrorists. That had been demonstrated in the recent conflict with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, through the use of civilians as human shields and of civilian facilities as launch pads for attacks. How could the international community enhance its control over the transfer of weapons to rogue groups? That threat extended beyond the borders of any single region and should be the focus of future action within the CCW framework, rather than the addition of provisions which could provide further immunity to terrorists.", "38. It was necessary to build on the success of the past achievements of CCW, in particular the provision of significant legal frameworks to deal with explosive remnants of war. Israel welcomed the entry into force of Protocol V, which provided a good basis for further discussions on preventative measures and on measures to ensure the safety and reliability of ammunition in order to reduce the risks of explosive remnants of war. His Government was proud to have engaged in five years of discussions to achieve a balanced instrument governing the use of mines other than anti-personnel mines in a manner that could truly reduce human suffering and facilitate rapid mine clearance in post-conflict situations.", "39. The compliance mechanism agreed upon in Amended Protocol II could also be applicable to the entire Convention, since it reduced the possibility of abusing humanitarian concerns to promote a different political agenda. The need to avoid such abuse should guide the Conference in its consideration of the draft decision submitted on the issue.", "40. Mr. FERNANDEZ PALACIOS (Cuba) said it was increasingly necessary to preserve multilateralism in international relations, based on strict compliance with the principles of international law and the United Nations Charter.", "41. While military expenditure throughout the world now reached US$ 1 trillion, 1 billion people were illiterate and 900 million starving worldwide. Barely 10 per cent of current military expenditure would be sufficient to achieve the Millennium Development Goals. However, that would require political will to channel resources towards the problems of underdevelopment and the gap between the richest and the poorest countries.", "42. The people of Cuba has been living in a state of siege for the past 47 years, threatened with military aggression by the United States. In July 2006, The United States administration announced new measures in relation to a new annexation-oriented plan in its drive to destroy the Cuban revolution. The plan was accompanied by “secret” measures, suggesting further plans for attacks and the use of force. That had been compounded by the economic war against Cuba, whose access to necessary resources and advanced technologies for development had thus been impeded.", "43. His Government therefore attached particular significance to national security, and felt that certain countries which advocated limiting the use of mines other than anti-personnel mines, while at the same time manufacturing increasingly sophisticated conventional weapons, lacked credibility.", "44. Cuba had maintained a constructive approach throughout the discussions on anti‑personnel landmines, and had even submitted a proposal to the Group of Governmental Experts at its 12th session, in an attempt to shift the focus of the discussions to take into account the opinions of developing countries. He noted with satisfaction that proposals had also been submitted by other countries.", "45. He welcomed the presentation of the technical issues as recommendations. Nonetheless, some of the proposals put forward could be implemented only by countries which had a high level of considerable technological development and sufficient economic and military power, in contrast to developing countries like Cuba.", "46. Any decision taken in relation to the implementation of the Convention and the protocols thereto should fall within the mechanism already established, and should be sufficiently flexible to address the concerns of all parties.", "47. Cuba believed that the adoption of “best practices” as a legally binding measure could set negative precedents in the application of international rules for the prohibition or restriction of other weapons. It was not appropriate, from an ethical standpoint, to use the term “best practices” in reference to mechanisms that led to death and destruction, and they should be redesignated as “recommendations” of a voluntary character.", "48. Cuba welcomed the entry into force of Protocol V, whose implementation and universalization should receive immediate attention. Cuba had already initiated constitutional procedures for its ratification.", "49. Mr. IŞIK (Turkey) said that, after Turkey had become a State party to the Ottawa Convention on 1 March 2004, the CCW Convention and various protocols had entered into force for it on 2 September 2005. It was thus attending a Review Conference as a State party for the first time, and would now be in a position to play a more active role in achieving the aims of the Convention.", "50. Mr. NAESS (Norway) said that legally binding instruments on both explosive remnants of war and mines other than anti-personnel mines were essential to reduce civilian suffering during and after armed conflict. Norway was pleased to note the imminent entry into force of Protocol V and was fully committed to its implementation. He urged all States that had not yet signed and ratified the Protocol to do so, and supported initiatives to promote its universalization.", "51. The indiscriminate effects and unacceptably high number of explosive remnants of war left by cluster munitions was recognized by a growing number of States. He congratulated civil society for its efforts to highlight and document the human suffering that resulted. Information regarding the situation in Lebanon demonstrated that an international instrument on cluster munitions was urgently required. The instrument should focus on humanitarian aspects, clearly stating the obligations related to its implementation.", "52. On the issue of mines other than anti-personnel mines, the situation of the civilian population and of humanitarian deminers must be improved. A legally binding new protocol to the Convention on the issue must include provisions extending beyond those of Amended Protocol II. Detectability and active life, together with provisions relating to transfers, should form the basic pillars of the new protocol.", "53. Norway supported further initiatives for the universalization of CCW and its protocols, and the establishment of a compliance mechanism. He reiterated his Government’s will to work constructively towards the success of the current Review Conference.", "54. Mr. DUBE (Observer for Zimbabwe) said that Zimbabwe was keen to sign all conventions that dealt with the improvement of international security. It had signed the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti‑Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, and had participated in a campaign to end the suffering caused by anti-personnel mines that killed and maimed hundreds of people every week, most of whom were innocent and defenceless. Anti-personnel mines had a serious impact on development and reconstruction. Zimbabwe had previously had 800 kilometres of mined borders, which for many years had caused indiscriminate killing and maiming of people and animals. The adoption of the Ottawa Convention in 1997 had been an important milestone, and although conflicts continued, the world was becoming more secure as a result of the efforts being made to prohibit or restrict the use of certain conventional weapons. The Biological Weapons Convention was also particularly important, and he called on all States that possessed such weapons to destroy them, or ensure that they were used for peaceful purposes.", "55. Mr. BLAŽEK (Czech Republic) said that the Eighth Annual Conference of the Parties to the Amended Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Amended Protocol II) had been held in Geneva on 6 November 2006, in order to permit consultation and cooperation on all issues related to the implementation of the Protocol. The Conference had been attended by 58 States parties and one signatory State, 10 observer States and a number of United Nations bodies, international organizations and NGOs, and 43 national annual reports had been submitted. The Conference had considered the issue of the deferral of compliance with paragraphs 2 (b) and 3 (a) and (b) of the Technical Annex of Amended Protocol II, and had noted that the permitted deferral period would expire on 3 December 2007. The Conference had decided that the dates and agenda of the Ninth Annual Conference in 2007 would be set at the current Review Conference. The Eighth Annual Conference had concluded with an appeal to all States to accede to Amended Protocol II as soon as possible, and called on the 86 States parties to promote wider adherence to the Protocol in their regions.", "56. Mr. SPOERRI (International Committee of the Red Cross) said that over the past 11 years, the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons had been extended to cover non‑international armed conflicts, blinding laser weapons had been prohibited and new restrictions had been placed on landmines, booby traps and similar devices. Protocol V on explosive remnants of war had established new rules to minimize the death, injury and suffering caused by unexploded and abandoned ordnance. The present Review Conference was an opportunity to examine the status and operation of the Convention and its protocols, to evaluate the changes that had occurred in weapons technology and the nature of armed conflict, and to further enhance international humanitarian law. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) urged States parties to adopt a new protocol to reduce the human costs of anti-vehicle mines and begin developing a new instrument to address the severe and long-term consequences of the use of cluster munitions. Mines other than anti-personnel mines had been the subject of extensive discussion, and ICRC had documented the serious impact of such mines on civilian populations and humanitarian assistance operations. ICRC delegates had witnessed the tragic consequences when civilian vehicles encountered such mines. Delegates themselves had also been the victims of such mines. A protocol on the subject could strengthen existing rules by requiring such weapons to be detectable and short-lived. Such a protocol must be legally binding, must represent a significant advance over the rules contained in Amended Protocol II and must be clear enough to be readily implemented in order to solve the problems on the ground.", "57. For over 40 years, cluster munitions had been known to cause considerable civilian death and injury both during and after armed conflicts. Civilian suffering and the burden of clearing such weapons continued to grow relentlessly, and the list of States affected by those weapons increased every year. ICRC believed that the time had come for strong international action to end the predicable pattern of human tragedy associated with cluster munitions, whose specific characteristics fully justified strong action. ICRC called on all States to take action at the national level to end the use of inaccurate and unreliable cluster munitions, prohibit the targeting of such munitions against any military objective located in a populated area, eliminate stocks of inaccurate and unreliable cluster munitions and, pending their destruction, not to transfer such weapons to other countries. A new international instrument was needed to comprehensively and effectively address the problem of cluster munitions, and ICRC was prepared to host an international expert meeting in early 2007 to begin to identify the elements of such an agreement. The severe and disproportionate human costs associated with cluster munitions required strict regulation.", "58. Review conferences played a crucial role in promoting the universalization and full implementation of the CCW. A total of 25 years had passed since the adoption of the Convention, and a substantive review should therefore be conducted to consider national implementation of CCW obligations, the establishment of national mechanisms to review the legality of new weapons, and the clarification of certain issues related to Protocol IV on binding laser weapons. In 2001, ICRC had submitted a report to the Second Review Conference which highlighted its concern that the prohibition of the use of bullets that exploded within the human body was in danger of being undermined by the production and proliferation of certain 12.7‑millimetre multi-purpose bullets. The Review Conference had invited States to take appropriate action. Repeated ballistic tests had shown that those multi-purpose bullets could be expected to detonate in the human body under a variety of circumstances, including at short ranges and after having struck body armour. Although ICRC was not proposing further action by the Third Review Conference, it invited States to confirm that they considered the anti‑personnel use of bullets that exploded in the human body to be prohibited. He urged States to integrate that rule into their military manuals and training materials.", "59. Mr. GAYLARD (United Nations Mine Action Team) said that the United Nations bore constant witness to the humanitarian and socio-economic impact of landmines and explosive remnants of war, including unexploded submunitions. In its observer capacity in the Group of Governmental Experts, the United Nations had facilitated field-based presentations and had contributed to the substantive discussions and negotiations among States parties. States parties had been kept regularly informed of the humanitarian threats and other challenges posed by landmines and explosive remnants of war. A recent United Nations survey conducted across a range of field programmes had drawn specific attention to such threats and challenges, and a United-Nations-commissioned report on the situation in Albania and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic had highlighted the socio-economic and humanitarian impacts of cluster munitions.", "60. The United Nations Mine Action Team had participated actively in the negotiations that had led to the adoption of Protocol V, and welcomed its imminent entry into force. The United Nations had also contributed to the development of a common understanding of the nature of cluster munitions and submunitions, and had consistently drawn attention to their adverse humanitarian and development impact and called for measures to mitigate that impact. Further efforts should be made by States parties to the CCW to work towards the conclusion of an agreement on mines other than anti-personnel mines to ensure that all such mines contained a self-destruction or self-deactivation mechanism, were detectable by commonly available technical mine detection equipment, and were not fitted with anti-handling devices or sensitive fuses that could be activated by the presence or proximity of a person. The United Nations Mine Action Team endorsed the Secretary-General’s message to the present Review Conference, on the need to address the inhumane effects of cluster munitions and to adopt a mechanism for effective compliance and cooperation in respect of the CCW and its protocols. He also encouraged the adoption of a sponsorship programme for the CCW, which would facilitate wider participation in CCW meetings, particularly from countries affected by the use of certain conventional weapons including landmines, explosive remnants of war and cluster munitions.", "61. Mr. NELLEN (Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining) said that a strong commitment to the humanitarian principle of regulating and restricting the use of mines other than anti-personnel mines and explosive remnants of war, including cluster munitions, would constitute a major achievement for years to come. Mines other than anti-personnel mines presented a serious obstacle to post-conflict recovery for returning refugees and other civilians, as well as humanitarian workers and the landmine clearance sector. He therefore hoped that States parties would strive to adopt a legally binding instrument to address all humanitarian concerns raised by the use of such mines. The Centre was ready to contribute to discussions, in particular on the detectability and active life of mines other than anti-personnel mines. Mines must be made detectable to metal detectors, through the inclusion of an eight-gram piece of iron in a single coherent mass. They should be fitted with a self-destruction or self-neutralization mechanism, with a back-up self-deactivation feature. In the event that agreement was not reached on the adoption of a new protocol, attention should be focused on the implementation of Amended Protocol II, in particular with respect to mines other than anti-personnel mines.", "62. Turning to the issue of explosive remnants of war, he said that he hoped the entry into force of Protocol V would constitute a first step towards addressing the danger of unexploded ordnance and abandoned explosive ordnance after conflicts. Efforts were still required to encourage States to ratify the new Protocol and implement it. Further efforts should be made to establish a strong compliance mechanism for CCW, and ensure its effectiveness. The draft decision on the possible CCW sponsorship programme usefully set out the general principles, goals and operational modalities of such a programme, in which the Centre was ready to participate if so requested.", "CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF THE FINAL DOCUMENTS (agenda item 18) (CCW/CONF.III/CRP.1)", "63. The PRESIDENT drew the Committee members’ attention to part I of the draft final document (CCW/CONF.III/CRP.1), which had been distributed in the conference room. The draft final document as a whole would be adopted later in the session.", "The meeting rose at 4.55 p.m." ]
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[ "CCW/CONF.III/SR.2", "6 December 2007", "SPANISH", "Original:", "Geneva, 7-17 November 2006", "SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 2nd MEETING", "Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Tuesday, 7 November 2006, at 3 p.m.", "Chairman: Mr. RIVASSEAU (France)", "CONTENTS", "General exchange of views (continued)", "Consideration and adoption of final documents", "This record is subject to correction.", "Corrections should be submitted in one of the working languages. They should be set forth in a memorandum and also incorporated in a copy of the record. They should be sent within one week of the date of this document to the Editing Section, room E.4108, Palais des Nations, Geneva.", "Any corrections to the records of the Conference will be consolidated in a single corrigendum, to be issued shortly after the end of the session.", "GE.06-65053 (E) 280807 061207", "The meeting was called to order at 3.10 p.m.", "GENERAL INTERCHANGE OF OPINIONS (continued)", "1. Mr. VÉLEZ BENEDETTI (Colombia) said that the Convention was a valuable instrument that contributed both to the promotion and protection of international humanitarian law. It promotes international solidarity and cooperation in relation to damage caused by conventional weapons, including landmines, trap weapons and other improvised explosive devices. It endorsed the day before by the Secretary-General of the United Nations on the prolonged effects of such weapons on children, the next generations, displaced persons and post-conflict reconstruction. For this reason, the universalization of the Convention is a necessity.", "2. The Conference should focus on the implementation of policies aimed at prohibiting the transfer of such weapons to non-State actors. It is also essential to adopt tools for the implementation of existing IHL principles and for the improvement of the design of certain munitions, including mines other than anti-personnel mines and submunitions. Measures must also be taken to reduce the humanitarian risk from explosive remnants of war.", "3. The third Review Conference should be used to identify points of agreement among States, and to recognize points of disagreement, where consensus is impossible. In this way, States may take effective action on some issues and revert to points of disagreement in the future, thus saving time and other resources.", "4. It appeals to States to adopt the draft decision on the establishment of a sponsorship programme under the Convention and to provide the necessary steps for the implementation of the programme. The main objective of the programme should be to support countries affected by the illegal use of weapons covered by the Convention so that they can participate in expert meetings, so that the work of the Conference is based on the experience provided. This would be a much wider and inclusive basis for participation than the current criterion, which is the apparent level of economic development of the sponsoring country. The Programme Steering Committee should receive input from affected countries as well as from donor countries.", "5. Mr. BELEVAN TAMAYO (Peru) commends recent initiatives to promote the universalization of the Convention. It urges all States parties to increase their participation in the meetings of the Convention to raise awareness among the international community of the issues covered by the Convention and its protocols. Sponsoring work would contribute to this by encouraging the participation of developing countries. He understood that the proposed mechanism for the programme would be the successful implementation by donor countries under the Ottawa Convention.", "6. Greater representativeness of States parties will also allow for better compliance with the obligations contained in the Convention and its protocols. Peru supports efforts to establish an appropriate mechanism covering the entire Convention and its protocols, which would be an important step towards the current mechanism.", "7. The Conference should focus on measures to reduce the impact of mines other than anti-personnel mines on civilian populations, and improve the working conditions of deminers, during and after hostilities. The issues of detectability and useful life of mines are of paramount importance in that regard. With regard to explosive remnants of war, the three-stage approach can serve as a basis for further analysis of the subject, in conjunction with Professor McCormack ' s report, whose recommendations could help in finding solutions to reduce the humanitarian effects of those remains. Peru appreciates the early entry into force of Protocol V, which intends to ratify in the short term.", "8. Mr. TURCOTTE (Canada) congratulates States parties that have ratified Protocol V and calls upon them to verify that they have the means, mechanisms and processes to fulfil their obligations. Canada has analysed its ability to comply with those obligations, and the Government is expected to ratify the Protocol in the near future.", "9. States parties have reached a deadlock on the issue of mines other than anti-personnel mines. The time has come to take decisions on the issue, which dates from the First Review Conference, held in 1996. Canada proposes to move immediately to the negotiation of a new legally binding protocol that imposes reasonable limitations on the useful lives of such mines and ensures their detectability by the usual means. Any reduction in the military utility of such mines would be more than offset by the lower humanitarian risk they would pose.", "10. Canada welcomes the proposal to establish a group of governmental experts to study feasible precautions to improve the design of military laser systems to avoid the incidence of permanent blindness to unplified view.", "11. On the issue of ERW, Canada believes that if international humanitarian law was properly implemented and fully respected, it would adequately protect civilians. The next logical step is to examine specific weapons systems. Canada has taken note of the proposal to negotiate a legally binding instrument to mitigate the adverse humanitarian impact of cluster munitions, as well as the proposal to continue the efforts of the Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War to examine ways to improve the design of munitions, in particular submunitions, to minimize the humanitarian risk they pose. Current and future proposals could be discussed under the Convention, and Canada welcomed the opportunity to hold a constructive discussion on cluster munitions and other such weapons.", "12. While some recent developments have demonstrated abundantly the relevance of the Convention, it is necessary to accelerate the pace of work to protect the lives and livelihoods of people around the world and to fulfil the promise of the Convention.", "13. Mr. VALLE FONROUGE (Argentina) said that the Conference should adopt a comprehensive negotiating mandate with respect to mines other than anti-personnel mines that covered the diversity of views expressed over the past four years. It should enable progress in the development of a regulatory instrument on the production and transfer of such weapons to prevent the risks posed to the civilian population by irresponsible use of such weapons. Cooperation and assistance should be included in that instrument to facilitate the accession of smaller States.", "14. Since international humanitarian law contains appropriate rules applicable to the use of weapons that could generate explosive remnants of war, the next debate should be directed towards preventive measures. Such measures should aim at improving the reliability of ammunition throughout the life cycle, including its development, production, storage and employment. The cooperation and technical assistance applied to the reliability of ammunition will facilitate the adoption of preventive measures despite the increase in the emerging costs of their development and implementation, while avoiding the risk of weakening legitimate defence requirements.", "15. Argentina will support the proposal for the establishment of a negotiating mandate for an instrument on the humanitarian concerns of cluster munitions, and thanks the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) for its ongoing work on this topic.", "16. His Government also supported the idea of adopting a compliance mechanism for the Convention and its protocols through an agreement annexed to the Convention. The reporting requirement to the Secretary-General of a pre-Conference nature would improve the current system.", "17. The Plan of Action to promote the universality of the Convention also has the approval of Argentina. Argentina is a signatory to Protocol V and undertakes studies relating to its ratification. On item 10 (ii) of the Plan of Action, Argentina and ICRC organized a regional seminar on arms in international humanitarian law, which was held in Buenos Aires in August 2006. The sponsorship programme will promote the universalization of the Convention and the participation of States parties in their meetings.", "18. States parties should ensure that the Conference consolidates the progress reflected in previous meetings. They should also maintain flexibility to balance the strengthening of international humanitarian law and legitimate defence needs.", "19. Mr. DA ROCHA PARANHOS (Brazil) said that States parties should take the opportunity to reaffirm their commitment to the universalization and full implementation of the Convention and lay the foundation for its future strengthening. In that regard, he welcomed the imminent entry into force of Protocol V, which his Government would shortly ratify. This instrument provides an effective legal framework to address the problem of explosive remnants of war with preventive and remedy measures. While waiting to assess the effectiveness of the new Protocol, technical discussions should be held on measures to prevent munitions from becoming explosive remnants of war, with emphasis on international cooperation and the exchange of technology. Brazil therefore supports the renewal of the mandate of the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) to deal with those matters.", "20. In his capacity as Coordinator of the Group of Governmental Experts on Mines Other Than Anti-Personnel Mines of 2006, he hoped that the amended provisions he had made on such mines would serve as a firm basis for the work of the Conference in that area. In view of the persistence of different views, dialogue and flexibility should be used to achieve results.", "21. It supports the development and adoption of a non-intrusive mechanism to promote compliance with the Convention and its protocols. Such a mechanism should be based on the principles of consultation, cooperation and clarification. Only States parties can take decisions on the clarification of obligations arising from the Convention and its protocols. Such decisions should be taken within a framework conducive to adequate representation and formal decision-making.", "22. Mr. MINE (Japan) said that although some concrete results had been achieved after the Second Review Conference, the current Conference should consider how to convene the GGGG in an effective but more cost-effective manner in the future.", "23. In preparing the drafting of a protocol on mines other than anti-personnel mines, many important aspects have been taken into account from community and security perspectives. However, States parties should not forget that the purpose of the protocol is to reduce the humanitarian impact of such mines. The new protocol should therefore strengthen Amended Protocol II and not weaken it. The obligations on detectability and useful life are fundamental to the protocol, and should apply equally to all States parties.", "24. In addition to Protocol V, progress has been made through discussions that have deepened understanding of the principles of international humanitarian law applied to explosive remnants of war. Substantial discussions are under way on technical preventive measures in respect of munitions, and the McCormack report is a practical basis for further work. While States parties have not yet reached consensus on the issue of cluster munitions, efforts should continue to balance humanitarian and security concerns.", "25. Japan urges all States parties to demonstrate their willingness to commit and cooperate with a universal implementation mechanism to promote compliance with the Convention and its protocols. Japan stresses the importance of promoting the continued implementation and universalization of the Convention, whose merit lies in its ability to respond as the problems of the international community evolve.", "26. Mr. BIELASHOV (Ukraine) endorses the statement made on behalf of the European Union. Ukraine remained committed to the full implementation of the Convention and all its protocols and stressed the need to enhance its effectiveness, for the benefit of both combatants and civilians. He hoped that the instruments would be further strengthened in regional global efforts for disarmament and arms control.", "27. It considered the issue of mines other than anti-personnel mines as an important humanitarian problem and supported the adoption of a legally binding instrument that imposed limitations on the use and transfer of such weapons. The instrument should include provisions on bilateral, regional and international cooperation and assistance to facilitate implementation by States parties.", "28. It appeals to States to promote the universalization of Protocol V on explosive remnants of war, which is about to enter into force. Protocol V will contribute to strengthening international humanitarian law and strengthening efforts to address the negative impact of explosive remnants of war. Ukraine will continue its work in this regard by the Group of Governmental Experts in 2007.", "29. The Convention and its protocols remain a practical mechanism for reducing risks to the civilian population involved in conventional military operations, and its Government will benefit from the establishment of a clearly defined and transparent compliance mechanism. Ukraine supported all efforts to limit the use of weapons that inflicted suffering on civilians and combatants, as demonstrated by the wide range of measures it had already taken and its firm decision to support further initiatives in that area.", "30. Mr. MANALO (Philippines) said that the Convention was one of the main instruments of international humanitarian law and should be strengthened and universalized. In that regard, he commended the Plan of Action to Promote the Universalization of the Convention.", "31. He hoped that significant progress would be made on the issue of a compliance mechanism and welcomed the establishment of a voluntary sponsorship programme to raise awareness of the Convention and its protocols.", "32. In the light of the humanitarian problems caused by mines other than anti-personnel mines, the Philippines supports measures to limit and regulate their use. It also shared the concern that cluster munitions posed serious threats to civilian populations, and endorsed appeals for a limitation and regulation of their use. Technical efforts should be made to redesign such weapons, with a view to reducing the danger of becoming explosive remnants of war. His country was currently considering the ratification of Protocol V, bearing in mind its next entry into force.", "33. Mr. ITZCHAKI (Israel) said that the Convention, since its inception, was one of the most effective frameworks for achieving a balance between humanitarian concerns and legitimate military and security considerations. Discussions on the implementation of the Convention and its protocols, with the participation of military experts and humanitarian organizations, have effectively contributed to reducing human suffering.", "34. The Convention had raised awareness of the effects of irresponsible and indiscriminate use of certain conventional weapons and had served as a common ground to facilitate negotiations among States, ensuring that legitimate security considerations were not compromised. However, the fact that the Convention has not been ratified by all States has led to some inconsistency in the legal obligations of States, which underlines the need for its universal ratification.", "35. His Government had been able to engage constructively in the Convention process and contribute to its development so far. It will continue to act accordingly, with the firm conviction that it is essential to strengthen the Convention process, rather than to create a parallel process outside the framework of the Convention.", "36. The growing number of civilian victims requires special attention from the international community. While conventional weapons have legitimate objectives in relation to national security and defence, they have a strategic and humanitarian destabilizing impact when they fall into the hands of terrorists. It stresses the need to address this issue as a matter of priority, taking into account the real threats to international peace and stability.", "37. While States struggling to defend their citizens seek to apply the necessary restraint to reduce human suffering, terrorists do not observe any limits or the basic principles of international humanitarian law. This has been demonstrated in the recent conflict with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon, where civilians have been used as human shields and civilian facilities as launch platforms for attacks. How could the international community increase its control over the transfer of arms to renegade groups? This threat exceeds the limits of any region and should be the objective of future action under the Convention, rather than adding provisions that offer even more immunity to terrorists.", "38. It is necessary to build on the success of the latest achievements of the Convention, in particular the provision on significant legal frameworks to address explosive remnants of war. Israel welcomes the entry into force of Protocol V, which provides a good basis for further discussions on preventive measures and on measures to enhance the safety and reliability of munitions to reduce the risks posed by explosive remnants of war. His Government was proud to have participated in five years of discussions in order to achieve a balanced instrument governing the use of mines other than anti-personnel mines in a way that could actually reduce human suffering and facilitate rapid mine clearance in post-conflict situations.", "39. The compliance mechanism agreed to in Amended Protocol II could also be applicable to the entire Convention, as it reduced the possibility of abuse of humanitarian concerns to promote a different political agenda. The need to avoid such abuse should guide the Conference in its consideration of the draft decision submitted in this regard.", "40. Mr. FERNÁNDEZ PALACIOS (Cuba) said that it was becoming increasingly necessary to preserve multilateralism in international relations, based on strict respect for the principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations.", "41. While military expenditures already amount to $1 million, there are 1 billion illiterates and 900 million hungry in the world. With just 10 per cent of current military expenditures, the Millennium Development Goals could be achieved. This would be possible if there was a political will to devote resources to finding solutions to the problems associated with underdevelopment and to narrowing the gap between the richest and the poorest countries.", "42. The people of Cuba have been forced to subsist, for 47 years, under the conditions of a place besieged by the threat of direct military aggression by the United States. In July 2006, the US administration announced new measures in the context of a new annexionist plan in its obstinate policy of destroying the Cuban revolution. This plan annexes a group of \"secret\" measures, which only makes us think of more plans of aggression, attacks and the use of force. That grave danger must be added to the economic war to which Cuba had been subjected, which prevented it from accessing the necessary resources and advanced technologies for development.", "43. For these reasons, the Government of Cuba pays particular attention to its national security and is of the view that the attitude of some countries to limit the use of mines other than anti-personnel mines is not credible while manufacturing new and more sophisticated conventional weapons.", "44. Cuba has maintained a constructive attitude throughout the discussions on mines other than anti-personnel mines, including a proposal by governmental experts at its twelfth session, which seeks to give another approach to discussions to take into account the views of developing countries. He was pleased to see that other countries had also submitted other proposals.", "45. It sees in a positive way that technical issues are recommended. However, some of the proposals that have been made are only achievable by countries of high technological development and with sufficient economic and military power, in contrast to developing countries, as is Cuba.", "46. Any decision taken regarding the implementation of the Convention and its annexed protocols should be kept within the mechanism that we have established and should be flexible enough to address the concerns of all parties.", "47. Cuba believes that the adoption of \"good practices\", as a legally binding measure of a mandatory nature, could create negative precedents in the application of international standards for the treatment of the prohibition or restriction of other weapons. There is no ethical sense in the use of the term \"good practices\" when it comes to mechanisms that can cause death and destruction, so its denomination should be changed by voluntary \"recommendations\".", "48. Cuba welcomes the entry into force of Protocol V, whose implementation and universalization must be immediate tasks. Cuba has initiated constitutional procedures for its ratification.", "49. Mr. IŞIK (Turkey) says that after Turkey became a State party to the Convention on 1 March 2004, the Convention and various protocols entered into force in Turkey on 2 September 2005. Thus, it is attending a Review Conference as a State party for the first time, and is now in a position to play a more active role in achieving the objectives of the Convention.", "50. Mr. NAESS (Norway) said that legally binding instruments on explosive remnants of war and mines other than anti-personnel mines were essential to reducing human suffering during and after armed conflicts. Norway noted with satisfaction the imminent entry into force of Protocol V and was firmly committed to implementing it. It urged all States that had not yet signed and ratified the Protocol to do so, and supported initiatives to promote their universalization.", "51. A growing number of States are recognizing the indiscriminate effects and the unacceptably high number of explosive remnants of war left by cluster munitions. She congratulated civil society for its efforts to highlight and document the resulting human suffering. Information on the situation in Lebanon demonstrates the urgent need for an international instrument on cluster munitions. The instrument should focus on humanitarian aspects, and indicate clearly the obligations relating to their implementation.", "52. On the issue of mines other than anti-personnel mines, the situation of the civilian population and humanitarian deminers should be improved. Any new legally binding protocol to the Convention on the subject should include provisions wider than those of Amended Protocol II. Detectability and useful life, together with transfer provisions, should be fundamental elements of the new protocol.", "53. Norway supports new initiatives for the universalization of the Convention and its protocols, and the establishment of a compliance mechanism. He reiterated his Government ' s willingness to work constructively for the success of the current Review Conference.", "54. Mr. DUBE (Observer for Zimbabwe) said that Zimbabwe was interested in signing all conventions on improving international security. It had signed the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, and had participated in a campaign to end the suffering caused by anti-personnel mines that killed and disabled hundreds of people and animals. The adoption of the Ottawa Convention in 1997 was an important milestone, and although conflicts have not ceased, the world is now becoming a safer place thanks to the efforts being made to prohibit or limit the use of certain conventional weapons. The Biological Weapons Convention is also of particular importance, and calls upon the States possessing such weapons to destroy them, or to ensure their peaceful use.", "55. Mr. BLAŽEK (Czech Republic) says that the Eighth Annual Conference of the Parties to the Amended Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, Traps and Other Artefacts (Protocol II Amended) was held in Geneva on 6 November 2006 to facilitate consultations and cooperation on all issues related to the implementation of the Protocol. The Conference was attended by 58 States Parties and one signatory State, 10 observer States and several United Nations bodies, international organizations and NGOs, and 43 national annual reports were submitted. The Conference considered the question of deferral of compliance with paragraphs 2 (b) and 3 (a) and (b) of the Technical Annex to Amended Protocol II, and it was noted that the authorized deferral period would expire on 3 December 2007. The Conference decided that the dates and agenda of the Ninth Annual Conference of 2007 would be established at the present Review Conference. The Eighth Annual Conference concluded with an appeal to all States to accede to Amended Protocol II as soon as possible, and the 86 States Parties were requested to promote greater adherence to the Protocol in their respective regions.", "56. Mr. SPOERRI (International Committee of the Red Cross) said that in the past 11 years the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons had expanded to cover non-international armed conflicts, blinding laser weapons had been banned and new restrictions had been imposed on landmines, explosive traps and similar devices. Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War established new rules to minimize the deaths, injuries and suffering caused by unexploded ordnance. The present Review Conference provides an opportunity to review the status and operation of the Convention and its protocols, assess changes in arms technology and the nature of the armed conflict, and further enhance international humanitarian law. The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) urges States parties to adopt a new protocol to reduce the human cost of anti-vehicle mines and to begin developing a new instrument to address the serious and prolonged consequences of the use of cluster munitions. Mines other than anti-personnel mines have been the subject of extensive discussions, and ICRC has documented the serious impact of such mines on civilian populations and humanitarian operations. ICRC delegates have witnessed the tragic consequences of the encounter of civilian vehicles with these mines. Some delegates have also been victims of such mines. A protocol on the matter could strengthen existing standards if such weapons are required to be detectable and of reduced life. Such a protocol should be legally binding, it should represent a significant advance in respect of the rules contained in Amended Protocol II and should be clear enough to enable it to be implemented immediately to address the problems on the ground.", "57. For more than 40 years, it has been known that cluster munitions have caused a significant number of deaths and injuries to civilians both during and after armed conflicts. The suffering of civilians and the burden of the removal of such weapons continues to increase without ceasing, and the list of States affected by such weapons increases from year to year. The ICRC believes that it is time to take strong international measures to put an end to the predictable pattern of human tragedy linked to cluster munitions, whose specific characteristics fully justify vigorous action. The ICRC calls upon all States to take measures at the national level to end the use of low-precision or unreliable cluster munitions, prohibit the use of such munitions against any military objective located in a populated area, eliminate stockpiles of low-precision or unreliable ammunition and, in the meantime, do not transfer such weapons to other countries. A new international instrument was needed to address the problem of cluster munitions thoroughly and effectively, and ICRC was prepared to host an international expert meeting in early 2007 to begin identifying the elements of such an agreement. The serious and disproportionate human cost of such cluster munitions requires rigorous regulation.", "58. Review conferences have played a critical role in promoting the universalization and full implementation of the Convention. A total of 25 years have elapsed since the adoption of the Convention, and therefore an in-depth review should be undertaken to review the national implementation of obligations under the Convention, the establishment of national mechanisms to determine the legality of new weapons, and the clarification of certain issues related to Protocol IV on blinding laser weapons. In 2001, the ICRC submitted a report to the Second Review Conference highlighting its concern that the ban on the use of bullets that exploded within the human body could be weakened by the production and proliferation of certain multi-purpose bullets of 12.7 millimeters. The Review Conference invited States to take appropriate action. Repeated ballistic tests have shown that these multiple-use bullets are actually able to explode within the human body in a variety of circumstances, particularly when it comes to short-range shots or after impacting on bullets. Although the ICRC does not propose further measures by the Third Review Conference, it invites States to confirm their consideration that the use of anti-personnel bullets in the human body is prohibited. It urges States to integrate this rule into their military manuals and training materials.", "59. Mr. GAYLARD (United Nations Mine Action Team) said that the United Nations was a permanent witness to the humanitarian and socio-economic impact of landmines and explosive remnants of war, in particular unexploded submunitions. In its observer capacity in the Group of Governmental Experts, the United Nations has facilitated field-based presentations and contributed to substantive discussions and negotiations among States parties. States parties have been kept regularly informed about humanitarian threats and other hazards posed by landmines and explosive remnants of war. A recent United Nations study conducted throughout a range of field programmes drew attention to these dangers and threats, and a report prepared by the United Nations on the situation in Albania and the Lao People ' s Democratic Republic emphasized the socio-economic and humanitarian impact of cluster munitions.", "60. The United Nations Mine Action Team has actively participated in the negotiations leading to the adoption of Protocol V, and welcomes its imminent entry into force. The United Nations has also contributed to the development of a common understanding of the nature of cluster munitions and submunitions, and has consistently drawn attention to their adverse impact on the humanitarian and development spheres and calls for action to mitigate this impact. States parties to the Convention should make further efforts to conclude an agreement on mines other than anti-personnel mines to ensure that all such mines contain a self-destruction or self-deactivation mechanism, and that they do not carry anti-manipulation devices or sensitive fuses that could be activated by a person ' s presence or proximity. The United Nations Mine Action Team endorses the Secretary-General ' s message to the present Review Conference on the need to address the inhuman impact of cluster munitions and to adopt a mechanism for effective compliance and cooperation with the Convention in its protocols. It also supported the adoption of a Sponsorship Programme for the Convention, which would facilitate greater participation in the meetings of the Convention, in particular by countries affected by the use of certain conventional weapons, including landmines, explosive remnants of war and cluster munitions.", "61. Mr. NELLEN (Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining) said that a strong commitment to the humanitarian principle of regulating and restricting the use of mines other than anti-personnel mines and explosive remnants of war, including cluster munitions, would be an important achievement for many years. Mines other than anti-personnel mines present a serious obstacle to post-conflict recovery in relation to the return of refugees and other civilians, as well as humanitarian workers and the landmines sector. He therefore hoped that States parties would endeavour to adopt a legally binding instrument to address all humanitarian concerns raised by the use of such mines. The Centre is prepared to contribute to discussions, in particular on the detectability and useful lives of mines other than anti-personnel mines. Mines should be detected by metal detectors, including an 8 g iron piece in a single coherent mass. They must be equipped with a self-destruct or self-neutralization mechanism, with a security self-deactivation device. In the event of no agreement on the adoption of a new protocol, attention should be focused on the implementation of Amended Protocol II, in particular on mines other than anti-personnel mines.", "62. With regard to the issue of explosive remnants of war, he said that he hoped that the entry into force of Protocol V would constitute a first step towards the elimination of the danger of unexploded ordnance and of explosive remnants abandoned after conflicts. Efforts should still be made to encourage States to ratify and implement the new protocol. Further efforts should be made to establish a strong compliance mechanism for the Convention and to ensure its effectiveness. The draft decision on the possible sponsorship programme of the Convention sets out the general principles, objectives and operational modalities of that programme, in which the Centre is willing to participate, if requested.", "CONSIDERATION AND ADOPTION OF FINAL DOCUMENTS (agenda item 18) (CCW/CONF.III/CRP.1)", "63. The CHAIRMAN drew attention to part I of the draft outcome document (CCW/CONF.III/CRP.1), which was distributed in the conference room. The final document should be adopted as a whole later in the session.", "The meeting rose at 4.55 p.m." ]
[ "CCW/CONF.III/WP.10", "10 de noviembre de 2006", "ESPAÑOL", "Original: INGLÉS", "Ginebra, 7 a 17 de noviembre de 2006", "CUESTIONES QUE HAN DE ESTUDIARSE RESPECTO DE LOS SISTEMAS LÁSER MILITARES", "Presentado por Alemania y Suecia", "1. El Protocolo IV sobre \"armas láser cegadoras\" de la \"Convención sobre Prohibiciones o Restricciones del Empleo de Ciertas Armas Convencionales que Puedan Considerarse Excesivamente Nocivas o de Efectos Indiscriminados\" (CAC) fue aprobado en Viena el 13 de octubre de 1995. Entró en vigor el 30 de julio de 1998 y, a la fecha, abarca a 83 Partes Contratantes. En el artículo 1 del Protocolo IV se prohíbe el uso y la transferencia (no el desarrollo, producción y adquisición) de armas láser diseñadas específicamente para causar ceguera permanente a la vista no amplificada. En el artículo 3 se especifica que la ceguera como efecto fortuito o secundario del empleo legítimo con fines militares de sistemas láser no está comprendida en esta prohibición. El artículo 4 contiene una definición jurídica del término \"ceguera permanente\".", "2. De conformidad con lo dispuesto en el artículo 2, los sistemas láser distintos de los mencionados en el artículo 1 estarán sujetos a \"todas las precauciones que sean viables para evitar el riesgo de ocasionar ceguera permanente a la vista no amplificada. Esas precauciones consistirán en medidas de instrucción de sus fuerzas armadas y otras medidas prácticas\". Debido al dinámico desarrollo de la tecnología láser en el decenio transcurrido desde la entrada en vigor del Protocolo IV, ha llegado el momento de que las Altas Partes Contratantes examinen la aplicación de las disposiciones de este importante instrumento.", "GE.06-65060 (S) 131106 131106", "3. Con este telón de fondo, las delegaciones de Suecia y Alemania presentan a la Tercera Conferencia de Examen de los Estados Partes en la Convención una propuesta (CCW/CONF.III/WP.2) para que decida establecer un Grupo de Expertos Gubernamentales, de composición abierta, encargado de estudiar las precauciones viables que podrían adoptarse para mejorar el diseño de los sistemas láser militares para evitar el riesgo de ocasionar ceguera permanente a la vista no amplificada.", "Las cuestiones que ha de estudiar el Grupo de Expertos Gubernamentales podrían incluir las siguientes:", "i) ¿Cómo se aplica el Protocolo IV en relación con las precauciones viables actuales para evitar el riesgo de ocasionar ceguera permanente a la vista no amplificada (artículo 2)?;", "ii) ¿Pueden los sistemas láser actuales contribuir a reducir los efectos secundarios y a incrementar la capacidad de reducir las situaciones de crisis?;", "iii) ¿Podría el diseño de nuevos sistemas láser o de medidas pragmáticas para una mayor protección contribuir a evitar la incidencia de la ceguera permanente? (Es decir, gafas protectoras antiláser, cascos con viseras de protección antiláser para tripulaciones aéreas; filtro para dispositivos ópticos en vehículos militares y dispositivos de alerta antiláser para aeronaves; posibles futuros sistemas de protección de la vista aplicables a una mayor anchura de banda.);", "iv) Podría pedirse a un Grupo de Expertos Militares y Jurídicos que introduzca unas \"prácticas idóneas\" para reducir los daños colaterales y evitar el riesgo de que los sistemas láser militares ocasionen ceguera permanente a la vista no amplificada." ]
[ "THIRD REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THESTATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTIONON PROHIBITIONS OR RESTRICTIONSON THE USE OF CERTAINCONVENTIONAL WEAPONS WHICH MAY BEDEEMED TO BE EXCESSIVELYINJURIOUS OR TO HAVEINDISCRIMINATE EFFECTS CCW/CONF.III/WP.1010 November 2006Original: ENGLISH", "Geneva, 7-17 November 2006", "ISSUES TO BE STUDIED ON MILITARY LASER SYSTEMS", "Presented by Germany and Sweden", "1. Protocol IV on “Blinding Laser Weapons” of 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” (CCW) was adopted in Vienna on October 13^(th), 1995. It entered into force on July 30^(th), 1998 and, as of today, comprises 83 contracting parties.", "Protocol IV, Article 1, prohibits the use and transfer (not the development, production and acquisition) of laser weapons specifically designed to cause permanent blindness to unenhanced vision. Article 3 specifies that blinding as an incidental or collateral effect of the legitimate military employment of laser systems is not covered by this prohibition. Article 4 contains a legal definition of the term “permanent blindness”.", "2. Under the terms of Article 2, laser systems other than those mentioned in Article 1, are subject to “all feasible precautions to avoid the incidence of permanent blindness to unenhanced vision. Such precautions shall include training of armed forces and other practical measures.”", "Due to the fact that laser technology has been dynamically developing in the decade since the coming into force of Protocol IV, time has come for the High Contracting Parties to review the implementation and the provisions of this important instrument.", "3. Against this background the Delegations of Sweden and Germany are submitting to the 3^(rd) Review Conference of the State Parties to the CCW a proposal (CCW/CONF.III/WP.2) that it decide to establish an open-ended Group of Governmental Experts to study feasible precautions which could be taken with a view to improving the design of military laser systems in order to avoid the incidence of permanent blindness to unenhanced vision.", "Issues to be studied by the GGE could include the following:", "(i) How is Protocol IV implemented with regard to today’s feasible precautions to avoid the incident of permanent blindness to unenhanced vision (Article 2)?", "(ii) Can today’s military laser systems help reduce collateral damage and enhance the capabilities to deescalate?", "(iii) Could new designs of military laser systems or enhanced protective practical measures help to avoid the incidence of permanent blindness? (i.e. laser protection goggles, helmet with laser protection visor for aircrews, filter for optical devices in army vehicles and laser warning devices for aircrafts; possible future eyesight protection system applicable to a larger bandwidth)", "(iv) A Military and Legal Expert Group could be asked to introduce “state of the art best practises” in order to reduce collateral damage and avoid the incidence of permanent blindness to unenhanced vision by military laser systems." ]
CCW_CONF.III_WP.10
[ "CCW/CONF.III/WP.10", "10 November 2006", "SPANISH", "Original:", "Geneva, 7-17 November 2006", "QUESTIONS TO BE CONSIDERATION OF LEARNING SYSTEMS", "Submitted by Germany and Sweden", "1. Protocol IV on \"swerving laser weapons\" of 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\" (CAC) was adopted in Vienna on 13 October 1995. It entered into force on 30 July 1998 and now covers 83 Contracting Parties. Article 1 of Protocol IV prohibits the use and transfer (not the development, production and acquisition) of laser weapons specifically designed to cause permanent blindness to the un amplified view. Article 3 specifies that blindness as a fortuitous or secondary effect of legitimate military use of laser systems is not covered by this prohibition. Article 4 contains a legal definition of the term \"permanent blindness\".", "2. In accordance with Article 2, laser systems other than those mentioned in Article 1 shall be subject to \"all precautions that are feasible to avoid the risk of causing permanent blindness to the unplified view. Such precautions shall consist of instructional measures of their armed forces and other practical measures.\" Owing to the dynamic development of laser technology in the decade since the entry into force of Protocol IV, it is time for the High Contracting Parties to review the implementation of the provisions of this important instrument.", "GE.06-650 (E) 131106 131106", "3. With this backdrop, the delegations of Sweden and Germany present to the Third Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention a proposal (CCW/CONF.III/WP.2) to decide to establish an open-ended Group of Governmental Experts to study feasible precautions that could be taken to improve the design of military laser systems to avoid the risk of causing permanent blindness to the unplified view.", "Issues to be considered by the Group of Governmental Experts could include:", "(i) How does Protocol IV apply in relation to current viable precautions to avoid the risk of causing permanent blindness to the unplified view (article 2);", "(ii) Can current laser systems help reduce side effects and increase the capacity to reduce crisis situations?", "(iii) Could the design of new laser systems or pragmatic measures for greater protection help to avoid the incidence of permanent blindness? (i.e. anti-laser protective glasses, helmets with anti-laser protective visors for air crews; optical device filter in military vehicles and anti-laser alert devices for aircraft; possible future view protection systems applicable to a wider bandwidth;);", "(iv) A Group of Military and Legal Experts could be asked to introduce \"suitable practices\" to reduce collateral damage and avoid the risk that military laser systems will cause permanent blindness to the unplified view." ]
[ "CCW/CONF.III/WP.9", "15 de noviembre de 2006", "ESPAÑOL", "Original: INGLÉS", "Ginebra, 7 a 17 de noviembre de 2006", "LOS DAÑOS PREVISTOS A LA POBLACIÓN CIVIL Y LA ECUACIÓN DE PROPORCIONALIDAD: EN QUÉ MEDIDA DEBERÍAN TENERSE EN CUENTA EN EL ANÁLISIS DE LA PROPORCIONALIDAD LAS CONSECUENCIAS A MEDIO Y LARGO PLAZO DE LOS RESTOS EXPLOSIVOS DE GUERRA[1]", "Preparado por el Centro de Derecho Castrense de la Universidad de Melbourne (Australia) y presentado a petición del Coordinador sobre restos de explosivos de guerra", "I. INTRODUCCIÓN", "1. En marzo de 2006, el Centro de Derecho Castrense para Asia y el Pacífico preparó el Informe sobre las respuestas de los Estados Partes al cuestionario sobre el derecho internacional humanitario (\"el Informe\") para el Grupo de Trabajo sobre restos explosivos de guerra en el 13º período de sesiones del Grupo de Expertos Gubernamentales de los Estados Partes en la Convención de 1980 sobre prohibiciones o restricciones del empleo de ciertas armas convencionales que puedan considerarse excesivamente nocivas o de efectos indiscriminados.", "2. El 97% de los Estados que respondieron al cuestionario consideraron que la norma de la proporcionalidad se aplica al empleo de municiones que puedan convertirse en restos explosivos de guerra (REG)[2]. Ese elevado grado de reconocimiento indica que la proporcionalidad se considera una obligación fundamental que afecta a las decisiones de los Estados sobre la elección de objetivos y armas, también en lo que respecta a la elección de armas que puedan convertirse en REG.", "3. En algunas respuestas de los Estados se destacó la cuestión de si debe exigirse a un mando militar que, al realizar el análisis de la proporcionalidad, tenga en cuenta el daño a más largo plazo a la población civil y a los bienes de carácter civil que pudiera derivarse de los REG. Esta cuestión sigue siendo objeto de debate internacional. Algunos expertos gubernamentales y especialistas jurídicos alegan que las consecuencias a largo plazo no se pueden tener en cuenta porque son demasiado remotas y, por lo tanto, imposibles de evaluar. En cambio, otros expertos gubernamentales y especialistas jurídicos, así como organizaciones internacionales y no gubernamentales, defienden la importancia de incluir en la ecuación de proporcionalidad, las consecuencias tanto a corto como a más largo plazo de los REG, porque los efectos perjudiciales para la población civil son previsibles y se ha demostrado en sucesivos conflictos que tienen consecuencias devastadoras.", "4. Las evaluaciones de la aplicación de la ecuación de proporcionalidad han adquirido más importancia con la creación de la Corte Penal Internacional y el examen cada vez más minucioso de la ejecución de las operaciones militares. La cuestión que se plantea no es tanto si la Corte Penal Internacional juzgará a mandos militares por presuntas violaciones de la ecuación de proporcionalidad, sino más bien la creciente expectativa internacional de que las Partes en los conflictos respetarán el derecho internacional humanitario, y las demandas de que asuman sus responsabilidades en caso de incumplimiento. Muchos Estados Partes en el Estatuto de Roma han promulgado leyes de ejecución para incorporar en su legislación penal los delitos previstos en el Estatuto, y el cumplimiento de las obligaciones que emanan de la legislación penal interna es prioritario para los militares nacionales. Incluso los Estados que no son parte en el Estatuto de Roma incluyen en su legislación penal obligaciones que los militares deben cumplir.", "5. En varias respuestas al cuestionario se ponía de relieve la necesidad de examinar con más detalle la cuestión de los daños previstos a más largo plazo y la ecuación de proporcionalidad. En consecuencia, se pidió al Centro de Derecho Castrense para Asia y el Pacífico que preparase este documento y examinara el debate en torno a la previsibilidad y la norma de la proporcionalidad.", "6. El Centro de Derecho Castrense para Asia y el Pacífico de la Universidad de Melbourne (Australia) (\"el Centro\") agradece el apoyo financiero prestado por el Ministerio de Comercio y Relaciones Exteriores de Nueva Zelandia y el Departamento de Defensa de Australia para la preparación de este documento, pero desea señalar desde el principio que las opiniones expresadas en él son las del Centro y no reflejan necesariamente la posición ni del Gobierno de Nueva Zelandia ni del de Australia. El Centro también agradece al Centro Internacional de Desminado Humanitario de Ginebra y a Landmine Action (Reino Unido) las observaciones que formularon sobre el proyecto de este documento. No obstante, el documento final no refleja necesariamente las opiniones de ninguna de esas organizaciones.", "II. PROPORCIONALIDAD", "A. Comprensión de la norma de la proporcionalidad", "7. Es una norma básica del derecho internacional humanitario que las Partes en un conflicto deben respetar y proteger a la población civil y a los bienes de carácter civil durante un conflicto armado. Las Partes deben distinguir en todo momento entre población civil y combatientes, y entre bienes de carácter civil y objetivos militares. Las operaciones militares únicamente deben dirigirse contra objetivos militares. Esta norma básica se incorporó en el artículo 48 del Protocolo adicional (Protocolo I) de 1977 a los Convenios de Ginebra de 1949[3], pero también se aplica como norma de derecho internacional consuetudinario a todas las Partes en los conflictos armados, sean o no Partes en el Protocolo adicional I. De acuerdo con esta norma fundamental, el ataque deliberado contra civiles o bienes de carácter civil en un conflicto armado es un crimen de guerra.", "8. El derecho internacional humanitario permite atacar objetivos militares pero prohíbe cualquier ataque que no discrimine entre objetivos militares y objetivos civiles. Esos ataques se denominan \"indiscriminados\" e incluyen los ataques que no están dirigidos contra un objetivo militar concreto; los que emplean métodos o medios de combate que no pueden dirigirse contra un objetivo militar concreto; o los que emplean métodos o medios de combate cuyos efectos estén de alguna otra manera prohibidos por el derecho internacional humanitario. La prohibición de realizar ataques indiscriminados se incorpora en el párrafo 4 del artículo 51 del Protocolo adicional I, pero es también una norma aceptada del derecho internacional consuetudinario. Por lo tanto, los ataques indiscriminados, como los ataques deliberados contra la población civil y/o bienes de carácter civil, constituyen un crimen de guerra.", "9. Se acepta de pleno derecho que los ataques dirigidos contra objetivos militares legítimos pueden fortuitamente causar muertes entre la población civil y/o daños a bienes de carácter civil. En un intento de imponer limitaciones al nivel aceptable de sufrimiento causado fortuitamente a personas civiles, el derecho internacional humanitario estable una fórmula de proporcionalidad como criterio para determinar si un ataque es o no legítimo. La fórmula se expresa como una prohibición respecto de:", "[Un ataque] del que se pueda prever que cause fortuitamente pérdidas de vidas de personas civiles, heridas a personas civiles, daños a bienes de carácter civil o más de uno de estos efectos, que serían excesivos en relación con la ventaja militar concreta y directa prevista.", "10. Esta norma de la proporcionalidad forma parte del derecho internacional consuetudinario y se refleja en el estudio sobre el derecho consuetudinario del CICR[4]. Está codificada en el apartado b) del párrafo 5 del artículo 51 del Protocolo adicional I y se repite en el párrafo 2 del artículo 57. La obligación de proporcionalidad se recoge también en el párrafo 8 del artículo 3 del Protocolo II Enmendado de la Convención en relación con el uso de minas, armas trampa y otros artefactos. Además, la prohibición se incluye también, con el requisito adicional de que las pérdidas fortuitas sean \"claramente\" excesivas, en el Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional, de manera que todo ataque que viole la norma constituye un crimen de guerra y sus autores incurrirán en responsabilidad penal[5].", "11. Es importante señalar que la proporcionalidad como principio general se plantea en diferentes contextos, tanto en relación con la reglamentación jurídica internacional sobre el recurso a la fuerza militar (jus ad bellum) como con la reglamentación jurídica internacional sobre la ejecución de operaciones militares (jus in bello). El presente documento se centra en la exposición precisa de la norma de la proporcionalidad en lo que se refiere a los daños fortuitos causados a civiles como consecuencia de un ataque a un objetivo militar legítimo. La razón de ser de esta norma es limitar el sufrimiento de la población civil, y no se aplica a los combatientes ni a los objetivos militares. En la medida en que un ataque se dirija contra objetivos militares y no se prevea que se vayan a producir muertes de civiles o daños a bienes de carácter civil, esta norma concreta de la proporcionalidad no se aplica. Sin embargo, eso no significa que los mandos militares estén autorizados a recurrir a un uso ilimitado de la fuerza. La norma fundamental de que las Partes en conflicto no tienen un derecho ilimitado a elegir los métodos o medios de hacer la guerra se aplica en todas las situaciones.", "B. Aplicación de la norma de la proporcionalidad", "12. La definición precisa de la norma de la proporcionalidad en varios instrumentos jurídicos expresa claramente la obligación de los mandos militares de realizar un análisis de la proporcionalidad al preparar un ataque. También se prevé el requisito adicional de anular o suspender un ataque si desde su preparación las circunstancias han cambiado o si es evidente que se infringirá la norma[6].", "13. La formulación de la norma de la proporcionalidad incorpora un margen de apreciación en favor de los mandos militares. Éstos no deben ser juzgados sobre la base de una evaluación ex post facto de la pérdida real de vidas de civiles y/o los daños reales a bienes de carácter civil confrontados con la ventaja militar real obtenida mediante el ataque. En lugar de ello, el criterio que debe aplicarse es el de la pérdida prevista de vidas de civiles y/o los daños previstos a bienes de carácter civil confrontados con la ventaja militar esperada. Los mandos militares deben adoptar sus decisiones teniendo en cuenta la información de que disponen en el momento del ataque[7]. Por consiguiente, sus decisiones no pueden ser juzgadas tomando como base información que salga a relucir después del ataque.", "14. El caso del búnker de Al Firdus ilustra la importancia de que se emplee correctamente la norma de la proporcionalidad. Durante la guerra del Golfo de 1991, las fuerzas armadas de los Estados Unidos identificaron el búnker de Al Firdus como objetivo militar legítimo. Los Estados Unidos alegaron que el búnker estaba camuflado, su perímetro protegido por alambre de púas y los puntos de acceso custodiados por soldados armados. Partiendo de esta información recogida por los planificadores, el mando militar llegó a la conclusión de que el búnker era un objetivo militar legítimo y, aplicando la norma de la proporcionalidad, determinó que los daños incidentales a personas civiles no serían excesivos en relación con la ventaja militar obtenida. El objetivo fue bombardeado. Posteriormente se descubrió el hecho trágico de que, además de cumplir una función militar, el búnker era utilizado por personas civiles para dormir y 300 civiles resultaron muertos en el ataque[8].", "15. Las autoridades de los Estados Unidos determinaron que no había habido violación alguna del derecho internacional humanitario porque la información de que se disponía en ese momento había llevado al mando militar a sacar la conclusión razonable de que el blanco era un objetivo militar legítimo y de que la pérdida prevista de vidas de civiles y/o los daños previstos a bienes de carácter civil no eran desproporcionados frente a la ventaja militar esperada. La legalidad de la decisión del mando militar de autorizar el ataque no puede ser juzgada sobre la base de la pérdida real de vidas de personas civiles que se produjo en el ataque. El criterio jurídico es la pérdida prevista de vidas de personas civiles y, dado que el mando militar no tenía conocimiento de la utilización civil del búnker, no violó la norma de la proporcionalidad.", "C. La proporcionalidad y los restos explosivos de guerra (REG)", "16. La norma de la proporcionalidad se cita generalmente en los debates sobre las submuniciones que no estallan y, por lo tanto, crean un problema de REG[9].", "17. Los restos explosivos de guerra pueden crearse de tres maneras: por el abandono de artefactos explosivos; porque el artefacto explosivo no detonó al impactar con el objetivo; y porque está previsto que el artefacto explosivo no explote y permanezca cargado. En esta última categoría se pueden incluir las minas antipersonal, las minas navales, las trampas explosivas y otros dispositivos similares[10]. El despliegue de esas armas está sujeto a reglamentaciones jurídicas adicionales, por lo que el examen del problema de los REG en el contexto de la Convención no se ha centrado en esta categoría concreta de REG. Por consiguiente, el presente documento no examinará la aplicación de la norma de la proporcionalidad a los ataques en los que se utilizan esas armas. La primera fuente de REG mencionada -los artefactos explosivos abandonados- no se utiliza en los ataques militares y, por lo tanto, no está sujeta a la norma de la proporcionalidad. En consecuencia, el examen de esta norma se centrará exclusivamente en la utilización en un ataque de artefactos explosivos que no hayan estallado y, por consiguiente, creen REG que puedan producir daños tanto inmediatos como a más largo plazo.", "18. Los planificadores militares responsables de adoptar las decisiones sobre los tipos de armas que se van a utilizar en un ataque deben conocer las características de ese armamento, la cantidad de artefactos que se van a desplegar y las consecuencias previstas tanto de la elección del armamento como del número o la cantidad de armas que se van a desplegar. Algunos militares modelizan los daños incidentales previstos a personas o bienes civiles a fin de proporcionar información que ayude a los mandos militares a cumplir la norma de la proporcionalidad. Tanto si la modelización se realiza de forma rutinaria como si no, la cuestión fundamental es determinar en qué medida los mandos militares deben incluir en la ecuación de proporcionalidad los daños incidentales previstos a personas civiles como consecuencia de los artefactos desplegados que no estallen.", "III. ARGUMENTOS EN CONTRA DE QUE SE TENGAN EN CUENTA LAS CONSECUENCIAS A MEDIO Y LARGO PLAZO DE LOS REG", "19. En 2002 el Profesor Cristopher Greenwood señaló que, en relación con la ecuación de proporcionalidad, sólo cabía hablar del riesgo inmediato que plantean los REG, ya que existen demasiados factores que no se pueden evaluar en el momento del ataque. También indicó que el criterio de proporcionalidad debía aplicarse sobre la base de la información de que dispusiera el mando militar en el momento del ataque:", "Por ejemplo, si se utilizan armas de racimo contra objetivos militares en una zona en la que se sabe que hay población civil, el criterio de proporcionalidad puede exigir que se tenga en cuenta tanto el riesgo que para dicha población supone la explosión de submuniciones durante el ataque como el resultante de las submuniciones sin estallar en las horas inmediatamente posteriores al ataque. Sin embargo, exigir que se tenga en cuenta el riesgo a plazo más largo que entrañan los REG, y especialmente después de terminado un conflicto o cuando la población civil ha regresado a una zona de la que había huido, es una cuestión totalmente distinta. La magnitud de ese riesgo depende de demasiados factores que no se pueden evaluar en el momento del ataque, por ejemplo si se permitirá a la población civil regresar a una zona y cuándo, las medidas que tomará la parte que controle esa zona para retirar las municiones sin estallar, la prioridad que asigna esa parte a la protección de la población civil, etc. El criterio de proporcionalidad se debe aplicar sobre la base de la información de que razonablemente se disponga en el momento del ataque. Los riesgos que entrañen los REG después de que hayan pasado las secuelas inmediatas de un ataque son demasiado remotos para que resulte posible evaluarlos en ese momento", "20. William Boothby precisa el argumento de Greenwood aclarando que lo que éste quiere decir es que el mando militar debe basar su decisión en la información de que disponga, que también pueden tener que tomarse en consideración los riesgos que suponen los REG en las horas inmediatamente posteriores a un ataque en zonas en las que se sabe que hay población civil, pero que respecto del período siguiente, los riesgos son demasiado remotos para que resulte posible evaluarlos en ese momento[11].", "21. Boothby también aduce que el mando militar que ordene al ataque realizará su análisis de la proporcionalidad teniendo en cuenta \"factores tangibles\" tales como:", "La ventaja militar que se espera del ataque... los daños previstos a edificios civiles de la localidad atacada y a su contenido, en la medida en que se conozca... si se sabe que hay civiles que se han quedado en la zona, y las pérdidas que podrían sufrir durante el ataque y en las horas inmediatamente posteriores a éste, incluidas las causadas por municiones sin estallar.", "22. Boothby aduce que la existencia, y el alcance, de cualquier riesgo a más largo plazo como consecuencia de REG no pueden incluirse en la ecuación porque dependen de variables tales como si la población civil desea regresar pronto a la zona en cuestión; si se permitirá ese pronto regreso; si las autoridades civiles pueden influir e influyen en el comportamiento de la población; el porcentaje de la población que regresará y el momento en que lo hará; si los artefactos sin estallar (ASE) serán señalizados y retirados por la parte que controle el territorio, de conformidad con las normas del Protocolo V, antes de que se permita el regreso; si la población civil recibirá educación sobre los riesgos de los REG, como se contempla en el Protocolo V; si la población civil tendrá en cuenta y pondrá en práctica esas enseñanzas; y si determinados miembros de la población civil manipularán artefactos sin estallar y provocarán su explosión[12].", "23. Se concede de buen grado que no puede exigirse a los mandos militares que tengan en cuenta lo \"incognoscible\", y que únicamente puede incluirse en la ecuación de proporcionalidad lo que se pueda prever como consecuencia de un ataque concreto. Es evidente que las consecuencias no previstas de un ataque no pueden incluirse en la ecuación. Así pues no hay un desacuerdo fundamental con Greenwood y Boothby, pero cabe preguntarse si pueden hacerse afirmaciones tan categóricas como las que parecen hacer estos autores en el sentido de descartar, en el análisis de la proporcionalidad, las consecuencias previstas a plazo más largo para la población civil de las armas que crean REG.", "24. Al examinar la proporcionalidad en relación con la norma de las precauciones factibles Boothby observa que:", "Lo que se prevé lograr, y en ello se centra esta norma, no es lo mismo que la previsibilidad razonable. Un resultado puede ser previsible pero indeseado. Pueden tomarse precauciones para evitar ese resultado, pero éste puede seguir siendo una posibilidad, aunque indeseada e incluso poco probable. Por lo tanto, debe considerarse como razonablemente previsible, aunque no sea en modo alguno el resultado previsto.", "25. Boothby parece equiparar los resultados que son \"razonablemente previsibles\" con los que son \"posibles\", aunque indeseados y poco probables. En cambio, según su interpretación, los resultados \"previstos\" parecen ser aquellos que son a la vez deseados y probables. En el presente documento se reconoce sin duda que la cuestión fundamental de este debate es el significado de la pérdida fortuita \"prevista\" de vidas de civiles o de los daños previstos a bienes de carácter civil contrastados con la ventaja militar concreta y directa que se espera obtener.", "IV. Argumentos a favor de que se tengan en cuenta las consecuencias a medio y largo plazo de los reg", "A. Significado de daños \"previstos\" a la población civil", "26. Tanto Greenwood como Boothby señalan factores que, en su opinión, no podrían ser evaluados por un mando militar en el momento oportuno. Como ya se ha mencionado, se trata de factores tales como si se prohibirá a la población civil entrar en la zona, y si la retirada de los artefactos sin estallar se realizará de conformidad con el Protocolo V.", "27. Es posible que un mando militar no tenga una respuesta precisa a estas preguntas en el momento en que tiene que decidir si autorizar o no un ataque. No obstante, el mando debe tener en cuenta la información de que dispone a fin de adoptar una decisión razonable. Charles Garraway, a propósito de la norma de la proporcionalidad, ha señalado \"la inexistencia de una fórmula matemática. En ese caso es preciso evaluar la buena fe sobre la base de la información de todas las fuentes de que [los mandos militares] puedan razonablemente disponer en el momento oportuno\"[13]. Siempre que se contemple el empleo de armas que puedan generar REG en zonas residenciales o en otras zonas frecuentadas por la población civil, las evaluaciones de los daños previstos a la población civil deberán tener en cuenta las conclusiones convergentes de numerosos informes y estudios realizados por organizaciones internacionales y no gubernamentales, muchos de los cuales contienen datos sobre el porcentaje de municiones que no estallan y los efectos de esos artefactos sin estallar sobre la población civil. Esta gran cantidad de información permitirá hacer una proyección de los daños causados a la población civil no sólo a partir de la proporción de artefactos que pueden estallar al hacer impacto, sino también a partir de la proporción de municiones que se prevé que no estallarán. Evidentemente, cuantos más artefactos se utilicen, mayor será el número de municiones (o submuniciones) que no estallen, más grave será el problema de los REG a consecuencia del ataque y mayor será el peligro para la población civil cerca de la zona del ataque.", "28. En su examen de la norma de la proporcionalidad, el Manual de derecho de los conflictos armados del Reino Unido establece lo siguiente:", "Al decidir si un ataque sería indiscriminado, también deberán tenerse en cuenta los efectos previsibles del ataque. Las características del objetivo pueden ser un factor en este sentido. Por tanto, si, por ejemplo, se planifica un ataque de precisión con bombas a un depósito militar de combustible, pero existe un riesgo previsible de que el combustible ardiendo alcance a una zona residencial civil y ocasione daños a la población civil que serían excesivos en relación con la ventaja militar prevista, ese bombardeo sería indiscriminado e ilícito debido al daño colateral excesivo[14].", "29. Teniendo presente esta pauta, cabe argumentar que algunos de los factores \"imposibles de evaluar\" descritos por Greenwood y Boothby también estarían presentes en esta hipótesis. En este ejemplo concreto podrían variar además factores tales como la proporción de la población civil que regresará, y cuándo lo hará; y si todo o parte del combustible ardiendo podría extinguirse antes de alcanzar la zona residencial. No obstante, esta hipótesis figura en el Manual de derecho de los conflictos armados como ejemplo de un ataque que podría ser \"indiscriminado e ilícito\". Es interesante señalar que el Manual utiliza la expresión \"riesgos previsibles\" como criterio para determinar los daños fortuitos, que podría sufrir la población civil, y no el criterio preferido por Boothby de que los efectos sean \"deseados y probables\".", "30. Si Boothby tiene razón al afirmar que los daños \"previstos\" a la población civil deben ser más que una mera posibilidad y sólo incluyen los daños \"deseados y probables\", los mandos militares podrían eludir la responsabilidad por sus decisiones aduciendo que los efectos de un determinado ataque simplemente no fueron deseados. En este sentido, existe el peligro de alzar demasiado el listón de la responsabilidad. Si \"previsto\" significa algo más que una mera posibilidad, ciertamente significa también algo menos que lo que se pretende lograr. En el lenguaje penal se habla de imprudencia cuando el presunto autor no tiene la intención de lograr un resultado concreto, pero es imprudentemente indiferente ante la posibilidad de que ese resultado se produzca. Este nivel de responsabilidad penal es distinto del umbral más bajo que determina la negligencia, porque la imprudencia está basada de todos modos en la conciencia subjetiva del autor. La negligencia, en cambio, se basa en el criterio más objetivo de la \"previsibilidad razonable\". Es posible que, al elegir las armas y seleccionar un objetivo específico, un mando militar no desee que se produzcan determinados resultados, pero la responsabilidad no se refiere únicamente a los deseos del mando militar, sino que también abarca las consecuencias previstas ante las cuales el mando fue imprudentemente indiferente.", "B. Ventaja militar prevista a más largo plazo", "31. Los planificadores y los mandos militares tienen sistemáticamente en cuenta no sólo los beneficios militares a corto plazo, sino también las ventajas a más largo plazo. Esta tendencia quedó demostrada en el reciente conflicto del sur del Líbano. Según el informe de los miembros de la misión al Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas:", "Un oficial del Gobierno reconoció que las bombas en racimo se utilizaron en parte para impedir que los combatientes de Hezbolá regresaran a las aldeas después de la cesación del fuego[15].", "32. La utilización deliberada, sobre la base de una tasa de fallo prevista, de municiones en racimo que dejarán suficientes submuniciones sin estallar como para impedir el acceso de los combatientes enemigos a la zona del ataque bien puede producir una ventaja militar directa y concreta prevista. Esa ventaja prevista es una ventaja a medio y largo plazo. No es una ventaja prevista como resultado inmediato del ataque, sino que es posterior a éste y es consecuencia de las submuniciones que no estallan. Por consiguiente, al realizar el necesario análisis de la proporcionalidad, también deberán tenerse en cuenta los daños previstos a la población civil a medio y largo plazo. El mando militar debe prever que algunos civiles residentes en la zona del ataque intentarán regresar a sus pueblos y volver a trabajar en sus parcelas agrícolas, y que inevitablemente habrá daños fortuitos a la población civil cuando se produzca un contacto con submuniciones sin estallar. Es muy posible que el resultado del análisis de la proporcionalidad sea que la ventaja militar prevista compensa con creces los daños previstos a la población civil. Pero lo importante en este caso es que los daños previstos a la población civil deben tenerse en cuenta -que resulta inaceptable que la ventaja militar prevista se base en un plazo más largo y la cuantificación de los daños previstos a la población civil se limite únicamente a los efectos inmediatos del propio ataque.", "33. Según el informe de los miembros de la misión al Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas:", "Como esos lugares [donde se utilizaron bombas en racimo] están situados a menudo en zonas civiles edificadas o agrícolas, los efectos a largo plazo de estas armas en la población civil deberían haber sido evidentes[16].", "34. Al ratificar el Protocolo adicional I, muchos Estados formularon declaraciones de interpretación en relación con los artículos 51 a 58 en el sentido de que \"la ventaja militar que se prevé obtener con un ataque debe entenderse como la ventaja que se prevé obtener del ataque considerado en su conjunto, y no sólo de partes aisladas o concretas del mismo\"[17]. Puede ser muy comprensible que los militares interpreten la ventaja militar concreta y directa prevista en un sentido amplio, pero adopten un criterio restrictivo respecto de \"la previsión de que habrá incidentalmente muertos y heridos entre la población civil, o daños a bienes de carácter civil, o ambas cosas\"[18]. Por atractiva que pueda ser esta interpretación, no hay nada en la propia fórmula de la proporcionalidad que respalde la aplicación de ese criterio. En la medida en que se prevé que un ataque causará daños a la población civil a medio y largo plazo, al aplicar la ecuación de proporcionalidad deberán tenerse en cuenta esos daños del mismo modo que la ventaja militar de toda la campaña.", "35. La noción de que los artefactos sin estallar tienen consecuencias perjudiciales a largo plazo para la población civil ya es muy conocida y es un principio aceptado por todos los Estados Partes en la Convención de Ottawa. En la parte pertinente del preámbulo de la Convención, los Estados Partes se declaran:", "Decididos a poner fin al sufrimiento y las muertes causados por las minas antipersonal, que matan o mutilan a cientos de personas cada semana, en su mayor parte civiles inocentes e indefensos, especialmente niños, obstruyen el desarrollo económico y la reconstrucción, inhiben la repatriación de refugiados y de personas desplazadas internamente, además de ocasionar otras severas consecuencias muchos años después de su emplazamiento[19].", "36. El Centro Internacional de Desminado Humanitario de Ginebra ha señalado que esta parte del Preámbulo refleja que los Estados Parte entienden implícitamente que \"la proporcionalidad se aplica a través del tiempo\"[20].", "37. Aquí no se pretende dar a entender que los daños previstos a la población civil a medio y largo plazo serán automática o inevitablemente excesivos en relación con la ventaja militar prevista. Lo que se sostiene en cambio es que, al aplicar la ecuación de proporcionalidad, deben tenerse en cuenta los efectos previstos a largo plazo, además de los efectos inmediatos y a corto plazo previstos sobre la población civil.", "38. En los últimos años, desde que se viene examinando la cuestión de los REG, las organizaciones internacionales y no gubernamentales han investigado los efectos perjudiciales de los REG, en particular de las municiones en racimo, sobre la población civil. En la actualidad hay gran cantidad de información que demuestra la existencia de una correlación directa entre el número de municiones desplegadas, las tasas de fallo y los muertos y heridos entre la población civil o los daños a bienes de carácter civil.", "V. datos obtenidos sobre el terreno acerca de los efectos a medio y largo plazo de los REG", "39. En opinión del Centro, los datos relativos a conflictos pasados ayudan a determinar la probabilidad de que se produzcan efectos en el futuro para la aplicación del análisis de la proporcionalidad. En las decisiones sobre los daños previstos a la población civil o a bienes de carácter civil producidos por armas que pueden generar REG deberían tenerse en cuenta los efectos de esas armas en el pasado.", "40. Las organizaciones internacionales y no gubernamentales han realizado amplias investigaciones sobre los daños causados por armas que generan REG y han examinado los factores que determinan estos daños.", "41. Por ejemplo, el Instituto de las Naciones Unidas de Investigación sobre el Desarme (UNIDIR) ha llegado a la siguiente conclusión:", "La adecuación del derecho internacional humanitario vigente para resolver de manera suficiente los problemas asociados al empleo de municiones en racimo sigue suscitando preocupación. Cada vez son más los llamamientos de la sociedad civil, las organizaciones no gubernamentales y las organizaciones internacionales para que se haga algo respecto de las repercusiones humanitarias de las municiones en racimo, y los Estados están adoptando medidas. A ello se suma una documentación cada vez más abundante sobre los efectos a corto y largo plazo del empleo de municiones en racimo en la población civil[21].", "42. En varios estudios se han analizado datos sobre múltiples conflictos que demuestran sistemáticamente los peligros de los REG para la población civil. Estos informes se han referido a conflictos como los del Afganistán, Albania, la Arabia Saudita, Bosnia y Herzegovina, Camboya, el Chad, Chechenia/la Federación de Rusia, Croacia, Eritrea, Etiopía, el Iraq, Kosovo, Kuwait, Marruecos, Montenegro, Serbia, Sierra Leona, el sur del Líbano, la República Democrática Popular Lao, Siria, el Sudán, Tayikistán y Viet Nam[22]. Todos estos informes han llegado a la conclusión común de que es inevitable que el gran número de submuniciones sin estallar desplegadas en zonas residenciales o agrícolas cause daños a la población civil.", "43. En todos los conflictos antes enumerados, las circunstancias de cada uno de los ataques militares han sido siempre distintas. También es cierto que las tasas de fallo varían incluso para armas de la misma categoría, y mucho más si se trata de armas diferentes. Por ejemplo, el UNIDIR ha informado de lo siguiente:", "La dependencia de eliminación de artefactos explosivos del Reino Unido de la Brigada Internacional (Centro) determinó que la tasa de fallo de las BLU 97 era del 7,1% y la de las submuniciones BL 755 se evaluó en un 11,8%. En una respuesta a una pregunta por escrito planteada en el Parlamento británico, se informó de que la tasa de fallo de las BL 755 era del 6%. En otros estudios las tasas de fallo de las BLU 97 y las submuniciones BL 755 se han cifrado también en un 20%, mientras que en Kuwait el fallo de las MK 118 llegó a un 30 ó 40%, y se ha informado de que en Kosovo la tasa general de fallo de todos los tipos de submuniciones en racimo fue del 5 al 30%. En Albania, la tasa general de fallo de las submuniciones de la OTAN se situó entre un 20 y un 25% (lo que dejó unas 30 a 60 pequeñas bombas sin estallar por munición, según el tipo), y la de las municiones yugoslavas (serbias) entre un 30 y un 35% (lo que dejó entre 80 y 100 pequeñas bombas sin estallar por munición). Cabe señalar que, al ser interrogados, los desminadores de Albania se mostraron sumamente reticentes a especificar las tasas de fallo de las submuniciones en racimo[23].", "44. Pese a las diferentes circunstancias que predominan en los distintos conflictos y a las variaciones de las tasas de fallo de determinadas submuniciones, todos los estudios coinciden en algunos aspectos. Los daños a la población civil son una consecuencia inevitable de las submuniciones sin estallar, que constituyen el legado constante de la amplia utilización de submuniciones en zonas residenciales o agrícolas. El reciente empleo de municiones en racimo en el sur del Líbano ilustra la dura realidad. Los informes indican que las submuniciones sin estallar han contaminado densamente las zonas residenciales y los terrenos agrícolas y han aumentado la incidencia de heridos y muertos entre la población civil.", "VI. Conclusión", "45. Aunque el presente documento se ha centrado en los daños previstos a la población civil en la ecuación de proporcionalidad, no se desea crear la impresión de que no hay otras normas del derecho internacional humanitario que sean pertinentes al empleo de armas que pueden generar REG. Como señalaron los Estados que respondieron al cuestionario y como se ha examinado ampliamente en un informe anterior[24], la norma de distinción, la prohibición de los ataques indiscriminados, la obligación de tomar precauciones antes del ataque y durante éste, la obligación de proteger el medio ambiente de los daños generalizados, a largo plazo y graves, y la prohibición de emplear armas que causan daños superfluos o sufrimientos innecesarios también son obligaciones jurídicas extremadamente importantes.", "46. En opinión del Centro, es inevitable que se causen daños a la población civil cuando se despliegan armas que se sabe que tienen una tasa de fallo significativa en zonas residenciales o agrícolas. Esta afirmación se ve sistemáticamente confirmada por todos los datos obtenidos de los conflictos pasados. Aunque no puede saberse el número exacto de municiones o submuniciones que no estallarán, ni puede predecirse el número exacto de muertos y heridos entre la población civil, ello no significa que los daños a la población civil producidos por los artefactos sin estallar sean imprevistos. El empleo de esas armas causará inexorablemente daños a bienes de carácter civil y muertos entre la población civil, y ello deber tenerse en cuenta en la ecuación de proporcionalidad.", "47. El ejemplo más reciente de que es inevitable que los artefactos sin estallar causen daños a la población civil se está viendo en el sur del Líbano. El Centro está de acuerdo con la conclusión de los miembros de la misión al Líbano e Israel, que figura en su reciente informe al Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas, de que cabía esperar que las submuniciones sin estallar en el sur del Líbano tendrían consecuencias perjudiciales para la población civil:", "La justificación aducida... para el uso de bombas en racimo es que eran el arma más eficaz contra los lugares de lanzamiento de cohetes de Hezbolá. En teoría, este argumento es compatible con la justificación militar para el uso de bombas en racimo antipersonal, ya que el radio en que producen daños es del orden del tamaño de una cancha de fútbol y, por lo tanto, pueden neutralizar lanzadores de cohetes móviles… no es razonable suponer que Israel desconociera que las submuniciones dispersadas por las municiones de racimo tienen una alta tasa de fallo. Así pues, en efecto se tomó la decisión de sembrar una zona ocupada por grandes números de civiles con explosivos pequeños e inestables[25].", "[1] Preparado por el Profesor Timothy L. H. McCormack y la Sra. Paramdeep B. Mtharu, Centro de Derecho Castrense para Asia y el Pacífico de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Melbourne.", "GE.06-65067 (S) 231106 281106", "[2] Centro de Derecho Castrense para Asia y el Pacífico, Informe sobre las respuestas de los Estados Partes al cuestionario, marzo de 2006, 17.", "[3] Protocolo adicional a los Convenios de Ginebra de 12 de Agosto de 1949 relativo a la protección de las víctimas de los conflictos armados internacionales, abierto a la firma el 8 de junio de 1977, 1125 UNTS 3 (en vigor desde el 7 de diciembre de 1978) (\"Protocolo adicional I\").", "[4] Véase Rule 14 en Jean-Marie Henckaerts y Louise Doswald-Beck, Customary International Humanitarian Law (2005), volumen I: Rules, 46.", "[5] Estatuto de Roma de la Corte Penal Internacional, abierto a la firma el 17 de julio de 1998, 2187 UNTS 3 (en vigor desde el 1º de julio 2002).", "[6] Apartado b) del párrafo 2 del artículo 57 del Protocolo adicional I. Se trata de una norma de derecho internacional consuetudinario y, por lo tanto, es también vinculante para los Estados que no son parte en el Protocolo adicional I.", "[7] Alemania, Argelia, Australia, Austria, Bélgica, el Canadá, Egipto, España, Irlanda, Italia, Nueva Zelandia, los Países Bajos y el Reino Unido han hecho declaraciones en este sentido.", "[8] Escuela de Derecho de la Auditoría General del Ejército, Charlottesville, Operational Law Handbook (2001), 9.", "[9] Louis Maresca, \"Cluster Munitions: Moving Toward Specific Regulation\" (2006) 4, Instituto de las Naciones Unidas de Investigación sobre el Desarme (UNIDIR) Disarmament Forum, 29.", "[10] No se trata de una lista exhaustiva.", "[11] William H. Boothby, \"Cluster Bombs: Is There a Case for New Law?\" (HPCR Occasional Paper Series Nº 5, Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, Universidad de Harvard, otoño de 2005), 30.", "[12] William H. Boothby, \"Cluster Bombs: Is There a Case for New Law?\" (HPCR Occasional Paper Series Nº 5, Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, Universidad de Harvard, otoño de 2005), 31.", "[13] Charles Garraway, ¿Cómo se aborda la cuestión de los restos explosivos de guerra en el derecho internacional actual? CCW/GGE/XII/WG.1/WP.15 (15 de diciembre de 2005).", "[14] Ministerio de Defensa, The Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict (2006), párr. 5.33.4.", "[15] Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, Consejo de Derechos Humanos, informe del Relator Especial sobre las ejecuciones extrajudiciales, sumarias o arbitrarias, Philip Alston; el Relator Especial sobre el derecho de toda persona al disfrute del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental, Paul Hunt; el Representante del Secretario General sobre los derechos humanos de los desplazados internos, Walter Kälin; y el Relator Especial sobre una vivienda adecuada como elemento integrante del derecho a un nivel de vida adecuado, Miloon Kothari, misión al Líbano (7 a 14 de septiembre de 2006), documento de las Naciones Unidas A/HRC/2/7, párrs. 55 y 56.", "[16] Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, Consejo de Derechos Humanos, misión al Líbano (7 a 14 de septiembre de 2006), documento de las Naciones Unidas A/HRC/2/7, párrs. 55 y 56.", "[17] Esta cita concreta proviene de la declaración de interpretación de Italia en su ratificación del Protocolo adicional I y II el 27 de febrero de 1986 editada en Adam Roberts y Richard Guelff (editores), Documents on the Laws of War (2000), 506-7.", "[18] Virgil Wiebe, \"The Drops that Carve the Stone: State and Manufacturer Responsibility for the Humanitarian Impact of Cluster Munitions and Explosive Remnants of War\" (Legal Studies Research Paper Series, Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de Thomas, 2004), 14.", "[19] Párrafo 1 del preámbulo, Convención sobre la prohibición del empleo, almacenamiento, producción y transferencia de minas antipersonal y sobre su destrucción, abierta a la firma el 18 de septiembre de 1997, 36 ILM 1507 (en vigor desde el 1º de marzo de 1999) (\"La Convención de Ottawa sobre minas antipersonal\").", "[20] Argumento del Centro Internacional de Desminado Humanitario de Ginebra tomado de: GICHD, \"Report on States Parties' Responses to the Questionnaire, International Humanitarian Law & Explosive Remnants of War: A Critique by the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining\" 1º de marzo de 2006, 2.", "[21] Instituto de las Naciones Unidas de Investigación sobre el Desarme, Rosy Cave, Anthea Lawson y Andrew Sherriff, \"Cluster Munitions in Albania and Lao PDR: The Humanitarian and Socio-Economic Impact\", UNIDIR 2006, 2.", "[22] Véase Handicap International, \"Fatal Footprint: The Global Human Impact of Cluster Munitions\", informe preliminar, noviembre de 2006; Human Rights Watch, \"Cluster Munitions a Foreseeable Hazard in Iraq\", documento de información de Human Rights Watch, marzo de 2003; Thomas Nash, \"Foreseeable Harm: The Use and Impact of Cluster Munitions in Lebanon: 2006\" Landmine Action del Reino Unido, informe, octubre de 2006; Human Rights Watch, \"First Look at Israel's Use of Cluster Munitions in Lebanon in July - August 2006\" (documento de información presentado por Steve Goose al 15º período de sesiones del Grupo de Expertos Gubernamentales en la Convención sobre ciertas armas convencionales, Ginebra, 30 de agosto de 2006); Human Rights Watch, \"Cluster Munitions: Measures to Prevent ERW and to Protect Civilian Populations\" (memorando a los delegados en la reunión del Grupo de Expertos Gubernamentales sobre restos explosivos de guerra en la Convención sobre ciertas armas convencionales, Ginebra, 10 a 14 de marzo de 2003); Landmine Action del Reino Unido, \"Explosive Remnants of War: Unexploded Ordnance and Post-Conflict Communities\" (2002); Richard Moyes y Thomas Nash, \"Cluster Munitions in Lebanon\" Landmine Action del Reino Unido, informe (2005).", "[23] Instituto de las Naciones Unidas de Investigación sobre el Desarme, Rosy Cave, Anthea Lawson y Andrew Sherriff, \"Cluster Munitions in Albania and Lao PDR: The Humanitarian and Socio-Economic Impact\", UNIDIR 2006, 10. Esta información fue confirmada también por Richard Moyes, de Landmine Action del Reino Unido, en Comments from Richard Moyes, Testing of M85 Submunitions, agosto de 2006.", "[24] Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, Report on State Parties' Responses to the Questionnaire, marzo de 2006.", "[25] Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas, Consejo de Derechos Humanos, misión al Líbano (7 a 14 de septiembre de 2006), documento de las Naciones Unidas A/HRC/2/7." ]
[ "THIRD REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THESTATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTIONON PROHIBITIONS OR RESTRICTIONSON THE USE OF CERTAINCONVENTIONAL WEAPONS WHICH MAY BEDEEMED TO BE EXCESSIVELYINJURIOUS OR TO HAVEINDISCRIMINATE EFFECTS CCW/CONF.III/WP.915 November 2006Original: ENGLISH", "Geneva, 7-17 November 2006", "EXPECTED CIVILIAN DAMAGE AND THE PROPORTIONALITY EQUATION — TO WHAT EXTENT SHOULD THE MID TO LONGER TERM CONSEQUENCES OF EXPLOSIVE REMNANTS OF WAR BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE PROPORTIONALITY ASSESSMENT[1]", "Prepared by the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, University of Melbourne, Australia, and presented at the request of the Coordinator on ERW", "I. Introduction", "1. In March 2006 the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law prepared the Report on States Parties’ Responses to the IHL Questionnaire (‘the Report’) for the working group on explosive remnants of war in the thirteenth session of the Group of Governmental Experts (‘GGE’) of the States Parties to the 1980 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 (‘CCW’).", "2. The rule on proportionality was identified by 97 per cent of Respondent States as of relevance to the use of munitions that may result in explosive remnants of war (‘ERW’).[2] Such an overwhelming level of acknowledgement is indicative of the view that proportionality is a key obligation affecting States’ decisions on target and weapons selection — including in relation to the choice of weapons likely to cause ERW.", "3. A number of State responses highlighted the issue of whether a military commander is required to consider the expected longer term harm caused to the civilian population and civilian objects as a result of ERW when undertaking the proportionality assessment. This question remains a matter of debate internationally. Some government experts and legal scholars argue that long term effects cannot be taken into account because they are too remote and therefore incapable of assessment. On the other side of the debate other governmental experts, legal scholars, and international and non-governmental organisations argue the importance of factoring both the short and longer term effects of ERW into the proportionality equation because the harmful effects on the civilian population are foreseeable and have been demonstrated in successive conflicts to have devastating consequences.", "4. Assessments of the application of the proportionality equation have taken on greater significance since the establishment of the International Criminal Court and the increasing scrutiny of the conduct of military operations. The issue is not so much whether the International Criminal Court will try military commanders for alleged violations of the proportionality equation but rather an increased international expectation that parties to a conflict will comply with International Humanitarian Law and calls for accountability in the face of perceived failures to comply with the law. Many States Parties to the Rome Statute have enacted implementing legislation to incorporate the crimes in the Statute into their own domestic criminal law and it is compliance with domestic criminal law obligations that is uppermost in the minds of national militaries. Even non-States Parties to the Rome Statute have domestic criminal law obligations with which their military must comply.", "5. A number of responses to the IHL Questionnaire highlighted the need for further discussions on the issue of expected longer term harm and the proportionality equation. As a result, the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law has been asked to prepare this paper examining the debate surrounding foreseeability and the rule on proportionality.", "6. The Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, University of Melbourne, Australia (‘the Centre’) gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australian Department of Defence in the preparation of this paper but wishes to state at the outset that the views expressed in this paper are those of the Centre alone and do not necessarily reflect the position of either the New Zealand or Australian Governments. The Centre is also grateful to the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, and Landmine Action (UK) for their comments on a draft version of this paper. However the final paper does not necessarily reflect the views of either of these organisations.", "II. Proportionality", "A. Understanding the rule on proportionality", "7. It is a basic rule of International Humanitarian Law that the parties to a conflict must ensure respect for, and the protection of, the civilian population and civilian objects in an armed conflict. Parties must at all times distinguish between the civilian population and combatants and between civilian objects and military objectives. Military operations must only be directed at military objectives. This basic rule is incorporated in Article 48 of Protocol I of 1977 Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 1949,[3] but also applies as a rule of customary international law to all parties to armed conflicts whether or not they are party to Additional Protocol I. On the basis of this fundamental rule, the wilful targeting of civilians or civilian property in armed conflict is a war crime.", "8. International Humanitarian Law allows attacks on military objectives but prohibits any attack which fails to discriminate between military objectives and civilian objectives. Such attacks are labelled ‘indiscriminate’ and include attacks: not directed at specific military objectives; which employ means or methods of combat which cannot be directed at specific military objectives; or which employ means or methods of combat producing effects otherwise prohibited by international humanitarian law. The prohibition on indiscriminate attacks is incorporated in Article 51(4) of Additional Protocol I but is also an accepted rule of customary international law. Again, the perpetration of an indiscriminate attack, like the wilful targeting of civilians and/or civilian property, also constitutes a war crime.", "9. It is accepted as a matter of law that in directing attacks at legitimate military objectives, some incidental loss of civilian life and/or damage to civilian property may occur. In an attempt to impose limitations upon the level of acceptable incidental civilian suffering, international humanitarian law articulates a proportionality formula as the test to determine whether or not an attack is lawful. The formula is articulated as a prohibition on:", "[A]n attack which may be expected to cause incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, damage to civilian objects or a combination thereof, which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage anticipated.", "10. This proportionality rule is recognised as customary international law, and is reflected in the ICRC Customary Law Study.[4] It is codified in Article 51(5)(b) of Additional Protocol I, and repeated in Article 57(2). The CCW treaty itself recognises the proportionality obligation in Article 3(8) of Amended Protocol II in relation to the use of mines, booby-traps and other devices. Furthermore, the prohibition, with the additional requirement that the incidental loss be ‘clearly’ excessive, is also included in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court such that any attack which violates the rule constitutes a war crime for which perpetrators should be held criminally responsible.[5]", "11. It is important to note that proportionality as a general principle arises in a number of different contexts, both in relation to the international legal regulation of the resort to military force (jus ad bellum) as well as in the international legal regulation of the conduct of military operations (jus in bello). For the purposes of this paper the focus is upon the articulation of the rule on proportionality as it relates to civilian damage incidental to an attack on a legitimate military objective. The rationale for this rule is to limit the suffering of the civilian population and does not apply to combatants or military objectives. To the extent that an attack is directed at military objectives with no expected loss of civilian life or damage to civilian property, this particular rule on proportionality is not applicable. That does not mean, however, that a military commander is entitled to use unlimited force. The basic rule that a party’s right to choose methods or means of warfare is not unlimited applies in all situations.", "B. Applying the rule on proportionality", "12. The articulation of the rule on proportionality in a number of legal instruments clearly expresses an obligation upon military commanders to conduct a proportionality assessment when planning an attack. There is an additional requirement to cancel or suspend an attack if circumstances change since the attack was planned and it becomes apparent that the rule will be breached.[6]", "13. The formulation of the proportionality rule incorporates a margin of appreciation in favour of military commanders. Commanders are not to be judged on the basis of an ex post facto assessment of the actual loss of civilian life and/or damage to civilian property weighed against the actual military advantage gained from the attack. Instead, the test to be applied is the expected loss of civilian life and/or damage to civilian property weighed against the anticipated military advantage. Military commanders have to reach their decisions on the basis of information that is available to them at the time of the attack.[7] Their decisions cannot subsequently be judged on the basis of information which comes to light after the attack has occurred.", "14. The Al Firdus Bunker case illustrates the importance of the correct test for the rule of proportionality. The Al Firdus Bunker was identified by US forces as a legitimate military objective during the 1991 Gulf War. The US claimed that the bunker was camouflaged, its perimeters were protected by barbed wiring, and access points were guarded by armed sentries. On the basis of information collected by planners, the military commander made an assessment that the bunker was a legitimate military objective and, on application of the rule on proportionality, determined that the incidental damage to civilians would not be excessive in relation to the military advantage gained. The objective was bombed. It was subsequently and tragically discovered that, along with its military function, civilians had been using this bunker as sleeping quarters at night time and three hundred civilians were killed as a result of the attack.[8]", "15. US authorities determined that there had been no violation of international humanitarian law because the information available at the time had allowed the military commander to make a reasonable assessment that the target was a legitimate military objective and that the expected loss of civilian life and/or damage to civilian property was not disproportionate to the expected military advantage. The lawfulness of the decision of the military commander to authorise the attack cannot be judged upon the actual loss of civilian lives resulting from the attack. The legal test is the expected loss of civilian life and, in the absence of any knowledge of the civilian use of the bunker, the military commander did not violate the rule of proportionality.", "C. Proportionality and Explosive Remnants of War", "16. The rule on proportionality is usually cited in discussions relating to submunitions that fail to explode thereby creating an ERW problem.[9]", "17. There are three ways in which ERW can be created: the abandonment of explosive ordnance; the failure of explosive ordnance to detonate on impact with the target; and explosive ordnance which is intended not to explode and remains operable by design. The latter category could include anti-personnel mines, naval mines, booby-traps and other similar devices.[10] The deployment of such weapons is subject to additional legal regulation and so the discussions of the ERW problem in the CCW context have not focused upon this particular category of ERW. Consequently, this paper will not consider the application of the rule on proportionality to attacks utilising such weapons. The first source of ERW mentioned here — abandoned explosive ordnance — is not used in a military attack and so is not subject to the rule on proportionality. When discussing the proportionality rule then, the discussion will focus exclusively upon the use of explosive ordnance in an attack in circumstances where some of the ordnance has failed to explode and, as a consequence, creates both immediate and longer term damage from ERW.", "18. Military planners responsible for making decisions about the choice of weapons that are to be used must be aware of the character of the intended weapon, the amount of ordnance to be deployed and the expected consequences both of the weapons selection and the number or amount of weapons to be deployed. Some militaries engage in modelling of expected incidental civilian damage in order to provide information to assist military commanders to comply with the rule of proportionality. Whether or not such modelling routinely occurs, the critical question here is the extent to which military commanders are required to factor into the proportionality equation the expected incidental civilian damage from that part of the deployed ordnance which fails to explode.", "III. Arguments against taking into account mid to longer term consequences of ERW", "19. In 2002 Professor Christopher Greenwood suggested that it is only the immediate risk from ERW which can be an issue in the proportionality equation because there are too many factors which are incapable of assessment at the relevant time. He asserted that the proportionality test has to be applied on the basis of the information available to the military commander at the time of the attack:", "If, for example, cluster weapons are used against military targets in an area where there are known to be civilians, then the proportionality test may require that account be taken both of the risk to the civilians from submunitions exploding during the attack and of the risk from unexploded submunitions in the hours immediately after the attack. It is an entirely different matter, however, to require that account be taken of the longer-term risk posed by ERW, particularly of the risk which ERW can pose after a conflict has ended or after civilians have returned to an area from which they had fled. The degree of that risk turns on too many factors which are incapable of assessment at the time of the attack, such as when and whether civilians will be permitted to return to an areas, what steps the party controlling that area will have taken to clear unexploded ordnance, what priority that party gives to the protection of civilians and so forth. The proportionality test has to be applied on the basis of information reasonably available at the time of the attack. The risks posed by ERW once the immediate aftermath of an attack has passed are too remote to be capable of assessment at that time.", "20. William Boothby clarifies Greenwood’s argument stating that ‘[h]e is pointing out that the commander has to base his decision on the information available to him, that risks posed by ERW in the immediate aftermath of an attack in areas where there are known to be civilians may also need to be considered, but that thereafter those risks are too remote to be capable of assessment at that time’.[11]", "21. Boothby further argues that the attacking commander will conduct his proportionality assessment with regard to ‘tangible factors’ such as:", "[T]he military advantage to be anticipated from the attack … the damage to be expected to the civilian buildings in the village and their contents, so far as is known … whether any civilian persons are known to have stayed in the village and the losses they may be expected to suffer during and in the immediate aftermath of the attack, including from unexploded munitions.", "22. He argues that the existence, and extent, of any longer term ERW risks cannot be included in the equation because they depend on variables such as: whether the civilian population wishes to return early to the village; whether this early return will be permitted; whether civil authorities can and do influence the behaviour of the population; what proportion of the population will return and precisely when; whether unexploded ordnance (‘UXO’) will be marked, and cleared by the party in control of the territory in conformity with Protocol V norms before such return is permitted; whether the civilian population will receive ERW risk education as contemplated in Protocol V; whether the civilian population will heed and implement that advice; and whether particular members of the civilian population will have contact with ‘dud’ munitions so as to cause them to explode.[12]", "23. It is willingly conceded here that military commanders cannot be required to take into account the ‘unknowable’ — that only that which can be expected as a consequence of a particular attack can be included in the proportionality equation. Any unexpected consequences of an attack obviously cannot be factored into the equation. While there is then no fundamental disagreement with Greenwood and Boothby, the question is whether it is possible to be as absolute as they appear to be in dismissing expected longer term consequences for the civilian population of weapons which cause ERW when assessing proportionality.", "24. In discussing proportionality in relation to the rule on feasible precautions Boothby observes that:", "Expectation, on which this rule centres, is not the same as reasonable foreseeability. An outcome may be foreseeable but undesired. Precautions may be taken with a view to that outcome being prevented, but it may remain a possibility, even though undesired and indeed unlikely. It must therefore be regarded as reasonably foreseeable, but is definitely not the expected outcome.", "25. Boothby seems to equate outcomes that are ‘reasonably foreseeable’ with those that are ‘possible’, though undesired and unlikely. In contrast, his interpretation of ‘expected’ outcomes seems to be those which are both desired and likely. This paper certainly agrees that the meaning of the ‘expected’ incidental loss of civilian life or damage to civilian property weighed against the ‘anticipated’ concrete and direct military advantage are the critical issues in this debate.", "IV. Arguments for taking into account mid to longer term consequences of ERW", "A. The meaning of ‘expected’ civilian damage", "26. Both Greenwood and Boothby identify factors which they suggest would be incapable of assessment by a military commander at the relevant time. As mentioned above, these include factors such as whether civilians will be prevented from entering the area, and whether clearance of the UXO will take place in line with Protocol V.", "27. A military commander may not have precise answers to these questions at the time he/she has to decide whether or not to authorise an attack. However the commander must take into account the information available to him/her in order to make a reasonable judgment. Charles Garraway, writing of the rule on proportionality, has suggested that ‘there is no mathematical formula. It requires a good faith assessment based on the information from all sources which is reasonably available to [the commander] at the relevant time’.[13] Whenever the use of weapons likely to cause ERW is contemplated in residential areas or in areas otherwise known to be frequented by the civilian population, assessments of expected civilian damage ought to take account of the consistent conclusion of numerous reports and studies carried out by international and non-governmental organisations, many of which include data on percentages of munitions which fail to explode and the effect of such unexploded ordnance on civilian populations. This wealth of information ought to not only project the expected civilian damage from the proportion of weapons which are likely to explode on impact, but also the expected civilian damage from the proportion of munitions which are expected to fail to explode. Obviously the greater the amount of ordnance used, the greater the number of munitions (or submunitions) which will fail to explode, the greater the ERW problem resulting from an attack and the greater the threat to the civilian population in the vicinity of the attack.", "28. In its discussion of the rule on proportionality the UK Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict states that:", "In deciding whether an attack would be indiscriminate, regard must also be had to the foreseeable effects of the attack. The characteristics of the target may be a factor here. Thus if, for example, a precision bombing attack of a military fuel storage depot is planned but there is a foreseeable risk of the burning fuel flowing into a civilian residential area and causing injury to the civilian population which would be excessive in relation to the military advantage anticipated, that bombardment would be indiscriminate and unlawful, owing to the excessive collateral damage.[14]", "29. With this guidance in mind, it could be argued that some of the factors ‘incapable of assessment’ as described by Greenwood and Boothby would also be present in this scenario. Factors such as what proportion of the civilian population will return and when; and whether some or all of the burning fuel might be extinguished before it reaches the residential area could also vary in this particular example. However this scenario is provided in the Manual on the Law of Armed Conflict as an example of an attack that could be ‘indiscriminate and unlawful’. Interestingly, the Manual utilises the language of ‘foreseeable risks’ as the test for expected incidental civilian damage and not the language preferred by Boothby — that the effects are both ‘desired and likely’.", "30. If Boothby is correct that ‘expected’ civilian damage must be more than that which is a mere possibility and only incorporates that which is ‘desired and likely’, the possibility exists for military commanders to avoid responsibility for their decisions on the basis that the effects of a particular attack were simply undesired. There is a danger here in raising the bar of responsibility too high. If ‘expected’ means more than that which is a mere possibility, it surely also means something less than that which is intended. In criminal law parlance one speaks of recklessness where the alleged perpetrator does not intend a particular result but is recklessly indifferent as to its occurrence. This is a different standard of criminal responsibility than the lower threshold required for negligence because recklessness is still based upon the subjective awareness of the individual perpetrator. Negligence, by contrast, is based upon the more objective criterion of ‘reasonable foreseeability’. A military commander may not want to see particular results flow from the choice of weapons and the selection of specified targets but responsibility does not only relate to what the individual commander hoped for. Instead, responsibility also extends to include expected consequences to which the commander was recklessly indifferent.", "B. Expected longer term military advantage", "31. Military planners and commanders regularly take into account not just the expected short-term military advantage but also the longer term military advantage. This tendency was demonstrated in the recent conflict in southern Lebanon. According to the Report to the UN Human Rights Council of the members of the Mission:", "One government official acknowledged that cluster bombs were used in part to prevent Hezbollah fighters from returning to the villages after the ceasefire.[15]", "32. The deliberate choice of cluster munitions on the basis of an expected dud rate which will leave sufficient numbers of unexploded submunitions so as to deny enemy combatants access to the target area may well produce an expected concrete and direct military advantage. That expected advantage is a mid to longer term advantage. It is not an advantage expected from the immediate results of the attack but subsequent to it as a consequence of those submunitions which fail to explode. Surely then, in undertaking the requisite proportionality assessment, the expected mid to longer term civilian damage must also be taken into account. The military commander must expect that some civilian residents of the target area will attempt to return to their villages and to re-work their agricultural plots and that incidental civilian damage will inevitably occur as contact is made with unexploded submunitions. The proportionality assessment may well be that the expected military advantage outweighs the expected civilian damage. But the important issue here is that the expected civilian damage must be taken into account — that it is unacceptable for the expected military advantage to be based on a longer timeframe while limiting the expected quantification of civilian damage only to the immediate effects of the attack itself.", "33. According to the Report to the UN Human Rights Council of the members of the Mission:", "As these [cluster bomb] sites were often located in civilian built up or agricultural areas the long term effects of these weapons on the civilian population should have been obvious.[16]", "34. Upon ratification of Additional Protocol I many States made declarations of interpretation in relation to Articles 51-58 inclusive to the effect that ‘the military advantage anticipated from an attack is intended to refer to the advantage anticipated from the attack considered as a whole and not only from isolated or particular parts of the attack’.[17] It may well be understandable for militaries to interpret the anticipated concrete and direct military advantage broadly but to take a restrictive approach to the ‘expected incidental loss of civilian life, injury to civilians, damage to civilian object or a combination thereof’.[18] Appealing though this interpretative approach may be, nothing in the wording of the proportionality formula itself supports the approach. To the extent that mid to longer term civilian damage resulting from an attack is expected, such damage should be taken into account in the application of the proportionality equation just as the campaign-wide military advantage is.", "35. The notion that UXO has long-term deleterious consequences for a civilian population is already well known and an accepted principle for all States Parties to the Ottawa Treaty. In the relevant part of the Preamble to that treaty, States Parties are:", "Determined to put an end to the suffering and casualties caused by anti-personnel mines, that kill or maim hundreds of people every week, mostly innocent and defenceless civilians and especially children, obstruct economic development and reconstruction, inhibit the repatriation of refugees and internally displaced persons, and have other severe consequences for years after emplacement.[19]", "36. The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining has characterised this part of the Preamble as reflective of States Parties’ implicit understanding that ‘proportionality extends over time’.[20]", "37. It is not suggested here that the expected mid to longer term civilian damage will automatically or inevitably be excessive in proportion to the anticipated military advantage. Instead the argument here is that in applying the proportionality equation, the expected longer term effects as well as the expected immediate and short–term effects on the civilian population ought to be taken into account.", "38. Over the past few years, since the issue of ERW has been under discussion, international and non-governmental organisations have been conducting research into the deleterious effects on the civilian population of ERW, in particular cluster munitions. There now exists a wealth of information to substantiate a direct correlation between numbers of munitions deployed, dud rates and the loss of civilian life and/or damage to civilian property.", "V. Field data on the mid to longer term effects of ERW", "39. It is the Centre’s view that data from past conflicts helps inform the likelihood of future effects for the application of the proportionality assessment. Decisions about expected harm to civilians or damage to civilian objects from weapons likely to cause ERW ought to include consideration of the effects of such weapons in the past.", "40. International and non-governmental organisations have undertaken extensive research into the harm to civilians caused by weapons that create ERW and into examining the factors which determine this harm.", "41. The United Nations Institution for Disarmament Research (‘UNIDIR’) for example has concluded that:", "Concerns remain about the adequacy of existing international humanitarian law to sufficiently deal with problems associated with the use of cluster munitions. There are increasing calls from civil society, non-governmental organisations and international organisations to do something about the humanitarian impact of cluster munitions, and there are actions being taken by states. This has been accompanied by a growing body of literature of the short- and long-term effects of cluster munition use on civilian populations.[21]", "42. A number of studies have analysed data from multiple conflicts which consistently demonstrated the dangers to civilians from ERW. These reports have analysed data from conflicts including those in Afghanistan, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Chad, Chechnya/Russian Federation, Croatia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic, Montenegro, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, Sierra Leone, southern Lebanon, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, and Vietnam.[22] A common conclusion from each of these reports is the inevitability of civilian damage from large numbers of unexploded submunitions deployed in residential or agricultural areas.", "43. There are invariably different circumstances prevailing in relation to specific military attacks in each of the conflicts listed above. It is also true that dud rates vary even for the same category of weapon, let alone for different weapons. For example UNIDIR has reported that:", "[T]he United Kingdom Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) unit of the Multi-National Brigade (Centre) found that the failure rate of BLU97 was 7.1% and BL755 submunitions was assessed at 11.8%. In a reply to a written question in the British Parliament the failure rate of BL755 was given at 6%. Failure rates for BLU97 and BL755 submunitions have also been put at 20% in other studies, while in Kuwait the failure for the MK118 was as high as 30-40%, and while in Kosovo the overall failure rate for all types of cluster submunitions has been given at 5-30%. In Albania the overall failure rate of NATO submunitions was between 20-25% (leaving approximately 30-60 unexploded bomblets per munition depending upon the type), and between 30-35% for Yugoslavian (Serbian) munitions (leaving approximately 80-100 unexploded bomblets per munition. It should be noted that, when questioned, deminers in Albania were extremely reluctant to specify failure rates of cluster submunitions.[23]", "44. Despite the different circumstances prevailing in different conflicts and the variation in dud rates of particular submunitions there are commonalities in every study. Civilian damage inevitably flows from the unexploded submunitions which are the constant legacy of extensive use of submunitions in residential or agricultural areas. The recent use of cluster munitions in southern Lebanon illustrates the harsh reality. Reports suggest that unexploded submunitions have densely contaminated residential areas and agricultural land, increasing the incidence of civilian injury and loss of life.", "VI. Conclusion", "45. Although the focus in this paper has been on expected civilian damage in the proportionality equation it is not wished to create the impression that other rules of IHL are irrelevant to the use of weapons likely to cause ERW. As identified by Respondent States to the questionnaire and discussed extensively in an earlier report[24] the rule of distinction, the prohibition on indiscriminate attacks, the obligation to take precautions in attack, the obligation to protect the environment from widespread, long term, and severe damage, and the prohibition on the use of weapons that cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering are also extremely important legal obligations.", "46. It is the Centre’s view that some civilian damage is inevitable when those weapons known to have a significant failure (dud) rate are deployed against residential or agricultural areas. This assertion is consistently supported by all data collected from past conflicts. Although precise numbers of munitions or submunitions which will fail to explode cannot be known and precise numbers of civilian deaths and civilian casualties cannot be predicted, it does not follow that civilian damage from UXO is unexpected. Damage to civilian property and civilian deaths will inexorably flow from the use of such weapons and must be taken into account in the proportionality equation.", "47. The most recent example of the inevitability of civilian damage from UXO is continuing to occur in Southern Lebanon. The Centre agrees with one conclusion of the members of the Mission to Lebanon and Israel in their recent report to the UN Human Rights Council that the deleterious impact on the civilian population from unexploded submunitions in southern Lebanon was to be expected:", "The justification given…for the use of cluster bombs is that they were the most effective weapon against Hezbollah rocket launch sites. The argument is, in the abstract, compatible with a military rationale for the use of anti-personnel cluster bombs, as the radius of damage extends to the size of a football field and thus is able to neutralize mobile rocket launchers.…Israel could not reasonably have been ignorant of the fact that the submunitions dispersed by cluster munitions have a high failure (dud) rate. In effect, then, the decision was taken to blanket an area occupied by large numbers of civilians with small and volatile explosives.[25]", "[1] Prepared by Professor Timothy L.H. McCormack and Ms. Paramdeep B. Mtharu, Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, University of Melbourne Law School.", "[2] Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, Report on State Parties’ Responses to the Questionnaire, March 2006, 17.", "[3] Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and Relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts, opened for signature 8 June 1977, 1125 UNTS 3 (entered into force 7 December 1978) (‘Additional Protocol I’).", "[4] See Rule 14 in Jean-Marie Henckaerts and Louise Doswald-Beck, Customary International Humanitarian Law (2005) Volume I: Rules, 46.", "[5] Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, opened for signature 17 July 1998, 2187 UNTS 3 (entered into force 1 July 2002).", "[6] Additional Protocol I, article 57(2)(b). This is a rule of customary international law, and is therefore binding on States not party to Additional Protocol I.", "[7] Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Germany, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, and the United Kingdom have all made declarations to this effect.", "[8] Judge Advocate General’s School, US Army Charlottesville, Operational Law Handbook (2001) 9.", "[9] Louis Maresca, ‘Cluster Munitions: Moving Toward Specific Regulation’ (2006) 4 UNIDIR Disarmament Forum, 29.", "[10] This is not intended to be an exhaustive list.", "[11] William H. Boothby, ‘Cluster Bombs: Is There a Case for New Law?’ (HPCR Occasional Paper Series No 5, Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, Harvard University, Fall 2005) 30.", "[12] William H. Boothby, ‘Cluster Bombs: Is There a Case for New Law?’ (HPCR Occasional Paper Series No 5, Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, Harvard University, Fall 2005) 31.", "[13] Charles Garraway, How Does Existing Law Address the Issue of Explosive Remnants of War? CCW/GGE/XII/WG.1/WP.15 (15 December 2005).", "[14] UK Ministry of Defence, The Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict (2006) para 5.33.4.", "[15] United Nations General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston; the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Paul Hunt; the Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin; and the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloon Kothari, Mission to Lebanon (7‑14 September 2006), UN Doc A/HRC/2/7, paras. 55 and 56.", "[16] United Nations General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Mission to Lebanon (7-14 September 2006), UN Doc A/HRC/2/7, paras 55 and 56.", "[17] This particular wording is taken from the Italian Statement of Interpretation to its Ratification of Additional Protocol I & II on 27 February 1986 printed in Adam Roberts and Richard Guelff (eds), Documents on the Laws of War (2000) 506-7.", "[18] Virgil Wiebe, ‘The Drops that Carve the Stone: State and Manufacturer Responsibility for the Humanitarian Impact of Cluster Munitions and Explosive Remnants of War’ (Legal Studies Research Paper Series, University of Thomas School of Law, 2004) 14.", "[19] Paragraph 1 of the Preamble, Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of and on their Destruction, opened for signature 18 September 1997, 36 ILM 1507 (entered into force on 1 March 1999) (‘The Ottawa Land Mines Convention’).", "[20] GICHD Argument, taken from: GICHD, ‘Report on States Parties’ Responses to the Questionnaire, International Humanitarian Law & Explosive Remnants of War: A Critique by the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining’ 1 March 2006, 2.", "[21] United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Rosy Cave, Anthea Lawson and Andrew Sherriff, ‘Cluster Munitions in Albania and Lao PDR: The Humanitarian and Socio-Economic Impact’, UNIDIR 2006, 2.", "[22] See Handicap International, ‘Fatal Footprint: The Global Human Impact of Cluster Munitions’ Preliminary Report, November 2006; Human Rights Watch, ‘Cluster Munitions a Foreseeable Hazard in Iraq’ Human Rights Watch Briefing Paper, March 2003; Thomas Nash, ‘Foreseeable Harm: The Use and Impact of Cluster Munitions in Lebanon: 2006’ Landmine Action (UK) Report, October 2006; Human Rights Watch, ‘First Look at Israel’s Use of Cluster Munitions in Lebanon in July – August 2006’ (Briefing Paper presented by Steve Goose to the 15th Session of the Convention on Conventional Weapons Group of Governmental Experts, Geneva, 30 August 2006); Human Rights Watch, ‘Cluster Munitions: Measures to Prevent ERW and to Protect Civilian Populations’ (Memorandum to Delegates to the Convention on Conventional Weapons Group of Governmental Experts on Explosive Remnants of War, Geneva, 10-14 March 2003); Landmine Action (UK), ‘Explosive Remnants of War: Unexploded Ordnance and Post-Conflict Communities (2002); Richard Moyes and Thomas Nash, ‘Cluster Munitions in Lebanon’ Landmine Action (UK) Report (2005).", "[23] United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Rosy Cave, Anthea Lawson and Andrew Sherriff, ‘Cluster Munitions in Albania and Lao PDR: The Humanitarian and Socio-Economic Impact’, UNIDIR 2006, 10. This information was also confirmed by Richard Moyes from Landmine Action (UK) in Comments from Richard Moyes, Testing of M85 Submunitions, August 2006.", "[24] Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, Report on State Parties’ Responses to the Questionnaire, March 2006.", "[25] United Nations General Assembly, Human Rights Council, Mission to Lebanon (7-14 September 2006), UN Doc A/HRC/2/7." ]
CCW_CONF.III_WP.9
[ "CCW/CONF.III/WP.9", "15 November 2006", "SPANISH", "Original:", "Geneva, 7-17 November 2006", "THE PREVIOUS DAMAGES TO CIVIL POPULATION AND PROPORCIONAL IMPLEMENTATION: What action should be taken in the context of the analysis of the PROPORCIONALITY: MEASURES TO MEDIUM AND LARGO PLAZE OF THE EXPLOSIVE RESTES OF WAR[1]", "Prepared by the University of Melbourne, Australia, and presented at the request of the Coordinator on explosive remnants of war", "I. Introduction", "1. In March 2006, the Centre for Military Law for Asia and the Pacific prepared the Report on State Parties ' Responses to the questionnaire on international humanitarian law (\"the Report\") for the Working Group on Explosive Remnants of War at the thirteenth session of the Group of Governmental Experts of States Parties to the 1980 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.", "2. 97 per cent of the States responding to the questionnaire considered that the proportionality rule applied to the use of munitions that could become explosive remnants of war (REG)[2]. This high degree of recognition indicates that proportionality is considered a fundamental obligation that affects the decisions of States on the choice of objectives and weapons, also with regard to the choice of weapons that may become ERW.", "3. Some responses from States highlighted the question of whether a military commander should be required to take into account the longer-term damage to the civilian population and civilian assets that might arise from ERW in the analysis of proportionality. This issue remains the subject of international debate. Some government experts and legal specialists allege that the long-term consequences cannot be taken into account because they are too remote and therefore impossible to assess. On the other hand, other governmental experts and legal specialists, as well as international and non-governmental organizations, advocate the importance of including in the proportionality equation, the short-term and longer-term implications of ERW, because the adverse effects on the civilian population are foreseeable and have been shown in successive conflicts with devastating consequences.", "4. The assessments of the implementation of the proportionality equation have become more important with the establishment of the International Criminal Court and the increasingly thorough review of the implementation of military operations. The question raised was not so much whether the International Criminal Court would judge military commanders for alleged violations of the proportionality equation, but rather the growing international expectation that parties to conflicts would respect international humanitarian law, and the demands that they assume their responsibilities in the event of non-compliance. Many States parties to the Rome Statute have enacted enforcement laws to incorporate into their criminal law the offences provided for in the Statute, and compliance with the obligations arising from domestic criminal law is a priority for national military personnel. Even States that are not a party to the Rome Statute include in their criminal law obligations that the military must comply with.", "5. A number of responses to the questionnaire highlighted the need for more detailed consideration of the issue of longer-term expected damage and the proportionality equation. As a result, the Centre for Military Law for Asia and the Pacific was requested to prepare this document and to discuss the debate on the predictability and standard of proportionality.", "6. The University of Melbourne (Australia) ' s Centre for Peace and Asia Law (\"the Centre\") is grateful for the financial support provided by the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Affairs of New Zealand and the Australian Department of Defence for the preparation of this document, but wishes to point out from the outset that the views expressed therein are those of the Centre and do not necessarily reflect the position or position of the Government of New Zealand or Australia. The Centre also thanks the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining and Landmine Action (United Kingdom) for their comments on the draft of this document. However, the outcome document does not necessarily reflect the views of any of those organizations.", "II. PROPORCIONALITY", "A. Understanding the rule of proportionality", "7. It is a basic rule of international humanitarian law that parties to a conflict must respect and protect civilians and civilian property during an armed conflict. The Parties should at all times distinguish between civilian and combatants, and between civilian objects and military objectives. Military operations should be directed only against military objectives. This basic rule was incorporated into Article 48 of the Additional Protocol (Protocol I) of 1977 to the Geneva Conventions of 1949,[3] but also applies as a rule of customary international law to all Parties to armed conflict, whether or not they are Parties to Additional Protocol I. According to this fundamental rule, the deliberate attack on civilians or civilian property in an armed conflict is a war crime.", "8. International humanitarian law allows to attack military targets but prohibits any attack that does not discriminate between military objectives and civilian objectives. These attacks are called \"indiscriminate\" and include attacks that are not directed against a specific military objective; those that employ methods or means of combat that cannot be directed against a specific military objective; or those that use methods or means of combat whose effects are otherwise prohibited by international humanitarian law. The prohibition of indiscriminate attacks is incorporated in article 51, paragraph 4, of Additional Protocol I, but it is also an accepted norm of customary international law. Thus, indiscriminate attacks, such as deliberate attacks on the civilian population and/or civilian property, constitute a war crime.", "9. It is fully accepted that attacks against legitimate military objectives can fortuitously cause death among the civilian population and/or damage to civilian property. In an attempt to impose limitations on the acceptable level of suffering fortuitously caused to civilians, international humanitarian law establishes a formula of proportionality as a criterion for determining whether or not an attack is legitimate. The formula is expressed as a ban on:", "[An attack] that may be expected to cause fortuitous loss of civilian lives, injuries to civilians, damage to civilian property or more than one of these effects, which would be excessive in relation to the concrete and direct military advantage envisaged.", "10. This rule of proportionality is part of customary international law and is reflected in the study on ICRC customary law[4]. It is codified in Article 51, paragraph 5 (b), of Additional Protocol I and is repeated in Article 57, paragraph 2. The obligation of proportionality is also reflected in article 3, paragraph 8, of Amended Protocol II to the Convention in connection with the use of mines, traps and other devices. In addition, the prohibition also includes, with the additional requirement that fortuitous losses be \"clearly\" excessive, in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, so that any attack that violates the rule constitutes a war crime and its perpetrators shall incur criminal responsibility.[5]", "11. It is important to note that proportionality as a general principle arises in different contexts, both in relation to international legal regulation on the use of military force (jus ad bellum) and international legal regulation on the implementation of military operations (jus in bello). The present document focuses on the precise exposure of the rule of proportionality in terms of fortuitous damage to civilians as a result of an attack on a legitimate military objective. The reason for this rule is to limit the suffering of the civilian population, and it does not apply to combatants or military objectives. To the extent that an attack is directed against military targets and it is not anticipated that civilian deaths or damage to civilian objects will occur, this specific rule of proportionality does not apply. However, that does not mean that military commanders are authorized to resort to unlimited use of force. The fundamental rule that parties to conflict do not have an unlimited right to choose methods or means of making war applies in all situations.", "B. Application of the standard of proportionality", "12. The precise definition of the rule of proportionality in several legal instruments clearly expresses the obligation of military commanders to conduct an analysis of proportionality in preparing an attack. The additional requirement of annulment or suspension of an attack is also foreseen if the circumstances have changed since its preparation or if it is evident that the rule will be violated.[6]", "13. The formulation of the rule of proportionality incorporates a margin of appreciation for military commands. They should not be judged on the basis of an ex post facto evaluation of the actual loss of civilian lives and/or actual damage to civilian property faced with the actual military advantage gained through the attack. Instead, the criterion to be applied is that of the expected loss of civilian lives and/or damage to civilian objects faced with the expected military advantage. Military commanders must make their decisions taking into account the information available at the time of the attack[7]. Therefore, their decisions cannot be judged on the basis of information that comes out after the attack.", "14. The case of the Al Firdus bunker illustrates the importance of the proper use of the standard of proportionality. During the Gulf War of 1991, the United States armed forces identified the Al Firdus bunker as a legitimate military objective. The United States alleged that the bunker was camouflaged, its perimeter protected by barbed wire and access points guarded by armed soldiers. Based on this information collected by the planners, the military commander concluded that the bunker was a legitimate military objective and, applying the standard of proportionality, determined that incidental damage to civilians would not be excessive in relation to the military advantage obtained. The target was bombed. The tragic fact that, in addition to performing a military function, the bunker was used by civilians to sleep and 300 civilians were killed in the attack[8] was subsequently discovered.", "15. The United States authorities determined that there had been no violation of international humanitarian law because the information available at that time had led the military command to draw the reasonable conclusion that the target was a legitimate military objective and that the expected loss of civilian lives and/or damage to civilian objects were not disproportionate to the expected military advantage. The legality of the military commander ' s decision to authorize the attack cannot be judged on the basis of the actual loss of lives of civilians that occurred in the attack. The legal criterion is the expected loss of civilian lives and, since the military commander was unaware of the civilian use of the bunker, he did not violate the standard of proportionality.", "C. Proportionality and Explosive Remnants of War (GRE)", "16. The rule of proportionality is usually cited in debates on submunitions that do not explode and therefore create a REG problem[9].", "17. Explosive remnants of war can be created in three ways: the abandonment of explosive devices; because the explosive device did not detonate when impacting the target; and because the explosive device is expected to not explode and remain loaded. The latter category includes anti-personnel mines, naval mines, explosive traps and other similar devices.[10] The deployment of such weapons is subject to additional legal regulations, and therefore the review of the ERW problem in the context of the Convention has not focused on this specific category of ERW. The present document will therefore not review the application of the rule of proportionality to the attacks in which such weapons are used. The first source of ERW mentioned - abandoned explosive devices - is not used in military attacks and is therefore not subject to the standard of proportionality. Accordingly, the review of this rule will focus exclusively on the use of an unexploded ordnance attack and thus create ERW that can cause both immediate and longer-term damage.", "18. The military planners responsible for taking decisions on the types of weapons to be used in an attack must know the characteristics of such weapons, the quantity of devices to be deployed and the expected consequences of both the choice of armaments and the number or quantity of weapons to be deployed. Some military personnel model incidental damage to civilian persons or property in order to provide information to assist military commanders in complying with the standard of proportionality. Whether modelling is done routinely or not, the fundamental question is to determine the extent to which military commands should include in the proportionality equation the incidental damage to civilians as a result of unexploded ordnance.", "III. ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE REVIEW OF MEASURES AGAINST THE REGULATIONS", "19. In 2002 Professor Cristopher Greenwood noted that in relation to the proportionality equation, only one could speak of the immediate risk posed by ERW, since there are too many factors that cannot be evaluated at the time of the attack. It also indicated that the criterion of proportionality should be applied on the basis of information available to military command at the time of the attack:", "For example, if cluster weapons are used against military targets in an area where civilians are known to exist, the proportionality criterion may require that the risk of submunitions during the attack be taken into account in the immediate hours following the attack. However, requiring that the longer-term risk of ERW be taken into account, and especially after the end of a conflict or when the civilian population has returned to an area from which it had fled, is a whole different matter. The magnitude of this risk depends on too many factors that cannot be assessed at the time of the attack, for example if the civilian population will be allowed to return to an area and when, the measures that the party controlling this area will take to remove unexploded ordnance, the priority that assigns to the protection of the civilian population, etc. The criterion of proportionality should be applied on the basis of information that is reasonably available at the time of the attack. The risks involved in ERW after the immediate aftermath of an attack are too remote to be evaluated at the time", "20. William Boothby explains Greenwood's argument by clarifying that what this means is that the military command must base its decision on the information available to it, which may also have to take into consideration the risks posed by ERW in the immediate hours after an attack in areas where it is known that there is a civilian population, but that over the next period, the risks are too remote so that they can be evaluated at that time[11].", "21. Boothby also argues that the military command ordering the attack will perform its proportionality analysis taking into account \" tangible factors\" such as:", "The military advantage expected of the attack... the damage to civilian buildings in the attacked town and its content, to the extent that it is known... if it is known that there are civilians who have stayed in the area, and the losses they could suffer during the attack and in the hours immediately following it, including those caused by unexploded ordnance.", "22. Boothby argues that the existence, and scope, of any longer-term risk as a result of ERW cannot be included in the equation because they depend on variables such as whether the civilian population wishes to return soon to the area in question; if that early return is permitted; if the civilian authorities can influence and influence the behaviour of the population; the percentage of the population to return and the time to do so; if the unexploded ERs will be affected (SE)", "23. It is bestowed that military commanders cannot be required to take into account the \"uncognoscible\" and that it can only be included in the proportionality equation which can be foreseen as a result of a particular attack. It is clear that the unforeseen consequences of an attack cannot be included in the equation. Thus, there is no fundamental disagreement with Greenwood and Boothby, but it should be asked whether such categorical claims as those that appear to be made by these authors in the sense of discarding, in the analysis of proportionality, the longer-term consequences for the civilian population of weapons that create REG.", "24. In reviewing proportionality in relation to the rule of feasible precautions Boothby notes that:", "What is expected to be achieved, and this is focused on this rule, is not the same as reasonable predictability. A result can be predictable but undesired. Precautions may be taken to prevent this result, but this may still be a possibility, although unwanted and even unlikely. It should therefore be regarded as reasonably predictable, even if the expected result was not in any way.", "25. Boothby seems to match the results that are \"reasonably predictable\" with which they are \"possible\", though undesired and unlikely. Instead, according to their interpretation, the \"foreseen\" results appear to be those that are both desired and likely. The present document undoubtedly recognizes that the fundamental question of this debate is the meaning of the \"foreign\" fortuitous loss of civilian lives or of the intended damage to civilian objects in contrast to the concrete and direct military advantage expected to be obtained.", "IV. Arguments in favour of taking into account the mid- and long-term consequences of regs", "A. Significado de lesiones \"previstos\" a la población civil", "26. Both Greenwood and Boothby point out factors that, in their opinion, could not be evaluated by a military command at the right time. As mentioned above, these are factors such as whether the civilian population will be prohibited from entering the area, and whether the withdrawal of unexploded ordnance will be carried out in accordance with Protocol V.", "27. A military commander may not have a precise answer to these questions at the time he has to decide whether or not to authorize an attack. However, the command must take into account the information available to it in order to make a reasonable decision. Charles Garraway, regarding the rule of proportionality, has pointed out \"the absence of a mathematical formula. In this case, good faith must be assessed on the basis of information from all sources that [military commanders] may reasonably dispose at the appropriate time.\"[13] Where the use of weapons that could generate ERW in residential areas or in other areas frequented by the civilian population is concerned, assessments of damage to the civilian population should take into account the convergent findings of numerous reports and studies carried out by international and non-governmental organizations, many of which contain data on the percentage of unexploded ordnance and the impact of such unexploded ordnance on the civilian population. This large amount of information will allow for a projection of damage to the civilian population not only from the proportion of explosive devices that can explode when impacting, but also from the proportion of munitions expected to not explode. Of course, the more devices are used, the greater the number of munitions (or submunitions) that do not explode, the more serious the problem of ERW as a result of the attack, and the greater the danger to the civilian population near the area of the attack.", "28. In its consideration of the rule of proportionality, the United Kingdom Manual on the Law of Armed Conflict states:", "In deciding whether an attack would be indiscriminate, the foreseeable effects of the attack should also be taken into account. The characteristics of the target can be a factor in this regard. Therefore, if, for example, an accurate bomb attack on a military fuel tank is planned, but there is a foreseeable risk that the fuel by burning to a civilian residential area and causing damage to the civilian population that would be excessive in relation to the expected military advantage, that bombing would be indiscriminate and unlawful due to excessive collateral damage.[14]", "29. Bearing in mind this pattern, it should be argued that some of the \"impossible to evaluate\" factors described by Greenwood and Boothby would also be present in this hypothesis. In this particular example, factors such as the proportion of the civilian population that will return, and when it will; and if all or part of the burning fuel could be extinguished before reaching the residential area. However, this hypothesis is contained in the Manual on the Law of Armed Conflict as an example of an attack that could be \"indiscriminate and unlawful.\" It is interesting to note that the Manual uses the term \"predictable risks\" as a criterion for determining fortuitous damages, which could suffer from the civilian population, and not the preferred criterion for Boothby that the effects are \"desired and likely.\"", "30. If Boothby is right to claim that \"foreseen\" damage to the civilian population must be more than just a possibility and only include \"desired and probable\" damage, military commanders could circumvent responsibility for their decisions on the grounds that the effects of a particular attack were simply not desired. In this sense, there is a danger of raising too much responsibility. If \"preview\" means more than just a possibility, it certainly means something less than what is meant to be achieved. In the criminal language, the alleged perpetrator does not intend to achieve a specific result, but is unwisely indifferent to the possibility of such a result. This level of criminal responsibility is different from the lower threshold that determines negligence, because imprudence is nevertheless based on the subjective conscience of the author. Negligence, on the other hand, is based on the most objective criterion of \"reasonable predictability.\" It is possible that, in choosing weapons and selecting a specific target, a military command does not wish to produce certain results, but the responsibility does not refer only to the wishes of the military commander, but also covers the expected consequences for which the command was recklessly indifferent.", "B. Longer-term military window", "31. Military planners and commands consistently take into account not only short-term military benefits, but also longer-term advantages. This trend was demonstrated in the recent conflict in southern Lebanon. According to the report of the members of the mission to the United Nations Human Rights Council:", "One Government officer recognized that cluster bombs were used in part to prevent Hezbollah fighters from returning to villages after the ceasefire.[15]", "32. The deliberate use, on the basis of a projected failure rate, of cluster munitions that will leave enough unexploded submunitions to prevent the access of enemy combatants to the area of the attack may well produce a foreseen direct and concrete military advantage. This expected advantage is a mid- and long-term advantage. It is not an expected advantage as an immediate result of the attack, but it is after it and is the result of submunitions that do not explode. Therefore, in conducting the necessary analysis of proportionality, the expected damage to the civilian population in the medium and long term should also be taken into account. The military command must foresee that some civilians residing in the area of the attack will attempt to return to their villages and return to work on their agricultural plots, and that there will inevitably be fortuitous damage to the civilian population when contact with unexploded submunitions occurs. It is very possible that the result of the analysis of proportionality is that the planned military advantage far outweighs the expected damage to the civilian population. But the important thing in this case is that the expected damage to the civilian population must be taken into account - which is unacceptable that the expected military advantage is based on a longer time and the quantification of the expected damage to the civilian population is limited only to the immediate effects of the attack itself.", "33. According to the report of the members of the mission to the United Nations Human Rights Council:", "Since such places [where cluster bombs were used] are often located in built or agricultural civilian areas, the long-term effects of such weapons on the civilian population should have been evident.[16]", "34. In ratifying Additional Protocol I, many States made statements of interpretation in relation to articles 51 to 58 that \"the military advantage expected to be obtained with an attack must be understood as the advantage expected to be derived from the attack as a whole, and not only from isolated or concrete parts thereof.\"[17] It may be highly understandable for the military to interpret the concrete and direct military advantage envisaged in a broad sense, but to adopt a restrictive approach to \"the forecast that there will be incidentally dead and injured among the civilian population, or damage to civilian property, or both.\"[18] As attractive as this interpretation may be, there is nothing in the formula itself of proportionality that supports the application of that criterion. To the extent that an attack is expected to cause damage to the civilian population in the medium and long term, in applying the proportionality equation, such damages should be taken into account in the same way as the military advantage of the entire campaign.", "35. The notion that unexploded ordnance has long-term harmful consequences for the civilian population is already well known and is a principle accepted by all States parties to the Ottawa Convention. In the relevant part of the preamble to the Convention, States parties declare:", "Determined to put an end to the suffering and deaths caused by anti-personnel mines, which kill or maim hundreds of people every week, mostly innocent and defenceless civilians, especially children, obstruct economic development and reconstruction, inhibit the repatriation of refugees and internally displaced persons, and cause other severe consequences many years after their placement.[19]", "36. The Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining has pointed out that this part of the Preamble reflects that States parties implicitly understand that \"proportionality applies over time\"[20].", "37. This is not intended to imply that the expected damage to the civilian population in the medium and long term will be automatic or inevitably excessive in relation to the intended military advantage. What is argued, however, is that, in applying the proportionality equation, long-term expected effects should be taken into account, in addition to the immediate and short-term effects on the civilian population.", "38. In recent years, since the issue of ERW has been discussed, international and non-governmental organizations have investigated the harmful effects of ERW, in particular cluster munitions, on the civilian population. At present, there is a great deal of information demonstrating a direct correlation between the number of munitions deployed, death rates and deaths and injuries among the civilian population or damage to civilian objects.", "V. field data on medium- and long-term effects of ERW", "39. In the view of the Centre, past conflict data help to determine the likelihood of future impact on the application of proportionality analysis. Decisions on damages to the civilian population or civilian objects produced by weapons that may generate ERW should take into account the effects of such weapons in the past.", "40. International and non-governmental organizations have conducted extensive investigations into the damage caused by weapons that generate ERW and have examined the factors that determine these damages.", "41. For example, the United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) has reached the following conclusion:", "The adequacy of existing international humanitarian law to adequately resolve problems associated with the use of cluster munitions remains a matter of concern. Increasingly, civil society, non-governmental organizations and international organizations are calling for action on the humanitarian impact of cluster munitions, and States are taking action. This adds an increasing documentation on the short- and long-term effects of the use of cluster munitions on the civilian population.[21]", "42. Several studies have analysed data on multiple conflicts that systematically demonstrate the dangers of ERW to the civilian population. These reports have referred to conflicts such as those of Afghanistan, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Chad, Chechnya/the Russian Federation, Croatia, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iraq, Kosovo, Kuwait, Morocco, Montenegro, Serbia, Sierra Leone, southern Lebanon, the Lao People ' s Democratic Republic, Syria, the Sudan, Tajikistan and Viet Nam[22]. All these reports have come to the common conclusion that it is inevitable that the large number of unexploded submunitions deployed in residential or agricultural areas will cause damage to the civilian population.", "43. In all the above-mentioned conflicts, the circumstances of each of the military attacks have always been different. It is also true that failure rates vary even for weapons of the same category, and much more if they are different weapons. For example, UNIDIR has reported:", "The United Kingdom explosive ordnance disposal unit of the International Brigade (Centre) determined that the BLU 97 judgement rate was 7.1 per cent and that of BL 755 submunitions was assessed at 11.8 per cent. In an answer to a written question raised in the British Parliament, it was reported that the ruling rate of BL 755 was 6 per cent. In other studies, the failure rates of BLU 97 and BL 755 submunitions have also been encrypted by 20 per cent, while in Kuwait the judgement of MK 118 reached 30 or 40 per cent, and it has been reported that in Kosovo the overall rate of failure of all types of cluster submunitions was 5 to 30 per cent. In Albania, the overall failure rate of NATO submunitions was between 20 and 25 per cent (which left about 30 to 60 small unexploded ordnance bombs according to type), and that of Yugoslav (Serb) munitions between 30 and 35 per cent (which left between 80 and 100 small unexploded ordnance bombs). It should be noted that, when interrogated, Albanian deminers were extremely reluctant to specify the fault rates of cluster submunitions[23].", "44. Despite the different circumstances prevailing in different conflicts and the variations in the failure rates of certain submunitions, all studies coincide in some respects. Damage to the civilian population is an inevitable consequence of unexploded submunitions, which constitute the constant legacy of the widespread use of submunitions in residential or agricultural areas. The recent use of cluster munitions in southern Lebanon illustrates the harsh reality. Reports indicate that unexploded submunitions have densely contaminated residential areas and agricultural land and the incidence of injuries and deaths among civilians has increased.", "VI. Conclusion", "45. While the present document has focused on the expected damage to the civilian population in the proportionality equation, it does not wish to create the impression that there are no other rules of international humanitarian law that are relevant to the use of weapons that can generate ERW. As the States that responded to the questionnaire and as has been extensively examined in a previous report[24], the standard of distinction, the prohibition of indiscriminate attacks, the obligation to take precautions before and during the attack, the obligation to protect the environment from widespread, long-term and serious damage, and the prohibition of using weapons that cause superfluous damage or unnecessary suffering are also extremely important legal obligations.", "46. In the view of the Centre, damage to the civilian population is inevitable when weapons known to have a significant rate of failure in residential or agricultural areas are deployed. This statement is systematically confirmed by all data obtained from past conflicts. Although the exact number of unexploded ordnance or submunitions cannot be known, the exact number of deaths and injuries among the civilian population cannot be predicted, this does not mean that damage to the civilian population caused by unexploded ordnance is unforeseen. The use of such weapons will inexorably cause damage to civilian and civilian property, and this should be taken into account in the proportionality equation.", "47. The most recent example that it is inevitable that unexploded ordnance will cause damage to the civilian population is being seen in southern Lebanon. The Centre concurs with the conclusion of the members of the mission to Lebanon and Israel, contained in its recent report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, that unexploded submunitions in southern Lebanon could be expected to have harmful consequences for the civilian population:", "The justification for the use of cluster bombs is that they were the most effective weapon against Hezbollah rocket launch sites. In theory, this argument is consistent with the military justification for the use of anti-personnel cluster bombs, as the radio in which they cause damage is the order of the size of a football field and, therefore, they can neutralize mobile rocket launchers... it is not reasonable to assume that Israel did not know that submunitions scattered by cluster munitions have a high rate of failure. Thus, the decision was made to sow an area occupied by large numbers of civilians with small and unstable explosives.[25]", "[1] Prepared by Professor Timothy L. H. McCormack and Mrs. Paramdeep B. Mtharu, Centro de Derecho Castrense para Asia y el Pacífico, Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne.", "GE.06-65067 (E) 231106 281106", "[2] Centro de Derecho Castrense para Asia y el Pacífico, Report on the replies of States parties to the questionnaire, March 2006, 17.", "[3] Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 concerning the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflict, opened for signature on 8 June 1977, 1125 UNTS 3 (in force since 7 December 1978) (\"Additional Protocol I\").", "[4] See Rule 14 at Jean-Marie Henckaerts and Louise Doswald-Beck, Customary International Humanitarian Law (2005), Volume I: Rules, 46.", "[5] Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, opened for signature on 17 July 1998, 2187 UNTS 3 (in force since 1 July 2002).", "[6] Article 57, paragraph 2 (b), of Additional Protocol I. This is a rule of customary international law and is therefore also binding on States that are not party to Additional Protocol I.", "[7] Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Egypt, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom have made statements in this regard.", "[8] Army General Audit Law School, Charlottesville, Operational Law Handbook (2001), 9.", "[9] Louis Maresca, \"Cluster Munitions: Moving Toward Specific Regulation\" (2006) 4, United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research (UNIDIR) Disarmament Forum, 29.", "[10] This is not an exhaustive list.", "[11] William H. Boothby, \"Cluster Bombs: Is There a Case for New Law?\" (HPCR Occasional Paper Series No. 5, Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, Harvard University, autumn 2005), 30.", "[12] William H. Boothby, \"Cluster Bombs: Is There a Case for New Law?\" (HPCR Occasional Paper Series No. 5, Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, Harvard University, Fall 2005), 31.", "[13] Charles Garraway, How is the issue of explosive remnants of war addressed in current international law? CCW/GGE/XII/WG.1/WP.15 (15 December 2005).", "[14] Ministry of Defence, The Manual of the Law of Armed Conflict (2006), para. 5.33.4.", "[15] United Nations General Assembly, Human Rights Council, report of the Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Philip Alston; the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, Paul Hunt; the Representative of the Secretary-General on the human rights of internally displaced persons, Walter Kälin; and the Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as an integral element of the right to an adequate standard of living, Miloonhari 55 and 56.", "[16] United Nations General Assembly, Human Rights Council, mission to Lebanon (7-14 September 2006), United Nations document A/HRC/2/7, paras. 55 and 56.", "[17] This specific quote comes from the statement of interpretation of Italy in its ratification of Additional Protocol I and II on 27 February 1986 edited in Adam Roberts and Richard Guelff (editors), Documents on the Laws of War (2000), 506-7.", "[18] Virgil Wiebe, \"The Drops that Carve the Stone: State and Manufacturer Responsibility for the Humanitarian Impact of Cluster Munitions and Explosive Remnants of War\" (Legal Studies Research Paper Series, Faculty of Law, University of Thomas, 2004), 14.", "[19] Preamble paragraph 1, Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, opened for signature on 18 September 1997, 36 ILM 1507 (in force since 1 March 1999) (\"The Ottawa Convention on Anti-Personnel Mines\").", "[20] Argument of the Geneva International Humanitarian Demining Centre taken from: GICHD, \"Report on States Parties' Responses to the Questionnaire, International Humanitarian Law & Explosive Remnants of War: A Critique by the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining\" 1 March 2006, 2.", "[21] United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Rosy Cave, Anthea Lawson and Andrew Sherriff, \"Cluster Munitions in Albania and Lao PDR: The Humanitarian and Socio-Economic Impact\", UNIDIR 2006, 2.", "[22] See Handicap International, \"Fatal Footprint: The Global Human Impact of Cluster Munitions\", preliminary report, November 2006; Human Rights Watch, \"Cluster Munitions a Foreseeable Hazard in Iraq\", Human Rights Watch information document, March 2003; Thomas Nash, \"Foreseeable Harm: The Use and Impact of Cluster Munitions in Lebanon", "[23] United Nations Institute for Disarmament Research, Rosy Cave, Anthea Lawson and Andrew Sherriff, \"Cluster Munitions in Albania and Lao PDR: The Humanitarian and Socio-Economic Impact\", UNIDIR 2006, 10. This information was also confirmed by Richard Moyes of Landmine Action of the United Kingdom, in Comments from Richard Moyes, Testing of M85 Submunitions, August 2006.", "[24] Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, Report on State Parties' Responses to the Questionnaire, March 2006.", "[25] United Nations General Assembly, Human Rights Council, mission to Lebanon (7-14 September 2006), United Nations document A/HRC/2/7." ]
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[ "[]", "Distr GENERAL", "S/AC.26/Dec.261 (2006) 3 de noviembre de 2006", "ESPAÑOL Original: INGLÉS", "COMISIÓN DE INDEMNIZACIÓN", "DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS", "Consejo de Administración", "DECISIÓN RELATIVA A LAS CORRECCIONES EFECTUADAS DE CONFORMIDAD CON EL ARTÍCULO 41 DE LAS NORMAS PROVISIONALES RELATIVAS AL PROCEDIMIENTO DE TRAMITACIÓN DE LAS RECLAMACIONES ADOPTADA POR EL CONSEJO DE ADMINISTRACIÓN DE LA COMISIÓN DE INDEMNIZACIÓN DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS EN SU 156ª SESIÓN, CELEBRADA EL 3 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2006", "El Consejo de Administración,", "Habiendo recibido, de conformidad con el artículo 41 de las Normas provisionales relativas al procedimiento de tramitación de las reclamaciones (S/AC.26/1992/10) (\"las Normas\"), un informe del Secretario Ejecutivo sobre las correcciones recomendadas en reclamaciones de las categorías \"A\", \"B\", \"C\" y \"D\"[1],", "Decide, de conformidad con el artículo 41 de las Normas, corregir las indemnizaciones aprobadas para gobiernos u otras entidades reclamantes con respecto a reclamaciones de las categorías \"A\", B\", \"C\" y \"D\"[2]. Los importes totales corregidos, por entidad reclamante y categoría de la reclamación, son los siguientes:", "Cuadro 1", "Importes totales corregidos por entidad reclamante y categoría de la reclamación", "Entidadreclamante\tCategoríade lareclamación\tNúmero dereclamacionesafectadas\tCuantía delefecto neto(dólares de losEEUU) Alemania A 2 (13.500,00) \n C 5 (9.307,08) Argelia A 3 (9.000,00) \n C 4 (6.283,67) Australia A 1 (3.000,00) \n C 13 (24.857,11) \n Austria A 1 (3.000,00) \n Bahrein C 2 (2.550,00) Bangladesh A 192 (622.500,00) \n C 351 (541.372,32) \n Bélgica C 1 (3.303,00) \nBosnia yHerzegovina\tA\t4\t(16.000,00)\n Brasil A 2 (4.000,00) \n Bulgaria C 6 (8.140,32) Canadá A 12 (47.500,00) \n C 29 (83.409,79) China A 1 (4.000,00) \n C 1 (2.500,00) Chipre A 1 (2.500,00) \n C 2 (3.320,00) \n Croacia C 2 (4.077,36) \n Dinamarca C 3 (4.411,70) Egipto A 918 (1.974.500,00) B 1 (2.500,00) \n C 322 (511.339,35) \n Eslovaquia C 2 (701,76) \n España A 1 (2.500,00) Estados Unidos A 21 (60.500,00) \n C 85 (303.500,98) \n Etiopía A 5 (13.000,00) \nFederación deRusia\tA\t7\t(28.000,00) Filipinas A 85 (223.000,00) \n C 89 (102.935,95) \n Finlandia C 2 (3.500,67) Francia A 2 (5.000,00) \n C 21 (63.602,53) Grecia A 2 (5.000,00) \n C 1 (3.310,00) India A 4642 (15.240.000,00) C 4552 (4.304.842,49) \n D 3 (8.200,00) \nIrán (RepúblicaIslámica del)\tAC\t89811\t(3.837.000,00)(141.524,78) Irlanda A 3 (9.000,00) \n C 16 (71.626,28) Italia A 3 (10.500,00) \n C 10 (17.685,59) Japón A 1 (3.000,00) \n C 4 (415,24) Jordania A 3.329 (10.414.500,00) B 3 (7.500,00) C 3.690 (8.454.457,56) \n D 7 (19.091,02) Kuwait A 882 (2.149.000,02) B 1 (2.500,00) \n C 80 (218.653,08) \nla ex RepúblicaYugoslava deMacedonia\tA\t1\t(4.000,00) Líbano A 63 (200.500,00) \n C 16 (37.522,92) \n Malta C 2 (5.000,00) Marruecos A 17 (64.500,00) \n C 2 (1.404,35) \n Mauricio C 1 (2.500,00) \n Níger C 1 (5.000,00) Noruega A 2 (5.000,00) \n C 2 (3.169,04) \n Nueva Zelandia C 2 (2.200,02) Países Bajos A 1 (8.000,00) \n C 1 (2.500,00) Pakistán A 129 (383.000,00) \n C 374 (729.940,05) \n Palestina C 32 (67.297,68) Polonia A 2 (5.500,00) \n C 6 (7.963,48) Reino Unido A 15 (38.000,00) \n C 91 (212.337,86) \nRepública ÁrabeSiria\tAC\t204118\t(575.500,00)(269.335,04) República Checa A 1 (5.500,00) \n C 1 (716,50) \nRepública deCorea\tC\t6\t(21.649,27)\nRepública deSerbia\tA\t11\t(45.500,00)\nRepública Unidade Tanzanía\tA\t2\t(8.000,00)\n Senegal C 2 (10.000,00) \n Singapur A 1 (5.500,00) Somalia A 6 (20.500,00) \n C 7 (23.705,49) Sri Lanka A 255 (748.000,00) \n C 35 (44.897,43) Sudán A 47 (124.500,00) \n C 2 (9.758,12) Suecia A 1 (2.500,00) \n C 4 (10.389,61) Tailandia A 11 (36.500,00) \n C 7 (11.623,36) Túnez A 18 (39.500,00) \n C 53 (64.835,06) Turquía A 41 (123.500,00) \n C 4 (10.531,91) \n Ucrania A 1 (2.500,00) Yemen A 130 (458.500,00) \n C 6 (11.593,97) \n ACNUR Bulgaria A 1 (5.000,00) ACNUR Canadá A 4 (17.500,00) \n C 7 (20.393,07) \n ACNUR Ginebra C 1 (1.557,09) OOPS Gaza A 134 (369.000,00) C 42 (127.442,64) \n D 1 (2.500,00) \n PNUD Argelia A 1 (4.000,00) PNUD Jerusalén A 4 (13.500,00) \n C 22 (142.869,86) PNUD Washington A 1 (4.000,00) \n C 2 (4.703,42) PNUD Yemen A 28 (81.000,00) \n C 1 (5.000,00) \n Total 22.320 (54.899.756,89)", "[1] El texto del informe figura en el documento S/AC.26/2006/3.", "[2] De conformidad con lo dispuesto en el párrafo 5 del artículo 40 de las Normas, no se publicará información sobre la identidad de los reclamantes individuales ni las cantidades que han de satisfacerse a cada uno de ellos, sino que esa información se facilitará por separado a cada entidad reclamante.", "GE.06-65099 (S) 211106 221106" ]
[ "UNITED S \n NATIONS \n [] Security Council \n Distr. \n GENERAL \nS/AC.26/Dec.261(2006) \n3November2006 \nOriginal:ENGLISH \n \nUNITEDNATIONS COMPENSATIONCOMMISSION \nGOVERNINGCOUNCIL", "Decision concerning corrections pursuant to article 41 of the Provisional Rules", "for Claims Procedure taken by the Governing Council of the United Nations", "Compensation Commission at its 156th meeting, on 3 November 2006", "The Governing Council,", "Having received, in accordance with article 41 of the Provisional Rules for Claims Procedure (S/AC.26/1992/10) (“the Rules”), a report by the Executive Secretary concerning recommended corrections in claims categories A, B, C and D,[1]", "Decides, pursuant to article 41 of the Rules, to correct the amounts of the approved awards for Governments with respect to claims in categories A , B, C and D.[2] The aggregate corrected amounts per submitting entity and claim category are as follows:", "Table 1. Aggregate corrected amounts per submitting entity and claim category", "Submitting entity\tClaimcategory\tNumber ofclaimsaffected\tAmount ofnet effect(US$) Algeria A 3 (9,000.00) \n C 4 (6,283.67) Australia A 1 (3,000.00) \n C 13 (24,857.11) \n Austria A 1 (3,000.00) \n Bahrain C 2 (2,550.00) Bangladesh A 192 (622,500.00) \n C 351 (541,372.32)\n Belgium C 1 (3,303.00) \n Bosnia and Herzegovina A 4 (16,000.00) \n Brazil A 2 (4,000.00) \n Bulgaria C 6 (8,140.32) Canada A 12 (47,500.00) \n C 29 (83,409.79) China A 1 (4,000.00) \n C 1 (2,500.00) \n Croatia C 2 (4,077.36) Cyprus A 1 (2,500.00) \n C 2 (3,320.00) Czech Republic A 1 (5,500.00) \n C 1 (716.50) \n Denmark C 3 (4,411.70) \nEgypt\tABC\t9181322\t(1,974,500.00)(2,500.00)(511,339.35)\n Ethiopia A 5 (13,000.00) \n Finland C 2 (3,500.67) France A 2 (5,000.00) \n C 21 (63,602.53) Germany A 2 (13,500.00) \n C 5 (9,307.08) Greece A 2 (5,000.00) \n C 1 (3,310.00) India\tACD\t464245523\t(15,240,000.00)(4,304,842.49) \n (8,200.00) \nIran (Islamic Republic of)\tAC\t89811\t(3,837,000.00)(141,524.78) Ireland A 3 (9,000.00) \n C 16 (71,626.28) Italy A 3 (10,500.00) \n C 10 (17,685.59) Japan A 1 (3,000.00) \n C 4 (415.24) Jordan\tABCD\t3,32933,6907\t(10,414,500.00)(7,500.00)(8,454,457.56) \n (19,091.02) \nKuwait\tABC\t882180\t(2,149,000.02)(2,500.00)(218,653.08) Lebanon A 63 (200,500.00) \n C 16 (37,522.92) \n Malta C 2 (5,000.00) \n Mauritius C 1 (2,500.00) Morocco A 17 (64,500.00) \n C 2 (1,404.35) Netherlands A 1 (8,000.00) \n C 1 (2,500.00) \n New Zealand C 2 (2,200.02) \n Niger C 1 (5,000.00) Norway A 2 (5,000.00) \n C 2 (3,169.04) Pakistan A 129 (383,000.00) \n C 374 (729,940.05)\n Palestine C 32 (67,297.68) Philippines A 85 (223,000.00) \n C 89 (102,935.95) Poland A 2 (5,500.00) \n C 6 (7,963.48) \n Republic of Korea C 6 (21,649.27) \n Republic of Serbia A 11 (45,500.00) \n Russian Federation A 7 (28,000.00) \n Senegal C 2 (10,000.00) \n Singapore A 1 (5,500.00) \n Slovakia C 2 (701.76) Somalia A 6 (20,500.00) \n C 7 (23,705.49) \n Spain A  1 (2,500.00) Sri Lanka A 255 (748,000.00) \n C 35 (44,897.43) Sudan A 47 (124,500.00) \n C 2 (9,758.12) Sweden A 1 (2,500.00) \n C 4 (10,389.61) Syrian Arab Republic A 204 (575,500.00) \n C 118 (269,335.04) Thailand A 11 (36,500.00) \n C 7 (11,623.36) \nThe former YugoslavRepublic of Macedonia\tA\t1\t(4,000.00) Tunisia A 18 (39,500.00) \n C 53 (64,835.06) Turkey A 41 (123,500.00) \n C 4 (10,531.91) \n Ukraine A 1 (2,500.00) United Kingdom A 15 (38,000.00) \n C 91 (212,337.86)\nUnited Republic ofTanzania\tA\t2\t(8,000.00) United States A 21 (60,500.00) \n C 85 (303,500.98) Yemen A 130 (458,500.00) \n C 6 (11,593.97) \n UNDP Algeria A 1 (4,000.00) UNDP Jerusalem A 4 (13,500.00) \n C 22 (142,869.86) UNDP Washington A 1 (4,000.00) \n C 2 (4,703.42) UNDP Yemen A 28 (81,000.00) \n C 1 (5,000.00) \n UNHCR Bulgaria A 1 (5,000.00) UNHCR Canada A 4 (17,500.00) \n C 7 (20,393.07) \n UNHCR Geneva C 1 (1,557.09) UNRWA Gaza A 134 (369,000.00) C 42 (127,442.64) \n D 1 (2,500.00) \nTotal 22,320\t(54,899,756.89)", "[1] The text of the report appears in document S/AC.26/2006/3.", "[2] In conformity with the provisions of article 40, paragraph 5 of the Rules, information concerning the identities of individual claimants and the amount to be paid to each individual claimant will not be made public, but will be provided to each submitting entity separately." ]
S_AC.26_DEC.261(2006)
[ "[]", "Distr.:", "S/AC.26/Dec.261 (2006) 3 November 2006", "ENGLISH Original: ENGLISH", "COMMISSION ON INDEMNIZATION", "UNITED NATIONS", "Governing Council", "DECISION RELATING TO THE EFFECTED CORRECTIONS UNDER ARTICLE 41 OF THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PROCEDURE OF THE WORKING OF THE CLAIMS ADOPTED BY THE ADMINISTRATION COUNCIL OF THE UNITED NATIONS INDEMNIZATION COMMISSION AT ITS 156th Meeting, closed on 3 November 2006", "The Governing Council,", "Having received, in accordance with article 41 of the Provisional Rules for Claims Procedure (S/AC.26/1992/10) (\"the Rules\"), a report of the Executive Secretary on the recommended corrections in category \"A\", \"B\", \"C\" and \"D\" claims[1],", "Decides, in accordance with Article 41 of the Rules, to correct the approved awards for Governments or other claimant entities with respect to claims in the categories \"A\", B\", \"C\" and \"D\"[2]. The corrected total amounts, by claimant entity and category of the claim, are as follows:", "Table 1", "Total amounts corrected by claimant entity and claim category", "10.00 A.C.", "[1] The text of the report is contained in document S/AC.26/2006/3.", "[2] In accordance with article 40, paragraph 5, of the Rules, no information on the identity of individual claimants or the amounts to be met by individual claimants shall be issued, but that information shall be provided separately to each claimant entity.", "GE.06-65099 (E) 211106 221106" ]
[ "[]", "Distr. GENERAL", "S/AC.26/2006/3 3 de noviembre de 2006", "ESPAÑOL Original: INGLÉS", "COMISIÓN DE INDEMNIZACIÓN DE LAS NACIONES UNIDAS", "Consejo de Administración", "TRIGÉSIMO QUINTO INFORME PRESENTADO POR EL SECRETARIO EJECUTIVO DE CONFORMIDAD CON EL ARTÍCULO 41 DE LAS NORMAS PROVISIONALES RELATIVAS AL PROCEDIMIENTO DE TRAMITACIÓN DE LAS RECLAMACIONES", "GE.06-65106 (S) 221106 221106", "INTRODUCCIÓN", "1. En el presente informe se indican, de conformidad con el artículo 41 de las Normas provisionales relativas al procedimiento de tramitación de las reclamaciones (S/AC.26/1992/10) de la Comisión de Indemnización de las Naciones Unidas, las correcciones recomendadas en las diversas categorías de reclamaciones desde el \"34º informe presentado por el Secretario Ejecutivo de conformidad con el artículo 41 de las Normas provisionales relativas al procedimiento de tramitación de las reclamaciones\" (S/AC.26/2006/2) (el \"34º informe del artículo 41\").", "2. La inmensa mayoría de las correcciones presentadas en este informe es resultado de las instrucciones impartidas por el Consejo de Administración a la secretaría en su 59º período de sesiones, celebrado del 7 al 9 de marzo de 2006, de que preparase correcciones con arreglo al artículo 41 respecto de las reclamaciones para las cuales se hubiera determinado, mediante las búsquedas electrónicas de nombres con grafía similar y el examen manual de los resultados, que existían sobrepagos confirmados, así como de las nuevas orientaciones del Consejo en su 60º período de sesiones, celebrado del 27 al 29 de junio de 2006, de que se incluyeran las reclamaciones de miembros de una misma familia. Al preparar esas correcciones, la secretaría aplicó sus directrices definitivas propuestas en relación con los procedimientos de confirmación de duplicaciones y la determinación y asignación de sobrepagos, aprobadas por el Consejo de Administración en su 59º período de sesiones. Esas correcciones, que comprenden reclamaciones de las categorías \"A\", \"B\", \"C\" y \"D\", figuran en el capítulo I del presente informe. El capítulo II contiene varias otras correcciones debido a duplicaciones que ha determinado la secretaría por medios distintos de las búsquedas electrónicas mencionadas antes. El capítulo III y el anexo I contienen un resumen de las correcciones propuestas que se enumeran en el presente informe. En el capítulo IV figura una actualización de las solicitudes de corrección pendientes. El anexo II contiene un cuadro acumulativo de las correcciones efectuadas en las indemnizaciones con arreglo al artículo 41 hasta el 60º período de sesiones del Consejo de Administración.", "I. CORRECCIONES RECOMENDADAS RESULTANTES DE LAS BÚSQUEDAS ELECTRÓNICAS Y EL EXAMEN MANUAL DE LOS RESULTADOS", "3. Estas correcciones se desglosan según la modalidad en que se produjo el sobrepago confirmado. En un pequeño número de casos hubo más de un tipo de sobrepago; esas reclamaciones figuran en el epígrafe más adecuado para la corrección que se propone.", "A. Reclamaciones presentadas por un mismo reclamante", "1. Reclamaciones duplicadas", "4. Las reclamaciones duplicadas se producen cuando un reclamante presenta más de una reclamación en la misma categoría y por las mismas pérdidas. La secretaría confirma que las reclamaciones enumeradas en el cuadro 1 son reclamaciones duplicadas y no deberían haber sido indemnizadas.", "5. En consecuencia, se recomienda que se corrijan las indemnizaciones otorgadas para esas reclamaciones. En el cuadro 1 se indican las entidades reclamantes correspondientes, el número de reclamaciones afectadas por categoría y el efecto neto de los ajustes.", "Cuadro 1", "Reclamaciones duplicadas", "Entidad reclamante\tCategoríade lareclamación\tNúmero dereclamacionesafectadas\tCuantía delefecto neto(dólaresEE.UU.)\n Bangladesh A 18 (64.500,00) \nBosnia yHerzegovina\tA\t1\t(4.000,00)\n Canadá A 1 (5.000,00) Egipto A 84 (219.000,00) \n C 23 (144.231,81) \nEstados Unidos deAmérica\tAC\t11\t(5.000,00)(70.878,25) Filipinas A 2 1.500,00 \n C 1 (4.900,00) India A 96 (393.500,00) \n C 3 (12.342,72) \nIrán (RepúblicaIslámica del)\tAC\t5334\t(2.386.500,00)(78.208,95)\n Irlanda C 1 (40.165,24) Jordania A 56 (256.500,00) \n C 59 (534.395,38) Kuwait A 1 (4.000,00) \n C 1 (13.224,61) \n Líbano A 6 (20.000,00) \n Países Bajos A 1 (8.000,00) Pakistán A 3 (14.500,00) \n C 3 (7.025,97) \n Reino Unido C 1 (4.750,00) \nRepública ÁrabeSiria\tC\t6\t(143.464,68)\n República de Serbia A 9 (36.000,00) \n Somalia A 1 (8.000,00) \n Sri Lanka A 131 (519.500,00) \n Turquía A 1 (2.500,00) \n Ucrania A 1 (2.500,00) \n Yemen A 4 (20.000,00) PNUD Jerusalén A 1 (5.000,00) \n C 1 (79.310,36) \n ACNUR Bulgaria A 1 (5.000,00) \n OOPS Gaza A 1 (5.000,00) \n Total 1.057 (5.115.397,97)", "2. Reclamaciones corregidas con arreglo a la decisión 21 (sustitución de la cantidad superior por la cantidad inferior)", "6. De conformidad con la decisión 21 (S/AC.26/Dec.21 (1994)) del Consejo de Administración, \"se considerará que todo reclamante que haya optado por una suma mayor en la categoría \"A\" (4.000 u 8.000 dólares de los EE.UU.) y que además haya representado una reclamación mediante formulario de las categorías \"B\", \"C\" o \"D\", ha optado de hecho por la cantidad menor correspondiente prevista en la categoría \"A\"\". La secretaría confirma que la mayoría de las reclamaciones enumeradas en el cuadro 2 contienen correcciones de las reclamaciones de la categoría \"A\" presentadas por reclamantes que también habían presentado reclamaciones en otras categorías. En las restantes reclamaciones del cuadro 2, la diferencia entre la sustitución de la cantidad superior por la cantidad inferior en la categoría \"A\" es mayor que la cantidad otorgada en la otra categoría de reclamación. Con arreglo a las directrices aprobadas por el Consejo de Administración, la indemnización otorgada en esa otra categoría debe reducirse a cero. La secretaría confirma que las reclamaciones enumeradas en el cuadro 2 deben reducirse, con arreglo a la decisión 21, a la cantidad acorde con la naturaleza de las reclamaciones.", "7. Por consiguiente, se recomienda que se corrijan las indemnizaciones otorgadas por esas reclamaciones. En el cuadro 2 se indican las entidades reclamantes correspondientes, el número de reclamaciones afectadas por categoría y el efecto neto de los ajustes.", "Cuadro 2", "Reclamaciones corregidas con arreglo a la decisión 21 (sustitución de la cantidad superior por la cantidad inferior)", "Entidad reclamante\tCategoríade lareclamación\tNúmero dereclamacionesafectadas\tCuantía delefecto neto(dólares EE.UU.) Bangladesh A 15 (22.500,00) \n C 3 (2.814,59) Egipto A 19 (39.000,00) \n C 1 (415,22) \n Etiopía A 1 (3.000,00) Filipinas A 4 (6.000,00) \n C 1 (968,86) India A 99 (160.500,00) \n C 13 (14.235,11) \nIrán (RepúblicaIslámica del)\tA\t31\t(90.000,00)\n Irlanda C 1 (650,00) Jordania A 206 (489.000,00) B 2 (5.000,00) \n C 7 (14.407,58) \n Pakistán A 3 (6.000,00) \n Palestina C 1 (2.905,00) \nRepública ÁrabeSiria\tA\t2\t(4.500,00) Sri Lanka A 88 (132.000) \n C 22 (22.651,54) \n Sudán A 4 (6.000,00) \n Tailandia A 2 (3.000,00) \n Túnez A 13 (24.000,00) \n Turquía A 1 (1.500,00) \n Yemen A 6 (13.500,00) \n PNUD Jerusalén A 2 (6.000,00) \n PNUD Yemen A 20 (55.500,00) \n Total 567 (1.126.047,90)", "3. Reclamaciones corregidas con arreglo a la decisión 24", "8. La decisión 24 (S/AC.26/Dec.24 (1994)) del Consejo de Administración establece que cuando un reclamante haya presentado una reclamación de la categoría \"A\" y también haya presentado una reclamación por pérdidas ocasionadas por la salida de la categoría \"C\" o \"D\", estas pérdidas de las categorías \"C\" o \"D\" sólo podrán compensarse cuando la cantidad recomendada por pérdidas ocasionadas por la salida exceda de la cantidad ya otorgada en la categoría \"A\". Esto exigía que el Grupo de Comisionados de la categoría \"C\" o \"D\" dedujera la cantidad otorgada en la categoría \"A\" de cualquiera otra indemnización propuesta por pérdidas ocasionadas por la salida en la categoría \"C\" o \"D\". La secretaría confirma que las reclamaciones de las categorías \"C\" y \"D\" que se enumeran en el cuadro 3 no fueron objeto de las deducciones requeridas. Por consiguiente, las indemnizaciones otorgadas por esas reclamaciones deben ajustarse a la cantidad acorde con la naturaleza de esas reclamaciones, teniendo en cuenta las directrices aprobadas por el Consejo de Administración.", "9. En consecuencia, se recomienda que se corrijan las indemnizaciones otorgadas por esas reclamaciones. En el cuadro 3 se indican las entidades reclamantes correspondientes, el número de reclamaciones afectadas por categoría y el efecto neto de los ajustes.", "Cuadro 3", "Reclamaciones corregidas con arreglo a la decisión 24", "Entidadreclamante\tCategoríade lareclamación\tNúmero dereclamacionesafectadas\tCuantía delefecto neto(dólaresEE.UU.)\n Alemania C 4 (7.807,09) \n Argelia C 3 (4.134,73) \n Australia C 12 (22.091,28) \n Bangladesh C 337 (517.115,86) \n Bélgica C 1 (3.303,00) \n Bulgaria C 6 (8.140,32) \n Canadá C 26 (75.737,02) \n Croacia C 2 (4.077,36) \n China C 1 (2.500,00) \n Chipre C 2 (3.320,00) \n Dinamarca C 3 (4.411,70) \n Egipto C 146 (168.506,28) \n Eslovaquia C 2 (701,76) \nEstados Unidos deAmérica\tC\t68\t(195.819,92)\n Filipinas C 85 (93.110,52) \n Finlandia C 1 (2.479,91) \n Francia C 19 (58.604,39) \n Grecia C 1 (3.310,00) India C 4.296 (3.997.131,29) \n D 2 (5.700,00) \nIrán (RepúblicaIslámica del)\tC\t2\t(1.700,51)\n Irlanda C 13 (28.311,04) \n Italia C 10 (17.685,59) \n Japón C 4 (415,24) Jordania C 3.258 (6.853.242,00) \n D 7 (19.091,02) \n Líbano C 14 (30.406,56) \n Malta C 2 (5.000,00) \n Marruecos C 2 (1.404,35) \n Mauricio C 1 (2.500,00) \n Niger C 1 (5.000,00) \n Noruega C 2 (3.169,04) \n Nueva Zelandia C 2 (2.200,02) \n Países Bajos C 1 (2.500,00) \n Pakistán C 358 (679.599,22) \n Palestina C 7 (13.717,50) \n Polonia C 5 (4.900,79) \n Reino Unido C 73 (174.042,18) \nRepública ÁrabeSiria\tC\t108\t(120.800,35)\n República Checa C 1 (716,50) \nRepública deCorea\tC\t6\t(21.649,27)\n Senegal C 2 (10.000,00) \n Somalia C 1 (5.000,00) \n Sri Lanka C 12 (21.822,32) \n Sudán C 2 (9.758,12) \n Suecia C 2 (3.889,61) \n Tailandia C 7 (11.623,36) \n Túnez C 52 (64.362,62) \n Turquía C 4 (10.531,91) \n Yemen C 6 (11.593,97) \n PNUD Jerusalén C 18 (57.269,50) \n PNUD Washington C 2 (4.703,42) \n PNUD Yemen C 1 (5.000,00) \n ACNUR Canadá C 7 (20.393,07) \n ACNUR Geneva C 1 (1.557,09) \n OOPS Gaza C 30 (91.648,02) \n Total 9.041 (13.495.206,62)", "4. Reclamaciones por pérdidas duplicadas", "10. Las reclamaciones por pérdidas duplicadas se producen cuando un reclamante presenta las mismas pérdidas en más de una categoría de reclamación, debiendo efectuarse deducciones adicionales a las requeridas con arreglo a la decisión 24. La secretaría confirma que las reclamaciones enumeradas en el cuadro 4 contienen elementos de pérdidas duplicados en los que no se hicieron las deducciones correspondientes.", "11. En consecuencia, como puede verse en el cuadro 4, se recomienda que se corrijan las indemnizaciones otorgadas por esas reclamaciones. En el cuadro 4 se indican las entidades reclamantes correspondientes, el número de reclamaciones afectadas por categoría y el efecto neto de los ajustes.", "Cuadro 4", "Reclamaciones por pérdidas duplicadas", "Entidad reclamante Categoría de Número de Cuantía del la reclamaciones efecto neto reclamación afectadas (dólares EE.UU.)\n Bangladesh C 1 (5.711,56)", "India C 2 (3.132,90)", "Irán (República C 5 (61.615,32) Islámica del)", "Jordania C 28 (277.998,11)", "Kuwait C 2 (22.246,59)", "Pakistán C 1 (2.784,09)", "Total 39 (373.488,57)", "B. Reclamaciones de miembros de una misma familia", "1. Reclamaciones familiares duplicadas", "12. En el formulario de reclamaciones de la categoría \"A\" se indicaba a los miembros de la familia que rellenaran conjuntamente el mismo formulario y se establecían las cuantías máximas de las indemnizaciones por familia: 8.000 dólares de los EE.UU. (si los miembros de la familia no presentaban reclamaciones en otras categorías) o 5.000 dólares de los EE.UU. (si alguno de los miembros tenía la intención de presentar una reclamación en otra categoría). Las reclamaciones separadas de la categoría \"A\" presentadas por miembros de la familia cuya indemnización total excede de la cuantía máxima por familia se consideran reclamaciones familiares duplicadas. La secretaría confirma que las reclamaciones enumeradas en el cuadro 5 son reclamaciones familiares duplicadas.", "13. En consecuencia, se recomienda que se corrijan las indemnizaciones otorgadas por esas reclamaciones. En el cuadro 5 se indican las entidades reclamantes correspondientes, el número de reclamaciones afectadas por categoría y el efecto neto de los ajustes.", "Cuadro 5", "Reclamaciones familiares duplicadas", "Entidad reclamante Categoría de Número de Cuantía del la reclamaciones efecto neto reclamación afectadas (dólares EE.UU.)\n Alemania A 2 (13.500,00)", "Argelia A 3 (9.000,00)", "Bangladesh A 69 (229.000,00)", "Brasil A 2 (4.000,00)", "Canadá A 9 (34.500,00)", "Chipre A 1 (2.500,00)", "Egipto A 652 (1.659.000,00)", "España A 1 (2.500,00)", "Estados Unidos de A 16 (44.500,00) América", "Etiopía A 4 (10.000,00)", "Filipinas A 74 (203.500,00)", "Francia A 2 (5.000,00)", "Grecia A 2 (5.000,00)", "India A 2.422 (7.759.000,00)", "Irán (República A 305 (1.266.000,00) Islámica del)", "Irlanda A 3 (9.000,00)", "Italia A 1 (5.500,00)", "Jordania A 2.630 (8.365.500,00)", "Kuwait A 663 (1.505.500,02)", "la ex República A 1 (4.000,00) Yugoslava de Macedonia", "Líbano A 28 (93.000,00)", "Marruecos A 14 (56.500,00)", "Noruega A 2 (5.000,00)", "Pakistán A 87 (261.500,00)", "Polonia A 2 (5.500,00)", "Reino Unido A 14 (35.000,00)", "República Árabe A 159 (450.500,00) Siria", "República Checa A 1 (5.500,00)", "República de Serbia A 1 (5.500,00)", "República Unida de A 2 (8.000,00) Tanzanía", "Singapur A 1 (5.500,00)", "Somalia A 5 (12.500,00)", "Sri Lanka A 21 (36.500,00)", "Sudán A 33 (88.500,00)", "Suecia A 1 (2.500,00)", "Tailandia A 1 (1.500,00)", "Turquía A 2 (8.000,00)", "Yemen A 89 (320.500,00)", "PNUD Argelia A 1 (4.000,00)", "PNUD Jerusalén A 1 (2.500,00)", "PNUD Yemen A 5 (15.500,00)", "ACNUR Canadá A 4 (17.500,00)", "OOPS Gaza A 39 (116.000,00)", "Total 7.375 (22.693.500,02)", "2. Reclamaciones familiares corregidas con arreglo a la decisión 21 (sustitución de la cantidad superior por la cantidad inferior)", "14. Las reclamaciones familiares corregidas con arreglo a la decisión 21 son aquellas en las que un reclamante presenta una reclamación familiar por una suma mayor en la categoría \"A\" y otros miembros de su familia también presentan una o más reclamaciones en otras categorías de reclamaciones individuales, en contra de lo establecido al respecto en el formulario de reclamación de la categoría \"A\" y la decisión 21 del Consejo de Administración. La secretaría confirma que la mayoría de las reclamaciones enumeradas en el cuadro 6 entrañan correcciones a las reclamaciones de la categoría \"A\". En cuanto a las restantes reclamaciones consignadas en el cuadro 6, deben hacerse correcciones a las reclamaciones de las categorías \"B\" o \"C\", ya que la diferencia entre la cantidad superior y la cantidad inferior en la categoría \"A\" es mayor que la cuantía otorgada en la otra categoría de reclamación. De conformidad con las directrices aprobadas por el Consejo de Administración, la indemnización otorgada en esa otra categoría de reclamación debe reducirse a cero. La secretaría confirma que las reclamaciones enumeradas en el cuadro 6 deben reducirse, conforme a la decisión 21, a la cantidad acorde con la naturaleza de las reclamaciones.", "15. En consecuencia, se recomienda que se corrijan las indemnizaciones otorgadas por esas reclamaciones. En el cuadro 6 se indican las entidades reclamantes correspondientes, el número de reclamaciones afectadas por categoría y el efecto neto de los ajustes.", "Cuadro 6", "Reclamaciones familiares corregidas con arreglo a la decisión 21 (sustitución de la cantidad superior por la cantidad inferior)", "Entidadreclamante\tCategoríade lareclamación\tNúmero dereclamacionesafectadas\tCuantía delefecto neto(dólares EE.UU.)\n Australia A 1 (3.000,00) \n Austria A 1 (3.000,00) \n Bangladesh A 6 (18.000,00) Egipto A 26 (78.000,00) B 1 (2.500,00) \n C 5 (11.256,74) \nEstados Unidos deAmérica\tA\t2\t(6.000,00)\n Filipinas A 5 (15.000,00) India A 109 (327.000,00) \n C 1 (2.852,36) \nIrán (RepúblicaIslámica del)\tA\t16\t(48.000,00)\n Japón A 1 (3.000,00) Jordania A 233 (699.000,00) B 1 (2.500,00) \n C 12 (27.181,06) Kuwait A 215 (636.000,00) B 1 (2.500,00) \n C 18 (37.092,30) \n Líbano A 14 (42.000,00) \n Marruecos A 1 (3.000,00) \n Pakistán A 13 (39.000,00) \n Palestina C 1 (2.905,00) \n Reino Unido A 1 (3.000,00) \nRepública ÁrabeSiria\tA\t17\t(51.000,00)\n Sudán A 7 (21.000,00) \n Túnez A 3 (9.000,00) \n Turquía A 1 (3.000,00) \n Yemen A 18 (54.000,00) \n PNUD Yemen A 2 (6.000,00) \n OOPS Gaza A 2 (6.000,00) \n Total 734 (2.161.787,46)", "3. Reclamaciones familiares corregidas con arreglo a la decisión 24", "16. Las reclamaciones familiares corregidas con arreglo a la decisión 24 son aquellas en las que un reclamante presenta una reclamación familiar de la categoría \"A\" y miembros de su familia también presentan una reclamación por pérdidas ocasionadas por la salida en las categorías \"C\" o \"D\", y reciben una indemnización que no fue objeto de una deducción por la cuantía otorgada previamente a la familia en la categoría \"A\". La secretaría confirma que las reclamaciones en las categorías \"C\" y \"D\" enumeradas en el cuadro 7 no fueron objeto de las deducciones requeridas. Las indemnizaciones por esas reclamaciones deben ajustarse a la cantidad acorde con la naturaleza de las reclamaciones, teniendo en cuenta las directrices aprobadas por el Consejo de Administración.", "17. En consecuencia, se recomienda que se corrijan las indemnizaciones otorgadas por esas reclamaciones. En el cuadro 7 se indican las entidades reclamantes correspondientes, el número de reclamaciones afectadas por categoría y el efecto neto de los ajustes.", "Cuadro 7", "Reclamaciones familiares corregidas con arreglo a la decisión 24", "Entidadreclamante\tCategoríade lareclamación\tNúmero dereclamacionesafectadas\tCuantía delefecto neto(dólaresEE.UU.)\n Alemania C 1 (1.499,99) \n Argelia C 1 (2.148,94) \n Australia C 1 (2.765,83) \n Bahrain C 2 (2.550,00) \n Bangladesh C 10 (15.730,31) \n Canadá C 3 (7.672,77) \n Egipto C 147 (186.929,30) \nEstados Unidos deAmérica\tC\t16\t(36.802,81)\n Filipinas C 2 (3.956,57) \n Finlandia C 1 (1.020,76) \n Francia C 2 (4.998,14) India C 237 (275.148,11) \n D 1 (2.500,00) \n Irlanda C 1 (2.500,00) \n Jordania C 326 (747.233,43) \n Kuwait C 59 (146.089,58) \n Líbano C 2 (7.116,36) \n Pakistán C 9 (22.809,86) \n Palestina C 23 (47.770,18) \n Polonia C 1 (3.062,69) \n Reino Unido C 17 (33.545,68) \nRepública ÁrabeSiria\tC\t4\t(5.070,01)\n Somalia C 6 (18.705,49) \n Sri Lanka C 1 (423,57) \n Suecia C 2 (6.500,00) \n Túnez C 1 (472,44) \n PNUD Jerusalén C 3 (6.290,00) OOPS Gaza C 12 (35.794,62) \n D 1 (2.500,00) \n Total 892 (1.629.607,44)", "4. Conversión de reclamaciones familiares en reclamaciones individuales", "18. La conversión de reclamaciones familiares en individuales tiene lugar cuando un reclamante recibe una indemnización familiar en la categoría \"A\", pero en el formulario de la reclamación no aparece ningún miembro de la familia que reúna los requisitos, o figura un miembro que presentó su propia reclamación. La secretaría confirma que las reclamaciones que se enumeran en el cuadro 8 recibieron indemnizaciones en calidad de reclamaciones familiares, siendo así que debían haber sido indemnizadas como reclamaciones individuales. Las indemnizaciones concedidas por esas reclamaciones deben corregirse a la cantidad acorde con la naturaleza de las reclamaciones.", "19. En consecuencia, se recomienda que se corrijan las indemnizaciones otorgadas por esas reclamaciones. En el cuadro 8 se indican las entidades reclamantes correspondientes, el número de reclamaciones afectadas por categoría y el efecto neto de los ajustes.", "Cuadro 8", "Conversión de reclamaciones familiares en reclamaciones individuales", "Entidad reclamante Categoría de Número de Cuantía del la reclamación reclamaciones efecto neto afectadas (dólares EE.UU.)\n Bangladesh A 83 (290.000,00)", "Bosnia y Herzegovina A 3 (12.000,00)", "Canadá A 2 (8.000,00)", "China A 1 (4.000,00)", "Egipto A 62 (92.000,00)", "Estados Unidos de A 2 (5.000,00) América", "Federación de Rusia A 7 (28.000,00)", "India A 1.911 (6.609.000,00)", "Irán (República A 12 (48.000,00) Islámica del)", "Italia A 2 (5.000,00)", "Jordania A 200 (612.500,00)", "Kuwait A 2 (5.000,00)", "Líbano A 14 (48.500,00)", "Marruecos A 2 (5.000,00)", "Pakistán A 23 (62.000,00)", "República Árabe A 26 (69.500,00) Siria", "República de Serbia A 1 (4.000,00)", "Sri Lanka A 15 (60.000,00)", "Sudán A 3 (9.000,00)", "Tailandia A 8 (32.000,00)", "Túnez A 2 (6.500,00)", "Turquía A 35 (110.000,00)", "Yemen A 13 (50.500,00)", "PNUD Washington A 1 (4.000,00)", "PNUD Yemen A 1 (4.000,00)", "OOPS Gaza A 92 (242.000,00)", "Total 2.523 (8.425.500,00)", "5. Conversión de reclamaciones individuales en reclamaciones familiares", "20. La conversión de reclamaciones individuales en familiares tiene lugar en los casos en que se ha indemnizado como reclamación individual en la categoría \"A\" reclamaciones respecto de las cuales se ha determinado, de conformidad con las directrices aprobadas por el Consejo de Administración, que había miembros de la familia que reunían los requisitos necesarios para que la reclamación fuera familiar. La secretaría confirma que las indemnizaciones individuales deben ajustarse a la cantidad acorde con la naturaleza de las reclamaciones. No se desembolsarán nuevos fondos en relación con esas reclamaciones, ya que cada uno de esos reclamantes tiene una reclamación duplicada que queda reducida a cero, como se indicó anteriormente en la sección A.1.", "21. En consecuencia, se recomienda que se corrijan las indemnizaciones otorgadas por esas reclamaciones. En el cuadro 9 se indican la entidad reclamante correspondiente, el número de reclamaciones afectadas por categoría y el efecto neto del ajuste.", "Cuadro 9", "Conversión de reclamaciones individuales en reclamaciones familiares", "Entidad reclamante Categoría de la Número de Cuantía del reclamación reclamaciones efecto neto afectadas (dólares EE.UU.)\n Jordania A 2 5.000,00", "Total 2 5.000,00", "6. Sustitución de la cantidad inferior por la cantidad superior", "22. La sustitución de la cantidad inferior por la cantidad superior tiene lugar cuando se detectan reclamaciones duplicadas que han recibido una indemnización correspondiente a la cantidad individual o familiar inferior en la categoría \"A\", y la búsqueda electrónica confirma que los reclamantes no presentaron reclamaciones en otra categoría. De conformidad con las directrices aprobadas por el Consejo de Administración, una de las reclamaciones de cada par de reclamaciones se declaró duplicada y la otra debe ajustarse a la apropiada cantidad individual o familiar más alta. No se desembolsarán fondos adicionales para esos reclamantes, ya que las indemnizaciones respecto de esas reclamaciones duplicadas se han reducido a cero, como se indicó anteriormente en la sección A.1.", "23. En consecuencia, se recomienda que se corrijan las indemnizaciones otorgadas por esas reclamaciones. En el cuadro 10 se indican las entidades reclamantes correspondientes, el número de reclamaciones afectadas por categoría y el efecto neto de los ajustes.", "Cuadro 10", "Sustitución de la cantidad inferior por la cantidad superior", "Entidad reclamante Categoría de Número de Cuantía del efecto la reclamaciones neto (dólares reclamación afectadas EE.UU.)\n Bangladesh A 1 1.500,00", "Egipto A 75 112.500,00", "India A 5 9.000,00", "Irán (República A 1 1.500,00 Islámica del)", "Jordania A 2 3.000,00", "Kuwait A 1 1.500,00", "Líbano A 1 3.000,00", "Turquía A 1 1.500,00", "Total 87 133.500,00", "II. OTRAS CORRECCIONES", "24. La Comisión de Indemnización recibió información del Gobierno del Pakistán de que determinadas reclamaciones de la categoría \"C\" que había presentado contenían pérdidas duplicadas por las que se habían otorgado indemnizaciones a ambos cónyuges, que habían presentado reclamaciones separadas.", "25. Tras un examen de esas reclamaciones, la secretaría confirma que determinadas pérdidas \"C4\" (bienes muebles) o \"C6\" (salarios) estaban duplicadas en las reclamaciones de dos parejas de cónyuges, en las que no se hicieron las correspondientes deducciones.", "26. En consecuencia, como puede verse en el cuadro 11, se recomienda que se corrijan las indemnizaciones otorgadas por esas reclamaciones.", "Cuadro 11", "Otras correcciones", "Entidad Categoría de la Número de Cuantía del reclamante reclamación reclamaciones efecto neto afectadas (dólares EE.UU.)\n Pakistán C 3 (17.720,91)", "Total 3 (17.720,91)", "III. RESUMEN", "27. En el anexo I se resumen las correcciones recomendadas por categoría de reclamación y entidad reclamante, y se indica la disminución neta de la cantidad total indemnizada. Tras la aprobación por el Consejo de Administración de las correcciones recomendadas, cada entidad reclamante afectada recibirá un informe confidencial con las correcciones efectuadas a las reclamaciones que presentó a la Comisión de Indemnización.", "IV. SOLICITUDES DE CORRECCIÓN PENDIENTES PRESENTADAS POR RECLAMANTES EN VIRTUD DEL ARTÍCULO 41", "28. Todos los plazos para presentar solicitudes de corrección de indemnizaciones en virtud del artículo 41 de las Normas han expirado. La secretaría prosigue su examen de las últimas solicitudes presentadas dentro del plazo, relativas a cinco reclamaciones. Las recomendaciones de corrección en relación con esas solicitudes figurarán en otro informe del artículo 41 que se presentará al Consejo." ]
[ "UNITED \n NATIONS \n [] Security Council \n Distr. \n GENERAL \nS/AC.26/2006/3 \n 0 \n3November2006 \nOriginal:ENGLISH", "UNITED NATIONS", "COMPENSATION COMMISSION", "GOVERNING COUNCIL", "THIRTY-FIFTH REPORT OF THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY PURSUANT TO", "ARTICLE 41 OF THE PROVISIONAL RULES FOR CLAIMS PROCEDURE Introduction", "1. The present report identifies, pursuant to article 41 of the Provisional Rules for Claims Procedure (S/AC.26/1992/10) of the United Nations Compensation Commission, recommended corrections in the individual claims categories since the “Thirty-fourth report of the Executive Secretary pursuant to article 41 of the Provisional Rules for Claims Procedure) (S/AC.26/2006/2) (“thirty-fourth article 41 report”).", "2. The vast majority of the corrections contained in the present report arise from the Governing Council’s direction to the secretariat at its fifty-ninth session held on 7 to 9 March 2006 to prepare article 41 corrections with respect to claims identified through electronic (including “fuzzy”) searches and manual follow-up as having confirmed overpayments, and the further direction of the Council at its sixtieth session held on 27 to 29 June 2006 to include family member matches. In preparing these corrections, the secretariat applied its final proposed guidelines for match confirmation procedures and for determining and allocating overpayments, as approved by the Governing Council at its fifty-ninth session. These corrections, which involve claims in categories A, B, C and D, are contained in chapter I of the present report. Chapter II contains several further corrections arising from duplications identified by the secretariat other than through the electronic searches referred to above. Chapter III and annex I contain a summary of the proposed corrections contained in the present report. Chapter IV provides an update on pending requests for correction. Annex II contains a cumulative table of article 41 corrections to claim awards up to the sixtieth session of the Governing Council.", "I. RECOMMENDED CORRECTIONS ARISING FROM ELECTRONIC", "SEARCHES AND MANUAL FOLLOW-UP", "3. These corrections are broken down by the way in which the confirmed overpayment arose. In a small number of cases, more than one type of overpayment arose; such claims are included under the heading most appropriate to the correction being proposed.", "A. Same claimant", "1. Duplicate claims", "4. Duplicate claims arise where a claimant filed more than one claim in the same category for the same losses. The secretariat confirms that the claims set out in table 1 below are duplicates and should not have been awarded compensation.", "5. Accordingly, it is recommended that the awards for these claims be corrected. Table 1 identifies the submitting entities concerned, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of the adjustments.", "Table 1. Duplicate claims", "Submittingentity\tClaim category\tNumber ofclaimsaffected\tAmount of neteffect (US$)\n Bangladesh A 18 (64,500.00) \nBosnia andHerzegovina\tA\t1\t(4,000.00)\n Canada A 1 (5,000.00) Egypt A 84 (219,000.00) \n C 23 (144,231.81) India A 96 (393,500.00) \n C 3 (12,342.72) \nIran (IslamicRepublic of)\tAC\t5334\t(2,386,500.00)(78,208.95)\n Ireland C 1 (40,165.24) Jordan A 56 (256,500.00) \n C 59 (534,395.38) Kuwait A 1 (4,000.00) \n C 1 (13,224.61) \n Lebanon A 6 (20,000.00) \n Netherlands A 1 (8,000.00) Pakistan A 3 (14,500.00) \n C 3 (7,025.97) Philippines A 2 1,500.00 \n C 1 (4,900.00) \nRepublic ofSerbia\tA\t9\t(36,000.00)\n Somalia A 1 (8,000.00) \n Sri Lanka A 131 (519,500.00) \nSyrian ArabRepublic\tC\t6\t(143,464.68)\n Turkey A 1 (2,500.00) \n Ukraine A 1 (2,500.00) \n United Kingdom C 1 (4,750.00) United States A 1 (5,000.00) \n C 1 (70,878.25) \n Yemen A 4 (20,000.00) UNDP Jerusalem A 1 (5,000.00) \n C 1 (79,310.36) \n UNHCR Bulgaria A 1 (5,000.00) \n UNRWA Gaza A 1 (5,000.00) \n Total 1,057 (5,115,397.97)", "2. Decision 21 claims (higher to lower amounts)", "6. Decision 21 (S/AC.26/Dec.21 (1994)) of the Governing Council provides that “any claimant who has selected a higher amount in category A (US$4,000 or US$8,000) and has also filed a claim in category B, C or D will be deemed to have selected the corresponding lower amount under category A.” The secretariat confirms that the majority of the claims set out in table 2 below involve corrections to category A claims filed by claimants who had also filed claims in another claim category. For the remaining claims in table 2, the difference between the higher to lower amount in category A is greater than the amount awarded in the other claim category. Under the guidelines approved by the Governing Council, the award in that other claim category should be reduced to zero. The secretariat confirms that the claims set out in table 2 below should be reduced per decision 21 to the amounts appropriate to the proper status of the claims.", "7. Accordingly, it is recommended that the awards for these claims be corrected. Table 2 identifies the submitting entities concerned, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of the adjustments.", "Table 2. Decision 21 claims (higher to lower amounts)", "Submittingentity\tClaimcategory\tNumber ofclaims affected\tAmount of neteffect (US$) Bangladesh A 15 (22,500.00) \n C 3 (2,814.59) Egypt A 19 (39,000.00) \n C 1 (415.22) \n Ethiopia A 1 (3,000.00) India A 99 (160,500.00) \n C 13 (14,235.11) \nIran (IslamicRepublic of)\tA\t31\t(90,000.00)\n Ireland C 1 (650.00) Jordan A 206 (489,000.00) B 2 (5,000.00) \n C 7 (14,407.58) \n Pakistan A 3 (6,000.00) \n Palestine C 1 (2,905.00) Philippines A 4 (6,000.00) \n C 1 (968.86) Sri Lanka A 88 (132,000) \n C 22 (22,651.54) \n Sudan A 4 (6,000.00) \nSyrian ArabRepublic\tA\t2\t(4,500.00)\n Thailand A 2 (3,000.00) \n Tunisia A 13 (24,000.00) \n Turkey A 1 (1,500.00) \n Yemen A 6 (13,500.00) \n UNDP Jerusalem A 2 (6,000.00) \n UNDP Yemen A 20 (55,500.00) \n Total 567 (1,126,047.90)", "3. Decision 24 claims", "8. Decision 24 (S/AC.26/Dec.24 (1994)) of the Governing Council provides that where a claimant filed a claim in category A and also filed for departure losses in category C or D, a further award for departure losses could be made in category C or D only where the amount recommended for departure losses exceeds the amount already awarded in category A. This required the category C or D panel of Commissioners to deduct the amount awarded in category A from any proposed award for departure losses in category C or D. The secretariat confirms that the category C and D claims set out in table 3 below were not subject to the required deductions. Therefore the awards for these claims should be adjusted to the amounts appropriate to the proper status of these claims, having regard to the guidelines approved by the Governing Council.", "9. Accordingly, it is recommended that the awards for these claims be corrected. Table 3 identifies the submitting entities concerned, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of the adjustments.", "Table 3. Decision 24 claims", "Submittingentity\tClaim category\tNumber ofclaimsaffected\tAmount of neteffect (US$)\n Algeria C 3 (4,134.73) \n Australia C 12 (22,091.28) \n Bangladesh C 337 (517,115.86) \n Belgium C 1 (3,303.00) \n Bulgaria C 6 (8,140.32) \n Canada C 26 (75,737.02) \n China C 1 (2,500.00) \n Croatia C 2 (4,077.36) \n Cyprus C 2 (3,320.00) \n Czech Republic C 1 (716.50) \n Denmark C 3 (4,411.70) \n Egypt C 146 (168,506.28) \n Finland C 1 (2,479.91) \n France C 19 (58,604.39) \n Germany C 4 (7,807.09) \n Greece C 1 (3,310.00) India C 4,296 (3,997,131.29) \n D 2 (5,700.00) \nIran (IslamicRepublic of)\tC\t2\t(1,700.51)\n Ireland C 13 (28,311.04) \n Italy C 10 (17,685.59) \n Japan C 4 (415.24) Jordan C 3,258 (6,853,242.00) \n D 7 (19,091.02) \n Lebanon C 14 (30,406.56) \n Malta C 2 (5,000.00) \n Mauritius C 1 (2,500.00) \n Morocco C 2 (1,404.35) \n Netherlands C 1 (2,500.00) \n New Zealand C 2 (2,200.02) \n Niger C 1 (5,000.00) \n Norway C 2 (3,169.04) \n Pakistan C 358 (679,599.22) \n Palestine C 7 (13,717.50) \n Philippines C 85 (93,110.52) \n Poland C 5 (4,900.79) \nRepublic ofKorea\tC\t6\t(21,649.27)\n Senegal C 2 (10,000.00) \n Slovakia C 2 (701.76) \n Somalia C 1 (5,000.00) \n Sri Lanka C 12 (21,822.32) \n Sudan C 2 (9,758.12) \n Sweden C 2 (3,889.61) \nSyrian ArabRepublic\tC\t108\t(120,800.35)\n Thailand C 7 (11,623.36) \n Tunisia C 52 (64,362.62) \n Turkey C 4 (10,531.91) \n United Kingdom C 73 (174,042.18) \n United States C 68 (195,819.92) \n Yemen C 6 (11,593.97) \n UNDP Jerusalem C 18 (57,269.50) \nUNDPWashington\tC\t2\t(4,703.42)\n UNDP Yemen C 1 (5,000.00) \n UNHCR Canada C 7 (20,393.07) \n UNHCR Geneva C 1 (1,557.09) \n UNRWA Gaza C 30 (91,648.02) \n Total 9,041 (13,495,206.62)", "4. Duplicate loss claims", "10. Duplicate loss claims arise where a claimant filed for the same losses in more than one claim category that require deductions in addition to those required under decision 24. The secretariat confirms that the claims set out in table 4 contain duplicate loss elements for which appropriate deductions were not made.", "11. Accordingly, as set forth in table 4, it is recommended that the awards for these claims be corrected. Table 4 identifies the submitting entities concerned, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of the adjustments.", "Table 4. Duplicate loss claims", "Submitting entity Claim category Number of claims Amount of net affected effect (US$)\n Bangladesh C 1 (5,711.56)", "India C 2 (3,132.90)", "Iran (Islamic C 5 (61,615.32) Republic of)", "Jordan C 28 (277,998.11)", "Kuwait C 2 (22,246.59)", "Pakistan C 1 (2,784.09)", "Total 39 (373,488.57)", "B. Family member matches", "1. Family duplicates", "12. The category A claim form instructed family members to file jointly on the same claim form and indicated the ceilings for family awards: $8,000 (if no claims were filed by family members in other categories) or $5,000 (if any family members intended to file a claim in another category). Separate category A claims filed by family members with aggregate awards in excess of the maximum family amount are considered family duplicates. The secretariat confirms that the claims set out in table 5 below are family duplicates.", "13. Accordingly it is recommended that the awards for these claims be corrected. Table 5 identifies the submitting entities concerned, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of the adjustments.", "Table 5. Family duplicate claims", "Submitting entity Claim category Number of claims Amount of net affected effect (US$)\n Algeria A 3 (9,000.00)", "Bangladesh A 69 (229,000.00)", "Brazil A 2 (4,000.00)", "Canada A 9 (34,500.00)", "Cyprus A 1 (2,500.00)", "Czech Republic A 1 (5,500.00)", "Egypt A 652 (1,659,000.00)", "Ethiopia A 4 (10,000.00)", "France A 2 (5,000.00)", "Germany A 2 (13,500.00)", "Greece A 2 (5,000.00)", "India A 2,422 (7,759,000.00)", "Iran (Islamic A 305 (1,266,000.00) Republic of)", "Ireland A 3 (9,000.00)", "Italy A 1 (5,500.00)", "Jordan A 2,630 (8,365,500.00)", "Kuwait A 663 (1,505,500.02)", "Lebanon A 28 (93,000.00)", "Morocco A 14 (56,500.00)", "Norway A 2 (5,000.00)", "Pakistan A 87 (261,500.00)", "Philippines A 74 (203,500.00)", "Poland A 2 (5,500.00)", "Republic of Serbia A 1 (5,500.00)", "Singapore A 1 (5,500.00)", "Somalia A 5 (12,500.00)", "Spain A 1 (2,500.00)", "Sri Lanka A 21 (36,500.00)", "Sudan A 33 (88,500.00)", "Sweden A 1 (2,500.00)", "Syrian Arab A 159 (450,500.00) Republic", "Thailand A 1 (1,500.00)", "The former Yugoslav A 1 (4,000.00) Republic of Macedonia", "Turkey A 2 (8,000.00)", "United Kingdom A 14 (35,000.00)", "United Republic of A 2 (8,000.00) Tanzania", "United States A 16 (44,500.00)", "Yemen A 89 (320,500.00)", "UNDP Algeria A 1 (4,000.00)", "UNDP Jerusalem A 1 (2,500.00)", "UNDP Yemen A 5 (15,500.00)", "UNHCR Canada A 4 (17,500.00)", "UNRWA Gaza A 39 (116,000.00)", "Total 7,375 (22,693,500.02)", "2. Family decision 21 claims (higher to lower amounts)", "14. Family decision 21 claims arise where a claimant filed for the higher family amount in category A and members of his or her family also filed one or more claims in other individual claims categories, contrary to the instructions on the category A claim form and decision 21 of the Governing Council. The secretariat confirms that the majority of the claims set out in table 6 below involve corrections to category A claims. For the remaining claims in table 6, corrections should be made to the category B or C claim as the difference between the higher to lower amount in category A is greater than the amount awarded in the other claim category. Under the guidelines approved by the Governing Council, the award in that other claim category should be reduced to zero. The secretariat confirms that the claims set out in table 6 should be reduced per decision 21 to the amounts appropriate to the proper status of the claims.", "15. Accordingly, it is recommended that the awards for these claims be corrected. Table 6 identifies the submitting entities concerned, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of the adjustments.", "Table 6. Family decision 21 claims (higher to lower amounts)", "Submitting entity\tClaimcategory\tNumber ofclaimsaffected\tAmount of neteffect (US$)\n Australia A 1 (3,000.00) \n Austria A 1 (3,000.00) \n Bangladesh A 6 (18,000.00) Egypt A 26 (78,000.00) B 1 (2,500.00) \n C 5 (11,256.74) India A 109 (327,000.00) \n C 1 (2,852.36) \nIran (IslamicRepublic of)\tA\t16\t(48,000.00)\n Japan A 1 (3,000.00) Jordan A 233 (699,000.00) B 1 (2,500.00) \n C 12 (27,181.06) Kuwait A 215 (636,000.00) B 1 (2,500.00) \n C 18 (37,092.30) \n Lebanon A 14 (42,000.00) \n Morocco A 1 (3,000.00) \n Pakistan A 13 (39,000.00) \n Palestine C 1 (2,905.00) \n Philippines A 5 (15,000.00) \n Sudan A 7 (21,000.00) \nSyrian ArabRepublic\tA\t17\t(51,000.00)\n Tunisia A 3 (9,000.00) \n Turkey A 1 (3,000.00) \n United Kingdom A 1 (3,000.00) \n United States A 2 (6,000.00) \n Yemen A 18 (54,000.00) \n UNDP Yemen A 2 (6,000.00) \n UNRWA Gaza A 2 (6,000.00) \n Total 734 (2,161,787.46)", "3. Family decision 24 claims", "16. Family decision 24 claims arise where a claimant filed a family claim in category A and members of his or her family also filed for departure losses in category C or D and received an award that was not subject to a deduction for the amount previously awarded to the family in category A. The secretariat confirms that the category C and D claims set out in table 7 were not subject to the required deductions. The awards for these claims should be adjusted to the amounts appropriate to the proper status of the claims, having regard to the guidelines approved by the Governing Council.", "17. Accordingly, it is recommended that the awards for these claims be corrected. Table 7 identifies the submitting entities concerned, the number of claims affected by category, and the net effect of the adjustments.", "Table 7. Family decision 24 claims", "Submittingentity\tClaim category\tNumber ofclaimsaffected\tAmount of neteffect (US$)\n Algeria C 1 (2,148.94) \n Australia C 1 (2,765.83) \n Bahrain C 2 (2,550.00) \n Bangladesh C 10 (15,730.31) \n Canada C 3 (7,672.77) \n Egypt C 147 (186,929.30) \n Finland C 1 (1,020.76) \n France C 2 (4,998.14) \n Germany C 1 (1,499.99) India C 237 (275,148.11) \n D 1 (2,500.00) \n Ireland C 1 (2,500.00) \n Jordan C 326 (747,233.43) \n Kuwait C 59 (146,089.58) \n Lebanon C 2 (7,116.36) \n Pakistan C 9 (22,809.86) \n Palestine C 23 (47,770.18) \n Philippines C 2 (3,956.57) \n Poland C 1 (3,062.69) \n Somalia C 6 (18,705.49) \n Sri Lanka C 1 (423.57) \n Sweden C 2 (6,500.00) \nSyrian ArabRepublic\tC\t4\t(5,070.01)\n Tunisia C 1 (472.44) \n United Kingdom C 17 (33,545.68) \n United States C 16 (36,802.81) \n UNDP Jerusalem C 3 (6,290.00) UNRWA Gaza C 12 (35,794.62) \n D 1 (2,500.00) \n Total 892 (1,629,607.44)", "4. Family to individual claims", "18. Family to individual claims arise where a claimant receives a family award in category A but has no qualifying family members listed on the claim form or listed a family member who filed his or her own claim. The secretariat confirms that the claims set out in table 8 were awarded as family claims when they should have been awarded as individual claims. The awards for these claims should be corrected to awards appropriate to the proper status of the claims.", "19. Accordingly, it is recommended that the awards for these claims be corrected. Table 8 identifies the submitting entities concerned, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of the adjustments.", "Table 8. Family to individual claims", "Submitting entity Claim category Number of claims Amount of net affected effect (US$)\n Bangladesh A 83 (290,000.00)", "Bosnia and A 3 (12,000.00) Herzegovina", "Canada A 2 (8,000.00)", "China A 1 (4,000.00)", "Egypt A 62 (92,000.00)", "India A 1,911 (6,609,000.00)", "Iran (Islamic A 12 (48,000.00) Republic of)", "Italy A 2 (5,000.00)", "Jordan A 200 (612,500.00)", "Kuwait A 2 (5,000.00)", "Lebanon A 14 (48,500.00)", "Morocco A 2 (5,000.00)", "Pakistan A 23 (62,000.00)", "Republic of A 1 (4,000.00) Serbia", "Russian A 7 (28,000.00) Federation", "Sri Lanka A 15 (60,000.00)", "Sudan A 3 (9,000.00)", "Syrian Arab A 26 (69,500.00) Republic", "Thailand A 8 (32,000.00)", "Tunisia A 2 (6,500.00)", "Turkey A 35 (110,000.00)", "United States A 2 (5,000.00)", "Yemen A 13 (50,500.00)", "UNDP Washington A 1 (4,000.00)", "UNDP Yemen A 1 (4,000.00)", "UNRWA Gaza A 92 (242,000.00)", "Total 2,523 (8,425,500.00)", "5. Individual to family claims", "20. Individual to family claims arise when claims are identified that were awarded an individual award in category A but have been determined, in accordance with the guidelines approved by the Governing Council, to have qualifying family members. The secretariat confirms that the individual awards should be adjusted to awards appropriate to the proper status of the claims. No further funds will be disbursed in relation to these claims as each of these claimants has a duplicate claim that is being reduced to zero as set out in section A.1 above.", "21. Accordingly, it is recommended that the awards for these claims be corrected. Table 9 identifies the submitting entities concerned, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of the adjustments.", "Table 9. Individual to family claims", "Submitting entity Claim category Number of claims Amount of net affected effect (US$)\n Jordan A 2 5,000.00", "Total 2 5,000.00", "6. Lower to higher amount claims", "22. Lower to higher amount claims arise when duplicate claims are identified that were awarded the lower individual or family amount in category A but electronic searches confirmed that the claimants did not file claims in another claim category. In accordance with the guidelines approved by the Governing Council, one of the claims in each claim pair was declared a duplicate claim and the other should be adjusted to the appropriate higher individual or family amount. No additional funds will be disbursed to these claimants as the awards in respect of these claimants’ duplicate claims are being reduced to zero as set out in section A.1 above.", "23. Accordingly, it is recommended that the awards for these claims be corrected. Table 10 identifies the submitting entities concerned, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of the adjustments.", "Table 10. Lower to higher amount claims", "Submitting entity Claim category Number of claims Amount of net affected effect (US$)\n Bangladesh A 1 1,500.00", "Egypt A 75 112,500.00", "India A 5 9,000.00", "Iran (Islamic A 1 1,500.00 Republic of)", "Jordan A 2 3,000.00", "Kuwait A 1 1,500.00", "Lebanon A 1 3,000.00", "Turkey A 1 1,500.00", "Total 87 133,500.00", "II. OTHER CORRECTIONS", "24. The Compensation Commission received information from the Government of Pakistan that certain category C claims that it had submitted appear to contain duplicate losses for which awards were made to both the husband and the wife, who had filed separate claims.", "25. Following a review of these claims, the secretariat confirms that certain C4PP (personal property) or C6 (salary) losses were duplicated in the claims of two sets of husbands and wives, for which appropriate deductions were not made.", "26. Accordingly, as set forth in table 11, it is recommended that the awards for these claims be corrected.", "Table 11. Other corrections", "Submitting entity Claim category Number of claims Amount of net affected effect (US$)\n Pakistan C 3 (17,720.91)", "Total 3 (17,720.91)", "III. SUMMARY", "27. Annex I summarizes the recommended corrections by claim category and submitting entity, and indicates the net decrease in the total amount awarded. Upon Governing Council approval of the recommended corrections, each affected submitting entity will receive a confidential report setting out the corrections made to the claims that it submitted to the Compensation Commission.", "IV. PENDING REQUESTS BY CLAIMANTS FOR ARTICLE 41 CORRECTIONS", "28. All of the deadlines for filing requests for the correction of awards under article 41 of the Rules have expired. The secretariat is continuing its review of the last timely filed requests concerning five claims. Any recommendations for correction in connection with these requests will be contained in a further article 41 report to the Council.", "Annex I", "Submittingentity\tClaim category\tNumber ofclaims affected\tAmount of neteffect (US$) Algeria A 3 (9,000.00) \n C 4 (6,283.67) Australia A 1 (3,000.00) \n C 13 (24,857.11) \n Austria A 1 (3,000.00) \n Bahrain C 2 (2,550.00) Bangladesh A 192 (622,500.00) \n C 351 (541,372.32) \n Belgium C 1 (3,303.00) \nBosnia andHerzegovina\tA\t4\t(16,000.00)\n Brazil A 2 (4,000.00) \n Bulgaria C 6 (8,140.32) Canada A 12 (47,500.00) \n C 29 (83,409.79) China A 1 (4,000.00) \n C 1 (2,500.00) \n Croatia C 2 (4,077.36) Cyprus A 1 (2,500.00) \n C 2 (3,320.00) Czech Republic A 1 (5,500.00) \n C 1 (716.50) \n Denmark C 3 (4,411.70) Egypt A 918 (1,974,500.00) B 1 (2,500.00) \n C 322 (511,339.35) \n Ethiopia A 5 (13,000.00) \n Finland C 2 (3,500.67) France A 2 (5,000.00) \n C 21 (63,602.53) Germany A 2 (13,500.00) \n C 5 (9,307.08) Greece A 2 (5,000.00) \n C 1 (3,310.00) India A 4,642 (15,240,000.00) C 4,552 (4,304,842.49) \n D 3 (8,200.00) \nIran (IslamicRepublic of)\tAC\t89811\t(3,837,000.00)(141,524.78) Ireland A 3 (9,000.00) \n C 16 (71,626.28) Italy A 3 (10,500.00) \n C 10 (17,685.59) Japan A 1 (3,000.00) \n C 4 (415.24) Jordan A 3,329 (10,414,500.00) B 3 (7,500.00) C 3,690 (8,454,457.56) \n D 7 (19,091.02) Kuwait A 882 (2,149,000.02) B 1 (2,500.00) \n C 80 (218,653.08) Lebanon A 63 (200,500.00) \n C 16 (37,522.92) \n Malta C 2 (5,000.00) \n Mauritius C 1 (2,500.00) Morocco A 17 (64,500.00) \n C 2 (1,404.35) Netherlands A 1 (8,000.00) \n C 1 (2,500.00) \n New Zealand C 2 (2,200.02) \n Niger C 1 (5,000.00) Norway A 2 (5,000.00) \n C 2 (3,169.04) Pakistan A 129 (383,000.00) \n C 374 (729,940.05) \n Palestine C 32 (67,297.68) Philippines A 85 (223,000.00) \n C 89 (102,935.95) Poland A 2 (5,500.00) \n C 6 (7,963.48) \nRepublic ofKorea\tC\t6\t(21,649.27)\nRepublic ofSerbia\tA\t11\t(45,500.00)\nRussianFederation\tA\t7\t(28,000.00)\n Senegal C 2 (10,000.00) \n Singapore A 1 (5,500.00) \n Slovakia C 2 (701.76) Somalia A 6 (20,500.00) \n C 7 (23,705.49) \n Spain A  1 (2,500.00) Sri Lanka A 255 (748,000.00) \n C 35 (44,897.43) Sudan A 47 (124,500.00) \n C 2 (9,758.12) Sweden A 1 (2,500.00) \n C 4 (10,389.61) \nSyrian ArabRepublic\tAC\t204118\t(575,500.00)(269,335.04) Thailand A 11 (36,500.00) \n C 7 (11,623.36) \nThe formerYugoslavRepublic ofMacedonia\tA\t1\t(4,000.00) Tunisia A 18 (39,500.00) \n C 53 (64,835.06) Turkey A 41 (123,500.00) \n C 4 (10,531.91) \n Ukraine A 1 (2,500.00) United Kingdom A 15 (38,000.00) \n C 91 (212,337.86) \nUnited Republicof Tanzania\tA\t2\t(8,000.00) United States A 21 (60,500.00) \n C 85 (303,500.98) Yemen A 130 (458,500.00) \n C 6 (11,593.97) \n UNDP Algeria A 1 (4,000.00) UNDP Jerusalem A 4 (13,500.00) \n C 22 (142,869.86) UNDP Washington A 1 (4,000.00) \n C 2 (4,703.42) UNDP Yemen A 28 (81,000.00) \n C 1 (5,000.00) \n UNHCR Bulgaria A 1 (5,000.00) UNHCR Canada A 4 (17,500.00) \n C 7 (20,393.07) \n UNHCR Geneva C 1 (1,557.09) UNRWA Gaza A 134 (369,000.00) C 42 (127,442.64) \n D 1 (2,500.00) \n Total   22,320 (54,899,756.89)", "Annex II", "ARTICLE 41 CORRECTIONS TO CLAIMS AWARDS (UP TO THE SIXTIETH SESSION OF THE GOVERNING COUNCIL)", "Report Category A Category B Category C Category D Category E Category F Total\n Net correction Number of Net Number of Net correction Number of Net correction Number of Net correction Number of Net correction Number of Net corrections Number of for category claims correction claims for category claims for category claims for category claims for category claims for categories A, claims (US$) corrected for category corrected (US$) corrected (US$) corrected (US$) corrected (US$) corrected B, C, D, E and F corrected in (US$) (US$) categories A, B, C, D, E and F", "A (6) (6,439,500.00) 2,575 - - - - - - - - - - (6,439,500.00) 2,575 panel", "B (2.2) - - (12,500.00) 3 ^(a) - - - - - - - - (12,500.00) 3 ^(a) panel", "B (3) - - 110,000.00 10 ^(b) - - - - - - - - 110,000.00 10 ^(b) panel", "C (4) - - - - (1,922.00) 49 - - - - - - (1,922.00) 49 panel", "C (5) - - - - (77,190.00) 6 - - - - - - (77,190.00) 6 panel", "C (6) - - - - 72,685.00 15 - - - - - - 72,685.00 15 panel", "D (5) - - - - - - (2,646.81) 7 - - - - (2,646.81) 7 panel", "D (7) - - - - - - (38,836.21) 13 - - - - (38,836.21) 13 panel", "D1 (9.1) - - - - - - 103,532.16 4 - - - - 103,532.16 4 panel", "Special D - - - - - - (13,283,441.51) 426 - - - - (13,283,441.51) 426 panel", "E3 (10) - - - - - - - - 325,850.00 1 - - 325,850.00 1 panel", "E4 (3) - - - - - - - - 536,513.00 3 - - 536,513.00 3 panel", "Article (5,500.00) 10 - - - - - - - - - - (5,500.00) 10 41(1)", "Article (49,000.00) 16 - - - - - - - - - - (49,000.00) 16 41(2)", "Article 1,500.00 4 - - - - - - - - - - 1,500.00 4 41(3)", "Article (83,000.00) 19 - - - - - - - - - - (83,000.00) 19 41(4)", "Article (18,500.00) 5 - - - - - - - - - - (18,500.00) 5 41(5)", "Article 15,867,500.00 10,757 - - - - - - - - - - 15,867,500.00 10,757 41(6)", "Article (6,975,500.00) 3,385 - - - - - - - - - - (6,975,500.00) 3,385 41(7)", "Article (7,806,000.00) 4,385 - - 70,613,604.05 23,282 - - - - - - 62,807,604.05 27,667 41(8)", "Article (4,136,500.00) 1,062 - - 5,278,142.15 1,730 - - - - - - 1,141,642.15 2,792 41(9)", "Article (1,446,000.00) 364 - - 3,168,018.90 467 - - - - - - 1,722,018.90 831 41(10)", "Article (1,358,500.00) 370 - - - - - - - - - - (1,358,500.00) 370 41(11)", "Article (112,000.00) 26 - - 613,498.37 40 - - - - - - 501,498.37 66 41(12)", "Article (55,500.00) 40 - - (102,863.22) 27 - - - - - - (158,363.22) 67 41(13)", "Article (8,000.00) 31 - - 5,580,355.48 625 103,532.16 4 - - - - 5,675,887.64 660 41(14)", "Article (10,500.00) 19 - - - - (57.66) 6 (7,264.37) 1 - - (17,822.03) 26 41(15)", "Article 142,000.00 73 - - 453,162.71 54 - - - - - - 595,162.71 127 41(16)", "Article 707,500.00 446 - - 77,461.07 6 - - - - - - 784,961.07 452 41(17)", "Article 119,500.00 77 - - - - - - (43,413) 1 - - 76,087 78 41(18)", "Article 154,000.00 55 - - 46,976.14 6 400,986.95 6 - - - - 601,963.09 67 41(19)", "Article 3,739,500.00 1,896 - - 53,342.85 1 - - - - - - 3,792,842.85 1,897 41(20)", "Article 1,157,500 688 - - - - - - - - - - 1,157,500.00 688 41(21)", "Article 4,419,000.00 2,730 - - - - - - - - - - 4,419,000.00 2,730 41(22)", "Article 44,500.00 20 - - 161,331.14 15 12,411.60 1 (48,653.00) 7 - - 169,589.74 43 41(23)", "Article (3,911,000) 981 - - 78,646.76 12 93,543.56 3 - - - - (3,738,809.68) 996 41(24)", "Article (11,958,000) 3,002 - - 1,033,956.47 617 (9,788) 1 - - - - (10,933,831.53) 3620 41(25)", "Article (176,500) 47 - - (4,625.19) 1 (35,854.67) 1 - - - - (216,979.86) 49 41(26)", "Article (21,500) 19 - - (4,435.28) 32 - - - - - - (25,935.28) 51 41(27)", "Article (17,000) 10 - - (643,080.71) 40 132,837.45 7 - - - - (527,243.26) 57 41(28)", "Article (384,500) 104 - - 2,431,846.73 342 65,197.89 8 - - - - 2,112,544.62 454 41(29)", "Article (106,000) 56 - - (135,259.01) 22 2,293,477.06 6 1,227,025.00 1 (2,552,000.00) 2 727,243.05 87 41(30)", "Article (884,500) 225 - - 293,049.23 70 1,009,224.50 8 - - - - 417,773.73 303 41(31)", "Article (1,379,000) 461 - - 39,180.66 7 25,159.36 2 - - - - (1,314,659.98) 470 41(32)", "Article (179,500.00) 69 - - (72,225.81) 10 10,515.61 1 - - - (241,210.20) 80 41(33)", "Article (8,139,000.00) 2,706 - - 62,700.69 29 - - - - - - (8,076,299.31) 2,735 41(34)", "Total (29,308,000.00) 36,733 97,500.00 13 89,016,357.18 27,505 (9,120,206.56) 504 1,990,057.63 14 (2,552,000.00) 2 50,123,708.25 64,758", "^(a) Number of consolidated claim submissions, as conveyed in the panel report.", "^(b) Number of consolidated claim submissions, as conveyed in the panel report." ]
S_AC.26_2006_3
[ "[]", "Distr. GENERAL", "S/AC.26/2006/3 3 November 2006", "ENGLISH Original: ENGLISH", "UNITED NATIONS INDEMNIZATION COMMISSION", "Governing Council", "FIFTH REPORT SUBMITTED BY THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 41 OF THE PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE PROCEDURES OF THE CONVENTION", "GE.06-65106 (E) 221106", "Introduction", "1. The present report indicates, in accordance with article 41 of the Provisional Rules for Claims Procedure (S/AC.26/1992/10) of the United Nations Compensation Commission, the recommended corrections in the various categories of claims since the \"fourth report submitted by the Executive Secretary in accordance with article 41 of the Provisional Rules for Claims Procedure\" (S/AC.26/2006/2) (the \"34th report\").", "2. The vast majority of the corrections presented in this report are the result of the Governing Council ' s instructions to the secretariat at its fifty-ninth session, held from 7 to 9 March 2006, to prepare corrections under article 41 with respect to the claims for which it had been determined, through the electronic search for names with a similar graph and the manual review of the results, which had been confirmed overpayments, as well as the further 60 guidance of the Council in 2006, In preparing such corrections, the secretariat applied its proposed final guidelines on the procedures for confirming duplication and the determination and allocation of overpayments, approved by the Governing Council at its fifty-ninth session. These corrections, which include claims in categories \"A\", \"B\", \"C\" and \"D\", are contained in chapter I of the present report. Chapter II contains several other corrections due to duplication determined by the secretariat by means other than the above-mentioned electronic searches. Chapter III and annex I contain a summary of the proposed corrections listed in the present report. Chapter IV contains an update on pending requests for correction. Annex II contains a cumulative table of corrections to the awards under article 41 to the sixtieth session of the Governing Council.", "I. RECOMMENDED CORRECTIONS RESULTS OF ELECTRONIC BUSINESS AND THE MANUAL REVIEW OF RESULTS", "3. These corrections are broken down according to the modality in which the confirmed overpayment occurred. In a small number of cases there was more than one type of overpayment; these claims are reflected in the most appropriate heading for the proposed correction.", "A. Claims submitted by the same claimant", "1. Double claims", "4. The duplicate claims occur when a claimant submits more than one claim in the same category and for the same losses. The secretariat confirms that the claims listed in table 1 are duplicate claims and should not have been compensated.", "5. Accordingly, it is recommended that the awards for such claims be corrected. Table 1 shows the corresponding claimant entities, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of adjustments.", "Table 1", "Double claims", "10.00 United States of America", "2. Claims corrected under decision 21 (replacement of the higher amount by the lower amount)", "6. In accordance with Governing Council decision 21 (S/AC.26/Dec.21 (1994)), \"any claimant who has opted for a larger amount in the category \"A\" (4,000 or 8,000 United States dollars) and who has also represented a claim through the form of the categories \"B\", \"C\" or \"D\", has in fact opted for the corresponding smaller amount provided for in category \"A\". The secretariat confirms that most of the claims listed in table 2 contain corrections to category \"A\" claims submitted by claimants who had also filed claims in other categories. In the remaining claims in table 2, the difference between replacing the higher amount by the lower amount in category \"A\" is greater than the amount awarded in the other claim category. In accordance with the guidelines adopted by the Governing Council, the compensation awarded in that other category should be reduced to zero. The secretariat confirms that the claims listed in table 2 should be reduced, in accordance with decision 21, to the amount consistent with the nature of the claims.", "7. Accordingly, it is recommended that the compensation awarded for such claims be corrected. Table 2 shows the corresponding claimant entities, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of adjustments.", "Table 2", "Claims corrected under decision 21 (replacement of the higher amount by the lower amount)", "20.00 A.m., 20.00 A.D., 20.00", "3. Claims corrected under decision 24", "8. Decision 24 (S/AC.26/Dec.24 (1994)) of the Board of Directors states that when a claimant has filed a claim in category \"A\" and has also filed a claim for losses caused by the departure of category \"C\" or \"D\", these losses in the categories \"C\" or \"D\" may be compensated only when the recommended amount for losses caused by the excess output of the amount already granted in the category \"A\". This required that the Group of Commissioners of the category \"C\" or \"D\" deduct the amount awarded in category \"A\" from any other compensation proposed for losses caused by the departure in category \"C\" or \"D\". The secretariat confirms that the \"C\" and \"D\" claims listed in table 3 were not subject to the required deductions. Accordingly, the awards made by such claims should be consistent with the amount consistent with the nature of such claims, taking into account the guidelines adopted by the Governing Council.", "9. Accordingly, it is recommended that the compensation awarded for such claims be corrected. Table 3 shows the corresponding claimant entities, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of adjustments.", "Table 3", "Claims corrected under decision 24", "179. United Nations Population Fund (UNHCR)", "4. Claims for duplicate losses", "10. Claims for duplicate losses occur when a claimant submits the same losses in more than one claim category, with additional deductions to those required under decision 24. The secretariat confirms that the claims listed in table 4 contain duplicate loss elements in which the corresponding deductions were not made.", "11. As can be seen in table 4, it is therefore recommended that the awards of such claims be corrected. Table 4 shows the corresponding claimant entities, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of adjustments.", "Table 4", "Claims for duplicate losses", "Complaining entity Category of the amount of the claimed net claim effect (USD) Bangladesh C 1 (5,711.56)", "India C 2 (3.132,90)", "Iran (Islamic Republic of) C 5 (61,615.32)", "Jordan C 28 (277.998.11)", "Kuwait C 2 (22.246.59)", "Pakistan C 1 (2,784.09)", "Total 39 (373.488.57)", "B. Claims by members of the same family", "1. Double family claims", "12. The category \"A\" claim form indicated to family members that they jointly filled out the same form and established the maximum amounts of family compensation: US$ 8,000 (if family members did not file claims in other categories) or US$ 5,000. (if any member intended to file a claim in another category). Separate category \"A\" claims submitted by family members whose total compensation exceeds the maximum amount per family are considered duplicate family claims. The secretariat confirms that the claims listed in table 5 are duplicate family claims.", "13. Accordingly, it is recommended that the compensation awarded for such claims be corrected. Table 5 shows the corresponding claimant entities, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of adjustments.", "Table 5", "Double family claims", "Complaining entity Category of the amount of the claim net effect affected (USD) Germany A 2 (13,500.00)", "Algeria 3 (9.000,00)", "Bangladesh A 69 (229.000,00)", "Brazil A 2 (4.000,00)", "Canada A 9 (34.500,00)", "Cyprus A 1 (2,500.00)", "Egypt A 652 (1,659.000,00)", "Spain A 1 (2.500,00)", "United States of America", "Ethiopia A 4 (10.000,00)", "Philippines A 74 (203.500,00)", "France A 2 (5.000,00)", "Greece A 2 (5.000,00)", "India A 2.422 (7.759.000,00)", "Iran (Islamic Republic of) 305 (1,266.000.00)", "Ireland A 3 (9.000,00)", "Italy A 1 (5.500,00)", "Jordan A 2.630 (8.365.500,00)", "Kuwait A 663 (1,505,500,02)", "The former Yugoslav Republic A 1 (4.000.00)", "Lebanon A 28 (93,000.00)", "Morocco A 14 (56.500,00)", "Norway A 2 (5.000,00)", "Pakistan A 87 (261.500,00)", "Poland A 2 (5,500.00)", "United Kingdom A 14 (35.000,00)", "Syrian Arab Republic A 159 (450.500.00)", "Czech Republic A 1 (5,500.00)", "Republic of Serbia A 1 (5,500.00)", "United Republic of A 2 (8.000,00) Tanzania", "Singapore A 1 (5.500,00)", "Somalia A 5 (12,500.00)", "Sri Lanka A 21 (36.500,00)", "Sudan 33 (88.500,00)", "Sweden A 1 (2,500.00)", "Thailand A 1 (1,500.00)", "Turkey A 2 (8.000,00)", "Yemen A 89 (320.500,00)", "UNDP Algeria A 1 (4.000.00)", "UNDP Jerusalem A 1 (2,500.00)", "UNDP Yemen A 5 (15,500.00)", "UNHCR Canada A 4 (17.500,00)", "UNRWA Gaza A 39 (116.000.00)", "Total 7.375 (22.693.500.02)", "2. Corrected family claims under decision 21 (replacement of the higher amount by the lower amount)", "14. The family claims corrected pursuant to decision 21 are those in which a claimant lodges a family claim for a larger amount in category \"A\" and other members of his family also file one or more claims in other categories of individual claims, contrary to the provisions of the category \"A\" claim form and Governing Council decision 21. The secretariat confirms that most of the claims listed in table 6 provide corrections to category \"A\" claims. As for the remaining claims in table 6, corrections should be made to the claims in the category \"B\" or \"C\", since the difference between the higher amount and the lower amount in category \"A\" is greater than the amount awarded in the other claim category. In accordance with the guidelines approved by the Governing Council, the compensation awarded in that other claim category should be reduced to zero. The secretariat confirms that the claims listed in table 6 should be reduced, in accordance with decision 21, to the amount consistent with the nature of the claims.", "15. Accordingly, it is recommended that the compensation awarded for such claims be corrected. Table 6 shows the corresponding claimant entities, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of adjustments.", "Table 6", "Corrected family claims under decision 21 (replacement of the higher amount by the lower amount)", "12.00 (US$ 10.00)", "3. Corrected family claims under decision 24", "16. The corrected family claims under decision 24 are those in which a claimant lodges a family claim under category \"A\" and members of his family also file a claim for losses caused by departure in categories \"C\" or \"D\", and receive compensation that was not subject to a deduction for the amount previously awarded to the family in category \"A\". The secretariat confirms that the claims in the \"C\" and \"D\" categories listed in table 7 were not subject to the required deductions. Compensation for such claims should be consistent with the amount consistent with the nature of the claims, taking into account the guidelines approved by the Governing Council.", "17. Accordingly, it is recommended that the compensation awarded for such claims be corrected. Table 7 shows the corresponding claimant entities, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of adjustments.", "Table 7", "Corrected family claims under decision 24", "(b) United States of America (b)", "4. Conversion of family claims into individual claims", "18. The conversion of family claims into individual occurs when a claimant receives family compensation in category \"A\", but in the claim form there is no eligible family member, or a member who filed his own claim. The secretariat confirms that the claims listed in table 8 received compensation as family claims, which should have been compensated as individual claims. Compensation awarded for such claims must be corrected to the amount consistent with the nature of the claims.", "19. Accordingly, it is recommended that the compensation awarded for such claims be corrected. Table 8 shows the corresponding claimant entities, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of adjustments.", "Table 8", "Conversion of family claims into individual claims", "Complaining entity Category of the amount of the claim claims net effect affected (USD) Bangladesh A 83 (290.000,00)", "Bosnia and Herzegovina A 3 (12.000.00)", "Canada A 2 (8.000,00)", "China A 1 (4.000.00)", "Egypt A 62 (92.000,00)", "United States of America", "Russian Federation A 7 (28.000,00)", "India A 1.911 (6.609.000,00)", "Iran (Islamic Republic of)", "Italy A 2 (5.000,00)", "Jordan A 200 (612,500.00)", "Kuwait A 2 (5.000,00)", "Lebanon 14 (48.500,00)", "Morocco A 2 (5.000,00)", "Pakistan A 23 (62.000.00)", "Syrian Arab Republic A 26 (69,500.00)", "Republic of Serbia A 1 (4.000,00)", "Sri Lanka A 15 (60,000.00)", "Sudan 3 (9.000,00)", "Thailand A 8 (32.000,00)", "Tunisia A 2 (6.500,00)", "Turkey A 35 (110.000,00)", "Yemen A 13 (50.500,00)", "UNDP Washington A 1 (4.000.00)", "UNDP Yemen A 1 (4.000.00)", "UNRWA Gaza A 92 (240.00)", "Total 2,523 (8,425,500.00)", "5. Conversion of individual claims into family claims", "20. The conversion of individual claims to family members takes place in cases where compensation has been made in the category \"A\" claims for which it has been determined, in accordance with the guidelines approved by the Governing Council, that there were family members who met the requirements for the claim to be familiar. The secretariat confirms that individual awards should be adjusted to the amount consistent with the nature of the claims. No new funds will be disbursed in respect of these claims, as each of these claimants has a duplicate claim that is reduced to zero, as indicated above in section A.1.", "21. Accordingly, it is recommended that the compensation awarded for such claims be corrected. Table 9 shows the corresponding claimant entity, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of the adjustment.", "Table 9", "Conversion of individual claims into family claims", "Complaining entity Category of the claim amount claims net effect affected (USD) Jordan A 2 5.000,00", "Total 2 5.000,00", "6. Substitution of the lower amount by the higher amount", "22. The substitution of the lower amount for the higher amount occurs when duplicate claims are detected that have received compensation for the lower individual or family amount in category \"A\", and the electronic search confirms that the claimants did not file claims in another category. In accordance with the guidelines approved by the Governing Council, one of the claims for each pair of claims was declared duplicate and the other must be consistent with the appropriate individual or family size of the highest. No additional funds will be disbursed for such claimants, as the awards for such duplicate claims have been reduced to zero, as indicated in section A.1 above.", "23. Accordingly, it is recommended that the compensation awarded for such claims be corrected. Table 10 shows the corresponding claimant entities, the number of claims affected by category and the net effect of adjustments.", "Table 10", "Substitution of the lower amount by the higher amount", "Complaining entity Effect Number Category Net Claims (USD Affected Claim) Bangladesh A 1,500.00", "Egypt to 75 112.500,00", "India 5 9.000,00", "Iran (Islamic Republic A 1.500,00)", "Jordan 2 3.000,00", "Kuwait 1 1.500,00", "Lebanon 1 3,000.00", "Turkey 1 1.500,00", "Total 87 133.500,00", "II. OTHER CORRECTIONS", "24. The Compensation Commission received information from the Government of Pakistan that certain category \"C\" claims it had submitted contained duplicate losses for which both spouses had been awarded compensation, which had filed separate claims.", "25. Following a review of these claims, the secretariat confirms that certain losses \"C4\" (movable goods) or \"C6\" (salaries) were duplicated in the claims of two spouses, in which the corresponding deductions were not made.", "26. As can be seen in table 11, it is therefore recommended that the awards of such claims be corrected.", "Table 11", "Other corrections", "Entity Category of the Claimant ' s number of claims net effect affected (USD) Pakistan C 3 (17,720,91)", "Total 3 (17,720.91)", "III. SUMMARY", "27. Annex I summarizes the recommended corrections by category of claim and claimant entity, and indicates the net decrease in the total amount compensated. Following the approval by the Governing Council of the recommended corrections, each affected claimant entity shall receive a confidential report with the corrections made to the claims submitted to the Compensation Commission.", "IV. UNDER ARTICLE 41", "28. All deadlines for filing claims for redress under article 41 of the Rules have expired. The secretariat is continuing its review of the latest applications submitted within the time frame for five claims. The correctional recommendations for such requests will be contained in another report of article 41 to be submitted to the Council." ]
[ "CCW/CONF.III/WP.11^(*)", "15 de noviembre de 2006", "ESPAÑOL", "Original: INGLÉS", "Ginebra, 7 a 17 de noviembre de 2006", "PROPUESTA DE ENMIENDA DEL DOCUMENTO CCW/CONF.III/7/Add.7-CCW/GGE/XV/6/Add.7 TITULADO", "PROYECTO DE DOCUMENTO FINAL DE LA TERCERA CONFERENCIA DE EXAMEN DE LOS ESTADOS PARTES EN LA CONVENCIÓN SOBRE PROHIBICIONES O RESTRICCIONES DEL EMPLEO DE CIERTAS ARMAS CONVENCIONALES QUE PUEDAN CONSIDERARSE EXCESIVAMENTE NOCIVAS O DE EFECTOS INDISCRIMINADOS", "Presentada por Suecia", "En la parte II, Declaración final, insértese un nuevo párrafo[1] en la parte dispositiva con el texto siguiente:", "Su determinación de instar a los Estados que todavía no lo hayan hecho a que efectúen revisiones para determinar si el empleo de una nueva arma, o nuevos medios o métodos de guerra, estaría prohibido por el derecho internacional humanitario o por otra norma del derecho internacional aplicable a las Altas Partes Contratantes. En ese contexto, la Conferencia observa que el Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja ha publicado en 2006 una guía para el examen jurídico de nuevas armas, o nuevos medios o métodos de guerra.", "[1] El contenido proviene del párrafo 17 de la parte dispositiva de la Declaración final de la Segunda Conferencia de Examen. La oportuna referencia a la guía es nueva.", "^(*) Publicado nuevamente por razones técnicas.", "GE.06-65201 (S) 161106 161106" ]
[ "THIRD REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THESTATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTIONON PROHIBITIONS OR RESTRICTIONSON THE USE OF CERTAINCONVENTIONAL WEAPONS WHICH MAY BEDEEMED TO BE EXCESSIVELYINJURIOUS OR TO HAVEINDISCRIMINATE EFFECTS CCW/CONF.III/WP.1114 November 2006Original: ENGLISH", "Geneva, 7-17 November 2006", "PROPOSAL OF AMENDMENT TO DOCUMENT", "CCW/CONF.III/7/ADD.7-CCW/GGE/XV/6/ADD.7 ENTITLED", "DRAFT FINAL DOCUMENT", "OF THE THIRD REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES 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", "Presented by Sweden", "In Part II, Final Declaration, insert a new operative paragraph[1] to read:", "Their determination to urge States which do not already do so, to conduct reviews to determine whether any new weapon, means or methods of warfare would be prohibited under international humanitarian law or other rules of international law applicable to them. In this context, the Conference notes that the ICRC has published in 2006 a guide to the legal review of new weapons, means and methods of warfare.", "[1] Content is taken from operative paragraph 17 of the Final Declaration of the Second Review Conference. The timely reference to the guide is new." ]
CCW_CONF.III_WP.11
[ "CCW/CONF.III/WP.11^(*)", "15 November 2006", "SPANISH", "Original:", "Geneva, 7-17 November 2006", "PROPOSED IN THE DOCUMENT CCW/CONF.III/7/Add.7-CCW/GGE/XV/6/Add.7", "DRAFT FINAL DOCUMENT OF THE THIRD CONFERENCE FOR THE REVIEW OF STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON PROHIBITIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF THE EMPLEMENTATION OF CONVENTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED EXCESSIVELY OR OF INDISCRIMINATE EFFECTS", "Submitted by Sweden", "In part II, Final Declaration, insert a new operative paragraph[1] with the following text:", "Their determination to urge States that have not yet done so to undertake revisions to determine whether the use of a new weapon, or new means or methods of war, would be prohibited by international humanitarian law or by another rule of international law applicable to High Contracting Parties. In this context, the Conference notes that the International Committee of the Red Cross has published in 2006 a guide for the legal review of new weapons, or new means or methods of warfare.", "[1] The content comes from operative paragraph 17 of the Final Declaration of the Second Review Conference. The timely reference to the guide is new.", "^(*) Reissued for technical reasons.", "GE.06-65201 (E) 161106 161106" ]
[ "CCW/CONF.III/WP.12", "14 de noviembre de 2006", "ESPAÑOL", "Original: INGLÉS", "Ginebra, 7 a 17 de noviembre de 2006", "PROPUESTA DE ENMIENDA DEL DOCUMENTO CCW/CONF.III/7/Add.7- CCW/GGE/XV/6/Add.7, TITULADO", "PROYECTO DE DOCUMENTO FINAL DE LA TERCERA CONFERENCIA DE EXAMEN DE LOS ESTADOS PARTES EN LA CONVENCIÓN SOBRE PROHIBICIONES O RESTRICCIONES DEL EMPLEO DE CIERTAS ARMAS CONVENCIONALES QUE PUEDAN CONSIDERARSE EXCESIVAMENTE NOCIVAS O DE EFECTOS INDISCRIMINADOS", "Presentada por el Presidente", "1. En la parte II, Declaración final, sustitúyase el párrafo primero del preámbulo por el siguiente:", "Recordando las declaraciones anteriores, aprobadas por la Primera Conferencia de Examen en 1996 y por la Segunda Conferencia de Examen en 2001, en particular los párrafos del preámbulo tercero, quinto, sexto, séptimo, octavo y duodécimo, así como los párrafos 2, 3, 8, 12 y 14 a 16 de la parte dispositiva de la Declaración final de la Segunda Conferencia de Examen.", "2. En la parte II, Declaración final, agréguese en el preámbulo un nuevo párrafo 9 bis[1] con el texto siguiente:", "Reconociendo la función crucial del Comité Internacional de la Cruz Roja y alentándolo a proseguir su labor para facilitar la ulterior ratificación de la Convención y sus protocolos anexos y la adhesión a ellos, difundir su contenido y aportar su experiencia en futuras conferencias y otras reuniones relativas a la Convención y sus protocolos anexos.", "[1] Párrafo 14 del preámbulo de la Declaración final de la Segunda Conferencia de Examen.", "GE.06-65134 (S) 151106 151106" ]
[ "THIRD REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THESTATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTIONON PROHIBITIONS OR RESTRICTIONSON THE USE OF CERTAINCONVENTIONAL WEAPONS WHICH MAY BEDEEMED TO BE EXCESSIVELYINJURIOUS OR TO HAVEINDISCRIMINATE EFFECTS CCW/CONF.III/WP.1214 November 2006Original: ENGLISH", "Geneva, 7-17 November 2006", "PROPOSAL FOR AN AMENDMENT TO DOCUMENT", "CCW/CONF.III/7/ADD.7-CCW/GGE/XV/6/ADD.7 ENTITLED", "DRAFT FINAL DOCUMENT", "OF THE THIRD REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES 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", "Presented by the President", "1. In Part II, Final Declaration, amend preambular paragraph 1 to read:", "Recalling the preceding Declarations adopted by the First Review Conference in 1996 and the Second Review Conference in 2001, in particular preambular paragraphs 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12, as well as operative paragraphs 2, 3, 8, 12, and 14 to 16 of the Final Declaration of the Second Review Conference.", "2. In Part II, Final Declaration, insert a new preambular paragraph 9bis[1] to read:", "Recognising the crucial role of the International Committee of the Red Cross and encouraging it to continue to work to facilitate further ratifications and accessions to the Convention and its annexed Protocols, to disseminate their contents and to lend its expertise to future Conferences and other meetings related to the Convention and its annexed Protocols.", "[1] Preambular paragraph 14 of the Final Declaration of the Second Review Conference." ]
CCW_CONF.III_WP.12
[ "CCW/CONF.III/WP.12", "14 November 2006", "SPANISH", "Original:", "Geneva, 7-17 November 2006", "PROPOSED PROPOSED IN THE DOCUMENT CCW/CONF.III/7/Add.7- CCW/GGE/XV/6/Add.7,", "DRAFT FINAL DOCUMENT OF THE THIRD CONFERENCE FOR THE REVIEW OF STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON PROHIBITIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF THE EMPLEMENTATION OF CONVENTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED EXCESSIVELY OR OF INDISCRIMINATE EFFECTS", "Submitted by the President", "1. In part II, Final Declaration, replace the first preambular paragraph with the following:", "Recalling the previous statements, adopted by the First Review Conference in 1996 and by the Second Review Conference in 2001, in particular the preambular paragraphs third, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and twelfth, as well as operative paragraphs 2, 3, 8, 12 and 14-16 of the Final Declaration of the Second Review Conference.", "2. In part II, Final Declaration, add to the preamble a new paragraph 9 bis[1] with the following text:", "Recognizing the crucial role of the International Committee of the Red Cross and encouraging it to continue its work to facilitate the further ratification of and accession to the Convention and its annexed protocols, to disseminate its content and to provide its experience in future conferences and other meetings relating to the Convention and its annexed protocols.", "[1] Preamble paragraph 14 of the Final Declaration of the Second Review Conference.", "GE.06-65134 (E) 151106" ]
[ "CCW/CONF.III/WP.13", "15 de noviembre de 2006", "ESPAÑOL", "Original: INGLÉS", "Ginebra, 7 a 17 de noviembre de 2006", "PROPUESTA DE ENMIENDA DEL DOCUMENTO CCW/CONF.III/7/Add.7-CCW/GGE/XV/6/Add.7, TITULADO", "PROYECTO DE DOCUMENTO FINAL DE LA TERCERA CONFERENCIA DE EXAMEN DE LOS ESTADOS PARTES EN LA CONVENCIÓN SOBRE PROHIBICIONES O RESTRICCIONES DEL EMPLEO DE CIERTAS ARMAS CONVENCIONALES QUE PUEDAN CONSIDERARSE EXCESIVAMENTE NOCIVAS O DE EFECTOS INDISCRIMINADOS", "Presentada por Venezuela", "1. En la parte II, Declaración final, modifíquese el décimo párrafo del preámbulo para que diga así:", "Reconociendo los inestimables esfuerzos humanitarios desplegados por las organizaciones no gubernamentales para aliviar los efectos de los conflictos armados en las personas, previa petición, y expresando su satisfacción por los conocimientos especializados que han aportado a la labor del Grupo de Expertos Gubernamentales y a la propia Conferencia de Examen,", "2. En la parte II, Declaración final, modifíquese el párrafo 1 de la parte dispositiva para que diga así:", "Su compromiso de respetar, de conformidad con los principios y normas del derecho internacional, los objetivos y disposiciones de la Convención y de los Protocolos anexos a ella en los que son partes como instrumento internacional con fuerza jurídica que rige el empleo de ciertas armas convencionales que pueden considerarse excesivamente nocivas o de efectos indiscriminados,", "GE.06-65141 (S) 151106 151106" ]
[ "THIRD REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THESTATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTIONON PROHIBITIONS OR RESTRICTIONSON THE USE OF CERTAINCONVENTIONAL WEAPONS WHICH MAY BEDEEMED TO BE EXCESSIVELYINJURIOUS OR TO HAVEINDISCRIMINATE EFFECTS CCW/CONF.III/WP.1315 November 2006Original: ENGLISH", "Geneva, 7-17 November 2006", "PROPOSAL FOR AN AMENDMENT TO DOCUMENT", "CCW/CONF.III/7/ADD.7-CCW/GGE/XV/6/ADD.7 ENTITLED", "DRAFT FINAL DOCUMENT", "OF THE THIRD REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES 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", "Presented by Venezuela", "1. In Part II, Final Declaration, amend preambular paragraph 10 to read:", "Acknowledging the invaluable humanitarian efforts of non-governmental organizations in mitigating the humanitarian impact of armed conflicts, upon request, and welcoming the expertise they have brought to the work of the Group of Governmental Experts and to the Review Conference itself.", "2. In Part II, Final Declaration, amend operative paragraph 1 to read:", "Their commitment to respect and comply, in accordance with the norms and principles of international law, with the objectives and provisions of the Convention and its annexed Protocols to which they are party as an authoritative international instrument governing the use of certain conventional weapons which may be deemed to be excessively injurious or to have indiscriminate effects," ]
CCW_CONF.III_WP.13
[ "CCW/CONF.III/WP.13", "15 November 2006", "SPANISH", "Original:", "Geneva, 7-17 November 2006", "PROPOSED PROPOSED IN THE DOCUMENT CCW/CONF.III/7/Add.7-CCW/GGE/XV/6/Add.7,", "DRAFT FINAL DOCUMENT OF THE THIRD CONFERENCE FOR THE REVIEW OF STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON PROHIBITIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF THE EMPLEMENTATION OF CONVENTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED EXCESSIVELY OR OF INDISCRIMINATE EFFECTS", "Submitted by Venezuela", "1. In part II, Final Declaration, amend the tenth preambular paragraph to read as follows:", "Recognizing the invaluable humanitarian efforts of non-governmental organizations to alleviate the effects of armed conflict on individuals, upon request, and expressing satisfaction at the expertise they have provided to the work of the Group of Governmental Experts and the Review Conference itself,", "2. In part II, Final Declaration, amend operative paragraph 1 to read as follows:", "Its commitment to respect, in accordance with the principles and norms of international law, the objectives and provisions of the Convention and the Protocols annexed thereto, to which they are parties as an international instrument with legal force governing the use of certain conventional weapons which may be deemed to be excessively injurious or to have indiscriminate effects,", "GE.06-65141 (E) 151106" ]
[ "CCW/CONF.III/SR.6", "4 de mayo de 2007", "ESPAÑOL", "Original: INGLÉS", "Ginebra, 7 a 17 de noviembre de 2006", "ACTA RESUMIDA DE LA SEXTA SESIÓN", "celebrada en el Palacio de las Naciones, Ginebra, el lunes 13 de noviembre de 2006, a las 15.30 horas", "Presidente: Sr. BRASAK (Alemania)", "(Vicepresidente)", "SUMARIO", "Sesión plenaria especial para conmemorar la entrada en vigor del protocolo V de la Convención sobre Prohibiciones o Restricciones del Empleo de Ciertas Armas Convencionales que Puedan Considerarse Excesivamente Nocivas o de Efectos Indiscriminados", "La presente acta podrá ser objeto de correcciones.", "Las correcciones deberán redactarse en uno de los idiomas de trabajo. Deberán presentarse en forma de memorando, incorporarse en un ejemplar del acta y enviarse, dentro del plazo de una semana a partir de la fecha del presente documento, a la Sección de Edición, oficina E.4108, Palacio de las Naciones, Ginebra.", "Las correcciones que se introduzcan en las actas de las sesiones de esta Conferencia se reunirán en un documento único que se publicará poco después de la clausura de la Conferencia.", "GE.06-65148 (S) 030507 040507", "Se declara abierta la sesión a las 16.30 horas.", "SESIÓN PLENARIA ESPECIAL PARA CONMEMORAR LA ENTRADA EN VIGOR DEL PROTOCOLO V DE LA CONVENCIÓN SOBRE PROHIBICIONES O RESTRICCIONES DEL EMPLEO DE CIERTAS ARMAS CONVENCIONALES QUE PUEDAN CONSIDERARSE EXCESIVAMENTE NOCIVAS O DE EFECTOS INDISCRIMINADOS (continuación)", "1. El Sr. RAWABDEH (Jordania) dice que Jordania comenzó las operaciones de remoción de todas las minas antipersonal y antivehículos en 1993. Se ha avanzado mucho y se han tomado medidas para prestar servicios de rehabilitación y asistencia a las víctimas de las minas. El Gobierno de Jordania está particularmente agradecido a todos los Estados, las organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG) y las organizaciones internacionales que contribuyeron al proceso de remoción con asistencia financiera, capacitando a los encargados de las operaciones o con equipo para remover los artefactos sin estallar. Se enseñan los principios del derecho internacional humanitario en los centros de formación militar del país y Jordania cumple todas las convenciones internacionales enderezadas a evitar sufrimientos tanto a los militares como a los civiles. Para dar cumplimiento efectivo a la Convención sobre Prohibiciones o Restricciones del Empleo de Ciertas Armas Convencionales que Puedan Considerarse Excesivamente Nocivas o de Efectos Indiscriminados y a sus protocolos, es preciso que todos los Estados donantes ayuden a los países que no tienen la capacidad de respetar sus obligaciones y apoyen los programas futuros en los Estados con recursos limitados. El programa de patrocinio de los Estados que no pueden asistir a las reuniones de la Convención es una medida acertada. Jordania espera que los países donantes tomen iniciativas bilaterales o multilaterales para animar a adherirse a la Convención y sus protocolos a otros Estados que carecen de recursos técnicos.", "2. Jordania es partidaria de la propuesta de continuar las reuniones de los grupos de expertos en 2007 y considera que todos los Estados que aun no han firmado el Protocolo V deberían tener la oportunidad de asistir a ellas puesto que así se les ayudaría a superar los obstáculos con que tropiezan para adherirse al Protocolo. Jordania participará activamente en esas deliberaciones.", "3. El Sr. DUNCAN (Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte) dice que el Reino Unido celebra la entrada en vigor del Protocolo V y tiene pensado ratificarlo próximamente. El Gobierno de su país comparte las inquietudes expresadas en cuanto a las consecuencias humanitarias de los artefactos sin estallar, las submuniciones inclusive, y es consciente de la necesidad de proscribir las municiones de racimo no inteligentes, así como de la importancia de conseguir convencer a otras fuerzas militares de cumplir sus responsabilidades con arreglo al derecho internacional humanitario. Con todo y que es muy raro que las fuerzas armadas británicas empleen municiones de racimo no inteligentes, éstas forman parte del arsenal puesto que en época de conflicto es posible que las fuerzas británicas tengan que destruir o suprimir fuerzas blindadas enemigas dispersas, otras fuerzas de combate o instalaciones militares en un terreno bien definido.", "4. Uno de los principales argumentos a favor del empleo de municiones de racimo es que un pequeño número de ellas surte efecto en la zona deseada sin devastar totalmente el entorno. De otro modo, se emplearía una mayor cantidad de municiones de alto poder explosivo que destruirían al enemigo, pero conllevarían inevitablemente una destrucción mucho mayor de los alrededores. Además, no es imposible que estas municiones no estallen y la detonación ulterior por accidente podría tener efectos devastadores. Las municiones de racimo surten el efecto deseado a distancia y permiten a los comandantes superiores escoger el blanco a fin de causar el mínimo daño colateral. Suprimir esta opción podría dar lugar a combates más encarnizados con el enemigo en el campo de batalla. Así aumentaría la posibilidad de bajas para ambas partes y aumentarían las lesiones colaterales.", "5. El Reino Unido opina que las naciones efectivamente deben dejar de emplear municiones de racimo, mas es preciso disponer de definiciones internacionalmente convenidas de ellas y de sus variantes menos perfeccionadas. La delegación del Reino Unido propone que la definición de municiones de racimo comprenda las municiones que contienen muchas submuniciones, tienen poder explosivo, no tienen la capacidad de discernir el blanco y no se autodestruyen, neutralizan o desactivan si no llegan a explotar antes de dar en el blanco, al hacer impacto o inmediatamente después de hacerlo. La concertación de las definiciones y la revisión de los instrumentos en vigor, y el cumplimiento dado a ellos, son una parte del proceso de resolución de las cuestiones humanitarias que plantea el empleo de municiones de racimo, que bien podrían dar lugar a la elaboración de otras normas internacionales jurídicamente vinculantes.", "6. El Sr. KONGSTAD (Noruega) dice que Noruega está de acuerdo con la delegación de Austria en que es urgente hacer frente al desastre humanitario que producen las municiones de racimo. El Gobierno de su país conviene en que las negociaciones de un instrumento internacional deben comenzar lo antes posible, pero sostiene que deben celebrarse en una tribuna en que puedan tener eficacia y la verdadera posibilidad de producir un tratado que tenga auténtica relevancia para los civiles durante los conflictos armados y después. Noruega no está convencido de que esta tribuna sea la indicada para lograr este fin.", "7. El Sr. GOOSE (Human Rights Watch) dice que Human Rights Watch celebra la entrada en vigor del Protocolo V y alienta a todos los Estados a ratificarlo cuanto antes. El Protocolo fomentará la conciencia de que hay que eliminar los restos de guerra lo más rápido posible y de que quien emplea armamentos que se convierten en restos explosivos de guerra tiene una especial responsabilidad a este respecto. El texto del Protocolo V no es muy enérgico por cuanto algunas de sus disposiciones fundamentales podrían considerarse optativas. Por lo tanto, el Protocolo tendrá éxito si los gobiernos lo cumplen a cabalidad. Ningún Estado ha dicho que está dispuesto a destinar más recursos a los programas de remoción a raíz de la entrada en vigor del Protocolo V y la financiación mundial para la remoción de los restos explosivos de guerra disminuyó en 2005. El orador se pregunta si el Protocolo V realmente conducirá a los Estados que han librado conflictos a proporcionar información y prestar asistencia para facilitar una remoción más rápida y amplia que antes.", "8. En 2003, muchas ONG, entre ellas Human Rights Watch, criticaron a los Estados Partes en la Convención sobre Prohibiciones o Restricciones del Empleo de Ciertas Armas Convencionales que Puedan Considerarse Excesivamente Nocivas o de Efectos Indiscriminados que estaban negociando el Protocolo V por no querer abordar la cuestión de las municiones de racimo. Desde entonces, se ha conseguido tener la voluntad política de abordar todos los aspectos de estas municiones y, por ende, se necesita un nuevo instrumento internacional para prohibir el empleo, la producción, la transferencia y el almacenamiento de municiones de racimo poco fiables y poco certeras.", "9. El Sr. HANNON (Mines Action Canada) dice que, mientras se negociaba el Protocolo V, Mines Action Canada manifestó preocupación por el hecho de que sólo se refiere a medidas de carácter genérico para después de los conflictos y no a los restos explosivos de guerra existentes. La solución del problema de los restos explosivos de guerra es sólo parcial si lo que se pretende es solucionar el problema y no evitarlo. No obstante, la aprobación del Protocolo fue un paso adelante necesario, y Mines Action Canada celebra que haya entrado en vigor y alienta a todos los Estados a ratificarlo. El valor del Protocolo V dependerá de la eficacia que tenga para recaudar fondos para remover los restos explosivos de guerra, formar en materia de los riesgos que suponen las situaciones de emergencia y prestar asistencia a los supervivientes. Los Estados Partes deben trascender la letra del Protocolo V y actuar con el ánimo de resolver un problema humanitario urgente. La ratificación en gran escala de la Convención sobre la prohibición de las minas antipersonal demuestra que la mayoría de los Estados están dispuestos a adherirse a un tratado con obligaciones sólidas. No sólo están dispuestos a apoyar los instrumentos jurídicamente vinculantes que se refieran a la totalidad de las crisis humanitarias, sino que también están en condiciones de aplicarlos lo que hace pensar que los Estados Partes en la Convención sobre Prohibiciones o Restricciones del Empleo de Ciertas Armas Convencionales que Puedan Considerarse Excesivamente Nocivas o de Efectos Indiscriminados podrían conseguir que el Protocolo V sea un componente significativo del derecho internacional humanitario. Esos Estados también deberían intentar evitar que se empleen armamentos que se convierten en restos explosivos de guerra. Es ilógico e insostenible esperar que los Ministerios de Desarrollo y otros organismos donantes financien los programas de remoción si no hay políticas coherentes que impidan los daños que causan las municiones de racimo. Ya es hora de que los Estados convengan en un mandato para negociar en relación con las municiones de racimo que se convierten en restos explosivos de guerra y suponen amenazas y daños previsibles e inaceptables para la población civil.", "10. El Sr. BRUNI (Italia) dice que la entrada en vigor del Protocolo V es un resultado tangible que ha tenido el proceso de la Convención en la mitigación de los efectos de los restos explosivos de guerra, como las municiones de racimo sin explotar. Habría que integrar las disposiciones jurídicas en vigor con respecto a las amenazas humanitarias después de los conflictos en las disposiciones jurídicas preventivas. Como la Cámara de los Diputados de Italia ha aprobado una moción con relación a las municiones de racimo, Italia está en condiciones de aceptar que se constituya un grupo de expertos gubernamentales abierto, de la Convención sobre Prohibiciones o Restricciones del Empleo de Ciertas Armas Convencionales que Puedan Considerarse Excesivamente Nocivas o de Efectos Indiscriminados, con el mandato de negociar un instrumento jurídicamente vinculante para reducir las consecuencias de las municiones de racimo para la población civil.", "11. El Sr. LANDMAN (Países Bajos) dice que la reunión oficiosa de los Estados Partes que han aceptado obligarse por el Protocolo V llegó a un acuerdo unánime con respecto a la necesidad de convocar a una reunión formal de los Estados Partes en el otoño de 2007 y de que una comisión preparatoria se reúna en la primavera. Los Países Bajos presidirá las dos reuniones.", "Se levanta la sesión a las 16.55 horas." ]
[ "THIRD REVIEW CONFERENCE OF THE STATESPARTIES TO THE CONVENTION ON PROHIBITIONS ORRESTRICTIONSON THE USE OF CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONSWHICH MAY BE DEEMED TO BE EXCESSIVELYINJURIOUSOR TO HAVE INDISCRIMINATE EFFECTS\tCCW/CONF.III/SR.617 November 2006Original: ENGLISH", "Geneva, 7‑17 November 2006", "SUMMARY RECORD OF THE 6th MEETING", "Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva,", "on Monday, 13 November 2006, at 3.30 p.m.", "President: Mr. BRASAK (Germany)", "(Vice‑President)", "CONTENTS", "SPECIAL PLENARY MEETING TO MARK THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF CCW PROTOCOL V", "The meeting was called to order at 4.30 p.m.", "SPECIAL PLENARY MEETING TO MARK THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF CCW PROTOCOL V (continued)", "1. Mr. RAWABDEH (Jordan) said that Jordan had begun mine‑clearing operations in 1993, in order to eliminate anti‑personnel mines and anti‑vehicle mines. Considerable progress had been made in that regard, and steps had been taken to provide rehabilitation and assistance to mine victims. The Jordanian Government was particularly grateful to all States, non‑governmental organizations and international organizations that had assisted in the mine‑clearing process, through the provision of financial assistance, training for mine clearance specialists and the provision of equipment to remove unexploded ordnance. The principles of international humanitarian law were taught in Jordanian military training centres, and Jordan abided by all international conventions that aimed to prevent suffering among both the military and civilians. The effective implementation of the CCW and its protocols required all donor States to assist other countries that lacked the capacity to fulfil their obligations, and provide support for future programmes in States with limited resources. The sponsorship programme to assist States unable to attend Convention meetings was a step in the right direction. Jordan hoped that donor countries would launch bilateral or multilateral initiatives to encourage other States that were lacking in technical resources to accede to the Convention and its protocols.", "2. Jordan supported the proposal for continued meetings of the expert groups in 2007, and considered that all States that had not yet signed Protocol V should be given the opportunity to attend those meetings, since that would assist non‑signatory States in overcoming the obstacles they faced in acceding to the Protocol. Jordan would contribute actively to such discussions.", "3. Mr. DUNCAN (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) said that the United Kingdom welcomed the entry into force of Protocol V and planned to ratify it in the near future. His Government shared the concerns expressed about the humanitarian impact of unexploded ordnance, including submunitions, and recognized the need for a ban on dumb cluster munitions, as well as the importance of pressing other military forces to live up to their responsibilities under international humanitarian law. Although the British armed forces used dumb cluster munitions very rarely, they remained part of the arsenal, since at times of conflict the British forces might need to destroy or suppress dispersed enemy armour, other combat forces or military facilities in a defined terrain.", "4. One of the main arguments for using cluster munitions was that a small number of those munitions delivered an effect over the required area without totally devastating the surrounding environment. The alternative was to use a greater number of high‑explosive munitions, which would destroy the enemy but inevitably cause much greater destruction to the surroundings. Such munitions were also not immune from failure to detonate, and subsequent accidental detonation could have a devastating effect. Cluster munitions delivered the required effect at a distance, and allowed field commanders to select target areas to minimize collateral damage. Eliminating that option ran the risk of producing more intense combat on the ground when troops made contact with the enemy. That would increase the likelihood of casualties on both sides, and would increase physical collateral damage.", "5. Although the United Kingdom agreed that nations should withdraw cluster munitions from service, internationally recognized definitions of cluster munitions and their dumb variants were required. His delegation proposed that the definition of cluster munitions should include munitions that had numerous submunitions, had explosive content, did not have a target discriminatory capability and did not have a self‑destruction, neutralization or deactivation capability in the event of failing to detonate prior to, on, or immediately after impact with the target. Agreement on definitions and a review of existing instruments and their implementation were an integral part of the process to address the humanitarian issues that arose from the use of cluster munitions, which might lead to the elaboration of further legally binding international norms.", "6. Mr. KONGSTAD (Norway) said that Norway shared the view expressed by the Austrian delegation that the humanitarian disaster caused by cluster munitions must be addressed urgently. Although his Government agreed that negotiations on an international instrument should start as soon as possible, it maintained that such negotiations should be held in a forum where they could be conducted effectively, with a realistic possibility of producing a treaty that could make a genuine difference to civilians both during and after armed conflicts. Norway was not convinced that the present forum would be adequate to achieve such results.", "7. Mr. GOOSE (Human Rights Watch) said that Human Rights Watch welcomed the entry into force of Protocol V and encouraged all States to ratify it as soon as possible. The Protocol would strengthen awareness that the detritus of war must be removed as swiftly as possible, and that the users of weapons that became explosive remnants of war had a particular responsibility in that regard. The language of Protocol V was weak, to the extent that some of its key provisions could be considered voluntary. The success of the Protocol would therefore depend on thorough implementation by governments. No States had expressed a willingness to increase their resource allocations to clearance programmes as a result of the entry into force of Protocol V, and global funding for clearance of explosive remnants of war had decreased in 2005. He wondered whether Protocol V would really result in States that had been engaged in conflicts giving information and assistance to facilitate clearance in a more rapid and comprehensive fashion than in the past.", "8. In 2003, many non‑governmental organizations, including Human Rights Watch, had criticized the CCW States parties that were negotiating Protocol V for their refusal to address the issue of cluster munitions. Since that time, the political will to tackle all aspects of cluster munitions had developed, and a new international instrument was therefore needed to prohibit the use, production, transfer and stockpiling of unreliable and inaccurate cluster munitions.", "9. Mr. HANNON (Mines Action Canada) said that when Protocol V had been negotiated, Mines Action Canada had expressed concern that it addressed only post‑conflict, generic measures, and did not cover existing explosive remnants of war. It was only a partial solution to the problem of explosive remnants of war which focused on solving the problem, rather than preventing it. That notwithstanding, the adoption of the Protocol had been a necessary step forward, and his organization welcomed its entry into force, and encouraged all States to ratify it. The value of Protocol V would be judged on how effectively it resulted in funding for clearing explosive remnants of war, emergency risk education and assistance to survivors. States parties should go beyond the letter of Protocol V, and act in the spirit of resolving an urgent humanitarian problem. The large‑scale ratification of the Mine Ban Convention demonstrated that the majority of States were willing to join a treaty with robust obligations. Not only were they willing to support legally binding instruments that comprehensively addressed humanitarian crises, but they were also capable of implementing such treaties. That suggested that CCW States parties could make Protocol V a significant element of international humanitarian law. Those States should also make efforts to prevent the use of weapons that became explosive remnants of war. It was both illogical and unsustainable to expect development ministries and other donor agencies to fund clearance programmes without policy coherence to prevent the harm caused by cluster munitions. It was now time for States to agree to a negotiating mandate on cluster munitions that consistently became explosive remnants of war, causing foreseeable and unacceptable threats and harm to civilian populations.", "10. Mr. BRUNI (Italy) said that the entry into force of Protocol V was a tangible result of the CCW process on mitigating the effects of explosive remnants of war, including unexploded cluster munitions. The existing legal provisions addressing post‑conflict humanitarian threats should be integrated with preventive legal provisions. Since the Italian Chamber of Deputies had adopted a motion on cluster munitions, Italy could accept the establishment of an open‑ended CCW group of governmental experts with a mandate to negotiate a legally binding instrument to reduce the impact of cluster munitions on civilian populations.", "11. Mr. LANDMAN (Netherlands) said that the informal meeting of States parties that had consented to be bound by Protocol V had produced unanimous agreement on the need to convene a formal meeting of States parties in the autumn of 2007, with a preparatory committee meeting the previous spring. The Netherlands would chair those two meetings.", "The meeting rose at 4.55 p.m." ]
CCW_CONF.III_SR.6
[ "CCW/CONF.III/SR.6", "4 May 2007", "SPANISH", "Original:", "Geneva, 7-17 November 2006", "SUMMARY RECORD OF THE SIXTH MEETING", "Held at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, on Monday, 13 November 2006, at 3.30 p.m.", "Chairman: Mr. BRAZAK (Germany)", "(Vice-Chairman)", "CONTENTS", "Special plenary meeting to commemorate the entry into force of Protocol V of 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", "This record is subject to correction.", "Corrections should be submitted in one of the working languages. They shall be presented in a memorandum, incorporated in a copy of the record and sent within one week of the date of this document to the Editing Section, room E.4108, Palais des Nations, Geneva.", "Any corrections to the records of the meetings of this Conference will be consolidated in a single corrigendum, to be issued shortly after the end of the Conference.", "GE.06-65148 (E) 030507 040507", "The meeting was called to order at 4.30 p.m.", "SPECIAL PLENARY MEETING TO MEASURES IN VIEW OF PROTOCOL V OF THE CONVENTION ON PROHIBITIONS OR RESTRICTIONS OF THE EMPLEMENTATION OF CONVENTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS WHICH MAY BE CONSIDERED EXCESSIVELY OR OF INDISCRIMINATE EFFECTS (continued)", "1. Mr. RAWABDEH (Jordan) says that Jordan began operations to remove all anti-personnel mines and anti-vehicles in 1993. Much progress has been made and measures have been taken to provide rehabilitation and assistance to mine victims. The Government of Jordan is particularly grateful to all States, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international organizations that contributed to the removal process with financial assistance, training those responsible for operations or equipment to remove unexploded ordnance. The principles of international humanitarian law are taught in the country ' s military training centres, and Jordan is compliant with all international conventions aimed at avoiding suffering from both military and civilian personnel. In order to give effect 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 and to their Protocols, all donor States must assist countries that do not have the capacity to respect their obligations and support future programmes in States with limited resources. The sponsorship programme of States that are unable to attend the meetings of the Convention is a successful measure. Jordan hoped that donor countries would take bilateral or multilateral initiatives to encourage accession to the Convention and its protocols to other States without technical resources.", "2. Jordan favoured the proposal to continue the meetings of the expert groups in 2007 and believed that all States that had not yet signed Protocol V should have the opportunity to attend them, as that would help them overcome the obstacles they encountered in acceding to the Protocol. Jordan will participate actively in these discussions.", "3. Mr. DUNCAN (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) said that the United Kingdom welcomed the entry into force of Protocol V and intended to ratify it shortly. His Government shared the concerns expressed regarding the humanitarian consequences of unexploded ordnance, even submunitions, and was aware of the need to proscribe unintelligent cluster munitions, as well as the importance of convincing other military forces to fulfil their responsibilities under international humanitarian law. However, it is very rare for the British armed forces to use unintelligent cluster munitions, they are part of the arsenal since in times of conflict it is possible for the British forces to destroy or suppress dispersed enemy armoured forces, other combat forces or military installations on a well-defined ground.", "4. One of the main arguments in favour of the use of cluster munitions is that a small number of them will have effect in the desired area without completely devastating the environment. Otherwise, more explosive ordnance that would destroy the enemy would be used, but would inevitably lead to much greater destruction of the surrounding area. In addition, it is not impossible for these munitions not to explode and subsequent detonation by accident could have devastating effects. Cluster munitions have the desired effect away and allow superior commanders to choose the target in order to cause minimal collateral damage. Suppressing this option could lead to more incarnated battles with the enemy on the battlefield. This would increase the possibility of casualties for both parties and increase collateral injuries.", "5. The United Kingdom is of the view that nations should effectively cease the use of cluster munitions, but internationally agreed definitions of cluster munitions and their less sophisticated variants need to be available. The United Kingdom delegation proposes that the definition of cluster munitions include munitions containing many submunitions, have explosive power, do not have the ability to discern the target and do not self-destruct, neutralize or deactivate if they do not explode before they hit the target or immediately after doing so. The conclusion of and compliance with definitions and the revision of existing instruments are part of the process of resolving humanitarian issues arising from the use of cluster munitions, which could well lead to the development of other legally binding international standards.", "6. Mr. KONGSTAD (Norway) said that Norway agreed with the Austrian delegation that it was urgent to address the humanitarian disaster caused by cluster munitions. His Government agreed that negotiations on an international instrument should begin as soon as possible, but maintained that they should be held in a rostrum where they could be effective and the real possibility of producing a treaty that was of genuine relevance to civilians during armed conflicts and then. Norway is not convinced that this rostrum is the one for this purpose.", "7. Mr. GOOSE (Human Rights Watch) said that Human Rights Watch welcomed the entry into force of Protocol V and encouraged all States to ratify it as soon as possible. The Protocol will raise awareness of the need to eliminate remnants of war as quickly as possible and that those who use weapons that become explosive remnants of war have a special responsibility in this regard. The text of Protocol V was not very strong because some of its fundamental provisions could be considered optional. The Protocol will therefore succeed if Governments comply fully with it. No State has said that it is prepared to devote more resources to removal programmes following the entry into force of Protocol V and global financing for the removal of explosive remnants of war declined in 2005. He wondered whether Protocol V would actually lead States that had engaged in conflicts to provide information and assist in facilitating faster and wider removal than before.", "8. In 2003, many NGOs, including Human Rights Watch, criticized States parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons that may be deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to have Indiscriminate Effects that were negotiating Protocol V for not wanting to address the issue of cluster munitions. Since then, the political will to address all aspects of these munitions has been achieved and, therefore, a new international instrument is needed to prohibit the use, production, transfer and storage of unreliable and unreliable cluster munitions.", "9. Mr. HANNON (Mines Action Canada) said that, while Protocol V was being negotiated, Mines Action Canada expressed concern that it referred only to generic post-conflict measures rather than to existing explosive remnants of war. The solution to the problem of explosive remnants of war is only partial if what is intended is to solve the problem and not avoid it. However, the adoption of the Protocol was a necessary step forward, and Mines Action Canada welcomes its entry into force and encourages all States to ratify it. The value of Protocol V will depend on the effectiveness of raising funds to remove explosive remnants of war, to train on the risks posed by emergencies and to assist survivors. States parties must transcend the letter of Protocol V and act in order to resolve an urgent humanitarian problem. The large-scale ratification of the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines shows that most States are willing to accede to a treaty with strong obligations. They are not only prepared to support legally binding instruments relating to all humanitarian crises, but are also in a position to implement them, which suggests that States parties 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 could make Protocol V a significant component of international humanitarian law. Those States should also try to prevent the use of weapons that become explosive remnants of war. It is illogical and unsustainable to expect the Ministries of Development and other donor agencies to finance removal programmes if there are no coherent policies that prevent the damage caused by cluster munitions. It is time for States to agree on a mandate to negotiate on cluster munitions that become explosive remnants of war and pose predictable and unacceptable threats and damage to the civilian population.", "10. Mr. BRUNI (Italy) said that the entry into force of Protocol V was a tangible result of the Convention ' s process in mitigating the effects of explosive remnants of war, such as unexploded cluster munitions. The existing legal provisions should be integrated with respect to post-conflict humanitarian threats into preventive legal provisions. As the Italian Chamber of Deputies has approved a motion for cluster munitions, Italy is in a position to accept the formation of an open-ended group of governmental experts, of 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, with the mandate to negotiate a legally binding instrument to reduce the consequences of cluster munitions.", "11. Mr. LANDMAN (Netherlands) said that the informal meeting of States parties that had agreed to be bound by Protocol V had reached a unanimous agreement on the need to convene a formal meeting of States parties in the fall of 2007 and that a preparatory commission would meet in the spring. The Netherlands will chair the two meetings.", "The meeting rose at 4.55 p.m." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/124. Reunión de Alto Nivel de la Asamblea General sobre la realización de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio y otros objetivos de desarrollo convenidos internacionalmente para las personas con discapacidad", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando el Programa de Acción Mundial para las Personas con Discapacidad[1], las Normas Uniformes sobre la igualdad de oportunidades para las personas con discapacidad[2] y la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad[3], en que se reconoce que las personas con discapacidad son agentes y beneficiarios del desarrollo en todos sus aspectos,", "Recordando también sus resoluciones anteriores sobre los objetivos de desarrollo convenidos internacionalmente, incluidos los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, en que se reconoció la responsabilidad colectiva de los gobiernos de defender los principios de la dignidad humana, la igualdad y la equidad a nivel mundial, y destacando el deber de los Estados Miembros de lograr más justicia e igualdad para todos, en particular para las personas con discapacidad,", "Observando que las personas con discapacidad, que corren un mayor riesgo de vivir en la pobreza absoluta, constituyen aproximadamente el 15% de la población mundial[4], y que el 80% de esas personas vive en países en desarrollo[5], y reconociendo la importancia de la cooperación internacional y el fomento de esta para apoyar los esfuerzos nacionales, en particular los de los países en desarrollo,", "Recordando su resolución 65/186, de 21 de diciembre de 2010, en la que solicitó al Secretario General que le presentara información sobre la aplicación de la resolución, con miras a convocar, en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, dentro de los límites de los recursos existentes, una reunión de alto nivel sobre el fortalecimiento de las iniciativas para asegurar a las personas con discapacidad la accesibilidad y la inclusión en todos los aspectos de los esfuerzos de desarrollo,", "1. Toma nota con aprecio del informe del Secretario General titulado “Realización de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio y otros objetivos de desarrollo convenidos internacionalmente para las personas con discapacidad”[6];", "2. Decide convocar una Reunión de Alto Nivel de la Asamblea General de un día de duración, a nivel de Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno, que se celebrará el 23 de septiembre de 2013, el lunes anterior al inicio del debate general del sexagésimo octavo período de sesiones de la Asamblea, con el tema general de “El camino a seguir: una agenda para el desarrollo que tenga en cuenta a las personas con discapacidad para 2015 y después de ese año”, que se financiará con los recursos existentes, a fin de fortalecer las iniciativas para asegurar a las personas con discapacidad la accesibilidad y la inclusión en todos los aspectos de los esfuerzos de desarrollo;", "3. Decide también que las disposiciones de organización de la Reunión de Alto Nivel sean las siguientes:", "a) La Reunión de Alto Nivel comprenderá una sesión plenaria y dos mesas redondas interactivas oficiosas consecutivas; las mesas redondas estarán presididas por Estados Miembros, previa invitación del Presidente de la Asamblea, quien decidirá los temas de debate en consulta con los Estados Miembros;", "b) En la sesión plenaria de apertura formularán declaraciones el Presidente de la Asamblea General, el Secretario General, el Presidente del Comité sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad, una persona eminente comprometida activamente en cuestiones de discapacidad y un representante de las organizaciones no gubernamentales reconocidas como entidades consultivas por el Consejo Económico y Social; estos dos últimos serán elegidos por el Presidente de la Asamblea;", "c) Los presidentes de las mesas redondas presentarán resúmenes de los debates en la sesión plenaria de clausura;", "d) Con el fin de que las deliberaciones sean interactivas y sustantivas, en cada una de las mesas redondas participarán Estados Miembros, observadores y representantes de entidades del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, así como representantes escogidos de la sociedad civil, las organizaciones de personas con discapacidad y el sector privado;", "4. Decide además que la Reunión de Alto Nivel tendrá como resultado un documento final conciso y orientado a la acción en apoyo de los objetivos de la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad³ y la realización de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio y otros objetivos de desarrollo convenidos internacionalmente para las personas con discapacidad, y solicita al Presidente de la Asamblea General que elabore un proyecto de documento, en consulta con los Estados Miembros, teniendo en cuenta las aportaciones de las organizaciones de personas con discapacidad, y que convoque consultas oficiosas, dentro de los límites de los recursos existentes, en una fecha apropiada a fin de que los Estados Miembros dispongan de tiempo suficiente para examinarlo y llegar a un acuerdo al respecto antes de la Reunión;", "5. Exhorta a los Estados Miembros a que consideren la posibilidad de incluir a personas con discapacidad en la delegación que envíen a la Reunión de Alto Nivel, teniendo presentes los principios del equilibrio entre los géneros y la no discriminación y el hecho de que existen diferencias de discapacidad y de edad;", "6. Invita a su Presidente a que confeccione una lista de representantes de organizaciones no gubernamentales reconocidas como entidades consultivas por el Consejo Económico y Social que participarán en la Reunión de Alto Nivel;", "7. Invita también a su Presidente a que, tras celebrar las consultas apropiadas con los Estados Miembros, confeccione una lista de representantes de otras organizaciones no gubernamentales, organizaciones de personas con discapacidad, organizaciones pertinentes de la sociedad civil y el sector privado que podrían participar en la Reunión de Alto Nivel, teniendo en cuenta el principio de la representación geográfica equitativa, y que presente la lista a los Estados Miembros para que la examinen con arreglo al procedimiento de no objeción y señale la lista final a la atención de la Asamblea;", "8. Alienta a todos los Estados Miembros, organizaciones intergubernamentales y no gubernamentales, entidades del sector privado y demás interesados pertinentes a que estudien la posibilidad de proporcionar apoyo para la participación de representantes de países en desarrollo, en particular a que den una función destacada a los delegados que sean personas con discapacidad y a los representantes de organizaciones no gubernamentales y organizaciones de la sociedad civil de esos países, con el fin de promover la participación más amplia posible, y solicita al Secretario General que, dentro de los límites de los recursos existentes, adopte todas las medidas necesarias a este respecto, incluso en lo que respecta a la accesibilidad a la Reunión de Alto Nivel;", "9. Solicita a su Presidente que, en consulta con los Estados Miembros, ultime las disposiciones de organización de la Reunión de Alto Nivel, teniendo en cuenta su duración, la selección de la persona eminente comprometida activamente en cuestiones de discapacidad y el representante de las organizaciones no gubernamentales reconocidas como entidades consultivas por el Consejo Económico y Social que habrán de intervenir en la sesión plenaria de apertura, la selección de un representante de una organización no gubernamental reconocida como entidad consultiva por el Consejo Económico y Social que se ocupe activamente de cuestiones de discapacidad para que intervenga en la primera mesa redonda y la selección de los presidentes de las mesas redondas, teniendo presente el nivel de representación y la representación geográfica equitativa.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/37/351/Add.1 y Corr.1, anexo, secc. VIII, recomendación 1 (IV).", "[2]  Resolución 48/96, anexo.", "[3]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2515, núm. 44910.", "[4]  Según el Informe Mundial sobre la Discapacidad, publicado en 2011 por la Organización Mundial de la Salud y el Banco Mundial, se calcula que el 15% de la población mundial vive con una discapacidad.", "[5]  La resolución 65/186 de la Asamblea General señala que “las personas con discapacidad constituyen el 10% de la población mundial y que el 80% de esas personas vive en países en desarrollo”. La cifra de 80%, que proviene del Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, se citó en un documento de debate titulado “Disability and poverty: a survey of World Bank poverty assessments and implications” (Jeanine Braithwaite y Daniel Mont, documento de debate núm. 0805, Banco Mundial, febrero de 2008).", "[6]  A/66/128." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/124. High‑level Meeting of the General Assembly on the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons,[1] the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities[2] and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,[3] in which persons with disabilities are recognized as both development agents and beneficiaries in all aspects of development,", "Recalling also its previous resolutions on the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, in which it recognized the collective responsibility of Governments to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity at the global level, and stressing the duty of Member States to achieve greater justice and equality for all, in particular persons with disabilities,", "Noting that persons with disabilities, who face a greater risk of living in absolute poverty, make up an estimated 15 per cent of the world’s population,[4] of whom 80 per cent live in developing countries,[5] and recognizing the importance of international cooperation and its promotion in support of national efforts, in particular for developing countries,", "Recalling its resolution 65/186 of 21 December 2010, by which it requested the Secretary‑General to submit information on the implementation of the resolution, with a view to convening, within existing resources, a high‑level meeting at the sixty‑seventh session of the General Assembly on strengthening efforts to ensure accessibility for and inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of development efforts,", "1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary‑General entitled “Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities”;[6]", "2. Decides to convene a one‑day High‑level Meeting of the General Assembly, at the level of Heads of State and Government, on 23 September 2013, the Monday before the start of the general debate of the sixty‑eighth session of the Assembly, with the overarching theme “The way forward: a disability‑inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond”, which shall be funded within existing resources, in order to strengthen efforts to ensure accessibility for and inclusion of persons with disabilities in all aspects of development efforts;", "3. Also decides that the organizational arrangements for the High‑level Meeting should be as follows:", "(a) The High‑level Meeting will comprise a plenary meeting and two consecutive informal interactive round tables, the round tables to be chaired by Member States at the invitation of the President of the General Assembly, and the themes for the round tables will be decided by the President of the Assembly in consultation with Member States;", "(b) The opening plenary meeting will feature statements by the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary‑General, the Chair of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, an eminent person actively engaged in disability issues and a representative of non‑governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, both of whom will be chosen by the President of the Assembly;", "(c) The Chairs of the round tables will present summaries of the discussions at the closing plenary meeting;", "(d) In order to promote interactive and substantive discussions, participation in each round table will include Member States, observers and representatives of entities of the United Nations system, as well as selected representatives of civil society, organizations of persons with disabilities and the private sector;", "4. Further decides that the High‑level Meeting will result in a concise, action‑oriented outcome document in support of the aims of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities³ and the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities, and requests the President of the General Assembly to produce a draft text, in consultation with Member States, taking into account input from organizations of persons with disabilities, and to convene informal consultations, within existing resources, at an appropriate date in order to enable sufficient consideration and agreement by Member States prior to the Meeting;", "5. Calls upon Member States to consider including in their delegations to the High‑level Meeting persons with disabilities, bearing in mind the principles of gender balance and non‑discrimination and the fact that there are disability and age diversities;", "6. Invites the President of the General Assembly to draw up a list of representatives of non‑governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council who will participate in the High‑level Meeting;", "7. Also invites the President of the General Assembly, following appropriate consultations with Member States, to draw up a list of representatives of other non‑governmental organizations, organizations of persons with disabilities, relevant civil society organizations and the private sector who might participate in the High‑level Meeting, taking into account the principle of equitable geographical representation, and to submit the list to Member States for consideration on a no‑objection basis and bring to the attention of the Assembly the finalized list;", "8. Encourages all Member States, intergovernmental and non‑governmental organizations, private sector entities and other relevant stakeholders to consider supporting the participation of representatives from developing countries, in particular, to give a prominent role to delegates who are persons with disabilities and representatives of non‑governmental organizations and civil society organizations from those countries, in order to promote the broadest possible participation, and requests the Secretary‑General to take, within existing resources, all necessary measures in this regard, including the accessibility of the High‑level Meeting;", "9. Requests the President of the General Assembly, in consultation with Member States, to finalize the organizational arrangements for the High‑level Meeting, taking into account the length of the meetings, the identification of the eminent person actively engaged in disability issues and the representative of non‑governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council to speak at the opening plenary meeting, the identification of a representative of a non‑governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council active in disability issues to speak at the first round table and the identification of Chairs for the round tables, bearing in mind the level of representation and equitable geographical representation.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  A/37/351/Add.1 and Corr.1, annex, sect. VIII, recommendation 1 (IV).", "[2]  Resolution 48/96, annex.", "[3]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2515, No. 44910.", "[4]  According to the World Report on Disability, published in 2011 by the World Health Organization and the World Bank, an estimated 15 per cent of the world’s population lives with a disability.", "[5]  General Assembly resolution 65/186 states that “persons with disabilities make up an estimated 10 per cent of the world’s population, of whom 80 per cent live in developing countries”. The figure of 80 per cent, which originated from the United Nations Development Programme, was quoted in a discussion paper entitled “Disability and poverty: a survey of World Bank poverty assessments and implications” (Jeanine Braithwaite and Daniel Mont, SP discussion paper No. 0805, World Bank, February 2008).", "[6]  A/66/128." ]
A_RES_66_124
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/124. High-level Meeting of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling the World Programme of Action for Persons with Disabilities[1], the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities[2] and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities[3], which recognizes that persons with disabilities are agents and beneficiaries of development in all its aspects,", "Recalling also its previous resolutions on the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, which recognized the collective responsibility of Governments to uphold the principles of human dignity, equality and equity at the global level, and stressing the duty of Member States to achieve more justice and equality for all, in particular for persons with disabilities,", "Noting that persons with disabilities, who are at greater risk of living in absolute poverty, constitute approximately 15 per cent of the world ' s population[4], and that 80 per cent of these people live in developing countries[5], and recognizing the importance of international cooperation and the promotion of it to support national efforts, in particular those of developing countries,", "Recalling its resolution 65/186 of 21 December 2010, in which it requested the Secretary-General to submit to it information on the implementation of the resolution, with a view to convening, at its sixty-seventh session, within existing resources, a high-level meeting on strengthening efforts to ensure accessibility and inclusion in all aspects of development efforts,", "1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General entitled “Realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities”[6];", "2. Decides to convene a one-day high-level meeting of the General Assembly, at the level of Heads of State and Government, to be held on 23 September 2013, on Monday prior to the commencement of the general debate of the sixty-eighth session of the Assembly, under the general theme " The way forward: a development agenda that takes into account persons with disabilities by 2015 and beyond " , to be financed with existing resources, in order to ensure accessibility", "3. Decides also that the organizational arrangements for the High-level Meeting shall be as follows:", "(a) The High-level Meeting will comprise a plenary meeting and two consecutive interactive round tables; the round tables will be chaired by Member States, at the invitation of the President of the Assembly, who will decide the topics for discussion in consultation with Member States;", "(b) At the opening plenary meeting, statements will be made by the President of the General Assembly, the Secretary-General, the Chairman of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, an eminent person actively engaged in disability issues and a representative of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council; the latter two shall be elected by the President of the Assembly;", "(c) The chairpersons of the round tables will present summaries of the discussions at the closing plenary;", "(d) To ensure that the discussions are interactive and substantive, Member States, observers and representatives of entities of the United Nations system, as well as selected representatives of civil society, organizations of persons with disabilities and the private sector will participate in each round table;", "4. Decides further that the High-level Meeting shall result in a concise and action-oriented outcome document in support of the objectives of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities3 and the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and other internationally agreed development goals for persons with disabilities, and requests the President of the General Assembly to elaborate a draft document, in consultation with Member States, taking into account the contributions of organizations with adequate and timely informal consultations,", "5. Calls upon Member States to consider including persons with disabilities in the delegation to send to the High-level Meeting, bearing in mind the principles of gender balance and non-discrimination and the fact that there are differences in disability and age;", "6. Invites its President to compile a list of representatives of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council to participate in the High-level Meeting;", "7. Also invites its President, following appropriate consultations with Member States, to compile a list of representatives of other non-governmental organizations, organizations of persons with disabilities, relevant civil society organizations and the private sector that could participate in the High-level Meeting, taking into account the principle of equitable geographical representation, and to submit the list to Member States for consideration under the non-objection procedure and to bring the final list to the attention of the Assembly;", "8. Encourages all Member States, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, private sector entities and other relevant stakeholders to consider providing support for the participation of representatives of developing countries, in particular to play a leading role in delegates who are persons with disabilities and representatives of non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations in those countries, with a view to promoting the widest possible participation, and requests the Secretary-General to take, within existing resources,", "9. Requests its President, in consultation with Member States, to finalize the organizational arrangements of the High-level Meeting, taking into account its duration, the selection of the eminent person actively engaged in disability issues and the representative of non-governmental organizations in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, to participate in the opening plenary meeting, the selection of a representative of a non-governmental organization in consultative status with the Economic and Social Council.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] A/37/351/Add.1 and Corr.1, annex, sect. VIII, recommendation 1 (IV).", "[2] Resolution 48/96, annex.", "[3] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2515, No. 44910.", "[4] According to the World Disability Report, published in 2011 by the World Health Organization and the World Bank, it is estimated that 15 per cent of the world ' s population lives with a disability.", "[5] General Assembly resolution 65/186 states that “disabled persons constitute 10 per cent of the world ' s population and that 80 per cent of those people live in developing countries”. The figure of 80 per cent from the United Nations Development Programme was cited in a discussion paper entitled “Disability and poverty: a survey of World Bank poverty assessments and implications” (Jeanine Braithwaite and Daniel Mont, discussion paper No. 0805, World Bank, February 2008).", "[6] A/66/128." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/125. Aplicación de los resultados de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social y del vigésimo cuarto período extraordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social, celebrada en Copenhague del 6 al 12 de marzo de 1995, y su vigésimo cuarto período extraordinario de sesiones, titulado “La Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social y el futuro: en pos del desarrollo social para todos en el actual proceso de mundialización”, que tuvo lugar en Ginebra del 26 de junio al 1 de julio de 2000,", "Reafirmando que la Declaración de Copenhague sobre Desarrollo Social y el Programa de Acción[1] y las iniciativas de desarrollo social aprobadas en su vigésimo cuarto período extraordinario de sesiones[2], así como un diálogo mundial permanente sobre las cuestiones de desarrollo social, constituyen el marco básico de la promoción del desarrollo social para todos a nivel nacional e internacional,", "Recordando la Declaración del Milenio[3] y los objetivos de desarrollo que en ella figuran, así como los compromisos contraídos en sus períodos extraordinarios de sesiones y en las grandes cumbres y conferencias de las Naciones Unidas, incluidos los compromisos asumidos en la Cumbre Mundial 2005[4] y en la Reunión Plenaria de Alto Nivel de la Asamblea General sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio[5],", "Recordando también su resolución 57/270 B, de 23 de junio de 2003, relativa a la aplicación y el seguimiento integrados y coordinados de las decisiones adoptadas en las grandes conferencias y cumbres de las Naciones Unidas en las esferas económica y social,", "Recordando además su resolución 60/209, de 22 de diciembre de 2005, relativa a las actividades del Primer Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Erradicación de la Pobreza (1997‑2006),", "Recordando su resolución 63/303, de 9 de julio de 2009, relativa al Documento final de la Conferencia sobre la crisis financiera y económica mundial y sus efectos en el desarrollo,", "Reafirmando la resolución 2008/18 del Consejo Económico y Social, de 24 de julio de 2008, sobre la promoción del empleo pleno y el trabajo decente para todos, así como la resolución 2010/12 del Consejo, de 22 de julio de 2010, sobre la promoción de la integración social, y acogiendo con beneplácito la decisión de la Comisión de Desarrollo Social de que la “Erradicación de la pobreza” sea el tema prioritario del ciclo normativo y de examen correspondiente a 2011‑2012,", "Observando con aprecio la declaración ministerial aprobada en la serie de sesiones de alto nivel del período de sesiones sustantivo de 2006 del Consejo Económico y Social, titulada “Creación de un entorno a escala nacional e internacional que propicie la generación del empleo pleno y productivo y el trabajo decente para todos, y sus consecuencias sobre el desarrollo sostenible”[6],", "Observando que el programa de trabajo decente de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo, con sus cuatro objetivos estratégicos, desempeña un importante papel para alcanzar el objetivo del empleo pleno y productivo y el trabajo decente para todos, incluido el objetivo de la protección social, reafirmado en la Declaración de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo sobre la justicia social para una globalización equitativa[7], en la que se reconocieron la función especial de la Organización en la promoción de una globalización equitativa y su responsabilidad de prestar asistencia a las iniciativas de sus miembros, así como en el Pacto Mundial para el Empleo,", "Poniendo de relieve la necesidad de potenciar la función de la Comisión de Desarrollo Social en el seguimiento y examen de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social y los resultados del vigésimo cuarto período extraordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General,", "Reconociendo que los tres temas principales del desarrollo social, a saber, la erradicación de la pobreza, el empleo pleno y productivo y el trabajo decente para todos y la integración social, están relacionados entre sí y se refuerzan mutuamente y que, por tanto, hace falta crear un entorno propicio para poder perseguir de manera simultánea esos tres objetivos,", "Reconociendo también que en la base del desarrollo económico y social debe haber un enfoque centrado en el ser humano,", "Expresando profunda preocupación porque el logro de los objetivos de desarrollo social se está complicando por los efectos adversos de la crisis financiera y económica mundial, la inestabilidad de los precios de la energía y los alimentos y los problemas que plantea el cambio climático,", "Reconociendo el carácter complejo de la actual crisis alimentaria mundial y la persistente inseguridad alimentaria, incluida la inestabilidad de los precios de los alimentos, resultado de una combinación de varios factores importantes, tanto estructurales como coyunturales, en la que también inciden negativamente, entre otros factores, la degradación ambiental, la sequía y la desertificación, el cambio climático mundial, los desastres naturales y la falta de la tecnología necesaria, y reconociendo también que se requiere la firme determinación de los gobiernos nacionales y de la comunidad internacional en su conjunto para hacer frente a las grandes amenazas que ponen en peligro la seguridad alimentaria y asegurar que las políticas en materia de agricultura no distorsionen el comercio ni agraven la crisis alimentaria,", "Profundamente preocupada por la persistencia de la extrema pobreza en todos los países del mundo, independientemente de su situación económica, social y cultural, y por el hecho de que su alcance y sus manifestaciones, como el hambre, la trata de seres humanos, las enfermedades, la falta de viviendas adecuadas y el analfabetismo, revisten particular gravedad en los países en desarrollo, aunque reconociendo los importantes progresos logrados en varias partes del mundo en la lucha contra la extrema pobreza,", "Reconociendo la importancia de la labor que desempeña la comunidad internacional en apoyo de las actividades nacionales de creación de capacidad en materia de desarrollo social, y reconociendo al mismo tiempo la responsabilidad primordial de los gobiernos nacionales a este respecto,", "Afirmando su enérgico apoyo a una globalización justa y la necesidad de que el crecimiento se traduzca en erradicación de la pobreza y compromiso con estrategias y políticas encaminadas a promover el empleo pleno, libremente elegido y productivo y el trabajo decente para todos, y que ello debe constituir un componente fundamental de las políticas nacionales e internacionales pertinentes y de las estrategias de desarrollo nacionales, incluidas las estrategias de reducción de la pobreza, y reafirmando que la creación de empleo y el trabajo decente se deben incorporar a las políticas macroeconómicas, teniendo plenamente en cuenta las repercusiones y la dimensión social de la globalización, cuyos costos y beneficios a menudo se reparten y distribuyen de forma desigual,", "Reconociendo la necesidad de mejorar el acceso de los países en desarrollo a los beneficios del comercio, en particular el comercio agrícola, a fin de impulsar el desarrollo social,", "Reconociendo también que la inclusión social es un medio para alcanzar la integración social, y que es indispensable para fomentar sociedades estables, seguras, armoniosas, pacíficas y justas y para aumentar la cohesión social, de modo que se cree un entorno propicio al desarrollo y al progreso,", "1. Toma nota del informe del Secretario General[8];", "2. Acoge con beneplácito la reafirmación de la voluntad y la determinación de los gobiernos de seguir aplicando la Declaración de Copenhague sobre Desarrollo Social y el Programa de Acción¹, en particular para erradicar la pobreza, promover el empleo pleno y productivo y fomentar la integración social con miras a lograr sociedades estables, seguras y justas para todos;", "3. Reconoce que el cumplimiento de los compromisos de Copenhague y el logro de los objetivos de desarrollo convenidos internacionalmente, incluidos los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, se refuerzan mutuamente, y que los compromisos de Copenhague son decisivos para un enfoque del desarrollo coherente y centrado en el ser humano;", "4. Reafirma que la Comisión de Desarrollo Social sigue teniendo la responsabilidad primordial del seguimiento y examen de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social y los resultados del vigésimo cuarto período extraordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General, y que ella constituye el principal foro de las Naciones Unidas para intensificar el diálogo mundial sobre las cuestiones de desarrollo social, y exhorta a los Estados Miembros, los organismos especializados, fondos y programas competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y la sociedad civil a que presten más apoyo a su labor;", "5. Expresa profunda preocupación por las persistentes repercusiones negativas de la crisis financiera y económica mundial, la inestabilidad de los precios de la energía y los alimentos y la inseguridad alimentaria y los problemas que plantea el cambio climático, así como la falta de resultados hasta la fecha en las negociaciones comerciales multilaterales, tienen para el desarrollo social;", "6. Destaca la importancia de que los gobiernos nacionales dispongan de margen de adopción de decisiones, en particular en materia de gasto social y programas de protección social, y hace un llamamiento a las instituciones financieras internacionales y a los donantes para que presten apoyo a los países en desarrollo en la consecución del desarrollo social, conforme a sus prioridades y estrategias nacionales, por ejemplo proporcionando alivio de la deuda;", "7. Reconoce que el concepto amplio de desarrollo social afirmado en la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social y el vigésimo cuarto período extraordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General no se ha aplicado plenamente en el proceso de formulación de políticas a nivel nacional e internacional y que, aunque la erradicación de la pobreza es un elemento central de las políticas y del discurso sobre el desarrollo, habría que prestar más atención a los demás compromisos asumidos en la Cumbre, en particular los relativos al empleo y la integración social, que también han sufrido las consecuencias de una desconexión general entre lo económico y lo social en la formulación de políticas;", "8. Reconoce también que el Primer Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Erradicación de la Pobreza (1997‑2006), puesto en marcha después de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social, representa la visión a largo plazo de un empeño sostenido y concertado a nivel nacional e internacional para erradicar la pobreza;", "9. Reconoce además que los compromisos contraídos por los gobiernos durante el Primer Decenio no se han cumplido en la medida esperada y acoge con beneplácito la proclamación, en su resolución 62/205, de 19 de diciembre de 2007, del Segundo Decenio de las Naciones Unidas para la Erradicación de la Pobreza (2008‑2017) con el propósito de apoyar, de manera eficiente y coordinada, los objetivos de desarrollo convenidos internacionalmente relativos a la erradicación de la pobreza, incluidos los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio;", "10. Pone de relieve que las grandes conferencias y cumbres de las Naciones Unidas, entre ellas la Cumbre del Milenio, la Cumbre Mundial 2005, la Reunión Plenaria de Alto Nivel de la Asamblea General sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio y la Conferencia Internacional sobre la Financiación para el Desarrollo, en el Consenso de Monterrey[9], han reforzado la prioridad y el carácter urgente que reviste la erradicación de la pobreza en la agenda de las Naciones Unidas para el desarrollo;", "11. Pone de relieve también que las políticas de erradicación de la pobreza deberían hacer frente a sus causas subyacentes y estructurales y sus manifestaciones, y que es necesario incorporar en ellas la equidad y la reducción de las desigualdades;", "12. Reafirma que cada país es el principal responsable de su propio desarrollo económico y social y que nunca se insistirá lo suficiente en la importancia de las políticas y estrategias nacionales de desarrollo, y subraya la importancia de adoptar medidas eficaces, incluso estableciendo nuevos mecanismos financieros, cuando proceda, a fin de apoyar los esfuerzos de los países en desarrollo para lograr un crecimiento económico sostenido, el desarrollo sostenible, la erradicación de la pobreza y el fortalecimiento de sus sistemas democráticos;", "13. Destaca que un entorno propicio es una condición previa indispensable para alcanzar la equidad y el desarrollo social y que, si bien el crecimiento económico es esencial, la persistencia de las desigualdades y la marginación constituyen un obstáculo al crecimiento sostenido y de base amplia necesario para un desarrollo sostenible, inclusivo y centrado en las personas, y reconoce la necesidad de asociar de manera equilibrada y complementaria las medidas encaminadas al crecimiento y las medidas en pro de la equidad económica y social para que haya una repercusión sobre los niveles generales de pobreza;", "14. Destaca también que la estabilidad de los sistemas financieros mundiales y la rendición de cuentas y la responsabilidad social de las empresas, así como las políticas económicas nacionales que tienen repercusiones para otros interesados, son fundamentales en la creación de un entorno internacional propicio para promover el crecimiento económico y el desarrollo social;", "15. Reconoce la necesidad de promover el respeto de todos los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales para atender las necesidades sociales más acuciantes de quienes viven en la pobreza, por medios como la creación y el desarrollo de mecanismos adecuados para fortalecer y consolidar las instituciones democráticas y la gobernanza;", "16. Reafirma el compromiso de promover la igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de la mujer, así como la incorporación de la perspectiva de género en todas las actividades de desarrollo, que considera esenciales al logro del desarrollo sostenible y a las iniciativas para combatir el hambre, la pobreza y las enfermedades, y también para consolidar políticas y programas que sirvan para mejorar, asegurar y ampliar la plena participación de la mujer en pie de igualdad en todas las esferas de la vida política, económica, social y cultural, y darle mayor acceso a todos los recursos necesarios para el pleno ejercicio de todos sus derechos humanos y libertades fundamentales, eliminando los obstáculos persistentes, especialmente garantizando la igualdad de acceso al empleo pleno y productivo y al trabajo decente, y reforzando su independencia económica;", "17. Alienta a los gobiernos a promover la participación efectiva de las personas en las actividades cívicas, sociales, económicas y políticas, así como en la planificación y aplicación de políticas y estrategias de integración social, para facilitar la consecución de los objetivos de la erradicación de la pobreza, el empleo pleno y el trabajo decente y la integración social;", "18. Reafirma el compromiso de promover oportunidades para el empleo pleno, libremente elegido y productivo, inclusive para los más desfavorecidos, así como el trabajo decente para todos, a fin de lograr la justicia social combinada con la eficiencia económica, con total respeto de los principios y derechos fundamentales en el trabajo en condiciones de equidad, igualdad, seguridad y dignidad, y reafirma también la necesidad de incluir en las políticas macroeconómicas, entre otras medidas, la creación de empleo, teniendo plenamente en cuenta las repercusiones y dimensiones sociales de la globalización;", "19. Reafirma también la necesidad urgente de crear un entorno a nivel nacional e internacional que propicie el logro del empleo pleno y productivo y el trabajo decente para todos como base del desarrollo sostenible, sin olvidar que para crear nuevas oportunidades laborales es imprescindible un entorno que fomente la inversión, el crecimiento y la capacidad empresarial, y reafirma además que es fundamental que hombres y mujeres tengan oportunidad de conseguir un empleo productivo en condiciones de libertad, equidad, seguridad y dignidad humana, a fin de erradicar el hambre y la pobreza, mejorar el bienestar económico y social de todos y lograr el crecimiento económico sostenido y el desarrollo sostenible de todas las naciones, así como una globalización plenamente equitativa e inclusiva;", "20. Destaca la importancia de eliminar los obstáculos que impiden el ejercicio del derecho de los pueblos a la libre determinación, en particular los pueblos que viven bajo dominación colonial u otras formas de dominación externa u ocupación extranjera, que afectan negativamente su desarrollo económico y social y los excluyen de los mercados de trabajo;", "21. Reafirma la necesidad de combatir todas las formas de violencia en sus múltiples manifestaciones, entre ellas la violencia doméstica, particularmente contra las mujeres, los niños, las personas de edad y las personas con discapacidad, y la discriminación, incluida la xenofobia, reconoce que la violencia hace que resulte más difícil para los Estados y las sociedades lograr la erradicación de la pobreza, el empleo pleno y productivo y el trabajo decente para todos y la integración social, y reconoce además que el terrorismo, el tráfico de armas, la delincuencia organizada, la trata de personas, el blanqueo de dinero, los conflictos étnicos y religiosos, las guerras civiles, las muertes provocadas por motivos políticos y el genocidio constituyen amenazas fundamentales a las sociedades y hacen cada vez más difícil para los Estados y las sociedades el logro de condiciones propicias al desarrollo social, y que constituyen razones urgentes e imperiosas para que los gobiernos adopten medidas individualmente, y cuando proceda, colectivamente, para fomentar la cohesión social y al mismo tiempo reconocer, proteger y valorar la diversidad;", "22. Solicita a los fondos, programas y organismos de las Naciones Unidas que incorporen el objetivo del empleo pleno y productivo y el trabajo decente para todos en sus políticas, programas y actividades, y que apoyen los esfuerzos de los Estados Miembros para lograr este objetivo, e invita a las instituciones financieras a hacer lo mismo;", "23. Reconoce que para promover el empleo pleno y el trabajo decente también es necesario invertir en la educación, la capacitación y el desarrollo de aptitudes de los hombres y las mujeres y de las niñas y los niños, fortalecer los sistemas de protección social y atención de la salud y aplicar las normas laborales internacionales;", "24. Reconoce también que el empleo pleno y productivo y el trabajo decente para todos, que comprenden la protección social, los principios y derechos fundamentales en el trabajo, el tripartismo y el diálogo social, son elementos clave del desarrollo sostenible en todos los países y, por consiguiente, constituyen un objetivo prioritario de la cooperación internacional;", "25. Alienta a los Estados a que formulen y apliquen políticas y estrategias de erradicación de la pobreza, el empleo pleno y el trabajo decente para todos, incluida la creación de empleo pleno y productivo con una remuneración adecuada y suficiente, así como políticas y estrategias de integración social que promuevan la igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de la mujer y atiendan las necesidades específicas de grupos sociales como los jóvenes, las personas con discapacidad, las personas de edad, los migrantes y los pueblos indígenas, teniendo en cuenta las inquietudes de esos grupos en la planificación, ejecución y evaluación de los programas y las políticas de desarrollo;", "26. Destaca la necesidad de asignar recursos suficientes para la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer en el lugar de trabajo, incluidas las condiciones desiguales de acceso y participación en el mercado de trabajo y las desigualdades salariales, así como para la conciliación de la vida laboral y la vida privada tanto de las mujeres como de los hombres;", "27. Reconoce el importante nexo que existe entre la migración internacional y el desarrollo social, y destaca la importancia de que se cumpla de manera efectiva la legislación laboral con respecto a las relaciones laborales y condiciones de trabajo de los trabajadores migratorios, entre otras, las relativas a su remuneración y las condiciones de higiene y seguridad en el trabajo, así como el derecho a la libertad de asociación;", "28. Reconoce también que, desde la celebración de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social en Copenhague en 1995, se han logrado avances en la atención a la integración social y su promoción, concretamente gracias a la aprobación del Plan de Acción Internacional de Madrid sobre el Envejecimiento, 2002[10], el Programa de Acción Mundial para los Jóvenes[11], la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad[12], la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas[13] y la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing[14];", "29. Destaca que los beneficios del crecimiento económico deberían distribuirse de manera más equitativa y que, a fin de superar el abismo de las desigualdades y evitar que se haga más profundo, se necesitan políticas y programas sociales integrales, incluidos programas apropiados de transferencia social y creación de empleo y sistemas de protección social;", "30. Reconoce la importancia de contar con planes de protección social para los sectores estructurado y no estructurado de la economía, que sirvan para lograr la equidad, la inclusión y la estabilidad y cohesión de las sociedades, y pone de relieve la importancia de apoyar las iniciativas nacionales encaminadas a incorporar a los trabajadores del sector no estructurado a la economía estructurada;", "31. Destaca que las políticas de erradicación de la pobreza deben tener por objeto, entre otras cosas, asegurar que las personas que viven en la pobreza tengan acceso a la educación y a servicios de salud, abastecimiento de agua y saneamiento y otros servicios públicos y sociales, así como a recursos productivos, incluidos créditos, tierras, capacitación, tecnología, conocimientos e información, y asegurar que los ciudadanos y las comunidades locales participen en la adopción de decisiones relativas a políticas y programas de desarrollo social en ese ámbito;", "32. Reconoce que la integración social de las personas que viven en la pobreza debe abarcar medidas para atender y satisfacer sus necesidades básicas, incluidas la nutrición, la salud, el agua, el saneamiento, la vivienda y el acceso a la educación y el empleo, mediante estrategias de desarrollo integradas;", "33. Reafirma que las políticas de integración social deberían tratar de reducir las desigualdades, promover el acceso a los servicios sociales básicos, la educación para todos y la atención de la salud, eliminar la discriminación, aumentar la participación y la integración de los grupos sociales, en particular los jóvenes, las personas de edad y las personas con discapacidad, y afrontar los desafíos al desarrollo social que plantean la globalización y las reformas impulsadas por el mercado, a fin de que todas las personas de todos los países se beneficien de la globalización;", "34. Insta a los gobiernos a que, con la cooperación de las entidades competentes, desarrollen sistemas de protección social y, según proceda, mejoren su eficacia o amplíen su cobertura, incluso para quienes trabajan en el sector no estructurado de la economía, reconociendo la necesidad de establecer sistemas de protección social que ofrezcan seguridad social y apoyen la participación en el mercado laboral, invita a la Organización Internacional del Trabajo a reforzar sus estrategias de protección social y sus políticas relativas a la ampliación de la cobertura de seguridad social, e insta a los gobiernos a que, teniendo en cuenta las circunstancias de cada país, centren su atención en las necesidades de quienes viven en la pobreza o son vulnerables a ella y presten particular atención al acceso universal a los sistemas básicos de seguridad social, reconociendo que unos niveles mínimos de protección social pueden proporcionar una base sistémica para hacer frente a la pobreza y la vulnerabilidad;", "35. Solicita al sistema de las Naciones Unidas que continúe apoyando los esfuerzos nacionales de los Estados Miembros por lograr el desarrollo social inclusivo de manera coherente y coordinada;", "36. Reafirma el compromiso de promover los derechos de los pueblos indígenas en los ámbitos de la educación, el empleo, la vivienda, el saneamiento, la salud y la seguridad social, y observa la atención que se presta a esos ámbitos en la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas;", "37. Reconoce la necesidad de formular políticas de desarrollo social de forma integral, articulada y participativa, reconociendo que la pobreza es un fenómeno pluridimensional, pide que se formulen políticas públicas coherentes en la materia y subraya la necesidad de incluir las políticas públicas en una estrategia amplia de desarrollo y bienestar;", "38. Reconoce también el papel que el sector público puede desempeñar como empleador, y su importancia en la creación de un entorno que permita generar eficazmente empleo pleno y productivo y trabajo decente para todos;", "39. Reconoce además el papel vital que puede desempeñar el sector privado a la hora de generar nuevas inversiones, empleo y financiación para el desarrollo y apoyar los esfuerzos para lograr el empleo pleno y el trabajo decente;", "40. Reconoce que se deberían tomar medidas para prever y contrarrestar las consecuencias sociales y económicas negativas de la globalización, dando prioridad a los sectores rurales, tanto agrícolas como no agrícolas, y potenciar al máximo sus beneficios para los pobres que viven y trabajan en las zonas rurales, prestando a la vez especial atención al desarrollo de microempresas y empresas pequeñas y medianas, en particular en las zonas rurales, así como de economías de subsistencia, para asegurar su interacción sin riesgos con economías más grandes;", "41. Reconoce también la necesidad de prestar la necesaria atención al desarrollo social de las personas en las zonas urbanas, especialmente los pobres;", "42. Reconoce además la necesidad de dar prioridad a las inversiones y a nuevas contribuciones en los ámbitos del desarrollo agrícola sostenible, las microempresas, las empresas pequeñas y medianas, las cooperativas y otros modelos de empresas sociales, así como la participación y la capacidad empresarial de las mujeres como medio para promover el empleo pleno y productivo y el trabajo decente para todos;", "43. Reafirma los compromisos contraídos en la Cumbre Mundial 2005 para responder a las necesidades especiales de África[15], subraya el llamamiento hecho por el Consejo Económico y Social para mejorar la coordinación en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas y los esfuerzos que se están haciendo con miras a armonizar las iniciativas en curso sobre África, y solicita a la Comisión de Desarrollo Social que siga dando en su labor la debida importancia a la dimensión social de la Nueva Alianza para el Desarrollo de África[16];", "44. Reafirma también, en este contexto, que la cooperación internacional es indispensable para ayudar a los países en desarrollo, incluidos los países menos adelantados, a fortalecer su capacidad humana, institucional y tecnológica;", "45. Destaca que la comunidad internacional deberá intensificar sus esfuerzos con miras a crear un entorno propicio para el desarrollo social y la erradicación de la pobreza, facilitando el acceso de los países en desarrollo a los mercados, la transferencia de tecnología en condiciones mutuamente convenidas, la ayuda financiera y una solución general al problema de la deuda externa;", "46. Destaca también que el comercio internacional y sistemas financieros estables pueden ser instrumentos eficaces para crear condiciones propicias al desarrollo de todos los países y que los obstáculos al comercio y algunas prácticas comerciales siguen afectando negativamente al crecimiento del empleo, en particular en los países en desarrollo;", "47. Reconoce que la buena gobernanza y el estado de derecho a nivel nacional e internacional son esenciales para el crecimiento económico sostenido, el desarrollo sostenible y la erradicación de la pobreza y el hambre;", "48. Insta a los países desarrollados que aún no lo hayan hecho a que tomen, de conformidad con los compromisos que han contraído, medidas concretas para alcanzar los objetivos de destinar el 0,7% de su producto nacional bruto a la asistencia oficial para el desarrollo en favor de los países en desarrollo y entre el 0,15% y el 0,2% de su producto nacional bruto en favor de los países menos adelantados, y alienta a los países en desarrollo a que aprovechen los progresos realizados para asegurar que la asistencia oficial para el desarrollo se utilice de manera efectiva y contribuya a alcanzar los objetivos y metas de desarrollo;", "49. Insta a los Estados Miembros y a la comunidad internacional a que cumplan todos sus compromisos de atender las necesidades de desarrollo social, incluidos la asistencia y los servicios sociales, surgidas a raíz de la crisis financiera y económica mundial, que afecta en particular a los más pobres y vulnerables;", "50. Acoge con beneplácito la contribución que hacen a la movilización de recursos para el desarrollo social las iniciativas de carácter voluntario emprendidas por grupos de Estados Miembros y basadas en mecanismos de financiación innovadores, incluidas las que tienen por objeto facilitar un mayor acceso de los países en desarrollo, de manera sostenible y previsible, a medicamentos a precios asequibles, entre ellas el Mecanismo Internacional de Compra de Medicamentos (UNITAID), y otras iniciativas como el Servicio Financiero Internacional para la Inmunización y los compromisos anticipados de mercado para vacunas, y hace notar la Declaración de Nueva York de 20 de septiembre de 2004, en la que se puso en marcha la iniciativa denominada Acción contra el hambre y la pobreza y se pidió que se prestara mayor atención a la necesidad urgente de recaudar fondos para ayudar a alcanzar los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, complementar la ayuda externa y asegurar su estabilidad y previsibilidad a largo plazo;", "51. Reafirma que el desarrollo social requiere la intervención activa de todas las instancias vinculadas al proceso de desarrollo, incluidas las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, las grandes empresas y las empresas pequeñas, y que las alianzas entre todas las instancias pertinentes forman parte cada vez más de la cooperación nacional e internacional en pro del desarrollo social, y reafirma también que, en cada país, las alianzas entre el gobierno, la sociedad civil y el sector privado pueden contribuir eficazmente a alcanzar los objetivos de desarrollo social;", "52. Subraya la responsabilidad del sector privado, tanto a nivel nacional como internacional, incluidas las empresas pequeñas, las grandes empresas y las empresas transnacionales, respecto de las implicaciones de sus actividades, no sólo en los planos económico y financiero, sino también para el desarrollo y en materia social, de género y medio ambiente, sus obligaciones hacia los trabajadores y sus contribuciones al logro del desarrollo sostenible, incluido el desarrollo social, y pone de relieve la necesidad de adoptar medidas concretas en materia de responsabilidad y rendición de cuentas de las empresas, en particular mediante la participación de todos los interesados pertinentes, con miras, entre otras cosas, a prevenir o enjuiciar los casos de corrupción;", "53. Destaca la importancia de promover la responsabilidad y la rendición de cuentas de las empresas desde una perspectiva social, alienta las prácticas empresariales responsables como las que promueve el Pacto Mundial, invita al sector privado a tener en cuenta no sólo las implicaciones económicas y financieras de sus actividades sino también las implicaciones para el desarrollo, la sociedad y los derechos humanos, así como en materia de género y medio ambiente, y subraya la importancia de la Declaración tripartita de principios de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo sobre las empresas multinacionales y la política social;", "54. Invita al Secretario General, al Consejo Económico y Social, a las comisiones regionales, a los organismos especializados, fondos y programas competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y a otros foros intergubernamentales a que, en el marco de sus respectivos mandatos, sigan incorporando en sus programas de trabajo como objeto de atención prioritaria los compromisos de Copenhague y la Declaración sobre el décimo aniversario de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social[17], continúen participando activamente en su seguimiento y supervisen el cumplimiento de dichos compromisos y medidas;", "55. Invita a la Comisión de Desarrollo Social a que en su examen de la aplicación de la Declaración de Copenhague sobre Desarrollo Social y el Programa de Acción ponga de relieve el aumento del intercambio de experiencias nacionales, regionales e internacionales, los diálogos interactivos entre expertos y especialistas sobre cuestiones específicas y el intercambio de las mejores prácticas y la experiencia adquirida, y a que trate, entre otros asuntos, las repercusiones de la crisis financiera y económica mundial y las crisis alimentaria y energética globales en los objetivos de desarrollo social;", "56. Decide incluir en el programa provisional de su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones el subtema titulado “Aplicación de los resultados de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social y del vigésimo cuarto período extraordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General” y solicita al Secretario General que le presente un informe sobre la cuestión en ese período de sesiones.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Informe de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social, Copenhague, 6 a 12 de marzo de 1995 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.96.IV.8), cap. I, resolución 1, anexos I y II.", "[2]  Resolución S‑24/2, anexo.", "[3]  Véase la resolución 55/2.", "[4]  Véase la resolución 60/1.", "[5]  Véase la resolución 65/1.", "[6]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo primer período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 3 (A/61/3/Rev.1), cap. III, párr. 50.", "[7]  A/63/538‑E/2009/4, anexo.", "[8]  A/66/124.", "[9]  Informe de la Conferencia Internacional sobre la Financiación para el Desarrollo, Monterrey (México), 18 a 22 de marzo de 2002 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.02.II.A.7), cap. I, resolución 1, anexo.", "[10]  Informe de la Segunda Asamblea Mundial sobre el Envejecimiento, Madrid, 8 a 12 de abril de 2002 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.02.IV.4), cap. I, resolución 1, anexo II.", "[11]  Resolución 50/81, anexo, y resolución 62/126, anexo.", "[12]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2515, núm. 44910.", "[13]  Resolución 61/295, anexo.", "[14]  Informe de la Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer, Beijing, 4 a 15 de septiembre de 1995 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.96.IV.13), cap. I, resolución 1, anexos I y II.", "[15]  Véase la resolución 60/1, párr. 68.", "[16]  A/57/304, anexo.", "[17]  Véase Documentos Oficiales del Consejo Económico y Social, 2005, Suplemento núm. 6 (E/2005/26), cap. I, secc. A; véase también la decisión 2005/234 del Consejo Económico y Social." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/125. Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty‑fourth special session of the General Assembly", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling the World Summit for Social Development, held at Copenhagen from 6 to 12 March 1995, and the twenty‑fourth special session of the General Assembly entitled “World Summit for Social Development and beyond: achieving social development for all in a globalizing world”, held at Geneva from 26 June to 1 July 2000,", "Reaffirming that the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action[1] and the further initiatives for social development adopted by the General Assembly at its twenty‑fourth special session,[2] as well as a continued global dialogue on social development issues, constitute the basic framework for the promotion of social development for all at the national and international levels,", "Recalling the United Nations Millennium Declaration[3] and the development goals contained therein, as well as the commitments made at major United Nations summits, conferences and special sessions, including the commitments made at the 2005 World Summit[4] and at the High‑level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals,[5]", "Recalling also its resolution 57/270 B of 23 June 2003 on the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow‑up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic and social fields,", "Recalling further its resolution 60/209 of 22 December 2005 on the implementation of the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006),", "Recalling its resolution 63/303 of 9 July 2009 on the Outcome of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development,", "Reaffirming Economic and Social Council resolution 2008/18 of 24 July 2008 on promoting full employment and decent work for all and Council resolution 2010/12 of 22 July 2010 on promoting social integration, and welcoming the decision of the Commission for Social Development to have “Poverty eradication” as the priority theme for the 2011–2012 review and policy cycle,", "Noting with appreciation the ministerial declaration adopted at the high‑level segment of the substantive session of 2006 of the Economic and Social Council, entitled “Creating an environment at the national and international levels conducive to generating full and productive employment and decent work for all, and its impact on sustainable development”,[6]", "Noting that the decent work agenda of the International Labour Organization, with its four strategic objectives, has an important role to play in achieving the objective of full and productive employment and decent work for all, including its objective of social protection, as reaffirmed in the International Labour Organization Declaration on Social Justice for a Fair Globalization,[7] in which the particular role of the Organization in promoting fair globalization and its responsibility to assist its members in their efforts were acknowledged, as well as in the Global Jobs Pact,", "Emphasizing the need to enhance the role of the Commission for Social Development in the follow‑up to and review of the World Summit for Social Development and the outcome of the twenty‑fourth special session of the General Assembly,", "Recognizing that the three core themes of social development, namely, poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all and social integration are interrelated and mutually reinforcing, and that an enabling environment therefore needs to be created so that all three objectives can be pursued simultaneously,", "Recognizing also that a people‑centred approach must be at the centre of economic and social development,", "Expressing deep concern that attainment of the social development objectives is being hindered by the ongoing adverse impact of the world financial and economic crisis, volatile energy and food prices and the challenges posed by climate change,", "Recognizing the complex character of the current global food crisis and ongoing food insecurity, including food price volatility, as a combination of several major factors, both structural and conjunctural, which is also negatively affected by, inter alia, environmental degradation, drought and desertification, global climate change, natural disasters and the lack of the necessary technology, and recognizing also that a strong commitment from national Governments and the international community as a whole is required to confront the major threats to food security and to ensure that policies in the area of agriculture do not distort trade and worsen the food crisis,", "Deeply concerned that extreme poverty persists in all countries of the world, regardless of their economic, social and cultural situation, and that its extent and its manifestations, such as hunger, trafficking in human beings, disease, lack of adequate shelter and illiteracy, are particularly severe in developing countries, while acknowledging the significant progress made in several parts of the world in combating extreme poverty,", "Recognizing the importance of the international community in supporting national capacity‑building efforts in the area of social development, while recognizing the primary responsibility of national Governments in this regard,", "Affirming its strong support for fair globalization and the need to translate growth into eradication of poverty and commitment to strategies and policies that aim to promote full, freely chosen and productive employment and decent work for all and that these should constitute a fundamental component of relevant national and international policies as well as national development strategies, including poverty reduction strategies, and reaffirming that employment creation and decent work should be incorporated into macroeconomic policies, taking fully into account the impact and social dimension of globalization, the benefits and costs of which are often unevenly shared and distributed,", "Recognizing the need to enhance access to the benefits of trade, including agricultural trade, for developing countries in order to foster social development,", "Recognizing also that social inclusion is a means for achieving social integration and is crucial for fostering stable, safe, harmonious, peaceful and just societies and for improving social cohesion so as to create an environment for development and progress,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary‑General;[8]", "2. Welcomes the reaffirmation by Governments of their will and commitment to continue implementing the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action,¹ in particular to eradicate poverty, promote full and productive employment and foster social integration to achieve stable, safe and just societies for all;", "3. Recognizes that the implementation of the Copenhagen commitments and the attainment of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, are mutually reinforcing and that the Copenhagen commitments are crucial to a coherent people‑centred approach to development;", "4. Reaffirms that the Commission for Social Development continues to have the primary responsibility for the follow‑up to and review of the World Summit for Social Development and the outcome of the twenty‑fourth special session of the General Assembly and that it serves as the main United Nations forum for an intensified global dialogue on social development issues, and calls upon Member States, the relevant specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and civil society to enhance their support for its work;", "5. Expresses deep concern that the ongoing adverse impact of the world financial and economic crisis, volatile energy and food prices and food insecurity and the challenges posed by climate change, as well as the lack of results so far in the multilateral trade negotiations, have negative implications for social development;", "6. Stresses the importance of the policy space of national Governments, in particular in the areas of social expenditure and social protection programmes, and calls upon international financial institutions and donors to support developing countries in achieving their social development, in line with their national priorities and strategies by, among other things, providing debt relief;", "7. Recognizes that the broad concept of social development affirmed by the World Summit for Social Development and the twenty‑fourth special session of the General Assembly has not been fully implemented in national and international policymaking and, although poverty eradication is a central part of development policy and discourse, further attention should be given to the other commitments agreed to at the Summit, in particular those concerning employment and social integration, which have also suffered from a general disconnect between economic and social policymaking;", "8. Acknowledges that the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997–2006), launched after the World Summit for Social Development, has provided the long‑term vision for sustained and concerted efforts at the national and international levels to eradicate poverty;", "9. Recognizes that the implementation of the commitments made by Governments during the first Decade has fallen short of expectations, and welcomes the proclamation of the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008–2017) by the General Assembly in its resolution 62/205 of 19 December 2007 in order to support, in an efficient and coordinated manner, the internationally agreed development goals related to poverty eradication, including the Millennium Development Goals;", "10. Emphasizes that the major United Nations conferences and summits, including the Millennium Summit, the 2005 World Summit, the High‑level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals and the International Conference on Financing for Development, in its Monterrey Consensus,[9] have reinforced the priority and urgency of poverty eradication within the United Nations development agenda;", "11. Also emphasizes that poverty eradication policies should attack poverty by addressing its root and structural causes and manifestations, and that equity and the reduction of inequalities need to be incorporated in those policies;", "12. Reaffirms that each country has the primary responsibility for its own economic and social development and that the role of national policies and development strategies cannot be overemphasized, and underlines the importance of adopting effective measures, including new financial mechanisms, as appropriate, to support the efforts of developing countries to achieve sustained economic growth, sustainable development, poverty eradication and the strengthening of their democratic systems;", "13. Stresses that an enabling environment is a critical precondition for achieving equity and social development and that, while economic growth is essential, entrenched inequality and marginalization are an obstacle to the broad‑based and sustained growth required for sustainable, inclusive and people‑centred development, and recognizes the need to balance and ensure complementarity between measures to achieve growth and measures to achieve economic and social equity in order for there to be an impact on overall poverty levels;", "14. Also stresses that stability in global financial systems and corporate social responsibility and accountability, as well as national economic policies that have an impact on other stakeholders, are essential in creating an enabling international environment to promote economic growth and social development;", "15. Recognizes the need to promote respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms in order to address the most pressing social needs of people living in poverty, including through the design and development of appropriate mechanisms to strengthen and consolidate democratic institutions and governance;", "16. Reaffirms the commitment to gender equality and the empowerment of women, as well as to the mainstreaming of a gender perspective into all development efforts, recognizing that these are critical for achieving sustainable development and for efforts to combat hunger, poverty and disease and to strengthen policies and programmes that improve, ensure and broaden the full participation of women in all spheres of political, economic, social and cultural life, as equal partners, and to improve their access to all resources needed for the full exercise of all their human rights and fundamental freedoms by removing persistent barriers, including ensuring equal access to full and productive employment and decent work, as well as strengthening their economic independence;", "17. Encourages Governments to promote effective participation of people in civic, social, economic and political activities, as well as in the planning and implementation of social integration policies and strategies, in order to better achieve the goals of poverty eradication, full employment and decent work and social integration;", "18. Reaffirms the commitment to promote opportunities for full, freely chosen and productive employment, including for the most disadvantaged, as well as decent work for all, in order to deliver social justice combined with economic efficiency, with full respect for fundamental principles and rights at work under conditions of equity, equality, security and dignity, and further reaffirms that macroeconomic policies should, inter alia, support employment creation, taking fully into account the social impact and dimension of globalization;", "19. Also reaffirms that there is an urgent need to create an environment at the national and international levels that is conducive to the attainment of full and productive employment and decent work for all as a foundation for sustainable development and that an environment that supports investment, growth and entrepreneurship is essential to the creation of new job opportunities, and further reaffirms that opportunities for men and women to obtain productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity are essential to ensuring the eradication of hunger and poverty, the improvement of economic and social well‑being for all, the achievement of sustained economic growth and sustainable development of all nations and a fully inclusive and equitable globalization;", "20. Stresses the importance of removing obstacles to the realization of the right of peoples to self‑determination, in particular of peoples living under colonial or other forms of alien domination or foreign occupation, which adversely affect their social and economic development, including their exclusion from labour markets;", "21. Reaffirms the need to address all forms of violence in its many manifestations, including domestic violence, particularly against women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities, and discrimination, including xenophobia, recognizes that violence increases challenges to States and societies in the achievement of poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all and social integration, and further recognizes that terrorism, trafficking in arms, organized crime, trafficking in persons, money‑laundering, ethnic and religious conflict, civil war, politically motivated killing and genocide present fundamental threats to societies and pose increasing challenges to States and societies in the attainment of conditions conducive to social development, and that they further present urgent and compelling reasons for action by Governments individually and, as appropriate, jointly to foster social cohesion while recognizing, protecting and valuing diversity;", "22. Requests the United Nations funds, programmes and agencies to mainstream the goal of full and productive employment and decent work for all in their policies, programmes and activities, as well as to support efforts of Member States aimed at achieving this objective, and invites financial institutions to support efforts in this regard;", "23. Recognizes that promoting full employment and decent work also requires investing in education, training and skills development for women and men, and girls and boys, strengthening social protection and health systems and applying international labour standards;", "24. Also recognizes that full and productive employment and decent work for all, which encompass social protection, fundamental principles and rights at work, tripartism and social dialogue, are key elements of sustainable development for all countries and are therefore a priority objective of international cooperation;", "25. Encourages States to design and implement policies and strategies for poverty eradication, full employment and decent work for all, including the creation of full and productive employment that is appropriately and adequately remunerated, as well as policies and strategies for social integration that promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and address the specific needs of social groups such as young people, persons with disabilities, older persons, migrants and indigenous peoples, taking into account the concerns of these groups in the planning, implementation and evaluation of development programmes and policies;", "26. Stresses the need to allocate adequate resources for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women in the workplace, including unequal access to labour market participation and wage inequalities, as well as reconciliation of work and private life for both women and men;", "27. Acknowledges the important nexus between international migration and social development, and stresses the importance of enforcing labour law effectively with regard to migrant workers’ labour relations and working conditions, inter alia, those related to their remuneration and conditions of health, safety at work and the right to freedom of association;", "28. Recognizes that, since the convening of the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen in 1995, advances have been made in addressing and promoting social integration, including through the adoption of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002,[10] the World Programme of Action for Youth,[11] the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,[12] the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples[13] and the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action;[14]", "29. Stresses that the benefits of economic growth should be distributed more equitably and that, in order to close the gap of inequality and avoid any further deepening of inequality, comprehensive social policies and programmes, including appropriate social transfer and job creation programmes and social protection systems, are needed;", "30. Recognizes the importance of providing social protection schemes for the formal and informal economy as instruments to achieve equity, inclusion and stability and cohesion of societies, and emphasizes the importance of supporting national efforts aimed at bringing informal workers into the formal economy;", "31. Stresses that poverty eradication policies should, inter alia, ensure that people living in poverty have access to education, health, water and sanitation and other public and social services, as well as access to productive resources, including credit, land, training, technology, knowledge and information, and ensure that citizens and local communities participate in decision‑making on social development policies and programmes in this regard;", "32. Recognizes that the social integration of people living in poverty should encompass addressing and meeting their basic human needs, including nutrition, health, water, sanitation, housing and access to education and employment, through integrated development strategies;", "33. Reaffirms that social integration policies should seek to reduce inequalities, promote access to basic social services, education for all and health care, eliminate discrimination, increase the participation and integration of social groups, particularly young people, older persons and persons with disabilities, and address the challenges posed by globalization and market‑driven reforms to social development in order for all people in all countries to benefit from globalization;", "34. Urges Governments, with the cooperation of relevant entities, to develop systems of social protection and to extend or broaden, as appropriate, their effectiveness and coverage, including for workers in the informal economy, recognizing the need for social protection systems to provide social security and support labour‑market participation, invites the International Labour Organization to strengthen its social protection strategies and policies on extending social security coverage, and urges Governments, while taking account of national circumstances, to focus on the needs of those living in, or vulnerable to, poverty and give particular consideration to universal access to basic social security systems, recognizing that social protection floors can provide a systemic base to address poverty and vulnerability;", "35. Requests the United Nations system to continue to support national efforts of Member States to achieve inclusive social development in a coherent and coordinated manner;", "36. Reaffirms the commitment to promote the rights of indigenous peoples in the areas of education, employment, housing, sanitation, health and social security, and notes the attention paid to those areas in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;", "37. Recognizes the need to formulate social development policies in an integral, articulated and participative manner, recognizing poverty as a multidimensional phenomenon, calls for interlinked public policies on this matter, and underlines the need for public policies to be included in a comprehensive development and well‑being strategy;", "38. Acknowledges the role that the public sector can play as an employer and its importance in developing an environment that enables the effective generation of full and productive employment and decent work for all;", "39. Also acknowledges the vital role that the private sector can play in generating new investments, employment and financing for development and in advancing efforts towards full employment and decent work;", "40. Recognizes that steps should be taken to anticipate and offset the negative social and economic consequences of globalization, giving priority to agricultural and non‑farm sectors, and to maximize its benefits for poor people living and working in rural areas, while paying special attention to the development of microenterprises and small and medium‑sized enterprises, particularly in rural areas, as well as subsistence economies, to secure their safe interaction with larger economies;", "41. Also recognizes the need to pay necessary attention to the social development of people in urban areas, especially the urban poor;", "42. Further recognizes the need to give priority to investing in and further contributing to sustainable agricultural development and microenterprises, small and medium‑sized enterprises and entrepreneurship cooperatives and other forms of social enterprises and the participation and entrepreneurship of women as means to promote full and productive employment and decent work for all;", "43. Reaffirms the commitments made in respect of meeting the special needs of Africa at the 2005 World Summit,[15] underlines the call of the Economic and Social Council for enhanced coordination within the United Nations system and the ongoing efforts to harmonize the current initiatives on Africa, and requests the Commission for Social Development to continue to give due prominence in its work to the social dimensions of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development;[16]", "44. Also reaffirms, in this context, that international cooperation has an essential role in assisting developing countries, including the least developed countries, in strengthening their human, institutional and technological capacity;", "45. Stresses that the international community shall enhance its efforts to create an enabling environment for social development and poverty eradication through increasing market access for developing countries, technology transfer on mutually agreed terms, financial aid and a comprehensive solution to the external debt problem;", "46. Also stresses that international trade and stable financial systems can be effective tools to create favourable conditions for the development of all countries and that trade barriers and some trading practices continue to have negative effects on employment growth, particularly in developing countries;", "47. Acknowledges that good governance and the rule of law at the national and international levels are essential for sustained economic growth, sustainable development and the eradication of poverty and hunger;", "48. Urges developed countries that have not yet done so in accordance with their commitments to make concrete efforts towards meeting the targets of 0.7 per cent of their gross national product for official development assistance to developing countries and 0.15 to 0.2 per cent of their gross national product to least developed countries, and encourages developing countries to build on the progress achieved in ensuring that official development assistance is used effectively to help to meet development goals and targets;", "49. Urges Member States and the international community to fulfil all their commitments to meet the demands for social development, including social services and assistance, that have arisen from the global financial and economic crisis, which particularly affects the poorest and most vulnerable;", "50. Welcomes the contribution to the mobilization of resources for social development by the initiatives taken on a voluntary basis by groups of Member States based on innovative financing mechanisms, including those that aim to provide further drug access at affordable prices to developing countries on a sustainable and predictable basis, such as the International Drug Purchase Facility, UNITAID, as well as other initiatives such as the International Finance Facility for Immunization and the Advance Market Commitments for Vaccines, and notes the New York Declaration of 20 September 2004, which launched the Action against Hunger and Poverty initiative and called for further attention to raise funds urgently needed to help to meet the Millennium Development Goals and to complement and ensure the long‑term stability and predictability of foreign aid;", "51. Reaffirms that social development requires the active involvement of all actors in the development process, including civil society organizations, corporations and small businesses, and that partnerships among all relevant actors are increasingly becoming part of national and international cooperation for social development, and also reaffirms that, within countries, partnerships among the Government, civil society and the private sector can contribute effectively to the achievement of social development goals;", "52. Underlines the responsibility of the private sector, at both the national and the international levels, including small and large companies and transnational corporations, regarding not only the economic and financial implications but also the development, social, gender and environmental implications of their activities, their obligations towards their workers and their contributions to achieving sustainable development, including social development, and emphasizes the need to take concrete actions on corporate responsibility and accountability, including through the participation of all relevant stakeholders, inter alia, for the prevention or prosecution of corruption;", "53. Stresses the importance of promoting corporate social responsibility and accountability, encourages responsible business practices, such as those promoted by the Global Compact, invites the private sector to take into account not only the economic and financial implications but also the development, social, human rights, gender and environmental implications of its undertakings, and underlines the importance of the International Labour Organization Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational Enterprises and Social Policy;", "54. Invites the Secretary‑General, the Economic and Social Council, the regional commissions, the relevant specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental forums, within their respective mandates, to continue to integrate into their work programmes and give priority attention to the Copenhagen commitments and the Declaration on the tenth anniversary of the World Summit for Social Development,[17] to continue to be actively involved in their follow‑up and to monitor the achievement of those commitments and undertakings;", "55. Invites the Commission for Social Development to emphasize in its review of the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action the increased exchange of national, regional and international experiences, the focused and interactive dialogues among experts and practitioners and the sharing of best practices and lessons learned, and to address, inter alia, the impact of the world financial and economic crisis and the world food and energy crises on social development goals;", "56. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty‑seventh session the sub‑item entitled “Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty‑fourth special session of the General Assembly”, and requests the Secretary‑General to submit a report on the question to the Assembly at that session.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6–12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.", "[2]  Resolution S‑24/2, annex.", "[3]  See resolution 55/2.", "[4]  See resolution 60/1.", "[5]  See resolution 65/1.", "[6]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty‑first Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/61/3/Rev.1), chap. III, para. 50.", "[7]  A/63/538‑E/2009/4, annex.", "[8]  A/66/124.", "[9]  Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, 18–22 March 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.", "[10]  Report of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, Madrid, 8–12 April 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.IV.4), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.", "[11]  Resolution 50/81, annex, and resolution 62/126, annex.", "[12]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2515, No. 44910.", "[13]  Resolution 61/295, annex.", "[14]  Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.", "[15]  See resolution 60/1, para. 68.", "[16]  A/57/304, annex.", "[17]  See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 6 (E/2005/26), chap. I, sect. A; see also Economic and Social Council decision 2005/234." ]
A_RES_66_125
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/125. Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling the World Summit for Social Development, held in Copenhagen from 6 to 12 March 1995, and its twenty-fourth special session, entitled " The World Summit for Social Development and the future: towards social development for all in the current globalization process " , held in Geneva from 26 June to 1 July 2000,", "Reaffirming that the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action[1] and the social development initiatives adopted at its twenty-fourth special session[2], as well as a permanent global dialogue on social development issues, constitute the basic framework for the promotion of social development for all at the national and international levels,", "Recalling the Millennium Declaration[3] and the development goals contained therein, as well as the commitments made at its special sessions and at the major United Nations summits and conferences, including the commitments made at the 2005 World Summit[4] and at the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals [5],", "Recalling also its resolution 57/270 B of 23 June 2003 on the integrated and coordinated implementation of and follow-up to the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits in the economic and social fields,", "Recalling further its resolution 60/209 of 22 December 2005 on the activities of the First United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006),", "Recalling its resolution 63/303 of 9 July 2009 on the outcome of the Conference on the World Financial and Economic Crisis and Its Impact on Development,", "Reaffirming Economic and Social Council resolution 2008/18 of 24 July 2008 on the promotion of full employment and decent work for all, as well as Council resolution 2010/12 of 22 July 2010 on the promotion of social integration, and welcoming the decision of the Commission for Social Development that the " Eradication of poverty " should be the priority theme of the 2011-2012 policy and review cycle,", "Noting with appreciation the ministerial declaration adopted at the high-level segment of the substantive session of 2006 of the Economic and Social Council, entitled “Creating an environment at the national and international levels that promotes the generation of full and productive employment and decent work for all, and its impact on sustainable development”,[6],", "Noting that the decent work programme of the International Labour Organization, with its four strategic objectives, plays an important role in achieving the goal of full and productive employment and decent work for all, including the goal of social protection, reaffirmed in the Declaration of the International Labour Organization on Social Justice for an equitable globalization,[7] which recognized the special role of the Organization in promoting equitable globalization and its responsibility for providing assistance to members,", "Emphasizing the need to enhance the role of the Commission for Social Development in the follow-up to and review of the World Summit for Social Development and the outcome of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly,", "Recognizing that the three main themes of social development, namely poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all and social integration, are interrelated and mutually reinforcing and that, therefore, there is a need to create an enabling environment for the simultaneous pursuit of these three objectives,", "Recognizing also that the basis of economic and social development should be a human-centred approach,", "Expressing deep concern that the achievement of social development goals is compounded by the adverse effects of the global financial and economic crisis, the volatility of energy and food prices and the challenges posed by climate change,", "Recognizing the complex nature of the current global food crisis and persistent food insecurity, including volatility in food prices, resulting from a combination of several important factors, both structural and conjunctural, which also adversely affect, among other factors, environmental degradation, drought and desertification, global climate change, natural disasters and the lack of the necessary technology, and recognizing also the need for strong determination of national Governments and the international community", "Deeply concerned at the persistence of extreme poverty in all countries of the world, regardless of their economic, social and cultural situation, and the fact that their scope and manifestations, such as hunger, trafficking in human beings, disease, lack of adequate housing and illiteracy, are particularly serious in developing countries, although recognizing the significant progress made in several parts of the world in combating extreme poverty,", "Recognizing the importance of the work of the international community in support of national capacity-building activities in social development, while recognizing the primary responsibility of national Governments in this regard,", "Affirming its strong support for a fair globalization and the need for growth to be translated into poverty eradication and commitment to strategies and policies aimed at promoting full, freely chosen and productive employment and decent work for all, and that this should constitute a fundamental component of relevant national and international policies and national development strategies, including poverty reduction strategies, and reaffirming that employment policies and decent work should be integrated,", "Recognizing the need to improve the access of developing countries to the benefits of trade, in particular agricultural trade, in order to promote social development,", "Recognizing also that social inclusion is a means of achieving social integration, and that it is essential to foster stable, safe, harmonious, peaceful and just societies and to enhance social cohesion, so that an enabling environment for development and progress is created,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General[8];", "2. Welcomes the reaffirmation of the will and determination of Governments to continue the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action, in particular to eradicate poverty, promote full and productive employment and promote social integration with a view to achieving stable, safe and just societies for all;", "3. Recognizes that the implementation of the Copenhagen commitments and the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, are mutually reinforcing, and that the Copenhagen commitments are critical to a coherent and human-centred approach to development;", "4. Reaffirms that the Commission for Social Development continues to have the primary responsibility for the follow-up to and review of the World Summit for Social Development and the outcome of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly, and that it constitutes the principal forum of the United Nations to enhance the global dialogue on social development issues, and calls upon Member States, the relevant specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and civil society to provide further support for their work;", "5. Expresses deep concern at the continuing negative impact of the global financial and economic crisis, volatility in energy and food prices and food insecurity and the challenges posed by climate change, as well as the lack of results to date in multilateral trade negotiations, have on social development;", "6. Stresses the importance of national Governments having a decision-making margin, including social spending and social protection programmes, and calls upon international financial institutions and donors to support developing countries in achieving social development, in line with their national priorities and strategies, for example by providing debt relief;", "7. Recognizes that the broad concept of social development affirmed at the World Summit for Social Development and the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly has not been fully implemented in the policy-making process at the national and international levels, and that, while poverty eradication is a central element of development policies and discourse, further attention should be paid to the other commitments made at the Summit, in particular those relating to employment and social integration, which have also suffered from the economic implications of", "8. Recognizes also that the first United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (1997-2006), launched after the World Summit for Social Development, represents the long-term vision of sustained and concerted efforts at the national and international levels to eradicate poverty;", "9. Further acknowledges that the commitments made by Governments during the First Decade have not been fulfilled to the expected extent and welcomes the proclamation, in its resolution 62/205 of 19 December 2007, of the Second United Nations Decade for the Eradication of Poverty (2008 - 2017) with a view to supporting, in an efficient and coordinated manner, the internationally agreed development goals relating to poverty eradication, including the Millennium Development Goals;", "10. Emphasizes that the major United Nations conferences and summits, including the Millennium Summit, the 2005 World Summit, the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals and the International Conference on Financing for Development, in the Monterrey Consensus, have strengthened the priority and urgency of poverty eradication in the United Nations development agenda;", "11. It also emphasizes that poverty eradication policies should address their underlying and structural causes and manifestations, and that they need to incorporate equity and inequality reduction;", "12. Reaffirms that each country is the primary responsibility for its own economic and social development and that insufficient emphasis will be placed on the importance of national development policies and strategies, and underlines the importance of effective measures, including the establishment of new financial mechanisms, where appropriate, to support the efforts of developing countries to achieve sustained economic growth, sustainable development, poverty eradication and the strengthening of their democratic systems;", "13. Stresses that an enabling environment is an indispensable precondition for achieving equity and social development, and that, while economic growth is essential, the persistence of inequalities and marginalization is an obstacle to sustained and broad-based growth required for sustainable, inclusive and people-centred development, and recognizes the need to balance and complement measures for growth and measures for economic and social equity to have an impact on the overall levels of poverty;", "14. It also stresses that the stability of global financial systems and corporate accountability and social responsibility, as well as national economic policies that have an impact on other stakeholders, are critical in the creation of an enabling international environment to promote economic growth and social development;", "15. Recognizes the need to promote respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms to address the most pressing social needs of those living in poverty, including through the creation and development of appropriate mechanisms to strengthen and consolidate democratic institutions and governance;", "16. Reaffirms the commitment to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women, as well as gender mainstreaming in all development activities, which considers essential to achieving sustainable development and efforts to combat hunger, poverty and disease, and also to consolidate policies and programmes to improve, ensure and expand the full equal participation of women in all areas of political, economic, social and cultural life,", "17. Encourages Governments to promote the effective participation of people in civic, social, economic and political activities, as well as in the planning and implementation of social integration policies and strategies, to facilitate the achievement of the goals of poverty eradication, full employment and decent work and social integration;", "18. Reaffirms the commitment to promote opportunities for full, freely chosen and productive employment, including for the most disadvantaged, as well as decent work for all, in order to achieve social justice with economic efficiency, with full respect for the fundamental principles and rights of work in conditions of equity, equality, security and dignity, and also reaffirms the need to include in macroeconomic policies, including job creation, taking fully into account the social impact and dimensions of globalization;", "19. Reaffirms also the urgent need to create an environment at the national and international levels that promotes full and productive employment and decent work for all as a basis for sustainable development, without forgetting that to create new employment opportunities is essential an environment that promotes investment, growth and entrepreneurship, and further reaffirms that it is essential for men and women to have the opportunity to achieve productive employment in conditions of freedom, equity, security and sustainable well-being,", "20. Stresses the importance of eliminating obstacles to the exercise of the right of peoples to self-determination, in particular peoples living under colonial domination or other forms of foreign domination or foreign occupation, which adversely affect their economic and social development and exclude them from labour markets;", "21. Reaffirms the need to combat all forms of violence in their multiple manifestations, including domestic violence, in particular against women, children, older persons and persons with disabilities, and discrimination, including xenophobia, recognizes that violence makes it more difficult for States and societies to achieve poverty eradication, full and productive employment and decent work for all and social integration, and further recognizes that terrorism, organized crime,", "22. Requests the United Nations funds, programmes and agencies to incorporate the goal of full and productive employment and decent work for all in their policies, programmes and activities, and to support the efforts of Member States to achieve this goal, and invites financial institutions to do the same;", "23. Recognizes that to promote full employment and decent work, there is also a need to invest in the education, training and skills development of men and women and girls and boys, strengthen social protection and health care systems and implement international labour standards;", "24. It also recognizes that full and productive employment and decent work for all, including social protection, fundamental principles and rights at work, tripartiteism and social dialogue, are key elements of sustainable development in all countries and therefore constitute a priority objective of international cooperation;", "25. Encourages States to formulate and implement policies and strategies for poverty eradication, full employment and decent work for all, including the creation of full and productive employment with adequate and adequate remuneration, as well as policies and strategies for social integration that promote gender equality and the empowerment of women, and to address the specific needs of social groups such as youth, persons with disabilities, older persons, migrants and indigenous peoples, taking into account the implementation of such programmes,", "26. Stresses the need to allocate adequate resources for the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women in the workplace, including unequal conditions of access and participation in the labour market and wage inequalities, as well as for the reconciliation of working life and private life for both women and men;", "27. Recognizes the important link between international migration and social development, and stresses the importance of effective compliance with labour legislation with respect to labour relations and working conditions of migrant workers, including those relating to their remuneration and the conditions of hygiene and safety at work, as well as the right to freedom of association;", "28. Recognizes also that, since the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen in 1995, progress has been made in addressing social integration and its promotion, in particular through the adoption of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002[10], the World Programme of Action for Youth[11], the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities[12], the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples[14] and the Beijing Declaration;", "29. Stresses that the benefits of economic growth should be distributed more equitably and that, in order to overcome the abyss of inequalities and avoid further deepening, comprehensive social policies and programmes, including appropriate social transfer and employment creation programmes and social protection systems, are required;", "30. Recognizes the importance of social protection schemes for the formal and informal sectors of the economy, which serve to achieve equity, inclusion and stability and cohesion of societies, and emphasizes the importance of supporting national efforts to mainstream informal sector workers into the structured economy;", "31. Stresses that poverty eradication policies should aim, inter alia, to ensure that people living in poverty have access to education and health services, water and sanitation and other public and social services, as well as productive resources, including credit, land, training, technology, knowledge and information, and to ensure that citizens and local communities participate in decision-making on social development policies and programmes in this area;", "32. Recognizes that social integration of people living in poverty should include measures to address and meet their basic needs, including nutrition, health, water, sanitation, housing and access to education and employment through integrated development strategies;", "33. Reaffirms that social integration policies should seek to reduce inequalities, promote access to basic social services, education for all and health care, eliminate discrimination, increase the participation and integration of social groups, in particular youth, older persons and persons with disabilities, and address the challenges to social development posed by globalization and market-driven reforms, so that all people in all countries benefit from globalization;", "34. Calls upon Governments, with the cooperation of the relevant entities, to develop social protection systems and, as appropriate, to improve their effectiveness or expand their coverage, including for those working in the informal sector of the economy, recognizing the need to establish social protection systems that provide social security and support participation in the labour market, invites the International Labour Organization to strengthen its social protection strategies and policies on the expansion of social security coverage", "35. Requests the United Nations system to continue to support the national efforts of Member States to achieve inclusive social development in a coherent and coordinated manner;", "36. Reaffirms the commitment to promote the rights of indigenous peoples in the areas of education, employment, housing, sanitation, health and social security, and notes the attention paid to those areas in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;", "37. Recognizes the need to formulate social development policies in a holistic, articulated and participatory manner, recognizing that poverty is a multi-dimensional phenomenon, calls for coherent public policies in this area and underlines the need to include public policies in a comprehensive development and well-being strategy;", "38. It also recognizes the role that the public sector can play as an employer, and its importance in creating an environment that effectively generates full and productive employment and decent work for all;", "39. Further recognizes the vital role that the private sector can play in generating new investments, employment and financing for development and supporting efforts to achieve full employment and decent work;", "40. Recognizes that measures should be taken to anticipate and counteract the negative social and economic consequences of globalization, giving priority to rural sectors, both agricultural and non-agricultural, and to maximize their benefits to the poor living and working in rural areas, while paying special attention to the development of micro- and small and medium-sized enterprises, in particular in rural areas, as well as subsistence economies, to ensure their safe interaction with larger economies;", "41. Recognizes also the need to pay the necessary attention to the social development of people in urban areas, especially the poor;", "42. Further recognizes the need to prioritize investments and new contributions in the areas of sustainable agricultural development, microenterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, cooperatives and other models of social enterprises, as well as women ' s participation and entrepreneurship as a means of promoting full and productive employment and decent work for all;", "43. Reaffirms the commitments made at the 2005 World Summit to respond to the special needs of Africa,[15] underlines the call of the Economic and Social Council to improve coordination within the United Nations system and the efforts being made to harmonize the ongoing initiatives on Africa, and requests the Commission for Social Development to continue to give due weight to the social dimension of the New Partnership for Africa ' s Development[16];", "44. Also reaffirms, in this context, that international cooperation is indispensable for assisting developing countries, including the least developed countries, in strengthening their human, institutional and technological capacities;", "45. Stresses that the international community should intensify its efforts to create an enabling environment for social development and poverty eradication by facilitating market access by developing countries, transfer of technology on mutually agreed terms, financial aid and a comprehensive solution to the external debt problem;", "46. It also stresses that international trade and stable financial systems can be effective tools to create conditions conducive to the development of all countries and that barriers to trade and some trade practices continue to adversely affect employment growth, in particular in developing countries;", "47. Recognizes that good governance and the rule of law at the national and international levels are essential for sustained economic growth, sustainable development and the eradication of poverty and hunger;", "48. Urges developed countries that have not yet done so to take, in accordance with their commitments, concrete measures to achieve the objectives of 0.7 per cent of their gross national product for official development assistance to developing countries and between 0.5 per cent and 0.2 per cent of their gross national product for the least developed countries, and encourages developing countries to make use of official development goals and to ensure that they are", "49. Urges Member States and the international community to fulfil all their commitments to address social development needs, including social assistance and services, arising from the global financial and economic crisis, which particularly affects the poorest and most vulnerable;", "50. Welcomes the contribution made to the mobilization of resources for social development by voluntary initiatives undertaken by groups of Member States and based on innovative financing mechanisms, including those aimed at facilitating greater access by developing countries, in a sustainable and predictable manner, to affordable medicines, including the International Drug Purchase Mechanism (UNITAID), and other initiatives such as the International Finance Facility for Immunization and early market commitments,", "51. Reaffirms that social development requires the active involvement of all actors involved in the development process, including civil society organizations, large enterprises and small enterprises, and that partnerships among all relevant actors are increasingly part of national and international cooperation for social development, and also reaffirms that, in each country, partnerships between government, civil society and the private sector can contribute effectively to the achievement of social development goals;", "52. Stresses the responsibility of the private sector, both at the national and international levels, including small enterprises, large corporations and transnational corporations, with respect to the implications of their activities, not only at the economic and financial levels, but also for development and social, gender and environment, their obligations towards workers and their contributions to achieving sustainable development, including social development, and emphasizes the need to take concrete action on responsibility and accountability for all relevant enterprises;", "53. Stresses the importance of promoting corporate responsibility and accountability from a social perspective, encourages responsible business practices such as those promoted by the Global Compact, invites the private sector to take into account not only the economic and financial implications of its activities but also the implications for development, society and human rights, as well as on gender and environment, and underlines the importance of the tripartite Declaration of Principles of the International Labour Organization on Multinational Enterprises;", "54. Invites the Secretary-General, the Economic and Social Council, the regional commissions, the relevant specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations system and other intergovernmental forums, within their respective mandates, to continue to mainstream Copenhagen ' s commitments and the Declaration on the Tenth Anniversary of the World Summit for Social Development into their programmes of work as a matter of priority;", "55. Invites the Commission for Social Development, in its review of the implementation of the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action, to highlight the increased exchange of national, regional and international experiences, interactive dialogues between experts and specialists on specific issues and the exchange of best practices and lessons learned, and to address, inter alia, the impact of the global financial and economic crisis and the global food and energy crisis on social development goals;", "56. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-seventh session the sub-item entitled " Implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development and of the twenty-fourth special session of the General Assembly " , and requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at that session.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6-12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.", "[2] Resolution S‐24/2, annex.", "[3] See resolution 55/2.", "[4] See resolution 60/1.", "[5] See resolution 65/1.", "[6] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-first Session, Supplement No. 3 (A/61/3/Rev.1), chap. III, para. 50.", "[7] A/63/538-E/2009/4, annex.", "[8] A/66/124.", "[9] Report of the International Conference on Financing for Development, Monterrey, Mexico, 18-22 March 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.II.A.7), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.", "[10] Report of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, Madrid, 8-12 April 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.IV.4), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.", "[11] Resolution 50/81, annex, and resolution 62/126, annex.", "[12] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2515, No. 44910.", "[13] Resolution 61/295, annex.", "[14] Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.", "[15] See resolution 60/1, para. 68.", "[16] A/57/304, annex.", "[17] See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 6 (E/2005/26), chap. I, sect. A; see also Economic and Social Council decision 2005/234." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/126. Preparativos y celebración del 20° aniversario del Año Internacional de la Familia", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 44/82, de 8 de diciembre de 1989, 50/142, de 21 de diciembre de 1995, 52/81, de 12 de diciembre de 1997, 54/124, de 17 de diciembre de 1999, 56/113, de 19 de diciembre de 2001, 57/164, de 18 de diciembre de 2002, 58/15, de 3 de diciembre de 2003, 59/111, de 6 de diciembre de 2004, 59/147, de 20 de diciembre de 2004, 60/133, de 16 de diciembre de 2005, 62/129, de 18 de diciembre de 2007, y 64/133, de 18 de diciembre de 2009, relativas a la proclamación del Año Internacional de la Familia y a los preparativos, la celebración y el seguimiento del décimo aniversario del Año Internacional,", "Observando que en el párrafo 5 de su resolución 59/111 y en el párrafo 2 de su resolución 59/147, respectivamente, subrayó la necesidad de lograr los objetivos del Año Internacional y de formular medidas y estrategias concretas para atender a las prioridades nacionales al ocuparse de los problemas de la familia,", "Observando también la importancia de formular, ejecutar y supervisar políticas relativas a la familia, especialmente en los ámbitos de la erradicación de la pobreza, el empleo pleno y el trabajo decente, el logro del equilibrio entre el trabajo y la familia, la integración social y la solidaridad entre las generaciones,", "Reconociendo que los preparativos y la celebración en 2014 del 20º aniversario del Año Internacional proporcionan una buena oportunidad para poner de relieve una vez más los objetivos del Año Internacional a fin de incrementar la cooperación a todos los niveles sobre las cuestiones relacionadas con la familia y emprender acciones concertadas para fortalecer las políticas y los programas centrados en la familia como parte de un enfoque amplio e integrado del desarrollo,", "Consciente de que uno de los principales objetivos del Año Internacional es responder a la preocupación fundamental de fortalecer la capacidad de las instituciones nacionales para formular, aplicar y supervisar políticas relativas a la familia,", "Observando que las disposiciones relacionadas con la familia que figuran en los textos aprobados en las grandes conferencias y cumbres de las Naciones Unidas celebradas en el decenio de 1990 y en sus procesos de seguimiento continúan proporcionando orientación normativa sobre la manera de reforzar los componentes de las políticas y los programas centrados en la familia como parte de un enfoque amplio e integrado del desarrollo,", "Convencida de la necesidad de dar al décimo aniversario del Año Internacional un seguimiento orientado a la acción más allá de 2004,", "Reconociendo el importante papel catalizador y de apoyo de los órganos de las Naciones Unidas, los organismos especializados y las comisiones regionales para asegurar un seguimiento orientado a la acción en la esfera de la familia, incluida su contribución positiva al fortalecimiento de la capacidad nacional en materia de formulación de políticas relativas a la familia,", "Conocedora de la necesidad de una cooperación permanente entre los organismos en lo que se refiere a las cuestiones relativas a la familia, para que los órganos rectores del sistema de las Naciones Unidas tengan mayor conciencia de este tema,", "Convencida de que la sociedad civil, incluidas las instituciones de investigación y académicas, desempeña una función crucial de defensa, promoción, investigación y formulación de políticas con miras al desarrollo de una política de la familia y al fomento de la capacidad,", "Observando que en su resolución 59/111 decidió celebrar cada diez años el aniversario del Año Internacional,", "Tomando nota con aprecio del informe del Secretario General[1],", "1. Alienta a los gobiernos a que sigan haciendo todo lo posible para lograr los objetivos del Año Internacional de la Familia e integrar la perspectiva de la familia en la formulación de sus políticas nacionales;", "2. Invita a los gobiernos y las entidades intergubernamentales regionales a que recaben de manera más sistemática datos nacionales y regionales sobre el bienestar de la familia, y a que definan y apoyen medidas constructivas en materia de políticas sobre la familia, como el intercambio de información sobre prácticas y políticas recomendables;", "3. Insta a los Estados Miembros a que consideren que para el año 2014 deberán haberse adoptado medidas concretas para mejorar el bienestar de la familia mediante la aplicación de políticas, estrategias y programas nacionales eficaces;", "4. Alienta a los Estados Miembros a que adopten enfoques holísticos en sus políticas y programas para hacer frente a la pobreza de las familias y la exclusión social, lograr el equilibrio entre el trabajo y la familia y compartir las buenas prácticas en esos ámbitos, e invita a los Estados Miembros a que propicien el debate público y consultas sobre políticas de protección social orientadas a la familia y formuladas en atención a las necesidades de las mujeres y los niños, de conformidad con los objetivos del Año Internacional;", "5. Alienta también a los Estados Miembros a que promuevan políticas y programas que apoyen la solidaridad intergeneracional en el seno de las familias y las comunidades y con miras a reducir la vulnerabilidad de las generaciones más jóvenes y de más edad por medio de diversas estrategias de protección social;", "6. Insta a los Estados Miembros a que creen un entorno propicio para fortalecer y apoyar a todas las familias, reconociendo que la igualdad entre mujeres y hombres y el respeto de todos los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales de todos los miembros de la familia son esenciales para el bienestar familiar y para la sociedad en general, haciendo notar la importancia de conciliar el trabajo con la vida familiar y reconociendo el principio de que ambos padres comparten la responsabilidad de la educación y el desarrollo de sus hijos;", "7. Invita a los gobiernos a que sigan elaborando estrategias y programas para fortalecer la capacidad nacional a fin de ocuparse de las prioridades nacionales relacionadas con la familia, y alienta al Programa de las Naciones Unidas sobre la Familia a que, en el ámbito de su mandato, ayude a los gobiernos a ese respecto, incluso mediante la prestación de asistencia técnica para crear y fortalecer la capacidad nacional en materia de formulación, aplicación y seguimiento de políticas relativas a la familia;", "8. Invita a los Estados Miembros a que consideren la posibilidad de llevar a cabo actividades preparatorias para la celebración del 20º aniversario del Año Internacional a nivel nacional;", "9. Alienta a los gobiernos a que presten apoyo al Fondo Fiduciario de las Naciones Unidas para las actividades relacionadas con la familia de modo que el Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de la Secretaría pueda aumentar su asistencia a los países que la soliciten;", "10. Recomienda que los órganos y organismos de las Naciones Unidas, las organizaciones intergubernamentales y no gubernamentales, las instituciones de investigación y académicas y el sector privado presten apoyo a las actividades de promoción de los objetivos del Año Internacional;", "11. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo octavo período de sesiones, por conducto de la Comisión de Desarrollo Social y del Consejo Económico y Social, le presente un informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución, incluida una descripción del estado de los preparativos para la celebración del 20º aniversario del Año Internacional en todos los niveles;", "12. Decide examinar la cuestión “Preparativos y celebración del 20º aniversario del Año Internacional de la Familia” en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, en relación con el subtema titulado “Desarrollo social, incluidas las cuestiones relativas a la situación social en el mundo y a los jóvenes, el envejecimiento, las personas con discapacidad y la familia”.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/66/62‑E/2011/4." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/126. Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 44/82 of 8 December 1989, 50/142 of 21 December 1995, 52/81 of 12 December 1997, 54/124 of 17 December 1999, 56/113 of 19 December 2001, 57/164 of 18 December 2002, 58/15 of 3 December 2003, 59/111 of 6 December 2004, 59/147 of 20 December 2004, 60/133 of 16 December 2005, 62/129 of 18 December 2007 and 64/133 of 18 December 2009, concerning the proclamation of the International Year of the Family and the preparations for, observance of and follow‑up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year,", "Noting that in paragraph 5 of its resolution 59/111 and paragraph 2 of its resolution 59/147, respectively, the General Assembly underlined the need to realize the objectives of the International Year and to develop concrete measures and approaches to address national priorities in dealing with family issues,", "Noting also the importance of designing, implementing and monitoring family‑oriented policies, especially in the areas of poverty eradication, full employment and decent work, work‑family balance, social integration and intergenerational solidarity,", "Recognizing that the preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year in 2014 provide a useful opportunity to draw further attention to the objectives of the International Year for increasing cooperation at all levels on family issues and for undertaking concerted actions to strengthen family‑centred policies and programmes as part of an integrated comprehensive approach to development,", "Aware that a major objective of the International Year is to address the major concern of strengthening the capacity of national institutions to formulate, implement and monitor policies in respect of families,", "Noting that the family‑related provisions of the outcomes of the major United Nations conferences and summits of the 1990s and their follow‑up processes continue to provide policy guidance on ways to strengthen family‑centred components of policies and programmes as part of an integrated comprehensive approach to development,", "Convinced of the necessity of ensuring an action‑oriented follow‑up to the tenth anniversary of the International Year beyond 2004,", "Recognizing the important catalytic and supportive role of United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies and the regional commissions in ensuring an action‑oriented follow‑up in the field of the family, including their positive contribution to strengthening national capacities in family policymaking,", "Cognizant of the need for continued inter‑agency cooperation on family issues in order to generate greater awareness of this subject among the governing bodies of the United Nations system,", "Convinced that civil society, including research and academic institutions, has a pivotal role in advocacy, promotion, research and policymaking in respect of family policy development and capacity‑building,", "Noting that, in its resolution 59/111, the General Assembly decided to celebrate the anniversary of the International Year on a ten‑year basis,", "Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary‑General,[1]", "1. Encourages Governments to continue to make every possible effort to realize the objectives of the International Year of the Family and to integrate a family perspective into national policymaking;", "2. Invites Governments and regional intergovernmental entities to provide for more systematic national and regional data on family well‑being and to identify and ensure support for constructive family policy developments, including the exchange of information on good policies and practices;", "3. Urges Member States to view 2014 as a target year by which concrete efforts will be made to improve family well‑being through the implementation of effective national policies, strategies and programmes;", "4. Encourages Member States to adopt holistic approaches to policies and programmes that address family poverty, social exclusion and work‑family balance and that share good practices in those areas, and invites Member States to stimulate public debate and consultations on family‑oriented and gender‑ and child‑sensitive social protection policies, in accordance with the objectives of the International Year;", "5. Also encourages Member States to promote policies and programmes supporting intergenerational solidarity at the family and community levels and geared to reducing the vulnerability of younger and older generations through various social protection strategies;", "6. Urges Member States to create a conducive environment to strengthen and support all families, recognizing that equality between women and men and respect for all the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all family members are essential to family well‑being and to society at large, noting the importance of reconciliation of work and family life and recognizing the principle that both parents have common responsibilities for the upbringing and development of the child;", "7. Invites Governments to continue to develop strategies and programmes aimed at strengthening national capacities to address national priorities relating to family issues, and encourages the United Nations Programme on the Family, within its mandate, to assist Governments in this regard, including through the provision of technical assistance to build and develop national capacities in the area of formulating, implementing and monitoring family policies;", "8. Invites Member States to consider undertaking activities in preparation for the twentieth anniversary of the International Year at the national level;", "9. Encourages Governments to support the United Nations Trust Fund on Family Activities to enable the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat to provide expanded assistance to countries, upon their request;", "10. Recommends that United Nations agencies and bodies, intergovernmental and non‑governmental organizations, research and academic institutions and the private sector play a supportive role in promoting the objectives of the International Year;", "11. Requests the Secretary‑General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixty‑eighth session, through the Commission for Social Development and the Economic and Social Council, on the implementation of the present resolution, including a description of the state of preparation for the observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year at all levels;", "12. Decides to consider the topic “Preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family” at its sixty‑seventh session under the sub‑item entitled “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family”.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  A/66/62‑E/2011/4." ]
A_RES_66_126
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/126. Preparations and celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 44/82 of 8 December 1989, 50/142 of 21 December 1995, 52/81 of 12 December 1997, 54/124 of 17 December 1999, 56/113 of 19 December 2001, 57/164 of 18 December 2002, 58/15 of 3 December 2003, 59/111 of 6 December 2004, 59/147 of 20 December 2004, 60/133 of 16 December 2005, 64/129,", "Noting that paragraph 5 of its resolution 59/111 and paragraph 2 of its resolution 59/147, respectively, stressed the need to achieve the goals of the International Year and to develop concrete measures and strategies to address national priorities in addressing family problems,", "Noting also the importance of formulating, implementing and monitoring family policies, especially in the areas of poverty eradication, full employment and decent work, achieving work-family balance, social integration and intergenerational solidarity,", "Recognizing that the preparations for and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year in 2014 provide a good opportunity to re-emphasize the objectives of the International Year in order to enhance cooperation at all levels on family issues and to undertake concerted action to strengthen family-centred policies and programmes as part of a comprehensive and integrated approach to development,", "Aware that one of the main objectives of the International Year is to respond to the fundamental concern of strengthening the capacity of national institutions to formulate, implement and monitor family policies,", "Noting that the family-related provisions contained in the texts adopted at the major United Nations conferences and summits held in the 1990s and in their follow-up processes continue to provide policy guidance on how to strengthen family-centred policy and programme components as part of a comprehensive and integrated approach to development,", "Convinced of the need to give the tenth anniversary of the International Year an action-oriented follow-up beyond 2004,", "Recognizing the important catalytic and supportive role of United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies and the regional commissions in ensuring action-oriented follow-up in the field of the family, including their positive contribution to strengthening national capacity in family policy formulation,", "Mindful of the need for continued cooperation among agencies on family issues so that the governing bodies of the United Nations system are more aware of this issue,", "Convinced that civil society, including research and academic institutions, plays a crucial role in advocacy, advocacy, research and policy-making for the development of family policy and capacity-building,", "Noting that in its resolution 59/111 it decided to celebrate the anniversary of the International Year every 10 years,", "Taking note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General[1],", "1. Encourages Governments to continue to make every effort to achieve the goals of the International Year of the Family and to integrate the family perspective into the formulation of their national policies;", "2. Invites Governments and regional intergovernmental entities to seek more systematic national and regional data on family welfare, and to define and support constructive family policy measures, such as information-sharing on recommended practices and policies;", "3. Urges Member States to consider that concrete measures should have been taken by 2014 to improve the well-being of the family through the implementation of effective national policies, strategies and programmes;", "4. Encourages Member States to adopt holistic approaches in their policies and programmes to address family poverty and social exclusion, to strike a balance between work and the family and to share good practices in those areas, and invites Member States to promote public debate and consultations on family-oriented social protection policies and to address the needs of women and children, in accordance with the objectives of the International Year;", "5. Also encourages Member States to promote policies and programmes that support intergenerational solidarity within families and communities and with a view to reducing the vulnerability of younger and older generations through various social protection strategies;", "6. Urges Member States to create an enabling environment for strengthening and supporting all families, recognizing that equality between women and men and respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms of all family members are essential to family well-being and to society at large, noting the importance of reconciling work with family life and recognizing the principle that both parents share responsibility for the education and development of their children;", "7. Invites Governments to further develop strategies and programmes to strengthen national capacity to address national family-related priorities, and encourages the United Nations Family Programme, within its mandate, to assist Governments in this regard, including through the provision of technical assistance to build and strengthen national capacity in the formulation, implementation and follow-up of family policies;", "8. Invites Member States to consider undertaking preparatory activities for the twentieth anniversary of the International Year at the national level;", "9. Encourages Governments to support the United Nations Trust Fund for Family Activities so that the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat can increase its assistance to countries upon request;", "10. Recommends that United Nations bodies and agencies, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, research and academic institutions and the private sector support activities to promote the goals of the International Year;", "11. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session, through the Commission for Social Development and the Economic and Social Council, a report on the implementation of the present resolution, including a description of the status of preparations for the twentieth anniversary of the International Year at all levels;", "12. Decides to consider the question “Preparatives and observance of the twentieth anniversary of the International Year of the Family” at its sixty-seventh session, under the sub-item entitled “Social development, including questions relating to the world social situation and to youth, ageing, disabled persons and the family”.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] A/66/62-E/2011/4." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/127. Seguimiento de la Segunda Asamblea Mundial sobre el Envejecimiento", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 57/167, de 18 de diciembre de 2002, en la que hizo suyos la Declaración Política[1] y el Plan de Acción Internacional de Madrid sobre el Envejecimiento, de 2002[2], su resolución 58/134, de 22 de diciembre de 2003, en la que tomó nota, entre otras cosas, de la guía general para la aplicación del Plan de Acción de Madrid, y sus resoluciones 60/135, de 16 de diciembre de 2005, 61/142, de 19 de diciembre de 2006, 62/130, de 18 de diciembre de 2007, 63/151, de 18 de diciembre de 2008, 64/132, de 18 de diciembre de 2009, y 65/182, de 21 de diciembre de 2010,", "Reconociendo que en muchas partes del mundo el conocimiento que se tiene del Plan de Acción de Madrid sigue siendo reducido o nulo, lo que limita el alcance de las medidas de aplicación,", "Tomando nota del informe del Secretario General[3],", "Reconociendo que, para 2050, más del 20% de la población mundial tendrá 60 años o más, y reconociendo también que el aumento del número de personas de edad será mayor y más rápido en el mundo en desarrollo,", "Profundamente preocupada por que en muchas partes del mundo la situación de las personas de edad se ha visto afectada negativamente por la crisis financiera y económica mundial,", "Reconociendo la contribución esencial que la mayoría de los hombres y las mujeres de edad pueden seguir haciendo al funcionamiento de la sociedad si se establecen las garantías adecuadas,", "Observando que hay más mujeres de edad que hombres de edad y observando con preocupación que esas mujeres a menudo se enfrentan a múltiples formas de discriminación derivadas de sus roles sociales basados en el género, agravadas por su edad, su discapacidad u otros motivos, lo cual afecta al goce de sus derechos humanos,", "1. Reafirma la Declaración Política¹ y el Plan de Acción Internacional de Madrid sobre el Envejecimiento, de 2002²;", "2. Alienta a los gobiernos a que presten mayor atención a la creación de capacidad para erradicar la pobreza entre las personas de edad, en particular las mujeres, incorporando las cuestiones relacionadas con el envejecimiento en las estrategias de erradicación de la pobreza y los planes nacionales de desarrollo, y a que incluyan políticas específicas en materia de envejecimiento e iniciativas de integración de la cuestión del envejecimiento en sus estrategias nacionales;", "3. Alienta a los Estados Miembros a que refuercen sus actividades de fomento de la capacidad nacional para ocuparse de las prioridades nacionales en materia de aplicación del Plan de Acción de Madrid definidas durante su examen y evaluación, e invita a los Estados Miembros que aún no lo hayan hecho a que consideren la posibilidad de adoptar un enfoque gradual para desarrollar su capacidad que comprenda el establecimiento de prioridades nacionales, el fortalecimiento de los mecanismos institucionales, la investigación, la reunión y el análisis de datos y la formación del personal necesario en la esfera del envejecimiento;", "4. Alienta también a los Estados Miembros a que superen los obstáculos a la aplicación del Plan de Acción de Madrid formulando estrategias que tengan en cuenta la trayectoria vital de la persona en su totalidad y fomenten la solidaridad intergeneracional con objeto de incrementar la probabilidad de obtener mejores resultados en los años venideros;", "5. Alienta además a los Estados Miembros a que hagan especial hincapié en fijar prioridades nacionales realistas, sostenibles, viables y con la máxima probabilidad de alcanzarse en los años venideros y elaboren objetivos e indicadores para medir los progresos en el proceso de aplicación;", "6. Alienta a todos los Estados Miembros a que sigan aplicando el Plan de Acción de Madrid como parte integral de sus planes nacionales de desarrollo y sus estrategias de erradicación de la pobreza;", "7. Invita a los Estados Miembros a que determinen sus principales esferas prioritarias para los años restantes del primer decenio de aplicación del Plan de Acción de Madrid, entre ellas el empoderamiento de las personas de edad y la promoción de sus derechos, la sensibilización sobre el envejecimiento y la creación de capacidad nacional al respecto;", "8. Recomienda que los Estados Miembros den a conocer mejor el Plan de Acción de Madrid, incluso reforzando las redes de coordinadores nacionales en materia de envejecimiento, colaborando con las comisiones regionales y recabando la ayuda del Departamento de Información Pública de la Secretaría para que se preste más atención a las cuestiones relacionadas con el envejecimiento;", "9. Alienta a los gobiernos que aún no lo hayan hecho a que designen coordinadores encargados del seguimiento de los planes nacionales de acción sobre el envejecimiento;", "10. Invita a los gobiernos a que formulen y apliquen las políticas relativas al envejecimiento mediante consultas amplias y participativas con las instancias pertinentes y los asociados para el desarrollo social, a fin de elaborar políticas nacionales efectivas que sean responsabilidad de todos y se apoyen en el consenso;", "11. Recomienda que los Estados Miembros mejoren su capacidad para ser más eficaces en la reunión de datos, estadísticas e información cualitativa, desglosados cuando sea necesario por factores pertinentes, en particular sexo y discapacidad, con el fin de poder evaluar mejor la situación de las personas de edad y establecer mecanismos de supervisión adecuados para los programas y políticas orientados a proteger el goce pleno y en condiciones de igualdad de todos los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales por las personas de edad;", "12. Recomienda también que los Estados partes en los instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos vigentes se ocupen de manera más explícita en sus informes, según corresponda, de la situación de las personas de edad, y alienta a los órganos de supervisión creados en virtud de tratados y a los titulares de procedimientos especiales, de conformidad con sus mandatos, a que presten mayor atención a la situación de las personas de edad en su diálogo con los Estados Miembros, a la hora de examinar los informes o en sus misiones a los países;", "13. Exhorta a los gobiernos a que aseguren, según corresponda, la existencia de condiciones que permitan a las familias y comunidades proporcionar cuidados y protección a las personas a medida que envejecen, a que evalúen la mejora del estado de salud de las personas de edad, en particular en función del género, y a que reduzcan la discapacidad y la mortalidad;", "14. Alienta a los gobiernos a que prosigan sus esfuerzos para aplicar el Plan de Acción de Madrid e incorporar las preocupaciones de las personas de edad en sus programas de políticas, teniendo en cuenta la importancia decisiva de la interdependencia entre generaciones en el seno de la familia, la solidaridad y la reciprocidad para el desarrollo social y la realización de todos los derechos humanos de las personas de edad, y para prevenir la discriminación por motivos de edad y lograr la integración social;", "15. Reconoce la importancia de reforzar las alianzas intergeneracionales y la solidaridad entre las generaciones, y a ese respecto exhorta a los Estados Miembros a que promuevan oportunidades para la interacción voluntaria, constructiva y frecuente entre los jóvenes y las generaciones mayores en la familia, el lugar de trabajo y la sociedad en general;", "16. Alienta a los Estados Miembros a que adopten políticas sociales que promuevan el desarrollo de servicios comunitarios para las personas de edad, teniendo en cuenta los aspectos psicológicos y físicos del envejecimiento y las necesidades especiales de las mujeres de edad;", "17. Alienta también a los Estados Miembros a que aseguren que las personas de edad tengan acceso a información sobre sus derechos de modo que puedan participar de manera plena y justa en la sociedad y disfrutar plenamente de todos los derechos humanos;", "18. Exhorta a los Estados Miembros a que desarrollen su capacidad nacional de supervisar y garantizar el ejercicio de los derechos de las personas de edad, en consulta con todos los sectores de la sociedad, incluidas las organizaciones de personas de edad, por ejemplo, mediante instituciones nacionales de promoción y protección de los derechos humanos, según corresponda;", "19. Exhorta también a los Estados Miembros a que refuercen e incorporen las perspectivas de género y de discapacidad en todas las políticas en materia de envejecimiento y a que combatan y erradiquen la discriminación por razón de edad, género o discapacidad, y recomienda que los Estados Miembros colaboren con todos los sectores de la sociedad, en particular con las organizaciones pertinentes interesadas en la materia, incluidas las organizaciones de personas de edad, de mujeres y de personas con discapacidad, para modificar los estereotipos negativos sobre las personas de edad, en particular las mujeres y las personas con discapacidad, y fomenten una visión positiva de las personas de edad;", "20. Exhorta además a los Estados Miembros a que se ocupen del bienestar y la atención sanitaria adecuada de las personas de edad, así como de todos los casos de abandono, maltrato y violencia que sufren esas personas, mediante la formulación y ejecución de estrategias preventivas más eficaces y leyes y políticas más firmes para afrontar esos problemas y sus causas subyacentes;", "21. Decide designar el 15 de junio Día Mundial de Toma de Conciencia del Abuso y Maltrato en la Vejez, e invita a los Estados Miembros, las organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y otras organizaciones internacionales y regionales, así como a la sociedad civil, incluidas organizaciones no gubernamentales y particulares, a que lo observen debidamente;", "22. Exhorta a los Estados Miembros a que adopten medidas concretas para aumentar la protección y la asistencia a las personas de edad en situaciones de emergencia, de conformidad con el Plan de Acción de Madrid;", "23. Destaca que, con el fin de complementar los esfuerzos nacionales de desarrollo, es indispensable una mayor cooperación internacional para ayudar a los países en desarrollo a aplicar el Plan de Acción de Madrid, reconociendo a la vez la importancia de la asistencia y la prestación de ayuda financiera;", "24. Alienta a la comunidad internacional, en particular los donantes internacionales y bilaterales, a que intensifique su cooperación en apoyo a las iniciativas nacionales encaminadas a erradicar la pobreza en consonancia con los objetivos convenidos internacionalmente, a fin de lograr un apoyo social y económico sostenible para las personas de edad, teniendo presente que recae en cada país la responsabilidad primordial de su propio desarrollo económico y social;", "25. Alienta también a la comunidad internacional a que apoye los esfuerzos de los países para forjar alianzas más firmes con la sociedad civil, incluidas las organizaciones de personas de edad, las instituciones académicas, las fundaciones de investigación, las organizaciones de base comunitaria, en particular los cuidadores, y el sector privado, a fin de ayudar a crear capacidad en cuestiones relativas al envejecimiento;", "26. Alienta a la comunidad internacional y a los organismos competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que, en el marco de sus mandatos respectivos, apoyen los esfuerzos nacionales para aportar financiación a las iniciativas de investigación y de reunión de datos sobre el envejecimiento, según corresponda, a fin de comprender mejor los desafíos y las oportunidades que entraña el envejecimiento de la población y proporcionar a los responsables de formular políticas información más precisa y específica sobre el género y el envejecimiento;", "27. Reconoce la importante función que ejercen diversas organizaciones internacionales y regionales dedicadas a la capacitación, la creación de capacidad, la elaboración de políticas y la supervisión a nivel nacional y regional para promover y facilitar la aplicación del Plan de Acción de Madrid, y reconoce la labor que se está llevando a cabo en distintas partes del mundo, así como las iniciativas regionales y las emprendidas por entidades como el Instituto Internacional sobre el Envejecimiento de Malta y el Centro Europeo de Políticas de Bienestar Social e Investigación de Viena;", "28. Recomienda que los Estados Miembros reafirmen la función de los coordinadores de las Naciones Unidas en materia de envejecimiento, fomenten las iniciativas de cooperación técnica, amplíen el papel de las comisiones regionales en cuestiones de envejecimiento, especialmente en el examen y la evaluación de los progresos realizados en la aplicación del Plan de Acción de Madrid que se llevarán a cabo en 2012, décimo aniversario de su aprobación, y aporten recursos adicionales a esas actividades, faciliten la coordinación de las organizaciones no gubernamentales nacionales e internacionales sobre envejecimiento y refuercen la cooperación con las instituciones académicas en torno a un programa de investigación sobre el envejecimiento;", "29. Reitera la necesidad de aumentar la capacidad a nivel nacional para promover y facilitar la aplicación del Plan de Acción de Madrid y los resultados de su primer ciclo de examen y evaluación y, a ese respecto, alienta a los gobiernos a que presten apoyo al Fondo Fiduciario de las Naciones Unidas para el Envejecimiento a fin de que el Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de la Secretaría pueda prestar más asistencia a los países que la soliciten;", "30. Solicita al sistema de las Naciones Unidas que refuerce su capacidad para apoyar, de una manera eficaz y coordinada, la aplicación nacional del Plan de Acción de Madrid cuando corresponda;", "31. Recomienda que se tenga en cuenta la situación de las personas de edad en las iniciativas emprendidas para lograr los objetivos de desarrollo convenidos internacionalmente, incluidos los enumerados en la Declaración del Milenio[4];", "32. Toma nota con aprecio de la labor del Grupo de Trabajo de composición abierta sobre el envejecimiento establecido por la Asamblea General en virtud del párrafo 28 de su resolución 65/182 y reconoce las contribuciones positivas de los Estados Miembros, así como de los órganos y organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas, las organizaciones intergubernamentales y no gubernamentales pertinentes, las instituciones nacionales de derechos humanos y los ponentes invitados en los dos primeros períodos de sesiones de trabajo del Grupo de Trabajo de composición abierta;", "33. Invita a los Estados y a los órganos y las organizaciones competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, en particular los titulares de mandatos de derechos humanos y órganos competentes creados en virtud de tratados de derechos humanos y las comisiones regionales, así como a las organizaciones intergubernamentales y no gubernamentales interesadas en la materia, a que sigan contribuyendo a la labor encomendada al Grupo de Trabajo de composición abierta, según corresponda;", "34. Solicita al Secretario General que siga prestando al Grupo de Trabajo de composición abierta todo el apoyo necesario, dentro de los límites de los recursos existentes;", "35. Solicita también al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución, en particular sobre la integración de las personas de edad, en particular las mujeres de edad, en el desarrollo social y la promoción del goce pleno y en condiciones de igualdad de todos los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales por las personas de edad.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Informe de la Segunda Asamblea Mundial sobre el Envejecimiento, Madrid, 8 a 12 de abril de 2002 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.02.IV.4), cap. I, resolución 1, anexo I.", "[2]  Ibid., anexo II.", "[3]  A/66/173.", "[4]  Véase la resolución 55/2." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/127. Follow‑up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 57/167 of 18 December 2002, in which it endorsed the Political Declaration[1] and the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002,[2] its resolution 58/134 of 22 December 2003, in which it took note, inter alia, of the road map for the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action, and its resolutions 60/135 of 16 December 2005, 61/142 of 19 December 2006, 62/130 of 18 December 2007, 63/151 of 18 December 2008, 64/132 of 18 December 2009 and 65/182 of 21 December 2010,", "Recognizing that, in many parts of the world, awareness of the Madrid Plan of Action remains limited or non‑existent, which limits the scope of implementation efforts,", "Taking note of the report of the Secretary‑General,[3]", "Recognizing that, by 2050, more than 20 per cent of the world’s population will be 60 years old or older, and recognizing also that the increase in the number of older people will be greatest and most rapid in the developing world,", "Deeply concerned that the situation of older persons in many parts of the world has been negatively affected by the world financial and economic crisis,", "Recognizing the essential contribution that the majority of older men and women can continue to make to the functioning of society if adequate guarantees are in place,", "Noting that older women outnumber older men, and noting with concern that older women often face multiple forms of discrimination resulting from their gender‑based roles in society, compounded by their age, disability or other grounds, which affect the enjoyment of their human rights,", "1. Reaffirms the Political Declaration¹ and the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002;²", "2. Encourages Governments to pay greater attention to building capacity to eradicate poverty among older persons, in particular older women, by mainstreaming ageing issues into poverty eradication strategies and national development plans, and to include both ageing‑specific policies and ageing‑mainstreaming efforts in their national strategies;", "3. Encourages Member States to strengthen their efforts to develop national capacity to address their national implementation priorities identified during the review and appraisal of the Madrid Plan of Action, and invites Member States that have not done so to consider a step‑by‑step approach to developing capacity that includes the setting of national priorities, the strengthening of institutional mechanisms, research, data collection and analysis and the training of necessary personnel in the field of ageing;", "4. Also encourages Member States to overcome obstacles to the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action by devising strategies that take into account the entirety of the human life course and foster intergenerational solidarity in order to increase the likelihood of greater success in the years ahead;", "5. Further encourages Member States to place particular emphasis on choosing national priorities that are realistic, sustainable and feasible and have the greatest likelihood of being achieved in the years ahead and to develop targets and indicators to measure progress in the implementation process;", "6. Encourages all Member States to further implement the Madrid Plan of Action as an integral part of their national development plans and poverty eradication strategies;", "7. Invites Member States to identify key priority areas for the remainder of the first decade of implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action, including empowering older persons and promoting their rights, raising awareness of ageing issues and building national capacity to address ageing;", "8. Recommends that Member States increase awareness‑raising of the Madrid Plan of Action, including by strengthening networks of national focal points on ageing, working with the regional commissions and enlisting the help of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat to seek increased attention for ageing issues;", "9. Encourages Governments that have not done so to designate focal points for handling follow‑up of national plans of action on ageing;", "10. Invites Governments to conduct their ageing‑related policies through inclusive and participatory consultations with relevant stakeholders and social development partners, in the interest of developing effective policies creating national policy ownership and consensus‑building;", "11. Recommends that Member States enhance their capacity regarding more effective data collection, statistics and qualitative information, disaggregated when necessary by relevant factors, including sex and disability, in order to better assess the situation of older persons and to set adequate monitoring mechanisms for programmes and policies geared towards protecting the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by older persons;", "12. Also recommends that States parties to existing international human rights instruments address the situation of older persons, where appropriate, more explicitly in their reports, and encourages treaty body monitoring mechanisms and special procedures mandate holders, in accordance with their mandates, to pay more attention to the situation of older persons in their dialogue with Member States, in their consideration of the reports or in their country missions;", "13. Calls upon Governments to ensure, as appropriate, conditions that enable families and communities to provide care and protection to persons as they age, and to evaluate improvements in the health status of older persons, including on a gender‑specific basis, and to reduce disability and mortality;", "14. Encourages Governments to continue their efforts to implement the Madrid Plan of Action and to mainstream the concerns of older persons into their policy agendas, bearing in mind the crucial importance of family intergenerational interdependence, solidarity and reciprocity for social development and the realization of all human rights for older persons, and to prevent age discrimination and provide social integration;", "15. Recognizes the importance of strengthening intergenerational partnerships and solidarity among generations, and in this regard calls upon Member States to promote opportunities for voluntary, constructive and regular interaction between young people and older generations in the family, the workplace and society at large;", "16. Encourages Member States to adopt social policies that promote the development of community services for older persons, taking into account the psychological and physical aspects of ageing and the special needs of older women;", "17. Also encourages Member States to ensure that older persons have access to information about their rights so as to enable them to participate fully and justly in their societies and to claim full enjoyment of all human rights;", "18. Calls upon Member States to develop their national capacity for monitoring and enforcing the rights of older persons, in consultation with all sectors of society, including organizations of older persons, through, inter alia, national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights where applicable;", "19. Also calls upon Member States to strengthen and incorporate a gender and disability perspective into all policy actions on ageing, as well as to address and eliminate discrimination on the basis of age, gender or disability, and recommends that Member States engage with all sectors of society, in particular with relevant organizations with an interest in the matter, including organizations of older persons, of women and of persons with disabilities, in changing negative stereotypes about older persons, in particular older women and older persons with disabilities, and promote positive images of older persons;", "20. Further calls upon Member States to address the well‑being and adequate health care of older persons, as well as any cases of neglect, abuse and violence against older persons, by designing and implementing more effective prevention strategies and stronger laws and policies to address these problems and their underlying factors;", "21. Decides to designate 15 June as World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, and invites all Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations, as well as civil society, including non‑governmental organizations and individuals, to observe it in an appropriate manner;", "22. Calls upon Member States to take concrete measures to further protect and assist older persons in emergency situations, in accordance with the Madrid Plan of Action;", "23. Stresses that, in order to complement national development efforts, enhanced international cooperation is essential to support developing countries in implementing the Madrid Plan of Action, while recognizing the importance of assistance and the provision of financial assistance;", "24. Encourages the international community, including international and bilateral donors, to enhance international cooperation to support national efforts to eradicate poverty, in keeping with internationally agreed goals, in order to achieve sustainable social and economic support for older persons, while bearing in mind that countries have the primary responsibility for their own economic and social development;", "25. Also encourages the international community to support national efforts to forge stronger partnerships with civil society, including organizations of older persons, academia, research foundations, community‑based organizations, including caregivers, and the private sector, in an effort to help to build capacity on ageing issues;", "26. Encourages the international community and the relevant agencies of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, to support national efforts to provide funding for research and data‑collection initiatives on ageing, as appropriate, in order to better understand the challenges and opportunities presented by population ageing and to provide policymakers with more accurate and more specific information on gender and ageing;", "27. Recognizes the important role of various international and regional organizations that deal with training, capacity‑building, policy design and monitoring at the national and regional levels in promoting and facilitating the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action, and acknowledges the work that is undertaken in various parts of the world, as well as regional initiatives, and by institutes such as the International Institute on Ageing in Malta and the European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research in Vienna;", "28. Recommends that Member States reaffirm the role of United Nations focal points on ageing, increase technical cooperation efforts, expand the role of the regional commissions on ageing issues, especially in the review and appraisal of progress in the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action during the tenth anniversary of its adoption in 2012, and provide added resources for those efforts, facilitate the coordination of national and international non‑governmental organizations on ageing and enhance cooperation with academia on a research agenda on ageing;", "29. Reiterates the need for additional capacity‑building at the national level in order to promote and facilitate further implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action, as well as the results of its first review and appraisal cycle, and in this regard encourages Governments to support the United Nations Trust Fund for Ageing to enable the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat to provide expanded assistance to countries, upon their request;", "30. Requests the United Nations system to strengthen its capacity to support, in an efficient and coordinated manner, national implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action, where appropriate;", "31. Recommends that the situation of older persons be taken into account in the ongoing efforts to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the United Nations Millennium Declaration;[4]", "32. Takes note with appreciation of the work of the Open‑ended Working Group on Ageing, established by the General Assembly in paragraph 28 of resolution 65/182, and recognizes the positive contributions of Member States, as well as relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations, intergovernmental and relevant non‑governmental organizations, national human rights institutions and invited panellists during the first two working sessions of the Open‑ended Working Group;", "33. Invites States and relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, including relevant human rights mandate holders and treaty bodies and the regional commissions, as well as intergovernmental and relevant non‑governmental organizations with an interest in the matter, to continue to make contributions to the work entrusted to the Open‑ended Working Group, as appropriate;", "34. Requests the Secretary‑General to continue to provide all necessary support to the Open‑ended Working Group, within existing resources;", "35. Also requests the Secretary‑General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty‑seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, in particular on the integration of older persons, including older women, in social development and the promotion of the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by older persons.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  Report of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, Madrid, 8–12 April 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.IV.4), chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.", "[2]  Ibid., annex II.", "[3]  A/66/173.", "[4]  See resolution 55/2." ]
A_RES_66_127
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/454 (Part II))]", "66/127. Follow-up to the Second World Assembly on Ageing", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 57/167 of 18 December 2002, in which it endorsed the Political Declaration[1] and the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing of 2002[2], its resolution 58/134 of 22 December 2003, in which it took note, inter alia, of the general guide for the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action, and its resolutions 60/135 of 16 December 2005, 61/142 of 19 December 2010, 62/", "Recognizing that in many parts of the world the knowledge of the Madrid Plan of Action remains small or void, which limits the scope of implementation measures,", "Taking note of the report of the Secretary-General,[3]", "Recognizing that by 2050 more than 20 per cent of the world ' s population will be 60 years or older, and also recognizing that the increase in the number of older persons will be greater and faster in the developing world,", "Deeply concerned that in many parts of the world the situation of older persons has been adversely affected by the global financial and economic crisis,", "Recognizing the essential contribution that most older men and women can continue to make to the functioning of society if appropriate guarantees are established,", "Noting that there are more older women than older men and noting with concern that these women often face multiple forms of discrimination resulting from their gender-based social roles, aggravated by their age, disability or other grounds, which affect the enjoyment of their human rights,", "1. Reaffirms the Political Declaration and the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002;2", "2. Encourages Governments to pay greater attention to capacity-building to eradicate poverty among older persons, in particular women, by mainstreaming ageing issues into poverty eradication strategies and national development plans, and to include specific ageing policies and mainstreaming initiatives in their national strategies;", "3. Encourages Member States to strengthen their national capacity-building activities to address national priorities for the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action identified during their review and appraisal, and invites Member States that have not yet done so to consider adopting a step-by-step approach to building their capacities that include national priorities, strengthening institutional mechanisms, research, data collection and analysis and training of the necessary staff in the area of ageing;", "4. Also encourages Member States to overcome obstacles to the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action by formulating strategies that take into account the person ' s entire life trajectory and foster intergenerational solidarity in order to increase the likelihood of achieving better results in the years ahead;", "5. Further encourages Member States to place particular emphasis on realistic, sustainable, viable and most likely national priorities in the years ahead and to develop targets and indicators to measure progress in the implementation process;", "6. Encourages all Member States to continue to implement the Madrid Plan of Action as an integral part of their national development plans and poverty eradication strategies;", "7. Invites Member States to identify their main priority areas for the remaining years of the first decade of implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action, including the empowerment of older persons and the promotion of their rights, awareness of ageing and national capacity-building in this regard;", "8. Recommends that Member States raise awareness of the Madrid Plan of Action, including by strengthening national focal points on ageing networks, working with the regional commissions and seeking the assistance of the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat to increase attention to ageing issues;", "9. Encourages Governments that have not yet done so to designate focal points for the follow-up to national action plans on ageing;", "10. Invites Governments to formulate and implement ageing policies through comprehensive and participatory consultations with relevant actors and social development partners, in order to develop effective national policies that are the responsibility of all and supported by consensus;", "11. Recommends that Member States improve their capacity to be more effective in the collection of qualitative data, statistics and information, disaggregated when necessary by relevant factors, including sex and disability, in order to better assess the situation of older persons and establish appropriate monitoring mechanisms for programmes and policies aimed at protecting the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by older persons;", "12. Recommends also that States parties to existing international human rights instruments be more explicit in their reports, as appropriate, of the situation of older persons, and encourages the treaty monitoring bodies and special procedures holders, in accordance with their mandates, to pay greater attention to the situation of older persons in their dialogue with Member States, in reviewing reports or in their country missions;", "13. Calls upon Governments to ensure, as appropriate, the existence of conditions that enable families and communities to provide care and protection to people as they age, to assess the improvement of the health status of older persons, particularly in terms of gender, and to reduce disability and mortality;", "14. Encourages Governments to continue their efforts to implement the Madrid Plan of Action and to incorporate the concerns of older persons into their policy programmes, taking into account the critical importance of intergenerational interdependence within the family, solidarity and reciprocity for social development and the realization of all the human rights of older persons, and to prevent age discrimination and achieve social integration;", "15. Recognizes the importance of strengthening intergenerational partnerships and intergenerational solidarity, and in this regard calls upon Member States to promote opportunities for voluntary, constructive and frequent interaction between young people and older generations in the family, the workplace and society at large;", "16. Encourages Member States to adopt social policies that promote the development of community services for older persons, taking into account the psychological and physical aspects of ageing and the special needs of older women;", "17. Also encourages Member States to ensure that older persons have access to information on their rights so that they can participate fully and fairly in society and fully enjoy all human rights;", "18. Calls upon Member States to develop their national capacity to monitor and ensure the exercise of the rights of older persons, in consultation with all sectors of society, including older persons ' organizations, for example through national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights, as appropriate;", "19. Also calls upon Member States to strengthen and mainstream gender and disability perspectives in all ageing policies and to combat and eradicate age, gender or disability discrimination, and recommends that Member States work with all sectors of society, in particular with relevant organizations, including older persons, women and persons with disabilities, to change negative stereotypes,", "20. Further calls upon Member States to address the well-being and adequate health care of older persons, as well as all cases of neglect, abuse and violence suffered by older persons, through the formulation and implementation of more effective preventive strategies and stronger laws and policies to address these problems and their underlying causes;", "21. Decides to designate 15 June as the World Day for the Awareness of Abuse and Abuse in Old Ages, and invites Member States, organizations of the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations and individuals, to observe it properly;", "22. Calls upon Member States to take concrete measures to increase protection and assistance to older persons in emergency situations, in accordance with the Madrid Plan of Action;", "23. Stresses that, in order to complement national development efforts, greater international cooperation is essential to assist developing countries in implementing the Madrid Plan of Action, while recognizing the importance of assistance and financial assistance;", "24. Encourages the international community, in particular international and bilateral donors, to intensify its cooperation in support of national efforts to eradicate poverty in line with the internationally agreed goals, in order to achieve sustainable social and economic support for older persons, bearing in mind that each country bears the primary responsibility for its own economic and social development;", "25. It also encourages the international community to support the efforts of countries to build stronger partnerships with civil society, including older persons ' organizations, academic institutions, research foundations, community-based organizations, in particular caregivers, and the private sector, in order to help build capacity on ageing issues;", "26. Encourages the international community and relevant agencies of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, to support national efforts to provide funding for research and data collection initiatives on ageing, as appropriate, in order to better understand the challenges and opportunities of population ageing and to provide policymakers with more accurate and specific information on gender and ageing;", "27. Recognizes the important role played by various international and regional organizations involved in training, capacity-building, policy development and monitoring at the national and regional levels in promoting and facilitating the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action, and recognizes the ongoing work in various parts of the world, as well as regional initiatives and initiatives undertaken by entities such as the International Institute for the Ageing of Malta and the European Centre for Social Welfare and Research Policies of Vienna;", "28. Recommends that Member States reaffirm the role of United Nations ageing focal points, promote technical cooperation initiatives, expand the role of regional commissions in ageing issues, especially in the review and appraisal of the progress made in the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action to be undertaken in 2012, the tenth anniversary of their adoption, and provide additional resources for such activities, facilitate the coordination of international ageing and non-formal ageing organizations", "29. Reiterates the need to increase capacity at the national level to promote and facilitate the implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action and the results of its first review and appraisal cycle, and in this regard encourages Governments to support the United Nations Trust Fund for Ageing so that the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat can provide more assistance to countries upon request;", "30. Requests the United Nations system to strengthen its capacity to support, in an effective and coordinated manner, the national implementation of the Madrid Plan of Action as appropriate;", "31. Recommends that the situation of older persons be taken into account in efforts to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including those listed in the Millennium Declaration[4];", "32. Takes note with appreciation of the work of the Open-ended Working Group on Ageing established by the General Assembly pursuant to paragraph 28 of its resolution 65/182 and recognizes the positive contributions of Member States, as well as relevant United Nations bodies and organizations, relevant intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, national human rights institutions and guest speakers at the first two sessions of the Open-ended Working Group;", "33. Invites States and relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, in particular human rights mandate holders and relevant human rights treaty bodies and regional commissions, as well as interested in intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to continue to contribute to the mandated work of the Open-ended Working Group, as appropriate;", "34. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to provide the Open-ended Working Group with all necessary support, within existing resources;", "35. It also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, in particular on the integration of older persons, in particular older women, in social development and the promotion of the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by older persons.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] Report of the Second World Assembly on Ageing, Madrid, 8-12 April 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.02.IV.4), chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.", "[2] Ibid., annex II.", "[3] A/66/173.", "[4] See resolution 55/2." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/455 y Corr. 1)]", "66/128. Violencia contra las trabajadoras migratorias", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando todas sus resoluciones anteriores sobre la violencia contra las trabajadoras migratorias y las aprobadas por la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer, la Comisión de Derechos Humanos y la Comisión de Prevención del Delito y Justicia Penal, así como la Declaración sobre la eliminación de la violencia contra la mujer[1],", "Reafirmando las disposiciones relativas a las trabajadoras migratorias que figuran en los documentos finales de la Conferencia Mundial de Derechos Humanos[2], la Conferencia Internacional sobre la Población y el Desarrollo[3], la Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer[4] y la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social[5] y sus exámenes,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito el establecimiento de la Entidad de las Naciones Unidas para la Igualdad entre los Géneros y el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres (ONU‑Mujeres), y expresando la esperanza de que la Entidad apoye enérgicamente los esfuerzos nacionales para aumentar el acceso a las oportunidades económicas por parte de las mujeres, especialmente las más excluidas, entre las que figuran las trabajadoras migratorias, y para acabar con la violencia contra las trabajadoras migratorias, habida cuenta del Plan estratégico para 2011‑2013 de ONU‑Mujeres[6], entre cuyos seis objetivos se encuentran aumentar el acceso de la mujer a las oportunidades económicas, prevenir la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas y ampliar el acceso de las supervivientes a los servicios pertinentes, y de la política y la labor programática de ONU‑Mujeres en relación con el empoderamiento de las trabajadoras migratorias,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito también las conclusiones convenidas que la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer aprobó en su 55º período de sesiones[7] y tomando nota, en particular, del compromiso, según proceda, de poner en práctica políticas y programas para las trabajadoras migratorias atendiendo a las cuestiones de género, de asegurar que todas las mujeres, incluidas las que trabajan como cuidadoras, estén legalmente protegidas de la violencia y la explotación, de proporcionar vías de migración legales y seguras que reconozcan las aptitudes y la educación de las trabajadoras migratorias y garanticen condiciones laborales justas, y de facilitar el empleo productivo y el trabajo decente de dichas trabajadoras, así como su integración en la fuerza de trabajo,", "Recordando los debates que tuvieron lugar durante el Diálogo de alto nivel sobre la migración internacional y el desarrollo, celebrado los días 14 y 15 de septiembre de 2006, en que se reconoció, entre otras cosas, que las mujeres migrantes requieren de una protección especial, y observando que en 2013 se celebrará otro diálogo de alto nivel sobre el mismo tema,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la aprobación del Convenio núm. 189 y la Recomendación núm. 201 sobre el trabajo decente para las trabajadoras y los trabajadores domésticos por la Conferencia Internacional del Trabajo en su 100ª reunión, celebrada el 16 de junio de 2011, observando la importancia de la pronta entrada en vigor del Convenio núm. 189 y alentando a los Estados a que consideren la posibilidad de ratificarlo, alentando a los Estados partes en la Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer[8] a que tomen nota de la recomendación general núm. 26 sobre las trabajadoras migratorias, aprobada por el Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación contra la Mujer en noviembre de 2008[9], y la tomen en consideración, y alentando a los Estados partes en la Convención Internacional sobre la protección de los derechos de todos los trabajadores migratorios y de sus familiares[10] a que tomen nota de la Observación general núm. 1 sobre los trabajadores domésticos migratorios, aprobada por el Comité de Protección de los Derechos de Todos los Trabajadores Migratorios y de sus Familiares en diciembre de 2010[11], y la tomen en consideración, reconociendo que son complementarias y se refuerzan mutuamente,", "Reconociendo la creciente participación de la mujer en la migración internacional, impulsada en gran medida por factores socioeconómicos, y que esta feminización de la migración requiere que se tengan más en cuenta las cuestiones de género en todas las políticas y actividades relacionadas con la migración internacional,", "Destacando que todos los interesados, en particular los países de origen, tránsito y destino, las organizaciones regionales e internacionales competentes, el sector privado y la sociedad civil, comparten la responsabilidad de promover un entorno que ayude a prevenir y combatir la violencia contra las trabajadoras migratorias, incluso en el contexto de la discriminación, aplicando medidas selectivas, y reconociendo en este sentido la importancia de que se adopten en forma conjunta y en colaboración enfoques y estrategias a nivel nacional, bilateral, regional e internacional,", "Reconociendo que las trabajadoras migratorias contribuyen de manera importante al desarrollo social y económico, mediante las repercusiones económicas y sociales resultantes de su trabajo en los países de origen y destino, y subrayando el valor y la dignidad de su trabajo, incluido el de las trabajadoras domésticas,", "Reconociendo también la especial vulnerabilidad de las mujeres y sus hijos en todas las etapas del proceso migratorio, desde el momento en que deciden emigrar y durante el tránsito, en el empleo en los sectores estructurado y no estructurado, y en su integración en la sociedad que las acoge, así como durante el regreso y la reintegración en sus países de origen,", "Expresando profunda preocupación por los informes que siguen apareciendo de graves abusos y actos de violencia cometidos contra las mujeres y las niñas migrantes, que incluyen violencia basada en el género, en particular violencia sexual, violencia doméstica y familiar, actos de racismo y xenofobia, prácticas laborales abusivas, explotación en el trabajo y formas contemporáneas de esclavitud, incluidas todas las formas de trabajo forzoso y la trata de personas,", "Reconociendo que la convergencia de la discriminación por motivos de género, edad, clase social y origen étnico y los estereotipos basados en estos factores pueden agravar la discriminación que sufren las trabajadoras migratorias, y que la violencia basada en el género es una forma de discriminación,", "Reafirmando el compromiso de proteger y promover los derechos humanos de todas las mujeres, incluidas, sin discriminación, las mujeres indígenas que emigran en busca de empleo, y observando a este respecto la atención prestada en la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas[12] a la eliminación de todas las formas de violencia y discriminación contra las mujeres indígenas, según proceda,", "Observando que el tema prioritario del 56º período de sesiones de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer será “La potenciación de la mujer rural y su papel en la erradicación de la pobreza y el hambre, el desarrollo y los problemas actuales”[13], y reconociendo en este sentido el papel y la contribución de las trabajadoras migratorias rurales en el ámbito de la erradicación de la pobreza y el desarrollo de sus comunidades,", "Preocupada porque muchas mujeres migrantes que trabajan en el sector no estructurado de la economía y en labores de baja cualificación son especialmente vulnerables a los abusos y la explotación, subrayando a este respecto la obligación de los Estados de proteger los derechos humanos de los migrantes para prevenir y combatir los abusos y la explotación, y observando con preocupación que muchas trabajadoras migratorias aceptan empleos para los que pueden estar más que sobradamente cualificadas y en los que, al mismo tiempo, pueden ser más vulnerables por tratarse de empleos mal remunerados y sin protección social suficiente,", "Poniendo de relieve la necesidad de contar con información objetiva, exhaustiva y de gran variedad de fuentes, incluidos datos y estadísticas desglosados por sexo y edad e indicadores específicos de género para la investigación y el análisis, y de proceder a un intercambio amplio de la experiencia y las enseñanzas adquiridas por los Estados Miembros y la sociedad civil en la formulación de estrategias concretas y políticas dirigidas específicamente a combatir la violencia contra las trabajadoras migratorias, especialmente en el contexto de la discriminación,", "Comprendiendo que el movimiento de un número considerable de trabajadoras migratorias puede verse facilitado y posibilitado mediante documentos fraudulentos o irregulares y matrimonios arreglados con fines de migración, a lo cual contribuye, entre otras cosas, el uso de Internet, y que esas trabajadoras migratorias son más vulnerables a los abusos y la explotación,", "Reconociendo la importancia de estudiar la relación entre la migración y la trata de personas, a fin de promover actividades encaminadas a proteger a las trabajadoras migratorias contra la violencia, la discriminación, la explotación y los abusos,", "Alentada por el hecho de que algunos países de destino han adoptado ciertas medidas para aliviar los sufrimientos de las trabajadoras migratorias que residen en su jurisdicción y promover el acceso a la justicia, por ejemplo estableciendo mecanismos adaptados a las cuestiones de género para proteger a los trabajadores migratorios, facilitando el acceso de estos a mecanismos de presentación de denuncias o prestándoles asistencia durante los procedimientos judiciales,", "Subrayando la importante función que desempeñan los órganos competentes de las Naciones Unidas creados en virtud de tratados en las tareas de supervisar la aplicación de las convenciones de derechos humanos, y los procedimientos especiales pertinentes, en el marco de los respectivos mandatos, hacer frente al problema de la violencia contra las trabajadoras migratorias y proteger y promover sus derechos humanos y su bienestar,", "1. Toma nota con aprecio del informe del Secretario General[14];", "2. Alienta a los Estados Miembros a que consideren la posibilidad de firmar y ratificar los convenios pertinentes de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo o de adherirse a ellos, y la posibilidad de firmar y ratificar la Convención Internacional sobre la protección de los derechos de todos los trabajadores migratorios y de sus familiares¹⁰, el Protocolo para prevenir, reprimir y sancionar la trata de personas, especialmente mujeres y niños, que complementa la Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la Delincuencia Organizada Transnacional[15], el Protocolo contra el tráfico ilícito de migrantes por tierra, mar y aire, que complementa la Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la Delincuencia Organizada Transnacional[16], la Convención sobre el Estatuto de los Apátridas de 1954[17] y la Convención para reducir los casos de apatridia de 1961[18], así como todos los demás tratados de derechos humanos que contribuyen a proteger los derechos de las trabajadoras migratorias, o la posibilidad de adherirse a ellos, y alienta también a los Estados Miembros a que apliquen el Plan de Acción Mundial de las Naciones Unidas para combatir la trata de personas[19];", "3. Toma nota del informe de la Relatora Especial del Consejo de Derechos Humanos sobre la violencia contra la mujer, sus causas y consecuencias titulado “Economía política de los derechos de la mujer”, presentado al Consejo en su 11° período de sesiones[20], y en particular del análisis detallado que en él se hace de los problemas actuales de explotación y violencia que afrontan las mujeres migrantes en el contexto de las actuales tendencias y crisis económicas mundiales;", "4. Alienta a todos los relatores especiales de las Naciones Unidas sobre derechos humanos en cuyos mandatos se incluyen cuestiones relativas a la violencia contra las trabajadoras migratorias a que mejoren la reunión de información y el análisis de los ámbitos de sus mandatos relativos a los problemas actuales que afrontan las trabajadoras migratorias, y alienta también a los gobiernos a que cooperen con los relatores especiales a ese respecto;", "5. Exhorta a todos los gobiernos a que incorporen en sus leyes, políticas y programas sobre migración internacional y sobre trabajo y empleo una perspectiva basada en el género y los derechos humanos y centrada en las personas, acorde con las obligaciones y los compromisos en materia de derechos humanos que les incumben en virtud de los instrumentos de derechos humanos, a fin de proteger a las mujeres migrantes contra la violencia, la discriminación, la explotación y los abusos y prevenir tales lacras, a que adopten medidas eficaces para asegurar que dichas políticas migratorias y laborales no refuercen la discriminación, y, en caso necesario, a que realicen estudios para evaluar los efectos de la legislación, las políticas y los programas a fin de determinar la repercusión de las medidas adoptadas y los resultados obtenidos en lo que respecta a las trabajadoras migratorias;", "6. Exhorta a los gobiernos a que adopten o consoliden medidas para proteger los derechos humanos de las trabajadoras migratorias, cualquiera que sea su estatus migratorio, incluso en las políticas que regulan la contratación y colocación de las trabajadoras migratorias y a que estudien la posibilidad de ampliar el diálogo entre los Estados en relación con la formulación de métodos innovadores para promover cauces legales de migración, entre otras cosas, a fin de desalentar la migración ilegal, la posibilidad de incorporar una perspectiva de género en las leyes de inmigración para prevenir la discriminación y la violencia contra la mujer, en particular cuando se trate de migración independiente, circular y temporaria, y, de acuerdo con la legislación nacional, la posibilidad de permitir a las mujeres migrantes víctimas de la violencia solicitar permisos de residencia sin depender para ello de empleadores o cónyuges abusivos;", "7. Insta a los gobiernos a que intensifiquen la cooperación bilateral, regional, interregional e internacional para hacer frente a la violencia contra las trabajadoras migratorias, respetando plenamente el derecho internacional, incluidas las normas internacionales de derechos humanos, y a que redoblen los esfuerzos por reducir la vulnerabilidad de las trabajadoras migratorias facilitando el acceso efectivo a la justicia, adoptando medidas eficaces en relación con el cumplimiento de la ley, el procesamiento judicial, la prevención, la creación de capacidad, y la protección y el apoyo a las víctimas, intercambiando información y buenas prácticas para combatir la violencia y la discriminación contra las trabajadoras migratorias, y fomentando en los países de origen modalidades de desarrollo sostenible como alternativa a la migración;", "8. Insta también a los gobiernos a que tengan en cuenta el interés superior del niño, adoptando o consolidando medidas para promover y proteger los derechos humanos de las niñas migrantes, especialmente las niñas no acompañadas, cualquiera que sea su estatus migratorio, a fin de prevenir la explotación laboral y económica, la discriminación, el acoso sexual, la violencia y los abusos sexuales en el lugar de trabajo, incluido el servicio doméstico;", "9. Insta además a los gobiernos a que alienten enérgicamente a todas las instancias pertinentes, especialmente el sector privado, incluidas las agencias de empleo que contratan trabajadoras migratorias, a que dediquen más atención y más apoyo financiero a la prevención de la violencia contra las trabajadoras migratorias, en particular promoviendo el acceso de las mujeres a educación e información de utilidad y en función del género sobre los costos y los beneficios de la migración, los derechos y las prestaciones que les corresponden en los países de origen y de empleo, las condiciones generales de los países de empleo y los procedimientos de migración legal, entre otras cosas, y aseguren que las leyes y políticas que regulan la actividad de agencias de contratación, empleadores e intermediarios promuevan la observancia y el respeto de los derechos humanos de los trabajadores migratorios, en particular de las mujeres;", "10. Alienta a todos los Estados a que eliminen los obstáculos que puedan impedir la transferencia transparente, segura, rápida y sin restricciones de las remesas de fondos de los migrantes a sus países de origen o a cualquier otro país, concretamente, cuando proceda, reduciendo los costos de las transacciones e implantando modalidades de envío de remesas de fondos, ahorro e inversión, incluidas modalidades de inversión desde la diáspora, que sean de fácil uso por las mujeres, de conformidad con la legislación nacional aplicable, y a que consideren, cuando proceda, medidas para resolver otros problemas que puedan dificultar el acceso de las trabajadoras migratorias a sus recursos económicos y la gestión personal de dichos recursos;", "11. Exhorta a los gobiernos a que reconozcan el derecho de las trabajadoras migratorias, cualquiera que sea su estatus migratorio, a tener acceso a la asistencia sanitaria de emergencia y, a este respecto, a que aseguren que las trabajadoras migratorias no sean objeto de discriminación por motivos de embarazo o parto, y a que hagan frente, de conformidad con la legislación nacional, a la vulnerabilidad al VIH que experimentan las poblaciones migrantes y faciliten su acceso a servicios de prevención, tratamiento, atención y apoyo en materia de VIH;", "12. Insta a los Estados que aún no lo hayan hecho a que aprueben y apliquen leyes y políticas que protejan a todas las mujeres migrantes que trabajan como empleadas domésticas y a que incluyan en ellas medidas pertinentes de supervisión e inspección en consonancia con los convenios aplicables de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo y otros instrumentos, y cuando proceda mejoren dichas medidas, a fin de garantizar el cumplimiento de las obligaciones internacionales, y a que otorguen a las trabajadoras migratorias empleadas en el servicio doméstico acceso a mecanismos transparentes y que tengan en cuenta las cuestiones de género para presentar denuncias contra sus empleadores, destacando al mismo tiempo que dichos instrumentos no deberían castigar a las trabajadoras migratorias, y exhorta a los Estados a que investiguen y sancionen con prontitud todas las violaciones de sus derechos;", "13. Exhorta a los gobiernos a que, en cooperación con las organizaciones internacionales, las organizaciones no gubernamentales, el sector privado y otras instancias, proporcionen a las trabajadoras migratorias que son víctimas de la violencia, cualquiera que sea su estatus migratorio y de acuerdo con la legislación nacional, todo tipo de asistencia y protección de emergencia y, en la medida de lo posible, servicios que tengan en cuenta las cuestiones de género apropiados desde el punto de vista lingüístico y cultural, de conformidad con los instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos pertinentes y los convenios aplicables;", "14. Exhorta también a los gobiernos, en particular los de los países de origen y destino, a que establezcan sanciones penales para castigar a quienes cometan actos de violencia contra trabajadoras migratorias y a los que actúen como intermediarios en la comisión de dichos actos, así como mecanismos de reparación y justicia que tengan en cuenta las cuestiones de género y a los que las víctimas tengan acceso efectivo, que les permitan presentar y tener en cuenta sus opiniones e inquietudes en etapas apropiadas de las actuaciones judiciales, incluidas otras medidas que permitan a las víctimas personarse en los procedimientos judiciales, cuando sea posible, y a que aseguren que las trabajadoras migratorias víctimas de la violencia no vuelvan a ser victimizadas, en particular por las autoridades;", "15. Insta a todos los Estados a que adopten medidas eficaces para poner fin al arresto y la detención arbitrarios de trabajadoras migratorias y emprendan acciones para prevenir y castigar cualquier forma de privación ilegal de la libertad de las trabajadoras migratorias por parte de individuos o grupos;", "16. Alienta a los gobiernos a que formulen y ejecuten programas de capacitación para los agentes del orden, los funcionarios de inmigración y los oficiales de fronteras, los funcionarios diplomáticos y consulares, los fiscales y los proveedores de servicios, con miras a sensibilizar a esos funcionarios públicos sobre la cuestión de la violencia contra las trabajadoras migratorias e instruirlos en las actitudes y los conocimientos necesarios que les permitan intervenir de una manera que sea apropiada, profesional y atenta a las consideraciones de género;", "17. Alienta también a los gobiernos a que promuevan la coherencia entre las políticas y los programas en materia de migración, trabajo y lucha contra la trata de personas relativos a las trabajadoras migratorias, desde una perspectiva basada en el género y los derechos humanos y centrada en las personas, aseguren la protección de los derechos humanos de las trabajadoras migratorias durante todo el proceso migratorio y redoblen los esfuerzos por prevenir la violencia contra ellas , enjuiciar a los autores de actos de violencia y proteger y prestar apoyo a las víctimas y sus familiares;", "18. Exhorta a los Estados a que, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en el artículo 36 de la Convención de Viena sobre Relaciones Consulares[21], si una trabajadora migratoria es arrestada de cualquier forma, detenida o puesta en prisión preventiva, garanticen que las autoridades competentes respeten su libertad para comunicarse con funcionarios consulares de su país de nacionalidad y tener acceso a ellos y, a ese respecto, si la interesada lo solicita, informen sin demora a la oficina consular de su Estado de nacionalidad;", "19. Invita al sistema de las Naciones Unidas y a otras organizaciones intergubernamentales y no gubernamentales interesadas a que cooperen con los gobiernos, dentro de los límites de los recursos existentes, para lograr una mejor comprensión de las cuestiones relativas a la mujer y la migración internacional, y mejoren la reunión, difusión y análisis de datos e información desglosados por sexo y edad para facilitar la formulación de políticas migratorias y laborales que, entre otras cosas, tengan en cuenta las consideraciones de género y protejan los derechos humanos, y a que contribuyan a la evaluación de las políticas y sigan apoyando los esfuerzos nacionales para hacer frente a la violencia contra las trabajadoras migratorias de una manera coordinada que asegure la aplicación efectiva de dichas políticas, potencie sus efectos y consolide resultados positivos para las trabajadoras migratorias;", "20. Alienta a los gobiernos a que formulen políticas nacionales relativas a las trabajadoras migratorias basadas en análisis y datos actualizados, pertinentes y desglosados por sexo en estrecha consulta con las trabajadoras migratorias y las instancias pertinentes a lo largo de todo el proceso, y alienta también a los gobiernos a que aseguren que ese proceso esté dotado de recursos adecuados y que las políticas resultantes dispongan de metas e indicadores medibles y de calendarios y medidas de seguimiento y rendición de cuentas, en particular para las agencias de empleo, los empleadores y los funcionarios públicos, y realicen evaluaciones de sus efectos y aseguren la coordinación multisectorial entre los países de origen, tránsito y destino y dentro de dichos países por conducto de mecanismos apropiados;", "21. Alienta también a los gobiernos interesados, en particular los de los países de origen, tránsito y destino, a que hagan uso de los conocimientos especializados de dependencias de las Naciones Unidas, como la División de Estadística del Departamento de Asuntos Económicos y Sociales de la Secretaría y ONU‑Mujeres, para elaborar y mejorar metodologías apropiadas de reunión, análisis y difusión de datos desglosados por sexo a nivel nacional que permitan obtener datos comparables y crear sistemas de seguimiento e información sobre casos de violencia contra las trabajadoras migratorias y, cuando sea posible, de violaciones de sus derechos en todas las etapas del proceso migratorio, y a que:", "a) Sigan estudiando los costos que acarrea la violencia contra las mujeres, especialmente las trabajadoras migratorias, para las propias mujeres, sus familiares y sus comunidades;", "b) Analicen las oportunidades de que disponen las trabajadoras migratorias y su contribución al desarrollo;", "c) Favorezcan la obtención de mejores datos macroeconómicos sobre las remesas de fondos, lo cual facilitará la formulación y la aplicación de políticas apropiadas;", "22. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo octavo período de sesiones le presente un informe exhaustivo, analítico y temático sobre el problema de la violencia contra las trabajadoras migratorias y sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución, específicamente en lo relativo al acceso de las trabajadoras migratorias a la justicia, en el que se destaquen los efectos de la legislación, las políticas y los programas en las trabajadoras migratorias, teniendo en cuenta la información actualizada facilitada por las organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, en particular la Organización Internacional del Trabajo, el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, ONU‑Mujeres y la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas contra la Droga y el Delito, así como los informes de los relatores especiales en los que se hace referencia a la situación de las trabajadoras migratorias y otras fuentes pertinentes, como la Organización Internacional para las Migraciones, incluidas las organizaciones no gubernamentales.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase la resolución 48/104.", "[2]  A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), cap. III.", "[3]  Informe de la Conferencia Internacional sobre la Población y el Desarrollo, El Cairo, 5 a 13 de septiembre de 1994 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.95.XIII.18), cap. I, resolución 1, anexo.", "[4]  Informe de la Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer, Beijing, 4 a 15 de septiembre de 1995 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.96.IV.13), cap. I, resolución 1, anexos I y II.", "[5]  Informe de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social, Copenhague, 6 a 12 de marzo de 1995 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.96.IV.8), cap. I, resolución 1, anexos I y II.", "[6]  UNW/2011/9.", "[7]  Véase Documentos Oficiales del Consejo Económico y Social, 2011, Suplemento núm. 7 (E/2011/27), cap. I, secc. A.", "[8]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, núm. 20378.", "[9]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo cuarto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 38 (A/64/38), primera parte, anexo I, decisión 42/I.", "[10]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2220, núm. 39481.", "[11]  CMW/C/GC/1.", "[12]  Resolución 61/295, anexo.", "[13]  Véase la resolución 2009/15 del Consejo Económico y Social.", "[14]  A/66/212.", "[15]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2237, núm. 39574.", "[16]  Ibid., vol. 2241, núm. 39574.", "[17]  Ibid., vol. 360, núm. 5158.", "[18]  Ibid., vol. 989, núm. 14458.", "[19]  Resolución 64/293.", "[20]  A/HRC/11/6.", "[21]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 596, núm. 8638." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/455 and Corr.1)]", "66/128. Violence against women migrant workers", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling all of its previous resolutions on violence against women migrant workers and those adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women, the Commission on Human Rights and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women,[1]", "Reaffirming the provisions concerning women migrant workers contained in the outcome documents of the World Conference on Human Rights,[2] the International Conference on Population and Development,[3] the Fourth World Conference on Women[4] and the World Summit for Social Development[5] and their reviews,", "Welcoming the establishment of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN‑Women), and expressing the hope that it will robustly support national efforts to increase women’s access to economic opportunities, especially for those who are most excluded, including women migrant workers, and to end violence against women migrant workers, in the light of the UN‑Women strategic plan, 2011–2013,[6] which has among its six goals increasing women’s access to economic opportunities, and preventing violence against women and girls and expanding access to survivor services, and the policy and programmatic work of UN‑Women on empowering women migrant workers,", "Welcoming also the agreed conclusions adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women during its fifty‑fifth session,[7] and taking note, in particular, of the commitment, as appropriate, to implement gender‑sensitive policies and programmes for women migrant workers, to ensure that all women, including care workers, are legally protected against violence and exploitation, to provide safe and legal channels that recognize women migrant workers’ skills and education and fair labour conditions, and to facilitate their productive employment and decent work and integration into the labour force,", "Recalling the discussions during the High‑level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, held on 14 and 15 September 2006, which recognized, inter alia, the need for special protection for migrant women, and noting that another high‑level dialogue on the same theme will be held in 2013,", "Welcoming the adoption of Convention No. 189 and Recommendation No. 201 on decent work for domestic workers by the International Labour Conference on 16 June 2011, at its one‑hundredth session, noting the importance of the early entry into force of Convention No. 189 and encouraging States to consider ratifying it, encouraging States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women[8] to take note of and consider general recommendation No. 26 on women migrant workers adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in November 2008,[9] and encouraging States parties to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families[10] to take note of and consider general comment No. 1 on migrant domestic workers adopted by the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families in December 2010,[11] acknowledging that they are complementary and mutually reinforcing,", "Recognizing the increasing participation of women in international migration, driven in large part by socioeconomic factors, and that this feminization of migration requires greater gender sensitivity in all policies and efforts related to the subject of international migration,", "Stressing the shared responsibility of all stakeholders, in particular countries of origin, transit and destination, relevant regional and international organizations, the private sector and civil society, in promoting an environment that prevents and addresses violence against women migrant workers, including in the context of discrimination, through targeted measures, and in this regard recognizing the importance of joint and collaborative approaches and strategies at the national, bilateral, regional and international levels,", "Recognizing that women migrant workers are important contributors to social and economic development, through the economic and social impacts, as a result of their work, on countries of origin and destination, and underlining the value and dignity of their labour, including the labour of domestic workers,", "Recognizing also the particular vulnerability of women and their children at all stages of the migration process, extending from the moment of deciding to migrate, and including transit, engagement in formal and informal employment, and integration into the host society, as well as during their return to and reintegration in their countries of origin,", "Expressing deep concern at the continuing reports of grave abuses and violence committed against migrant women and girls, including gender‑based violence, in particular sexual violence, domestic and family violence, racist and xenophobic acts, abusive labour practices, exploitative conditions of work, and contemporary forms of slavery, including all forms of forced labour, and trafficking in persons,", "Recognizing that the intersection of, inter alia, gender, age, class and ethnic discrimination and stereotypes can compound the discrimination faced by women migrant workers, and that gender‑based violence is a form of discrimination,", "Reaffirming the commitment to protect and promote the human rights of all women, including, without discrimination, indigenous women who migrate for work, and in this regard noting the attention paid in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples[12] to the elimination of all forms of violence and discrimination against indigenous women, as appropriate,", "Noting that the priority theme of the fifty‑sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will be “The empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges”,[13] and in this regard recognizing the role and contribution of rural women migrant workers towards poverty eradication and development in their communities,", "Concerned that many migrant women who are employed in the informal economy and in less skilled work are especially vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, underlining in this regard the obligation of States to protect the human rights of migrants so as to prevent and address abuse and exploitation, and observing with concern that many women migrant workers take on jobs for which they may be overqualified and in which, at the same time, they may be more vulnerable because of poor pay and inadequate social protection,", "Emphasizing the need for objective, comprehensive and broad‑based information, including sex‑ and age‑disaggregated data and statistics, and gender‑sensitive indicators for research and analysis, and a wide exchange of experience and lessons learned by individual Member States and civil society in the formulation of targeted policies and concrete strategies to specifically address violence against women migrant workers, including in the context of discrimination,", "Realizing that the movement of a significant number of women migrant workers may be facilitated and made possible by means of fraudulent or irregular documentation and sham marriages with the object of migration, that this may be facilitated through, inter alia, the Internet and that those women migrant workers are more vulnerable to abuse and exploitation,", "Recognizing the importance of exploring the link between migration and trafficking in persons in order to further efforts towards protecting women migrant workers from violence, discrimination, exploitation and abuse,", "Encouraged by some measures adopted by some countries of destination to alleviate the plight of women migrant workers residing in their areas of jurisdiction and to promote access to justice, such as the establishment of gender‑sensitive protection mechanisms for migrant workers, facilitating their access to mechanisms for reporting complaints or providing assistance during legal proceedings,", "Underlining the important role of relevant United Nations treaty bodies in monitoring the implementation of human rights conventions, and the relevant special procedures, within their respective mandates, in addressing the problem of violence against women migrant workers and in protecting and promoting their human rights and welfare,", "1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary‑General;[14]", "2. Encourages Member States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to relevant International Labour Organization conventions and to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,¹⁰ the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime,[15] the Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime,[16] the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons[17] and the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness,[18] as well as all other human rights treaties that contribute to the protection of the rights of women migrant workers, and also encourages Member States to implement the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons;[19]", "3. Takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on violence against women, its causes and consequences, entitled “Political economy of women’s human rights”, submitted to the Council at its eleventh session,[20] in particular her elaboration in that report of the current issues of the exploitation and violence that women migrants face in the context of the current global economic trends and crises;", "4. Encourages all United Nations special rapporteurs on human rights whose mandates touch on the issues of violence against women migrant workers to improve the collection of information on and analysis of those areas within their mandates relating to the current challenges facing women migrant workers, and also encourages Governments to cooperate with the special rapporteurs in this regard;", "5. Calls upon all Governments to incorporate a human rights, gender‑sensitive and people‑centred perspective in legislation, policies and programmes on international migration and on labour and employment, consistent with their human rights obligations and commitments under human rights instruments, for the prevention of and protection of migrant women against violence and discrimination, exploitation and abuse, to take effective measures to ensure that such migration and labour policies do not reinforce discrimination, and, where necessary, to conduct impact assessment studies of such legislation, policies and programmes in order to identify the impact of measures taken and the results achieved in regard to women migrant workers;", "6. Calls upon Governments to adopt or strengthen measures to protect the human rights of women migrant workers, regardless of their immigration status, including in policies that regulate the recruitment and deployment of women migrant workers, and to consider expanding dialogue among States on devising innovative methods to promote legal channels of migration, inter alia, in order to deter illegal migration, to consider incorporating a gender perspective into immigration laws in order to prevent discrimination and violence against women, including in independent, circular and temporary migration, and to consider permitting, in accordance with national legislation, women migrant workers who are victims of violence to apply for residency permits independently of abusive employers or spouses;", "7. Urges Governments to enhance bilateral, regional, interregional and international cooperation to address violence against women migrant workers, fully respecting international law, including international human rights law, as well as to strengthen efforts to reduce the vulnerability of women migrant workers by facilitating effective access to justice and effective action in the areas of law enforcement, prosecution, prevention, capacity‑building, and victim protection and support, by exchanging information and good practices in combating violence and discrimination against women migrant workers and by fostering sustainable development alternatives to migration in countries of origin;", "8. Also urges Governments to take into account the best interests of the child by adopting or strengthening measures to promote and protect the human rights of migrant girls, including unaccompanied girls, regardless of their immigration status, so as to prevent labour and economic exploitation, discrimination, sexual harassment, violence and sexual abuse in the workplace, including in domestic work;", "9. Further urges Governments to strongly encourage all stakeholders, especially the private sector, including employment agencies involved in recruiting women migrant workers, to strengthen the focus on and funding support for the prevention of violence against women migrant workers, in particular by promoting the access of women to meaningful and gender‑sensitive information and education on, inter alia, the costs and benefits of migration, rights and benefits to which they are entitled in the countries of origin and employment, overall conditions in countries of employment and procedures for legal migration, as well as to ensure that laws and policies governing recruiters, employers and intermediaries promote adherence to and respect for the human rights of migrant workers, particularly women;", "10. Encourages all States to remove obstacles that may prevent the transparent, safe, unrestricted and expeditious transfer of remittances of migrants to their countries of origin or to any other countries, including, where appropriate, by reducing transaction costs and implementing woman‑friendly remittance transfer, savings and investment schemes, including diaspora investment schemes, in conformity with applicable national legislation, and to consider, as appropriate, measures to solve other problems that may impede women migrant workers’ access to and management of their economic resources;", "11. Calls upon Governments to recognize the right of women migrant workers, regardless of their immigration status, to have access to emergency health care, and in this regard to ensure that women migrant workers are not discriminated against on the grounds of pregnancy and childbirth and, in accordance with national legislation, to address the vulnerabilities to HIV experienced by migrant populations and support their access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support;", "12. Urges States that have not yet done so to adopt and implement legislation and policies that protect all women migrant domestic workers and to include therein, and improve where necessary, relevant monitoring and inspection measures in line with applicable International Labour Organization conventions and other instruments to ensure compliance with international obligations, and to grant women migrant workers in domestic service access to gender‑sensitive, transparent mechanisms for bringing complaints against employers, while stressing that such instruments should not punish women migrant workers, and calls upon States to promptly investigate and punish all violations of their rights;", "13. Calls upon Governments, in cooperation with international organizations, non‑governmental organizations, the private sector and other stakeholders, to provide women migrant workers who are victims of violence, irrespective of their immigration status, in line with domestic legislation, with the full range of emergency assistance and protection and, to the extent possible, gender‑sensitive services that are culturally and linguistically appropriate, in accordance with relevant international human rights instruments and applicable conventions;", "14. Also calls upon Governments, in particular those of the countries of origin and destination, to put in place penal and criminal sanctions in order to punish perpetrators of violence against women migrant workers and intermediaries, and gender‑sensitive redress and justice mechanisms that victims can access effectively and that allow their views and concerns to be presented and considered at appropriate stages of proceedings, including other measures that will allow victims to be present during the judicial process, when possible, and to protect women migrant workers who are victims of violence from revictimization, including by authorities;", "15. Urges all States to adopt effective measures to put an end to the arbitrary arrest and detention of women migrant workers and to take action to prevent and punish any form of illegal deprivation of the liberty of women migrant workers by individuals or groups;", "16. Encourages Governments to formulate and implement training programmes for their law enforcers, immigration officers and border officials, diplomatic and consular officials, prosecutors and service providers, with a view to sensitizing those public‑sector workers to the issue of violence against women migrant workers and imparting to them the necessary skills and attitude to ensure the delivery of proper, professional and gender‑sensitive interventions;", "17. Also encourages Governments to promote coherence between migration, labour and anti‑trafficking policies and programmes concerning women migrant workers, based on a human rights, gender‑sensitive and people‑centred perspective, to ensure that the human rights of women migrant workers are protected throughout the migration process, and to enhance efforts to prevent violence against women migrant workers, prosecute perpetrators and protect and support victims and their families;", "18. Calls upon States, in accordance with the provisions of article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations,[21] to ensure that, if a woman migrant worker is arrested or committed to prison or custody pending trial, or is detained in any other manner, the competent authorities respect her freedom to communicate with and have access to the consular officials of the country of her nationality, and in this regard to inform without delay, if that woman migrant worker so requests, the consular post of her State of nationality;", "19. Invites the United Nations system and other concerned intergovernmental and non‑governmental organizations to cooperate with Governments, within existing resources, towards a better understanding of the issues concerning women and international migration, and to improve the collection, dissemination and analysis of sex‑ and age‑disaggregated data and information in order to assist in the formulation of migration and labour policies that are, inter alia, gender‑sensitive and that protect human rights, as well as to aid in policy assessment and to continue to support national efforts to address violence against women migrant workers in a coordinated way that ensures effective implementation, enhances their impact and strengthens positive outcomes for women migrant workers;", "20. Encourages Governments to formulate national policies concerning women migrant workers that are based on up‑to‑date, relevant sex‑disaggregated data and analysis in close consultation with women migrant workers and relevant stakeholders throughout the policy process, and also encourages Governments to ensure that such process is adequately resourced and that the resulting policies have measurable targets and indicators, timetables and monitoring and accountability measures, in particular for employment agencies, employers and public officials, and provide for impact assessments and ensure multi‑sector coordination within and between countries of origin, transit and destination through appropriate mechanisms;", "21. Encourages concerned Governments, in particular those of the countries of origin, transit and destination, to avail themselves of the expertise of the United Nations, including the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat, and UN‑Women, to develop and enhance appropriate sex‑disaggregated national data‑collection, analysis and dissemination methodologies that will generate comparable data, and tracking and reporting systems on violence against women migrant workers and, wherever possible, violations of their rights at all stages of the migration process, and:", "(a) To further study the costs of violence against women, including migrant workers, to the women themselves, their families and their communities;", "(b) To analyse the opportunities available to women migrant workers and their impact on development;", "(c) To support the improvement of macrodata on remittances, for appropriate policy formulation and implementation;", "22. Requests the Secretary‑General to provide a comprehensive, analytical and thematic report to the General Assembly at its sixty‑eighth session on the problem of violence against women migrant workers and on the implementation of the present resolution, specifically with regard to access to justice for women migrant workers, highlighting the impact of legislation, policies and programmes on women migrant workers, taking into account updated information from the organizations of the United Nations system, in particular the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, UN‑Women and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as well as the reports of special rapporteurs that refer to the situation of women migrant workers and other relevant sources, such as the International Organization for Migration, including non‑governmental organizations.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  See resolution 48/104.", "[2]  A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.", "[3]  Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5–13 September 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.", "[4]  Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.", "[5]  Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6–12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.", "[6]  UNW/2011/9.", "[7]  See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2011, Supplement No. 7 (E/2011/27), chap. I, sect. A.", "[8]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378.", "[9]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty‑fourth Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/64/38), part one, annex I, decision 42/I.", "[10]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2220, No. 39481.", "[11]  CMW/C/GC/1.", "[12]  Resolution 61/295, annex.", "[13]  See Economic and Social Council resolution 2009/15.", "[14]  A/66/212.", "[15]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2237, No. 39574.", "[16]  Ibid., vol. 2241, No. 39574.", "[17]  Ibid., vol. 360, No. 5158.", "[18]  Ibid., vol. 989, No. 14458.", "[19]  Resolution 64/293.", "[20]  A/HRC/11/6.", "[21]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 596, No. 8638." ]
A_RES_66_128
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/455 and Corr.1)]", "66/128. Violence against women migrant workers", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling all its previous resolutions on violence against women migrant workers and those adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women, the Commission on Human Rights and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, as well as the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women[1],", "Reaffirming the provisions concerning women migrant workers contained in the outcome documents of the World Conference on Human Rights[2], the International Conference on Population and Development[3], the Fourth World Conference on Women[4] and the World Summit for Social Development[5] and their reviews,", "Welcoming the establishment of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), and expressing the hope that the Entity will strongly support national efforts to increase access to economic opportunities by women, especially the most excluded, including women migrant workers, and to prevent violence against women migrant workers,[6]", "Welcoming also the agreed conclusions adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-fifth session[7] and taking note, in particular, of the commitment, as appropriate, to implement policies and programmes for women migrant workers on the basis of gender issues, to ensure that all women, including women who work as caregivers, are legally protected from violence and exploitation, so as to ensure the safe integration of labour and labour", "Recalling the discussions that took place during the High-level Dialogue on International Migration and Development, held on 14 and 15 September 2006, which recognized, inter alia, that migrant women require special protection, and noting that another high-level dialogue on the same subject will take place in 2013,", "Welcoming the adoption of Convention No. 189 and Recommendation No. 201 on decent work for domestic workers by the International Labour Conference at its 100th meeting, on 16 June 2011, noting the importance of the early entry into force of Convention No. 189 and encouraging States to consider ratifying it, encouraging States parties to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women[8] to take note of general recommendation No. 26 on women migrant workers, adopted by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women in November 2008[9], and taken into consideration, and encouraging States parties to the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families[10] to take note of general comment No. 1 on migrant domestic workers, adopted by the Committee on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families in December 2010[11] and taken into consideration, recognizing that they are complementary and mutually reinforcing,", "Recognizing the increasing participation of women in international migration, driven largely by socio-economic factors, and that this feminization of migration requires that gender issues be taken into account in all policies and activities related to international migration,", "Stressing that all stakeholders, in particular countries of origin, transit and destination, relevant regional and international organizations, the private sector and civil society, share the responsibility of promoting an environment that will help prevent and combat violence against women migrant workers, including in the context of discrimination, through targeted measures, and recognizing in this regard the importance of joint and collaborative approaches and strategies at the national, bilateral, regional and international levels,", "Recognizing that women migrant workers contribute significantly to social and economic development, through the economic and social impact resulting from their work in countries of origin and destination, and underlining the value and dignity of their work, including that of domestic workers,", "Recognizing also the special vulnerability of women and their children at all stages of the migration process, from the moment they decide to emigrate and during transit, to employment in the formal and informal sectors, and to their integration into the host society, as well as during their return and reintegration into their countries of origin,", "Expressing deep concern at reports of serious abuse and violence against women and migrant girls, including gender-based violence, including sexual violence, domestic and family violence, racism and xenophobia, abusive labour practices, labour exploitation and contemporary forms of slavery, including all forms of forced labour and trafficking in persons,", "Recognizing that the convergence of discrimination on the basis of gender, age, social class and ethnic origin and stereotypes based on these factors can aggravate the discrimination suffered by women migrant workers, and that gender-based violence is a form of discrimination,", "Reaffirming the commitment to protect and promote the human rights of all women, including, without discrimination, indigenous women who migrate for employment, and noting in this regard the attention given in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples[12] to the elimination of all forms of violence and discrimination against indigenous women, as appropriate,", "Noting that the priority theme of the fifty-sixth session of the Commission on the Status of Women will be “the empowerment of rural women and their role in the eradication of poverty and hunger, development and current challenges”,[13] and recognizing in this regard the role and contribution of rural women migrant workers in the area of poverty eradication and the development of their communities,", "Concerned that many migrant women working in the informal sector of the economy and in low-qualification work are particularly vulnerable to abuse and exploitation, stressing in this regard the obligation of States to protect the human rights of migrants to prevent and combat abuse and exploitation, and noting with concern that many migrant workers accept jobs for those who may be more thanbrately qualified and in which, at the same time, they may be more vulnerable to adequate employment", "Emphasizing the need for objective, comprehensive and wide-ranging information, including sex- and age-disaggregated data and statistics and gender-specific indicators for research and analysis, and for a comprehensive exchange of experience and lessons learned by Member States and civil society in developing specific and policy strategies specifically aimed at combating violence against women migrant workers, especially in the context of discrimination,", "Understanding that the movement of a significant number of women migrant workers can be facilitated and made possible through fraudulent or irregular documents and marriages arranged for migration purposes, thereby contributing, inter alia, the use of the Internet, and that such women migrant workers are more vulnerable to abuse and exploitation,", "Recognizing the importance of exploring the relationship between migration and trafficking in persons, in order to promote efforts to protect women migrant workers from violence, discrimination, exploitation and abuse,", "Encouraged by the fact that some countries of destination have taken certain measures to alleviate the suffering of women migrant workers residing in their jurisdiction and to promote access to justice, for example by establishing gender-sensitive mechanisms to protect migrant workers, by facilitating access to complaints mechanisms or by assisting them in judicial proceedings,", "Underlining the important role of the relevant United Nations treaty bodies in monitoring the implementation of human rights conventions, and relevant special procedures, within their respective mandates, to address the problem of violence against women migrant workers and to protect and promote their human rights and well-being,", "1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General[14];", "2. Encourages Member States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to relevant conventions of the International Labour Organization, and to sign and ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families.10 The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime[15]", "3. Takes note of the report of the Special Rapporteur of the Human Rights Council on violence against women, its causes and consequences entitled " Political economy of women ' s rights " , submitted to the Council at its eleventh session[20], and in particular the detailed analysis of the current problems of exploitation and violence faced by migrant women in the context of current global economic trends and crises;", "4. Encourages all United Nations special rapporteurs on human rights in whose mandates include issues related to violence against women migrant workers to improve the collection of information and analysis of the areas of their mandates regarding the current problems faced by women migrant workers, and also encourages Governments to cooperate with special rapporteurs in this regard;", "5. Calls upon all Governments to incorporate into their laws, policies and programmes on international migration and on labour and employment a gender-based and people-centred perspective, in line with their human rights obligations and commitments under human rights instruments, in order to protect migrant women from violence, discrimination, exploitation and abuse and prevent such trafficking, to take effective measures to ensure that they are not carried out,", "6. Calls upon Governments to adopt or consolidate measures to protect the human rights of women migrant workers, regardless of their migration status, including policies regulating the recruitment and placement of women migrant workers, and to consider broadening dialogue among States with regard to the development of innovative methods to promote legal channels of migration, inter alia, in order to discourage illegal migration, the possibility of incorporating a temporary migration agreement", "7. Calls upon Governments to strengthen bilateral, regional, interregional and international cooperation to address violence against women migrant workers, in full respect of international law, including international human rights standards, and to strengthen efforts to reduce the vulnerability of women migrant workers by facilitating effective access to justice, by taking effective measures in relation to law enforcement, prosecution, prevention, exchange of capacity, and protection of women", "8. Also urges Governments to take into account the best interests of the child, adopting or consolidating measures to promote and protect the human rights of migrant girls, especially unaccompanied girls, irrespective of their migration status, in order to prevent labour and economic exploitation, discrimination, sexual harassment, violence and sexual abuse in the workplace, including domestic service;", "9. Further urges Governments to strongly encourage all relevant actors, especially the private sector, including employment agencies engaged in migrant workers, to devote more attention and more financial support to the prevention of violence against women migrant workers, in particular by promoting women ' s access to useful and gender-based education and information on the costs and benefits of migration, employment and benefits in countries of origin,", "10. Encourages all States to remove obstacles that may prevent the transparent, safe, expeditious and unrestricted transfer of remittances from migrants to their countries of origin or to any other country, in particular, where appropriate, to reduce transaction costs and to introduce modalities for sending remittances from funds, savings and investment, including modes of investment from the diaspora, which are of easy use by women, in accordance with applicable national legislation, and", "11. Calls upon Governments to recognize the right of women migrant workers, irrespective of their migration status, to have access to emergency health care and, in this regard, to ensure that women migrant workers are not discriminated against on the basis of pregnancy or childbirth, and to address, in accordance with national legislation, the vulnerability to HIV experienced by migrant populations and to facilitate their access to HIV prevention, treatment, care and support services;", "12. Calls upon States that have not yet done so to adopt and implement laws and policies that protect all migrant women who work as domestic workers and to include in them relevant monitoring and inspection measures in line with the applicable conventions of the International Labour Organization and other instruments, and where appropriate to improve such measures, in order to ensure compliance with international obligations, and to ensure that women migrant workers in the domestic service are subjected to transparent and effective access", "13. Calls upon Governments, in cooperation with international organizations, non-governmental organizations, the private sector and other actors, to provide women migrant workers who are victims of violence, regardless of their migration status and in accordance with national legislation, all types of emergency assistance and protection and, to the extent possible, services that take into account appropriate gender issues from the linguistic and cultural perspective, in accordance with relevant international instruments and conventions;", "14. It also calls upon Governments, in particular those of countries of origin and destination, to establish criminal sanctions to punish those who commit acts of violence against women migrant workers and those who act as intermediaries in the commission of such acts, as well as mechanisms for redress and justice that take into account gender issues and those that victims have effective access to, that enable them to present and take into account their views and concerns at appropriate stages of judicial proceedings, including", "15. Urges all States to take effective measures to end the arbitrary arrest and detention of women migrant workers and to undertake actions to prevent and punish any form of illegal deprivation of liberty of women migrant workers by individuals or groups;", "16. Encourages Governments to develop and implement training programmes for law enforcement officials, immigration officials and border officials, diplomatic and consular officials, prosecutors and service providers, with a view to sensitizing those public officials on the issue of violence against women migrant workers and to educate them on the attitudes and knowledge necessary to enable them to intervene in a manner that is appropriate, professional and gender-sensitive;", "17. Encourages Governments to promote coherence between migration, labour and trafficking policies and programmes for women migrant workers, from a gender-based and human rights-centred perspective, to ensure the protection of the human rights of women migrant workers throughout the migration process and to strengthen efforts to prevent violence against them, to prosecute and support perpetrators of violence;", "18. Calls upon States, in accordance with article 36 of the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations[21], to ensure that the competent authorities respect their freedom to communicate with consular officials of their country of nationality and to have access to them and, in this regard, if the person concerned so requests, to report promptly to the consular office of their State of nationality;", "19. Invites the United Nations system and other intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations concerned to cooperate with Governments, within existing resources, to achieve a better understanding of women ' s and international migration issues, and to improve the collection, dissemination and analysis of sex- and age-disaggregated data and information to facilitate the formulation of migrant and labour policies that, inter alia, take into account gender considerations and protect human rights, and", "20. Encourages Governments to formulate national policies for women migrant workers based on updated, relevant and sex-disaggregated analysis and data in close consultation with women migrant workers and relevant actors throughout the process, and also encourages Governments to ensure that this process is adequately resourced and that the resulting policies have measurable targets and indicators, as well as timetables and measures for monitoring and accountability agencies, in particular,", "21. It also encourages the Governments concerned, in particular those of countries of origin, transit and destination, to use the expertise of United Nations units, such as the Statistics Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat and UN-Women, to develop and improve appropriate methodologies for the collection, analysis and dissemination of gender-disaggregated data at the national level to obtain comparable data and to develop monitoring and information systems on cases of violence against women migrant workers,", "(a) Continue to study the costs of violence against women, especially women migrant workers, for women themselves, their families and their communities;", "(b) To analyse the opportunities available to women migrant workers and their contribution to development;", "(c) Encourage better macroeconomic data on remittances, which will facilitate the formulation and implementation of appropriate policies;", "22. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a comprehensive, analytical and thematic report on the problem of violence against women migrant workers and on the implementation of the present resolution, specifically regarding the access of women migrant workers to justice, highlighting the impact of legislation, policies and programmes on women migrant workers, taking into account the updated information provided by the organizations of the United Nations system", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] See resolution 48/104.", "[2] A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.", "[3] Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5-13 September 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.", "[4] Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.", "[5] Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6-12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.", "[6] UNW/2011/9.", "[7] See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2011, Supplement No. 7 (E/2011/27), chap. I, sect. A.", "[8] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378.", "[9] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fourth Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/64/38), part one, annex I, decision 42/I.", "[10] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2220, No. 39481.", "[11] CMW/C/GC/1.", "[12] Resolution 61/295, annex.", "[13] See Economic and Social Council resolution 2009/15.", "[14] A/66/212.", "[15] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2237, No. 39574.", "[16] Ibid., vol. 2241, No. 39574.", "[17] Ibid., vol. 360, no. 5158.", "[18] Ibid., vol. 989, No. 14458.", "[19] Resolution 64/293.", "[20] A/HRC/11/6.", "[21] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 596, No. 8638." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/455 y Corr.1)]", "66/129. Mejoramiento de la situación de la mujer en las zonas rurales", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones 56/129, de 19 de diciembre de 2001, 58/146, de 22 de diciembre de 2003, 60/138, de 16 de diciembre de 2005, 62/136, de 18 de diciembre de 2007, y 64/140, de 18 de diciembre de 2009,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito que la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer haya decidido examinar el empoderamiento de la mujer rural y su función en la erradicación de la pobreza y el hambre, en el desarrollo y en los problemas actuales, como tema prioritario en su 56º período de sesiones, que se celebrará en 2012,", "Reconociendo que la mujer rural es un agente fundamental para la reducción de la pobreza y que desempeña un papel crucial para el logro de la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional en los hogares pobres y vulnerables, la sostenibilidad ambiental y la consecución de todos los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, y preocupada por el hecho de que la mujer rural sigue estando desfavorecida económica y socialmente debido a su acceso limitado a las oportunidades y los recursos económicos, su acceso limitado o nulo a la tierra, el agua y otros recursos, su acceso limitado o nulo al crédito, los servicios de extensión y los insumos agrícolas, su exclusión de los procesos de planificación y adopción de decisiones y su desproporcionada carga de trabajo derivada de cuidados que no son remunerados,", "1. Toma nota del informe del Secretario General[1];", "2. Insta a los Estados Miembros a que, en colaboración con las organizaciones de las Naciones Unidas y la sociedad civil, según corresponda, continúen esforzándose por aplicar los resultados de las conferencias y cumbres pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas y asegurar su seguimiento integrado y coordinado, incluidos sus exámenes, y a que asignen mayor importancia al mejoramiento de la situación de la mujer rural, incluida la mujer indígena, en sus estrategias de desarrollo nacionales, regionales y mundiales, entre otras cosas:", "a) Creando un entorno propicio para mejorar la situación de la mujer rural y asegurando que se preste atención sistemática a sus necesidades, prioridades y contribuciones, incluso mediante una mayor cooperación y la incorporación de la perspectiva de género, y se le permita participar plenamente en la formulación, aplicación y seguimiento de las políticas macroeconómicas, en particular las políticas y los programas de desarrollo y las estrategias de erradicación de la pobreza, incluidos, de haberlos, los documentos de estrategia de lucha contra la pobreza basados en los objetivos de desarrollo internacionalmente convenidos, entre ellos, los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio;", "b) Procurando el empoderamiento político y socioeconómico de la mujer rural y apoyando su participación plena e igualitaria en la adopción de decisiones a todos los niveles, en particular con medidas de acción afirmativa, cuando proceda, y apoyando a organizaciones de mujeres, sindicatos u otras asociaciones y grupos de la sociedad civil que promuevan los derechos de la mujer rural;", "c) Promoviendo las consultas con la mujer rural, en particular la mujer indígena y la mujer con discapacidad, y su participación, por medio de sus organizaciones y redes, en la formulación, elaboración y ejecución de programas y estrategias de igualdad entre los géneros y desarrollo rural;", "d) Asegurando que se tengan en cuenta las perspectivas de la mujer rural y que esta participe en la formulación, aplicación, seguimiento y evaluación de las políticas y actividades relacionadas con las situaciones de emergencia, incluidos los desastres naturales, la asistencia humanitaria, la consolidación de la paz y la reconstrucción posterior a los conflictos y, a este respecto, tomando medidas apropiadas para eliminar todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer rural;", "e) Integrando la perspectiva de género en la formulación, aplicación, evaluación y seguimiento de políticas y programas de desarrollo, incluidas las políticas presupuestarias, y prestando mayor atención a las necesidades de la mujer rural, a fin de que se beneficie de los programas y las políticas adoptados en todas las esferas y se reduzca el número desproporcionado de las que viven en la pobreza;", "f) Fortaleciendo las medidas necesarias, incluida la generación de recursos para acelerar los progresos en el logro del quinto Objetivo de Desarrollo del Milenio, relativo a la mejora de la salud materna mediante la atención de las necesidades específicas de la mujer rural en materia de salud y la adopción de medidas concretas para proporcionar y mejorar el acceso de las mujeres de las zonas rurales a los más altos niveles posibles de salud, así como servicios de atención primaria de la salud y servicios de apoyo de calidad, asequibles y universalmente accesibles, incluidos aspectos de la salud sexual y reproductiva como la atención de salud prenatal y postnatal, la atención obstétrica de urgencia, la información sobre planificación familiar y un aumento de los conocimientos, la concienciación y el apoyo para la prevención de las enfermedades de transmisión sexual, como el VIH/SIDA;", "g) Promoviendo infraestructuras sostenibles, el acceso al agua potable y el saneamiento y prácticas seguras de preparación de alimentos y calefacción para mejorar la salud de las mujeres y los niños del medio rural;", "h) Dedicando inversiones y esfuerzos renovados a satisfacer las necesidades básicas de la mujer rural, en particular las relativas a su seguridad alimentaria y nutricional y la de sus familias, y a promover un nivel de vida adecuado para ellas, condiciones de trabajo dignas y el acceso a los mercados locales, regionales y mundiales mediante un aumento de la disponibilidad, la accesibilidad y la utilización de las infraestructuras rurales fundamentales, como la energía y el transporte, la ciencia y la tecnología, los servicios locales, medidas de creación de capacidad y desarrollo de los recursos humanos y un suministro seguro y fiable de agua y saneamiento, programas de nutrición, programas de viviendas asequibles, programas de educación y alfabetización y medidas de apoyo social y sanitario, incluso en materia de salud sexual y reproductiva, así como servicios de prevención y tratamiento del VIH/SIDA, incluidos sus aspectos psicosociales, y los servicios de atención y apoyo que correspondan;", "i) Formulando y aplicando políticas nacionales que promuevan y protejan el disfrute por las mujeres y las niñas del medio rural de todos los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales y creando un entorno que no tolere las violaciones ni los abusos de sus derechos, incluidas la violencia doméstica, la violencia sexual y todas las demás formas de violencia basada en el género;", "j) Asegurando que se tengan en cuenta los derechos de las mujeres de edad de las zonas rurales en lo que respecta a la igualdad de acceso a los servicios sociales básicos, a medidas apropiadas de seguridad y protección social, la igualdad de acceso a recursos económicos y el control de esos recursos, y el empoderamiento de las mujeres de edad mediante el acceso a servicios financieros y de infraestructura, prestando especial atención al apoyo a las mujeres de edad, sin olvidar a las mujeres indígenas, que a menudo tienen acceso a pocos recursos y son más vulnerables;", "k) Promoviendo los derechos de las mujeres y las niñas con discapacidad en las zonas rurales, en particular garantizando su acceso en igualdad de condiciones al empleo productivo y al trabajo decente, a los recursos económicos y financieros y a infraestructuras y servicios que tengan en cuenta la discapacidad, especialmente en lo que respecta a la salud y la educación, así como asegurando que las prioridades y necesidades de estas mujeres y niñas se incorporen plenamente en las políticas y los programas por medios como su participación en los procesos de adopción de decisiones;", "l) Preparando programas de asistencia y servicios de asesoramiento concretos para promover las aptitudes de la mujer rural en el ámbito económico respecto de cuestiones bancarias y procedimientos comerciales y financieros modernos, y proporcionando microcréditos y otros servicios financieros y empresariales a un mayor número de mujeres de las zonas rurales, en particular a las que son cabeza de familia, para lograr su empoderamiento económico;", "m) Movilizando recursos, incluso a nivel nacional y mediante la asistencia oficial para el desarrollo, a fin de aumentar el acceso de las mujeres a los planes de ahorro y crédito existentes, así como programas específicos para proporcionar a las mujeres capital, conocimientos e instrumentos que les permitan mejorar sus capacidades en materia económica;", "n) Integrando mayores oportunidades de empleo para la mujer rural en todas las estrategias de desarrollo y las estrategias de erradicación de la pobreza a nivel internacional y nacional, en especial aumentando las oportunidades de empleo no agrícola, mejorando las condiciones de trabajo y aumentando el acceso a los recursos productivos;", "o) Invirtiendo en infraestructura y en tecnologías que permitan ahorrar tiempo y trabajo, en especial en las zonas rurales, que redunden en beneficio de las mujeres y las niñas al reducir su carga de actividades domésticas y al dar la oportunidad a las niñas de asistir a la escuela y a las mujeres de trabajar por cuenta propia o participar en el mercado de trabajo;", "p) Tomando medidas para asegurar que se reconozcan el trabajo no remunerado de las mujeres y sus contribuciones a la producción dentro y fuera de las explotaciones agrícolas, incluidos los ingresos que generan en el sector no estructurado, y apoyando el empleo remunerado de la mujer rural en los sectores no agrícolas, mejorando sus condiciones de trabajo y aumentando su acceso a los recursos productivos;", "q) Promoviendo programas y servicios que permitan a las mujeres y los hombres del medio rural compaginar su trabajo con las responsabilidades familiares y alienten al hombre a compartir en forma equitativa con la mujer las tareas domésticas, el cuidado de los hijos y otras responsabilidades de cuidados;", "r) Formulando estrategias para reducir la vulnerabilidad de la mujer ante los factores ambientales promoviendo al mismo tiempo el papel de la mujer rural en la protección del medio ambiente;", "s) Considerando la posibilidad de aprobar, cuando proceda, legislación nacional para proteger los conocimientos, las innovaciones y las prácticas de las mujeres de las comunidades indígenas y locales en materia de medicina tradicional, diversidad biológica y tecnologías indígenas;", "t) Prestando atención a la falta de datos actualizados, fidedignos y desglosados por sexo, incluso haciendo mayores esfuerzos para que el trabajo no remunerado de la mujer figure en las estadísticas oficiales, y elaborando una base de investigación sistemática y comparativa sobre la mujer rural que guíe las decisiones en materia de políticas y programas;", "u) Fortaleciendo la capacidad de las oficinas nacionales de estadística para reunir, analizar y difundir datos comparables desglosados por sexo, en particular sobre la utilización del tiempo, así como estadísticas de género en las zonas rurales que respalden la elaboración de políticas y la formulación de estrategias para las zonas rurales teniendo en cuenta la perspectiva de género;", "v) Preparando, revisando y aplicando leyes para asegurar que la mujer rural disfrute de plena igualdad de derechos en materia de propiedad y arrendamiento de la tierra y otros bienes, incluso en el derecho sucesorio, y aplicando reformas administrativas y todas las medidas necesarias para que la mujer tenga los mismos derechos que el hombre en materia de crédito, capital, tecnologías apropiadas y acceso a los mercados y la información y para asegurar la igualdad de acceso a la justicia y a los servicios de asistencia jurídica;", "w) Apoyando un sistema educativo que tenga en cuenta las cuestiones de género y las necesidades específicas de la mujer rural con el fin de eliminar los estereotipos de género y las tendencias discriminatorias que la afectan, en particular mediante un diálogo de ámbito comunitario abierto a la participación de mujeres y hombres y niñas y niños;", "x) Promoviendo la enseñanza, la capacitación y los programas de información pertinentes para las mujeres del medio rural y agrario mediante el uso de tecnologías accesibles y apropiadas y de los medios de comunicación;", "y) Desarrollando la capacidad del personal que trabaja en ámbitos relativos a las estrategias nacionales de desarrollo, el desarrollo rural, el desarrollo agrícola, la erradicación de la pobreza y el cumplimiento de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio para determinar y abordar las dificultades y limitaciones a que se enfrenta la mujer rural, incluso mediante programas de capacitación y la elaboración y difusión de metodologías y herramientas, reconociendo al mismo tiempo la asistencia técnica de los organismos competentes de las Naciones Unidas;", "3. Alienta firmemente a los Estados Miembros, las entidades de las Naciones Unidas y todos los demás interesados pertinentes a que adopten medidas para determinar y encarar los efectos negativos de las crisis mundiales actuales en las mujeres de las zonas rurales, como leyes, políticas y programas que refuercen la igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de la mujer;", "4. Solicita a los órganos y organizaciones pertinentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, en particular a los que se ocupan de cuestiones de desarrollo, que asuman y respalden en sus programas y estrategias el empoderamiento de la mujer rural y sus necesidades específicas;", "5. Destaca la necesidad de determinar cuáles son las mejores prácticas para asegurar que la mujer rural tenga acceso a las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones y participe plenamente en las actividades de ese sector, atender a las prioridades y necesidades de las mujeres y niñas del medio rural como usuarias activas de información y asegurar su participación en la formulación y aplicación de estrategias a nivel mundial, regional y nacional en materia de tecnología de la información y las comunicaciones mediante la adopción de medidas educativas apropiadas para eliminar los estereotipos de género sobre la mujer en el ámbito de la tecnología;", "6. Exhorta a los Estados Miembros a que, al formular políticas y programas destinados específicamente a mejorar la situación de la mujer rural, incluidos los que se preparen y apliquen en cooperación con las organizaciones internacionales competentes, tomen en consideración las observaciones finales y las recomendaciones del Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación contra la Mujer sobre los informes que le hayan presentado;", "7. Invita a los gobiernos a que promuevan el empoderamiento económico de la mujer rural, adopten estrategias de desarrollo rural que tengan en cuenta las cuestiones de género, incluidos los marcos presupuestarios y las medidas de evaluación correspondientes, y se cercioren de que las necesidades y prioridades de las mujeres y niñas rurales se atiendan de forma sistemática y de que estas puedan contribuir efectivamente a la reducción de la pobreza, la erradicación del hambre y la seguridad alimentaria y nutricional;", "8. Alienta a los gobiernos y las organizaciones internacionales a integrar las perspectivas de las mujeres de las zonas rurales, incluidas las mujeres indígenas, en los preparativos y resultados de la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible, que se celebrará en Río de Janeiro (Brasil) del 20 al 22 de junio de 2012, con miras a acelerar los progresos para el logro de la igualdad de género y el empoderamiento de la mujer en las zonas rurales;", "9. Invita a los gobiernos, las organizaciones internacionales competentes y los organismos especializados a seguir celebrando anualmente, el 15 de octubre, el Día Internacional de la Mujer Rural, proclamado en su resolución 62/136;", "10. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo octavo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/66/181." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/455 and Corr.1)]", "66/129. Improvement of the situation of women in rural areas", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 56/129 of 19 December 2001, 58/146 of 22 December 2003, 60/138 of 16 December 2005, 62/136 of 18 December 2007 and 64/140 of 18 December 2009,", "Welcoming the decision of the Commission on the Status of Women to consider the empowerment of rural women and their role in poverty and hunger eradication, development and current challenges as its priority theme at its fifty‑sixth session, in 2012,", "Recognizing that rural women are critical agents in poverty reduction, that they are crucial to the achievement of food and nutritional security in poor and vulnerable households and to environmental sustainability and that, in other ways, they are also critical to the achievement of all the Millennium Development Goals, and concerned that rural women continue to be economically and socially disadvantaged because of their limited access to economic resources and opportunities, their limited or lack of access to land, water and other resources, their limited or lack of access to credit, extension services and agricultural inputs, their exclusion from planning and decision‑making and their disproportionate burden of unpaid care work,", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary‑General;[1]", "2. Urges Member States, in collaboration with the organizations of the United Nations and civil society, as appropriate, to continue their efforts to implement the outcome of and to ensure an integrated and coordinated follow‑up to the relevant United Nations conferences and summits, including their reviews, and to attach greater importance to the improvement of the situation of rural women, including indigenous women, in their national, regional and global development strategies by, inter alia:", "(a) Creating an enabling environment for improving the situation of rural women and ensuring systematic attention to their needs, priorities and contributions, including through enhanced cooperation and a gender perspective, and their full participation in the development, implementation and follow‑up of macroeconomic policies, including development policies and programmes and poverty eradication strategies, including poverty reduction strategy papers, where they exist, based on internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals;", "(b) Pursuing the political and socioeconomic empowerment of rural women and supporting their full and equal participation in decision‑making at all levels, including through affirmative action, where appropriate, and support for women’s organizations, labour unions or other associations and civil society groups promoting rural women’s rights;", "(c) Promoting consultation with and the participation of rural women, including indigenous women and women with disabilities, through their organizations and networks, in the design, development and implementation of gender equality and rural development programmes and strategies;", "(d) Ensuring that perspectives of rural women are taken into account and that they participate in the design, implementation, follow‑up and evaluation of policies and activities related to emergencies, including natural disasters, humanitarian assistance, peacebuilding and post‑conflict reconstruction, and taking appropriate measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination against rural women in this regard;", "(e) Integrating a gender perspective into the design, implementation and evaluation of and follow‑up to development policies and programmes, including budget policies, paying increased attention to the needs of rural women so as to ensure that they benefit from policies and programmes adopted in all spheres and that the disproportionate number of rural women living in poverty is reduced;", "(f) Strengthening measures, including resource generation, to accelerate progress towards the achievement of Millennium Development Goal 5 on improving maternal health by addressing the specific health needs of rural women and taking concrete measures to enhance and provide access to the highest attainable standards of health for women in rural areas, as well as quality, affordable and universally accessible primary health care and support services, including in such areas of sexual and reproductive health as prenatal and postnatal health care, emergency obstetric care, family planning information and increasing knowledge, awareness and support for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS;", "(g) Promoting sustainable infrastructure, access to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation and safe cooking and heating practices, to improve the health of rural women and children;", "(h) Investing in and strengthening efforts to meet the basic needs of rural women, including needs relating to their food and nutritional security and that of their families, and to promote adequate standards of living for them as well as decent conditions for work and access to local, regional and global markets through improved availability, access to and use of critical rural infrastructure, such as energy and transport, science and technology, local services, capacity‑building and human resources development measures and the provision of a safe and reliable water supply and sanitation, nutritional programmes, affordable housing programmes, education and literacy programmes, and health and social support measures, including in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, and HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, care, including psychosocial aspects, and support services;", "(i) Designing and implementing national policies that promote and protect the enjoyment by rural women and girls of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and creating an environment that does not tolerate violations or abuses of their rights, including domestic violence, sexual violence and all other forms of gender‑based violence;", "(j) Ensuring that the rights of older women in rural areas are taken into account with regard to their equal access to basic social services, appropriate social protection/social security measures, equal access to and control of economic resources, and empowerment of older women through access to financial and infrastructure services, with special focus on support to older women, including indigenous women, who often have access to few resources and are more vulnerable;", "(k) Promoting the rights of women and girls with disabilities in rural areas, including by ensuring access on an equal basis to productive employment and decent work, economic and financial resources and disability‑sensitive infrastructure and services, in particular in relation to health and education, as well as by ensuring that their priorities and needs are fully incorporated into policies and programmes, inter alia, through their participation in decision‑making processes;", "(l) Developing specific assistance programmes and advisory services to promote economic skills of rural women in banking, modern trading and financial procedures, and providing microcredit and other financial and business services to a greater number of women in rural areas, in particular female heads of households, for their economic empowerment;", "(m) Mobilizing resources, including at the national level and through official development assistance, for increasing women’s access to existing savings and credit schemes, as well as targeted programmes that provide women with capital, knowledge and tools that enhance their economic capacities;", "(n) Integrating increased employment opportunities for rural women into all international and national development strategies and poverty eradication strategies, including by, inter alia, expanding non‑agricultural employment opportunities, improving working conditions and increasing access to productive resources;", "(o) Investing in infrastructure and in time‑ and labour‑saving technologies, especially in rural areas, benefiting women and girls by reducing their burden of domestic activities, affording the opportunity for girls to attend school and women to engage in self‑employment or participate in the labour market;", "(p) Taking steps towards ensuring that women’s unpaid work and contributions to on‑farm and off‑farm production, including income generated in the informal sector, are recognized, and supporting remunerative non‑agricultural employment of rural women, improving working conditions and increasing access to productive resources;", "(q) Promoting programmes and services to enable rural women and men to reconcile their work and family responsibilities and to encourage men to share, equally with women, household, childcare and other care responsibilities;", "(r) Developing strategies to decrease women’s vulnerability to environmental factors while promoting rural women’s role in protecting the environment;", "(s) Considering the adoption, where appropriate, of national legislation to protect the knowledge, innovations and practices of women in indigenous and local communities relating to traditional medicines, biodiversity and indigenous technologies;", "(t) Addressing the lack of timely, reliable and sex‑disaggregated data, including by intensifying efforts to include women’s unpaid work in official statistics, and developing a systematic and comparative research base on rural women that will inform policy and programme decisions;", "(u) Strengthening the capacity of national statistical offices to collect, analyse and disseminate comparable sex‑disaggregated data, including on time use, and gender statistics in rural areas to serve as a basis for gender‑responsive policy design and strategy development in rural areas;", "(v) Designing, revising and implementing laws to ensure that rural women are accorded full and equal rights to own and lease land and other property, including through the equal right to inheritance, and undertaking administrative reforms and all necessary measures to give women the same right as men to credit, capital, appropriate technologies and access to markets and information, and to ensure equal access to justice and legal support;", "(w) Supporting a gender‑sensitive education system that considers the specific needs of rural women in order to eliminate gender stereotypes and discriminatory tendencies affecting them, including through community‑based dialogue involving women and men, and girls and boys;", "(x) Promoting education, training and relevant information programmes for rural and farming women through the use of affordable and appropriate technologies and the mass media;", "(y) Developing the capacity of personnel working in the areas of national development strategies, rural development, agricultural development, poverty eradication and implementation of the Millennium Development Goals to identify and address the challenges and constraints facing rural women, including through training programmes and the development and dissemination of methodologies and tools, while acknowledging technical assistance of relevant United Nations agencies;", "3. Strongly encourages Member States, United Nations entities and all other relevant stakeholders to take measures to identify and address any negative impact of the current global crises on women in rural areas, including on legislation, policies and programmes that strengthen gender equality and the empowerment of women;", "4. Requests the relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, in particular those dealing with issues of development, to address and support the empowerment of rural women and their specific needs in their programmes and strategies;", "5. Stresses the need to identify the best practices for ensuring that rural women have access to and full participation in the area of information and communications technology, to address the priorities and needs of rural women and girls as active users of information and to ensure their participation in developing and implementing global, regional and national information and communications technology strategies, taking appropriate educational measures to eliminate gender stereotypes regarding women in the field of technology;", "6. Calls upon Member States to consider the concluding observations and recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women concerning their reports to the Committee when formulating policies and designing programmes focused on the improvement of the situation of rural women, including those to be developed and implemented in cooperation with relevant international organizations;", "7. Invites Governments to promote the economic empowerment of rural women, to adopt gender‑responsive rural development strategies, including budget framework and relevant assessment measures, and to ensure that the needs and priorities of rural women and girls are systematically addressed and that they can effectively contribute to poverty alleviation, hunger eradication and food and nutritional security;", "8. Encourages Governments and international organizations to integrate the perspective of women in rural areas, including indigenous women, into the preparations for and outcome of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, with a view to accelerating progress on gender equality and women’s empowerment in rural areas;", "9. Invites Governments, relevant international organizations and the specialized agencies to continue to observe the International Day of Rural Women annually, on 15 October, as proclaimed by the General Assembly in its resolution 62/136;", "10. Requests the Secretary‑General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty‑eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  A/66/181." ]
A_RES_66_129
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/455 and Corr.1)]", "66/129. Improving the situation of women in rural areas", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolutions 56/129 of 19 December 2001, 58/146 of 22 December 2003, 60/138 of 16 December 2005, 62/136 of 18 December 2007 and 64/140 of 18 December 2009,", "Welcoming the decision of the Commission on the Status of Women to consider the empowerment of rural women and their role in the eradication of poverty and hunger, development and current challenges, as a priority theme at its fifty-sixth session, in 2012,", "Recognizing that rural women are a key agent for poverty reduction and that they play a crucial role in achieving food and nutrition security in poor and vulnerable households, environmental sustainability and the achievement of all the Millennium Development Goals, and concerned that rural women continue to be economically and socially disadvantaged by their limited access to economic opportunities and resources, their limited or zero access to land, water and other resources", "1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General[1];", "2. Urges Member States, in collaboration with United Nations organizations and civil society, as appropriate, to continue their efforts to implement the outcomes of the relevant United Nations conferences and summits and to ensure their integrated and coordinated follow-up, including their reviews, and to place greater emphasis on improving the situation of rural women, including indigenous women, in their national, regional and global development strategies, inter alia:", "(a) Creating an enabling environment for improving the situation of rural women and ensuring systematic attention to their needs, priorities and contributions, including through enhanced cooperation and gender mainstreaming, and enabling them to participate fully in the formulation, implementation and follow-up of macroeconomic policies, including development policies and programmes and poverty eradication strategies, including, if any, internationally agreed poverty reduction strategy papers,", "(b) Promoting the political and socio-economic empowerment of rural women and supporting their full and equal participation in decision-making at all levels, in particular through affirmative action measures, where appropriate, and supporting women ' s organizations, trade unions or other civil society associations and groups that promote the rights of rural women;", "(c) Promoting consultations with rural women, in particular indigenous women and women with disabilities, and their participation, through their organizations and networks, in the formulation, development and implementation of gender equality and rural development programmes and strategies;", "(d) Ensuring that the perspectives of rural women are taken into account and that they participate in the formulation, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of emergency policies and activities, including natural disasters, humanitarian assistance, peacebuilding and post-conflict reconstruction and, in this regard, taking appropriate measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination against rural women;", "(e) Integrating a gender perspective into the formulation, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of development policies and programmes, including budget policies, and paying greater attention to the needs of rural women, in order to benefit from programmes and policies adopted in all areas and to reduce the disproportionate number of those living in poverty;", "f) Strengthening the necessary measures, including the generation of resources to accelerate progress in achieving Millennium Development Goal 5, on improving maternal health through addressing the specific needs of rural women in health and taking concrete measures to provide and improve access for rural women to the highest possible levels of health, as well as primary health care and quality, affordable and universally accessible support services", "(g) Promoting sustainable infrastructure, access to safe drinking water and sanitation and safe food and heating practices to improve the health of rural women and children;", "(h) Devoting renewed investments and efforts to meet the basic needs of rural women, in particular those relating to their food and nutrition security and that of their families, and to promote an adequate standard of living for them, dignified working conditions and access to local, regional and global markets through increased availability, accessibility and use of key rural infrastructures, such as energy and transport, science and technology, local sanitation and reliable measures for the provision of", "(i) Developing and implementing national policies that promote and protect the enjoyment by women and girls of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by rural women and girls and creating an environment that does not tolerate violations or abuses of their rights, including domestic violence, sexual violence and all other forms of gender-based violence;", "(j) Ensuring that the rights of older women in rural areas are taken into account in terms of equal access to basic social services, appropriate security and social protection measures, equal access to and control of economic resources, and the empowerment of older women through access to financial and infrastructure services, paying particular attention to support for older women, including indigenous women, who are often more vulnerable;", "(k) Promoting the rights of women and girls with disabilities in rural areas, in particular by ensuring their equal access to productive employment and decent work, economic and financial resources and disability-sensitive infrastructure and services, especially with regard to health and education, as well as ensuring that the priorities and needs of these women and girls are fully mainstreamed into policies and programmes such as their participation in decision-making;", "(l) Developing specific assistance and advisory services programmes to promote the skills of rural women in the economic sphere with regard to banking issues and modern business and financial procedures, and providing microcredit and other financial and business services to a greater number of rural women, in particular those who are heads of household, to achieve their economic empowerment;", "(m) Mobilizing resources, including at the national level and through official development assistance, to increase women ' s access to existing savings and credit schemes, as well as specific programmes to provide women with capital, knowledge and tools to improve their economic capacities;", "(n) Integrating greater employment opportunities for rural women into all development strategies and poverty eradication strategies at the international and national levels, including by increasing non-agricultural employment opportunities, improving working conditions and increasing access to productive resources;", "(o) Investing in infrastructure and technologies to save time and work, especially in rural areas, that are for the benefit of women and girls by reducing their burden of domestic activities and by giving girls the opportunity to attend school and women to work on their own or to participate in the labour market;", "(p) Taking measures to ensure that women ' s unpaid work and their contributions to production are recognized within and outside the agricultural fields, including income generated in the informal sector, and supporting the paid employment of rural women in the non-agricultural sectors, improving their working conditions and increasing their access to productive resources;", "(q) Promoting programmes and services that enable rural women and men to combine their work with family responsibilities and encourage men to share equally with women household tasks, child care and other care responsibilities;", "(r) Developing strategies to reduce women ' s vulnerability to environmental factors while promoting the role of rural women in environmental protection;", "(s) Considering the adoption, where appropriate, of national legislation to protect women ' s knowledge, innovations and practices in indigenous and local communities in traditional medicine, biodiversity and indigenous technologies;", "(t) Paying attention to the lack of up-to-date, reliable and sex-disaggregated data, including increasing efforts to ensure that women ' s unpaid work is included in official statistics, and developing a systematic and comparative research base on rural women that guides policy and programme decisions;", "(u) Strengthening the capacity of national statistical offices to collect, analyse and disseminate comparable sex-disaggregated data, in particular on the use of time, as well as gender statistics in rural areas that support the development of policies and the formulation of strategies for rural areas taking into account the gender perspective;", "(v) Developing, reviewing and implementing legislation to ensure that rural women enjoy full equality of land and lease rights, including in inheritance law, and implementing administrative reforms and all necessary measures to ensure that women have equal rights as men in credit, capital, appropriate technologies and access to markets and information and to ensure equal access to justice and legal aid services;", "(w) Supporting an educational system that takes into account gender issues and the specific needs of rural women in order to eliminate gender stereotypes and discriminatory trends affecting them, including through a community-based dialogue open to the participation of women and men and boys;", "(x) Promoting education, training and information programmes relevant to rural and agrarian women through the use of accessible and appropriate technologies and the media;", "(y) Building the capacity of staff working in areas related to national development strategies, rural development, agricultural development, poverty eradication and the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals to identify and address the challenges and constraints faced by rural women, including through training programmes and the development and dissemination of methodologies and tools, while recognizing the technical assistance of relevant United Nations agencies;", "3. Strongly encourages Member States, United Nations entities and all other relevant stakeholders to take action to identify and address the negative impact of current global crises on rural women, such as laws, policies and programmes that reinforce gender equality and the empowerment of women;", "4. Requests the relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, in particular those dealing with development issues, to assume and support in their programmes and strategies the empowerment of rural women and their specific needs;", "5. Stresses the need to identify best practices to ensure that rural women have access to and participate fully in information and communication technologies, to address the priorities and needs of rural women and girls as active users of information and to ensure their participation in the formulation and implementation of strategies at the global, regional and national levels on information and communication technology through appropriate educational measures to eliminate gender stereotypes;", "6. Calls upon Member States, in formulating policies and programmes specifically aimed at improving the situation of rural women, including those prepared and implemented in cooperation with relevant international organizations, to take into account the concluding observations and recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on their reports;", "7. Invites Governments to promote the economic empowerment of rural women, to adopt gender-responsive rural development strategies, including budget frameworks and corresponding assessment measures, and to ensure that the needs and priorities of rural women and girls are addressed systematically and that they can contribute effectively to poverty reduction, hunger eradication and food and nutrition security;", "8. Encourages Governments and international organizations to integrate the perspectives of rural women, including indigenous women, in the preparations for and outcomes of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012, with a view to accelerating progress towards achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women in rural areas;", "9. Invites Governments, relevant international organizations and the specialized agencies to continue to celebrate the International Day of Rural Women on an annual basis on 15 October, proclaimed in its resolution 62/136;", "10. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] A/66/181." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/455 y Corr.1)]", "66/130. La participación de la mujer en la política", "La Asamblea General,", "Reafirmando las obligaciones que tienen todos los Estados de promover y proteger los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales como se proclama en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, y guiada por los propósitos y principios de los instrumentos de derechos humanos,", "Reafirmando también la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos[1], que establece que toda persona tiene derecho a participar en el gobierno de su país, directamente o por medio de representantes libremente escogidos, y de acceder, en condiciones de igualdad, a las funciones públicas,", "Guiada por la Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer[2], que afirma los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales, y la igualdad de la mujer en todo el mundo, y declara, entre otras cosas, que los Estados partes tomarán todas las medidas apropiadas para eliminar la discriminación contra la mujer en la vida política y pública del país,", "Reafirmando la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing[3] y los resultados del vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General titulado “La mujer en el año 2000: igualdad entre los géneros, desarrollo y paz para el siglo XXI”[4],", "Reconociendo la función central que desempeña la Entidad de las Naciones Unidas para la Igualdad entre los Géneros y el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres (ONU‑Mujeres) en la dirección y coordinación de las medidas dirigidas a promover la igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de la mujer en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas, así como en el apoyo a todos los esfuerzos nacionales por promover la igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de la mujer,", "Reconociendo también las importantes aportaciones realizadas por la mujer para el establecimiento de gobiernos representativos, transparentes y responsables en muchos países,", "Destacando la importancia fundamental de la participación política de la mujer en todos los contextos, sea en tiempos de paz o de conflicto, y en todas las etapas de la transición política, preocupada por los muchos obstáculos que siguen impidiendo la participación de la mujer en la vida política en condiciones de igualdad con el hombre y observando a ese respecto que las situaciones de transición política pueden constituir una oportunidad única de enfrentar esos obstáculos,", "Reconociendo las aportaciones esenciales que las mujeres de todo el mundo siguen realizando para el logro y el mantenimiento de la paz y la seguridad internacionales y la plena realización de todos los derechos humanos, la promoción del desarrollo sostenible y el crecimiento económico, y la erradicación de la pobreza, el hambre y las enfermedades,", "Reafirmando que la participación activa de la mujer, en pie de igualdad con el hombre, en todos los niveles de la adopción de decisiones es indispensable para el logro de la igualdad, el desarrollo sostenible, la paz y la democracia,", "Sumamente preocupada porque las mujeres siguen estando marginadas en gran medida de la esfera política en todo el mundo, a menudo como resultado de leyes, prácticas, actitudes y estereotipos de género discriminatorios, bajos niveles de educación, falta de acceso a servicios de atención sanitaria, y debido a que la pobreza las afecta de manera desproporcionada,", "Reconociendo la importancia de empoderar a todas las mujeres mediante la educación y la formación en cuestiones de gobierno, políticas públicas, economía, cuestiones cívicas, tecnología de la información y ciencias a fin de que desarrollen los conocimientos y las aptitudes necesarios para contribuir plenamente a la sociedad y el proceso político,", "Reafirmando el importante papel de la mujer en la prevención y resolución de conflictos y en la consolidación de la paz, así como la necesidad de que los Estados Miembros y el sistema de las Naciones Unidas aumenten la participación de las mujeres en la adopción de decisiones con respecto a la prevención y resolución de conflictos y la reconstrucción de las sociedades después de ellos, de conformidad con la resolución 1325 (2000) del Consejo de Seguridad, de 31 de octubre de 2000, y sus resoluciones de seguimiento posteriores, así como otras resoluciones pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas,", "Observando con aprecio el establecimiento por el Consejo de Derechos Humanos del Grupo de Trabajo sobre la cuestión de la discriminación contra la mujer en la legislación y en la práctica,", "1. Reafirma su resolución 58/142, de 22 de diciembre de 2003, sobre la participación de la mujer en la política y exhorta a todos los Estados a que la apliquen plenamente;", "2. Exhorta a todos los Estados a eliminar las leyes, reglamentos y prácticas que de modo discriminatorio impiden o limitan la participación de las mujeres en el proceso político;", "3. Exhorta también a todos los Estados a fomentar la participación política de la mujer, acelerar el logro de la igualdad entre hombres y mujeres y, en todas las situaciones, incluidas las situaciones de transición política, a promover y proteger los derechos humanos de la mujer en relación con:", "a) La participación en actividades políticas;", "b) La participación en la dirección de los asuntos públicos;", "c) La libertad de asociación;", "d) La libertad de reunión pacífica;", "e) La libertad de expresar sus opiniones y de buscar, recibir y difundir información e ideas;", "f) El derecho de votar en las elecciones y referendos públicos y de ser elegibles para los organismos cuyos miembros sean objeto de elecciones públicas en igualdad de condiciones con los hombres;", "g) La participación en la formulación de las políticas gubernamentales y en la ejecución de estas, el ejercicio de cargos públicos y el desempeño de funciones públicas en todos los planos gubernamentales;", "4. Exhorta a los Estados en situación de transición política a adoptar medidas eficaces para asegurar la participación de la mujer en pie de igualdad con el hombre en todas las etapas de la reforma política, desde las decisiones relativas a la conveniencia de reformar las instituciones existentes hasta las decisiones sobre la formación de un gobierno de transición, la formulación de políticas gubernamentales y el modo de elegir nuevos gobiernos democráticos;", "5. Insta a todos los Estados a que cumplan plenamente sus obligaciones en virtud de la Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer², insta a los Estados que aún no lo hayan hecho a que la ratifiquen o se adhieran a ella, e insta a los Estados partes en la Convención a que consideren la posibilidad de firmar o ratificar su Protocolo Facultativo[5] o de adherirse a él;", "6. Insta también a todos los Estados a que, entre otras, adopten las siguientes medidas para asegurar la participación de la mujer en pie de igualdad, y alienta al sistema de las Naciones Unidas y otras organizaciones internacionales y regionales a que, dentro de sus mandatos vigentes, presten mayor asistencia a los Estados en sus esfuerzos nacionales por:", "a) Examinar los diferentes efectos de sus sistemas electorales en la participación política de la mujer y su representación en los órganos electivos y ajustar y reformar esos sistemas, según proceda;", "b) Adoptar todas las medidas que corresponda para eliminar los prejuicios basados en la idea de la inferioridad o la superioridad de uno de los sexos o en la atribución de papeles estereotipados al hombre y a la mujer, que obstaculizan el acceso de la mujer a la esfera política y su participación en ella, y adoptar enfoques inclusivos respecto de su participación política;", "c) Alentar encarecidamente a los partidos políticos a que supriman todos los obstáculos que discriminen, directa o indirectamente, contra la participación de la mujer, a que desarrollen su capacidad para analizar las cuestiones desde una perspectiva de género y a que adopten las políticas necesarias a fin de promover la capacidad de la mujer para participar plenamente en todos los niveles de la adopción de decisiones dentro de los propios partidos;", "d) Promover la conciencia y el reconocimiento de la importancia de la participación de la mujer en el proceso político a nivel comunitario, local, nacional e internacional;", "e) Elaborar mecanismos y actividades de capacitación para alentar a las mujeres a participar en el proceso electoral, la actividad política y otras actividades de liderazgo, y empoderarlas para que asuman responsabilidades públicas mediante la elaboración y el suministro de instrumentos y el desarrollo de aptitudes pertinentes, en consulta con ellas;", "f) Aplicar medidas adecuadas en los órganos gubernamentales e instituciones del sector público con el fin de eliminar los obstáculos que impiden directa o indirectamente la participación de la mujer en la adopción de decisiones políticas a todos los niveles y de fomentar su participación;", "g) Acelerar la aplicación, según corresponda, de estrategias que promuevan el equilibrio de género en la adopción de decisiones políticas, y adoptar todas las medidas apropiadas para alentar a los partidos políticos a velar por que las mujeres tengan una oportunidad justa y equitativa de competir por todos los cargos públicos electivos;", "h) Mejorar y ampliar el acceso de la mujer a las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones, incluidos los instrumentos de administración electrónica, a fin de posibilitar su participación política y, en general, promover su inclusión en los procesos democráticos, mejorando también la capacidad de esas tecnologías para atender las necesidades de las mujeres, en particular de las mujeres marginadas;", "i) Investigar las denuncias de actos de violencia, agresión o acoso perpetrados contra mujeres elegidas para desempeñar cargos públicos y candidatas a ocupar cargos políticos, crear un entorno de tolerancia cero ante esos delitos y, para asegurar que los responsables rindan cuentas de sus actos, adoptar todas las medidas necesarias para enjuiciarlos;", "j) Alentar una mayor participación de las mujeres susceptibles de ser marginadas, en particular las mujeres indígenas, las mujeres con discapacidad, las mujeres del medio rural y las mujeres pertenecientes a minorías étnicas, culturales o religiosas, en los procesos de adopción de decisiones a todos los niveles, y afrontar y eliminar los obstáculos que encuentran las mujeres marginadas para acceder a la política y la adopción de decisiones a todos los niveles y participar en ellas;", "k) Alentar la promoción de programas dirigidos a sensibilizar y orientar a los jóvenes y los niños, en particular a las mujeres jóvenes y las niñas, sobre la importancia del proceso político y de la participación de las mujeres en la política;", "l) Asegurarse de que las medidas para conciliar la vida familiar y el trabajo profesional se apliquen por igual a las mujeres y a los hombres, teniendo presente que al compartir hombres y mujeres las responsabilidades familiares de forma equitativa y reducir la doble carga de trabajo remunerado y no remunerado se puede contribuir a crear condiciones propicias para la participación política de la mujer;", "m) Promover la concesión de licencias adecuadas de maternidad y paternidad a fin de facilitar la participación política de la mujer;", "n) Adoptar medidas proactivas para hacer frente a los factores que impiden u obstaculizan la participación de la mujer en la política, como la violencia, la pobreza, la falta de acceso a una educación y atención de la salud de calidad, y los estereotipos de género;", "o) Vigilar y evaluar los avances en la representación de la mujer en puestos con poder de decisión;", "7. Alienta a los Estados a asegurar de que las mujeres desempeñen un papel más amplio en la prevención, gestión y resolución de los conflictos y en las actividades de mediación y consolidación de la paz, conforme a lo dispuesto en la resolución 1325 (2000) del Consejo de Seguridad y las resoluciones posteriores pertinentes;", "8. Alienta también a los Estados a designar a mujeres para ocupar puestos en todos los niveles de su gobierno, incluidos, cuando corresponda, los órganos responsables de formular reformas constitucionales, electorales, políticas o institucionales;", "9. Alienta además a los Estados a que se comprometan a establecer el objetivo del equilibrio entre mujeres y hombres en los órganos y comités gubernamentales, así como en las entidades de la administración pública y en la judicatura, incluidas, según corresponda, la fijación de objetivos concretos y la aplicación de medidas a fin de aumentar sustancialmente el número de mujeres con miras a lograr una representación paritaria de las mujeres y los hombres, de ser necesario mediante la adopción de medidas positivas en favor de la mujer, en todos los puestos gubernamentales y de la administración pública;", "10. Alienta a los Estados y las organizaciones pertinentes de la sociedad civil a que apoyen programas que faciliten la participación de la mujer en actividades políticas y de liderazgo de otra índole, incluidos programas de apoyo entre pares y desarrollo de la capacidad de nuevos titulares de cargos públicos, y a que promuevan el establecimiento de asociaciones de colaboración entre los sectores público y privado y la sociedad civil en pro del empoderamiento de la mujer;", "11. Invita a los Estados a intercambiar experiencias y mejores prácticas acerca de la participación política de la mujer en todas las etapas del proceso político, en particular en períodos de reforma y cambios políticos;", "12. Observa con interés que se ha prestado especial atención, entre otras cosas, a la participación política de la mujer, incluidas las cuestiones que se plantean en la presente resolución, en la labor del Grupo de Trabajo sobre la cuestión de la discriminación contra la mujer en la legislación y en la práctica, del Consejo de Derechos Humanos;", "13. Alienta a los Estados a difundir la presente resolución entre todas las instituciones pertinentes, en particular las autoridades nacionales, regionales y locales, así como entre los partidos políticos;", "14. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo octavo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución, y alienta a los gobiernos a proporcionar datos precisos sobre la participación política de la mujer a todos los niveles, incluso, cuando corresponda, información sobre la participación política de la mujer en los períodos de transición política.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Resolución 217 A (III).", "[2]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, núm. 20378.", "[3]  Informe de la Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer, Beijing, 4 a 15 de septiembre de 1995 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.96.IV.13), cap. I, resolución 1, anexos I y II.", "[4]  Resolución S‑23/2, anexo, y resolución S‑23/3, anexo.", "[5]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2131, núm. 20378." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/455 and Corr.1)]", "66/130. Women and political participation", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming the obligations of all States to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms as stated in the Charter of the United Nations, and guided by the purposes and principles of human rights instruments,", "Reaffirming also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,[1] which states that everyone has the right to take part in the Government of his or her country directly, or through freely chosen representatives, and the right of equal access to public service,", "Guided by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,[2] which affirms human rights and fundamental freedoms and equality for women around the world, and which states, inter alia, that States parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in the political and public life of the country,", "Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action[3] and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty‑first century”,[4]", "Recognizing the central role of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN‑Women) in leading and coordinating action to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women within the United Nations system, as well as in supporting all countries’ efforts to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women,", "Recognizing also the important contributions that women have made towards the achievement of representative, transparent and accountable Governments in many countries,", "Stressing the critical importance of women’s political participation in all contexts, including in times of peace and of conflict and at all stages of political transition, concerned that many obstacles still prevent women from participating in political life on equal terms with men, and noting in that regard that situations of political transition may provide a unique opportunity to address such obstacles,", "Recognizing the essential contributions that women around the world continue to make to the achievement and maintenance of international peace and security and to the full realization of all human rights, to the promotion of sustainable development and economic growth, and to the eradication of poverty, hunger and disease,", "Reaffirming that the active participation of women, on equal terms with men, at all levels of decision‑making is essential to the achievement of equality, sustainable development, peace and democracy,", "Highly concerned that women in every part of the world continue to be largely marginalized from the political sphere, often as a result of discriminatory laws, practices, attitudes and gender stereotypes, low levels of education, lack of access to health care and the disproportionate effect of poverty on women,", "Recognizing the importance of empowering all women through education and training in government, public policy, economics, civics, information technology and science to ensure that they develop the knowledge and skills needed to make full contributions to society and the political process,", "Reaffirming the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peacebuilding and the need for Member States and the United Nations system to increase the role of women in decision‑making with regard to conflict prevention and resolution and the rebuilding of post‑conflict societies, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 and its subsequent follow‑up resolutions, as well as other relevant United Nations resolutions,", "Noting with appreciation the establishment by the Human Rights Council of the Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice,", "1. Reaffirms its resolution 58/142 of 22 December 2003 on women and political participation, and calls upon all States to implement it fully;", "2. Calls upon all States to eliminate laws, regulations and practices that, in a discriminatory manner, prevent or restrict women’s participation in the political process;", "3. Also calls upon all States to enhance the political participation of women, to accelerate the achievement of equality between men and women and, in all situations, including in situations of political transition, to promote and protect the human rights of women with respect to:", "(a) Engaging in political activities;", "(b) Taking part in the conduct of public affairs;", "(c) Associating freely;", "(d) Assembling peacefully;", "(e) Expressing their opinions and seeking, receiving and imparting information and ideas freely;", "(f) Voting in elections and public referendums and being eligible for election to publicly elected bodies on equal terms with men;", "(g) Participating in the formulation of government policy and the implementation thereof, holding public office and performing public functions at all levels of government;", "4. Calls upon States in situations of political transition to take effective steps to ensure the participation of women on equal terms with men in all phases of political reform, from decisions on whether to call for reforms in existing institutions to decisions regarding transitional governments, to the formulation of government policy, to the means of electing new democratic governments;", "5. Urges all States to comply fully with their obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,² urges States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Convention to do so, and urges States parties to the Convention to consider signing, ratifying or acceding to the Optional Protocol thereto;[5]", "6. Also urges all States to take, inter alia, the following actions to ensure women’s equal participation, and encourages the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations, within their existing mandates, to enhance their assistance to States in their national efforts:", "(a) To review the differential impact of their electoral systems on the political participation of women and their representation in elected bodies and to adjust or reform those systems where appropriate;", "(b) To take all appropriate measures to eliminate prejudices that are based on the idea of the inferiority or the superiority of either of the sexes or on stereotyped roles for men and women and that constitute a barrier to women’s access to and participation in the political sphere, and to adopt inclusive approaches to their political participation;", "(c) To strongly encourage political parties to remove all barriers that directly or indirectly discriminate against the participation of women, to develop their capacity to analyse issues from a gender perspective, and to adopt policies, as appropriate, to promote the ability of women to participate fully at all levels of decision‑making within those political parties;", "(d) To promote awareness and recognition of the importance of women’s participation in the political process at the community, local, national and international levels;", "(e) To develop mechanisms and training to encourage women to participate in the electoral process, political activities and other leadership activities, and empower women to assume public responsibilities by developing and providing appropriate tools and skills, in consultation with women;", "(f) To implement appropriate measures within governmental bodies and public sector institutions to eliminate direct or indirect barriers to and enhance women’s participation in all levels of political decision‑making;", "(g) To accelerate the implementation of strategies, as appropriate, that promote gender balance in political decision‑making, and take all appropriate measures to encourage political parties to ensure that women have a fair and equal opportunity to compete for all elective public positions;", "(h) To improve and broaden women’s access to information and communications technologies, including e‑government tools, in order to enable political participation and to promote engagement in broader democratic processes, while also improving the responsiveness of these technologies to women’s needs, including those of marginalized women;", "(i) To investigate allegations of violence, assault or harassment of women elected officials and candidates for political office, create an environment of zero tolerance for such offences and, to ensure accountability, take all appropriate steps to prosecute those responsible;", "(j) To encourage greater involvement of women who may be marginalized, including indigenous women, women with disabilities, women from rural areas and women of any ethnic, cultural or religious minority, in decision‑making at all levels, and address and counter the barriers faced by marginalized women in accessing and participating in politics and decision‑making at all levels;", "(k) To encourage the promotion of programmes geared towards the sensitization and orientation of youth and children, in particular young women and girls, on the importance of the political process and women’s participation in politics;", "(l) To ensure that measures to reconcile family and professional life apply equally to women and men, bearing in mind that equitable sharing of family responsibilities between women and men and reduction of the double burden of paid and unpaid work can help to create an enabling environment for women’s political participation;", "(m) To promote the granting of appropriate maternity and paternity leave in order to facilitate women’s political participation;", "(n) To take proactive measures to address factors preventing or hindering women from participating in politics, such as violence, poverty, lack of access to quality education and health care, and gender stereotypes;", "(o) To monitor and evaluate progress in the representation of women in decision‑making positions;", "7. Encourages States to ensure an expanded role for women in the prevention, management and resolution of conflict and in mediation and peacebuilding efforts, as called for in Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) and subsequent relevant resolutions;", "8. Also encourages States to appoint women to posts within all levels of their Governments, including, where applicable, bodies responsible for designing constitutional, electoral, political or institutional reforms;", "9. Further encourages States to commit themselves to establishing the goal of gender balance in governmental bodies and committees, as well as in public administrative entities, and in the judiciary, including, inter alia and as appropriate, setting specific targets and implementing measures to substantially increase the number of women with a view to achieving equal representation of women and men, if necessary through positive action, in all governmental and public administration positions;", "10. Encourages States and relevant civil society organizations to support programmes that facilitate women’s participation in political and other leadership activities, including peer support and capacity development for new office holders, and to promote public/private civil society partnerships for women’s empowerment;", "11. Invites States to exchange experience and best practices on women’s political participation in all phases of the political process, including in times of political change and reform;", "12. Notes with interest the focus, inter alia, on the political participation of women, including the issues raised in the present resolution, in the work of the Human Rights Council Working Group on Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice;", "13. Encourages States to disseminate the present resolution among all relevant institutions, in particular national, regional and local authorities, as well as among political parties;", "14. Requests the Secretary‑General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty‑eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, and encourages Governments to provide precise data on the political participation of women at all levels, including, where appropriate, information on the political participation of women in times of political transition.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  Resolution 217 A (III).", "[2]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378.", "[3]  Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.", "[4]  Resolution S‑23/2, annex, and resolution S‑23/3, annex.", "[5]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2131, No. 20378." ]
A_RES_66_130
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/455 and Corr.1)]", "66/130. Participation of women in politics", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming the obligations of all States to promote and protect human rights and fundamental freedoms as proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, guided by the purposes and principles of human rights instruments,", "Reaffirming also the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[1], which states that everyone has the right to participate in the Government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives, and to have equal access to public functions,", "Guided by the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women[2], which affirms human rights and fundamental freedoms, and equality of women worldwide, and states, inter alia, that States parties shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in the political and public life of the country,", "Reaffirming the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action[3] and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled " Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century " [4],", "Recognizing the central role of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) in the direction and coordination of efforts to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women in the United Nations system, as well as in supporting all national efforts to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women,", "Recognizing also the important contributions made by women to the establishment of representative, transparent and accountable Governments in many countries,", "Stressing the fundamental importance of women ' s political participation in all contexts, whether in times of peace or conflict, and at all stages of the political transition, concerned about the many obstacles that continue to impede women ' s participation in political life on an equal basis with men, and noting in that regard that political transition situations can constitute a unique opportunity to address those obstacles,", "Recognizing the essential contributions that women around the world continue to make for the achievement and maintenance of international peace and security and the full realization of all human rights, the promotion of sustainable development and economic growth, and the eradication of poverty, hunger and disease,", "Reaffirming that the active participation of women, on an equal basis with men, at all levels of decision-making is indispensable for the achievement of equality, sustainable development, peace and democracy,", "Gravely concerned that women continue to be largely marginalized from the political sphere around the world, often as a result of discriminatory gender laws, practices, attitudes and stereotypes, low levels of education, lack of access to health-care services, and because poverty affects them disproportionately,", "Recognizing the importance of empowering all women through education and training in government, public policies, economy, civic issues, information technology and sciences to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute fully to society and the political process,", "Reaffirming the important role of women in conflict prevention and resolution and in peacebuilding, as well as the need for Member States and the United Nations system to increase women ' s participation in decision-making in conflict prevention and resolution and post-conflict reconstruction, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000 and its subsequent United Nations follow-up resolutions,", "Noting with appreciation the establishment by the Human Rights Council of the Working Group on the Question of Discrimination against Women in Law and in Practice,", "1. Reaffirms its resolution 58/142 of 22 December 2003 on the participation of women in politics and calls upon all States to implement it fully;", "2. Calls upon all States to eliminate laws, regulations and practices that discriminate against or limit women ' s participation in the political process;", "3. It also calls upon all States to promote women ' s political participation, accelerate the achievement of gender equality and, in all situations, including political transition situations, to promote and protect women ' s human rights in relation to:", "(a) Participation in political activities;", "(b) Participation in public affairs;", "(c) Freedom of association;", "(d) Freedom of peaceful assembly;", "(e) Freedom to express their views and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas;", "f) The right to vote in elections and public referendums and to be eligible for public elections on an equal basis with men;", "(g) Participation in and implementation of government policies, the exercise of public office and the performance of public functions at all levels of government;", "4. Calls upon States in a political transition to take effective measures to ensure women ' s equal participation with men at all stages of political reform, from decisions on the desirability of reforming existing institutions to decisions on the formation of a transitional government, the formulation of government policies and the choice of new democratic governments;", "5. Urges all States to comply fully with their obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,2 urges States that have not yet done so to ratify or accede to it, and urges States parties to the Convention to consider signing or ratifying or acceding to the Optional Protocol thereto;", "6. It also urges all States, inter alia, to take the following measures to ensure the equal participation of women, and encourages the United Nations system and other international and regional organizations, within their existing mandates, to provide greater assistance to States in their national efforts:", "(a) Review the different effects of their electoral systems on women ' s political participation and representation in elected bodies and adjust and reform such systems, as appropriate;", "(b) Take all appropriate measures to eliminate prejudices based on the idea of the inferiority or superiority of one of the sexes or the attribution of stereotyped roles to men and women, which impede women ' s access to and participation in the political sphere, and adopt inclusive approaches to their political participation;", "(c) Strongly encourage political parties to remove all obstacles that directly or indirectly discriminate against women ' s participation, to develop their capacity to analyse gender issues and to adopt the necessary policies to promote women ' s capacity to participate fully at all levels of decision-making within the parties themselves;", "(d) To promote awareness and recognition of the importance of women ' s participation in the political process at the community, local, national and international levels;", "(e) Develop training mechanisms and activities to encourage women to participate in the electoral process, political activity and other leadership activities, and empower them to assume public responsibilities through the development and provision of relevant tools and skills development, in consultation with them;", "f) Apply appropriate measures in government bodies and public sector institutions to remove obstacles that directly or indirectly prevent women ' s participation in political decision-making at all levels and to promote their participation;", "(g) Accelerate the implementation, as appropriate, of strategies that promote gender balance in political decision-making, and take all appropriate measures to encourage political parties to ensure that women have a fair and equitable opportunity to compete for all elected public office;", "(h) Improve and expand women ' s access to information and communication technologies, including electronic management tools, to enable their political participation and, in general, promote their inclusion in democratic processes, also improving the capacity of such technologies to meet the needs of women, in particular marginalized women;", "(i) Investigate allegations of violence, aggression or harassment against women elected to hold public office and candidates for political office, create a zero-tolerance environment for such crimes and, to ensure that those responsible are held accountable, take all necessary measures to prosecute them;", "(j) Encouraging greater participation of women susceptible to marginalization, in particular indigenous women, women with disabilities, rural women and women belonging to ethnic, cultural or religious minorities, in decision-making processes at all levels, and addressing and removing obstacles faced by marginalized women to access and participate in policy and decision-making at all levels;", "(k) Encourage the promotion of programmes aimed at sensitizing and guiding young people and boys, in particular young women and girls, on the importance of the political process and the participation of women in politics;", "(l) Ensure that measures to reconcile family life and professional work are applied equally to women and men, bearing in mind that sharing men and women ' s responsibilities equitably and reducing the double burden of paid and unpaid work can contribute to creating conditions conducive to women ' s political participation;", "(m) Promoting appropriate maternity and paternity leave to facilitate women ' s political participation;", "(n) Adopt proactive measures to address factors that prevent or hinder women ' s participation in politics, such as violence, poverty, lack of access to quality education and health care, and gender stereotypes;", "(o) To monitor and evaluate progress in the representation of women in decision-making positions;", "7. Encourages States to ensure that women play a wider role in conflict prevention, management and resolution and in mediation and peacebuilding activities, in accordance with Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) and relevant subsequent resolutions;", "8. Also encourages States to appoint women to posts at all levels of their Government, including, where appropriate, bodies responsible for formulating constitutional, electoral, political or institutional reforms;", "9. Further encourages States to commit themselves to establishing the goal of balance between women and men in government bodies and committees, as well as in public administration and the judiciary, including, as appropriate, the establishment of specific objectives and the implementation of measures to substantially increase the number of women with a view to achieving parity representation of women and men, if necessary through positive action on behalf of women and men,", "10. Encourages States and relevant civil society organizations to support programmes that facilitate women ' s participation in political and other leadership activities, including peer support programmes and capacity-building for new public office holders, and to promote public-private partnerships and civil society for women ' s empowerment;", "11. Invites States to share experiences and best practices on women ' s political participation at all stages of the political process, including in periods of reform and political change;", "12. Notes with interest that particular attention has been paid, inter alia, to the political participation of women, including the issues raised in the present resolution, in the work of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in the law and in practice of the Human Rights Council;", "13. Encourages States to disseminate the present resolution among all relevant institutions, in particular national, regional and local authorities, as well as among political parties;", "14. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, and encourages Governments to provide accurate data on women ' s political participation at all levels, including, where appropriate, information on women ' s political participation in political transition periods.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] Resolution 217 A (III).", "[2] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378.", "[3] Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.", "[4] Resolution S‐23/2, annex, and resolution S‐23/3, annex.", "[5] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2131, No. 20378." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/455 y Corr.1)]", "66/131. Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 64/138, de 18 de diciembre de 2009,", "1. Acoge con beneplácito el informe del Secretario General sobre la situación de la Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer[1];", "2. Acoge con beneplácito también los informes del Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación contra la Mujer sobre la labor realizada en sus períodos de sesiones 44º y 45º[2] y 46º a 48º[3];", "3. Invita a la Presidencia del Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación contra la Mujer a que haga uso de la palabra ante la Asamblea General y participe en un diálogo interactivo con ella en sus períodos de sesiones sexagésimo séptimo y sexagésimo octavo en relación con el tema del adelanto de la mujer;", "4. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo octavo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre la situación de la Convención.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  A/66/99.", "[2]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo quinto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 38 (A/65/38).", "[3]  Ibid., sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 38 (A/66/38)." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/455 and Corr.1)]", "66/131. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 64/138 of 18 December 2009,", "1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary‑General on the status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women;[1]", "2. Also welcomes the reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its forty‑fourth and forty‑fifth[2] and forty‑sixth to forty‑eighth[3] sessions;", "3. Invites the Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to address and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its sixty‑seventh and sixty‑eighth sessions under the item on the advancement of women;", "4. Requests the Secretary‑General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty‑eighth session a report on the status of the Convention.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  A/66/99.", "[2]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty‑fifth Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/65/38).", "[3]  Ibid., Sixty‑sixth Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/66/38)." ]
A_RES_66_131
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/455 and Corr.1)]", "66/131. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 64/138 of 18 December 2009,", "1. Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General on the status of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women[1];", "2. Also welcomes the reports of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women on its forty-fourth and forty-fifth sessions[2] and forty-sixth to forty-eighth sessions[3];", "3. Invites the Chair of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to address and participate in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth sessions on the subject of the advancement of women;", "4. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on the status of the Convention.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] A/66/99.", "[2] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 38 (A/65/38).", "[3] Ibid., sixty-sixth session, Supplement No. 38 (A/66/38)." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/455 y Corr.1)]", "66/132. Seguimiento de la Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer y plena aplicación de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing y de los resultados del vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando sus resoluciones anteriores sobre la cuestión, incluida la resolución 65/191, de 21 de diciembre de 2010, y recordando también la sección de la resolución 64/289, de 2 de julio de 2010, titulada “Fortalecimiento de los arreglos institucionales destinados a apoyar la igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de la mujer”,", "Profundamente convencida de que la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing[1] y los resultados de su vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones titulado “La mujer en el año 2000: igualdad entre los géneros, desarrollo y paz para el siglo XXI”[2] constituyen importantes contribuciones al logro de la igualdad entre los géneros y del empoderamiento de la mujer y de que todos los Estados, el sistema de las Naciones Unidas y demás organizaciones interesadas deben concretarlos en medidas eficaces,", "Reafirmando los compromisos en favor de la igualdad entre los géneros y el adelanto de la mujer contraídos en la Cumbre del Milenio[3], en la Cumbre Mundial 2005[4], en la Reunión Plenaria de Alto Nivel de la Asamblea General sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio[5], en sus períodos extraordinarios de sesiones y en otras grandes cumbres y conferencias de las Naciones Unidas, y reafirmando también que la aplicación plena, efectiva y acelerada de esos compromisos es esencial para la consecución de los objetivos de desarrollo convenidos internacionalmente, incluidos los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito los progresos hacia el logro de la igualdad entre los géneros, pero destacando que subsisten problemas y obstáculos para aplicar la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing y los resultados de su vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones,", "Reconociendo que la aplicación de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing y de los resultados de su vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones es fundamentalmente responsabilidad de los países y que es preciso intensificar los esfuerzos en tal sentido, y reiterando que es esencial mejorar la cooperación internacional para una aplicación plena, efectiva y acelerada,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la labor que realiza la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer al examinar la aplicación de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing, y tomando nota con aprecio de todas sus conclusiones convenidas, en particular las más recientes, relativas al acceso y la participación de la mujer y la niña en la educación, la capacitación y la ciencia y la tecnología, incluso para la promoción de la igualdad de acceso de la mujer al pleno empleo y a un trabajo decente, aprobadas por la Comisión en su 55° período de sesiones[6],", "Acogiendo con beneplácito también la entrada en pleno funcionamiento de la Entidad de las Naciones Unidas para la Igualdad entre los Géneros y el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres (ONU‑Mujeres) el 1 de enero de 2011,", "Reconociendo que la participación y la contribución de la sociedad civil, en particular los grupos de mujeres y otras organizaciones no gubernamentales, son importantes para la aplicación de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing y de los resultados de su vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones,", "Reafirmando que la incorporación de la perspectiva de género es una estrategia universalmente aceptada para promover el empoderamiento de la mujer y lograr la igualdad entre los géneros mediante la transformación de las estructuras de desigualdad, y reafirmando también el compromiso de fomentar activamente la incorporación de la perspectiva de género en la preparación, aplicación, supervisión y evaluación de políticas y programas en todos los ámbitos políticos, económicos y sociales, así como el compromiso de reforzar la capacidad del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en materia de igualdad entre los géneros,", "Reafirmando también los compromisos contraídos respecto de la igualdad entre los géneros y del empoderamiento de la mujer en la Declaración de Doha sobre la financiación para el desarrollo: documento final de la Conferencia internacional de seguimiento sobre la financiación para el desarrollo encargada de examinar la aplicación del Consenso de Monterrey[7],", "Teniendo presentes los desafíos y obstáculos que impiden superar las actitudes discriminatorias y los estereotipos de género, que perpetúan la discriminación contra la mujer y los roles estereotipados de hombres y mujeres, y destacando que subsisten desafíos y obstáculos a la aplicación de los estándares y normas internacionales para hacer frente a la desigualdad entre el hombre y la mujer,", "Reafirmando la Declaración de compromiso en la lucha contra el VIH/SIDA[8] y la Declaración política sobre el VIH y el SIDA: intensificación de nuestro esfuerzo para eliminar el VIH y el SIDA aprobada en la Reunión de Alto Nivel sobre el SIDA, celebrada el 10 de junio de 2011[9], en la cual, entre otras cuestiones, se reconoció que la promoción de la igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de las mujeres son fundamentales para reducir la vulnerabilidad de las mujeres al VIH,", "Expresando seria preocupación por que no se haya alcanzado aún el objetivo urgente de la paridad cuantitativa de los géneros en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas, especialmente en las categorías superiores y en el nivel de adopción de decisiones, con pleno respeto del principio de la distribución geográfica equitativa, de conformidad con el Artículo 101, párrafo 3, de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, y por que la representación de la mujer en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas haya permanecido prácticamente sin cambios, salvo algunas mejoras insignificantes en ciertas partes del sistema, como se indica en el informe del Secretario General sobre el mejoramiento de la situación de la mujer en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas[10],", "Reafirmando la importante función que desempeña la mujer en la prevención y solución de conflictos y en la consolidación de la paz,", "Recordando las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad 1325 (2000), de 31 de octubre de 2000, 1820 (2008), de 19 de junio de 2008, 1888 (2009), de 30 de septiembre de 2009, 1889 (2009), de 5 de octubre de 2009, y 1960 (2010), de 16 de diciembre de 2010, relativas a la mujer y la paz y la seguridad, así como la resolución 1882 (2009), de 4 de agosto de 2009, sobre los niños y los conflictos armados,", "1. Toma nota con aprecio del informe del Secretario General sobre las medidas adoptadas y los progresos alcanzados en el seguimiento de la aplicación de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing y de los resultados del vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General[11];", "2. Reafirma la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing aprobadas en la Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer¹ y los resultados de su vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones², así como la declaración aprobada por la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer en su 54° período de sesiones con motivo del examen tras 15 años de aplicación de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing[12], y reafirma también el compromiso de lograr la aplicación plena, efectiva y acelerada de lo dispuesto en esos documentos;", "3. Reafirma también el papel primordial y esencial de la Asamblea General y del Consejo Económico y Social, así como el papel catalizador de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer, en la promoción de la igualdad entre los géneros y del empoderamiento de la mujer, sobre la base de la plena aplicación de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing y de los resultados de su vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones, y en la promoción y vigilancia de la incorporación de la perspectiva de género en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas;", "4. Reconoce que la aplicación de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing y el cumplimiento de las obligaciones contraídas por los Estados partes en virtud de la Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer[13] se refuerzan mutuamente a los efectos de lograr la igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de la mujer y, a ese respecto, acoge con beneplácito la contribución del Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación contra la Mujer a promover la aplicación de la Plataforma de Acción y los resultados del vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones, e invita a los Estados partes en la Convención a incluir información sobre las medidas adoptadas para mejorar la aplicación de este instrumento en el plano nacional en los informes que presenten al Comité en virtud del artículo 18 de la Convención;", "5. Exhorta a los Estados partes a que cumplan plenamente sus obligaciones en virtud de la Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer y su Protocolo Facultativo[14] y tomen en consideración las observaciones finales y las recomendaciones generales del Comité, insta a los Estados partes a que consideren la posibilidad de limitar el alcance de sus reservas a la Convención, las formulen de la manera más precisa y restrictiva posible y las revisen periódicamente con miras a retirarlas, a fin de que ninguna de ellas sea incompatible con el objeto y propósito de la Convención, insta también a todos los Estados Miembros que todavía no han ratificado la Convención o no se han adherido a ella a que consideren esa posibilidad, y exhorta a hacer lo propio a los Estados Miembros que todavía no han firmado y ratificado el Protocolo Facultativo o no se han adherido a él;", "6. Acoge con beneplácito los avances logrados en el funcionamiento efectivo de ONU‑Mujeres en lo que se refiere a su estructura de gobernanza, así como a su administración, presupuestación y recursos humanos;", "7. Reafirma la importante función que tiene ONU‑Mujeres de dirigir, coordinar y promover la rendición de cuentas del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en su labor relativa a la igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de la mujer;", "8. Exhorta a ONU‑Mujeres a que continúe apoyando la incorporación de la perspectiva de género en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas como parte integrante de su labor y, a ese respecto, a que preste más atención de forma más sistemática a esta cuestión;", "9. Acoge con beneplácito el compromiso de ONU‑Mujeres de prestar apoyo a las iniciativas de los Estados Miembros de elaborar y reforzar las normas, políticas y estándares en materia de igualdad entre los géneros y empoderamiento de la mujer, así como de integrar la perspectiva de género en los marcos normativos y de políticas sectoriales;", "10. Insta a los Estados Miembros a que aumenten los fondos que destinan al presupuesto de ONU‑Mujeres haciendo, cuando las disposiciones legislativas y presupuestarias lo permitan, contribuciones voluntarias básicas que sean plurianuales, predecibles, estables y sostenibles, reconociendo la importancia de contar con fondos suficientes para que ONU‑Mujeres pueda ejecutar su plan estratégico con prontitud y de manera efectiva, y reconociendo también que la movilización de recursos financieros para lograr sus objetivos continúa planteando problemas;", "11. Alienta a todas las instancias, entre ellas, los gobiernos, el sistema de las Naciones Unidas y demás organizaciones internacionales y la sociedad civil, a que sigan apoyando la labor de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer y el desempeño de su función esencial en el seguimiento y examen de la aplicación de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing y los resultados del vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones y a que apliquen, cuando proceda, las recomendaciones de la Comisión, y, a ese respecto, acoge con beneplácito que la Comisión continúe con el intercambio de experiencias, enseñanzas y buenas prácticas para superar los problemas que dificultan la aplicación plena en los planos nacional e internacional y la evaluación de los progresos hechos en relación con los temas prioritarios;", "12. Exhorta a los gobiernos y a los órganos y los fondos, programas y organismos especializados competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, en el marco de sus respectivos mandatos, a otras organizaciones internacionales y regionales, incluidas las instituciones financieras, y a todas las instancias pertinentes de la sociedad civil, incluidas las organizaciones no gubernamentales, a que intensifiquen sus iniciativas para lograr la aplicación plena y efectiva de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing y de los resultados del vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones;", "13. Reafirma que los Estados tienen la obligación de actuar con la diligencia debida para prevenir los actos de violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas, proporcionar protección a las víctimas e investigar, enjuiciar y castigar a los culpables, y que toda omisión a este respecto constituye una violación de los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales de aquellas y menoscaba o anula su disfrute, exhorta a los gobiernos a que elaboren y apliquen leyes y estrategias para eliminar la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas, alienta y apoya a los hombres y los niños a fin de que tomen parte activa en la prevención y eliminación de todas las formas de violencia, alienta una mayor comprensión entre los hombres y los niños del daño que ocasiona la violencia a las niñas, los niños, las mujeres y los hombres y la forma en que socava la igualdad entre los géneros, alienta a todas las instancias a denunciar la violencia contra la mujer y, a ese respecto, alienta a los Estados Miembros a que sigan apoyando la campaña en curso del Secretario General “Unidos para poner fin a la violencia contra las mujeres”, así como la plataforma de promoción y movilización social de ONU‑Mujeres “Di NO – ÚNETE para poner fin a la violencia contra las mujeres”,", "14. Reitera su llamamiento al sistema de las Naciones Unidas, incluidos los órganos principales, sus comisiones principales y órganos subsidiarios, los mecanismos como el examen ministerial anual y el Foro sobre Cooperación para el Desarrollo del Consejo Económico y Social, y los fondos, programas y organismos especializados, para que intensifiquen sus iniciativas encaminadas a incorporar plenamente la perspectiva de género en todas las cuestiones que examinen y que estén comprendidas en sus mandatos, así como en todas las cumbres y conferencias de las Naciones Unidas y los períodos extraordinarios de sesiones y en sus procesos de seguimiento, incluidos la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Desarrollo Sostenible de 2012 y el examen y evaluación del Plan de Acción Internacional de Madrid sobre el Envejecimiento, 2002, que se realizará en el 51° período de sesiones de la Comisión de Desarrollo Social, en 2013;", "15. Solicita a las entidades del sistema de las Naciones Unidas que incorporen sistemáticamente las conclusiones de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer en la labor que realizan en cumplimiento de sus mandatos, entre otras cosas, para asegurar un apoyo efectivo a los Estados Miembros en sus esfuerzos por lograr la igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de la mujer, y, a este respecto, acoge con beneplácito el compromiso contraído por ONU‑Mujeres de establecer mecanismos concretos de presentación de informes basados en los resultados, así como de asegurar la coherencia, uniformidad y coordinación entre los aspectos normativos y operacionales de su labor;", "16. Alienta enérgicamente a los gobiernos a que sigan apoyando la función y la aportación de la sociedad civil, en particular las organizaciones no gubernamentales y las organizaciones de mujeres, en la aplicación de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing y de los resultados del vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones;", "17. Exhorta a los gobiernos y al sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que alienten a los grupos de mujeres y otras organizaciones no gubernamentales especializadas en cuestiones de igualdad entre los géneros y empoderamiento de la mujer a participar en los procesos intergubernamentales, por medios como el aumento de las actividades de extensión, la financiación y la creación de capacidad;", "18. Exhorta a los órganos intergubernamentales de las Naciones Unidas a que soliciten sistemáticamente que se incluya la perspectiva de género en los informes del Secretario General y los otros aportes que se presentan en el contexto de los procesos intergubernamentales;", "19. Solicita que en los informes que el Secretario General presente a la Asamblea General y al Consejo Económico y Social y a sus órganos subsidiarios se incorpore sistemáticamente la perspectiva de género mediante la inclusión de análisis cualitativos, datos desglosados por sexo y edad y, si los hubiere, datos cuantitativos, en particular conclusiones y recomendaciones concretas sobre nuevas medidas en materia de igualdad entre los géneros y empoderamiento de la mujer, con miras a facilitar la elaboración de políticas que tengan en cuenta las cuestiones de género, y, a este respecto, solicita al Secretario General que comunique a todos los interesados que hacen aportes a sus informes la importancia de que quede reflejada en ellos la perspectiva de género;", "20. Alienta a los Estados Miembros, con el apoyo, cuando corresponda, de las entidades de las Naciones Unidas, incluida ONU‑Mujeres, las organizaciones internacionales y regionales y otras instancias pertinentes, a que den prioridad al fortalecimiento de la capacidad nacional en materia de reunión de datos y seguimiento, con respecto a estadísticas desglosadas por sexo y edad, así como a indicadores de seguimiento en el plano nacional para lograr la igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de la mujer a través de actividades y asociaciones multisectoriales;", "21. Exhorta a todas las partes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que sigan desempeñando un papel activo para asegurar la aplicación plena, efectiva y acelerada de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing y de los resultados del vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones, por medios como asegurar la presencia de especialistas en género en todas las entidades del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, y velando por que todo el personal, especialmente sobre el terreno, reciba capacitación y un seguimiento adecuado al respecto, incluidos instrumentos, orientación y apoyo, a fin de lograr la incorporación acelerada de la perspectiva de género, y reafirma la necesidad de reforzar la capacidad del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en materia de género;", "22. Solicita al Secretario General que examine e intensifique sus esfuerzos para avanzar hacia el objetivo de lograr la paridad cuantitativa entre los géneros en todos los niveles del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, con pleno respeto del principio de la distribución geográfica equitativa, de conformidad con el Artículo 101, párrafo 3, de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, tomando en consideración, en particular, a las mujeres de los países en desarrollo, los países menos adelantados, los países de economía en transición y los Estados Miembros no representados o muy escasamente representados, y que asegure la rendición de cuentas de los administradores y los departamentos en relación con los objetivos de paridad entre los géneros, y alienta encarecidamente a los Estados Miembros a que definan y presenten de manera habitual más candidaturas de mujeres a puestos del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, en particular a puestos de categorías superiores y de formulación de políticas, inclusive en misiones de mantenimiento de la paz;", "23. Exhorta al sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que prosiga sus esfuerzos dirigidos a alcanzar el objetivo de paridad entre los géneros, inclusive con el apoyo decidido de los coordinadores de las cuestiones de género, y solicita al Secretario General que presente un informe oral al respecto a la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer en su 56° período de sesiones y que informe a la Asamblea General en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones sobre el mejoramiento de la situación de la mujer en el sistema de las Naciones Unidas, en relación con el tema titulado “Adelanto de la mujer”, y sobre los progresos logrados y los obstáculos que impiden alcanzar la paridad entre los géneros, con recomendaciones para acelerar los progresos a ese respecto y estadísticas actualizadas, en las que se incluya el número y el porcentaje de mujeres, su nacionalidad y su función en todo el sistema de las Naciones Unidas, e información sobre la responsabilidad y la rendición de cuentas de las oficinas de gestión de recursos humanos y la secretaría de la Junta de los jefes ejecutivos del sistema de las Naciones Unidas para la coordinación, en lo que respecta a la promoción de la paridad entre los géneros;", "24. Alienta a los gobiernos y al sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que redoblen sus esfuerzos para aumentar la rendición de cuentas sobre el cumplimiento de los compromisos en materia de igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de la mujer en los planos internacional, regional y nacional, inclusive mejorando la supervisión y la presentación de informes de los progresos realizados en relación con las políticas, las estrategias, la asignación de recursos y los programas, y logrando la paridad entre los géneros;", "25. Reafirma que los gobiernos tienen la responsabilidad primordial de lograr la igualdad entre los géneros y el empoderamiento de la mujer y que la cooperación internacional desempeña una función fundamental para ayudar a los países en desarrollo a avanzar hacia la plena aplicación de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing;", "26. Solicita al Secretario General que le siga presentando informes anuales en relación con el tema titulado “Adelanto de la mujer”, y que informe asimismo a la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer y al Consejo Económico y Social sobre el seguimiento y los progresos realizados en la aplicación de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing y de los resultados del vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones, con una evaluación de los progresos realizados en la incorporación de la perspectiva de género, información sobre los logros principales, la experiencia adquirida y las buenas prácticas, y recomendaciones sobre nuevas medidas para mejorar la aplicación.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Informe de la Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer, Beijing, 4 a 15 de septiembre de 1995 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.96.IV.13), cap. I, resolución 1, anexos I y II.", "[2]  Resolución S‑23/2, anexo, y resolución S‑23/3, anexo.", "[3]  Véase la resolución 55/2.", "[4]  Véase la resolución 60/1.", "[5]  Véase la resolución 65/1.", "[6]  Véase Documentos Oficiales del Consejo Económico y Social, 2011, Suplemento núm. 7 (E/2011/27), cap. I, secc. A.", "[7]  Resolución 63/239, anexo.", "[8]  Resolución S‑26/2, anexo.", "[9]  Resolución 65/277, anexo.", "[10]  A/65/334.", "[11]  A/66/211.", "[12]  Véase Documentos Oficiales del Consejo Económico y Social, 2010, Suplemento núm. 7 y corrección (E/2010/27 y Corr.1), cap. I, secc. A; véase también la decisión 2010/232 del Consejo Económico y Social.", "[13]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, núm. 20378.", "[14]  Ibid., vol. 2131, núm. 20378." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/455 and Corr.1)]", "66/132. Follow‑up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session of the General Assembly", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its previous resolutions on the question, including resolution 65/191 of 21 December 2010, and recalling also the section of resolution 64/289 of 2 July 2010 entitled “Strengthening the institutional arrangements for support of gender equality and the empowerment of women”,", "Deeply convinced that the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action[1] and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty‑first century”[2] are important contributions to the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and must be translated into effective action by all States, the United Nations system and other organizations concerned,", "Reaffirming the commitments to gender equality and the advancement of women made at the Millennium Summit,[3] the 2005 World Summit,[4] the High‑level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals[5] and other major United Nations summits, conferences and special sessions, and reaffirming also that their full, effective and accelerated implementation is integral to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,", "Welcoming progress made towards achieving gender equality, but stressing that challenges and obstacles remain in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session,", "Recognizing that the responsibility for the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session rests primarily at the national level and that strengthened efforts are necessary in this respect, and reiterating that enhanced international cooperation is essential for full, effective and accelerated implementation,", "Welcoming the work of the Commission on the Status of Women in reviewing the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and taking note with appreciation of all its agreed conclusions, including the latest, on access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work, adopted by the Commission at its fifty‑fifth session,[6]", "Welcoming also the full operationalization of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN‑Women) on 1 January 2011,", "Recognizing that the participation and contribution of civil society, in particular women’s groups and other non‑governmental organizations, are important to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session,", "Reaffirming that gender mainstreaming is a globally accepted strategy for promoting the empowerment of women and achieving gender equality by transforming structures of inequality, and reaffirming also the commitment to actively promote the mainstreaming of a gender perspective into the design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes in all political, economic and social spheres, as well as the commitment to strengthen the capabilities of the United Nations system in the area of gender equality,", "Reaffirming also the commitments in regard to gender equality and the empowerment of women in the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: outcome document of the Follow‑up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus,[7]", "Bearing in mind the challenges and obstacles to changing discriminatory attitudes and gender stereotypes, which perpetuate discrimination against women and stereotypic roles of men and women, and stressing that challenges and obstacles remain in the implementation of international standards and norms to address the inequality between men and women,", "Reaffirming the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS[8] and the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: Intensifying Our Efforts to Eliminate HIV and AIDS adopted at the High‑level Meeting on AIDS, held on 10 June 2011,[9] in which, inter alia, the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women were recognized as fundamental for reducing the vulnerability of women to HIV,", "Expressing serious concern that the urgent goal of 50/50 gender balance in the United Nations system, especially at senior and policymaking levels, with full respect for the principle of equitable geographical distribution, in conformity with Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, remains unmet, and that the representation of women in the United Nations system has remained almost static, with negligible improvement in some parts of the system, as reflected in the report of the Secretary‑General on the improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system,[10]", "Reaffirming the important role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts and in peacebuilding,", "Recalling Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000, 1820 (2008) of 19 June 2008, 1888 (2009) of 30 September 2009, 1889 (2009) of 5 October 2009 and 1960 (2010) of 16 December 2010 on women and peace and security and resolution 1882 (2009) of 4 August 2009 on children and armed conflict,", "1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary‑General on the measures taken and progress achieved in follow‑up to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session of the General Assembly;[11]", "2. Reaffirms the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women¹ and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session of the General Assembly,² as well as the declaration adopted on the occasion of the fifteen‑year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action at the fifty‑fourth session of the Commission on the Status of Women,[12] and also reaffirms its commitment to their full, effective and accelerated implementation;", "3. Also reaffirms the primary and essential role of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, as well as the catalytic role of the Commission on the Status of Women, in promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women based on the full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session and in promoting and monitoring gender mainstreaming within the United Nations system;", "4. Recognizes that the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the fulfilment of the obligations of States parties under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women[13] are mutually reinforcing in respect of achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women, and in this regard welcomes the contributions of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to promoting the implementation of the Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session, and invites States parties to the Convention to include information on measures taken to enhance implementation at the national level in their reports to the Committee under article 18 of the Convention;", "5. Calls upon States parties to comply fully with their obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Optional Protocol thereto[14] and to take into consideration the concluding observations as well as the general recommendations of the Committee, urges States parties to consider limiting the extent of any reservations that they lodge to the Convention, to formulate any reservations as precisely and narrowly as possible and to regularly review such reservations with a view to withdrawing them so as to ensure that no reservation is incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention, also urges all Member States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Convention to consider doing so, and calls upon those Member States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the Optional Protocol;", "6. Welcomes the progress made in the effective functioning of UN‑Women in regard to its governance structure, as well as administration, budgeting and human resources;", "7. Reaffirms the important role of UN‑Women in leading, coordinating and promoting accountability of the United Nations system in its work on gender equality and the empowerment of women;", "8. Calls upon UN‑Women to continue to support gender mainstreaming across the United Nations system as an integral part of its work and, in that regard, to place a strong and more systematic focus on support for gender mainstreaming across the United Nations system;", "9. Welcomes the commitment of UN‑Women to support Member States in their efforts to develop and strengthen norms, policies and standards on gender equality and the empowerment of women as well as to integrate gender perspectives into sectoral policy and normative frameworks;", "10. Urges Member States to increase funding for the budget of UN‑Women by providing, when legislative and budgetary provisions allow, core, multi‑year, predictable, stable and sustainable voluntary contributions, recognizing the importance of adequate funding in enabling UN‑Women to implement its strategic plan promptly and effectively, and recognizing also that the mobilization of financial resources for achieving its goals still remains a challenge;", "11. Encourages all actors, inter alia, Governments, the United Nations system, other international organizations and civil society, to continue to support the work of the Commission on the Status of Women in fulfilling its central role in the follow‑up to and review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session, and, as applicable, to carry out the recommendations of the Commission, and welcomes in this regard the Commission’s continued sharing of experiences, lessons learned and good practices in overcoming challenges to full implementation at the national and international levels and the evaluation of progress in the implementation of priority themes;", "12. Calls upon Governments and the organs and relevant funds, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, and other international and regional organizations, including financial institutions, and all relevant actors of civil society, including non‑governmental organizations, to intensify action to achieve the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session;", "13. Reaffirms that States have an obligation to exercise due diligence to prevent violence against women and girls, provide protection to the victims and investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators of violence against women and girls and that failure to do so violates and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment of their human rights and fundamental freedoms, calls upon Governments to elaborate and implement laws and strategies to eliminate violence against women and girls, encourages and supports men and boys in taking an active part in the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence, encourages increased understanding among men and boys of how violence harms girls, boys, women and men and undermines gender equality, encourages all actors to speak out against any violence against women, and in this regard encourages Member States to continue to support the Secretary‑General’s ongoing campaign “UNiTE to End Violence against Women” and the UN‑Women social mobilization and advocacy platform “Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women”;", "14. Reiterates its call to the United Nations system, including the main organs, their main committees and subsidiary bodies, functions such as the annual ministerial review and the Development Cooperation Forum of the Economic and Social Council, and the funds, programmes and specialized agencies, to increase efforts to fully mainstream a gender perspective into all issues under their consideration and within their mandates, as well as in all United Nations summits, conferences and special sessions and in their follow‑up processes, including the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012 and the review and appraisal of the Madrid International Plan of Action on Ageing, 2002, at the fifty‑first session of the Commission for Social Development, in 2013;", "15. Requests the entities of the United Nations system systematically to incorporate the outcomes of the Commission on the Status of Women into their work within their mandates, inter alia, to ensure effective support for the efforts of Member States towards the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women, and in this regard welcomes the commitment of UN‑Women to establish concrete results‑based reporting mechanisms, as well as to ensure coherence, consistency and coordination between the normative and operational aspects of its work;", "16. Strongly encourages Governments to continue to support the role and contribution of civil society, in particular non‑governmental organizations and women’s organizations, in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session;", "17. Calls upon Governments and the United Nations system to encourage women’s groups and other non‑governmental organizations specializing in gender equality and the empowerment of women to participate in intergovernmental processes, including through increased outreach, funding and capacity‑building;", "18. Calls upon intergovernmental bodies of the United Nations to systematically request the inclusion of a gender perspective in reports of the Secretary‑General and other inputs to intergovernmental processes;", "19. Requests that reports of the Secretary‑General submitted to the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council and their subsidiary bodies systematically address gender perspectives through qualitative gender analysis and the provision of sex‑ and age‑disaggregated data and, where available, quantitative data, in particular through concrete conclusions and recommendations for further action on gender equality and the empowerment of women, in order to facilitate gender‑sensitive policy development, and in this regard requests the Secretary‑General to convey the importance of reflecting a gender perspective to all stakeholders who provide inputs to his reports;", "20. Encourages Member States, with the support of, as appropriate, United Nations entities, including UN‑Women, international and regional organizations and other relevant actors, to prioritize the strengthening of national data collection and monitoring capacities with regard to statistics disaggregated by sex and age, as well as national tracking indicators for gender equality and the empowerment of women through multisectoral efforts and partnerships;", "21. Calls upon all parts of the United Nations system to continue to play an active role in ensuring the full, effective and accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session, through, inter alia, the maintenance of gender specialists in all entities of the United Nations system, as well as by ensuring that all personnel, especially in the field, receive training and appropriate follow‑up, including tools, guidance and support, for accelerated gender mainstreaming, and reaffirms the need to strengthen the capabilities of the United Nations system in the area of gender;", "22. Requests the Secretary‑General to review and redouble his efforts to make progress towards achieving the goal of 50/50 gender balance at all levels throughout the United Nations system, with full respect for the principle of equitable geographical distribution, in conformity with Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, considering, in particular, women from developing and least developed countries, from countries with economies in transition and from unrepresented or largely underrepresented Member States, and to ensure managerial and departmental accountability with respect to gender balance targets, and strongly encourages Member States to identify and regularly submit more women candidates for appointment to positions in the United Nations system, especially at more senior and policymaking levels, including in peacekeeping operations;", "23. Calls upon the United Nations system to continue its efforts towards achieving the goal of gender balance, including with the active support of gender focal points, and requests the Secretary‑General to provide an oral report to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty‑sixth session and to report to the General Assembly at its sixty‑seventh session on the improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system, under the item entitled “Advancement of women”, and on progress made and obstacles encountered in achieving gender balance, with recommendations for accelerating progress, and up‑to‑date statistics, including the number and percentage of women and their functions and nationalities throughout the United Nations system, and information on the responsibility and accountability of the offices of human resources management and the secretariat of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination for promoting gender balance;", "24. Encourages increased efforts by Governments and the United Nations system to enhance accountability for the implementation of commitments to gender equality and the empowerment of women at the international, regional and national levels, including by improved monitoring and reporting on progress in relation to policies, strategies, resource allocations and programmes and by achieving gender balance;", "25. Reaffirms that Governments bear the primary responsibility for the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and that international cooperation has an essential role in assisting developing countries in progressing towards the full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action;", "26. Requests the Secretary‑General to continue to report annually to the General Assembly under the item entitled “Advancement of women”, as well as to the Commission on the Status of Women and the Economic and Social Council, on the follow‑up to and progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty‑third special session, with an assessment of progress in gender mainstreaming, including information on key achievements, lessons learned and good practices, and recommendations on further measures to enhance implementation.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.", "[2]  Resolution S‑23/2, annex, and resolution S‑23/3, annex.", "[3]  See resolution 55/2.", "[4]  See resolution 60/1.", "[5]  See resolution 65/1.", "[6]  See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2011, Supplement No. 7 (E/2011/27), chap. I, sect. A.", "[7]  Resolution 63/239, annex.", "[8]  Resolution S‑26/2, annex.", "[9]  Resolution 65/277, annex.", "[10]  A/65/334.", "[11]  A/66/211.", "[12]  See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2010, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (E/2010/27 and Corr.1), chap. I, sect. A; see also Economic and Social Council decision 2010/232.", "[13]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378.", "[14]  Ibid., vol. 2131, No. 20378." ]
A_RES_66_132
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/455 and Corr.1)]", "66/132. Follow-up to the Fourth World Conference on Women and full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its previous relevant resolutions, including resolution 65/191 of 21 December 2010, and recalling also the section of resolution 64/289 of 2 July 2010, entitled “Strengthening institutional arrangements to support gender equality and the empowerment of women”,", "Deeply convinced that the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action[1] and the outcome of its twenty-third special session entitled " Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century " [2] constitute important contributions to the achievement of gender equality and the empowerment of women and that all States, the United Nations system and other interested organizations should implement them in effective measures,", "Reaffirming the commitments to gender equality and the advancement of women made at the Millennium Summit,[3] at the 2005 World Summit,[4] at the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals,[5] at its special sessions and other major United Nations summits and conferences, and reaffirming also that the full, effective and accelerated implementation of those commitments is essential to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals,", "Welcoming progress towards achieving gender equality, but stressing that challenges and obstacles remain in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of its twenty-third special session,", "Recognizing that the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of its twenty-third special session is primarily the responsibility of countries and that there is a need to intensify efforts in this regard, and reiterating that it is essential to improve international cooperation for full, effective and accelerated implementation,", "Welcoming the work of the Commission on the Status of Women in reviewing the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, and taking note with appreciation of all its agreed conclusions, in particular the most recent ones, on the access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of equal access for women to full employment and decent work,[6]", "Welcoming also the entry into full operation of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) on 1 January 2011,", "Recognizing that the participation and contribution of civil society, in particular women ' s groups and other non-governmental organizations, are important for the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of its twenty-third special session,", "Reaffirming that gender mainstreaming is a universally accepted strategy to promote women ' s empowerment and achieve gender equality through the transformation of inequality structures, and reaffirming also the commitment to actively promote gender mainstreaming in the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes in all political, economic and social fields, as well as the commitment to strengthening the capacity of the United Nations system in the field of gender equality,", "Reaffirming also the commitments made on gender equality and the empowerment of women in the Doha Declaration on Financing for Development: outcome document of the Follow-up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation of the Monterrey Consensus,[7]", "Bearing in mind the challenges and obstacles to overcome discriminatory attitudes and gender stereotypes, which perpetuate discrimination against women and stereotyped roles of men and women, and stressing that challenges and obstacles to the implementation of international standards and standards to address gender inequality persist,", "Reaffirming the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS[8] and the Political Declaration on HIV and AIDS: intensifying our efforts to eliminate HIV and AIDS adopted at the High-level Meeting on AIDS, held on 10 June 2011[9], in which, inter alia, it was recognized that the promotion of gender equality and the empowerment of women are critical to reducing the vulnerability of women to HIV,", "Expressing serious concern that the urgent goal of quantitative gender parity in the United Nations system, especially at the senior levels and at the decision-making level, has not yet been achieved, with full respect for the principle of equitable geographical distribution, in accordance with Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, and that the representation of women in the United Nations system has remained virtually unchanged,10 indicates the insignificant improvement of the system,", "Reaffirming the important role of women in conflict prevention and resolution and in peacebuilding,", "Recalling Security Council resolutions 1325 (2000) of 31 October 2000, 1820 (2008) of 19 June 2008, 1888 (2009) of 30 September 2009, 1889 (2009) of 5 October 2009 and 1960 (2010) of 16 December 2010 on women and peace and security, as well as resolution 1882 (2009) of 4 August 2009 on children and armed conflict,", "1. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General on the measures taken and progress made in the follow-up to the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly[11];", "2. Reaffirms the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women,1 and the outcome of its twenty-third special session,2 as well as the statement adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-fourth session on the occasion of the 15-year review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,[12], and also reaffirms the commitment to the full, effective and accelerated implementation of those documents;", "3. Reaffirms also the primary and essential role of the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council, as well as the catalytic role of the Commission on the Status of Women, in promoting gender equality and the empowerment of women, on the basis of the full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of its twenty-third special session, and in the promotion and monitoring of the mainstreaming of the gender perspective in the United Nations system;", "4. Recognizes that the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the fulfilment of States parties ' obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women[13] reinforce each other for the purpose of achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and, in this regard, welcomes the contribution of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to promote the implementation of the Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third session", "5. Calls upon States parties to comply fully with their obligations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Optional Protocol thereto[14] and to take into consideration the concluding observations and general recommendations of the Committee, urges States parties to consider limiting the scope of their reservations to the Convention, to make them as accurate and restrictive as possible, and to review them periodically with a view to withdrawing them, in order to ensure that none of them has been ratified", "6. Welcomes the progress made in the effective functioning of UN-Women in terms of its governance structure, as well as its administration, budgeting and human resources;", "7. Reaffirms the important role of UN-Women in leading, coordinating and promoting the accountability of the United Nations system in its work on gender equality and the empowerment of women;", "8. Calls upon UN-Women to continue to support gender mainstreaming in the United Nations system as an integral part of its work and, in this regard, to give more systematic attention to this issue;", "9. Welcomes the commitment of UN-Women to support Member States ' efforts to develop and strengthen gender equality and women ' s standards, policies and standards, as well as to integrate a gender perspective into sectoral policy and policy frameworks;", "10. Calls upon Member States to increase funds for the budget of UN-Women by making, where the legislative and budgetary provisions permit, core voluntary contributions that are multi-yearly, predictable, stable and sustainable, recognizing the importance of adequate funding to enable UN-Women to implement its strategic plan promptly and effectively, and recognizing also that the mobilization of financial resources to achieve its objectives continues to pose challenges;", "11. Encourages all actors, including Governments, the United Nations system and other international organizations and civil society, to continue to support the work of the Commission on the Status of Women and the performance of its essential role in the follow-up to and review of the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session and to continue to implement, where appropriate, the recommendations of the Commission, and, in this regard, to welcome,", "12. Calls upon Governments and relevant bodies and funds, programmes and specialized agencies of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, other international and regional organizations, including financial institutions, and all relevant actors of civil society, including non-governmental organizations, to intensify their efforts to achieve the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session;", "13. Reaffirms that States have an obligation to act with due diligence to prevent acts of violence against women and girls, to provide protection to victims and to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators, and that any omission in this regard constitutes a violation of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of those and undermines or nullifies their enjoyment, calls upon Governments to develop and implement laws and strategies to eliminate violence against women and girls", "14. Reiterates its call to the United Nations system, including the principal organs, its main commissions and subsidiary bodies, the mechanisms such as the annual ministerial review and the Forum on Development Cooperation of the Economic and Social Council, and the funds, programmes and specialized agencies, to intensify their efforts to fully mainstream the gender perspective into all issues under review and falling within their mandates, as well as at all the summits and conferences of the United Nations,", "15. Requests the entities of the United Nations system to systematically incorporate the conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women in their work in the implementation of their mandates, inter alia, to ensure effective support to Member States in their efforts to achieve gender equality and the empowerment of women, and in this regard welcomes the commitment of UN-Women to establish consistent, results-based reporting mechanisms, as well as coordination of its work", "16. Strongly encourages Governments to continue to support the role and contribution of civil society, in particular non-governmental organizations and women ' s organizations, in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session;", "17. Calls upon Governments and the United Nations system to encourage women ' s groups and other non-governmental organizations specialized in gender equality and women ' s empowerment to participate in in intergovernmental processes, including through increased outreach, funding and capacity-building;", "18. Calls upon the intergovernmental bodies of the United Nations to systematically request the inclusion of a gender perspective in the reports of the Secretary-General and other inputs in the context of intergovernmental processes;", "19. Requests that the reports of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council and its subsidiary bodies systematically incorporate a gender perspective through the inclusion of qualitative analysis, data disaggregated by sex and age and, if any, quantitative data, in particular specific conclusions and recommendations on new measures on gender equality and the empowerment of women, with a view to facilitating the development of gender-responsive policies,", "20. Encourages Member States, with the support, as appropriate, of United Nations entities, including UN-Women, international and regional organizations and other relevant actors, to give priority to strengthening national capacities in data collection and monitoring, with regard to gender- and age-disaggregated statistics, as well as national monitoring indicators for gender equality and the empowerment of women through multisectoral activities and partnerships;", "21. Calls upon all parts of the United Nations system to continue to play an active role in ensuring the full, effective and accelerated implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session, including by ensuring the presence of gender specialists in all entities of the United Nations system, and by ensuring that all staff, especially in the field, receives adequate training and guidance, including tools,", "22. Requests the Secretary-General to review and intensify his efforts to move towards the goal of achieving quantitative gender parity at all levels of the United Nations system, with full respect for the principle of equitable geographical distribution, in accordance with Article 101, paragraph 3, of the Charter of the United Nations, taking into account, in particular, the women of the developing countries, the least developed countries, the countries of economies in transition and the least represented Member States", "23. Calls upon the United Nations system to continue its efforts to achieve the goal of gender parity, including with the strong support of the gender focal points, and requests the Secretary-General to submit an oral report to the Commission on the Status of Women at its fifty-sixth session and to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on the improvement of the status of women in the United Nations system", "24. Encourages Governments and the United Nations system to redouble their efforts to increase accountability for the implementation of commitments on gender equality and the empowerment of women at the international, regional and national levels, including by improving the monitoring and reporting of progress on policies, strategies, resource allocation and programmes, and achieving gender parity;", "25. Reaffirms that Governments have the primary responsibility for achieving gender equality and the empowerment of women and that international cooperation plays a key role in helping developing countries to move towards the full implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action;", "26. Requests the Secretary-General to continue to submit annual reports to the General Assembly under the item entitled “Advancement of women”, and to report to the Commission on the Status of Women and the Economic and Social Council on the follow-up to and progress made in the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the outcome of the twenty-third special session, with an assessment of progress made in mainstreaming the gender perspective, information on key achievements,", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.", "[2] Resolution S‐23/2, annex, and resolution S‐23/3, annex.", "[3] See resolution 55/2.", "[4] See resolution 60/1.", "[5] See resolution 65/1.", "[6] See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2011, Supplement No. 7 (E/2011/27), chap. I, sect. A.", "[7] Resolution 63/239, annex.", "[8] Resolution S‐26/2, annex.", "[9] Resolution 65/277, annex.", "[10] A/65/334.", "[11] A/66/211.", "[12] See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2010, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (E/2010/27 and Corr.1), chap. I, sect. A; see also Economic and Social Council decision 2010/232.", "[13] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1249, No. 20378.", "[14] Ibid., vol. 2131, No. 20378." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/456)]", "66/133. Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados", "La Asamblea General,", "Habiendo examinado el informe del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados sobre las actividades de su Oficina[1], así como el informe del Comité Ejecutivo del Programa del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados sobre la labor realizada en su 62° período de sesiones[2] y las decisiones que figuran en él,", "Recordando sus resoluciones anuales anteriores sobre las actividades de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados aprobadas desde que fue establecida por la Asamblea General,", "Expresando su reconocimiento por el liderazgo demostrado por el Alto Comisionado, encomiando al personal de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado y a sus asociados en la ejecución por la competencia, valentía y dedicación con que cumplen su cometido, y subrayando su firme condena de todas las formas de violencia a las que están cada vez más expuestos el personal de asistencia humanitaria, el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado,", "1. Hace suyo el informe del Comité Ejecutivo del Programa del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados sobre la labor realizada en su 62° período de sesiones²;", "2. Acoge con beneplácito el 60º aniversario de la Convención sobre el Estatuto de los Refugiados de 1951[3] y el 50º aniversario de la Convención para reducir los casos de apatridia de 1961[4], y a ese respecto acoge con beneplácito que el Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados convoque y facilite una celebración conmemorativa intergubernamental a nivel ministerial como reconocimiento por parte de los Estados de la importancia de respetar y defender los valores y principios consagrados en esos dos instrumentos;", "3. Acoge con beneplácito también la importante labor desempeñada por la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados y su Comité Ejecutivo a lo largo del año, cuyo objetivo es fortalecer el régimen internacional de protección y ayudar a los gobiernos a cumplir sus obligaciones en materia de protección;", "4. Reafirma que la Convención sobre el Estatuto de los Refugiados de 1951 y su Protocolo de 1967[5] son la base del régimen internacional de protección de los refugiados, reconoce la importancia de que los Estados partes los apliquen plena y eficazmente y respeten los valores que encarnan, observa con satisfacción que ciento cuarenta y ocho Estados son ahora partes en uno de esos instrumentos o en ambos, alienta a los Estados que no son partes a considerar la posibilidad de adherirse a esos instrumentos, subraya, en particular, la importancia de que se respete plenamente el principio de no devolución, y reconoce que varios Estados que no son partes en los instrumentos internacionales relativos a los refugiados han dado pruebas de generosidad acogiendo a refugiados;", "5. Observa que sesenta Estados son ahora partes en la Convención sobre el Estatuto de los Apátridas de 1954[6] y que cuarenta y dos Estados son partes en la Convención para reducir los casos de apatridia de 1961, alienta a los Estados que aún no lo hayan hecho a que consideren la posibilidad de adherirse a dichos instrumentos, observa la labor del Alto Comisionado en relación con la identificación de los apátridas, la prevención y la reducción de la apatridia y la protección de los apátridas, e insta a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado a seguir trabajando en ese ámbito, de conformidad con las resoluciones pertinentes de la Asamblea General y las conclusiones del Comité Ejecutivo;", "6. Pone de relieve nuevamente que la protección de los refugiados es primordialmente responsabilidad de los Estados, cuya plena cooperación, acción eficaz y voluntad política son necesarias para que la Oficina del Alto Comisionado pueda cumplir las funciones encomendadas en su mandato, y pone de relieve enérgicamente, en este contexto, la importancia de la solidaridad internacional activa y de la carga y la responsabilidad compartidas;", "7. Pone de relieve nuevamente también que la prevención y la reducción de la apatridia son primordialmente responsabilidad de los Estados, en cooperación con la comunidad internacional, según proceda;", "8. Pone de relieve nuevamente además que la protección y la asistencia a los desplazados internos son primordialmente responsabilidad de los Estados, en cooperación con la comunidad internacional, según proceda;", "9. Alienta a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado a que prosiga en su empeño de fortalecer su capacidad para responder adecuadamente a situaciones de emergencia y asegurar de ese modo una respuesta más previsible a los compromisos interinstitucionales en casos de emergencia;", "10. Toma nota de las actividades en curso de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado en relación con la protección y la asistencia a los desplazados internos, en particular en el contexto de los acuerdos interinstitucionales en esa materia, pone de relieve que dichas actividades deben ser acordes con las resoluciones pertinentes de la Asamblea General y no deben ir en detrimento del mandato de la Oficina en favor de los refugiados y la institución del asilo, y alienta al Alto Comisionado a seguir dialogando con los Estados sobre la función de su Oficina a este respecto;", "11. Alienta a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado a que trabaje en asociación y en plena cooperación con las autoridades nacionales competentes, las oficinas y organismos de las Naciones Unidas, las organizaciones internacionales e intergubernamentales, las organizaciones regionales y las organizaciones no gubernamentales para contribuir al continuo desarrollo de la capacidad de respuesta humanitaria a todos los niveles, y recuerda la función de la Oficina como líder de grupo en materia de protección, coordinación y gestión de los campamentos, y refugio de emergencia en situaciones complejas;", "12. Alienta también a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado, entre otras organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas y otras organizaciones intergubernamentales e instancias pertinentes en las esferas humanitaria y del desarrollo, a que siga trabajando con la Oficina de Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios de la Secretaría para mejorar la coordinación, la eficacia y la eficiencia de la asistencia humanitaria, y a que contribuya en consulta con los Estados, según proceda, a seguir avanzando en la preparación de evaluaciones conjuntas de las necesidades humanitarias, como se indicó, entre otras cuestiones de importancia, en la resolución 65/133 de la Asamblea General, de 15 de diciembre de 2010, relativa al fortalecimiento de la coordinación de la asistencia humanitaria de emergencia que prestan las Naciones Unidas;", "13. Alienta además a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado a participar en la iniciativa “Unidos en la acción” y cumplir plenamente sus objetivos;", "14. Observa con reconocimiento los progresos alcanzados en la aplicación de la reforma estructural y administrativa emprendida por la Oficina del Alto Comisionado, incluida la iniciativa de evaluación de las necesidades globales, y alienta a la Oficina a que consolide los diversos aspectos del proceso de reforma, incluidos el marco y la estrategia de gestión y rendición de cuentas basados en los resultados, y centre la atención en la mejora continua para permitir una respuesta más eficiente a las necesidades de los beneficiarios y asegurar el aprovechamiento eficaz y transparente de sus recursos;", "15. Condena enérgicamente las agresiones contra refugiados, solicitantes de asilo y desplazados internos, así como los actos que entrañan una amenaza a su seguridad personal y su bienestar, y exhorta a todos los Estados interesados y, cuando proceda, a las partes en un conflicto armado a que adopten todas las medidas necesarias para asegurar el respeto de los derechos humanos y del derecho internacional humanitario;", "16. Expresa profunda preocupación por el número creciente de ataques contra trabajadores y convoyes de asistencia humanitaria y, en particular, por la muerte de miembros del personal de asistencia humanitaria que trabaja en las condiciones más difíciles y arriesgadas para prestar ayuda a los necesitados;", "17. Pone de relieve la necesidad de que los Estados aseguren que los autores de ataques cometidos en su territorio contra el personal de asistencia humanitaria, el personal de las Naciones Unidas y el personal asociado no actúen con impunidad, y que quienes cometan tales actos sean llevados prontamente ante la justicia conforme a las leyes nacionales y las obligaciones dimanantes del derecho internacional;", "18. Deplora la devolución y la expulsión ilegal de refugiados y solicitantes de asilo y exhorta a todos los Estados interesados a asegurar el respeto de los principios pertinentes de protección de los refugiados y los derechos humanos;", "19. Pone de relieve que la protección internacional de los refugiados es una función dinámica y orientada a la acción que constituye un aspecto central del mandato de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado y entraña promover y facilitar, entre otras tareas, la admisión, la recepción y el trato de los refugiados de conformidad con las normas acordadas internacionalmente y asegurar soluciones duraderas orientadas a la protección, teniendo presentes las necesidades particulares de los grupos vulnerables y prestando especial atención a los que tienen necesidades específicas, todo ello en cooperación con los Estados y otros asociados, y observa en este contexto que la protección internacional es un servicio que requiere personal suficiente y debidamente preparado, en especial sobre el terreno;", "20. Afirma la importancia de las consideraciones de edad, género y diversidad a la hora de analizar las necesidades de protección y asegurar la participación de los refugiados y otras personas cuya situación es competencia de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado, según corresponda, en la planificación y ejecución de los programas de la Oficina y las políticas de los Estados, afirma también la importancia de combatir con carácter prioritario la discriminación, la desigualdad entre los géneros y el problema de la violencia sexual y basada en el género, reconociendo la importancia de atender las necesidades de protección de las mujeres y los niños en particular, acoge con beneplácito, en ese contexto, la serie de diálogos con mujeres y niñas iniciada por la Oficina en este año de aniversario, como importante medida para aumentar la comprensión y mejorar la protección de las mujeres y las niñas, y subraya la importancia de seguir trabajando en torno a esta cuestión;", "21. Reafirma enérgicamente la importancia fundamental y el carácter puramente humanitario y apolítico de la función de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de dar protección internacional a los refugiados y buscar soluciones permanentes a sus problemas, y recuerda que esas soluciones incluyen la repatriación voluntaria y, cuando proceda y sea factible, la integración local y el reasentamiento en un tercer país, reafirmando a la vez que la solución preferible sigue siendo la repatriación voluntaria, complementada, según sea necesario, con la rehabilitación y la asistencia para el desarrollo a fin de facilitar una reintegración sostenible;", "22. Expresa preocupación por las dificultades especiales que atraviesan los millones de refugiados que llevan mucho tiempo en esa situación, y pone de relieve la necesidad de redoblar los esfuerzos y la cooperación internacionales para encontrar enfoques prácticos e integrales que permitan resolver su difícil situación y ofrecerles soluciones duraderas, de conformidad con el derecho internacional y las resoluciones pertinentes de la Asamblea General;", "23. Reconoce la importancia de lograr soluciones duraderas a los problemas de los refugiados y, en particular, la necesidad de hacer frente en este proceso a las causas fundamentales de los desplazamientos de refugiados a fin de evitar nuevas corrientes de refugiados;", "24. Recuerda la importancia de una colaboración y coordinación eficaces para atender las necesidades de los refugiados y de encontrar soluciones duraderas a su situación, acoge con beneplácito las iniciativas que se están llevando a cabo en cooperación con los países que acogen a refugiados y los países de origen, incluidas sus respectivas comunidades locales, los organismos competentes de las Naciones Unidas, las organizaciones internacionales e intergubernamentales, las organizaciones regionales, según proceda, las organizaciones no gubernamentales y las instancias de desarrollo, para promover un marco de soluciones duraderas, particularmente en casos de refugiados que llevan mucho tiempo en esa situación, con un enfoque para su regreso sostenible y oportuno que incluya actividades de repatriación, reintegración, rehabilitación y reconstrucción, y alienta a los Estados a que, en cooperación con los organismos competentes de las Naciones Unidas, organizaciones internacionales e intergubernamentales, organizaciones regionales, organizaciones no gubernamentales e instancias de desarrollo apoyen, por medios como la asignación de fondos, la aplicación de ese marco para facilitar la transición efectiva del socorro al desarrollo;", "25. Reconoce que ninguna solución para el desplazamiento puede ser duradera si no es sostenible y, por consiguiente, alienta a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado a que apoye la sostenibilidad del regreso y la reintegración;", "26. Observa con reconocimiento los esfuerzos que despliega un número creciente de Estados para crear oportunidades de reasentamiento como solución duradera, reconoce la necesidad de aumentar el número de lugares de reasentamiento, invita a los Estados interesados, la Oficina del Alto Comisionado y otros asociados pertinentes a que utilicen el Marco multilateral de los acuerdos sobre reasentamiento[7], según proceda y sea factible, y, a ese respecto, elogia los esfuerzos de la Oficina para poner en marcha en abril de 2011 la iniciativa de Solidaridad Mundial para el Reasentamiento, así como los esfuerzos de los Estados que han respondido generosamente a esa iniciativa;", "27. Observa con reconocimiento también las actividades emprendidas por los Estados para fortalecer las iniciativas regionales que facilitan las políticas y los enfoques de cooperación sobre los refugiados, y alienta a los Estados a que sigan esforzándose por responder de manera exhaustiva a las necesidades de las personas que requieren protección internacional en sus respectivas regiones, incluido el apoyo prestado a las comunidades de acogida que reciben un gran número de personas que necesitan protección internacional;", "28. Observa que es importante que los Estados y la Oficina del Alto Comisionado estudien y precisen la función de la Oficina en lo que respecta a las corrientes migratorias mixtas, a fin de atender con más eficacia las necesidades en materia de protección en el contexto de dichas corrientes migratorias salvaguardando, en particular, el acceso a los procedimientos de asilo para quienes necesitan protección internacional, y observa que el Alto Comisionado está dispuesto, de conformidad con su mandato, a ayudar a los Estados a cumplir sus responsabilidades en materia de protección a este respecto;", "29. Pone de relieve la obligación que tienen todos los Estados de aceptar el regreso de sus nacionales, exhorta a los Estados a que faciliten el regreso de sus nacionales cuando se haya determinado que no necesitan protección internacional, y afirma la necesidad de que el regreso de esas personas se realice en condiciones seguras y humanas y con pleno respeto de sus derechos humanos y su dignidad, independientemente de su condición;", "30. Expresa preocupación por los desafíos que los retos relacionados con el cambio climático y la degradación ambiental plantean para las actividades de protección de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado y la asistencia que proporciona a las poblaciones vulnerables de su competencia en todo el mundo, en particular en los países menos adelantados, e insta a la Oficina a que siga respondiendo a esos retos en su labor, en el marco de su mandato, y en consulta con las autoridades nacionales y en cooperación con los organismos competentes en sus operaciones;", "31. Insta a todos los Estados y a las organizaciones no gubernamentales y demás organizaciones competentes a que, en colaboración con la Oficina del Alto Comisionado, con espíritu de solidaridad internacional y voluntad de compartir la carga y la responsabilidad, cooperen y movilicen recursos para aumentar la capacidad de los países de acogida, cuya generosidad es digna de mención, y aliviar la pesada carga que soportan, en particular los que han acogido a un gran número de refugiados y solicitantes de asilo, exhorta a la Oficina a que siga desempeñando su función catalizadora de movilizar la asistencia de la comunidad internacional para hacer frente a las causas fundamentales y a las consecuencias económicas, ambientales y sociales de la presencia de grandes masas de refugiados en los países en desarrollo, especialmente en los países menos adelantados, y en los países de economía en transición, y observa con aprecio la labor de los Estados y las organizaciones donantes y de los donantes particulares que contribuyen a mejorar la condición de los refugiados, que siguen siendo miembros vulnerables de la sociedad;", "32. Expresa profunda preocupación por los retos actuales y potenciales que supone la crisis financiera y económica mundial para las actividades de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado;", "33. Exhorta a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado a que siga estudiando posibles medios de ampliar su base de donantes, a fin de lograr un mejor reparto de la carga mediante el fortalecimiento de la cooperación con los donantes gubernamentales, los donantes no gubernamentales y el sector privado;", "34. Reconoce que el suministro oportuno de recursos suficientes es esencial para que la Oficina del Alto Comisionado pueda seguir desempeñando el mandato que se le confió en su estatuto[8] y en las resoluciones subsiguientes de la Asamblea General relativas a los refugiados y a otras personas cuya situación es competencia de la Oficina, recuerda sus resoluciones 58/153, de 22 de diciembre de 2003, 58/270, de 23 de diciembre de 2003, 59/170, de 20 de diciembre de 2004, 60/129, de 16 de diciembre de 2005, 61/137, de 19 de diciembre de 2006, 62/124, de 18 de diciembre de 2007, 63/148, de 18 diciembre de 2008, 64/127, de 18 de diciembre de 2009, y 65/194, de 21 de diciembre de 2010, en que se hace referencia, entre otras cuestiones, a la aplicación del párrafo 20 del estatuto de la Oficina, e insta a los gobiernos y a otros donantes a que respondan prontamente a los llamamientos anuales y suplementarios que haga la Oficina a fin de obtener los recursos que necesita para sus programas;", "35. Solicita al Alto Comisionado que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones la informe acerca de sus actividades.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 12 (A/66/12).", "[2]  Ibid., Suplemento núm. 12A (A/66/12/Add.1).", "[3]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 189, núm. 2545.", "[4]  Ibid., vol. 989, núm. 14458.", "[5]  Ibid., vol. 606, núm. 8791.", "[6]  Ibid., vol. 360, núm. 5158.", "[7]  Se puede consultar en www.acnur.org.", "[8]  Resolución 428 (V), anexo." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/456)]", "66/133. Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the activities of his Office[1] and the report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the work of its sixty‑second session[2] and the decisions contained therein,", "Recalling its previous annual resolutions on the work of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees since its establishment by the General Assembly,", "Expressing its appreciation for the leadership shown by the High Commissioner, commending the staff and implementing partners of the Office of the High Commissioner for the competent, courageous and dedicated manner in which they discharge their responsibilities, and underlining its strong condemnation of all forms of violence to which humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel are increasingly exposed,", "1. Endorses the report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the work of its sixty‑second session;²", "2. Welcomes the sixtieth anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees[3] and the fiftieth anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness,[4] and welcomes in this context the convening and facilitation by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees of an intergovernmental commemorative event at the ministerial level as a recognition by States of the importance of respecting and upholding the values and principles enshrined in those two instruments;", "3. Also welcomes the important work undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and its Executive Committee in the course of the year, which is aimed at strengthening the international protection regime and at assisting Governments in meeting their protection responsibilities;", "4. Reaffirms the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol thereto[5] as the foundation of the international refugee protection regime, recognizes the importance of their full and effective application by States parties and the values they embody, notes with satisfaction that one hundred and forty‑eight States are now parties to one instrument or to both, encourages States not parties to consider acceding to those instruments, underlines, in particular, the importance of full respect for the principle of non‑refoulement, and recognizes that a number of States not parties to the international refugee instruments have shown a generous approach to hosting refugees;", "5. Notes that seventy States are now parties to the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons[6] and that forty‑two States are parties to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, encourages States that have not done so to give consideration to acceding to those instruments, notes the work of the High Commissioner in regard to identifying stateless persons, preventing and reducing statelessness and protecting stateless persons, and urges the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to work in this area in accordance with relevant General Assembly resolutions and Executive Committee conclusions;", "6. Re‑emphasizes that the protection of refugees is primarily the responsibility of States, whose full and effective cooperation, action and political resolve are required to enable the Office of the High Commissioner to fulfil its mandated functions, and strongly emphasizes, in this context, the importance of active international solidarity and burden‑ and responsibility‑sharing;", "7. Also re‑emphasizes that prevention and reduction of statelessness are primarily the responsibility of States, in appropriate cooperation with the international community;", "8. Further re‑emphasizes that protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons are primarily the responsibility of States, in appropriate cooperation with the international community;", "9. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to pursue its efforts to strengthen its capacity to respond adequately to emergencies and thereby ensure a more predictable response to inter‑agency commitments in case of emergency;", "10. Takes note of the current activities of the Office of the High Commissioner related to protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, including in the context of inter‑agency arrangements in this field, emphasizes that such activities should be consistent with relevant General Assembly resolutions and should not undermine the refugee mandate of the Office and the institution of asylum, and encourages the High Commissioner to continue his dialogue with States on the role of his Office in this regard;", "11. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to work in partnership and in full cooperation with relevant national authorities, United Nations offices and agencies, international and intergovernmental organizations, regional organizations and non‑governmental organizations to contribute to the continued development of humanitarian response capacities at all levels, and recalls the role of the Office as the cluster lead for protection, camp coordination and management, and emergency shelter in complex emergencies;", "12. Also encourages the Office of the High Commissioner, among other relevant United Nations and other relevant intergovernmental organizations and humanitarian and development actors, to continue to work with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat to enhance the coordination, effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian assistance and to contribute, in consultation with States, as appropriate, to making further progress towards common humanitarian needs assessments, as stated, among other important issues, in General Assembly resolution 65/133 of 15 December 2010 on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations;", "13. Further encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to engage in and implement in full the objectives of the “Delivering as one” initiative;", "14. Notes with appreciation the progress made in the implementation of the process of structural and management change, including the global needs assessment initiative, undertaken by the Office of the High Commissioner, and encourages the Office to consolidate the various aspects of the reform process, including the results‑based management and accountability framework and strategy, and to focus on continuous improvement in order to enable a more efficient response to the needs of beneficiaries and to ensure the effective and transparent use of its resources;", "15. Strongly condemns attacks on refugees, asylum‑seekers and internally displaced persons as well as acts that pose a threat to their personal security and well‑being, and calls upon all States concerned and, where applicable, parties involved in an armed conflict to take all measures necessary to ensure respect for human rights and international humanitarian law;", "16. Expresses deep concern about the increasing number of attacks against humanitarian aid workers and convoys and, in particular, the loss of life of humanitarian personnel working in the most difficult and challenging conditions in order to assist those in need;", "17. Emphasizes the need for States to ensure that perpetrators of attacks committed on their territory against humanitarian personnel and United Nations and associated personnel do not operate with impunity and that the perpetrators of such acts are promptly brought to justice as provided for by national laws and obligations under international law;", "18. Deplores the refoulement and unlawful expulsion of refugees and asylum‑seekers, and calls upon all States concerned to ensure respect for the relevant principles of refugee protection and human rights;", "19. Emphasizes that international protection of refugees is a dynamic and action‑oriented function that is at the core of the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner and that it includes, in cooperation with States and other partners, the promotion and facilitation of, inter alia, the admission, reception and treatment of refugees in accordance with internationally agreed standards and the ensuring of durable, protection‑oriented solutions, bearing in mind the particular needs of vulnerable groups and paying special attention to those with specific needs, and notes in this context that the delivery of international protection is a staff‑intensive service that requires adequate staff with the appropriate expertise, especially at the field level;", "20. Affirms the importance of age, gender and diversity mainstreaming in analysing protection needs and in ensuring the participation of refugees and other persons of concern to the Office of the High Commissioner, as appropriate, in the planning and implementation of programmes of the Office and State policies, also affirms the importance of according priority to addressing discrimination, gender inequality and the problem of sexual and gender‑based violence, recognizing the importance of addressing the protection needs of women and children in particular, welcomes, in this context, the series of dialogues with women and girls initiated by the Office, in this anniversary year, as an important move towards increasing understanding and improving the protection of women and girls, and underlines the importance of continuing to work on this issue;", "21. Strongly reaffirms the fundamental importance and the purely humanitarian and non‑political character of the function of the Office of the High Commissioner of providing international protection to refugees and seeking permanent solutions to refugee problems, and recalls that those solutions include voluntary repatriation and, where appropriate and feasible, local integration and resettlement in a third country, while reaffirming that voluntary repatriation, supported, as necessary, by rehabilitation and development assistance to facilitate sustainable reintegration, remains the preferred solution;", "22. Expresses concern about the particular difficulties faced by the millions of refugees in protracted situations, and emphasizes the need to redouble international efforts and cooperation to find practical and comprehensive approaches to resolving their plight and to realize durable solutions for them, consistent with international law and relevant General Assembly resolutions;", "23. Recognizes the importance of achieving durable solutions to refugee problems and, in particular, the need to address in this process the root causes of refugee movements in order to avert new flows of refugees;", "24. Recalls the important role of effective partnerships and coordination in meeting the needs of refugees and in finding durable solutions to their situations, welcomes the efforts under way, in cooperation with countries hosting refugees and countries of origin, including their respective local communities, relevant United Nations agencies, international and intergovernmental organizations, regional organizations, as appropriate, non‑governmental organizations and development actors, to promote a framework for durable solutions, particularly in protracted refugee situations, which includes an approach to sustainable and timely return that encompasses repatriation, reintegration, rehabilitation and reconstruction activities, and encourages States, in cooperation with relevant United Nations agencies, international and intergovernmental organizations, regional organizations, non‑governmental organizations and development actors, to support, inter alia, through the allocation of funds, the implementation of such a framework to facilitate an effective transition from relief to development;", "25. Recognizes that no solution to displacement can be durable unless it is sustainable, and therefore encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to support the sustainability of return and reintegration;", "26. Notes with appreciation the efforts that an increasing number of States are making to create opportunities for resettlement as a durable solution, recognizes the need to increase the number of resettlement places, invites interested States, the Office of the High Commissioner and other relevant partners to make use of the Multilateral Framework of Understandings on Resettlement,[7] where appropriate and feasible, and, in this context, commends the efforts in launching the Global Resettlement Solidarity Initiative in April 2011 by the Office and by those States that have responded generously in this respect;", "27. Also notes with appreciation the activities undertaken by States to strengthen the regional initiatives that facilitate cooperative policies and approaches on refugees, and encourages States to continue their efforts to address, in a comprehensive manner, the needs of the people who require international protection in their respective regions, including the support provided for host communities that receive large numbers of persons who require international protection;", "28. Notes the importance of States and the Office of the High Commissioner discussing and clarifying the role of the Office in mixed migratory flows, in order to better address protection needs in the context of mixed migratory flows, including by safeguarding access to asylum for those in need of international protection, and notes the readiness of the High Commissioner, consistent with his mandate, to assist States in fulfilling their protection responsibilities in this regard;", "29. Emphasizes the obligation of all States to accept the return of their nationals, calls upon States to facilitate the return of their nationals who have been determined not to be in need of international protection, and affirms the need for the return of persons to be undertaken in a safe and humane manner and with full respect for their human rights and dignity, irrespective of the status of the persons concerned;", "30. Expresses concern about the challenges associated with climate change and environmental degradation to the protection activities of the Office of the High Commissioner and the assistance it provides to vulnerable populations of concern across the globe, particularly in the least developed countries, and urges the Office to continue to address such challenges in its work, within its mandate, and in consultation with national authorities and in cooperation with competent agencies in its operations;", "31. Urges all States and relevant non‑governmental and other organizations, in conjunction with the Office of the High Commissioner, in a spirit of international solidarity and burden‑ and responsibility‑sharing, to cooperate and to mobilize resources with a view to enhancing the capacity of and reducing the heavy burden borne by host countries, whose generosity is appreciated, in particular those that have received large numbers of refugees and asylum‑seekers, calls upon the Office to continue to play its catalytic role in mobilizing assistance from the international community to address the root causes as well as the economic, environmental and social impact of large‑scale refugee populations in developing countries, in particular the least developed countries, and countries with economies in transition, and notes with appreciation those donor States, organizations and individuals that contribute to improving the condition of refugees who remain vulnerable members of society;", "32. Expresses deep concern about the existing and potential challenges posed by the world financial and economic crisis to the activities of the Office of the High Commissioner;", "33. Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner to further explore ways and means to broaden its donor base, so as to achieve greater burden‑sharing by reinforcing cooperation with governmental donors, non‑governmental donors and the private sector;", "34. Recognizes that adequate and timely resources are essential for the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to fulfil the mandate conferred upon it through its statute[8] and by subsequent General Assembly resolutions on refugees and other persons of concern, recalls its resolutions 58/153 of 22 December 2003, 58/270 of 23 December 2003, 59/170 of 20 December 2004, 60/129 of 16 December 2005, 61/137 of 19 December 2006, 62/124 of 18 December 2007, 63/148 of 18 December 2008, 64/127 of 18 December 2009 and 65/194 of 21 December 2010 concerning, inter alia, the implementation of paragraph 20 of the statute of the Office, and urges Governments and other donors to respond promptly to annual and supplementary appeals issued by the Office for requirements under its programmes;", "35. Requests the High Commissioner to report on his activities to the General Assembly at its sixty‑seventh session.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty‑sixth Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/66/12).", "[2]  Ibid., Supplement No. 12A (A/66/12/Add.1).", "[3]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, No. 2545.", "[4]  Ibid., vol. 989, No. 14458.", "[5]  Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791.", "[6]  Ibid., vol. 360, No. 5158.", "[7]  Available from www.unhcr.org.", "[8]  Resolution 428 (V), annex." ]
A_RES_66_133
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/456)]", "66/133. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees", "The General Assembly,", "Having considered the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the activities of his Office[1], as well as the report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the work of its sixty-second session[2] and the decisions contained therein,", "Recalling its previous annual resolutions on the activities of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees adopted since its establishment by the General Assembly,", "Expressing its appreciation for the leadership shown by the High Commissioner, commending the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner and its implementing partners for their competence, courage and dedication, and underlining their strong condemnation of all forms of violence to which humanitarian personnel, United Nations personnel and associated personnel are increasingly exposed,", "1. Endorses the report of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on the work of its sixty-second session;2", "2. Welcomes the sixtieth anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees[3] and the fiftieth anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness[4], and in this regard welcomes the convening by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the facilitation of an intergovernmental commemorative celebration at the ministerial level as a recognition by States of the importance of respecting and defending the values and principles enshrined in those two instruments;", "3. Also welcomes the important work done by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and its Executive Committee throughout the year, aimed at strengthening the international protection regime and assisting Governments in meeting their protection obligations;", "4. Reaffirms that the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol[5] are the basis of the international refugee protection regime, recognizes the importance of full and effective implementation by States parties and respect the values they embody, notes with satisfaction that one hundred and forty-eight States are now parties to one or both of those instruments, encourages States that are not parties to consider acceding to those instruments, emphasizes, in particular, the importance of non-refoulement", "5. Notes that sixty States are now parties to the 1954 Convention Relating to the Status of Stateless Persons[6] and that forty-two States are parties to the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness, encourages States that have not yet done so to consider acceding to those instruments, notes the work of the High Commissioner in relation to the identification of stateless persons, the prevention and reduction of statelessness and the protection of Stateless persons,", "6. It once again emphasizes that the protection of refugees is primarily the responsibility of States, whose full cooperation, effective action and political will are necessary to enable the Office of the High Commissioner to fulfil its mandated functions, and strongly emphasizes, in this context, the importance of active international solidarity and shared burden and responsibility;", "7. It further emphasizes that the prevention and reduction of statelessness are primarily the responsibility of States, in cooperation with the international community, as appropriate;", "8. It further emphasizes that protection and assistance to internally displaced persons are primarily the responsibility of States, in cooperation with the international community, as appropriate;", "9. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to continue its efforts to strengthen its capacity to respond adequately to emergencies and thereby ensure a more predictable response to inter-agency commitments in emergencies;", "10. Takes note of the ongoing activities of the Office of the High Commissioner in relation to the protection and assistance of internally displaced persons, in particular in the context of inter-agency agreements in this area, emphasizes that such activities should be consistent with relevant General Assembly resolutions and should not be detrimental to the mandate of the Office for Refugees and the institution of asylum, and encourages the High Commissioner to continue dialogue with States on the role of his Office;", "11. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to work in partnership and in full cooperation with relevant national authorities, United Nations offices and agencies, international and intergovernmental organizations, regional organizations and non-governmental organizations to contribute to the continued development of humanitarian response capacity at all levels, and recalls the role of the Office as a group leader in the protection, coordination and management of camps, and emergency shelter in complex situations;", "12. Also encourages the Office of the High Commissioner, among other relevant United Nations organizations and other relevant intergovernmental organizations and actors in the humanitarian and development fields, to continue to work with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat to improve the coordination, effectiveness and efficiency of humanitarian assistance, and to contribute in consultation with States, as appropriate, to further progress in the preparation of joint assessments of humanitarian needs, as indicated, in the emergency resolution 65/13,", "13. Further encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to participate in the " Units in Action " initiative and to fully implement its objectives;", "14. Notes with appreciation the progress made in the implementation of the structural and administrative reform undertaken by the Office of the High Commissioner, including the global needs assessment initiative, and encourages the Office to consolidate the various aspects of the reform process, including the results-based management and accountability framework and strategy, and to focus on continued improvement to enable a more efficient response to the needs of beneficiaries and ensure the effective and transparent use of their resources;", "15. Strongly condemns attacks against refugees, asylum-seekers and internally displaced persons, as well as acts threatening their personal security and well-being, and calls upon all States concerned and, where appropriate, parties to an armed conflict to take all necessary measures to ensure respect for human rights and international humanitarian law;", "16. Expresses deep concern at the increasing number of attacks on humanitarian workers and convoys and, in particular, the deaths of humanitarian personnel working in the most difficult and risky conditions to assist those in need;", "17. Emphasizes the need for States to ensure that perpetrators of attacks on their territory against humanitarian personnel, United Nations and associated personnel do not act with impunity, and that those who commit such acts are promptly brought to justice in accordance with national laws and obligations under international law;", "18. Deplores the illegal return and expulsion of refugees and asylum-seekers and calls upon all States concerned to ensure respect for the relevant principles of protection of refugees and human rights;", "19. Emphasizes that the international protection of refugees is a dynamic and action-oriented role that constitutes a central aspect of the mandate of the Office of the High Commissioner and entails promoting and facilitating, inter alia, the admission, receipt and treatment of refugees in accordance with internationally agreed standards and ensuring durable solutions for protection, bearing in mind the particular needs of vulnerable groups and paying special attention to those with specific needs, all in cooperation with those who are adequately prepared,", "20. Affirms the importance of age, gender and diversity considerations in analysing the protection needs and ensuring the participation of refugees and other persons whose situation is within the competence of the Office of the High Commissioner, as appropriate, in the planning and implementation of the programmes of the Office and the policies of States, also affirms the importance of combating discrimination, gender inequality and the problem of sexual and gender-based violence as a matter of priority,", "21. Strongly reaffirms the fundamental importance and purely humanitarian and apolitical nature of the role of the Office of the High Commissioner in providing international protection to refugees and seeking permanent solutions to their problems, and recalls that such solutions include voluntary repatriation and, where appropriate and feasible, local integration and resettlement in a third country, while reaffirming that the preferred solution remains voluntary repatriation, complemented, as necessary, with rehabilitation and assistance for sustainable development;", "22. Expresses concern at the special difficulties experienced by the long-standing millions of refugees, and emphasizes the need to redouble international efforts and cooperation to find practical and comprehensive approaches to resolve their plight and provide durable solutions, in accordance with international law and relevant General Assembly resolutions;", "23. Recognizes the importance of durable solutions to refugee problems and, in particular, the need to address in this process the root causes of refugee displacement in order to avoid new refugee flows;", "24. Recalls the importance of effective collaboration and coordination in meeting the needs of refugees and finding durable solutions to their situation, welcomes the initiatives being undertaken in cooperation with countries hosting refugees and countries of origin, including their respective local communities, relevant United Nations agencies, international and intergovernmental organizations, regional organizations, as appropriate, reconstruction of non-governmental organizations and development actors,", "25. Recognizes that no solution to displacement can be durable if not sustainable and therefore encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to support the sustainability of return and reintegration;", "26. Notes with appreciation the efforts of a growing number of States to create resettlement opportunities as a durable solution, recognizes the need to increase the number of resettlement sites, invites interested States, the Office of the High Commissioner and other relevant partners to use the Multilateral Framework of Resettlement Agreements[7], as appropriate and feasible, and, in this regard, commends the efforts of the Office to implement the Global Solidarity Initiative for the Resenting Initiative in April 2011,", "27. It also notes with appreciation the efforts undertaken by States to strengthen regional initiatives that facilitate refugee policies and cooperative approaches, and encourages States to continue their efforts to respond in a comprehensive manner to the needs of persons requiring international protection in their respective regions, including support to host communities receiving a large number of persons in need of international protection;", "28. Notes that it is important for States and the Office of the High Commissioner to study and specify the role of the Office in the area of mixed migration flows, in order to more effectively address protection needs in the context of such migratory flows by safeguarding, in particular, access to asylum procedures for those in need of international protection, and notes that the High Commissioner is prepared, in accordance with his mandate, to assist States in fulfilling their protection responsibilities in this area;", "29. Emphasizes the obligation of all States to accept the return of their nationals, calls upon States to facilitate the return of their nationals when it has been determined that they do not need international protection, and affirms the need for their return to be carried out in safe and humane conditions and with full respect for their human rights and dignity, irrespective of their status;", "30. Expresses concern at the challenges posed by climate change and environmental degradation challenges to the Office of the High Commissioner ' s protection activities and the assistance it provides to vulnerable populations of its competence worldwide, in particular in the least developed countries, and urges the Office to continue to respond to those challenges in its work, within its mandate, and in consultation with national authorities and in cooperation with relevant agencies in its operations;", "31. Urges all States and non-governmental organizations and other relevant organizations, in collaboration with the Office of the High Commissioner, in the spirit of international solidarity and willingness to share the burden and responsibility, to cooperate and mobilize resources to enhance the capacity of host countries, whose generosity is worthy of mention, and to alleviate the heavy burden they bear, in particular those that have taken on a large number of refugees and asylum-seekers, calls upon the Office to continue to carry out the economic impact of", "32. Expresses deep concern at the current and potential challenges posed by the global financial and economic crisis for the activities of the Office of the High Commissioner;", "33. Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to explore possible ways of broadening its donor base, in order to achieve better burden-sharing by strengthening cooperation with governmental donors, non-governmental donors and the private sector;", "34. Acknowledges that the timely provision of adequate resources is essential for the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to carry out the mandate entrusted to it in its statute[8] and in subsequent resolutions of the General Assembly concerning refugees and other persons whose status is vested in the Office, recalls its resolutions 58/153 of 22 December 2003, 58/270 of 23 December 2003, 59/170 of 20 December 2004, 60/129 of 16 December 2005, 61", "35. Requests the High Commissioner to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session on its activities.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/66/12).", "[2] Ibid., Supplement No. 12A (A/66/12/Add.1).", "[3] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 189, No. 2545.", "[4] Ibid., vol. 989, No. 14458.", "[5] Ibid., vol. 606, no. 8791.", "[6] Ibid., vol. 360, No. 5158.", "[7] Available at www.acnur.org.", "[8] Resolution 428 (V), annex." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/456)]", "66/134. Aumento del número de miembros del Comité Ejecutivo del Programa del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados", "La Asamblea General,", "Tomando nota de la decisión 2011/263 del Consejo Económico y Social, de 28 de julio de 2011, relativa al aumento del número de miembros del Comité Ejecutivo del Programa del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados,", "Tomando nota también de la solicitud relativa al aumento del número de miembros del Comité Ejecutivo que figura en la carta de fecha 1 de marzo de 2011 dirigida al Secretario General por el Representante Permanente de Azerbaiyán ante las Naciones Unidas[1] y la carta de fecha 11 de julio de 2011 dirigida al Presidente del Consejo Económico y Social por el Encargado de Negocios interino de la Misión Permanente de Rwanda ante la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas y otras organizaciones internacionales en Ginebra[2],", "1. Decide aumentar el número de miembros del Comité Ejecutivo del Programa del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de ochenta y cinco a ochenta y siete Estados;", "2. Solicita al Consejo Económico y Social que elija a los nuevos miembros en la reanudación de su período de sesiones de organización de 2012.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  E/2011/75.", "[2]  E/2011/130." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/456)]", "66/134. Enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees", "The General Assembly,", "Taking note of Economic and Social Council decision 2011/263 of 28 July 2011 concerning the enlargement of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,", "Taking note also of the request regarding the enlargement of the Executive Committee contained in the letter dated 1 March 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary‑General[1] and the letter dated 11 July 2011 from the Chargé d’affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Rwanda to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council,[2]", "1. Decides to increase the number of members of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from eighty‑five States to eighty‑seven States;", "2. Requests the Economic and Social Council to elect the additional members at its resumed organizational session for 2012.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  E/2011/75.", "[2]  E/2011/130." ]
A_RES_66_134
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/456)]", "66/134. Increase in the membership of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees", "The General Assembly,", "Taking note of Economic and Social Council decision 2011/263 of 28 July 2011 on the increase in the membership of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,", "Taking note also of the request regarding the increase in the membership of the Executive Committee contained in the letter dated 1 March 2011 from the Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations addressed to the Secretary-General[1] and the letter dated 11 July 2011 from the Chargé d ' affaires a.i. of the Permanent Mission of Rwanda to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council[2],", "1. Decides to increase the membership of the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from eighty-five to eighty-seven States;", "2. Requests the Economic and Social Council to elect new members at the resumed organizational session for 2012.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] E/2011/75.", "[2] E/2011/130." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/456)]", "66/135. Asistencia a los refugiados, los repatriados y los desplazados en África", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando la Convención de la Organización de la Unidad Africana que regula los aspectos propios de los problemas de los refugiados en África de 1969[1] y la Carta Africana de Derechos Humanos y de los Pueblos[2],", "Reafirmando que la Convención sobre el Estatuto de los Refugiados de 1951[3] y su Protocolo de 1967[4], complementados con la Convención de la Organización de la Unidad Africana de 1969, siguen siendo la piedra angular del régimen internacional de protección de los refugiados en África,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la aprobación y el proceso de ratificación en curso de la Convención de la Unión Africana para la protección y asistencia a los desplazados internos en África[5], que constituyen un paso importante hacia el fortalecimiento del marco normativo nacional y regional para la protección y la asistencia a los desplazados internos,", "Reconociendo la especial vulnerabilidad de las mujeres y los niños entre los refugiados y otras personas cuya situación es competencia de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados, incluido el peligro de discriminación y de abuso sexual y físico, y, a este respecto, reconociendo la importancia de prevenir y afrontar la violencia sexual y por motivo de género,", "Gravemente preocupada por el número de refugiados cada vez mayor en varias partes del continente,", "Reconociendo los esfuerzos de los Estados Miembros, del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados y de otros interesados por mejorar la situación de los refugiados, y expresando grave preocupación por las condiciones de vida cada vez más precarias en muchos campamentos de refugiados en África,", "Reconociendo que los refugiados, los desplazados internos y, en particular, las mujeres y los niños corren un riesgo mayor de infección por el VIH y el SIDA, la malaria y otras enfermedades infecciosas,", "Recordando los diálogos regionales entablados por la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados sobre los desafíos y las soluciones en materia de protección con mujeres y niñas refugiadas en Uganda y Zambia en marzo y abril de 2011, respectivamente,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la minicumbre ministerial sobre la respuesta humanitaria a la crisis en el Cuerno de África, celebrada en Nueva York el 24 de septiembre de 2011, la conferencia sobre promesas de contribuciones para el Cuerno de África de la Unión Africana, celebrada en Addis Abeba el 25 de agosto de 2011, y la reunión sobre promesas de contribuciones para Somalia de la Organización de Cooperación Islámica, celebrada en Estambul (Turquía) el 17 de agosto de 2011, así como la cumbre conjunta sobre la crisis en el Cuerno de África de la Autoridad Intergubernamental para el Desarrollo y la Comunidad de África Oriental, sobre el tema “Poner fin a las emergencias causadas por la sequía: un compromiso de implementar soluciones sostenibles”, celebrada en Nairobi los días 8 y 9 de septiembre de 2011, destinadas a concienciar y a movilizar recursos para afrontar la crisis en el Cuerno de África, y, en ese contexto, expresando aprecio por las valiosas contribuciones de países y de organizaciones internacionales, regionales y subregionales, así como de otros asociados pertinentes,", "Haciendo notar con aprecio la Declaración conjunta aprobada por la cumbre conjunta sobre la crisis en el Cuerno de África, en la cual, entre otras cosas, se expresó preocupación por el éxodo masivo de refugiados hacia los países vecinos, así como el aumento del número de desplazados internos causado por las crisis humanitarias de la sequía y la hambruna que afectan al Cuerno de África,", "Haciendo notar con aprecio también el Pacto sobre la seguridad, la estabilidad y el desarrollo en la región de los Grandes Lagos aprobado por la Conferencia Internacional sobre la Región de los Grandes Lagos en 2006[6] y sus instrumentos, en particular dos de los protocolos del Pacto que son pertinentes a la protección de los desplazados, a saber, el Protocolo sobre la protección y la asistencia a los desplazados internos y el Protocolo sobre los derechos de propiedad de las personas que regresan,", "Reconociendo con aprecio la generosidad, la hospitalidad y el espíritu de solidaridad de los países africanos que siguen acogiendo la afluencia de refugiados debida a las crisis humanitarias recientes y a las situaciones de refugiados prolongadas y, a ese respecto, expresando especial reconocimiento por el compromiso y los esfuerzos de los países vecinos en las crisis humanitarias recientes de Cote d’Ivoire, Libia y el Cuerno de África, y reconociendo con aprecio además la coordinación de la asistencia humanitaria de las Naciones Unidas así como las gestiones constantes de los donantes, el sistema de las Naciones Unidas, en particular la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados, organizaciones regionales, organismos internacionales, organizaciones no gubernamentales y otros asociados, con respecto, entre otras cuestiones, a la repatriación voluntaria, la reintegración y el reasentamiento, en respuesta a la difícil situación de los refugiados durante la emergencia,", "Reconociendo que los Estados de acogida tienen la responsabilidad primordial de proteger y prestar asistencia a los refugiados en su territorio, y la necesidad de redoblar los esfuerzos por elaborar y aplicar estrategias y soluciones amplias y duraderas, en cooperación apropiada con la comunidad internacional y compartiendo la carga y la responsabilidad,", "Poniendo de relieve que los Estados tienen la responsabilidad primordial de ofrecer protección y asistencia a los desplazados internos dentro de su jurisdicción, así como de ocuparse de las causas fundamentales del problema de los desplazamientos, en cooperación apropiada con la comunidad internacional,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito el 60º aniversario de la Convención sobre el Estatuto de los Refugiados de 1951 y el 50º aniversario de la Convención para reducir los casos de apatridia de 1961[7] y, en ese contexto, acogiendo con beneplácito la convocación por la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de un acto intergubernamental, a nivel ministerial, los días 7 y 8 de diciembre de 2011 para celebrar esos aniversarios,", "1. Toma nota de los informes del Secretario General[8] y del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados[9];", "2. Exhorta a los Estados Miembros de África que aún no hayan firmado o ratificado la Convención de la Unión Africana sobre la protección y asistencia a los desplazados internos en África⁵ a que consideren la posibilidad de hacerlo lo antes posible para asegurar su pronta entrada en vigor y aplicación;", "3. Observa la necesidad de que los Estados Miembros de África se ocupen resueltamente de las causas fundamentales de todas las formas de desplazamiento forzoso en África y fomenten la paz, la estabilidad y la prosperidad en todo el continente africano para prevenir las corrientes de refugiados;", "4. Observa con gran preocupación que, a pesar de todos los esfuerzos realizados hasta ahora por las Naciones Unidas, la Unión Africana y otras organizaciones, la situación de los refugiados y los desplazados en África sigue siendo precaria, y exhorta a los Estados y a las demás partes en los conflictos armados a que respeten escrupulosamente la letra y el espíritu del derecho internacional humanitario, teniendo presente que los conflictos armados son una de las principales causas de los desplazamientos forzosos en África;", "5. Acoge con beneplácito las decisiones EX.CL/Dec.629 (XVIII) y EX.CL/Dec.653 (XIX) sobre la situación humanitaria en África en el contexto de los refugiados, los repatriados y los desplazados, aprobadas por el Consejo Ejecutivo de la Unión Africana en su 18° período ordinario de sesiones, celebrado en Addis Abeba del 24 al 28 de enero de 2011, y en su 19° período ordinario de sesiones, celebrado en Malabo del 23 al 28 de junio de 2011, respectivamente[10];", "6. Expresa su aprecio por el liderazgo que ha demostrado la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados y encomia la labor que realiza con el apoyo de la comunidad internacional para ayudar a los países africanos de asilo, en particular, prestando apoyo a las comunidades locales de acogida vulnerables, y atender las necesidades de protección y asistencia de los refugiados, los repatriados y los desplazados en África;", "7. Observa con aprecio las iniciativas adoptadas por la Unión Africana, el Subcomité sobre los refugiados, repatriados y desplazados internos del Comité de Representantes Permanentes y la Comisión Africana de Derechos Humanos y de los Pueblos, en particular el papel de su Relator Especial sobre los refugiados, los solicitantes de asilo, los migrantes y los desplazados internos en África, para asegurar la protección y la asistencia a los refugiados, los repatriados y los desplazados en África;", "8. Recuerda la aprobación por el Comité Ejecutivo del Programa del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados de la conclusión sobre los refugiados con discapacidad y otras personas discapacitadas a las que la Oficina del Alto Comisionado brinda protección y asistencia, en su 61° período de sesiones celebrado del 4 al 8 de octubre de 2010[11] y hace suyo el informe sobre la labor realizada en su 62º período de sesiones, celebrado del 3 al 7 de octubre de 2011[12];", "9. Reconoce que la incorporación de consideraciones de edad, género y diversidad contribuye de manera importante a determinar, mediante un enfoque participativo, los riesgos que afrontan los diversos miembros de las comunidades de refugiados en materia de protección, en particular en lo que respecta al trato no discriminatorio y la protección de las mujeres, los niños, las personas con discapacidad y las personas de edad;", "10. Afirma que los niños, en razón de su edad, condición social y estado de desarrollo físico y mental, suelen ser más vulnerables que los adultos en situaciones de desplazamiento forzoso, reconoce que el desplazamiento forzoso, el retorno en situaciones posteriores a un conflicto, la integración en nuevas sociedades, las situaciones de desplazamiento prolongado y la apatridia pueden incrementar los riesgos en materia de protección de los niños, teniendo en cuenta que los niños refugiados son especialmente vulnerables a ser expuestos por la fuerza al riesgo de lesiones físicas y psicológicas, explotación y muerte en relación con conflictos armados, y reconoce que los factores ambientales en general y los factores de riesgo individual, particularmente cuando se suman, pueden generar diferentes necesidades de protección;", "11. Reconoce que ninguna solución a los desplazamientos puede ser duradera a menos que sea sostenible y, en consecuencia, alienta a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado a que preste apoyo para que el regreso voluntario, la reintegración y el reasentamiento sean sostenibles;", "12. Reconoce también la importancia del registro temprano y de los censos y los sistemas de registro eficaces como instrumento de protección y medio de cuantificar y evaluar las necesidades de suministro y distribución de asistencia humanitaria y de aplicar soluciones duraderas apropiadas;", "13. Recuerda la conclusión sobre el registro de refugiados y solicitantes de asilo aprobada por el Comité Ejecutivo del Programa del Alto Comisionado en su 52° período de sesiones[13], observa las muchas formas de acoso a que se ven expuestos los refugiados y los solicitantes de asilo que aún carecen de documentos que den fe de su condición, recuerda la responsabilidad de los Estados de registrar a los refugiados que se encuentren en su territorio y, en su caso, la responsabilidad de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado o los órganos internacionales competentes de hacerlo, reitera en este contexto el papel central que pueden desempeñar el registro y la documentación tempranos y efectivos, basándose en consideraciones de protección, en el mejoramiento de las actividades de protección y apoyo para encontrar soluciones duraderas, y exhorta a la Oficina a que, según proceda, ayude a los Estados a aplicar ese procedimiento en caso de que no puedan registrar a los refugiados que se encuentren en su territorio;", "14. Exhorta a la comunidad internacional, incluidos los Estados y la Oficina del Alto Comisionado y las demás organizaciones competentes de las Naciones Unidas, a que, en el marco de sus respectivos mandatos, tomen medidas concretas para atender las necesidades de protección y asistencia de los refugiados, los repatriados y los desplazados y contribuyan generosamente a los proyectos y programas destinados a aliviar su penosa situación, a facilitar el logro de soluciones duraderas para los refugiados y los desplazados y a apoyar a las comunidades locales de acogida vulnerables;", "15. Reafirma la importancia de brindar asistencia y protección oportunas y suficientes a los refugiados, los repatriados y los desplazados, reafirma también que la asistencia y la protección se fortalecen mutuamente y que la asistencia material insuficiente y la escasez de alimentos debilitan la protección, observa la importancia de un enfoque basado en la defensa de los derechos y en la comunidad al colaborar constructivamente con los refugiados, los repatriados y los desplazados y sus comunidades para lograr un acceso justo y equitativo a los alimentos y otras formas de asistencia material, y expresa preocupación por las situaciones en las que no se cumplen las normas mínimas de asistencia, incluidas aquellas en las que aún no se han evaluado adecuadamente las necesidades;", "16. Reafirma también que los Estados respetan más sus responsabilidades de protección de los refugiados cuando la solidaridad internacional abarca a todos los miembros de la comunidad internacional, y que el régimen de protección de los refugiados es más eficaz cuando hay una cooperación internacional comprometida con espíritu de solidaridad y voluntad de compartir la carga y la responsabilidad entre todos los Estados;", "17. Reafirma además que los Estados de acogida son los principales responsables de garantizar el carácter civil y humanitario del asilo, exhorta a los Estados a que, en cooperación con las organizaciones internacionales y en el marco de sus mandatos, adopten todas las medidas necesarias para que se respeten los principios de protección de los refugiados y, en particular, para velar por que los campamentos de refugiados no vean comprometido su carácter civil y humanitario por la presencia o las actividades de elementos armados ni se utilicen con fines que sean incompatibles con su carácter civil, y alienta al Alto Comisionado a que prosiga sus esfuerzos, en consulta con los Estados y otras instancias pertinentes, para asegurar el carácter civil y humanitario de los campamentos;", "18. Condena todos los actos que entrañen una amenaza a la seguridad personal y al bienestar de los refugiados y los solicitantes de asilo, como la devolución, la expulsión ilegal y las agresiones físicas, exhorta a los Estados de acogida a que, en cooperación con las organizaciones internacionales, adopten, cuando proceda, todas las medidas necesarias para asegurar el respeto de los principios de protección de los refugiados, incluido el trato humano de los solicitantes de asilo, observa con interés que el Alto Comisionado ha continuado haciendo gestiones para fomentar el establecimiento de medidas encaminadas a asegurar mejor el carácter civil y humanitario del asilo, y lo alienta a que persevere en esas iniciativas, en consulta con los Estados y otras instancias pertinentes;", "19. Deplora la persistencia de la violencia y la inseguridad, que constituyen una amenaza constante para la seguridad del personal de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado y de las demás organizaciones humanitarias, así como un obstáculo al cumplimiento efectivo del mandato de la Oficina y la capacidad de sus asociados en la ejecución y demás personal de asistencia humanitaria para cumplir sus funciones humanitarias respectivas, insta a los Estados, las partes en conflicto y demás instancias pertinentes a que tomen todas las medidas necesarias para proteger las actividades relacionadas con la asistencia humanitaria, impedir que el personal de asistencia humanitaria nacional e internacional sea víctima de ataques y secuestros y garantizar la seguridad del personal y los bienes de la Oficina y de todas las organizaciones humanitarias que cumplen funciones por mandato de la Oficina, y exhorta a los Estados a que investiguen exhaustivamente todos los delitos cometidos contra el personal de asistencia humanitaria y lleven a los responsables ante la justicia;", "20. Exhorta a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado, la Unión Africana, las organizaciones subregionales y todos los Estados de África a que, en coordinación con los organismos del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, las organizaciones intergubernamentales y no gubernamentales y la comunidad internacional, fortalezcan y revitalicen los vínculos de cooperación existentes y creen otros nuevos para apoyar el sistema de protección de los refugiados, los solicitantes de asilo y los desplazados internos;", "21. Exhorta a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado, la comunidad internacional y otras entidades interesadas a que mantengan y, cuando proceda, intensifiquen su apoyo a los gobiernos de África, en particular los que han recibido a un gran número de refugiados y solicitantes de asilo, mediante actividades apropiadas para desarrollar su capacidad, como la capacitación de los funcionarios competentes, la difusión de información sobre los instrumentos y principios referentes a los refugiados, la prestación de servicios financieros, técnicos y de asesoramiento para acelerar la promulgación o enmienda de leyes relativas a los refugiados y su aplicación, el fortalecimiento de la respuesta de emergencia y el aumento de la capacidad de coordinación de las actividades humanitarias;", "22. Reafirma el derecho de retorno y el principio de repatriación voluntaria, hace un llamamiento a los países de origen y a los países de asilo para que creen condiciones que favorezcan la repatriación voluntaria y reconoce que, aunque la repatriación voluntaria sigue siendo la mejor solución, la integración local y el reasentamiento en terceros países, si las circunstancias lo permiten y si es factible, son también opciones viables para resolver la situación de los refugiados de África quienes, debido a las circunstancias reinantes en sus respectivos países de origen, no pueden regresar a sus hogares;", "23. Reafirma también que la repatriación voluntaria no debe estar necesariamente supeditada al logro de soluciones políticas en el país de origen para no obstaculizar el ejercicio del derecho de retorno de los refugiados, reconoce que el proceso de repatriación y reintegración voluntarias normalmente se rige por las condiciones reinantes en el país de origen, en particular la posibilidad de efectuar la repatriación voluntaria en condiciones de seguridad y dignidad, e insta al Alto Comisionado a promover el regreso sostenible formulando soluciones duraderas y perdurables, en particular en situaciones de presencia prolongada de refugiados;", "24. Exhorta a la comunidad internacional de donantes a que proporcione, según convenga, asistencia material y financiera para ejecutar programas de desarrollo de base comunitaria, en beneficio tanto de los refugiados como de las comunidades que los reciben, de común acuerdo con los países de acogida y de conformidad con los objetivos humanitarios;", "25. Hace un llamamiento a la comunidad internacional para que, con espíritu de solidaridad y voluntad de compartir la carga y la responsabilidad, responda favorablemente a las necesidades de reasentamiento de los refugiados africanos en terceros países, observa a este respecto la importancia de emplear estratégicamente el reasentamiento, en el marco de las respuestas globales a las situaciones concretas de los distintos refugiados, y, a tal fin, alienta a los Estados, a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado y a otros asociados pertinentes a que, cuando proceda y sea factible, hagan pleno uso del Marco multilateral de los acuerdos sobre reasentamiento[14], y, en ese contexto, encomia los esfuerzos desplegados recientemente por la Oficina del Alto Comisionado para poner en marcha en abril de 2011 la Iniciativa de Solidaridad Mundial para el Reasentamiento y felicita a los Estados que han respondido generosamente a ese respecto;", "26. Exhorta a la comunidad internacional de donantes a que proporcione asistencia material y financiera para ejecutar programas destinados a reparar los daños causados en la infraestructura y el medio ambiente de los países de asilo por la presencia de refugiados y, en su caso, de desplazados internos;", "27. Insta a la comunidad internacional a que, con espíritu de solidaridad internacional y voluntad de compartir la carga, continúe financiando generosamente los programas de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado en favor de los refugiados y, teniendo en cuenta que las necesidades de los programas en África han aumentado considerablemente, como consecuencia, entre otras cosas, de las posibilidades de repatriación, se asegure de que África reciba una parte justa y equitativa de los recursos destinados a los refugiados;", "28. Alienta a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado y a los Estados interesados a determinar qué situaciones de presencia prolongada de refugiados podrían prestarse a una solución basada en la adopción de enfoques específicos, multilaterales, integrales y prácticos para resolver ese tipo de situaciones, por medios como una mejor distribución de la carga y la responsabilidad a nivel internacional y la puesta en práctica de soluciones duraderas en un contexto multilateral;", "29. Expresa gran preocupación por la penosa situación de los desplazados internos en África, observa los esfuerzos de los Estados de África por fortalecer los mecanismos regionales para la protección y la asistencia a los desplazados internos, exhorta a los Estados a que tomen medidas concretas para prevenir los desplazamientos internos y hacer frente a las necesidades de protección y asistencia de los desplazados internos, recuerda a ese respecto los Principios Rectores de los Desplazamientos Internos[15], toma nota de las actividades en curso de la Oficina del Alto Comisionado en relación con la protección y la asistencia a los desplazados internos, en particular en el contexto de los acuerdos entre organismos en esa esfera, pone de relieve que esas actividades deben estar en consonancia con las resoluciones pertinentes de la Asamblea General y no debilitar el mandato de la Oficina relativo a los refugiados y la institución del asilo, y alienta al Alto Comisionado a proseguir su diálogo con los Estados sobre el papel de su Oficina a este respecto;", "30. Invita al Relator Especial sobre los derechos humanos de los desplazados internos a proseguir el diálogo que mantiene con los Estados Miembros y las organizaciones intergubernamentales y no gubernamentales interesadas, con arreglo a su mandato, y a que incluya datos al respecto en los informes que presente al Consejo de Derechos Humanos y a la Asamblea General;", "31. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones y en relación con el tema titulado “Informe del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados, cuestiones relacionadas con los refugiados, los repatriados y los desplazados y cuestiones humanitarias”, le presente un informe completo sobre la asistencia a los refugiados, los repatriados y los desplazados en África, teniendo plenamente en cuenta los esfuerzos realizados por los países de asilo.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1001, núm. 14691.", "[2]  Ibid., vol. 1520, núm. 26363.", "[3]  Ibid., vol. 189, núm. 2545.", "[4]  Ibid., vol. 606, núm. 8791.", "[5]  Se puede consultar en www.africa-union.org.", "[6]  Se puede consultar en www.icglr.org.", "[7]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 989, núm. 14458.", "[8]  A/66/321.", "[9]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 12 (A/66/12).", "[10]  Véanse los documentos de la Unión Africana EX.CL/Dec.600‑643 (XVIII) y EX.CL/Dec.644‑667 (XIX). Se pueden consultar en www.africa-union.org.", "[11]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo quinto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 12A (A/65/12/Add.1), cap. III, secc. A.", "[12]  Ibid., sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 12A (A/66/12/Add.1).", "[13]  Ibid., quincuagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 12A (A/56/12/Add.1), cap. III, secc. B.", "[14]  Se puede consultar en www.acnur.org.", "[15]  E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, anexo." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/456)]", "66/135. Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling the Organization of African Unity Convention governing the specific aspects of refugee problems in Africa of 1969[1] and the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights,[2]", "Reaffirming that the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees,[3] together with the 1967 Protocol thereto,[4] as complemented by the Organization of African Unity Convention of 1969, remains the foundation of the international refugee protection regime in Africa,", "Welcoming the adoption, and the ongoing ratification process, of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa,[5] which marks a significant step towards strengthening the national and regional normative framework for the protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons,", "Recognizing the particular vulnerability of women and children among refugees and other persons of concern, including exposure to discrimination and sexual and physical abuse, and in this regard acknowledging the importance of preventing and responding to sexual and gender‑based violence,", "Gravely concerned about the rising number of refugees in various parts of the continent,", "Acknowledging the efforts of Member States, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other stakeholders in improving the situation of refugees, and expressing grave concern about the deteriorating living conditions in many refugee camps in Africa,", "Recognizing that refugees, internally displaced persons and, in particular, women and children are at an increased risk of exposure to HIV and AIDS, malaria and other infectious diseases,", "Recalling the regional dialogues that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees undertook on protection challenges and solutions with refugee women and girls in Uganda and Zambia in March and April 2011, respectively,", "Welcoming the ministerial mini‑summit on the humanitarian response to the Horn of Africa crisis, held in New York on 24 September 2011, the African Union pledging conference for the Horn of Africa, held in Addis Ababa on 25 August 2011, and the Organization for Islamic Cooperation pledging meeting on Somalia, held in Istanbul, Turkey, on 17 August 2011, as well as the Intergovernmental Authority on Development and East African Community joint summit on the Horn of Africa crisis on the theme “Ending Drought Emergencies: A Commitment to Sustainable Solutions”, held in Nairobi on 8 and 9 September 2011, dedicated to raising awareness and mobilizing resources to address the crisis in the Horn of Africa, and in this context expressing appreciation for the valuable contributions of countries and international, regional and subregional organizations, as well as other relevant partners,", "Noting with appreciation the Joint Declaration adopted at the joint summit on the Horn of Africa crisis, which, inter alia, expressed concern about the mass exodus of refugees into neighbouring countries, as well as the increased number of internally displaced persons due to the current humanitarian crises of drought and famine in the Horn of Africa,", "Noting with appreciation also the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region, adopted by the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region in 2006,[6] and its instruments, in particular two of the protocols to the Pact, which are relevant to the protection of displaced persons, namely, the Protocol on the Protection of and Assistance to Internally Displaced Persons and the Protocol on the Property Rights of Returning Persons,", "Acknowledging with appreciation the generosity, hospitality and spirit of solidarity of African countries that continue to host the influx of refugees due to recent humanitarian crises and protracted refugee situations and, in this regard, expressing particular appreciation for the commitment and efforts of neighbouring countries in the recent humanitarian crises in Côte d’Ivoire, Libya and the Horn of Africa, and further acknowledging with appreciation the coordination of humanitarian assistance by the United Nations as well as the continuing efforts of donors, the United Nations system, including the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, regional organizations, international agencies, non‑governmental organizations and other partners, with regard to, inter alia, voluntary return, reintegration and resettlement, in addressing the plight of refugees during the emergency,", "Recognizing that host States have the primary responsibility for the protection of and assistance to refugees on their territory, and the need to redouble efforts to develop and implement comprehensive durable solution strategies, in appropriate cooperation with the international community, and burden‑ and responsibility‑sharing,", "Emphasizing that States have the primary responsibility to provide protection and assistance to internally displaced persons within their jurisdiction, as well as to address the root causes of the displacement problem, in appropriate cooperation with the international community,", "Welcoming the sixtieth anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the fiftieth anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness,[7] and welcoming in this context the convening, by the Office of the High Commissioner, of an intergovernmental event at the ministerial level on 7 and 8 December 2011 to commemorate these anniversaries,", "1. Takes note of the reports of the Secretary‑General[8] and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees;[9]", "2. Calls upon African Member States that have not yet signed or ratified the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa⁵ to consider doing so as early as possible in order to ensure its early entry into force and implementation;", "3. Notes the need for African Member States to address resolutely the root causes of all forms of forced displacement in Africa and to foster peace, stability and prosperity throughout the African continent so as to forestall flows of refugees;", "4. Notes with great concern that, despite all of the efforts made so far by the United Nations, the African Union and others, the situation of refugees and displaced persons in Africa remains precarious, and calls upon States and other parties to armed conflict to observe scrupulously the letter and spirit of international humanitarian law, bearing in mind that armed conflict is one of the principal causes of forced displacement in Africa;", "5. Welcomes decisions EX.CL/Dec.629 (XVIII) and EX.CL/Dec.653 (XIX) on the humanitarian situation in Africa, insofar as they relate to refugees, returnees and displaced persons, adopted by the Executive Council of the African Union at its eighteenth ordinary session, held in Addis Ababa from 24 to 28 January 2011, and at its nineteenth ordinary session, held in Malabo from 23 to 28 June 2011, respectively;[10]", "6. Expresses its appreciation for the leadership shown by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and commends the Office for its ongoing efforts, with the support of the international community, to assist African countries of asylum, including by providing support to vulnerable local host communities, and to respond to the protection and assistance needs of refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa;", "7. Notes with appreciation the initiatives taken by the African Union, the Subcommittee on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons of its Permanent Representatives Committee, and the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, in particular the role of its Special Rapporteur on Refugees, Asylum‑Seekers, Migrants and Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, to ensure the protection of and assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa;", "8. Recalls the adoption by the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees of the conclusion on refugees with disabilities and other persons with disabilities protected and assisted by the Office of the High Commissioner, at its sixty‑first session, held from 4 to 8 October 2010,[11] and endorses its report on the work of its sixty‑second session, held from 3 to 7 October 2011;[12]", "9. Acknowledges the important contribution of age, gender and diversity mainstreaming in identifying, through a participatory approach, the protection risks faced by the different members of the refugee communities, in particular the non‑discriminatory treatment and protection of women, children, persons with disabilities and the elderly;", "10. Affirms that children, because of their age, social status and physical and mental development, are often more vulnerable than adults in situations of forced displacement, recognizes that forced displacement, return to post‑conflict situations, integration in new societies, protracted situations of displacement and statelessness can increase child protection risks, taking into account the particular vulnerability of refugee children to forcible exposure to the risks of physical and psychological injury, exploitation and death in connection with armed conflict, and acknowledges that wider environmental factors and individual risk factors, particularly when combined, may generate different protection needs;", "11. Recognizes that no solution to displacement can be durable unless it is sustainable, and therefore encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to support the sustainability of voluntary return, reintegration and resettlement;", "12. Also recognizes the importance of early registration and effective registration systems and censuses as a tool of protection and as a means to the quantification and assessment of needs for the provision and distribution of humanitarian assistance and to implement appropriate durable solutions;", "13. Recalls the conclusion on registration of refugees and asylum‑seekers adopted by the Executive Committee of the Programme of the High Commissioner at its fifty‑second session,[13] notes the many forms of harassment faced by refugees and asylum‑seekers who remain without any form of documentation attesting to their status, recalls the responsibility of States to register refugees on their territories and, as appropriate, the responsibility of the Office of the High Commissioner or mandated international bodies to do so, reiterates in this context the central role that early and effective registration and documentation can play, guided by protection considerations, in enhancing protection and supporting efforts to find durable solutions, and calls upon the Office, as appropriate, to help States to conduct this procedure should they be unable to register refugees on their territory;", "14. Calls upon the international community, including States and the Office of the High Commissioner and other relevant United Nations organizations, within their respective mandates, to take concrete action to meet the protection and assistance needs of refugees, returnees and displaced persons and to contribute generously to projects and programmes aimed at alleviating their plight, facilitating durable solutions for refugees and displaced persons and supporting vulnerable local host communities;", "15. Reaffirms the importance of timely and adequate assistance and protection for refugees, returnees and displaced persons, also reaffirms that assistance and protection are mutually reinforcing and that inadequate material assistance and food shortages undermine protection, notes the importance of a rights‑ and community‑based approach in engaging constructively with individual refugees, returnees and displaced persons and their communities so as to achieve fair and equitable access to food and other forms of material assistance, and expresses concern in regard to situations in which minimum standards of assistance are not met, including those in which adequate needs assessments have yet to be undertaken;", "16. Also reaffirms that respect by States for their protection responsibilities towards refugees is strengthened by international solidarity involving all members of the international community and that the refugee protection regime is enhanced through committed international cooperation in a spirit of solidarity and burden‑ and responsibility‑sharing among all States;", "17. Further reaffirms that host States have the primary responsibility to ensure the civilian and humanitarian character of asylum, calls upon States, in cooperation with international organizations, within their mandates, to take all measures necessary to ensure respect for the principles of refugee protection and, in particular, to ensure that the civilian and humanitarian nature of refugee camps is not compromised by the presence or the activities of armed elements or used for purposes that are incompatible with their civilian character, and encourages the High Commissioner to continue efforts, in consultation with States and other relevant actors, to ensure the civilian and humanitarian character of camps;", "18. Condemns all acts that pose a threat to the personal security and well‑being of refugees and asylum‑seekers, such as refoulement, unlawful expulsion and physical attacks, calls upon States of refuge, in cooperation with international organizations, where appropriate, to take all measures necessary to ensure respect for the principles of refugee protection, including the humane treatment of asylum‑seekers, notes with interest that the High Commissioner has continued to take steps to encourage the development of measures to better ensure the civilian and humanitarian character of asylum, and encourages the High Commissioner to continue those efforts, in consultation with States and other relevant actors;", "19. Deplores the continuing violence and insecurity which constitute an ongoing threat to the safety and security of staff members of the Office of the High Commissioner and other humanitarian organizations and an obstacle to the effective fulfilment of the mandate of the Office and the ability of its implementing partners and other humanitarian personnel to discharge their respective humanitarian functions, urges States, parties to conflict and all other relevant actors to take all measures necessary to protect activities related to humanitarian assistance, prevent attacks on and kidnapping of national and international humanitarian workers and ensure the safety and security of the personnel and property of the Office and that of all humanitarian organizations discharging functions mandated by the Office, and calls upon States to investigate fully any crime committed against humanitarian personnel and bring to justice the persons responsible for such crimes;", "20. Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner, the African Union, subregional organizations and all African States, in conjunction with agencies of the United Nations system, intergovernmental and non‑governmental organizations and the international community, to strengthen and revitalize existing partnerships and forge new ones in support of the protection system for refugees, asylum‑seekers and internally displaced persons;", "21. Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner, the international community and other entities concerned to continue and, where appropriate, intensify their support to African Governments through appropriate capacity‑building activities, including training of relevant officers, disseminating information about refugee instruments and principles, providing financial, technical and advisory services to accelerate the enactment or amendment and implementation of legislation relating to refugees, strengthening emergency response and enhancing capacities for the coordination of humanitarian activities, in particular those Governments that have received large numbers of refugees and asylum‑seekers;", "22. Reaffirms the right of return and the principle of voluntary repatriation, appeals to countries of origin and countries of asylum to create conditions that are conducive to voluntary repatriation, and recognizes that, while voluntary repatriation remains the pre‑eminent solution, local integration and third‑country resettlement, where appropriate and feasible, are also viable options for dealing with the situation of African refugees who, owing to prevailing circumstances in their respective countries of origin, are unable to return home;", "23. Also reaffirms that voluntary repatriation should not necessarily be conditioned on the accomplishment of political solutions in the country of origin in order not to impede the exercise of the refugees’ right to return, recognizes that the voluntary repatriation and reintegration process is normally guided by the conditions in the country of origin, in particular that voluntary repatriation can be accomplished in conditions of safety and dignity, and urges the High Commissioner to promote sustainable return through the development of durable and lasting solutions, particularly in protracted refugee situations;", "24. Calls upon the international donor community to provide financial and material assistance that allows for the implementation of community‑based development programmes that benefit both refugees and host communities, as appropriate, in agreement with host countries and consistent with humanitarian objectives;", "25. Appeals to the international community to respond positively, in the spirit of solidarity and burden‑ and responsibility‑sharing, to the third‑country resettlement needs of African refugees, notes in this regard the importance of using resettlement strategically, as part of situation‑specific comprehensive responses to refugee situations, and to this end encourages States, the Office of the High Commissioner and other relevant partners to make full use of the Multilateral Framework of Understandings on Resettlement,[14] where appropriate and feasible; and in this context commends recent efforts by the Office of the High Commissioner in launching the Global Resettlement Solidarity Initiative in April 2011 and by States that have responded generously in this respect;", "26. Calls upon the international donor community to provide material and financial assistance for the implementation of programmes intended for the rehabilitation of the environment and infrastructure affected by refugees in countries of asylum as well as internally displaced persons, where appropriate;", "27. Urges the international community, in the spirit of international solidarity and burden‑sharing, to continue to fund generously the refugee programmes of the Office of the High Commissioner and, taking into account the substantially increased needs of programmes in Africa, inter alia, as a result of repatriation possibilities, to ensure that Africa receives a fair and equitable share of the resources designated for refugees;", "28. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner and interested States to identify protracted refugee situations which might lend themselves to resolution through the development of specific, multilateral, comprehensive and practical approaches to resolving such refugee situations, including the improvement of international burden‑ and responsibility‑sharing and the realization of durable solutions, within a multilateral context;", "29. Expresses grave concern about the plight of internally displaced persons in Africa, notes the efforts of African States in strengthening the regional mechanisms for the protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, calls upon States to take concrete action to pre‑empt internal displacement and to meet the protection and assistance needs of internally displaced persons, recalls in that regard the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement,[15] takes note of the current activities of the Office of the High Commissioner related to the protection of and assistance to internally displaced persons, including in the context of inter‑agency arrangements in this field, emphasizes that such activities should be consistent with relevant General Assembly resolutions and should not undermine the refugee mandate of the Office and the institution of asylum, and encourages the High Commissioner to continue his dialogue with States on the role of his Office in this regard;", "30. Invites the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons to continue his ongoing dialogue with Member States and the intergovernmental and non‑governmental organizations concerned, in accordance with his mandate, and to include information thereon in his reports to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly;", "31. Requests the Secretary‑General to submit a comprehensive report on assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa to the General Assembly at its sixty‑seventh session, taking fully into account the efforts expended by countries of asylum, under the item entitled “Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions”.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1001, No. 14691.", "[2]  Ibid., vol. 1520, No. 26363.", "[3]  Ibid., vol. 189, No. 2545.", "[4]  Ibid., vol. 606, No. 8791.", "[5]  Available from www.africa‑union.org.", "[6]  Available from www.icglr.org.", "[7]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 989, No. 14458.", "[8]  A/66/321.", "[9]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty‑sixth Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/66/12).", "[10]  See African Union, documents EX.CL/Dec.600‑643 (XVIII) and EX.CL/Dec.644‑667 (XIX). Available from www.africa‑union.org.", "[11]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty‑fifth Session, Supplement No. 12A (A/65/12/Add.1), chap. III, sect. A.", "[12]  Ibid., Sixty‑sixth Session, Supplement No. 12A (A/66/12/Add.1).", "[13]  Ibid., Fifty‑sixth Session, Supplement No. 12A (A/56/12/Add.1), chap. III, sect. B.", "[14]  Available from www.unhcr.org.", "[15]  E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, annex." ]
A_RES_66_135
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/456)]", "66/135. Assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling the Organization of African Unity Convention that regulates the specific aspects of the problems of refugees in Africa of 1969[1] and the African Charter on Human and Peoples ' Rights[2],", "Reaffirming that the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees[3] and its 1967 Protocol[4], supplemented by the 1969 Organization of African Unity Convention, remain the cornerstone of the international refugee protection regime in Africa,", "Welcoming the adoption and ongoing ratification of the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa[5], which constitute an important step towards strengthening the national and regional policy framework for the protection and assistance of internally displaced persons,", "Recognizing the special vulnerability of women and children among refugees and other persons whose situation is within the competence of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, including the danger of discrimination and sexual and physical abuse, and in this regard recognizing the importance of preventing and addressing sexual and gender-based violence,", "Gravely concerned at the increasing number of refugees in various parts of the continent,", "Recognizing the efforts of Member States, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and other stakeholders to improve the situation of refugees, and expressing grave concern at the increasingly precarious living conditions in many refugee camps in Africa,", "Recognizing that refugees, internally displaced persons and, in particular, women and children are at greater risk of HIV and AIDS infection, malaria and other infectious diseases,", "Recalling the regional dialogues undertaken by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees on protection challenges and solutions for refugee women and girls in Uganda and Zambia in March and April 2011, respectively,", "Welcoming the ministerial mini-cumen on the humanitarian response to the crisis in the Horn of Africa, held in New York on 24 September 2011, the pledging conference for the African Union Horn, held in Addis Ababa on 25 August 2011, and the pledging meeting for Somalia of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, held in Istanbul, Nairobi, on 17 August 2011,", "Noting with appreciation the Joint Declaration adopted by the Joint Summit on the Crisis in the Horn of Africa, in which, inter alia, concern was expressed about the mass exodus of refugees to neighbouring countries, as well as the increase in the number of internally displaced persons caused by the humanitarian crises of drought and famine affecting the Horn of Africa,", "Noting with appreciation also the Pact on Security, Stability and Development in the Great Lakes Region adopted by the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region in 2006[6] and its instruments, in particular two of the protocols to the Covenant that are relevant to the protection of displaced persons, namely the Protocol on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons and the Protocol on the Property Rights of Returning Persons,", "Recognizing with appreciation the generosity, hospitality and spirit of solidarity of the African countries that continue to accept the influx of refugees due to recent humanitarian crises and protracted refugee situations and, in this regard, expressing special appreciation for the commitment and efforts of neighbouring countries in the recent humanitarian crises of Cote d’Ivoire, Libya and the Horn of Africa, and recognizing with appreciation the continuing coordination of humanitarian assistance of the United Nations,", "Recognizing that host States have the primary responsibility to protect and assist refugees in their territory, and the need to redouble efforts to develop and implement comprehensive and durable strategies and solutions, in appropriate cooperation with the international community and sharing burden and responsibility,", "Emphasizing that States have the primary responsibility to provide protection and assistance to internally displaced persons within their jurisdiction, as well as to address the root causes of the problem of displacement, in appropriate cooperation with the international community,", "Welcoming the sixtieth anniversary of the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and the fiftieth anniversary of the 1961 Convention on the Reduction of Statelessness[7] and, in that context, welcoming the convening by the Office of the High Commissioner of an intergovernmental event, at the ministerial level, on 7 and 8 December 2011 to celebrate those anniversaries,", "1. Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General[8] and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees[9];", "2. Calls upon African Member States that have not yet signed or ratified the African Union Convention on the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa.5 to consider doing so as soon as possible to ensure its early entry into force and implementation;", "3. Notes the need for African Member States to address resolutely the root causes of all forms of forced displacement in Africa and to promote peace, stability and prosperity throughout the African continent to prevent refugee flows;", "4. It notes with great concern that, despite all the efforts made so far by the United Nations, the African Union and other organizations, the situation of refugees and displaced persons in Africa remains precarious, and calls upon States and other parties to armed conflict to scrupulously respect the letter and spirit of international humanitarian law, bearing in mind that armed conflict is one of the main causes of forced displacement in Africa;", "5. Welcomes decisions EX.CL/Dec.629 (XVIII) and EX.CL/Dec.653 (XIX) on the humanitarian situation in Africa in the context of refugees, returnees and displaced persons, adopted by the Executive Council of the African Union at its eighteenth regular session, held in Addis Ababa from 24 to 28 January 2011, and at its nineteenth regular session, held in Malabo from 23 to 2810 June 2011, respectively;", "6. Expresses its appreciation for the leadership shown by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and commends its efforts with the support of the international community to assist African asylum countries, in particular by supporting vulnerable local host communities, and addressing the protection and assistance needs of refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa;", "7. Notes with appreciation the initiatives taken by the African Union, the Subcommittee on Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons of the Committee of Permanent Representatives and the African Commission on Human and Peoples ' Rights, in particular the role of its Special Rapporteur on refugees, asylum-seekers, migrants and internally displaced persons in Africa, to ensure protection and assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa;", "8. Recalls the adoption by the Executive Committee of the Programme of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees of the conclusion on refugees with disabilities and other disabled persons to which the Office of the High Commissioner provides protection and assistance at its sixty-first session held from 4 to 8 October 2010[11] and endorses the report on the work of its sixty-second session, held from 3 to 7 October 2011[12];", "9. Recognizes that the incorporation of age, gender and diversity considerations contributes significantly to identifying, through a participatory approach, the risks faced by various members of refugee communities in the area of protection, in particular with regard to non-discriminatory treatment and protection of women, children, persons with disabilities and older persons;", "10. Affirms that children, on the basis of their age, social status and state of physical and mental development, are often more vulnerable than adults in situations of forced displacement, acknowledges that forced displacement, return to post-conflict situations, integration into new societies, prolonged displacement situations and statelessness can increase the protection risks of children, bearing in mind that refugee children are particularly vulnerable to being exposed by force to the risk of physical and physical injury,", "11. Recognizes that no solution to displacement can be durable unless it is sustainable and therefore encourages the Office of the High Commissioner to support the sustainable return, reintegration and resettlement;", "12. Recognizes also the importance of early registration and effective censuses and registration systems as a protection tool and a means of quantifying and assessing the needs for the delivery and distribution of humanitarian assistance and of implementing appropriate durable solutions;", "13. Recalls the conclusion on the registration of refugees and asylum-seekers adopted by the Executive Committee of the High Commissioner ' s Programme at its fifty-second session[13], notes the many forms of harassment to which refugees and asylum-seekers who still lack documents that give evidence of their status, recalls the responsibility of States to register refugees in their territory, and, where appropriate, to carry out the responsibility of the Office of the High Commissioner for effective protection,", "14. Calls upon the international community, including States and the Office of the High Commissioner and other relevant United Nations organizations, within their respective mandates, to take concrete measures to address the protection and assistance needs of refugees, returnees and displaced persons and to contribute generously to projects and programmes aimed at alleviating their plight, facilitating durable solutions for refugees and displaced persons and supporting vulnerable local host communities;", "15. Reaffirms the importance of providing timely and adequate assistance and protection to refugees, returnees and displaced persons, also reaffirms that assistance and protection are mutually reinforcing and that insufficient material assistance and food shortages weaken protection, notes the importance of a rights-based and community-based approach in constructively working with refugees, returnees and displaced persons and their communities to achieve fair and equitable access to food and other forms of assistance,", "16. It also reaffirms that States respect more their responsibilities for refugee protection when international solidarity encompasses all members of the international community, and that the refugee protection regime is more effective when there is international cooperation committed in the spirit of solidarity and willingness to share the burden and responsibility among all States;", "17. Further reaffirms that host States are the primary responsibility for ensuring the civilian and humanitarian character of asylum, calls upon States, in cooperation with international organizations and within their mandates, to take all necessary measures to uphold the principles of protection of refugees and, in particular, to ensure that refugee camps are not compromised by their civilian and humanitarian character by the presence or activities of armed elements, and to continue to be used for purposes that are incompatible with their civilian character,", "18. Condemns all acts that threaten the personal security and well-being of refugees and asylum-seekers, such as refoulement, illegal expulsion and physical assaults, calls upon host States, in cooperation with international organizations, to take, where appropriate, all necessary measures to ensure respect for the principles of protection of refugees, including the humane treatment of asylum-seekers, and encourages such efforts as may be best pursued by the High Commissioner to ensure that such asylum-seekers", "19. Deplores the persistence of violence and insecurity, which constitute a constant threat to the security of the staff of the Office of the High Commissioner and other humanitarian organizations, as well as an obstacle to the effective fulfilment of the mandate of the Office and the capacity of its implementing partners and other humanitarian personnel to carry out their respective humanitarian functions, urges States, parties to the conflict and other relevant actors to take all necessary measures to protect the activities related to humanitarian assistance,", "20. Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner, the African Union, subregional organizations and all African States, in coordination with United Nations system agencies, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations and the international community, to strengthen and revitalize existing cooperation links and to create new ones to support the refugee, asylum-seekers and internally displaced persons protection system;", "21. Calls upon the Office of the High Commissioner, the international community and other interested entities to continue and, where appropriate, to intensify their support to African Governments, in particular those that have received a large number of refugees and asylum-seekers, through appropriate efforts to develop their capacity, such as the training of relevant officials, the dissemination of information on refugee instruments and principles, the provision of financial, technical and advisory services to expedite the enactment or amendment of refugee laws;", "22. Reaffirms the right of return and the principle of voluntary repatriation, calls upon countries of origin and countries of asylum to create conditions conducive to voluntary repatriation, and recognizes that, although voluntary repatriation remains the best solution, local integration and resettlement in third countries, if circumstances permit and if feasible, are also viable options for resolving the situation of African refugees who, due to the circumstances prevailing in their respective countries of origin, may not return to their homes;", "23. Reaffirms also that voluntary repatriation should not necessarily be subject to political solutions in the country of origin in order not to impede the exercise of the right of return of refugees, recognizes that the process of voluntary repatriation and reintegration is normally governed by the conditions prevailing in the country of origin, in particular the possibility of voluntary repatriation in conditions of security and dignity, and urges the High Commissioner to promote sustainable return by developing durable and durable solutions, in particular in protracted refugee situations;", "24. Calls upon the international donor community to provide, as appropriate, material and financial assistance for the implementation of community-based development programmes for the benefit of both the refugees and the communities receiving them, in common agreement with the host countries and in accordance with humanitarian objectives;", "25. Calls upon the international community, in a spirit of solidarity and willingness to share the burden and responsibility, to respond favourably to the resettlement needs of African refugees in third countries, notes in this regard the importance of strategic use of resettlement, within the framework of the comprehensive responses to the specific situations of the various refugees, and, to that end, encourages States, the Office of the High Commissioner and other relevant partners to respond, where appropriate, and be fully implemented", "26. Calls upon the international donor community to provide material and financial assistance to implement programmes aimed at redressing the damage caused by the presence of refugees and internally displaced persons in the infrastructure and environment of asylum countries;", "27. Urges the international community, in the spirit of international solidarity and the willingness to share the burden, to continue to generously fund the programmes of the Office of the High Commissioner for Refugees and, bearing in mind that the needs of programmes in Africa have increased significantly, as a result, inter alia, of repatriation possibilities, to ensure that Africa receives a fair and equitable share of resources for refugees;", "28. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner and interested States to identify situations of protracted refugee presence that could be addressed through a solution based on specific, multilateral, comprehensive and practical approaches to resolving such situations, such as improved international burden-sharing and responsibility and the implementation of durable solutions in a multilateral context;", "29. Expresses great concern at the plight of internally displaced persons in Africa, notes the efforts of African States to strengthen regional mechanisms for the protection and assistance of internally displaced persons, calls upon States to take concrete measures to prevent internal displacement and to address the protection and assistance needs of internally displaced persons, recalls in this regard the Guiding Principles of Internal Displacement,[15]", "30. Invites the Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons to continue his dialogue with Member States and interested in intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, in accordance with his mandate, and to include data thereon in his reports to the Human Rights Council and the General Assembly;", "31. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session, under the item entitled “Report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, questions relating to refugees, returnees and displaced persons and humanitarian questions”, a comprehensive report on assistance to refugees, returnees and displaced persons in Africa, taking fully into account the efforts of the countries of asylum.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1001, No. 14691.", "[2] Ibid., vol. 1520, No. 26363.", "[3] Ibid., vol. 189, No. 2545.", "[4] Ibid., vol. 606, no. 8791.", "[5] Available at www.africa-union.org.", "[6] Available at www.icglr.org.", "[7] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 989, No. 14458.", "[8] A/66/321.", "[9] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 12 (A/66/12).", "[10] See the documents of the African Union EX.CL/Dec.600‐643 (XVIII) and EX.CL/Dec.644-667 (XIX). Available at www.africa-union.org.", "[11] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 12A (A/65/12/Add.1), chap. III, sect. A.", "[12] Ibid., sixty-sixth session, Supplement No. 12A (A/66/12/Add.1).", "[13] Ibid., Fifty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 12A (A/56/12/Add.1), chap. III, sect. B.", "[14] Available at www.acnur.org.", "[15] E/CN.4/1998/53/Add.2, annex." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/457)]", "66/137. Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre educación y formación en materia de derechos humanos", "La Asamblea General,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la aprobación por el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre educación y formación en materia de derechos humanos en su resolución 16/1, de 23 de marzo de 2011[1],", "1. Aprueba la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre educación y formación en materia de derechos humanos que figura en el anexo de la presente resolución;", "2. Invita a los gobiernos, a los organismos y organizaciones del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y las organizaciones intergubernamentales y no gubernamentales a que intensifiquen sus esfuerzos por difundir la Declaración y promover el respeto hacia ella y su comprensión a nivel universal, y solicita al Secretario General que incluya el texto de la Declaración en la próxima edición de Derechos humanos: recopilación de instrumentos internacionales.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "Anexo", "Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre educación y formación en materia de derechos humanos", "La Asamblea General,", "Reafirmando los propósitos y principios de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas relativos a la tarea de promover y fomentar el respeto de todos los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales de todos sin distinción por motivos de raza, sexo, idioma o religión,", "Reafirmando también que tanto los individuos como las instituciones deben promover, mediante la enseñanza y la educación, el respeto de los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales,", "Reafirmando además que toda persona tiene derecho a la educación, y que la educación debe orientarse hacia el pleno desarrollo de la personalidad humana y del sentido de su dignidad, capacitar a todas las personas para participar efectivamente en una sociedad libre, favorecer la comprensión, la tolerancia y la amistad entre todas las naciones y todos los grupos raciales, étnicos o religiosos, y promover el desarrollo de las actividades de las Naciones Unidas para el mantenimiento de la paz, la seguridad y el fomento del desarrollo y de los derechos humanos,", "Reafirmando el deber de los Estados, explicitado en la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos[2], en el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Económicos, Sociales y Culturales[3] y en otros instrumentos de derechos humanos, de encauzar la educación de manera que se fortalezca el respeto de los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales,", "Reconociendo la importancia fundamental de la educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos para la promoción, protección y realización efectiva de todos los derechos humanos,", "Reafirmando el llamamiento de la Conferencia Mundial de Derechos Humanos, celebrada en Viena en 1993, a todos los Estados e instituciones para que incluyeran los derechos humanos, el derecho humanitario, la democracia y el estado de derecho como temas de los planes de estudios de todas las instituciones de enseñanza, y su declaración de que la educación en materia de derechos humanos debe abarcar la paz, la democracia, el desarrollo y la justicia social, tal como se dispone en los instrumentos internacionales y regionales de derechos humanos, a fin de lograr una concepción común y una toma de conciencia colectiva que permitan afianzar el compromiso universal en favor de los derechos humanos[4],", "Recordando el Documento Final de la Cumbre Mundial 2005, en que los Jefes de Estado y de Gobierno apoyaron la promoción de la educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos a todos los niveles, en particular, mediante la ejecución del Programa Mundial para la educación en derechos humanos, e instaron a todos los Estados a preparar iniciativas en ese sentido[5],", "Movida por la voluntad de dar a la comunidad internacional una señal clara para intensificar todos los esfuerzos relativos a la educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos mediante un compromiso colectivo de todas las partes interesadas,", "Declara lo siguiente:", "Artículo 1", "1. Toda persona tiene derecho a poseer, buscar y recibir información sobre todos los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales y debe tener acceso a la educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos.", "2. La educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos son esenciales para la promoción del respeto universal y efectivo de todos los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales de todas las personas, de conformidad con los principios de universalidad, indivisibilidad e interdependencia de los derechos humanos.", "3. El disfrute efectivo de todos los derechos humanos, en particular el derecho a la educación y al acceso a la información, facilita el acceso a la educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos.", "Artículo 2", "1. La educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos están integradas por el conjunto de actividades educativas y de formación, información, sensibilización y aprendizaje que tienen por objeto promover el respeto universal y efectivo de todos los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales, contribuyendo así, entre otras cosas, a la prevención de los abusos y violaciones de los derechos humanos al proporcionar a las personas conocimientos, capacidades y comprensión y desarrollar sus actitudes y comportamientos para que puedan contribuir a la creación y promoción de una cultura universal de derechos humanos.", "2. La educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos engloban:", "a) La educación sobre los derechos humanos, que incluye facilitar el conocimiento y la comprensión de las normas y principios de derechos humanos, los valores que los sostienen y los mecanismos que los protegen;", "b) La educación por medio de los derechos humanos, que incluye aprender y enseñar respetando los derechos de los educadores y los educandos;", "c) La educación para los derechos humanos, que incluye facultar a las personas para que disfruten de sus derechos y los ejerzan, y respeten y defiendan los de los demás.", "Artículo 3", "1. La educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos son un proceso que se prolonga toda la vida y afecta a todas las edades.", "2. La educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos conciernen a todos los sectores de la sociedad, a todos los niveles de la enseñanza, incluidas la educación preescolar, primaria, secundaria y superior, teniendo en cuenta la libertad académica donde corresponda, y a todas las formas de educación, formación y aprendizaje, ya sea en el ámbito escolar, extraescolar o no escolar, tanto en el sector público como en el privado. Incluyen, entre otras cosas, la formación profesional, en particular la formación de formadores, maestros y funcionarios públicos, la educación continua, la educación popular y las actividades de información y sensibilización del público en general.", "3. La educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos deben emplear lenguajes y métodos adaptados a los grupos a los que van dirigidas, teniendo en cuenta sus necesidades y condiciones específicas.", "Artículo 4", "La educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos deben basarse en los principios de la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos y los demás instrumentos y tratados pertinentes, con miras a:", "a) Fomentar el conocimiento, la comprensión y la aceptación de las normas y los principios universales de derechos humanos, así como de las garantías de protección de los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales a nivel internacional, regional y nacional;", "b) Desarrollar una cultura universal de los derechos humanos en la que todos sean conscientes de sus propios derechos y de sus obligaciones respecto de los derechos de los demás, y favorecer el desarrollo de la persona como miembro responsable de una sociedad libre y pacífica, pluralista e incluyente;", "c) Lograr el ejercicio efectivo de todos los derechos humanos y promover la tolerancia, la no discriminación y la igualdad;", "d) Garantizar la igualdad de oportunidades para todos mediante el acceso a una educación y formación en materia de derechos humanos de calidad, sin ningún tipo de discriminación;", "e) Contribuir a la prevención de los abusos y las violaciones de los derechos humanos y a combatir y erradicar todas las formas de discriminación y racismo, los estereotipos y la incitación al odio y los nefastos prejuicios y actitudes en que se basan.", "Artículo 5", "1. La educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos, tanto si las imparten agentes públicos o privados, deben basarse en los principios de la igualdad, especialmente la igualdad entre niñas y niños y entre mujeres y hombres, la dignidad humana, la inclusión y la no discriminación.", "2. La educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos deben ser accesibles y asequibles para todos y deben tener en cuenta las dificultades y los obstáculos particulares a los que se enfrentan las personas y los grupos en situaciones vulnerables y desfavorables, como las personas con discapacidad, así como sus necesidades y expectativas, a fin de fomentar el empoderamiento y el desarrollo humano, contribuir a la eliminación de las causas de exclusión o marginación y permitir a todos el ejercicio de todos sus derechos.", "3. La educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos deben abarcar y enriquecer la diversidad de las civilizaciones, religiones, culturas y tradiciones de los diferentes países, reflejada en la universalidad de los derechos humanos, e inspirarse en ella.", "4. La educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos deben tener en cuenta las diferentes circunstancias económicas, sociales y culturales, favoreciendo al mismo tiempo las iniciativas locales a fin de fomentar la apropiación del objetivo común que es la realización de todos los derechos humanos para todos.", "Artículo 6", "1. La educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos deben aprovechar y utilizar las nuevas tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones, así como los medios de comunicación, para promover todos los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales.", "2. Deben alentarse las artes como medio de formación y sensibilización en la esfera de los derechos humanos.", "Artículo 7", "1. Los Estados y, según corresponda, las autoridades gubernamentales competentes, son los principales responsables de promover y garantizar la educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos, concebidas e impartidas en un espíritu de participación, inclusión y responsabilidad.", "2. Los Estados deben crear un entorno seguro y propicio para la participación de la sociedad civil, el sector privado y otros interesados pertinentes en la educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos, en que se protejan íntegramente los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales de todos, incluidos los que participan en el proceso.", "3. Los Estados deben adoptar medidas, individualmente y con la asistencia y la cooperación internacionales, para garantizar, hasta el máximo de los recursos de que dispongan, la aplicación progresiva de la educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos a través de los medios adecuados, en particular la adopción de políticas y medidas legislativas y administrativas.", "4. Los Estados y, según corresponda, las autoridades gubernamentales competentes deben garantizar la formación adecuada en derechos humanos y, si procede, en derecho internacional humanitario y derecho penal internacional, de los funcionarios y empleados públicos, los jueces, los agentes del orden y el personal militar, así como promover la formación adecuada en derechos humanos de maestros, instructores y otros educadores y personal privado que desempeñen funciones a cuenta del Estado.", "Artículo 8", "l. Los Estados deben formular o promover la formulación, al nivel adecuado, de estrategias y políticas y, según corresponda, de programas y planes de acción, para impartir educación y formación en materia de derechos humanos, por ejemplo integrándolas en los planes de estudios de las escuelas y en los programas de formación. A ese respecto, deben tener en cuenta el Programa Mundial para la educación en derechos humanos y las necesidades y prioridades nacionales y locales específicas.", "2. En la concepción, aplicación, evaluación y seguimiento de las estrategias, los planes de acción, las políticas y los programas deben participar todos los interesados pertinentes, entre otros el sector privado, la sociedad civil y las instituciones nacionales de derechos humanos, alentando, según corresponda, las iniciativas de múltiples interesados.", "Artículo 9", "Los Estados deben fomentar la creación, el desarrollo y el fortalecimiento de instituciones nacionales de derechos humanos eficaces e independientes, conforme a los Principios relativos al estatuto de las instituciones nacionales de promoción y protección de los derechos humanos (“Principios de París”)[6], reconociendo que esas instituciones pueden desempeñar un papel importante, incluida, si fuera necesario, una función de coordinación, en la promoción de la educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos, entre otras cosas, concienciando y movilizando a los agentes públicos y privados pertinentes.", "Artículo 10", "1. Diversos actores sociales, como las instituciones educativas, los medios de comunicación, las familias, las comunidades locales, las instituciones de la sociedad civil, en particular las organizaciones no gubernamentales, los defensores de los derechos humanos y el sector privado, pueden contribuir de manera importante a promover e impartir la educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos.", "2. Se alienta a las instituciones de la sociedad civil, al sector privado y a otros interesados pertinentes a asegurar que su personal reciba educación y formación adecuadas en materia de derechos humanos.", "Artículo 11", "Las Naciones Unidas y las organizaciones internacionales y regionales deben impartir educación y formación en materia de derechos humanos a su personal civil, así como al personal militar y policial que preste servicios con arreglo a sus mandatos.", "Artículo 12", "1. La cooperación internacional a todos los niveles debe respaldar y reforzar las actividades nacionales, incluidas, cuando corresponda, las de nivel local, dirigidas a impartir educación y formación en materia de derechos humanos.", "2. Las actividades complementarias y coordinadas a nivel internacional, regional, nacional y local pueden contribuir a que la educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos se impartan con mayor eficacia.", "3. Debe alentarse la financiación voluntaria de proyectos e iniciativas en la esfera de la educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos.", "Artículo 13", "1. Los mecanismos internacionales y regionales de derechos humanos deben, conforme a sus respectivos mandatos, tener en cuenta en su trabajo la educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos.", "2. Se alienta a los Estados a que incluyan, cuando proceda, información sobre las medidas adoptadas en el ámbito de la educación y la formación en materia de derechos humanos en los informes que presenten a los mecanismos pertinentes de derechos humanos.", "Artículo 14", "Los Estados deben adoptar medidas adecuadas para asegurar la aplicación eficaz y el seguimiento de la presente Declaración y facilitar los recursos necesarios para ello.", "[1]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 53 (A/66/53), cap. I.", "[2]  Resolución 217 A (III).", "[3]  Véase la resolución 2200 A (XXI), anexo.", "[4]  Véase A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), cap. III, sec. II.D, párrs. 79 y 80.", "[5]  Véase la resolución 60/1, párr. 131.", "[6]  Resolución 48/134, anexo." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/457)]", "66/137. United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training", "The General Assembly,", "Welcoming the adoption by the Human Rights Council, in its resolution 16/1 of 23 March 2011,[1] of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training,", "1. Adopts the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training annexed to the present resolution;", "2. Invites Governments, agencies and organizations of the United Nations system, and intergovernmental and non‑governmental organizations to intensify their efforts to disseminate the Declaration and to promote universal respect and understanding thereof, and requests the Secretary‑General to include the text of the Declaration in the next edition of Human Rights: A Compilation of International Instruments.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "Annex", "United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations with regard to the promotion and encouragement of respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion,", "Reaffirming also that every individual and every organ of society shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms,", "Reaffirming further that everyone has the right to education, and that education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and the sense of its dignity, enable all persons to participate effectively in a free society and promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations and all racial, ethnic or religious groups, and further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace, security and the promotion of development and human rights,", "Reaffirming that States are duty‑bound, as stipulated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,[2] the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights[3] and in other human rights instruments, to ensure that education is aimed at strengthening respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms,", "Acknowledging the fundamental importance of human rights education and training in contributing to the promotion, protection and effective realization of all human rights,", "Reaffirming the call of the World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna in 1993, on all States and institutions to include human rights, humanitarian law, democracy and rule of law in the curricula of all learning institutions, and its statement that human rights education should include peace, democracy, development and social justice, as set forth in international and regional human rights instruments, in order to achieve common understanding and awareness with a view to strengthening universal commitment to human rights,[4]", "Recalling the 2005 World Summit Outcome, in which Heads of State and Government supported the promotion of human rights education and learning at all levels, including through the implementation of the World Programme for Human Rights Education, and encouraged all States to develop initiatives in that regard,[5]", "Motivated by the desire to send a strong signal to the international community to strengthen all efforts in human rights education and training through a collective commitment by all stakeholders,", "Declares the following:", "Article 1", "1. Everyone has the right to know, seek and receive information about all human rights and fundamental freedoms and should have access to human rights education and training.", "2. Human rights education and training is essential for the promotion of universal respect for and observance of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, in accordance with the principles of the universality, indivisibility and interdependence of human rights.", "3. The effective enjoyment of all human rights, in particular the right to education and access to information, enables access to human rights education and training.", "Article 2", "1. Human rights education and training comprises all educational, training, information, awareness‑raising and learning activities aimed at promoting universal respect for and observance of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and thus contributing, inter alia, to the prevention of human rights violations and abuses by providing persons with knowledge, skills and understanding and developing their attitudes and behaviours, to empower them to contribute to the building and promotion of a universal culture of human rights.", "2. Human rights education and training encompasses:", "(a) Education about human rights, which includes providing knowledge and understanding of human rights norms and principles, the values that underpin them and the mechanisms for their protection;", "(b) Education through human rights, which includes learning and teaching in a way that respects the rights of both educators and learners;", "(c) Education for human rights, which includes empowering persons to enjoy and exercise their rights and to respect and uphold the rights of others.", "Article 3", "1. Human rights education and training is a lifelong process that concerns all ages.", "2. Human rights education and training concerns all parts of society, at all levels, including preschool, primary, secondary and higher education, taking into account academic freedom where applicable, and all forms of education, training and learning, whether in a public or private, formal, informal or non‑formal setting. It includes, inter alia, vocational training, particularly the training of trainers, teachers and State officials, continuing education, popular education, and public information and awareness activities.", "3. Human rights education and training should use languages and methods suited to target groups, taking into account their specific needs and conditions.", "Article 4", "Human rights education and training should be based on the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and relevant treaties and instruments, with a view to:", "(a) Raising awareness, understanding and acceptance of universal human rights standards and principles, as well as guarantees at the international, regional and national levels for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms;", "(b) Developing a universal culture of human rights, in which everyone is aware of their own rights and responsibilities in respect of the rights of others, and promoting the development of the individual as a responsible member of a free, peaceful, pluralist and inclusive society;", "(c) Pursuing the effective realization of all human rights and promoting tolerance, non‑discrimination and equality;", "(d) Ensuring equal opportunities for all through access to quality human rights education and training, without any discrimination;", "(e) Contributing to the prevention of human rights violations and abuses and to the combating and eradication of all forms of discrimination, racism, stereotyping and incitement to hatred, and the harmful attitudes and prejudices that underlie them.", "Article 5", "1. Human rights education and training, whether provided by public or private actors, should be based on the principles of equality, particularly between girls and boys and between women and men, human dignity, inclusion and non‑discrimination.", "2. Human rights education and training should be accessible and available to all persons and should take into account the particular challenges and barriers faced by, and the needs and expectations of, persons in vulnerable and disadvantaged situations and groups, including persons with disabilities, in order to promote empowerment and human development and to contribute to the elimination of the causes of exclusion or marginalization, as well as enable everyone to exercise all their rights.", "3. Human rights education and training should embrace and enrich, as well as draw inspiration from, the diversity of civilizations, religions, cultures and traditions of different countries, as it is reflected in the universality of human rights.", "4. Human rights education and training should take into account different economic, social and cultural circumstances, while promoting local initiatives in order to encourage ownership of the common goal of the fulfilment of all human rights for all.", "Article 6", "1. Human rights education and training should capitalize on and make use of new information and communication technologies, as well as the media, to promote all human rights and fundamental freedoms.", "2. The arts should be encouraged as a means of training and raising awareness in the field of human rights.", "Article 7", "1. States, and where applicable relevant governmental authorities, have the primary responsibility to promote and ensure human rights education and training, developed and implemented in a spirit of participation, inclusion and responsibility.", "2. States should create a safe and enabling environment for the engagement of civil society, the private sector and other relevant stakeholders in human rights education and training, in which the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all, including of those engaged in the process, are fully protected.", "3. States should take steps, individually and through international assistance and cooperation, to ensure, to the maximum of their available resources, the progressive implementation of human rights education and training by appropriate means, including the adoption of legislative and administrative measures and policies.", "4. States, and where applicable relevant governmental authorities, should ensure adequate training in human rights and, where appropriate, international humanitarian law and international criminal law, of State officials, civil servants, judges, law enforcement officials and military personnel, as well as promote adequate training in human rights for teachers, trainers and other educators and private personnel acting on behalf of the State.", "Article 8", "l. States should develop, or promote the development of, at the appropriate level, strategies and policies and, where appropriate, action plans and programmes to implement human rights education and training, such as through its integration into school and training curricula. In so doing, they should take into account the World Programme for Human Rights Education and specific national and local needs and priorities.", "2. The conception, implementation and evaluation of and follow‑up to such strategies, action plans, policies and programmes should involve all relevant stakeholders, including the private sector, civil society and national human rights institutions, by promoting, where appropriate, multi‑stakeholder initiatives.", "Article 9", "States should promote the establishment, development and strengthening of effective and independent national human rights institutions, in compliance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (“the Paris Principles”),[6] recognizing that national human rights institutions can play an important role, including, where necessary, a coordinating role, in promoting human rights education and training by, inter alia, raising awareness and mobilizing relevant public and private actors.", "Article 10", "1. Various actors within society, including, inter alia, educational institutions, the media, families, local communities, civil society institutions, including non‑governmental organizations, human rights defenders and the private sector, have an important role to play in promoting and providing human rights education and training.", "2. Civil society institutions, the private sector and other relevant stakeholders are encouraged to ensure adequate human rights education and training for their staff and personnel.", "Article 11", "The United Nations and international and regional organizations should provide human rights education and training for their civilian personnel and for military and police personnel serving under their mandates.", "Article 12", "1. International cooperation at all levels should support and reinforce national efforts, including, where applicable, at the local level, to implement human rights education and training.", "2. Complementary and coordinated efforts at the international, regional, national and local levels can contribute to more effective implementation of human rights education and training.", "3. Voluntary funding for projects and initiatives in the field of human rights education and training should be encouraged.", "Article 13", "1. International and regional human rights mechanisms should, within their respective mandates, take into account human rights education and training in their work.", "2. States are encouraged to include, where appropriate, information on the measures that they have adopted in the field of human rights education and training in their reports to relevant human rights mechanisms.", "Article 14", "States should take appropriate measures to ensure the effective implementation of and follow‑up to the present Declaration and make the necessary resources available in this regard.", "[1]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty‑sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53), chap. I.", "[2]  Resolution 217 A (III).", "[3]  See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.", "[4]  See A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III, sect. II.D, paras. 79 and 80.", "[5]  See resolution 60/1, para. 131.", "[6]  Resolution 48/134, annex." ]
A_RES_66_137
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/457)]", "66/137. United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training", "The General Assembly,", "Welcoming the adoption by the Human Rights Council of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training in its resolution 16/1 of 23 March 2011[1],", "1. Adopts the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training contained in the annex to the present resolution;", "2. Invites Governments, agencies and organizations of the United Nations system and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to intensify their efforts to disseminate and promote respect for the Declaration and its universal understanding, and requests the Secretary-General to include the text of the Declaration in the next edition of Human Rights: compilation of international instruments.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "Annex", "United Nations Declaration on Human Rights Education and Training", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations concerning the promotion and promotion of respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms of all without distinction as to race, sex, language or religion,", "Reaffirming also that both individuals and institutions should promote, through education and education, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms,", "Reaffirming further that everyone has the right to education, and that education should be directed towards the full development of the human personality and the sense of their dignity, to train all persons to participate effectively in a free society, to promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations and all racial, ethnic or religious groups, and to promote the development of United Nations activities for the maintenance of peace, security and the promotion of development and human rights,", "Reaffirming the duty of States, as stated in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[2], in the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights[3] and in other human rights instruments, to channel education so as to strengthen respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms,", "Recognizing the fundamental importance of human rights education and training for the promotion, protection and effective realization of all human rights,", "Reaffirming the call of the World Conference on Human Rights, held in Vienna in 1993, to all States and institutions to include human rights, humanitarian law, democracy and the rule of law as subjects of the curricula of all educational institutions, and its declaration that human rights education should encompass peace, democracy, development and social justice, as provided for in international and regional human rights instruments,4", "Recalling the 2005 World Summit Outcome, in which Heads of State and Government supported the promotion of human rights education and training at all levels, in particular through the implementation of the World Programme for Human Rights Education, and urged all States to develop initiatives in this regard[5],", "Moving for the willingness to give the international community a clear signal to intensify all efforts on human rights education and training through a collective commitment of all stakeholders,", "Declare the following:", "Article 1", "1. Everyone has the right to own, seek and receive information on all human rights and fundamental freedoms and must have access to human rights education and training.", "2. Human rights education and training are essential for the promotion of universal and effective respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all, in accordance with the principles of universality, indivisibility and interdependence of human rights.", "3. The effective enjoyment of all human rights, in particular the right to education and access to information, facilitates access to human rights education and training.", "Article 2", "1. Human rights education and training are made up of all educational and training activities, information, awareness-raising and learning aimed at promoting universal and effective respect for all human rights and fundamental freedoms, thereby contributing, inter alia, to the prevention of human rights abuses and violations by providing people with knowledge, skills and understanding and developing their attitudes and behaviours so that they can contribute to the creation and promotion of a universal culture of human rights.", "2. Human rights education and training include:", "(a) Human rights education, which includes facilitating the knowledge and understanding of human rights norms and principles, their values and the mechanisms that protect them;", "(b) Human rights education, which includes learning and teaching respecting the rights of educators and educators;", "(c) Human rights education, which includes empowering individuals to enjoy and exercise their rights, respecting and defending others.", "Article 3", "1. Human rights education and training are a lifelong process that affects all ages.", "2. Human rights education and training concern all sectors of society, at all levels of education, including pre-school, primary, secondary and higher education, taking into account the appropriate academic freedom, and all forms of education, training and learning, whether in the school, non-formal or non-formal fields, in both the public and private sectors. They include, inter alia, vocational training, including training of trainers, teachers and public officials, continuing education, popular education and public awareness and information activities.", "3. Human rights education and training should employ languages and methods adapted to target groups, taking into account their specific needs and conditions.", "Article 4", "Human rights education and training should be based on the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other relevant instruments and treaties, with a view to:", "(a) To promote knowledge, understanding and acceptance of universal human rights norms and principles, as well as guarantees for the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms at the international, regional and national levels;", "(b) Develop a universal culture of human rights in which all are aware of their own rights and obligations regarding the rights of others, and promote the development of the person as a responsible member of a free, peaceful, pluralistic and inclusive society;", "(c) To achieve the effective exercise of all human rights and to promote tolerance, non-discrimination and equality;", "(d) Ensure equal opportunities for all through access to quality human rights education and training without any discrimination;", "(e) To contribute to the prevention of human rights abuses and violations and to combating and eradicating all forms of discrimination and racism, stereotypes and incitement to hatred and the harmful prejudices and attitudes on which they are based.", "Article 5", "1. Human rights education and training, whether provided by public or private actors, should be based on the principles of equality, especially equality between girls and boys and between women and men, human dignity, inclusion and non-discrimination.", "2. Human rights education and training should be accessible and affordable to all and should take into account the particular difficulties and obstacles faced by persons and groups in vulnerable and disadvantaged situations, such as persons with disabilities, as well as their needs and expectations, in order to promote empowerment and human development, contribute to the elimination of the causes of exclusion or marginalization and enable all to exercise all their rights.", "3. Human rights education and training should encompass and enrich the diversity of civilizations, religions, cultures and traditions of different countries, reflected in and inspired by the universality of human rights.", "4. Human rights education and training should take into account the different economic, social and cultural circumstances, while at the same time promoting local initiatives in order to promote the appropriateness of the common goal that is the realization of all human rights for all.", "Article 6", "1. Human rights education and training should take advantage of and use new information and communication technologies, as well as the media, to promote all human rights and fundamental freedoms.", "2. Arts should be encouraged as a means of human rights training and awareness.", "Article 7", "1. States and, as appropriate, the competent government authorities are the primary responsibility for promoting and ensuring human rights education and training, conceived and imparted in a spirit of participation, inclusion and responsibility.", "2. States should create a safe and enabling environment for the participation of civil society, the private sector and other relevant stakeholders in human rights education and training, which fully protect the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all, including those involved in the process.", "3. States should take measures, individually and with international assistance and cooperation, to ensure, to the maximum extent of their available resources, the progressive implementation of human rights education and training through appropriate means, including the adoption of legislative and administrative policies and measures.", "4. States and, as appropriate, the competent government authorities must ensure adequate human rights training and, where appropriate, international humanitarian law and international criminal law, civil servants and civil servants, judges, law enforcement officials and military personnel, as well as promote adequate human rights training for teachers, trainers and other educators and private personnel performing State-owned functions.", "Article 8", "l. States should formulate or promote the formulation, at the appropriate level, of strategies and policies and, as appropriate, of programmes and action plans, to provide human rights education and training, including by integrating them into school curricula and training programmes. In that regard, they should take into account the World Programme for Human Rights Education and specific national and local needs and priorities.", "2. In designing, implementing, evaluating and monitoring strategies, action plans, policies and programmes should involve all relevant stakeholders, including the private sector, civil society and national human rights institutions, encouraging, as appropriate, multi-stakeholder initiatives.", "Article 9", "States should promote the creation, development and strengthening of effective and independent national human rights institutions, in accordance with the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights (“Paris Principles”),[6], recognizing that such institutions can play an important role, including, if necessary, a coordination role, in promoting human rights education and training, inter alia, by raising awareness and mobilizing relevant public and private actors.", "Article 10", "1. Various social actors, such as educational institutions, the media, families, local communities, civil society institutions, in particular non-governmental organizations, human rights defenders and the private sector, can play an important role in promoting and imparting human rights education and training.", "2. Civil society institutions, the private sector and other relevant stakeholders are encouraged to ensure that their staff receive adequate human rights education and training.", "Article 11", "The United Nations and international and regional organizations should provide human rights education and training to their civilian personnel, as well as to military and police personnel serving in accordance with their mandates.", "Article 12", "1. International cooperation at all levels should support and strengthen national activities, including, where appropriate, those at the local level, aimed at providing human rights education and training.", "2. Complementary and coordinated activities at the international, regional, national and local levels can contribute to more effective human rights education and training.", "3. Voluntary funding for projects and initiatives in the field of human rights education and training should be encouraged.", "Article 13", "1. International and regional human rights mechanisms should, in accordance with their respective mandates, take into account human rights education and training in their work.", "2. States are encouraged to include, where appropriate, information on measures taken in the field of human rights education and training in reports to relevant human rights mechanisms.", "Article 14", "States should take appropriate measures to ensure the effective implementation and follow-up to the present Declaration and to provide the necessary resources for that purpose.", "[1] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53), chap. I.", "[2] Resolution 217 A (III).", "[3] See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.", "[4] See A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III, sect. II.D, paras. 79 and 80.", "[5] See resolution 60/1, para. 131.", "[6] Resolution 48/134, annex." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/457)]", "66/138. Protocolo facultativo de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño relativo a un procedimiento de comunicaciones", "La Asamblea General,", "Tomando nota con aprecio de la aprobación por el Consejo de Derechos Humanos, en virtud de su resolución 17/18, de 17 de junio de 2011[1], del Protocolo facultativo de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño relativo a un procedimiento de comunicaciones,", "1. Aprueba el Protocolo facultativo de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño relativo a un procedimiento de comunicaciones que figura en el anexo de la presente resolución;", "2. Recomienda que el Protocolo facultativo quede abierto a la firma en una ceremonia de firma que se celebre en 2012, y solicita al Secretario General y a la Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos que presten la asistencia necesaria a tal efecto.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "Anexo", "Protocolo facultativo de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño relativo a un procedimiento de comunicaciones", "Los Estados partes en el presente Protocolo,", "Considerando que, de conformidad con los principios enunciados en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, la libertad, la justicia y la paz en el mundo se basan en el reconocimiento de la dignidad inherente a todos los miembros de la familia humana y de sus derechos iguales e inalienables,", "Observando que los Estados partes en la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño (en adelante “la Convención”) reconocen los derechos enunciados en la Convención a todos los niños sujetos a su jurisdicción sin discriminación alguna, independientemente de la raza, el color, el sexo, el idioma, la religión, la opinión política o de otra índole, el origen nacional, étnico o social, la posición económica, la discapacidad, el nacimiento o cualquier otra condición del niño, de sus padres o de su tutor legal,", "Reafirmando la universalidad, indivisibilidad, interdependencia e interrelación de todos los derechos humanos y libertades fundamentales,", "Reafirmando también la condición del niño como sujeto de derechos y ser humano con dignidad y con capacidades en evolución,", "Reconociendo que la situación especial y de dependencia de los niños les puede dificultar seriamente el ejercicio de recursos para reparar la violación de sus derechos,", "Considerando que el presente Protocolo vendrá a reforzar y complementar los mecanismos nacionales y regionales al permitir a los niños denunciar la violación de sus derechos,", "Reconociendo que el respeto del interés superior del niño deberá ser una consideración fundamental cuando se ejerzan recursos para reparar la violación de sus derechos, así como la necesidad de procedimientos adaptados al niño en todas las instancias,", "Alentando a los Estados partes a que establezcan mecanismos nacionales apropiados para que los niños cuyos derechos hayan sido vulnerados tengan acceso a recursos efectivos en sus países,", "Recordando la importante función que pueden desempeñar a ese respecto las instituciones nacionales de derechos humanos y otras instituciones especializadas competentes que tengan el mandato de promover y proteger los derechos del niño,", "Considerando que, a fin de reforzar y complementar esos mecanismos nacionales y de mejorar la aplicación de la Convención y, cuando sea el caso, de sus Protocolos facultativos relativos a la venta de niños, la prostitución infantil y la utilización de niños en la pornografía, y a la participación de niños en los conflictos armados, convendría facultar al Comité de los Derechos del Niño (en adelante “el Comité”) para que desempeñe las funciones previstas en el presente Protocolo,", "Han convenido en lo siguiente:", "Parte I Generalidades", "Artículo 1 Competencia del Comité de los Derechos del Niño", "1. Los Estados partes en el presente Protocolo reconocen la competencia del Comité conforme a lo dispuesto en el presente Protocolo.", "2. El Comité no ejercerá su competencia respecto de un Estado parte en el presente Protocolo en relación con la violación de los derechos establecidos en un instrumento en que dicho Estado no sea parte.", "3. El Comité no recibirá ninguna comunicación que concierna a un Estado que no sea parte en el presente Protocolo.", "Artículo 2 Principios generales que rigen las funciones del Comité", "Al ejercer las funciones que le confiere el presente Protocolo, el Comité se guiará por el principio del interés superior del niño. También tendrá en cuenta los derechos y las opiniones del niño, y dará a esas opiniones el debido peso, en consonancia con la edad y la madurez del niño.", "Artículo 3 Reglamento", "1. El Comité aprobará el reglamento que habrá de aplicar en el ejercicio de las funciones que le confiere el presente Protocolo. Al hacerlo tendrá en cuenta, en particular, el artículo 2 del presente Protocolo, para garantizar que los procedimientos se adapten al niño.", "2. El Comité incluirá en su reglamento salvaguardias para evitar que quienes actúen en nombre de niños los manipulen, y podrá negarse a examinar toda comunicación que en su opinión no redunde en el interés superior del niño.", "Artículo 4 Medidas de protección", "1. Los Estados partes adoptarán todas las medidas que procedan para que las personas sujetas a su jurisdicción no sean objeto de ninguna violación de sus derechos humanos, maltrato o intimidación como consecuencia de haberse comunicado con el Comité o de haber cooperado con él de conformidad con el presente Protocolo.", "2. No se revelará públicamente la identidad de ninguna persona o grupo de personas interesados sin su consentimiento expreso.", "Parte II Procedimiento de comunicaciones", "Artículo 5 Comunicaciones individuales", "1. Las comunicaciones podrán ser presentadas por, o en nombre de, personas o grupos de personas sujetas a la jurisdicción de un Estado parte que afirmen ser víctimas de una violación por el Estado parte de cualquiera de los derechos enunciados en cualquiera de los siguientes instrumentos en que ese Estado sea parte:", "a) La Convención;", "b) El Protocolo facultativo de la Convención relativo a la venta de niños, la prostitución infantil y la utilización de niños en la pornografía;", "c) El Protocolo facultativo de la Convención relativo a la participación de niños en los conflictos armados.", "2. Cuando se presente una comunicación en nombre de una persona o un grupo de personas, se requerirá su consentimiento, a menos que el autor pueda justificar el actuar en su nombre sin tal consentimiento.", "Artículo 6 Medidas provisionales", "1. El Comité, tras recibir una comunicación y antes de pronunciarse sobre la cuestión de fondo, podrá en cualquier momento dirigir al Estado parte de que se trate, para que este la estudie con urgencia, la solicitud de que adopte las medidas provisionales que puedan ser necesarias en circunstancias excepcionales para evitar posibles daños irreparables a la víctima o las víctimas de la presunta violación.", "2. El hecho de que el Comité ejerza la facultad discrecional que le confiere el párrafo 1 del presente artículo no entrañará juicio alguno sobre la admisibilidad ni sobre el fondo de la comunicación.", "Artículo 7 Admisibilidad", "El Comité declarará inadmisible toda comunicación que:", "a) Sea anónima;", "b) No se presente por escrito;", "c) Constituya un abuso del derecho a presentar tales comunicaciones o sea incompatible con las disposiciones de la Convención y/o de sus Protocolos facultativos;", "d) Se refiera a una cuestión que ya haya sido examinada por el Comité o que haya sido o esté siendo examinada en virtud de otro procedimiento de investigación o arreglo internacional;", "e) Se presente sin que se hayan agotado todos los recursos internos disponibles, salvo que la tramitación de esos recursos se prolongue injustificadamente o que sea improbable que con ellos se logre una reparación efectiva;", "f) Sea manifiestamente infundada o no esté suficientemente fundamentada;", "g) Se refiera a hechos sucedidos antes de la fecha de entrada en vigor del presente Protocolo para el Estado parte de que se trate, salvo que esos hechos hayan continuado produciéndose después de esa fecha;", "h) No se haya presentado en el plazo de un año tras el agotamiento de los recursos internos, salvo en los casos en que el autor pueda demostrar que no fue posible presentarla dentro de ese plazo.", "Artículo 8 Transmisión de la comunicación", "1. A menos que el Comité considere que una comunicación es inadmisible sin remisión al Estado parte interesado, el Comité pondrá en conocimiento de ese Estado parte, de forma confidencial y a la mayor brevedad, toda comunicación que se le presente con arreglo al presente Protocolo.", "2. El Estado parte presentará al Comité por escrito explicaciones o declaraciones en las que se aclare la cuestión y se indiquen las medidas correctivas que se hayan adoptado, de ser ese el caso. El Estado parte presentará su respuesta a la mayor brevedad y dentro de un plazo de seis meses.", "Artículo 9 Solución amigable", "1. El Comité pondrá sus buenos oficios a disposición de las partes interesadas con miras a llegar a una solución amigable de la cuestión sobre la base del respeto de las obligaciones establecidas en la Convención y/o en sus Protocolos facultativos.", "2. El acuerdo en una solución amigable logrado bajo los auspicios del Comité pondrá fin al examen de la comunicación en el marco del presente Protocolo.", "Artículo 10 Examen de las comunicaciones", "1. El Comité examinará las comunicaciones que reciba en virtud del presente Protocolo con la mayor celeridad posible y a la luz de toda la documentación que se haya puesto a su disposición, siempre que esa documentación sea transmitida a las partes interesadas.", "2. El Comité examinará en sesión privada las comunicaciones que reciba en virtud del presente Protocolo.", "3. Cuando el Comité haya solicitado medidas provisionales, acelerará el examen de la comunicación.", "4. Al examinar una comunicación en que se denuncien violaciones de derechos económicos, sociales o culturales, el Comité considerará hasta qué punto son razonables las medidas adoptadas por el Estado parte de conformidad con el artículo 4 de la Convención. Al hacerlo, el Comité tendrá presente que el Estado parte puede adoptar toda una serie de posibles medidas de política para hacer efectivos los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales enunciados en la Convención.", "5. Tras examinar una comunicación, el Comité hará llegar sin dilación a las partes interesadas su dictamen sobre la comunicación, junto con sus eventuales recomendaciones.", "Artículo 11 Seguimiento", "1. El Estado parte dará la debida consideración al dictamen del Comité, así como a sus eventuales recomendaciones, y le enviará una respuesta por escrito que incluya información sobre las medidas que haya adoptado o tenga previsto adoptar a la luz del dictamen y las recomendaciones del Comité. El Estado parte presentará su respuesta a la mayor brevedad y dentro de un plazo de seis meses.", "2. El Comité podrá invitar al Estado parte a presentar más información sobre las medidas que haya adoptado en atención a su dictamen o sus recomendaciones, o en aplicación de un eventual acuerdo de solución amigable, incluso si el Comité lo considera procedente, en los informes que presente ulteriormente de conformidad con el artículo 44 de la Convención, el artículo 12 del Protocolo facultativo de la Convención relativo a la venta de niños, la prostitución infantil y la utilización de niños en la pornografía o el artículo 8 del Protocolo facultativo de la Convención relativo a la participación de niños en los conflictos armados, según el caso.", "Artículo 12 Comunicaciones entre Estados", "1. Todo Estado parte en el presente Protocolo podrá declarar en cualquier momento que reconoce la competencia del Comité para recibir y examinar comunicaciones en que un Estado parte alegue que otro Estado parte no cumple las obligaciones dimanantes de cualquiera de los siguientes instrumentos en que ese Estado sea parte:", "a) La Convención;", "b) El Protocolo facultativo de la Convención relativo a la venta de niños, la prostitución infantil y la utilización de niños en la pornografía;", "c) El Protocolo facultativo de la Convención relativo a la participación de niños en los conflictos armados.", "2. El Comité no admitirá comunicaciones que se refieran a un Estado parte que no haya hecho esa declaración, ni comunicaciones procedentes de un Estado parte que no haya hecho esa declaración.", "3. El Comité pondrá sus buenos oficios a disposición de los Estados partes de que se trate con miras a llegar a una solución amigable de la cuestión sobre la base del respeto de las obligaciones establecidas en la Convención y en sus Protocolos facultativos.", "4. Los Estados partes depositarán la declaración prevista en el párrafo 1 del presente artículo en poder del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, que remitirá copias de ella a los demás Estados partes. La declaración podrá retirarse en cualquier momento mediante notificación al Secretario General. Dicho retiro se hará sin perjuicio del examen de asunto alguno que sea objeto de una comunicación ya transmitida en virtud del presente artículo; después de que el Secretario General haya recibido la notificación correspondiente de retiro de la declaración, no se recibirán nuevas comunicaciones de ningún Estado parte en virtud del presente artículo, a menos que el Estado parte interesado haya hecho una nueva declaración.", "Parte III Procedimiento de investigación", "Artículo 13 Procedimiento de investigación en caso de violaciones graves o sistemáticas", "1. El Comité, si recibe información fidedigna que indique violaciones graves o sistemáticas por un Estado parte de los derechos enunciados en la Convención o en sus Protocolos facultativos relativos a la venta de niños, la prostitución infantil y la utilización de niños en la pornografía o a la participación de niños en los conflictos armados, invitará a ese Estado a colaborar en el examen de la información y, a esos efectos, a presentar sin dilación sus observaciones al respecto.", "2. El Comité, teniendo en cuenta las observaciones que haya presentado el Estado parte de que se trate, así como cualquier otra información fidedigna que se haya puesto a su disposición, podrá designar a uno o más de sus miembros para que realicen una investigación y le presenten un informe con carácter urgente. Cuando se justifique, y con el consentimiento del Estado parte, la investigación podrá incluir una visita al territorio de este.", "3. La investigación tendrá carácter confidencial, y se recabará la colaboración del Estado parte en todas las etapas del procedimiento.", "4. Tras examinar las conclusiones de la investigación, el Comité las transmitirá sin dilación al Estado parte de que se trate, junto con las observaciones y recomendaciones del caso.", "5. El Estado parte interesado presentará sus propias observaciones al Comité lo antes posible, dentro de un plazo de seis meses contado a partir de la fecha en que reciba los resultados de la investigación y las observaciones y recomendaciones que le transmita el Comité.", "6. Cuando hayan concluido las actuaciones relacionadas con una investigación realizada de conformidad con el párrafo 2 del presente artículo, el Comité, previa consulta con el Estado parte de que se trate, podrá decidir que se incluya un resumen de sus resultados en el informe a que se refiere el artículo 16 del presente Protocolo.", "7. Cada Estado parte podrá declarar, en el momento de firmar o ratificar el presente Protocolo o de adherirse a él, que no reconoce la competencia del Comité prevista en el presente artículo con respecto a los derechos enunciados en algunos de los instrumentos enumerados en el párrafo 1, o en todos ellos.", "8. El Estado parte que haya hecho una declaración conforme a lo dispuesto en el párrafo 7 del presente artículo podrá retirarla en cualquier momento mediante notificación dirigida al Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas.", "Artículo 14 Seguimiento del procedimiento de investigación", "1. Transcurrido el plazo de seis meses que se indica en el artículo 13, párrafo 5, el Comité, de ser necesario, podrá invitar al Estado parte de que se trate a que lo informe de las medidas que haya adoptado y tenga previsto adoptar a raíz de una investigación realizada en virtud del artículo 13 del presente Protocolo.", "2. El Comité podrá invitar al Estado parte a presentar más información sobre cualquiera de las medidas que haya tomado a raíz de una investigación realizada en virtud del artículo 13, incluso, si el Comité lo considera procedente, en los informes que presente ulteriormente de conformidad con el artículo 44 de la Convención, el artículo 12 del Protocolo facultativo de la Convención relativo a la venta de niños, la prostitución infantil y la utilización de niños en la pornografía o el artículo 8 del Protocolo facultativo de la Convención relativo a la participación de niños en los conflictos armados, según el caso.", "Parte IV Disposiciones finales", "Artículo 15 Asistencia y cooperación internacionales", "1. El Comité, con el consentimiento del Estado parte de que se trate, podrá transmitir a los organismos especializados, fondos y programas y otros órganos competentes de las Naciones Unidas sus dictámenes o recomendaciones acerca de las comunicaciones e investigaciones en que se indique la necesidad de asistencia o asesoramiento técnico, junto con las eventuales observaciones y sugerencias del Estado parte sobre esos dictámenes o recomendaciones.", "2. El Comité también podrá señalar a la atención de esos órganos, con el consentimiento del Estado parte de que se trate, toda cuestión que se plantee en las comunicaciones examinadas en virtud del presente Protocolo que pueda ayudarlos a pronunciarse, cada cual dentro de su esfera de competencia, sobre la conveniencia de adoptar medidas internacionales para ayudar a los Estados partes a hacer valer de forma más efectiva los derechos reconocidos en la Convención y/o en sus Protocolos facultativos.", "Artículo 16 Informe a la Asamblea General", "El Comité incluirá en el informe que presenta cada dos años a la Asamblea General de conformidad con el artículo 44, párrafo 5, de la Convención un resumen de las actividades que haya realizado con arreglo al presente Protocolo.", "Artículo 17 Divulgación e información sobre el Protocolo facultativo", "Cada Estado parte se compromete a dar a conocer ampliamente y divulgar el presente Protocolo, por medios eficaces y apropiados y en formatos asequibles, tanto entre los adultos como entre los niños, incluidos aquellos con discapacidad, así como a facilitar la consulta de información sobre los dictámenes y recomendaciones del Comité, en particular respecto de las cuestiones que le conciernan.", "Artículo 18 Firma, ratificación y adhesión", "1. El presente Protocolo estará abierto a la firma de todos los Estados que hayan firmado o ratificado la Convención o alguno de sus dos primeros Protocolos facultativos, o se hayan adherido a aquella o a alguno de estos.", "2. El presente Protocolo estará sujeto a ratificación por cualquier Estado que haya ratificado la Convención o alguno de sus dos primeros Protocolos facultativos, o se haya adherido a aquella o a alguno de estos. Los instrumentos de ratificación serán depositados en poder del Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas.", "3. El presente Protocolo quedará abierto a la adhesión de todos los Estados que hayan ratificado la Convención o alguno de sus dos primeros Protocolos facultativos, o se hayan adherido a aquella o a alguno de estos.", "4. La adhesión se hará efectiva mediante el depósito del instrumento correspondiente en poder del Secretario General.", "Artículo 19 Entrada en vigor", "1. El presente Protocolo entrará en vigor tres meses después de la fecha en que se deposite el décimo instrumento de ratificación o de adhesión.", "2. Para cada Estado que ratifique el presente Protocolo o se adhiera a él después de haberse depositado el décimo instrumento de ratificación o de adhesión, el presente Protocolo entrará en vigor tres meses después de la fecha en que ese Estado haya depositado su instrumento de ratificación o de adhesión.", "Artículo 20 Violaciones ocurridas después de la entrada en vigor", "1. La competencia del Comité solo se extenderá a las violaciones por los Estados partes de cualquiera de los derechos enunciados en la Convención y/o en sus dos primeros Protocolos facultativos que ocurran con posterioridad a la fecha de entrada en vigor del presente Protocolo.", "2. Si un Estado pasa a ser parte en el presente Protocolo después de su entrada en vigor, sus obligaciones con respecto al Comité solo se extenderán a las violaciones de los derechos enunciados en la Convención y/o en sus dos primeros Protocolos facultativos que ocurran con posterioridad a la fecha de entrada en vigor del presente Protocolo para ese Estado.", "Artículo 21 Enmiendas", "1. Cualquier Estado parte podrá proponer enmiendas al presente Protocolo y presentarlas al Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas, el cual comunicará a los Estados partes las enmiendas propuestas y les pedirá que le notifiquen si desean que convoque una reunión de los Estados partes para examinar las propuestas y tomar una decisión al respecto. Si, en el plazo de cuatro meses a partir de la fecha de la comunicación, al menos un tercio de los Estados partes se declara en favor de la reunión, el Secretario General la convocará bajo los auspicios de las Naciones Unidas. Las enmiendas adoptadas por una mayoría de los dos tercios de los Estados partes presentes y votantes serán sometidas por el Secretario General a la aprobación de la Asamblea General y, posteriormente, a la aceptación de todos los Estados partes.", "2. Las enmiendas adoptadas y aprobadas de conformidad con el párrafo 1 del presente artículo entrarán en vigor el trigésimo día siguiente a la fecha en que el número de instrumentos de aceptación depositados equivalga a los dos tercios del número de Estados partes a la fecha de su adopción. Posteriormente, la enmienda entrará en vigor para cualquier Estado parte el trigésimo día después del depósito de su propio instrumento de aceptación. Las enmiendas solo tendrán fuerza obligatoria para los Estados partes que las hayan aceptado.", "Artículo 22 Denuncia", "1. Todo Estado parte podrá denunciar el presente Protocolo en cualquier momento mediante notificación por escrito al Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas. La denuncia entrará en vigor un año después de la fecha en que el Secretario General reciba la notificación.", "2. La denuncia se entenderá sin perjuicio de que se sigan aplicando las disposiciones del presente Protocolo a las comunicaciones presentadas en virtud de los artículos 5 o 12 o de que continúen las investigaciones iniciadas en virtud del artículo 13 antes de la fecha efectiva de la denuncia.", "Artículo 23 Depositario y notificación del Secretario General", "1. El Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas será el depositario del presente Protocolo.", "2. El Secretario General notificará a todos los Estados:", "a) Las firmas y ratificaciones del presente Protocolo y las adhesiones a él;", "b) La fecha de entrada en vigor del presente Protocolo y de las enmiendas a él que se aprueben en virtud del artículo 21;", "c) Las denuncias que se reciban en virtud del artículo 22 del presente Protocolo.", "Artículo 24 Idiomas", "1. El presente Protocolo, cuyos textos en árabe, chino, español, francés, inglés y ruso son igualmente auténticos, será depositado en los archivos de las Naciones Unidas.", "2. El Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas enviará copias certificadas del presente Protocolo a todos los Estados.", "[1]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 53 (A/66/53), cap. I." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/457)]", "66/138. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure", "The General Assembly,", "Taking note with appreciation of the adoption by the Human Rights Council, through its resolution 17/18 of 17 June 2011,[1] of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure,", "1. Adopts the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure as contained in the annex to the present resolution;", "2. Recommends that the Optional Protocol be opened for signature at a signing ceremony to be held in 2012, and requests the Secretary‑General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the necessary assistance.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "Annex", "Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure", "The States parties to the present Protocol,", "Considering that, in accordance with the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations, the recognition of the inherent dignity and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,", "Noting that the States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (hereinafter referred to as “the Convention”) recognize the rights set forth in it to each child within their jurisdiction without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child’s or his or her parent’s or legal guardian’s race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status,", "Reaffirming the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms,", "Reaffirming also the status of the child as a subject of rights and as a human being with dignity and with evolving capacities,", "Recognizing that children’s special and dependent status may create real difficulties for them in pursuing remedies for violations of their rights,", "Considering that the present Protocol will reinforce and complement national and regional mechanisms allowing children to submit complaints for violations of their rights,", "Recognizing that the best interests of the child should be a primary consideration to be respected in pursuing remedies for violations of the rights of the child, and that such remedies should take into account the need for child‑sensitive procedures at all levels,", "Encouraging States parties to develop appropriate national mechanisms to enable a child whose rights have been violated to have access to effective remedies at the domestic level,", "Recalling the important role that national human rights institutions and other relevant specialized institutions, mandated to promote and protect the rights of the child, can play in this regard,", "Considering that, in order to reinforce and complement such national mechanisms and to further enhance the implementation of the Convention and, where applicable, the Optional Protocols thereto on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and on the involvement of children in armed conflict, it would be appropriate to enable the Committee on the Rights of the Child (hereinafter referred to as “the Committee”) to carry out the functions provided for in the present Protocol,", "Have agreed as follows:", "Part I General provisions", "Article 1 Competence of the Committee on the Rights of the Child", "1. A State party to the present Protocol recognizes the competence of the Committee as provided for by the present Protocol.", "2. The Committee shall not exercise its competence regarding a State party to the present Protocol on matters concerning violations of rights set forth in an instrument to which that State is not a party.", "3. No communication shall be received by the Committee if it concerns a State that is not a party to the present Protocol.", "Article 2 General principles guiding the functions of the Committee", "In fulfilling the functions conferred on it by the present Protocol, the Committee shall be guided by the principle of the best interests of the child. It shall also have regard for the rights and views of the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.", "Article 3 Rules of procedure", "1. The Committee shall adopt rules of procedure to be followed when exercising the functions conferred on it by the present Protocol. In doing so, it shall have regard, in particular, for article 2 of the present Protocol in order to guarantee child‑sensitive procedures.", "2. The Committee shall include in its rules of procedure safeguards to prevent the manipulation of the child by those acting on his or her behalf and may decline to examine any communication that it considers not to be in the child’s best interests.", "Article 4 Protection measures", "1. A State party shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that individuals under its jurisdiction are not subjected to any human rights violation, ill‑treatment or intimidation as a consequence of communications or cooperation with the Committee pursuant to the present Protocol.", "2. The identity of any individual or group of individuals concerned shall not be revealed publicly without their express consent.", "Part II Communications procedure", "Article 5 Individual communications", "1. Communications may be submitted by or on behalf of an individual or group of individuals, within the jurisdiction of a State party, claiming to be victims of a violation by that State party of any of the rights set forth in any of the following instruments to which that State is a party:", "(a) The Convention;", "(b) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography;", "(c) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children in armed conflict.", "2. Where a communication is submitted on behalf of an individual or group of individuals, this shall be with their consent unless the author can justify acting on their behalf without such consent.", "Article 6 Interim measures", "1. At any time after the receipt of a communication and before a determination on the merits has been reached, the Committee may transmit to the State party concerned for its urgent consideration a request that the State party take such interim measures as may be necessary in exceptional circumstances to avoid possible irreparable damage to the victim or victims of the alleged violations.", "2. Where the Committee exercises its discretion under paragraph 1 of the present article, this does not imply a determination on admissibility or on the merits of the communication.", "Article 7 Admissibility", "The Committee shall consider a communication inadmissible when:", "(a) The communication is anonymous;", "(b) The communication is not in writing;", "(c) The communication constitutes an abuse of the right of submission of such communications or is incompatible with the provisions of the Convention and/or the Optional Protocols thereto;", "(d) The same matter has already been examined by the Committee or has been or is being examined under another procedure of international investigation or settlement;", "(e) All available domestic remedies have not been exhausted. This shall not be the rule where the application of the remedies is unreasonably prolonged or unlikely to bring effective relief;", "(f) The communication is manifestly ill‑founded or not sufficiently substantiated;", "(g) The facts that are the subject of the communication occurred prior to the entry into force of the present Protocol for the State party concerned, unless those facts continued after that date;", "(h) The communication is not submitted within one year after the exhaustion of domestic remedies, except in cases where the author can demonstrate that it had not been possible to submit the communication within that time limit.", "Article 8 Transmission of the communication", "1. Unless the Committee considers a communication inadmissible without reference to the State party concerned, the Committee shall bring any communication submitted to it under the present Protocol confidentially to the attention of the State party concerned as soon as possible.", "2. The State party shall submit to the Committee written explanations or statements clarifying the matter and the remedy, if any, that it may have provided. The State party shall submit its response as soon as possible and within six months.", "Article 9 Friendly settlement", "1. The Committee shall make available its good offices to the parties concerned with a view to reaching a friendly settlement of the matter on the basis of respect for the obligations set forth in the Convention and/or the Optional Protocols thereto.", "2. An agreement on a friendly settlement reached under the auspices of the Committee closes consideration of the communication under the present Protocol.", "Article 10 Consideration of communications", "1. The Committee shall consider communications received under the present Protocol as quickly as possible, in the light of all documentation submitted to it, provided that this documentation is transmitted to the parties concerned.", "2. The Committee shall hold closed meetings when examining communications received under the present Protocol.", "3. Where the Committee has requested interim measures, it shall expedite the consideration of the communication.", "4. When examining communications alleging violations of economic, social or cultural rights, the Committee shall consider the reasonableness of the steps taken by the State party in accordance with article 4 of the Convention. In doing so, the Committee shall bear in mind that the State party may adopt a range of possible policy measures for the implementation of the economic, social and cultural rights in the Convention.", "5. After examining a communication, the Committee shall, without delay, transmit its views on the communication, together with its recommendations, if any, to the parties concerned.", "Article 11 Follow‑up", "1. The State party shall give due consideration to the views of the Committee, together with its recommendations, if any, and shall submit to the Committee a written response, including information on any action taken and envisaged in the light of the views and recommendations of the Committee. The State party shall submit its response as soon as possible and within six months.", "2. The Committee may invite the State party to submit further information about any measures the State party has taken in response to its views or recommendations or implementation of a friendly settlement agreement, if any, including as deemed appropriate by the Committee, in the State party’s subsequent reports under article 44 of the Convention, article 12 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography or article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children in armed conflict, where applicable.", "Article 12 Inter‑State communications", "1. A State party to the present Protocol may, at any time, declare that it recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications in which a State party claims that another State party is not fulfilling its obligations under any of the following instruments to which the State is a party:", "(a) The Convention;", "(b) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography;", "(c) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children in armed conflict.", "2. The Committee shall not receive communications concerning a State party that has not made such a declaration or communications from a State party that has not made such a declaration.", "3. The Committee shall make available its good offices to the States parties concerned with a view to a friendly solution of the matter on the basis of the respect for the obligations set forth in the Convention and the Optional Protocols thereto.", "4. A declaration under paragraph 1 of the present article shall be deposited by the States parties with the Secretary‑General of the United Nations, who shall transmit copies thereof to the other States parties. A declaration may be withdrawn at any time by notification to the Secretary‑General. Such a withdrawal shall not prejudice the consideration of any matter that is the subject of a communication already transmitted under the present article; no further communications by any State party shall be received under the present article after the notification of withdrawal of the declaration has been received by the Secretary‑General, unless the State party concerned has made a new declaration.", "Part III Inquiry procedure", "Article 13 Inquiry procedure for grave or systematic violations", "1. If the Committee receives reliable information indicating grave or systematic violations by a State party of rights set forth in the Convention or in the Optional Protocols thereto on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography or on the involvement of children in armed conflict, the Committee shall invite the State party to cooperate in the examination of the information and, to this end, to submit observations without delay with regard to the information concerned.", "2. Taking into account any observations that may have been submitted by the State party concerned, as well as any other reliable information available to it, the Committee may designate one or more of its members to conduct an inquiry and to report urgently to the Committee. Where warranted and with the consent of the State party, the inquiry may include a visit to its territory.", "3. Such an inquiry shall be conducted confidentially, and the cooperation of the State party shall be sought at all stages of the proceedings.", "4. After examining the findings of such an inquiry, the Committee shall transmit without delay these findings to the State party concerned, together with any comments and recommendations.", "5. The State party concerned shall, as soon as possible and within six months of receiving the findings, comments and recommendations transmitted by the Committee, submit its observations to the Committee.", "6. After such proceedings have been completed with regard to an inquiry made in accordance with paragraph 2 of the present article, the Committee may, after consultation with the State party concerned, decide to include a summary account of the results of the proceedings in its report provided for in article 16 of the present Protocol.", "7. Each State party may, at the time of signature or ratification of the present Protocol or accession thereto, declare that it does not recognize the competence of the Committee provided for in the present article in respect of the rights set forth in some or all of the instruments listed in paragraph 1.", "8. Any State party having made a declaration in accordance with paragraph 7 of the present article may, at any time, withdraw this declaration by notification to the Secretary‑General of the United Nations.", "Article 14 Follow‑up to the inquiry procedure", "1. The Committee may, if necessary, after the end of the period of six months referred to in article 13, paragraph 5, invite the State party concerned to inform it of the measures taken and envisaged in response to an inquiry conducted under article 13 of the present Protocol.", "2. The Committee may invite the State party to submit further information about any measures that the State party has taken in response to an inquiry conducted under article 13, including as deemed appropriate by the Committee, in the State party’s subsequent reports under article 44 of the Convention, article 12 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography or article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children in armed conflict, where applicable.", "Part IV Final provisions", "Article 15 International assistance and cooperation", "1. The Committee may transmit, with the consent of the State party concerned, to United Nations specialized agencies, funds and programmes and other competent bodies its views or recommendations concerning communications and inquiries that indicate a need for technical advice or assistance, together with the State party’s observations and suggestions, if any, on these views or recommendations.", "2. The Committee may also bring to the attention of such bodies, with the consent of the State party concerned, any matter arising out of communications considered under the present Protocol that may assist them in deciding, each within its field of competence, on the advisability of international measures likely to contribute to assisting States parties in achieving progress in the implementation of the rights recognized in the Convention and/or the Optional Protocols thereto.", "Article 16 Report to the General Assembly", "The Committee shall include in its report submitted every two years to the General Assembly in accordance with article 44, paragraph 5, of the Convention a summary of its activities under the present Protocol.", "Article 17 Dissemination of and information on the Optional Protocol", "Each State party undertakes to make widely known and to disseminate the present Protocol and to facilitate access to information about the views and recommendations of the Committee, in particular with regard to matters involving the State party, by appropriate and active means and in accessible formats to adults and children alike, including those with disabilities.", "Article 18 Signature, ratification and accession", "1. The present Protocol is open for signature to any State that has signed, ratified or acceded to the Convention or either of the first two Optional Protocols thereto.", "2. The present Protocol is subject to ratification by any State that has ratified or acceded to the Convention or either of the first two Optional Protocols thereto. Instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary‑General of the United Nations.", "3. The present Protocol shall be open to accession by any State that has ratified or acceded to the Convention or either of the first two Optional Protocols thereto.", "4. Accession shall be effected by the deposit of an instrument of accession with the Secretary‑General.", "Article 19 Entry into force", "1. The present Protocol shall enter into force three months after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession.", "2. For each State ratifying the present Protocol or acceding to it after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification or instrument of accession, the present Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date of the deposit of its own instrument of ratification or accession.", "Article 20 Violations occurring after the entry into force", "1. The Committee shall have competence solely in respect of violations by the State party of any of the rights set forth in the Convention and/or the first two Optional Protocols thereto occurring after the entry into force of the present Protocol.", "2. If a State becomes a party to the present Protocol after its entry into force, the obligations of that State vis‑à‑vis the Committee shall relate only to violations of the rights set forth in the Convention and/or the first two Optional Protocols thereto occurring after the entry into force of the present Protocol for the State concerned.", "Article 21 Amendments", "1. Any State party may propose an amendment to the present Protocol and submit it to the Secretary‑General of the United Nations. The Secretary‑General shall communicate any proposed amendments to States parties with a request to be notified whether they favour a meeting of States parties for the purpose of considering and deciding upon the proposals. In the event that, within four months of the date of such communication, at least one third of the States parties favour such a meeting, the Secretary‑General shall convene the meeting under the auspices of the United Nations. Any amendment adopted by a majority of two thirds of the States parties present and voting shall be submitted by the Secretary‑General to the General Assembly for approval and, thereafter, to all States parties for acceptance.", "2. An amendment adopted and approved in accordance with paragraph 1 of the present article shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the number of instruments of acceptance deposited reaches two thirds of the number of States parties at the date of adoption of the amendment. Thereafter, the amendment shall enter into force for any State party on the thirtieth day following the deposit of its own instrument of acceptance. An amendment shall be binding only on those States parties that have accepted it.", "Article 22 Denunciation", "1. Any State party may denounce the present Protocol at any time by written notification to the Secretary‑General of the United Nations. The denunciation shall take effect one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary‑General.", "2. Denunciation shall be without prejudice to the continued application of the provisions of the present Protocol to any communication submitted under articles 5 or 12 or any inquiry initiated under article 13 before the effective date of denunciation.", "Article 23 Depositary and notification by the Secretary‑General", "1. The Secretary‑General of the United Nations shall be the depositary of the present Protocol.", "2. The Secretary‑General shall inform all States of:", "(a) Signatures, ratifications and accessions under the present Protocol;", "(b) The date of entry into force of the present Protocol and of any amendment thereto under article 21;", "(c) Any denunciation under article 22 of the present Protocol.", "Article 24 Languages", "1. The present Protocol, of which the Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations.", "2. The Secretary‑General of the United Nations shall transmit certified copies of the present Protocol to all States.", "[1]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty‑sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53), chap. I." ]
A_RES_66_138
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/457)]", "66/138. Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure", "The General Assembly,", "Noting with appreciation the adoption by the Human Rights Council, by its resolution 17/18 of 17 June 2011[1], of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure,", "1. Adopts the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure contained in the annex to the present resolution;", "2. It recommends that the Optional Protocol be open for signature at a signature ceremony in 2012, and requests the Secretary-General and the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to provide the necessary assistance to that end.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "Annex", "Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure", "The States Parties to this Protocol,", "Considering that, in accordance with the principles set out in the Charter of the United Nations, freedom, justice and peace in the world are based on the recognition of the inherent dignity of all members of the human family and their equal and inalienable rights,", "Noting that States parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child (hereinafter “the Convention”) recognize the rights set forth in the Convention to all children subject to their jurisdiction without any discrimination, irrespective of race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, economic position, disability, birth or any other status of the child, his or her parents or legal guardian,", "Reaffirming the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelationship of all human rights and fundamental freedoms,", "Reaffirming also the status of the child as a subject of rights and human beings with dignity and evolving capacities,", "Recognizing that the special and dependency situation of children can seriously hinder the exercise of resources to redress the violation of their rights,", "Considering that the present Protocol will strengthen and complement national and regional mechanisms by allowing children to report violations of their rights,", "Recognizing that respect for the best interests of the child should be a fundamental consideration when resources are made to redress the violation of their rights, as well as the need for child-friendly procedures at all levels,", "Encouraging States parties to establish appropriate national mechanisms for children whose rights have been violated to have access to effective remedies in their countries,", "Recalling the important role that national human rights institutions and other competent specialized institutions can play in this regard, with a mandate to promote and protect the rights of the child,", "Considering that, in order to strengthen and complement these national mechanisms and to improve the implementation of the Convention and, where appropriate, of its Optional Protocols on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography, and on the involvement of children in armed conflict, the Committee on the Rights of the Child (hereinafter “the Committee”) should be empowered to carry out the functions envisaged in the present Protocol,", "They have agreed as follows:", "Part I General", "Article 1 Competition of the Committee on the Rights of the Child", "1. The States Parties to this Protocol recognize the competence of the Committee under this Protocol.", "2. The Committee shall not exercise its jurisdiction over a State party to this Protocol in connection with the violation of the rights set forth in an instrument in which the State is not a party.", "3. The Committee shall not receive any communication concerning a State not party to this Protocol.", "Article 2 General principles governing the functions of the Committee", "In exercising its functions under this Protocol, the Committee shall be guided by the principle of the best interests of the child. It will also take into account the rights and views of the child and give such views due weight, consistent with the age and maturity of the child.", "Rule 3", "1. The Committee shall adopt the rules of procedure to be applied in the exercise of its functions under this Protocol. In doing so, it will take into account, in particular, article 2 of this Protocol, to ensure that the procedures are adapted to the child.", "2. The Committee shall include in its rules of procedure safeguards to prevent those acting on behalf of children from manipulating them, and may refuse to consider any communication which, in its opinion, does not affect the best interests of the child.", "Article 4 Protection measures", "1. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that persons subject to their jurisdiction are not subject to any violation of their human rights, ill-treatment or intimidation as a result of having communicated with or cooperated with the Committee in accordance with this Protocol.", "2. The identity of any person or group of interested persons shall not be publicly disclosed without their express consent.", "Part II Communications procedure", "Article 5 Individual communications", "1. The communications may be submitted by, or on behalf of, persons or groups of persons subject to the jurisdiction of a State party who claim to be victims of a violation by the State party of any of the rights set forth in any of the following instruments to which that State is a party:", "(a) The Convention;", "(b) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography;", "(c) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children in armed conflict.", "2. When a communication is submitted on behalf of a person or group of persons, consent shall be required unless the author may justify acting on his behalf without such consent.", "Article 6 Provisional measures", "1. The Committee, after receiving a communication and before deciding on the merits, may at any time direct the State party concerned, for urgent consideration by the State party, to request that it take interim measures that may be necessary in exceptional circumstances to avoid possible irreparable damage to the victim or victims of the alleged violation.", "2. The fact that the Committee exercises the discretionary power vested in it in paragraph 1 of this article shall not imply any judgement on the admissibility or on the merits of the communication.", "Article 7 Admissibility", "The Committee shall declare inadmissible any communication that:", "(a) Be anonymous;", "(b) Do not be submitted in writing;", "(c) To establish an abuse of the right to submit such communications or to be incompatible with the provisions of the Convention and/or its Optional Protocols;", "(d) It refers to an issue that has already been considered by the Committee or has been or is being examined under another procedure of international investigation or settlement;", "(e) It is present without the exhaustion of all available domestic remedies, unless the processing of such remedies is unreasonably prolonged or improbable for effective remedies;", "f) Be manifestly unfounded or not sufficiently substantiated;", "(g) It refers to events that have occurred prior to the date of entry into force of this Protocol for the State party concerned, unless such events have continued to occur after that date;", "(h) It has not been submitted within one year after the exhaustion of domestic remedies, except in cases where the author can demonstrate that it was not possible to submit it within that period.", "Article 8 Transmission of communication", "1. Unless the Committee considers that a communication is inadmissible without reference to the State party concerned, the Committee shall notify that State party in a confidential and expeditious manner of any communication submitted to it under this Protocol.", "2. The State party shall submit to the Committee written explanations or statements clarifying the matter and indicating the corrective measures taken, if any. The State party shall submit its reply as soon as possible within six months.", "Article 9 Friendly Solution", "1. The Committee shall make its good offices available to the parties concerned with a view to reaching a friendly settlement of the matter on the basis of respect for the obligations set out in the Convention and/or its Optional Protocols.", "2. The agreement in a friendly settlement reached under the auspices of the Committee will put an end to the consideration of the communication under this Protocol.", "Article 10 Review of communications", "1. The Committee shall consider communications received under this Protocol as expeditiously as possible and in the light of all documentation made available to it, provided that such documentation is transmitted to the parties concerned.", "2. The Committee shall consider communications under this Protocol in private.", "3. When the Committee has requested interim measures, it will expedite the examination of the communication.", "4. In considering a communication denouncing violations of economic, social or cultural rights, the Committee shall consider to what extent the measures taken by the State party in accordance with article 4 of the Convention are reasonable. In doing so, the Committee will bear in mind that the State party may take a number of possible policy measures to implement the economic, social and cultural rights set out in the Convention.", "5. After considering a communication, the Committee shall promptly transmit to the parties concerned its views on the communication, together with its possible recommendations.", "Article 11", "1. The State party shall give due consideration to the Committee ' s Views, as well as its possible recommendations, and shall send it a written reply, including information on any measures taken or envisaged to be taken in the light of the Committee ' s Views and Recommendations. The State party shall submit its reply as soon as possible within six months.", "2. The Committee may invite the State party to submit further information on the measures it has taken in response to its Views or recommendations, or in implementation of a possible friendly settlement agreement, including if the Committee considers it appropriate, in its subsequent reports under article 44 of the Convention, article 12 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography or article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children, in accordance with article 8.", "Article 12 Inter-State communications", "1. Any State party to this Protocol may at any time declare that it recognizes the competence of the Committee to receive and consider communications in which a State party claims that another State party does not comply with its obligations under any of the following instruments to which that State is a party:", "(a) The Convention;", "(b) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography;", "(c) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children in armed conflict.", "2. The Committee shall not admit communications concerning a State party that has not made such a declaration, or communications from a State party that has not made such a declaration.", "3. The Committee shall make its good offices available to the States parties concerned with a view to reaching a friendly settlement of the matter on the basis of respect for the obligations set out in the Convention and its Optional Protocols.", "4. The States Parties shall deposit the declaration provided for in paragraph 1 of this article with the Secretary-General of the United Nations, which shall transmit copies thereof to the other States Parties. The declaration may be withdrawn at any time by notification to the Secretary-General. Such withdrawal shall be without prejudice to the consideration of any matter which is the subject of a communication already transmitted under this article; after the Secretary-General has received the corresponding notification of withdrawal of the declaration, no new communications shall be received from any State party under this article unless the State party concerned has made a further declaration.", "Part III Research procedure", "Article 13 Investigation procedure in case of serious or systematic violations", "1. The Committee, if it receives reliable information indicating serious or systematic violations by a State party of the rights set forth in the Convention or its Optional Protocols on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography or on the involvement of children in armed conflict, shall invite that State to cooperate in the examination of the information and, to that end, to present its observations in this regard without delay.", "2. The Committee, taking into account the observations submitted by the State party concerned, as well as any other reliable information available to it, may designate one or more of its members to conduct an investigation and submit a report on an urgent basis. When justified, and with the consent of the State party, the investigation may include a visit to the territory of the State party.", "3. The investigation shall be confidential and the cooperation of the State party shall be sought at all stages of the proceedings.", "4. After considering the findings of the investigation, the Committee shall transmit them promptly to the State party concerned, together with the observations and recommendations of the case.", "5. The State party concerned shall submit its own observations to the Committee as soon as possible within six months of the date on which it receives the results of the investigation and the observations and recommendations transmitted to it by the Committee.", "6. When proceedings relating to an investigation conducted in accordance with paragraph 2 of this article have been completed, the Committee may, after consultation with the State party concerned, decide to include a summary of its results in the report referred to in article 16 of the present Protocol.", "7. Each State Party may, at the time of signing or ratifying or acceding to this Protocol, declare that it does not recognize the competence of the Committee provided for in this article with respect to the rights set forth in some of the instruments listed in paragraph 1, or in all of them.", "8. A State Party which has made a declaration pursuant to paragraph 7 of this article may at any time withdraw it by notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.", "Article 14 Follow-up to the investigation procedure", "1. After the six-month period set out in article 13, paragraph 5, the Committee may, if necessary, invite the State party concerned to report on the measures it has taken and plans to take following an investigation under article 13 of this Protocol.", "2. The Committee may invite the State party to submit further information on any of the measures it has taken following an investigation under article 13, including, if the Committee deems it appropriate, in its subsequent reports under article 44 of the Convention, article 12 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography or article 8 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the involvement of children in the case.", "Part IV. Final provisions", "Article 15: International assistance and cooperation", "1. The Committee, with the consent of the State party concerned, may transmit to the specialized agencies, funds and programmes and other relevant United Nations bodies its Views or Recommendations on Communications and Research indicating the need for technical assistance or advice, together with any observations and suggestions of the State party on such Views or Recommendations.", "2. The Committee may also bring to the attention of those bodies, with the consent of the State party concerned, any matter arising in the communications under this Protocol that may help them to take action, each within their sphere of competence, on the desirability of taking international measures to assist States parties in making the rights recognized in the Convention more effective and/or its Optional Protocols.", "Article 16 Report to the General Assembly", "The Committee shall include in its report to the General Assembly every two years in accordance with article 44, paragraph 5, of the Convention a summary of its activities under this Protocol.", "Article 17: Disclosure and information on the Optional Protocol", "Each State party undertakes to make the present Protocol widely known and disseminated, through effective and appropriate means and in affordable formats, both among adults and among children, including those with disabilities, as well as to facilitate the consultation of information on the Committee ' s Views and Recommendations, in particular with regard to its issues.", "Article 18 Signature, ratification and accession", "1. This Protocol shall be open for signature by all States that have signed or ratified the Convention or by any of its first two Optional Protocols, or acceded to it or any of them.", "2. This Protocol shall be subject to ratification by any State that has ratified or acceded to the Convention or any of its first two Optional Protocols. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of the United Nations.", "3. This Protocol shall be open to accession by all States that have ratified or acceded to the Convention or any of its first two Optional Protocols.", "4. Accession shall be effective through the deposit of the relevant instrument with the Secretary-General.", "Article 19 Entry into force", "1. This Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date of deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession.", "2. For each State ratifying or acceding to this Protocol after the deposit of the tenth instrument of ratification or accession, this Protocol shall enter into force three months after the date on which that State deposited its instrument of ratification or accession.", "Article 20 Violations occurring after entry into force", "1. The competence of the Committee shall be extended only to violations by States parties of any of the rights set forth in the Convention and/or its first two Optional Protocols that occur after the date of entry into force of this Protocol.", "2. If a State becomes a party to this Protocol after its entry into force, its obligations with respect to the Committee shall be extended only to violations of the rights set forth in the Convention and/or its first two Optional Protocols that occur after the date of entry into force of this Protocol for that State.", "Article 21 Amendments", "1. Any State Party may propose amendments to this Protocol and submit them to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, which shall notify the States Parties of the proposed amendments and request them to notify the State party if they wish to convene a meeting of the States Parties to consider and take a decision on the proposals. If, within four months of the date of the communication, at least one third of the States Parties declare themselves in favour of the meeting, the Secretary-General shall convene it under the auspices of the United Nations. The amendments adopted by a majority of the two thirds of the States Parties present and voting shall be submitted by the Secretary-General to the approval of the General Assembly and subsequently to the acceptance of all States parties.", "2. The amendments adopted and approved in accordance with paragraph 1 of this article shall enter into force on the thirtieth day following the date on which the number of instruments of acceptance deposited amounts to two thirds of the number of States parties at the date of their adoption. Subsequently, the amendment shall enter into force for any State party on the thirtieth day after the deposit of its own instrument of acceptance. Amendments shall be binding only on States parties that have accepted them.", "Article 22 Complaint", "1. Any State Party may denounce this Protocol at any time by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The complaint shall enter into force one year after the date of receipt of the notification by the Secretary-General.", "2. The complaint shall be without prejudice to the continued application of the provisions of this Protocol to communications under articles 5 or 12 or the continuation of investigations initiated under article 13 prior to the effective date of the complaint.", "Article 23 Depositary and notification of the Secretary-General", "1. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the depositary of this Protocol.", "2. The Secretary-General shall notify all States:", "(a) The signatures and ratifications of this Protocol and accessions thereto;", "(b) The date of entry into force of this Protocol and the amendments thereto adopted under Article 21;", "(c) Complaints received under Article 22 of this Protocol.", "Article 24 Languages", "1. The present Protocol, whose Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish texts are equally authentic, shall be deposited in the archives of the United Nations.", "2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall send certified copies of this Protocol to all States.", "[1] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53), chap. I." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/458)]", "66/139. Fortalecimiento de la colaboración en materia de protección de los niños dentro del sistema de las Naciones Unidas", "La Asamblea General,", "Reafirmando los propósitos y principios de la Carta de las Naciones Unidas,", "Recordando la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño[1] y sus Protocolos facultativos[2], y reafirmando todas sus resoluciones anteriores sobre los derechos del niño,", "Reconociendo que el Estado tiene una función y una responsabilidad primordiales en la promoción y protección de los derechos del niño, incluida la protección de los niños, teniendo presente que es importante que los agentes competentes de las Naciones Unidas presten apoyo al Estado a este respecto,", "Reafirmando que el interés superior del niño, la no discriminación, la participación y la supervivencia y el desarrollo constituyen el marco para todas las acciones relacionadas con los niños, entre ellas las llevadas a cabo por el Estado y por todos los agentes de las Naciones Unidas que se ocupan de la promoción y protección de los derechos del niño, incluida la protección de los niños,", "Reconociendo la importante función y la constante labor que realizan el sistema de las Naciones Unidas y todos sus agentes competentes en la promoción y protección de los derechos del niño, incluida la protección de los niños, y reconociendo también la función y la contribución de la sociedad civil a este respecto,", "Destacando que es importante que se siga fortaleciendo la colaboración dentro del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en el ámbito de la promoción y protección de los derechos del niño, incluida la protección de los niños, para continuar apoyando los esfuerzos de los Estados Miembros por hacer efectivos los derechos del niño, y, a este respecto, reafirmando que la Asamblea General sigue contribuyendo de manera significativa a fortalecer la colaboración y la coherencia dentro del sistema las Naciones Unidas,", "1. Acoge con beneplácito la colaboración existente entre los agentes de las Naciones Unidas que se ocupan de la promoción y protección de los derechos del niño, incluida la protección de los niños, los alienta a que, dentro de los límites de los recursos existentes y de sus mandatos, destaquen en los informes que le presentan la información relativa a esa colaboración y traten también esta cuestión en el marco del diálogo interactivo entablado en la Tercera Comisión en relación con el tema del programa titulado “Promoción y protección de los derechos del niño”, y los invita a que sigan intensificando su colaboración;", "2. Reitera la importancia de que todos los agentes de las Naciones Unidas que se ocupan de la protección de los niños sigan desempeñando sus funciones de forma totalmente independiente y actúen respetando plenamente sus respectivos mandatos;", "3. Subraya la importancia de que el sistema de las Naciones Unidas cuente de manera continua con recursos y apoyo suficientes para su labor de promoción y protección de los derechos del niño, incluida la protección de los niños, y, a este respecto, alienta enérgicamente a que se aumenten las contribuciones voluntarias destinadas a apoyar las actividades de todos los agentes competentes de las Naciones Unidas, a fin de sustentar la asistencia técnica y la creación de capacidad en el ámbito de la protección de los niños;", "4. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo octavo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre la colaboración existente dentro del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en materia de protección de los niños, teniendo en cuenta la información facilitada por los Estados Miembros y los agentes competentes de las Naciones Unidas.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, núm. 27531.", "[2]  Ibid., vols. 2171 y 2173, núm. 27531." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/458)]", "66/139. Strengthening collaboration on child protection within the United Nations system", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Recalling the Convention on the Rights of the Child[1] and its Optional Protocols,[2] and reaffirming all its previous resolutions on the rights of the child,", "Recognizing the primary role and responsibility of the State in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, including child protection, bearing in mind the importance of relevant actors of the United Nations supporting the State in this regard,", "Reaffirming that the best interest of the child, non‑discrimination, participation and survival and development provide the framework for all actions concerning children, including those of a State and all relevant actors of the United Nations dealing with the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, including child protection,", "Recognizing the important role and the continuing work of the United Nations system and all its relevant actors in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, including child protection, and recognizing also the role and contribution of civil society in this regard,", "Stressing that further strengthening collaboration within the United Nations system on the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, including child protection, is important for continuing to support efforts of Member States in the realization of the rights of the child, and in this regard reaffirms the important role that the General Assembly continues to play in strengthening collaboration and coherence within the United Nations system,", "1. Welcomes the existing collaboration among relevant actors of the United Nations working on the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, including child protection, and encourages them, within existing resources and mandates, to highlight information on such collaboration in their existing reports to the General Assembly and to also address this issue within the framework of the existing Third Committee interactive dialogue under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of children”, and invites these United Nations actors to further enhance their collaboration;", "2. Reiterates the importance of all relevant actors of the United Nations on child protection to continue to exercise their functions in a fully independent manner and to act in full observance of their respective mandates;", "3. Underlines the importance of sustained, adequate resources and support for the work of the United Nations system on the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, including child protection, and in this regard strongly encourages enhanced voluntary contributions to support the work of all relevant actors of the United Nations, so as to support technical assistance and capacity‑building in the area of child protection;", "4. Requests the Secretary‑General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixty‑eighth session on the current collaboration within the United Nations system on child protection, taking into account information provided by Member States and relevant actors of the United Nations.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.", "[2]  Ibid., vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531." ]
A_RES_66_139
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/458)]", "66/139. Strengthening child protection collaboration within the United Nations system", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,", "Recalling the Convention on the Rights of the Child[1] and its Optional Protocols[2], and reaffirming all its previous resolutions on the rights of the child,", "Recognizing that the State has a primary role and responsibility in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, including the protection of children, bearing in mind that it is important for the relevant United Nations actors to support the State in this regard,", "Reaffirming that the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation and survival and development constitute the framework for all actions related to children, including those carried out by the State and by all United Nations actors involved in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, including the protection of children,", "Recognizing the important role and continuing work of the United Nations system and all its relevant actors in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, including the protection of children, and also recognizing the role and contribution of civil society in this regard,", "Stressing that it is important to further strengthen collaboration within the United Nations system in the area of the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, including the protection of children, to continue to support the efforts of Member States to realize the rights of the child, and in this regard reaffirming that the General Assembly continues to contribute significantly to strengthening collaboration and coherence within the United Nations system,", "1. " Welcomes the collaboration between United Nations actors involved in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, including the protection of children, encourages them, within existing resources and their mandates, to highlight in their reports on this collaboration and also to address this issue in the framework of the interactive dialogue under the Third Committee under the agenda item entitled " Promotion and intensification of the rights of the child "", "2. " Reiterates the importance of all United Nations actors involved in the protection of children to continue to carry out their functions fully independently and to act in full respect for their respective mandates;", "3. Stresses the importance of the continued availability of adequate resources and support by the United Nations system for its work in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, including the protection of children, and in this regard strongly encourages increased voluntary contributions to support the activities of all relevant United Nations actors to support technical assistance and capacity-building in the area of child protection;", "4. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on collaboration within the United Nations system on the protection of children, taking into account the information provided by Member States and relevant United Nations actors.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.", "[2] Ibid., vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/458)]", "66/140. La niña", "La Asamblea General,", "Reafirmando su resolución 64/145, de 18 de diciembre de 2009, y todas las resoluciones en la materia, incluidas las conclusiones convenidas de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer, en particular las que se refieren a la niña,", "Reafirmando también la igualdad de derechos de mujeres y hombres, consagrada en la Carta de las Naciones Unidas,", "Recordando todos los instrumentos de derechos humanos y demás instrumentos relativos a los derechos del niño, en particular los relativos a la niña, con inclusión de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño[1], la Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer[2], la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad[3], así como los Protocolos facultativos de estos instrumentos[4] y la Convención sobre el consentimiento para el matrimonio, la edad mínima para contraer matrimonio y el registro de los matrimonios[5],", "Reafirmando los objetivos de desarrollo convenidos internacionalmente, entre ellos los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, y los compromisos pertinentes relativos a la niña asumidos en la Cumbre Mundial 2005[6], y acogiendo con beneplácito el documento final de la Reunión Plenaria de Alto Nivel de la Asamblea General sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, titulado “Cumplir la promesa: unidos para lograr los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio”[7],", "Reafirmando también el documento final de su vigésimo séptimo período extraordinario de sesiones sobre la infancia titulado “Un mundo apropiado para los niños”[8], la Declaración de compromiso en la lucha contra el VIH/SIDA aprobada en su vigésimo sexto período extraordinario de sesiones sobre el VIH/SIDA, titulada “Crisis mundial – Acción mundial”[9], y la Declaración política sobre el VIH/SIDA, de 2006[10],", "Reafirmando además todos los demás documentos pertinentes de las grandes cumbres y conferencias de las Naciones Unidas relativos a la niña, así como sus exámenes quinquenales y decenales, incluidas la Declaración[11] y la Plataforma de Acción[12] de Beijing aprobadas en la Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer, los resultados del vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General titulado “La mujer en el año 2000: igualdad entre los géneros, desarrollo y paz para el siglo XXI”[13], el Programa de Acción de la Conferencia Internacional sobre la Población y el Desarrollo[14] y el Programa de Acción de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social[15], así como las conclusiones convenidas del 55º período de sesiones de la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer[16], que tuvo como tema prioritario “El acceso y la participación de la mujer y la niña en la educación, la capacitación y la ciencia y la tecnología, incluso para la promoción de la igualdad de acceso de la mujer al pleno empleo y a un trabajo decente”,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la declaración aprobada por la Comisión de la Condición Jurídica y Social de la Mujer con motivo del 15º aniversario de la Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer[17] y reiterando que la aplicación plena y efectiva de la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing, en particular de los objetivos estratégicos relativos a la niña, es esencial para lograr los objetivos de desarrollo convenidos internacionalmente, incluidos los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio,", "Recordando los resultados de sus últimas reuniones de alto nivel en relación con la niña,", "Recordando también la campaña del Secretario General para 2008‑2015, “Unidos para poner fin a la violencia contra las mujeres”, y el llamamiento realizado a los gobiernos, la sociedad civil, las organizaciones de mujeres, los jóvenes, el sector privado, los medios de comunicación y todo el sistema de las Naciones Unidas para que aúnen sus fuerzas en la lucha contra la pandemia mundial de la violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas,", "Reafirmando la importancia de incorporar la perspectiva de género en todo el sistema de las Naciones Unidas, incluso en relación con la niña,", "Reconociendo que la pobreza crónica sigue siendo el principal obstáculo para satisfacer las necesidades de los niños y promover y proteger sus derechos, por lo cual se requiere la adopción de medidas urgentes a nivel nacional e internacional para eliminarla, y observando que las familias, especialmente las que dependen de ingresos provenientes del sector no estructurado, y en particular las mujeres y las niñas, sienten directamente el peso de la crisis financiera y económica mundial, la crisis energética, la crisis alimentaria y la continua inseguridad alimentaria resultante de diversos factores,", "Reconociendo también que las niñas suelen estar más expuestas a diversas formas de discriminación y violencia y corren mayor riesgo de padecerlas, lo que sigue suponiendo un obstáculo a la consecución de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, y reafirmando la necesidad de lograr la igualdad entre los géneros con el fin de asegurar un mundo justo y equitativo para las niñas, en particular estableciendo asociaciones de colaboración con los hombres y los niños, como estrategia importante para promover los derechos de la niña,", "Reconociendo además que se han logrado progresos en cuanto a la aprobación de legislación nacional que afirma la igualdad entre niñas y niños y que no se han adoptado las medidas correspondientes para aplicar efectivamente dicha legislación, y reconociendo que sigue existiendo discriminación contra las mujeres y las niñas en todo el mundo y que para subsanar esa situación será necesario adoptar nuevas medidas destinadas a reforzar la aplicación de políticas, en particular mediante la cooperación internacional,", "Reconociendo que el empoderamiento de las niñas y la inversión en ellas, que es una cuestión fundamental para el crecimiento económico, y la consecución de todos los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, incluidas la erradicación de la pobreza y la pobreza extrema, así como la participación efectiva de las niñas en las decisiones que las afectan, son claves para romper el ciclo de discriminación y violencia y para promover y proteger el goce pleno y efectivo de sus derechos humanos, y reconociendo también que ese empoderamiento requiere la participación activa de las niñas en los procesos de adopción de decisiones y el apoyo y la participación activos de los padres, tutores legales, familiares y cuidadores, de los niños y los hombres, así como de la comunidad en general,", "Profundamente preocupada por todas las formas de violencia contra los niños, en particular por los fenómenos que afectan desproporcionadamente a las niñas, como la explotación sexual con fines comerciales y la utilización de niños en la pornografía, el matrimonio en la infancia y el matrimonio forzoso, la violación, los abusos sexuales, la violencia doméstica y la trata de personas y, además, por la falta de rendición de cuentas y la impunidad consiguientes, las cuales reflejan pautas discriminatorias que refuerzan la condición inferior de las niñas en la sociedad,", "Profundamente preocupada también por el hecho de que la violencia contra la mujer y la niña no se reconoce suficientemente, en particular a nivel de las comunidades, y muchos casos no se denuncian ni se registran debido a la estigmatización, el temor, la tolerancia social y el carácter a menudo ilegal y encubierto de esas actividades,", "Profundamente preocupada además por la discriminación de las niñas y la conculcación de sus derechos, como consecuencia de lo cual suelen tener menor acceso que los niños a la educación y a una enseñanza de calidad, así como menor acceso a la nutrición y la atención de la salud física y mental, suelen disfrutar menos que ellos de los derechos, las oportunidades y los beneficios de la niñez y la adolescencia, y suelen ser más vulnerables a las consecuencias de las relaciones sexuales no protegidas y prematuras y víctimas de diversas formas de explotación y violencia cultural, social, sexual y económica, así como de abuso, violación, incesto, delitos relacionados con el honor y prácticas tradicionales perjudiciales como el infanticidio femenino, el matrimonio en la infancia y el matrimonio forzoso, la selección prenatal del sexo y la mutilación genital femenina,", "Profundamente preocupada porque el matrimonio en la infancia y el matrimonio forzoso exponen a las jóvenes casadas a un riesgo mayor de contraer el VIH y otras infecciones de transmisión sexual, con frecuencia conducen a una procreación prematura y aumentan el riesgo de discapacidad, mortalidad fetal y mortalidad materna, y reducen sus oportunidades de terminar sus estudios, adquirir una formación completa, participar en la comunidad o prepararse para un empleo, y vulneran y menoscaban el goce pleno de los derechos humanos de las mujeres y las niñas,", "Profundamente preocupada también porque el embarazo y la procreación prematuros y el acceso limitado a los servicios de salud sexual y reproductiva, en particular en el ámbito de la asistencia cualificada en los partos y la atención obstétrica de emergencia, causan muchos casos de fístula obstétrica y de mortalidad y morbilidad maternas y además provocan complicaciones durante la gestación y el parto que a menudo ocasionan la muerte, en especial a las jóvenes y las niñas,", "Reconociendo que los avances hacia la eliminación del matrimonio en la infancia y el matrimonio forzoso pueden repercutir positivamente en los indicadores relacionados con la educación de las niñas y la salud maternoinfantil, por lo que contribuyen a la consecución de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio,", "Profundamente preocupada porque, a pesar de que el matrimonio en la infancia y el matrimonio forzoso son prácticas muy extendidas, todavía no se denuncian muchos casos, y reconociendo que es necesario prestarle más atención a este asunto,", "Profundamente preocupada también porque la mutilación genital femenina vulnera y menoscaba el goce pleno de los derechos humanos de las mujeres y las niñas y es una práctica perjudicial, irreparable e irreversible y porque sigue sin cumplirse el objetivo de poner fin a la mutilación genital femenina para 2010, establecido en el documento titulado “Un mundo apropiado para los niños”,", "Profundamente preocupada además porque las niñas se cuentan entre las personas más perjudicadas en situaciones de pobreza, guerra y conflicto armado y porque pasan, por añadidura, a ser víctimas de violencia, abusos y explotación sexuales, así como de infecciones y enfermedades de transmisión sexual, incluidos el VIH y el SIDA, lo cual tiene graves consecuencias para su calidad de vida, las expone a una mayor discriminación, violencia y olvido y de esta manera limita sus posibilidades de pleno desarrollo,", "Poniendo de relieve que el mayor acceso de los jóvenes, y especialmente de las niñas, a la educación, incluida la relativa a la salud sexual y reproductiva, reduce drásticamente su vulnerabilidad a las enfermedades prevenibles, en particular la infección por el VIH y las enfermedades de transmisión sexual,", "Reconociendo que la procreación prematura sigue siendo un impedimento para la mejora de la situación educativa y social de las niñas en todas partes del mundo y que, en general, el matrimonio en la infancia y el matrimonio forzoso y la maternidad precoz pueden menoscabar gravemente sus oportunidades de educación y es probable que tengan repercusiones negativas a largo plazo sobre sus oportunidades de empleo y la calidad de su vida y la de sus hijos,", "Convencida de que el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia se manifiestan en forma diferenciada para las mujeres y las niñas, y pueden contarse entre los factores que llevan al empeoramiento de sus condiciones de vida, a la pobreza, a la violencia, a formas múltiples de discriminación y a la limitación o denegación de sus derechos humanos,", "Reconociendo que las mujeres y las niñas con discapacidad están sujetas a múltiples formas de discriminación, en particular en lo que respecta a su acceso a la educación y el empleo, y la importancia de que se aplique a este respecto la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad,", "Observando con preocupación que en algunas partes del mundo el número de hombres supera al de mujeres como resultado, en parte, de actitudes y prácticas perjudiciales, como la mutilación genital femenina, la preferencia por los hijos varones, que da lugar al infanticidio femenino y la selección prenatal del sexo, el matrimonio precoz, incluido el matrimonio en la infancia, la violencia contra la mujer, la explotación y el abuso sexuales y la discriminación contra las niñas en la asignación de alimentos, y otras prácticas que afectan a la salud y al bienestar y que hacen que menos niñas que niños lleguen a la edad adulta,", "Profundamente preocupada porque el fenómeno de los hogares a cargo de niños, en particular los encabezados por niñas, se está convirtiendo en un grave problema social,", "Profundamente preocupada también porque los efectos de la epidemia del VIH y el SIDA, entre otros la enfermedad y la mortalidad, la erosión de la familia extensa, el recrudecimiento de la pobreza, el desempleo y el subempleo, y la migración, así como la urbanización, han contribuido a que aumente el número de hogares a cargo de niños,", "Reconociendo que las mujeres y las niñas soportan una carga desproporcionada con respecto al cuidado y apoyo de las personas que viven con el VIH y el SIDA y se ven afectadas por este, y que ello repercute negativamente sobre las niñas porque las priva de su infancia y disminuye sus oportunidades de recibir una educación,", "1. Destaca la necesidad de que se hagan efectivos de manera plena y urgente los derechos que se conceden a la niña en los instrumentos de derechos humanos, e insta a los Estados a que, como cuestión prioritaria, consideren la posibilidad de firmar y ratificar la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño¹, la Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer², la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad³ y sus respectivos Protocolos facultativos⁴, o de adherirse a estos instrumentos;", "2. Insta a todos los Estados que aún no lo hayan hecho a que consideren la posibilidad de firmar y ratificar el Convenio sobre la edad mínima, de 1973 (núm. 138)[18] y el Convenio sobre la prohibición de las peores formas de trabajo infantil, de 1999 (núm. 182)[19] de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo, o de adherirse a ellos;", "3. Insta a todos los gobiernos y al sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que intensifiquen la labor bilateral y con organizaciones internacionales y donantes del sector privado a fin de alcanzar los objetivos del Foro Mundial sobre la Educación[20] que todavía no se han cumplido plenamente, en especial el de eliminar para 2005 las disparidades por motivos de género en la educación primaria y secundaria, y a que apliquen la Iniciativa de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación de las Niñas como medio de alcanzar ese objetivo, pide que se respeten los compromisos enunciados en los objetivos de la Educación para Todos y los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, en particular los relativos al género y a la educación, y reafirma dichos compromisos;", "4. Exhorta a todos los Estados a que den mayor importancia a la educación de calidad para las niñas, inclusive cursos de recuperación y alfabetización dirigidos a las que no hayan recibido una educación académica, promuevan el acceso de las jóvenes a la capacitación profesional y empresarial y adopten medidas para eliminar los estereotipos masculinos y femeninos a fin de que las jóvenes que se incorporan al mercado laboral tengan oportunidades de obtener empleo pleno y productivo y un trabajo decente;", "5. Alienta a los Estados a promover la elaboración de planes de estudio para los programas de enseñanza de todos los niveles que tengan en cuenta las cuestiones de género y a adoptar medidas concretas para asegurar que los materiales didácticos representen a las mujeres y los hombres, los jóvenes, las niñas y los niños desempeñando papeles positivos y no estereotipados, en particular en la enseñanza de temas científicos y tecnológicos, a fin de hacer frente a las causas fundamentales de la segregación en la vida laboral;", "6. Exhorta a los Estados y a la comunidad internacional a que reconozcan el derecho a la educación basado en la igualdad de oportunidades y la no discriminación, para lo cual se ha de implantar la enseñanza primaria obligatoria y gratuita para todos los niños, de manera que todos los niños tengan acceso a una educación de buena calidad, se ha de poner la enseñanza secundaria al alcance de todos, en particular mediante la introducción gradual de la enseñanza gratuita, teniendo presente que las medidas especiales para garantizar la igualdad de acceso, como la acción afirmativa, contribuyen al logro de la igualdad de oportunidades y a la eliminación de la exclusión, y se ha de asegurar la asistencia a la escuela, especialmente de las niñas y de los niños de familias de bajos ingresos;", "7. Exhorta a los Estados a que, con el apoyo de las organizaciones internacionales, la sociedad civil y las organizaciones no gubernamentales, según proceda, elaboren políticas y programas en los que se dé prioridad a los programas de educación académica y no académica, incluida una educación sexual adecuada a la edad, con una dirección y orientación apropiadas de los padres y tutores legales, que apoyen a la niña y le permitan adquirir conocimientos, desarrollar su autoestima y asumir la responsabilidad de su propia vida, y a que presten especial atención a los programas destinados a educar a las mujeres y los hombres, especialmente a quienes tienen hijos, sobre la importancia de la salud física y mental y del bienestar de la niña, incluida la eliminación de la discriminación contra la niña en el matrimonio en la infancia y el matrimonio forzoso;", "8. Exhorta a todos los Estados y a las organizaciones internacionales y no gubernamentales a que, por separado y colectivamente, sigan aplicando la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing¹², en particular los objetivos estratégicos relativos a la niña, así como las nuevas medidas e iniciativas para aplicar la Declaración y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing[21], y a que movilicen todos los recursos y el apoyo necesarios para alcanzar las metas y los objetivos estratégicos y aplicar las medidas enunciadas en la Declaración¹¹ y la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing;", "9. Exhorta a todos los Estados a que, cuando proceda, adopten medidas para superar los obstáculos que se siguen oponiendo al logro de los objetivos establecidos en la Plataforma de Acción de Beijing, como se indica en el párrafo 33 de las nuevas medidas e iniciativas, incluido el fortalecimiento de los mecanismos nacionales para poner en práctica políticas y programas en favor de las niñas y, en algunos casos, para intensificar la coordinación entre las instituciones que se ocupan de la realización de los derechos humanos de las niñas, según se indica en las nuevas medidas e iniciativas;", "10. Insta a los Estados a que redoblen los esfuerzos para erradicar urgentemente todas las formas de discriminación contra las mujeres y las niñas y, cuando proceda, sigan dedicados a aplicar la Convención sobre la eliminación de todas las formas de discriminación contra la mujer y su Protocolo Facultativo[22];", "11. Insta también a los Estados a que cumplan los compromisos asumidos en la Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer y en el vigésimo tercer período extraordinario de sesiones de modificar o derogar las leyes restantes que son discriminatorias contra las mujeres y las niñas;", "12. Insta además a los Estados a que mejoren la situación de las niñas que viven en la pobreza, privadas de nutrición y de servicios de agua y saneamiento, sin acceso o con acceso limitado a los servicios básicos de atención de la salud mental y física, la vivienda, la educación, la participación y la protección, teniendo en cuenta que, si bien una falta grave de bienes y servicios es un menoscabo para todo ser humano, resulta particularmente peligrosa y perjudicial en el caso de las niñas, ya que no les permite disfrutar de sus derechos, desarrollar plenamente sus posibilidades y participar como miembros plenos de la sociedad;", "13. Insta a los Estados a que garanticen el respeto y la aplicación efectiva de los requisitos pertinentes establecidos por la Organización Internacional del Trabajo para el empleo de las niñas y los niños, y que las niñas empleadas tengan acceso en condiciones de igualdad a un trabajo decente y a un sueldo y una remuneración equitativos, estén protegidas de la explotación económica, la discriminación, el acoso sexual, la violencia y el maltrato en el lugar de trabajo, conozcan sus derechos y tengan acceso a la educación académica y no académica, la capacitación práctica y la formación profesional, e insta también a los Estados a que elaboren medidas que tengan en cuenta las cuestiones de género, como planes de acción nacionales, si procede, para eliminar las peores formas de trabajo infantil, lo que incluye la explotación sexual con fines comerciales, las prácticas análogas a la esclavitud, el trabajo forzoso y la servidumbre, la trata de personas y las formas peligrosas de trabajo infantil;", "14. Reconoce la importancia de que se fortalezcan los sistemas de salud, en particular la atención primaria, y la necesidad de integrar en ella la respuesta frente al VIH, y observa que los sistemas de salud deficientes, ya plagados de problemas, como la falta de trabajadores sanitarios cualificados y la incapacidad para retenerlos, son uno de los mayores obstáculos para acceder a los servicios de salud;", "15. Exhorta a los Estados a que, con el apoyo de los interesados pertinentes, incluido el sector privado, la sociedad civil, las organizaciones no gubernamentales y las organizaciones de base comunitaria, según proceda, adopten todas las medidas necesarias para garantizar el derecho de las niñas a disfrutar del más alto nivel posible de salud, incluida la salud sexual y reproductiva, y a que establezcan sistemas de salud y servicios sociales sostenibles;", "16. Insta a todos los Estados a que promuevan la igualdad entre los géneros y la igualdad de acceso a los servicios sociales básicos, como la educación, la nutrición, el registro de los nacimientos, la atención de la salud, incluida la salud sexual y reproductiva, la vacunación y la protección contra las enfermedades que representan las principales causas de mortalidad, incluidas las enfermedades no transmisibles, e incorporen la perspectiva de género en todas las políticas y los programas de desarrollo, incluidos los relacionados con los niños, así como los específicos para la niña;", "17. Exhorta a los Estados a que, con el apoyo de las organizaciones internacionales y la sociedad civil, incluidas las organizaciones no gubernamentales, y de los medios de comunicación, adopten medidas apropiadas para hacer frente a las causas fundamentales del matrimonio en la infancia y el matrimonio forzoso, como actividades educativas para concienciar sobre los aspectos negativos de esas prácticas;", "18. Insta a todos los Estados a que promulguen y hagan cumplir estrictamente leyes que estipulen que solo se podrá contraer matrimonio con el libre y pleno consentimiento de los futuros cónyuges y, además, a que promulguen y hagan cumplir estrictamente leyes relativas a la edad mínima para expresar consentimiento y para contraer matrimonio, y a que, cuando sea necesario, eleven la edad mínima para contraer matrimonio, y formulen y apliquen políticas, planes de acción y programas amplios para la supervivencia, la protección, el desarrollo y el adelanto de la niña a fin de promover y proteger el goce pleno de sus derechos humanos y velar por su igualdad de oportunidades, incluso haciendo que esos planes formen parte integrante del proceso global de desarrollo de la niña;", "19. Insta a los Estados a asegurar que todos los interesados y los agentes de cambio participen en los esfuerzos dirigidos a promulgar y aplicar leyes para poner fin al matrimonio en la infancia y el matrimonio forzoso y por que se dé amplia difusión a las leyes contra dicha práctica a fin de generar apoyo social para su aplicación;", "20. Exhorta a los Estados a apoyar la organización de cursos prácticos y sesiones de debate en la comunidad que permitan a las comunidades estudiar colectivamente la forma de prevenir y combatir el matrimonio en la infancia y el matrimonio forzoso, facilitar información a través de fuentes dignas de crédito en la comunidad, como el personal médico y los dirigentes locales, comunitarios y religiosos, sobre los peligros que entrañan esos matrimonios, dar mayor participación a las niñas y velar por la coherencia del mensaje en toda la comunidad, y alentar el indispensable firme compromiso de los hombres y los niños;", "21. Exhorta también a los Estados a apoyar y aplicar, incluso con recursos especiales, políticas y programas multisectoriales dirigidos a acabar con la práctica del matrimonio en la infancia y el matrimonio forzoso, y a velar por que se proporcionen alternativas viables y apoyo institucional, en especial oportunidades educativas para las niñas, haciendo hincapié en mantener hasta la educación posprimaria la escolarización de las niñas, incluidas las que ya están casadas o embarazadas, asegurar el acceso físico a la educación, por medios como la creación de residencias seguras, aumentar los incentivos financieros para las familias, promover el empoderamiento de las niñas, mejorar la calidad educativa y ofrecer condiciones seguras e higiénicas en las escuelas;", "22. Exhorta además a los Estados a fortalecer la investigación y la reunión y el análisis de datos sobre la niña, desglosados por sexo, edad y situación geográfica, a fin de comprender mejor la situación de las niñas, especialmente en relación con las múltiples formas de discriminación a las que se enfrentan, y a formular las respuestas normativas y programáticas necesarias, que deben adoptar un enfoque integral para combatir todas las formas de discriminación de que pueden ser objeto las niñas a fin de proteger eficazmente sus derechos;", "23. Insta a los Estados a tomar todas las medidas necesarias para asegurar que las niñas con discapacidad gocen plenamente de todos los derechos humanos y libertades fundamentales en igualdad de condiciones con los demás niños y niñas, y a adoptar, aplicar y fortalecer políticas y programas adecuados, concebidos para satisfacer sus necesidades;", "24. Insta a todos los Estados a que promulguen y hagan cumplir leyes que protejan a las niñas contra todas las formas de violencia y explotación, incluidos el infanticidio femenino y la selección prenatal del sexo, la mutilación genital femenina, la violación, la violencia doméstica, el incesto, el abuso y la explotación sexuales, la prostitución infantil, la utilización de niños en la pornografía, la trata y la migración forzosa, el trabajo forzoso y el matrimonio forzoso, así como el matrimonio antes de la mayoría de edad, y a que establezcan programas adecuados a la edad, seguros, confidenciales y accesibles para las personas con discapacidad, y servicios de apoyo médico, social y psicológico para ayudar a las niñas que son víctimas de violencia y discriminación;", "25. Insta a los Estados a que complementen las medidas punitivas con actividades de educación orientadas a promover un proceso de consenso para el abandono de prácticas perjudiciales como la mutilación genital femenina y a que proporcionen servicios adecuados a las personas afectadas por esas prácticas;", "26. Exhorta a todos los Estados a que promulguen y hagan cumplir las medidas legislativas o de otro tipo necesarias para, en cooperación con los interesados pertinentes, prevenir la distribución por Internet de pornografía en la que se utilice a niños, incluidas las representaciones de abusos sexuales de niños, y garanticen que haya mecanismos adecuados para denunciar la existencia de ese material y retirarlo, y para que quienes lo creen, distribuyan o coleccionen sean enjuiciados según proceda;", "27. Insta a los Estados a que formulen planes, programas o estrategias nacionales amplios, multidisciplinarios y coordinados para eliminar todas las formas de discriminación y violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas, a los que deberán dar amplia difusión y en los que habrán de fijar objetivos y calendarios de aplicación, así como procedimientos nacionales eficaces para hacerlos cumplir mediante mecanismos de supervisión en que intervengan todas las partes interesadas, incluidas consultas con organizaciones de mujeres, y a que, al hacerlo, tengan en cuenta las recomendaciones relativas a la niña formuladas por las Relatoras Especiales del Consejo de Derechos Humanos sobre la violencia contra la mujer, sus causas y consecuencias, y sobre la trata de personas, especialmente mujeres y niños, así como por la Representante Especial del Secretario General sobre la Violencia contra los Niños;", "28. Insta también a los Estados a que garanticen que las niñas gocen plenamente y en igualdad de condiciones del derecho de los niños a expresarse y a participar en todas las cuestiones que los afectan, según su edad y madurez;", "29. Insta además a los Estados a que obtengan la participación de las niñas, incluidas las niñas con necesidades especiales, y las organizaciones que las representan, en los procesos de adopción de decisiones, según proceda, y las integren como asociadas activas y plenas en la determinación de sus propias necesidades y la elaboración, planificación, aplicación y evaluación de las políticas y los programas destinados a atender esas necesidades;", "30. Reconoce que es considerable el número de niñas que son particularmente vulnerables, como las huérfanas, las que viven en la calle, las niñas refugiadas o desplazadas internas, las afectadas por la trata y la explotación sexual y económica, las que viven con el VIH y el SIDA o se ven afectadas por este, y las niñas encarceladas que viven sin el apoyo de sus padres, y por consiguiente insta a los Estados a que, con el apoyo de la comunidad internacional, cuando proceda, adopten medidas adecuadas para atender las necesidades de esas niñas aplicando políticas y estrategias nacionales para crear y fortalecer la capacidad de los gobiernos, las comunidades y las familias de ofrecer a las niñas un entorno propicio, en particular facilitándoles asesoramiento y apoyo psicosocial apropiados y asegurándoles escolarización, acceso a vivienda, nutrición adecuada y servicios sociales y de salud en igualdad de condiciones con otros niños;", "31. Alienta a los Estados a que promuevan medidas, incluso mediante la cooperación técnica y la asistencia financiera en el plano bilateral y multilateral, para lograr la reintegración social de los niños en situaciones difíciles, en particular las niñas, teniendo en cuenta, entre otras cosas, las opiniones, aptitudes y capacidades que esos niños han desarrollado en las condiciones en que vivieron y, cuando proceda, con su participación significativa;", "32. Insta a todos los Estados y a la comunidad internacional a que respeten, promuevan y protejan los derechos de las niñas, teniendo en cuenta la vulnerabilidad particular de las niñas que se encuentran en situaciones de conflicto o en situaciones anteriores o posteriores a un conflicto, así como en otras situaciones de emergencia humanitaria, e insta además a los Estados a que adopten medidas especiales para proteger a las niñas, en particular de las infecciones de transmisión sexual, incluida la infección por el VIH, la violencia basada en el género, como por ejemplo las violaciones, los abusos y la explotación sexuales, la tortura, el rapto y el trabajo forzoso, prestando especial atención a las niñas refugiadas y desplazadas, y a que tengan en cuenta las necesidades especiales de las niñas en el suministro de asistencia humanitaria y en los procesos de desarme, desmovilización, asistencia para la rehabilitación y reintegración;", "33. Deplora todos los casos de explotación y abusos sexuales de las mujeres y los niños, especialmente las niñas, en situaciones de crisis humanitarias, incluidos los casos en que están involucrados trabajadores de asistencia humanitaria y personal de mantenimiento de la paz, e insta a los Estados a que tomen medidas efectivas para hacer frente a la violencia basada en el género en las emergencias humanitarias y a que hagan todo lo posible por asegurar que sus leyes e instituciones sean adecuadas para prevenir e investigar con prontitud los actos de violencia a este respecto y procesar a sus autores;", "34. Deplora también todo acto de explotación o abuso sexuales y de trata de mujeres y niños por personal militar, civil o de policía que participe en operaciones de las Naciones Unidas, acoge con beneplácito los esfuerzos realizados por los organismos y las operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz de las Naciones Unidas para aplicar una política de tolerancia cero a este respecto, y solicita al Secretario General y a los países que aportan personal que sigan tomando todas las medidas adecuadas necesarias para combatir los abusos de esa índole por parte de ese personal, lo que incluye aplicar plenamente y sin demora las medidas aprobadas en las resoluciones pertinentes de la Asamblea General sobre la base de las recomendaciones del Comité Especial de Operaciones de Mantenimiento de la Paz[23];", "35. Insta a los Estados Miembros, las Naciones Unidas y otras organizaciones internacionales, regionales y subregionales, así como a la sociedad civil, con inclusión de las organizaciones no gubernamentales, el sector privado y los medios de comunicación, a que apliquen plena y efectivamente las disposiciones pertinentes del Plan de Acción Mundial de las Naciones Unidas para combatir la trata de personas[24] y las actividades que en él se describen, y expresa la opinión de que, entre otras cosas, contribuirá a promover los derechos de las niñas, reforzará la cooperación y mejorará la coordinación de la labor de lucha contra la trata de personas e impulsará la ratificación y la plena aplicación de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la Delincuencia Organizada Transnacional[25] y el Protocolo para prevenir, reprimir y sancionar la trata de personas, especialmente mujeres y niños, que complementa la Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la Delincuencia Organizada Transnacional[26];", "36. Exhorta a los Estados Miembros a que formulen, hagan cumplir y fortalezcan medidas efectivas que tengan en cuenta los intereses de los niños y los jóvenes a fin de combatir y eliminar todas las formas de trata de mujeres y niñas, en particular con fines de explotación sexual y económica, y procesar a los responsables, dentro de una estrategia amplia contra la trata en el marco de medidas más generales para eliminar todas las formas de violencia contra las mujeres y las niñas, en particular adoptando medidas eficaces contra la criminalización de las niñas que son víctimas de la explotación y garantizando que las niñas que han sido explotadas tengan acceso al apoyo psicosocial necesario;", "37. Exhorta a los gobiernos, a la sociedad civil, incluidos los medios de comunicación, y a las organizaciones no gubernamentales a que fomenten la educación en materia de derechos humanos y el respeto y el goce plenos de los derechos humanos de las niñas por medios como la traducción, la producción y la difusión en todos los sectores de la sociedad, y en particular entre los niños, de material informativo sobre estos derechos que sea adecuado a la edad y al sexo de los destinatarios;", "38. Solicita al Secretario General que, en su calidad de Presidente de la Junta de los jefes ejecutivos del sistema de las Naciones Unidas para la coordinación, vele por que todas las organizaciones y los órganos del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, tanto por separado como colectivamente, en particular el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia, la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, el Programa Mundial de Alimentos, el Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas, la Entidad de las Naciones Unidas para la Igualdad entre los Géneros y el Empoderamiento de las Mujeres (ONU-Mujeres), la Organización Mundial de la Salud, el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo, la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados y la Organización Internacional del Trabajo, tengan en cuenta los derechos y las necesidades particulares de las niñas en sus programas de cooperación con los países, de conformidad con las prioridades nacionales y por conducto del Marco de Asistencia de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo;", "39. Solicita a todos los órganos creados en virtud de tratados de derechos humanos y los mecanismos del Consejo de Derechos Humanos relativos a los derechos humanos, incluidos los procedimientos especiales, que adopten permanente y sistemáticamente la perspectiva de género en la ejecución de sus mandatos e incluyan en sus informes análisis cualitativos sobre violaciones de los derechos humanos de las mujeres y las niñas, y alienta el fortalecimiento de la cooperación y la coordinación a ese respecto;", "40. Solicita a los Estados que aseguren que en todos los programas y políticas orientados a prestar servicios integrales de prevención, tratamiento, atención y apoyo en materia de VIH y SIDA se preste especial atención y apoyo a las niñas que corren peligro de contraer el VIH, viven con la enfermedad o se ven afectadas por ella, como las niñas embarazadas, las madres jóvenes y adolescentes y las niñas con discapacidad, con miras a cumplir el sexto Objetivo de Desarrollo del Milenio, en particular al objeto de detener y comenzar a reducir la propagación del VIH para 2015;", "41. Invita a los Estados a promover iniciativas encaminadas a reducir los precios de los medicamentos antirretrovirales, especialmente de los medicamentos de segunda línea, que pueden utilizar las niñas, por ejemplo, iniciativas bilaterales y del sector privado, así como iniciativas voluntarias emprendidas por grupos de Estados, incluidas las basadas en mecanismos de financiación innovadores que contribuyen a movilizar recursos para el desarrollo social y los encaminados a proporcionar más acceso a medicamentos a precios asequibles en los países en desarrollo de forma sostenible y previsible, y a ese respecto toma nota del Mecanismo Internacional de Compra de Medicamentos (UNITAID);", "42. Exhorta a todos los Estados a que integren el apoyo en materia de alimentación y nutrición con el objetivo de que los niños, especialmente las niñas, tengan acceso en todo momento a alimentos sanos, nutritivos y suficientes para satisfacer sus necesidades dietéticas y sus preferencias alimentarias, de manera que puedan llevar una vida activa y saludable, como parte de una respuesta global al VIH y el SIDA y otras enfermedades transmisibles y no transmisibles;", "43. Insta a los Estados y a la comunidad internacional a que aumenten los recursos en todos los niveles, en particular en los sectores de la educación y la salud, a fin de permitir que los jóvenes, especialmente las niñas, adquieran los conocimientos, actitudes y aptitudes que necesiten para superar las dificultades de la vida cotidiana, incluidas las relativas a la prevención de la infección por el VIH y los embarazos precoces, y disfruten del más alto nivel posible de salud física y mental, incluida la salud sexual y reproductiva;", "44. Destaca la necesidad de reforzar el compromiso de los Estados y del sistema de las Naciones Unidas en su responsabilidad de incorporar la promoción y protección de los derechos de los niños, en particular de la niña, en el programa de desarrollo a nivel nacional, regional e internacional;", "45. Insta a los Estados, a la comunidad internacional, a las entidades pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas, a la sociedad civil y a las instituciones financieras internacionales a que sigan apoyando de forma activa, mediante la asignación de más recursos humanos y financieros, programas focalizados e innovadores orientados a poner fin a la mutilación genital femenina, y a formular e impartir programas de educación, como el programa conjunto del Fondo de Población de las Naciones Unidas y el Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia destinado a acelerar el abandono de la mutilación genital femenina, y cursos prácticos de sensibilización sobre las funestas consecuencias que tiene esta práctica perjudicial para la salud de las niñas, sin olvidar programas de capacitación para quienes realizan la dañina intervención a fin de que puedan dedicarse a otra profesión;", "46. Destaca que un enfoque común coordinado que promueva cambios sociales positivos a nivel comunitario, nacional e internacional podría lograr que se abandonara la mutilación genital femenina en una generación y que se obtuvieran algunos de los principales logros para 2015, en línea con los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio;", "47. Insta a los Estados, a la comunidad internacional, a las entidades competentes de las Naciones Unidas, a la sociedad civil y a las instituciones financieras internacionales a que apoyen de forma activa, mediante la asignación de más recursos humanos y financieros, las iniciativas encaminadas a poner fin al matrimonio en la infancia y el matrimonio forzoso;", "48. Exhorta a los Estados a que fortalezcan la capacidad de los sistemas de salud nacionales y, a ese respecto, exhorta a la comunidad internacional a que preste apoyo a los esfuerzos nacionales, incluso mediante la asignación de recursos suficientes, a fin de proporcionar los servicios básicos necesarios para prevenir la fístula obstétrica y tratar los casos que se produzcan ofreciendo una gama de servicios que incluya la planificación familiar, la atención prenatal y postnatal, la asistencia cualificada en los partos, la atención obstétrica de emergencia y la atención después del parto a las adolescentes, incluidas las que viven en la pobreza y en zonas rurales donde escasean esos servicios y donde son más frecuentes los casos de fístula obstétrica;", "49. Exhorta a los Estados y a la comunidad internacional a que creen las condiciones propicias para garantizar el bienestar de la niña, entre otros medios, cooperando, prestando asistencia y participando en las iniciativas mundiales para la erradicación de la pobreza, a nivel mundial, regional y nacional, reconociendo que es necesaria una mayor disponibilidad y una asignación eficaz de los recursos en todos los niveles, a fin de asegurar la consecución en el plazo previsto de todas las metas acordadas internacionalmente en materia de desarrollo y erradicación de la pobreza, incluidas las establecidas en la Declaración del Milenio[27], y reafirmando que las inversiones en los niños, en particular en las niñas, y la realización de sus derechos se sitúan entre las formas más eficaces de erradicar la pobreza;", "50. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo octavo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución, en el que se haga hincapié en los hogares a cargo de niños, sus causas, efectos y perspectivas, basado en la información proporcionada por los Estados Miembros, las organizaciones y los órganos del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y las organizaciones no gubernamentales, a fin de evaluar las repercusiones de la presente resolución en el bienestar de la niña.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1] * Publicado nuevamente por razones técnicas el 5 de abril de 2012.", "Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, núm. 27531.", "[2]  Ibid., vol. 1249, núm. 20378.", "[3]  Ibid., vol. 2515, núm. 44910.", "[4]  Ibid., vols. 2171 y 2173, núm. 27531; ibid., vol. 2131, núm. 20378; e ibid., vol. 2518, núm. 44910.", "[5]  Ibid., vol. 521, núm. 7525.", "[6]  Véase la resolución 60/1.", "[7]  Véase la resolución 65/1.", "[8]  Resolución S‑27/2, anexo.", "[9]  Resolución S‑26/2, anexo.", "[10]  Resolución 60/262, anexo.", "[11]  Informe de la Cuarta Conferencia Mundial sobre la Mujer, Beijing, 4 a 15 de septiembre de 1995 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.96.IV.13), cap. I, resolución 1, anexo I.", "[12]  Ibid., anexo II.", "[13]  Resolución S‑23/2, anexo, y resolución S‑23/3, anexo.", "[14]  Informe de la Conferencia Internacional sobre la Población y el Desarrollo, El Cairo, 5 a 13 de septiembre de 1994 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.95.XIII.18), cap. I, resolución 1, anexo.", "[15]  Informe de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social, Copenhague, 6 a 12 de marzo de 1995 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.96.IV.8), cap. I, resolución 1, anexo II.", "[16]  Véase Documentos Oficiales del Consejo Económico y Social, 2011, Suplemento núm. 7 (E/2011/27), cap. I, secc. A.", "[17]  Ibid., 2010, Suplemento núm. 7 y corrección (E/2010/27 y Corr.1), cap. I, secc. A; véase también la decisión 2010/232 del Consejo Económico y Social.", "[18]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1015, núm. 14862.", "[19]  Ibid., vol. 2133, núm. 37245.", "[20]  Véase Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, Informe Final del Foro Mundial sobre la Educación, Dakar (Senegal), 26 a 28 de abril de 2000 (París, 2000).", "[21]  Resolución S‑23/3, anexo.", "[22]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2131, núm. 20378.", "[23]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, quincuagésimo noveno período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 19 (A/59/19/Rev.1).", "[24]  Resolución 64/293.", "[25]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2225, núm. 39574.", "[26]  Ibid., vol. 2237, núm. 39574.", "[27]  Véase la resolución 55/2." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/458)]", "66/140. The girl child", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming its resolution 64/145 of 18 December 2009 and all relevant resolutions, including the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, in particular those relevant to the girl child,", "Reaffirming also the equal rights of women and men as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations,", "Recalling all human rights and other instruments relevant to the rights of the child, in particular the girl child, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child,[1] the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,[2] the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,[3] the Optional Protocols thereto[4] and the Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages,[5]", "Reaffirming the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, as well as the commitments relevant to the girl child made at the 2005 World Summit,[6] and welcoming the outcome document of the High‑level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, entitled “Keeping the promise: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals”,[7]", "Reaffirming also the outcome document of the twenty‑seventh special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”,[8] the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted at the twenty‑sixth special session of the General Assembly on HIV/AIDS, entitled “Global Crisis — Global Action”,[9] and the Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS of 2006,[10]", "Reaffirming further all other relevant outcomes of major United Nations summits and conferences relevant to the girl child, as well as their five‑ and ten‑year reviews, including the Beijing Declaration[11] and Platform for Action[12] adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women, the outcome of the twenty‑third special session of the General Assembly entitled “Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty‑first century”,[13] the Programme of Action of the International Conference on Population and Development[14] and the Programme of Action of the World Summit for Social Development,[15] as well as the agreed conclusions adopted by the Commission on the Status on Women at its fifty‑fifth session,[16] at which it considered “Access and participation of women and girls in education, training and science and technology, including for the promotion of women’s equal access to full employment and decent work” as its priority theme,", "Welcoming the adoption by the Commission on the Status of Women of the declaration on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women,[17] and reiterating that full and effective implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, in particular the strategic objectives relating to the girl child, is essential to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,", "Recalling the outcomes of the recent high‑level meetings of the General Assembly relevant to the girl child,", "Recalling also the Secretary‑General’s 2008–2015 campaign “UNiTE to End Violence against Women” and the call upon Governments, civil society, women’s organizations, young people, the private sector, the media and the entire United Nations system to join forces in addressing the global pandemic of violence against women and girls,", "Reaffirming the importance of gender mainstreaming across the United Nations system, including in relation to the girl child,", "Recognizing that chronic poverty remains the single biggest obstacle to meeting the needs of and promoting and protecting the rights of children and that urgent national and international action is therefore required to eliminate it, and noting that the burden of the global financial and economic crisis, the energy crisis, the food crisis and the continuing food insecurity as a result of various factors is felt directly by households, especially those depending on income from the informal sector, and particularly by women and girls,", "Recognizing also that girl children are often at greater risk of being exposed to and encountering various forms of discrimination and violence, which continue to hinder efforts towards the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and reaffirming the need to achieve gender equality to ensure a just and equitable world for girls, including through partnering with men and boys, as an important strategy for advancing the rights of the girl child,", "Recognizing further that progress has been made in the adoption of national legislation that affirms the equality of girls and boys and that corresponding measures have not been taken to effectively implement such legislation, and recognizing the continuing existence of discrimination against women and girls throughout the world and that addressing this situation will require additional efforts to strengthen policy implementation, including through international cooperation,", "Recognizing that the empowerment of and investment in girls, which is critical for economic growth, and the achievement of all Millennium Development Goals, including the eradication of poverty and extreme poverty, as well as the meaningful participation of girls in decisions that affect them, are key in breaking the cycle of discrimination and violence and in promoting and protecting the full and effective enjoyment of their human rights, and recognizing also that empowering girls requires their active participation in decision‑making processes and the active support and engagement of their parents, legal guardians, families and care providers, boys and men, as well as the wider community,", "Deeply concerned about all forms of violence against children, in particular the phenomena that disproportionately affect girls, such as commercial sexual exploitation and child pornography, child and forced marriages, rape, sexual abuse, domestic violence and trafficking in persons and, in addition, about the corresponding lack of accountability and impunity, which reflect discriminatory norms reinforcing the lower status of girls in society,", "Deeply concerned also that violence against women and girls is underrecognized, particularly at the community level, and underreported or unrecorded because of stigma, fear, social tolerance and the often illegal and covert nature of such activities,", "Deeply concerned further about discrimination against the girl child and the violation of the rights of the girl child, which often result in less access for girls to education, and to quality education, nutrition and physical and mental health care, in girls enjoying fewer of the rights, opportunities and benefits of childhood and adolescence than boys, and in leaving them more vulnerable than boys to the consequences of unprotected and premature sexual relations and often being subjected to various forms of cultural, social, sexual and economic exploitation and violence, abuse, rape, incest, honour‑related crimes and harmful traditional practices, such as female infanticide, child and forced marriages, prenatal sex selection and female genital mutilation,", "Deeply concerned that child and forced marriages expose young married girls to greater risk of HIV and sexually transmitted infections, often lead to early childbearing and increase the risk of disability, stillbirth and maternal death, and reduce their opportunities to complete their education, gain comprehensive knowledge, participate in the community or develop employable skills, and violate and impair the full enjoyment of the human rights of women and girls,", "Deeply concerned also that early pregnancy and early childbearing and limited access to sexual and reproductive health care, including in the area of skilled birth attendance and emergency obstetric care, cause high prevalences of obstetric fistula and high levels of maternal mortality and morbidity and furthermore entail complications during pregnancy and childbirth which often lead to death, particularly for young women and girls,", "Recognizing that progress towards ending child and forced marriages can have a positive impact on indicators related to girls’ education, maternal health and child health, thereby contributing to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals,", "Deeply concerned that, despite their widespread practice, child and forced marriages are still underreported, and recognizing that this requires further attention,", "Deeply concerned also that female genital mutilation violates and impairs the full enjoyment of the human rights of women and girls and that it is an irreparable and irreversible harmful practice, and that the goal of ending female genital mutilation by 2010, set out in the document entitled “A world fit for children”, remains unmet,", "Deeply concerned further that, in situations of poverty, war and armed conflict, girl children are among those most affected and furthermore become the victims of sexual violence, abuse and exploitation and sexually transmitted infections and diseases, including HIV and AIDS, which have a serious impact on the quality of their lives and leave them open to further discrimination, violence and neglect, thus limiting their potential for full development,", "Emphasizing that increased access to education for young people, especially girls, including in the areas of sexual and reproductive health, dramatically lowers their vulnerability to preventable diseases, in particular HIV infection and sexually transmitted diseases,", "Recognizing that early childbearing continues to be an impediment to the improvement of the educational and social status of girls in all parts of the world and that, overall, child and forced marriages and early motherhood can severely curtail their educational opportunities and are likely to have a long‑term, adverse impact on their employment opportunities and on their and their children’s quality of life,", "Convinced that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance reveal themselves in a differentiated manner for women and girls and can be among the factors leading to a deterioration in their living conditions, poverty, violence, multiple forms of discrimination and limitation or denial of their human rights,", "Recognizing that women and girls with disabilities are subject to multiple forms of discrimination, including in respect of their access to education and employment, and the importance of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in this regard,", "Noting with concern that, in some parts of the world, men outnumber women as a result, in part, of harmful attitudes and practices, such as female genital mutilation, son preference, which results in female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, early marriage, including child marriage, violence against women, sexual exploitation, sexual abuse and discrimination against girls in food allocation and in other practices related to health and well‑being, with the result that fewer girls than boys survive into adulthood,", "Deeply concerned that the phenomenon of child‑headed households, in particular those headed by girls, is becoming a serious social problem,", "Deeply concerned also that the impact of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, including illness and mortality, erosion of the extended family, exacerbation of poverty, unemployment and underemployment, and migration, as well as urbanization, have contributed to the increase in the number of child‑headed households,", "Recognizing that women and girls bear the disproportionate burden of caring for and supporting those living with and affected by HIV and AIDS, and that this impacts negatively on girls by depriving them of their childhood and diminishing their opportunities to receive an education,", "1. Stresses the need for full and urgent implementation of the rights of the girl child as provided to her under human rights instruments, and urges States to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the Convention on the Rights of the Child,¹ the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,² the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities³ and the Optional Protocols thereto⁴ as a matter of priority;", "2. Urges all States that have not yet signed and ratified or acceded to the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138)[18] and the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182),[19] of the International Labour Organization to consider doing so;", "3. Urges all Governments and the United Nations system to strengthen efforts bilaterally and with international organizations and private sector donors in order to achieve the goals of the World Education Forum,[20] in particular that of eliminating gender disparities in primary and secondary education by 2005, which have not been fully met, and to implement the United Nations Girls’ Education Initiative as a means of reaching this goal, and calls for the implementation of and reaffirms the commitments contained in the Education for All goals and the Millennium Development Goals, particularly those related to gender and education;", "4. Calls upon all States to place enhanced emphasis on quality education for the girl child, including catch‑up and literacy education for those who did not receive formal education, to promote access to skills and entrepreneurial training for young women and to tackle male and female stereotypes in order to ensure that young women entering the labour market have opportunities to obtain full and productive employment and decent work;", "5. Encourages States to promote the development of gender‑sensitive curricula for educational programmes at all levels and to take concrete measures to ensure that educational materials portray women and men, youth, girls and boys in positive and non‑stereotypic roles, particularly in the teaching of scientific and technological subjects, in order to address the root causes of segregation in working life;", "6. Calls upon States and the international community to recognize the right to education on the basis of equal opportunity and non‑discrimination by making primary education compulsory and available free to all children, and ensuring that all children have access to education of good quality, as well as making secondary education generally available and accessible to all, in particular through the progressive introduction of free education, bearing in mind that special measures to ensure equal access, including affirmative action, contribute to achieving equal opportunity and combating exclusion, and ensuring school attendance, in particular for girls and children from low‑income families;", "7. Calls upon States, with the support of international organizations, civil society and non‑governmental organizations, as appropriate, to develop policies and programmes, giving priority to formal and informal education programmes, including age‑appropriate sex education, with appropriate direction and guidance from parents and legal guardians, that support girls and enable them to acquire knowledge, develop self‑esteem and take responsibility for their own lives, and to place special focus on programmes to educate women and men, especially parents, about the importance of girls’ physical and mental health and well‑being, including the elimination of discrimination against girls in child and forced marriages;", "8. Calls upon all States and international and non‑governmental organizations, individually and collectively, to implement further the Beijing Platform for Action,¹² in particular the strategic objectives relating to the girl child, and the further actions and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action,[21] and to mobilize all necessary resources and support in order to achieve the goals and strategic objectives and actions set out in the Beijing Declaration¹¹ and Platform for Action;", "9. Calls upon all States to take measures to address the obstacles that continue to affect the achievement of the goals set forth in the Beijing Platform for Action, as contained in paragraph 33 of the further actions and initiatives, where appropriate, including the strengthening of national mechanisms to implement policies and programmes for the girl child and, in some cases, to enhance coordination among responsible institutions for the realization of the human rights of girls, as indicated in the further actions and initiatives;", "10. Urges States to strengthen efforts to urgently eradicate all forms of discrimination against women and girls and, where applicable, to remain dedicated to the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and the Optional Protocol thereto;[22]", "11. Also urges States to fulfil the pledges that they made at the Fourth World Conference on Women and at the twenty‑third special session of the General Assembly to modify or abolish remaining laws that discriminate against women and girls;", "12. Further urges States to improve the situation of girl children living in poverty, deprived of nutrition, water and sanitation facilities, with limited or no access to basic physical and mental health‑care services, shelter, education, participation and protection, taking into account that, while a severe lack of goods and services hurts every human being, it is most threatening and harmful to the girl child, leaving her unable to enjoy her rights, to reach her full potential and to participate as a full member of society;", "13. Urges States to ensure that the applicable requirements of the International Labour Organization for the employment of girls and boys are respected and effectively enforced and that girls who are employed have equal access to decent work, and equal payment and remuneration, are protected from economic exploitation, discrimination, sexual harassment, violence and abuse in the workplace, are aware of their rights and have access to formal and non‑formal education, skills development and vocational training, and also urges States to develop gender‑sensitive measures, including national action plans, where appropriate, to eliminate the worst forms of child labour, including commercial sexual exploitation, slavery‑like practices, forced and bonded labour, trafficking and hazardous forms of child labour;", "14. Recognizes the importance of strengthening health systems, in particular primary health care and the need to integrate the HIV response into it, and notes that weak health systems, which already face many challenges, including a lack of trained health workers and insufficient retention of skilled health workers, are among the biggest barriers to accessing health care;", "15. Calls upon States, with the support of relevant stakeholders including the private sector, civil society, non‑governmental organizations and community‑based organizations, as appropriate, to take all measures necessary to ensure the right of girls to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, including sexual and reproductive health, and to develop sustainable health systems and social services;", "16. Urges all States to promote gender equality and equal access to basic social services, such as education, nutrition, birth registration, health care, including sexual and reproductive health, vaccinations and protection from diseases representing the major causes of mortality, including non‑communicable diseases, and to mainstream a gender perspective in all development policies and programmes, including those relating to children as well as those specific to the girl child;", "17. Calls upon States, with the support of international organizations and civil society, including non‑governmental organizations, and the media, to take appropriate measures to address the root factors of child and forced marriages, including by undertaking educational activities to raise awareness regarding the negative aspects of such practices;", "18. Urges all States to enact and strictly enforce laws to ensure that marriage is entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses, and, in addition, to enact and strictly enforce laws concerning the minimum legal age of consent and the minimum age for marriage and raise the minimum age for marriage where necessary, and to develop and implement comprehensive policies, plans of action and programmes for the survival, protection, development and advancement of the girl child in order to promote and protect the full enjoyment of her human rights and to ensure equal opportunities for girls, including by making such plans an integral part of her total development process;", "19. Urges States to ensure that efforts to enact and implement legislation to end child and forced marriages engage all stakeholders and agents of change and ensure that the information on the legislation against the practice is well known and generates social support for the enforcement of such laws and legislation;", "20. Calls upon States to support community workshops and discussion sessions to enable communities to collectively explore ways to prevent and address child and forced marriages, provide information through stakeholders who are credible to the community, such as medical personnel and local, community and religious leaders, regarding the harm associated with these marriages, give greater voice to girls and ensure consistence of message throughout the entire community, and encourage the much‑needed strong engagement of men and boys;", "21. Also calls upon States to support and implement, including with dedicated resources, multisectoral policies and programmes that end the practice of child and forced marriages and ensure the provision of viable alternatives and institutional support, especially educational opportunities for girls, with an emphasis on keeping girls in school through post‑primary education, including those who are already married or pregnant, ensuring physical access to education, including by establishing safe residential facilities, increasing financial incentives to families, promoting the empowerment of girls, improving educational quality and ensuring safe and hygienic conditions in schools;", "22. Further calls upon States to strengthen research, data collection and analysis on the girl child, disaggregated by sex, age and geographical location, in order to provide a better understanding of the situations of girls, especially of the multiple forms of discrimination that they face, and to develop necessary policies and programme responses, which should take a holistic approach to addressing the full range of the forms of discrimination that girls may face, in order to protect their rights effectively;", "23. Urges States to take all measures necessary to ensure the full enjoyment by girls with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children, and to adopt, implement and strengthen appropriate policies and programmes designed to address their needs;", "24. Urges all States to enact and enforce legislation to protect girls from all forms of violence and exploitation, including female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, female genital mutilation, rape, domestic violence, incest, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, child prostitution and child pornography, trafficking and forced migration, forced labour and forced marriage, as well as marriage under legal age, and to develop age‑appropriate safe, confidential and disability‑accessible programmes and medical, social and psychological support services to assist girls who are subjected to violence and discrimination;", "25. Urges States to complement punitive measures with educational activities designed to promote a process of consensus towards the abandonment of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and to provide appropriate services for those affected by the practices;", "26. Calls upon all States to enact and enforce the necessary legislative or other measures, in cooperation with relevant stakeholders, to prevent the distribution over the Internet of child pornography, including depictions of child sexual abuse, ensuring that adequate mechanisms are in place to enable reporting and removal of such material and that its creators, distributors and collectors are prosecuted as appropriate;", "27. Urges States to formulate comprehensive, multidisciplinary and coordinated national plans, programmes or strategies to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls, which should be widely disseminated and should provide targets and timetables for implementation, as well as effective domestic enforcement procedures through the establishment of monitoring mechanisms involving all parties concerned, including consultations with women’s organizations, giving attention to the recommendations relating to the girl child of the Special Rapporteurs of the Human Rights Council on violence against women, its causes and consequences, and on trafficking in persons, especially women and children, and of the Special Representative of the Secretary‑General on Violence against Children;", "28. Also urges States to ensure that the right of children to express themselves and to participate in all matters affecting them, in accordance with their age and maturity, is fully and equally enjoyed by girls;", "29. Further urges States to involve girls, including girls with special needs, and their representative organizations, in decision‑making processes, as appropriate, and to include them as full and active partners in identifying their own needs and in developing, planning, implementing and assessing policies and programmes to meet those needs;", "30. Recognizes that a considerable number of girl children are particularly vulnerable, including orphans, children living on the street, internally displaced and refugee children, children affected by trafficking and sexual and economic exploitation, children living with or affected by HIV and AIDS, and children who are incarcerated who live without parental support, and therefore urges States, with the support of the international community, where relevant, to take appropriate measures to address the needs of such children by implementing national policies and strategies to build and strengthen governmental, community and family capacities to provide a supportive environment for such children, including by providing appropriate counselling and psychosocial support, and ensuring their enrolment in school and access to shelter, good nutrition and health and social services on an equal basis with other children;", "31. Encourages States to promote actions, including through bilateral and multilateral technical cooperation and financial assistance, for the social reintegration of children in difficult situations, in particular girls, considering, inter alia, views, skills and capacities that those children have developed in the conditions in which they lived and, where appropriate, with their meaningful participation;", "32. Urges all States and the international community to respect, promote and protect the rights of the girl child, taking into account the particular vulnerabilities of the girl child in pre‑conflict, conflict and post‑conflict situations, as well as in other humanitarian emergencies, and further urges States to take special measures for the protection of girls, in particular to protect them from sexually transmitted infections, including HIV infection, gender‑based violence, including rape, sexual abuse and sexual exploitation, torture, abduction and forced labour, paying special attention to refugee and displaced girls, and to take into account their special needs in the delivery of humanitarian assistance and disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation assistance and reintegration processes;", "33. Deplores all cases of sexual exploitation and abuse of women and children, especially girls, in humanitarian crises, including those cases involving humanitarian workers and peacekeepers, and urges States to take effective measures to address gender‑based violence in humanitarian emergencies and to make all possible efforts to ensure that their laws and institutions are adequate to prevent, promptly investigate and prosecute acts of gender‑based violence;", "34. Also deplores all acts of sexual exploitation, abuse of and trafficking in women and children by military, police and civilian personnel involved in United Nations operations, welcomes the efforts undertaken by United Nations agencies and peacekeeping operations to implement a zero‑tolerance policy in this regard, and requests the Secretary‑General and personnel‑contributing countries to continue to take all appropriate action necessary to combat these abuses by such personnel, including through the full implementation without delay of those measures adopted in the relevant General Assembly resolutions based on recommendations of the Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations;[23]", "35. Urges Member States, the United Nations and other international, regional and subregional organizations, as well as civil society, including non‑governmental organizations, the private sector and the media, to fully and effectively implement the relevant provisions of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons[24] and the activities outlined therein, and expresses its view that it will, inter alia, contribute to the promotion of the rights of the girls and enhance cooperation and a better coordination of efforts in fighting trafficking in persons and promote increased ratification and full implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime[25] and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime;[26]", "36. Calls upon Member States to devise, enforce and strengthen effective child‑ and youth‑sensitive measures to combat, eliminate and prosecute all forms of trafficking in women and girls, including for sexual and economic exploitation, as part of a comprehensive anti‑trafficking strategy within wider efforts to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, including by taking effective measures against the criminalization of girls who are victims of exploitation and ensuring that girls who have been exploited receive access to the necessary psychosocial support;", "37. Calls upon Governments, civil society, including the media, and non‑governmental organizations to promote human rights education and full respect for and the enjoyment of the human rights of the girl child, inter alia, through the translation, production and dissemination of age‑appropriate and gender‑sensitive information material on those rights to all sectors of society, in particular to children;", "38. Requests the Secretary‑General, as Chair of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, to ensure that all organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, individually and collectively, in particular the United Nations Children’s Fund, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN‑Women), the World Health Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Labour Organization, take into account the rights and the particular needs of the girl child in country programmes of cooperation in accordance with national priorities, including through the United Nations Development Assistance Framework;", "39. Requests all human rights treaty bodies and the human rights mechanisms of the Human Rights Council, including the special procedures, to adopt regularly and systematically a gender perspective in the implementation of their mandates and to include in their reports information on the qualitative analysis of violations of the human rights of women and girls, and encourages the strengthening of cooperation and coordination in that regard;", "40. Requests States to ensure that, in all policies and programmes designed to provide comprehensive HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support, particular attention and support are given to the girl child at risk, living with or affected by HIV, including pregnant girls and young and adolescent mothers and girls with disabilities, with a view to achieving Millennium Development Goal 6, in particular to halt and begin to reverse by 2015 the spread of HIV;", "41. Invites States to promote initiatives aimed at reducing the prices of antiretroviral drugs, especially second‑line drugs, available to the girl child, including bilateral and private sector initiatives as well as initiatives on a voluntary basis taken by groups of States, including those based on innovative financing mechanisms that contribute to the mobilization of resources for social development, including those that aim to provide further access to drugs at affordable prices to developing countries on a sustainable and predictable basis, and in this regard takes note of the International Drug Purchase Facility, UNITAID;", "42. Calls upon all States to integrate food and nutritional support with the goal that children, especially girl children, have access at all times to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences, for an active and healthy life, as part of a comprehensive response to HIV and AIDS, other communicable diseases and non‑communicable diseases;", "43. Urges States and the international community to increase resources at all levels, particularly in the education and health sectors, so as to enable young people, especially girls, to gain the knowledge, attitudes and life skills that they need to overcome their challenges, including the prevention of HIV infection and early pregnancy, and to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including sexual and reproductive health;", "44. Stresses the need to strengthen the commitment of States and the United Nations system in their responsibility to mainstream the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, in particular the girl child, in the development agenda at the national, regional and international levels;", "45. Urges States, the international community, the relevant United Nations entities, civil society and international financial institutions to continue to actively support, through the allocation of increased human and financial resources, targeted innovative programmes that address ending female genital mutilation and developing and providing education programmes, such as the United Nations Population Fund‑United Nations Children’s Fund joint programme on accelerating the abandonment of female genital mutilation, and sensitization workshops on the dire consequences of this harmful practice for the health of the girl, and to provide training programmes for those who perform the harmful procedure so that they may adopt an alternative profession;", "46. Stresses that a common coordinated approach that promotes positive social change at the community, national and international levels could lead to the abandonment of female genital mutilation within a generation, with some of the main achievements being obtained by 2015, in line with the Millennium Development Goals;", "47. Urges States, the international community, the relevant United Nations entities, civil society and the international financial institutions to actively support, through the allocation of increased human and financial resources, efforts to end child and forced marriages;", "48. Calls upon States to strengthen the capacity of national health systems, and in this regard calls upon the international community to assist national efforts, including by allocation of adequate resources in order to provide essential services needed to prevent obstetric fistula and to treat those cases that occur by providing the continuum of services, including family planning, prenatal and postnatal care, skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetric care and post‑partum care, to adolescent girls, including those living in poverty and in underserved rural areas where obstetric fistula is most common;", "49. Calls upon States and the international community to create an environment in which the well‑being of the girl child is ensured, inter alia, by cooperating, supporting and participating in global efforts for poverty eradication at the global, regional and country levels, recognizing that strengthened availability and effective allocation of resources are required at all levels, in order to ensure that all the internationally agreed development and poverty eradication goals, including those set out in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,[27] are realized within their time framework, and reaffirming that investment in children, particularly girls, and the realization of their rights are among the most effective ways to eradicate poverty;", "50. Requests the Secretary‑General to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixty‑eighth session on the implementation of the present resolution, including an emphasis on child‑headed households: causes, effects and prospects, using information provided by Member States, the organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and non‑governmental organizations, with a view to assessing the impact of the present resolution on the well‑being of the girl child.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] * Reissued for technical reasons on 5 April 2012.", "United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.", "[2]  Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378.", "[3]  Ibid., vol. 2515, No. 44910.", "[4]  Ibid., vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531; ibid., vol. 2131, No. 20378; and ibid., vol. 2518, No. 44910.", "[5]  Ibid., vol. 521, No. 7525.", "[6]  See resolution 60/1.", "[7]  See resolution 65/1.", "[8]  Resolution S‑27/2, annex.", "[9]  Resolution S‑26/2, annex.", "[10]  Resolution 60/262, annex.", "[11]  Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4–15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.", "[12]  Ibid., annex II.", "[13]  Resolution S‑23/2, annex, and resolution S‑23/3, annex.", "[14]  Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5–13 September 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.", "[15]  Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6–12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.", "[16]  See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2011, Supplement No. 7 (E/2011/27), chap. I, sect. A.", "[17]  Ibid., 2010, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (E/2010/27 and Corr.1), chap I, sect. A; see also Economic and Social Council decision 2010/232.", "[18]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1015, No. 14862.", "[19]  Ibid., vol. 2133, No. 37245.", "[20]  See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Final Report of the World Education Forum, Dakar, Senegal, 26–28 April 2000 (Paris, 2000).", "[21]  Resolution S‑23/3, annex.", "[22]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2131, No. 20378.", "[23]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty‑ninth Session, Supplement No. 19 (A/59/19/Rev.1).", "[24]  Resolution 64/293.", "[25]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2225, No. 39574.", "[26]  Ibid., vol. 2237, No. 39574.", "[27]  See resolution 55/2." ]
A_RES_66_140
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/458)]", "66/140. The girl", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming its resolution 64/145 of 18 December 2009 and all relevant resolutions, including the agreed conclusions of the Commission on the Status of Women, in particular those relating to the girl child,", "Reaffirming also the equal rights of women and men, as enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations,", "Recalling all human rights instruments and other instruments relating to the rights of the child, in particular those relating to the girl child, including the Convention on the Rights of the Child[1], the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women[2], the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities[3], as well as the Optional Protocols to these instruments[4] and the Convention on the Consent to Marriage, the Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration,", "Reaffirming the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and the relevant commitments relating to the girl child assumed at the 2005 World Summit,[6] and welcoming the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, entitled “Implementation of the pledge: united to achieve the Millennium Development Goals”,[7],", "Reaffirming also the outcome document of its twenty-seventh special session on children entitled " A world fit for children " [8], the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS adopted at its twenty-sixth special session on HIV/AIDS, entitled " Global Crisis - Global Action " [9], and the 2006 Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS[10],", "Reaffirming also all other relevant documents of the major United Nations summits and conferences on the girl child, as well as their five- and 10-year reviews, including the Beijing Declaration[11] and the Platform for Action[12] adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women, the outcome of the twenty-third special session of the General Assembly entitled " Women 2000: gender equality, development and peace for the twenty-first century " [13]", "Welcoming the statement adopted by the Commission on the Status of Women on the occasion of the fifteenth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women,[17] and reiterating that the full and effective implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, in particular the strategic goals relating to the girl child, is essential to achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,", "Recalling the results of its latest high-level meetings on the girl child,", "Recalling also the Secretary-General ' s 2008 - 2015 campaign, " Units to End Violence against Women " , and the call on Governments, civil society, women ' s organizations, youth, the private sector, the media and the entire United Nations system to join forces in combating the global pandemic of violence against women and girls,", "Reaffirming the importance of mainstreaming a gender perspective throughout the United Nations system, including with regard to the girl child,", "Recognizing that chronic poverty continues to be the main obstacle to meeting the needs of children and to promote and protect their rights, which requires urgent action at the national and international levels to eliminate it, and noting that families, especially those dependent on income from the informal sector, and in particular women and girls, are directly cognizant of the global financial and economic crisis, the energy crisis, the food crisis and the continuing food insecurity resulting from various factors,", "Recognizing also that girls are often more exposed to and at greater risk of various forms of discrimination and violence, which continues to pose an obstacle to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals, and reaffirming the need to achieve gender equality in order to ensure a fair and equitable world for girls, in particular by establishing partnerships with men and boys, as an important strategy to promote the rights of the girl child,", "Recognizing further that progress has been made in the adoption of national legislation that affirms equality between girls and boys and that the corresponding measures have not been taken to effectively implement such legislation, and recognizing that discrimination against women and girls continues to exist worldwide and that further steps will be required to strengthen the implementation of policies, including through international cooperation, to address this situation,", "Recognizing that the empowerment of and investment in girls, which is a key issue for economic growth, and the achievement of all the Millennium Development Goals, including the eradication of poverty and extreme poverty, as well as the effective participation of girls in decisions affecting them, are key to breaking the cycle of discrimination and violence and to promote and protect the full and effective enjoyment of their human rights, and recognizing also that such empowerment requires the active participation of children,", "Deeply concerned about all forms of violence against children, in particular the phenomena that disproportionately affect girls, such as commercial sexual exploitation and child pornography, child marriage and forced marriage, rape, sexual abuse, domestic violence and trafficking in persons, and, in addition, the lack of accountability and consequent impunity, which reflect discriminatory patterns in society", "Deeply concerned also that violence against women and girls is not sufficiently recognized, particularly at the community level, and many cases are not reported or recorded due to stigmatization, fear, social tolerance and the often illegal and covert nature of such activities,", "Deeply concerned also at the discrimination of girls and the violation of their rights, as a result of which children often have less access to education and quality education, as well as less access to nutrition and physical and mental health care, often less enjoy the rights, opportunities and benefits of children and adolescents, and are often more vulnerable to the consequences of unprotected sexual intercourse and pre-mature sexual abuse", "Deeply concerned that childhood marriage and forced marriage expose married girls to a higher risk of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections, often lead to premature procreation and increase the risk of disability, fetal mortality and maternal mortality, and reduce their opportunities to complete their studies, acquire full training, participate in the community or prepare for employment, and violate and impair the full enjoyment of women and girls", "Deeply concerned also that pre-mature pregnancy and procreation and limited access to sexual and reproductive health services, in particular in the area of skilled delivery and emergency obstetric care, cause many cases of obstetric fistula and maternal mortality and morbidity and also cause complications during pregnancy and childbirth that often cause death, especially girls,", "Recognizing that progress towards the elimination of marriage in children and forced marriage can have a positive impact on indicators related to girls ' education and maternal and child health, thereby contributing to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals,", "Deeply concerned that, despite the widespread practice of marriage and forced marriage, many cases are not yet reported, and recognizing the need to pay more attention to this issue,", "Deeply concerned also that female genital mutilation violates and undermines the full enjoyment of the human rights of women and girls and is a harmful, irreparable and irreversible practice and that the goal of ending female genital mutilation by 2010, as set out in the document entitled “A World Fit for Children”, remains to be met.", "Deeply concerned also that girls are among the most disadvantaged in situations of poverty, war and armed conflict, and that they are, in addition, victims of sexual violence, abuse and exploitation, as well as sexually transmitted infections and diseases, including HIV and AIDS, which have serious consequences for their quality of life, exposes them to greater discrimination, violence and oblivion and thus limits their potential for full development,", "Emphasizing that the increased access of young people, especially girls, to education, including sexual and reproductive health, drastically reduces their vulnerability to preventable diseases, including HIV infection and sexually transmitted diseases,", "Recognizing that premature procreation remains an impediment to the improvement of the educational and social situation of girls throughout the world and that, in general, child marriage and forced marriage and early motherhood can seriously undermine their educational opportunities and are likely to have a long-term negative impact on their employment opportunities and the quality of their lives and their children,", "Convinced that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance are manifested in a differentiated manner for women and girls, and can be counted among the factors leading to the worsening of their living conditions, poverty, violence, multiple forms of discrimination and the limitation or denial of their human rights,", "Recognizing that women and girls with disabilities are subject to multiple forms of discrimination, in particular with regard to their access to education and employment, and the importance of the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in this regard,", "Noting with concern that in some parts of the world the number of men exceeds that of women as a result, in part, of harmful attitudes and practices, such as female genital mutilation, the preference for male children, resulting in female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, early marriage, including child marriage, violence against women, sexual exploitation and abuse and discrimination against girls in the allocation of food, and other practices affecting girls,", "Deeply concerned that the phenomenon of children ' s households, in particular girls ' heads, is becoming a serious social problem,", "Deeply concerned also that the effects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, including disease and mortality, erosion of the extended family, increased poverty, unemployment and underemployment, and migration, as well as urbanization, have helped to increase the number of children ' s homes,", "Recognizing that women and girls bear a disproportionate burden on the care and support of people living with and affected by HIV and AIDS, and that this has a negative impact on girls because they deprive them of their childhood and diminish their opportunities for education,", "1. Stresses the need for full and urgent implementation of the rights accorded to the girl child in human rights instruments, and urges States, as a matter of priority, to consider signing and ratifying the Convention on the Rights of the Child,1 the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,2 the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities3 and their respective Optional Protocols,4 or to accede to these instruments;", "2. Urges all States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the Convention on the Minimum Age of 1973 (No. 138)[18] and the Convention on the Prohibition of the Worst Forms of Child Labour of 1999 (No. 182)[19];", "3. Urges all Governments and the United Nations system to intensify bilateral work and with international organizations and private sector donors in order to achieve the goals of the Global Forum on Education[20] that have not yet been fully implemented, in particular the elimination by 2005 of gender disparities in primary and secondary education, and to implement the United Nations Girls ' Education Initiative as a means of achieving that goal, calls for the implementation of and commitment to the Millennium Development Goals", "4. Calls upon all States to give greater importance to quality education for girls, including recovery and literacy courses for those who have not received formal education, to promote access for young women to vocational and business training and to take measures to eliminate male and female stereotypes so that young women who join the labour market have opportunities to obtain full and productive employment and decent work;", "5. Encourages States to promote the development of curricula for gender-sensitive education programmes and to take concrete measures to ensure that educational materials represent women and men, youth, girls and boys in positive and non-stereotyped roles, in particular in the teaching of scientific and technological issues, in order to address the root causes of segregation in working life;", "6. Calls upon States and the international community to recognize the right to education on the basis of equal opportunities and non-discrimination, for which compulsory and free primary education for all children is to be introduced, so that all children have access to good quality education, secondary education is to be put at the reach of all, including through the gradual introduction of free education, bearing in mind that special measures to ensure equal access, such as girls", "7. Calls upon States, with the support of international organizations, civil society and non-governmental organizations, as appropriate, to develop policies and programmes that give priority to academic and non-formal education programmes, including age-appropriate sexual education, with appropriate direction and guidance from parents and legal guardians, to support the girl child and to enable her to acquire knowledge, develop self-esteem and take responsibility for her own life, and to give special care to women", "8. Calls upon all States and international and non-governmental organizations, individually and collectively, to continue to implement the Beijing Platform for Action12, in particular the strategic objectives relating to the girl child, as well as further measures and initiatives to implement the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action[21], and to mobilize all the resources and support necessary to achieve the strategic goals and objectives and implement the actions contained in the Beijing Declaration and the Beijing Platform for Action;", "9. Calls upon all States, where appropriate, to take steps to overcome the remaining obstacles to the achievement of the goals set out in the Beijing Platform for Action, as indicated in paragraph 33 of the new measures and initiatives, including the strengthening of national mechanisms to implement policies and programmes for girls and, in some cases, to enhance coordination among institutions dealing with the realization of the human rights of girls, as indicated in the new measures;", "10. Urges States to redouble efforts to urgently eradicate all forms of discrimination against women and girls and, where appropriate, to continue to pursue the implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women and its Optional Protocol[22];", "11. Also urges States to fulfil the commitments made at the Fourth World Conference on Women and at the twenty-third special session to amend or repeal the remaining laws that are discriminatory against women and girls;", "12. It further urges States to improve the situation of girls living in poverty, deprived of nutrition and water and sanitation services, without access to or with limited access to basic mental and physical health care services, housing, education, participation and protection, bearing in mind that, while a serious lack of goods and services is a handicap for every human being, it is particularly dangerous and harmful for girls, since it is not fully capable of developing their rights,", "13. Calls upon States to ensure respect for and effective implementation of the relevant requirements established by the International Labour Organization for the employment of girls and boys, and to ensure equal access for girls to decent work and to equitable pay and remuneration, to economic exploitation, discrimination, sexual harassment, violence and ill-treatment in the workplace, to know their rights and to have access to academic work", "14. Recognizes the importance of strengthening health systems, in particular primary care, and the need to integrate HIV response into it, and notes that poor health systems, already plagued by problems, such as the lack of skilled health workers and the inability to retain them, are one of the greatest obstacles to accessing health services;", "15. Calls upon States, with the support of relevant stakeholders, including the private sector, civil society, non-governmental organizations and community-based organizations, as appropriate, to take all necessary measures to ensure the right of girls to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health, including sexual and reproductive health, and to establish sustainable health systems and social services;", "16. Urges all States to promote gender equality and equal access to basic social services, such as education, nutrition, birth registration, health care, including sexual and reproductive health, vaccination and protection against diseases that represent the main causes of mortality, including non-communicable diseases, and to mainstream a gender perspective into all development policies and programmes, including child-specific ones,", "17. Calls upon States, with the support of international organizations and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, and the media, to take appropriate measures to address the root causes of child marriage and forced marriage, as educational activities to raise awareness of the negative aspects of such practices;", "18. Urges all States to enact and strictly enforce laws that stipulate that marriage can only be entered into with the free and full consent of future spouses and, furthermore, to enact and strictly enforce laws relating to the minimum age for consent and marriage, and to ensure, where necessary, the minimum age for marriage, and to develop and implement comprehensive policies, plans of action and programmes for the full development of girls,", "19. Urges States to ensure that all stakeholders and agents of change participate in efforts to enact and implement laws to end marriage in children and forced marriage and to make laws widely known against such practice in order to generate social support for its implementation;", "20. Calls upon States to support the organization of community-based workshops and discussions to enable communities to collectively study ways to prevent and combat child marriage and forced marriage, to provide information through credible sources in the community, such as medical personnel and local, community and religious leaders, on the dangers of such marriages, to increase the participation of girls and to ensure the coherence of the message throughout the community, and to encourage the strong commitment of men;", "21. It also calls upon States to support and implement, including with special resources, multisectoral policies and programmes aimed at ending the practice of child marriage and forced marriage, and to ensure that viable alternatives and institutional support are provided, especially educational opportunities for girls, with an emphasis on keeping girls ' schooling up to post-primary education, including those already married or pregnant, to promote physical access to education, such as financial conditions", "22. Further calls upon States to strengthen research and data collection and analysis on the girl child, disaggregated by sex, age and geographical location, in order to better understand the situation of girls, especially with regard to the multiple forms of discrimination they face, and to formulate the necessary policy and programmatic responses, which should adopt a holistic approach to combating all forms of discrimination against girls in order to effectively protect their rights;", "23. Urges States to take all necessary measures to ensure that girls with disabilities enjoy fully all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other boys and girls, and to adopt, implement and strengthen appropriate policies and programmes designed to meet their needs;", "24. Urges all States to enact and enforce laws that protect girls from all forms of violence and exploitation, including female infanticide and prenatal sex selection, female genital mutilation, rape, domestic violence, incest, sexual abuse and exploitation, child prostitution, child pornography, trafficking and forced migration, safe labour and forced marriage, as well as marriageable,", "25. Urges States to complement punitive measures with educational activities aimed at promoting a consensus process for the abandonment of harmful practices such as female genital mutilation and to provide adequate services to those affected by such practices;", "26. Calls upon all States to enact and enforce the necessary legislative or other measures, in cooperation with relevant stakeholders, to prevent the online distribution of pornography using children, including child sexual abuse representations, and to ensure that there are adequate mechanisms for reporting and removing such material, and for those who believe it, distribute or collect it to be prosecuted as appropriate;", "27. Urges States to develop comprehensive, multidisciplinary and coordinated national plans, programmes or strategies to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against women and girls, to which they will be widely disseminated and to set targets and timetables for implementation, as well as effective national procedures for their implementation through monitoring mechanisms involving all stakeholders, including consultations with women ' s organizations, and to take into account the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur on violence", "28. It also urges States to ensure that girls enjoy fully and equally the right of children to express themselves and to participate in all matters affecting them, according to their age and maturity;", "29. Further urges States to involve and integrate girls, including girls with special needs, in decision-making processes, as appropriate, as active and full partners in identifying their own needs and developing, planning, implementing and evaluating policies and programmes to address these needs;", "30. Recognizes that the number of girls who are particularly vulnerable, such as orphans, those who live on the street, refugee or internally displaced girls, those affected by trafficking and sexual and economic exploitation, those who live with or are affected by HIV and AIDS, and girls in prison without the support of their parents, and therefore urges States to provide adequate schooling, with the support of the international community, where appropriate, support for the provision of psychosocial care", "31. Encourages States to promote measures, including through technical cooperation and financial assistance at the bilateral and multilateral levels, to achieve the social reintegration of children in difficult situations, in particular girls, taking into account, inter alia, the views, skills and capacities that these children have developed in the conditions in which they lived and, where appropriate, with their meaningful participation;", "32. Urges all States and the international community to respect, promote and protect the rights of girls, taking into account the particular vulnerability of girls in conflict situations or in pre-conflict or post-conflict situations, as well as in other humanitarian emergencies, and further urges States to take special measures to protect girls, including sexually transmitted infections, including HIV infection, gender-based violence,", "33. Deplores all cases of sexual exploitation and abuse of women and children, especially girls, in humanitarian crises, including cases involving humanitarian workers and peacekeepers, and urges States to take effective measures to address gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies and to make every effort to ensure that their laws and institutions are adequate to prevent and investigate promptly the perpetrators of such violence;", "34. It also deplores any act of sexual exploitation or abuse and trafficking of women and children by military, civilian or police personnel participating in United Nations operations, welcomes the efforts of United Nations agencies and peacekeeping operations to implement a zero-tolerance policy in this regard, and requests the Secretary-General and the troop-contributing countries to continue to take all appropriate measures to combat such abuse by the General Assembly, without the full implementation of those resolutions,", "35. Urges Member States, the United Nations and other international, regional and subregional organizations, as well as civil society, including non-governmental organizations, the private sector and the media, to implement fully and effectively the relevant provisions of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons[24] and the activities described therein, and expresses the view that, inter alia, it will contribute to the promotion of the rights of organized crime", "36. Calls upon Member States to formulate, enforce and strengthen effective measures that take into account the interests of children and young people in order to combat and eliminate all forms of trafficking in women and girls, in particular for the purpose of sexual and economic exploitation, and to prosecute those responsible, within a comprehensive strategy against trafficking in the framework of more comprehensive measures to eliminate all forms of violence against women and girls, including through the adoption of effective measures against girls who have been criminalized;", "37. Calls upon Governments, civil society, including the media, and non-governmental organizations to promote human rights education and full respect for and enjoyment of the human rights of girls by means such as translation, production and dissemination in all sectors of society, and in particular among children, of information materials on these rights that are appropriate to the age and sex of the beneficiaries;", "38. Requests the Secretary-General, in his capacity as Chairman of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination, to ensure that all organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, both individually and collectively, in particular the United Nations Children ' s Fund, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Food Programme, the United Nations Population Fund, the United Nations Entity", "39. Requests all human rights treaty bodies and mechanisms of the Human Rights Council relating to human rights, including special procedures, to take the gender perspective permanently and systematically in the implementation of their mandates and to include in their reports qualitative analysis of human rights violations of women and girls, and encourages the strengthening of cooperation and coordination in this regard;", "40. Calls upon States to ensure that all programmes and policies aimed at providing comprehensive HIV and AIDS prevention, treatment, care and support provide special attention and support to girls at risk of HIV, live with or are affected by HIV, such as pregnant girls, young and adolescent mothers and girls with disabilities, with a view to achieving Millennium Development Goal 6, in particular to the goal of halting and detaining", "41. Invites States to promote initiatives aimed at reducing the prices of antiretroviral drugs, especially second-line drugs, which may be used by girls, for example, bilateral and private sector initiatives, as well as voluntary initiatives undertaken by groups of States, including those based on innovative financing mechanisms that contribute to mobilizing resources for social development and those aimed at providing more access to affordable medicines in developing countries in a sustainable and predictable manner, and to that of the", "42. Calls upon all States to integrate food and nutrition support with the aim of ensuring that children, especially girls, have access at all times to healthy, nutritious and sufficient food to meet their dietary needs and food preferences so that they can lead an active and healthy life as part of a comprehensive response to HIV and AIDS and other communicable and non-communicable diseases;", "43. Urges States and the international community to increase resources at all levels, in particular in the education and health sectors, in order to enable young people, especially girls, to acquire the knowledge, attitudes and skills they need to overcome daily life difficulties, including those related to the prevention of HIV infection and early pregnancy, and to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and reproductive health, including mental,", "44. Stresses the need to strengthen the commitment of States and the United Nations system to incorporate the promotion and protection of the rights of children, in particular the girl child, into the national, regional and international development agenda;", "45. Urges States, the international community, relevant United Nations entities, civil society and international financial institutions to continue to actively support, through the allocation of more human and financial resources, targeted and innovative programmes aimed at ending female genital mutilation, and to develop and impart education programmes, such as the joint programme of the United Nations Population Fund and the United Nations Children ' s Fund, to eliminate the harmful effects of female genital mutilation,", "46. Stresses that a coordinated common approach that promotes positive social changes at the community, national and international levels could lead to the abandonment of female genital mutilation in one generation and the achievement of some of the major achievements by 2015, in line with the Millennium Development Goals;", "47. Urges States, the international community, relevant United Nations entities, civil society and international financial institutions to actively support, through the allocation of more human and financial resources, efforts to end marriage in children and forced marriage;", "48. Calls upon States to strengthen the capacity of national health systems and, in this regard, calls upon the international community to support national efforts, including through the allocation of adequate resources, in order to provide the basic services necessary to prevent obstetric fistula and to deal with cases involving a range of services that include family planning, prenatal and postnatal care, skilled care in childbirth,", "49. Calls upon States and the international community to create the conditions conducive to ensuring the well-being of the girl child, inter alia, by cooperating, assisting and participating in global initiatives for poverty eradication, at the global, regional and national levels, recognizing the need for greater availability and effective allocation of resources at all levels, in order to ensure the achievement of all internationally agreed goals for the development and eradication of girls,", "50. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, emphasizing children ' s homes, their causes, effects and prospects, based on information provided by Member States, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations, to assess the impact of the present resolution on the well-being of the girl child.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] * Reissued for technical reasons on April 5, 2012.", "United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.", "[2] Ibid., vol. 1249, No. 20378.", "[3] Ibid., vol. 2515, No. 44910.", "[4] Ibid., vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531; ibid., vol. 2131, No. 20378; e ibid., vol. 2518, No. 44910.", "[5] Ibid., vol. 521, No. 7525.", "[6] See resolution 60/1.", "[7] See resolution 65/1.", "[8] Resolution S‐27/2, annex.", "[9] Resolution S‐26/2, annex.", "[10] Resolution 60/262, annex.", "[11] Report of the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 4-15 September 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.13), chap. I, resolution 1, annex I.", "[12] Ibid., annex II.", "[13] Resolution S‐23/2, annex, and resolution S‐23/3, annex.", "[14] Report of the International Conference on Population and Development, Cairo, 5-13 September 1994 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.95.XIII.18), chap. I, resolution 1, annex.", "[15] Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6-12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annex II.", "[16] See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2011, Supplement No. 7 (E/2011/27), chap. I, sect. A.", "[17] Ibid., 2010, Supplement No. 7 and corrigendum (E/2010/27 and Corr.1), chap. I, sect. A; see also Economic and Social Council decision 2010/232.", "[18] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1015, No. 14862.", "[19] Go, vol. 2133, No. 37245.", "[20] See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Final Report of the World Education Forum, Dakar, Senegal, 26-28 April 2000 (Paris, 2000).", "[21] Resolution S‐23/3, annex.", "[22] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2131, No. 20378.", "[23] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-ninth Session, Supplement No. 19 (A/59/19/Rev.1).", "[24] Resolution 64/293.", "[25] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2225, No. 39574.", "[26] Ibid., vol. 2237, No. 39574.", "[27] See resolution 55/2." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/458)]", "66/141. Derechos del niño", "La Asamblea General,", "Reafirmando todas sus resoluciones anteriores sobre los derechos del niño, en su totalidad, la más reciente de las cuales es la resolución 65/197, de 21 de diciembre de 2010,", "Poniendo de relieve que la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño[1] constituye la norma en la promoción y protección de los derechos del niño y, teniendo presente la importancia de sus Protocolos facultativos[2], pidiendo la ratificación universal y aplicación efectiva de estos y otros instrumentos de derechos humanos,", "Recordando la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad[3], la Convención Internacional para la protección de todas las personas contra las desapariciones forzadas[4] y la Convención Internacional sobre la protección de los derechos de todos los trabajadores migratorios y de sus familiares[5],", "Reafirmando que los principios generales enunciados en la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño, entre ellos el interés superior del niño, la no discriminación, la participación y la supervivencia y el desarrollo, constituyen el marco para todas las acciones relacionadas con los niños, incluidos los adolescentes,", "Reafirmando también la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Viena[6], la Declaración del Milenio[7] y el documento final del vigésimo séptimo período extraordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General sobre la infancia, titulado “Un mundo apropiado para los niños”[8], y recordando la Declaración de Copenhague sobre Desarrollo Social y el Programa de Acción[9], el Marco de Acción de Dakar aprobado en el Foro Mundial sobre la Educación[10], la Declaración sobre el Progreso y el Desarrollo en lo Social[11], la Declaración universal sobre la erradicación del hambre y la malnutrición[12], la Declaración sobre el derecho al desarrollo[13] y la Declaración de la reunión plenaria conmemorativa de alto nivel dedicada al seguimiento de los resultados del período extraordinario de sesiones sobre la infancia, celebrada en Nueva York del 11 al 13 de diciembre de 2007[14], así como el documento final de la Reunión Plenaria de Alto Nivel de la Asamblea General sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, celebrada en Nueva York del 20 al 22 de septiembre de 2010[15],", "Tomando nota con aprecio de los informes del Secretario General sobre los progresos registrados en el cumplimiento de los compromisos establecidos en el documento final del vigésimo séptimo período extraordinario de sesiones de la Asamblea General[16] y sobre la situación de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño y las cuestiones tratadas en su resolución 65/197[17], así como del informe de la Representante Especial del Secretario General sobre la violencia contra los niños[18] y del informe de la Representante Especial del Secretario General para la cuestión de los niños y los conflictos armados[19], cuyas recomendaciones deberían estudiarse con detenimiento, teniendo plenamente en cuenta las opiniones de los Estados Miembros,", "Reconociendo la importante función que desempeñan las estructuras gubernamentales nacionales para los niños, incluidos, en los casos en que existen, los ministerios e instituciones encargados de las cuestiones relativas a los niños, la familia y los jóvenes, así como los defensores del menor independientes u otras instituciones nacionales para promover y proteger los derechos del niño,", "Reconociendo que la familia tiene la responsabilidad primordial en el cuidado y la protección de los niños y que los niños, para el pleno y armonioso desarrollo de su personalidad, deben crecer en el seno de una familia y en un ambiente de felicidad, amor y comprensión,", "Tomando nota con aprecio de la labor de promoción y protección de los derechos del niño que realizan, en el marco de sus mandatos respectivos, todos los órganos, organismos, entidades y organizaciones competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, los titulares de mandatos y procedimientos especiales competentes de la Organización, así como las organizaciones regionales pertinentes, cuando corresponda, y las organizaciones intergubernamentales, y reconociendo la valiosa función que desempeña la sociedad civil, incluidas las organizaciones no gubernamentales,", "Profundamente preocupada porque la situación de los niños en muchas partes del mundo se ha visto afectada negativamente por la crisis financiera y económica mundial, reafirmando que la erradicación de la pobreza sigue siendo el mayor desafío que enfrenta el mundo hoy día y reconociendo que sus consecuencias van más allá del contexto socioeconómico,", "Profundamente preocupada también porque la situación de los niños en muchas partes del mundo sigue siendo crítica, en un entorno cada vez más globalizado, a causa de la persistencia de la pobreza, la desigualdad social, las condiciones sociales y económicas precarias, las pandemias, en particular el VIH/SIDA, la malaria y la tuberculosis, la falta de acceso al agua potable y a servicios de saneamiento, los daños al medio ambiente, los desastres naturales, los conflictos armados, la ocupación extranjera, los desplazamientos, la violencia, el terrorismo, el maltrato, la trata de niños y la venta de sus órganos, todas las formas de explotación, la explotación sexual de niños con fines comerciales, la prostitución infantil, la utilización de niños en la pornografía y en el turismo sexual, el abandono, el analfabetismo, el hambre, la intolerancia, la discriminación, el racismo, la xenofobia, la desigualdad entre los géneros, la discapacidad y la insuficiente protección jurídica, y convencida de que es preciso tomar medidas urgentes y eficaces a nivel nacional e internacional,", "Gravemente preocupada por los efectos devastadores de algunos de los desastres naturales ocurridos recientemente, en particular en los niños, reafirmando la importancia de brindar sin tardanza asistencia humanitaria sostenible y suficiente en apoyo de las actividades de socorro, recuperación inicial, rehabilitación, reconstrucción y desarrollo de los países afectados, y reafirmando también la importancia de integrar en esas actividades los derechos humanos, incluidos los derechos de los niños,", "Destacando la necesidad de que el Plan de Acción Mundial de las Naciones Unidas para combatir la trata de personas[20] se aplique plena y efectivamente, y expresando su parecer de que el Plan servirá, entre otras cosas, para contribuir a promover y proteger los derechos del niño, reforzar la cooperación y mejorar la coordinación de las iniciativas en la lucha contra la trata de personas y promover un mayor número de ratificaciones y la aplicación plena de la Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la Delincuencia Organizada Transnacional[21] y el Protocolo para prevenir, reprimir y sancionar la trata de personas, especialmente mujeres y niños, que complementa la Convención de las Naciones Unidas contra la Delincuencia Organizada Transnacional[22],", "I", "Aplicación de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño y sus Protocolos facultativos", "1. Reafirma lo dispuesto en los párrafos 1 a 6 de su resolución 65/197, e insta a los Estados que aún no lo hayan hecho a que pasen a ser partes en la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño¹, su Protocolo facultativo relativo a la venta de niños, la prostitución infantil y la utilización de niños en la pornografía[23] y su Protocolo facultativo relativo a la participación de niños en los conflictos armados[24] como cuestión prioritaria y a que los apliquen plenamente;", "2. Acoge con beneplácito los esfuerzos desplegados por el Secretario General para promover la ratificación universal del Protocolo facultativo de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño relativo a la venta de niños, la prostitución infantil y la utilización de niños en la pornografía y del Protocolo facultativo relativo a la participación de niños en los conflictos armados antes de la celebración en 2012 del décimo aniversario de su entrada en vigor, y pide la aplicación efectiva de la Convención y los citados Protocolos facultativos a fin de asegurar que todos los niños puedan gozar plenamente de todos sus derechos humanos y libertades fundamentales;", "3. Exhorta a los Estados partes a que retiren las reservas que sean incompatibles con el objeto y propósito de la Convención o sus Protocolos facultativos y consideren la posibilidad de examinar periódicamente otras reservas con miras a retirarlas, de conformidad con la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Viena⁶;", "4. Toma nota con aprecio de la aprobación por el Consejo de Derechos Humanos, el 17 de junio de 2011, de un protocolo facultativo de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño en el que se establece un procedimiento de comunicaciones complementario del procedimiento de presentación de informes previsto en la Convención[25];", "5. Alienta a los Estados partes a que, al aplicar las disposiciones de la Convención y sus Protocolos facultativos, tomen nota de las recomendaciones, observaciones y comentarios generales del Comité de los Derechos del Niño, incluida, entre otras, la observación general núm. 9 (2006), relativa a los derechos de los niños con discapacidad[26];", "6. Acoge con beneplácito las medidas adoptadas por el Comité para supervisar la aplicación de la Convención por los Estados partes, observa con aprecio las medidas que ha adoptado para dar seguimiento a sus observaciones finales y sus recomendaciones y, a este respecto, subraya en particular los talleres regionales y la participación del Comité en iniciativas a nivel nacional;", "II", "Promoción y protección de los derechos del niño y no discriminación contra los niños", "No discriminación", "7. Reafirma lo dispuesto en los párrafos 9 a 11 de su resolución 63/241, de 24 de diciembre de 2008, y exhorta a los Estados a que aseguren el goce por todos los niños de todos sus derechos civiles, políticos, culturales, económicos y sociales sin discriminación de ningún tipo;", "Registro de nacimientos, relaciones familiares y adopción u otras formas de cuidado alternativo", "8. Reafirma también lo dispuesto en los párrafos 12 a 16 de su resolución 63/241 e insta a todos los Estados partes a que intensifiquen sus esfuerzos para cumplir las obligaciones que les impone la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño¹ de proteger a los niños en cuestiones relativas al registro de nacimientos, las relaciones familiares y la adopción u otras formas de cuidado alternativo y, en casos de secuestro internacional de niños por sus padres u otros familiares, alienta a los Estados a que faciliten, entre otras cosas, el regreso del niño al país donde residiera inmediatamente antes de su traslado o retención;", "9. Recuerda las Directrices sobre las modalidades alternativas de cuidado de los niños, que figuran en el anexo de su resolución 64/142, de 18 de diciembre de 2009, como un conjunto de pautas que contribuyen a orientar la política y la práctica, y alienta a los Estados a que las tengan en cuenta;", "Bienestar económico y social del niño, erradicación de la pobreza, derecho a la educación, derecho al disfrute del más alto nivel de salud física y mental posible y derecho a la alimentación", "10. Reafirma lo dispuesto en los párrafos 17 a 26 de su resolución 63/241, los párrafos 42 a 52 de su resolución 61/146, de 19 de diciembre de 2006, sobre el tema de los niños y la pobreza, y los párrafos 37 a 42 de su resolución 60/231, de 23 de diciembre de 2005, sobre el tema de los niños que viven con el VIH o el SIDA o se ven afectados por esa realidad, y exhorta a todos los Estados y a la comunidad internacional a que creen un entorno en que se asegure el bienestar del niño, inclusive fortaleciendo la cooperación internacional en este ámbito, cumpliendo los compromisos asumidos con anterioridad con respecto a la erradicación de la pobreza, el derecho a la educación y aplicando medidas para promover la educación en la esfera de los derechos humanos, en consonancia con la evolución de la capacidad del niño, el derecho al disfrute del más alto nivel de salud física y mental posible, en particular mediante iniciativas para hacer frente a la situación de los niños que viven con el VIH y el SIDA o se ven afectados por esa realidad y para acabar con la transmisión del VIH de madre a hijo, así como el derecho a la alimentación para todos, y el derecho a un nivel de vida adecuado, lo que incluye vivienda y vestido;", "11. Reconoce que el logro de los objetivos de desarrollo convenidos internacionalmente, incluidos los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio, se ve amenazado por la crisis financiera y económica mundial, que está vinculada a múltiples crisis y problemas mundiales relacionados entre sí, como la crisis alimentaria y la continua inseguridad alimentaria, la volatilidad de los precios de la energía y los productos básicos, la degradación ambiental y el cambio climático, y exhorta a los Estados a que, en su respuesta a estas crisis, intenten paliar los efectos negativos que puedan tener en el goce pleno de los derechos del niño;", "Eliminación de la violencia contra los niños", "12. Reafirma lo dispuesto en los párrafos 27 a 32 de su resolución 63/241 y los párrafos 47 a 62 de su resolución 62/141, de 18 de diciembre de 2007, sobre la eliminación de la violencia contra los niños, condena todas las formas de violencia contra los niños e insta a todos los Estados a que apliquen las medidas que se establecen en el párrafo 27 de su resolución 63/241;", "13. Insta a los Estados a que adopten o refuercen, según corresponda, las medidas legislativas y de otra índole con miras a prevenir, prohibir y eliminar con eficacia todas las formas de violencia contra los niños, en todos los contextos;", "14. Alienta a todos los Estados, solicita a las entidades y organismos de las Naciones Unidas e invita a las organizaciones regionales y la sociedad civil, incluidas las organizaciones no gubernamentales, a que cooperen con la Representante Especial del Secretario General sobre la violencia contra los niños y le presten apoyo, incluido apoyo financiero, para que desempeñe de forma eficaz e independiente su mandato, establecido en la resolución 62/141, y para promover la aplicación de las recomendaciones formuladas en el estudio de las Naciones Unidas sobre la violencia contra los niños[27], fomentando y asegurando, al mismo tiempo, la implicación de cada país en esa labor y la ejecución de planes y programas nacionales en la materia, y exhorta a los Estados y a las instituciones interesadas, e invita al sector privado, a que realicen contribuciones voluntarias con ese objeto;", "15. Observa con aprecio la consolidación de las asociaciones promovidas por la Representante Especial del Secretario General sobre la violencia contra los niños en coordinación con gobiernos nacionales, organismos de las Naciones Unidas, organizaciones regionales, órganos y mecanismos de derechos humanos y representantes de la sociedad civil y con la participación de los niños;", "16. Toma nota con aprecio del informe conjunto de la Relatora Especial sobre la venta de niños, la prostitución infantil y la utilización de niños en la pornografía y la Representante Especial del Secretario General sobre la violencia contra los niños[28], en el que se ofrece una sinopsis de los mecanismos de orientación, denuncia y notificación accesibles y adaptados a los niños para hacer frente a los incidentes de violencia, incluidas la violencia y la explotación sexuales;", "Promoción y protección de los derechos del niño, incluidos los niños en situaciones particularmente difíciles", "17. Reafirma lo dispuesto en los párrafos 34 a 42 de su resolución 63/241 y exhorta a todos los Estados a promover y proteger todos los derechos humanos de todos los niños en situaciones particularmente difíciles y aplicar programas y medidas que les proporcionen especial protección y asistencia, incluidos el acceso a la atención de la salud, la educación y los servicios sociales, así como, cuando proceda y sea factible, programas de repatriación voluntaria, reintegración, localización y reunificación de la familia, en particular en el caso de los niños no acompañados, y a velar por que el interés superior del niño se anteponga a cualquier otra consideración;", "18. Recuerda la resolución 16/12 del Consejo de Derechos Humanos, de 24 de marzo de 2011, titulada “Los derechos del niño: un enfoque holístico de la protección y la promoción de los derechos de los niños que trabajan y/o viven en la calle[29]”, y pide que se apliquen plenamente;", "Niños acusados, procesados o condenados por haber infringido las leyes penales e hijos de personas acusadas, procesadas o condenadas por haber infringido las leyes penales", "19. Reafirma lo dispuesto en los párrafos 43 a 47 de su resolución 63/241 y exhorta a todos los Estados a respetar y proteger los derechos de los niños acusados, procesados o condenados por haber infringido las leyes penales y de los hijos de personas acusadas, procesadas o condenadas por haber infringido las leyes penales;", "Prevención y erradicación de la venta de niños, la prostitución infantil y la utilización de niños en la pornografía", "20. Reafirma también lo dispuesto en los párrafos 48 a 50 de su resolución 63/241 y exhorta a todos los Estados a prevenir, tipificar, enjuiciar y castigar todas las formas de venta de niños, inclusive con objeto de transferir sus órganos con fines de lucro, la esclavitud infantil, la explotación sexual de niños con fines comerciales, la prostitución infantil y la utilización de niños en la pornografía, a fin de erradicar esas prácticas y el uso de Internet y otras tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones a esos efectos, a combatir la existencia de un mercado que alienta ese tipo de prácticas delictivas y adoptar medidas para eliminar la demanda que las fomenta, así como a responder efectivamente a las necesidades de las víctimas y tomar medidas eficaces contra la criminalización de los niños que son víctimas de la explotación;", "21. Exhorta a todos los Estados a que elaboren y pongan en práctica programas y políticas para proteger a los niños de los abusos, los abusos sexuales, la explotación sexual, la explotación sexual con fines comerciales, la prostitución infantil, la utilización de niños en la pornografía, el turismo sexual y el secuestro de niños, y exhorta a los Estados a que apliquen estrategias para localizar y prestar asistencia a todos los niños que son objeto de estas violaciones;", "22. Exhorta también a todos los Estados a que promulguen y apliquen las medidas legislativas o de otro tipo que sean necesarias, en colaboración con las instancias pertinentes, para prevenir la distribución por Internet y por todos los demás medios de comunicación de pornografía infantil, incluidas imágenes de abusos sexuales a niños, estableciendo mecanismos adecuados que permitan la denuncia y la eliminación de ese material y el enjuiciamiento de sus autores, distribuidores o coleccionistas, según corresponda;", "Niños afectados por los conflictos armados", "23. Reafirma lo dispuesto en los párrafos 51 a 63 de su resolución 63/241, condena en los términos más enérgicos todas las violaciones y los abusos cometidos contra los niños afectados por conflictos armados y, a ese respecto, insta a todos los Estados y demás partes en conflictos armados que, en contravención del derecho internacional aplicable, incluido el derecho humanitario, reclutan y utilizan niños, hacen uso de prácticas que entrañan la muerte y la mutilación de niños, la violación y otros actos de violencia sexual contra niños, y atacan repetidamente escuelas y hospitales, así como incurren en todo tipo de abusos y violaciones de sus derechos, a que adopten medidas eficaces y con plazos determinados para poner fin a esas prácticas e insta a todos los Estados, los organismos, fondos y programas de las Naciones Unidas, otras organizaciones internacionales y regionales pertinentes y la sociedad civil a que se sigan ocupando seriamente de todas las violaciones y los abusos cometidos contra niños en situaciones de conflicto armado, y a que protejan y ayuden a sus víctimas de conformidad con el derecho internacional humanitario, con inclusión de los Convenios de Ginebra Primero a Cuarto[30];", "24. Reafirma también la función esencial de la Asamblea General, del Consejo Económico y Social y del Consejo de Derechos Humanos en la promoción y protección de los derechos y del bienestar de los niños, incluidos los niños afectados por conflictos armados, observa el papel cada vez más importante que desempeña el Consejo de Seguridad para asegurar la protección de los niños afectados por conflictos armados, y observa también las actividades realizadas por la Comisión de Consolidación de la Paz, en el marco de su mandato, en esferas que promueven y favorecen el goce de los derechos y el bienestar de los niños;", "25. Observa con aprecio las medidas adoptadas en relación con las resoluciones del Consejo de Seguridad 1539 (2004), de 22 de abril de 2004, 1612 (2005), de 26 de julio de 2005, 1882 (2009), de 4 de agosto de 2009, y 1998 (2011), de 12 de julio de 2011, así como las gestiones realizadas por el Secretario General para poner en marcha el mecanismo de supervisión y presentación de informes sobre los niños y los conflictos armados conforme a lo dispuesto en esas resoluciones, con la participación y cooperación de los gobiernos nacionales y las instancias pertinentes de las Naciones Unidas y la sociedad civil, incluso a nivel de los países, solicita al Secretario General que vele por que la información que recopile y transmita el mecanismo de supervisión y presentación de informes sea precisa, objetiva, fiable y verificable, y, a ese respecto, alienta la labor y el despliegue, según proceda, de asesores de las Naciones Unidas para la protección de los niños en las operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz y en las misiones políticas y de consolidación de la paz;", "Trabajo infantil", "26. Reafirma lo dispuesto en los párrafos 64 a 80 de su resolución 63/241 sobre el trabajo infantil y exhorta a todos los Estados a que traduzcan en medidas concretas su compromiso de erradicar de manera gradual y efectiva el trabajo infantil que pueda resultar peligroso para la educación del niño o interferir en ella o ser perjudicial para su salud o su desarrollo físico, mental, espiritual, moral o social, y a que eliminen de inmediato las peores formas de trabajo infantil;", "27. Observa con interés los resultados de la Conferencia mundial sobre trabajo infantil celebrada en La Haya, incluida la Hoja de ruta para lograr la eliminación de las peores formas de trabajo infantil para 2016;", "28. Exhorta a todos los Estados a que tengan en cuenta el informe mundial del Director General de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo titulado “Intensificar la lucha contra el trabajo infantil”;", "29. Insta a todos los Estados que aún no lo hayan hecho a que consideren la posibilidad de ratificar el Convenio sobre las peores formas de trabajo infantil, de 1999 (núm. 182)[31] y el Convenio sobre la edad mínima, de 1973 (núm. 138)[32], de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo;", "Realización de los derechos del niño en la primera infancia", "30. Reafirma lo dispuesto en los párrafos 28 a 45 de su resolución 65/197, en que se reafirma que la primera infancia es una fase esencial para la realización de los derechos consagrados en la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño, e insta a todos los Estados a que apliquen las medidas que se establecen en el párrafo 43 de su resolución;", "III", "Los derechos de los niños con discapacidad", "31. Reafirma también que todos los niños con discapacidad deben gozar plenamente de sus derechos humanos y libertades fundamentales en igualdad de condiciones con los demás niños, como se consagran en la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño¹ y la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad³, y que la aplicación plena y efectiva de dichos instrumentos es un paso importante para la realización de los derechos de los niños con discapacidad, incluido el respeto a la evolución de sus facultades y a su derecho a preservar su identidad;", "32. Destaca la importancia de la cooperación internacional en apoyo de los esfuerzos nacionales para hacer efectivos los derechos de los niños con discapacidad, reconociendo la importancia de que se tomen medidas apropiadas y eficaces entre los Estados con miras a facilitar y apoyar la creación de capacidad, en particular mediante el intercambio y la distribución de información, experiencias, programas de formación y prácticas recomendadas;", "33. Reconoce que la discriminación contra cualquier niño por razón de su discapacidad constituye una vulneración de la dignidad y del valor inherentes del niño, y expresa grave preocupación porque los niños con discapacidad afrontan violaciones de sus derechos humanos así como barreras discriminatorias y barreras debidas a la actitud y al entorno que impiden su participación e inclusión en la sociedad y en la comunidad;", "34. Preocupada porque los niños con discapacidad, y en particular las niñas, a menudo están expuestos a un riesgo mayor, dentro y fuera del hogar, de abuso físico o mental, descuido o trato negligente y malos tratos o explotación, incluido el abuso sexual;", "35. Reafirma que la erradicación de la pobreza es esencial para el logro de todos los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio y para el pleno ejercicio de los derechos de todos los niños, incluidos los niños con discapacidad, y reafirma también la resolución 65/1, de 22 de septiembre de 2010;", "36. Reconoce que la mayoría de niños con discapacidad vive en la pobreza y que el acceso equitativo a las oportunidades económicas y los servicios sociales, lo más cerca posible de las comunidades de los propios niños, es una parte importante de las estrategias pertinentes para lograr el desarrollo sostenible;", "37. Reconoce también que a los niños con discapacidad con frecuencia se les niega el derecho a vivir en el seno de una familia y a vivir y ser incluidos en sus comunidades, reafirma a este respecto que tienen los mismos derechos con respecto a la vida familiar y comunitaria y que no deben ser separados de sus padres contra su voluntad, salvo cuando las autoridades competentes, previo examen judicial, decidan, de conformidad con las leyes y procedimientos aplicables, que esa separación es necesaria en el interés superior del niño, y que en ningún caso la separación deberá fundarse en la discapacidad del niño ni en la de uno de sus progenitores o de ambos;", "38. Reconoce además la importancia de prevenir la ocultación, el abandono, la negligencia o la segregación de los niños con discapacidad y, a este respecto, alienta a los Estados a que contemplen la posible introducción de un compromiso para sustituir la institucionalización por medidas apropiadas de apoyo al cuidado familiar y comunitario y transferir recursos a los servicios de apoyo de base comunitaria y otras modalidades de apoyo alternativo;", "39. Expresa preocupación por el número de niños con discapacidad a quienes se les sigue negando el derecho a la educación, y en tal sentido reafirma el derecho de los niños con discapacidad a tener acceso efectivo a la educación, sobre la base de la igualdad de oportunidades, de modo que favorezca su inclusión social y su desarrollo individual, incluido su desarrollo cultural y espiritual, en la máxima medida posible;", "40. Reconoce, igualmente, que la educación en la primera infancia es de suma importancia para los niños con discapacidad y que las medidas adoptadas para hacer valer el derecho a la educación de los niños con discapacidad deben apuntar a su máxima inclusión en la sociedad, sin discriminación;", "41. Reafirma que los Estados deben adoptar medidas eficaces y apropiadas para garantizar que los niños con discapacidad mantengan su fertilidad en igualdad de condiciones con los demás, y para que los adolescentes y las adolescentes con discapacidad tengan acceso a información y educación, concretamente en materia de salud reproductiva y planificación de la familia, que sean apropiadas para su edad y en un formato accesible;", "42. Reconoce que los niños con discapacidad son especialmente vulnerables en situaciones de riesgo, incluidas situaciones de conflicto armado, emergencias humanitarias y desastres naturales, y reafirma que es obligación de los Estados adoptar todas las medidas necesarias para garantizar su seguridad y protección en virtud del derecho internacional, incluido el derecho internacional humanitario y las normas internacionales de derechos humanos, entre ellas la revisión de sus programas de respuesta a emergencias y los servicios de apoyo, a fin de que sean accesibles para los niños con discapacidad;", "43. Exhorta a todos los Estados a que incluyan, en el contexto general de sus políticas y programas para la realización de los derechos del niño, para todos los niños que se encuentran dentro de su jurisdicción, las disposiciones pertinentes para la realización de esos derechos para los niños con discapacidad, en particular:", "a) Insta a todos los Estados que aún no lo hayan hecho a que consideren la posibilidad de adherirse a la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad y su Protocolo facultativo[33], y a que lo hagan con carácter prioritario e invita a las organizaciones regionales de integración que tengan competencia para hacerlo, tal como se definen en la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad, a que consideren la posibilidad de adherirse a la Convención;", "b) Examinen de forma periódica las leyes internas pertinentes y los reglamentos y políticas conexos a fin de asegurar que se respeten, protejan y cumplan plenamente los derechos de los niños con discapacidad, de conformidad con las disposiciones de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño y la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad;", "c) Prohíban la discriminación por motivos de discapacidad y garanticen a los niños con discapacidad protección legal igual y efectiva contra la discriminación por cualquier motivo;", "d) Aseguren que los niños con discapacidad tengan acceso a información sobre sus derechos, por medios como la educación y la formación en la esfera de los derechos humanos, a fin de que puedan contribuir a detectar y prevenir violaciones de sus derechos y responder a ellas;", "e) Adopten medidas pertinentes para asegurar que los niños con discapacidad tengan acceso, en igualdad de condiciones con los demás, al entorno físico, el transporte, los sistemas y las tecnologías de la información y las comunicaciones, y a otros servicios e instalaciones abiertos al público o de uso público tanto en zonas urbanas como rurales;", "f) Adopten todas las medidas necesarias para que los niños con discapacidad sean inscritos inmediatamente después de su nacimiento, eliminando por ejemplo las barreras que impiden su inscripción, y para garantizar su derecho a un nombre, a adquirir una nacionalidad y, en la medida de lo posible, a conocer a sus progenitores y ser cuidados por ellos;", "g) Cumplan plenamente los compromisos asumidos en su resolución 65/186, de 21 de diciembre de 2010 titulada “La realización de los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio para las personas con discapacidad hasta 2015 y después de esa fecha”, y velen por que los niños con discapacidad sean visibles en la reunión y el análisis de datos;", "h) Adopten medidas para recopilar y desglosar información pertinente, incluidos datos estadísticos y de investigación, según el caso, a fin de detectar y eliminar las barreras que enfrentan los niños con discapacidad en el ejercicio de sus derechos;", "i) Adopten, apliquen y consoliden políticas apropiadas encaminadas a asegurar el derecho de los niños con discapacidad y sus familias a un nivel de vida adecuado, además de la igualdad de acceso a servicios asequibles y de calidad, especialmente de salud, nutrición, educación, bienestar, protección social, abastecimiento de agua potable y saneamiento y otros servicios esenciales para el bienestar del niño y, a este respecto, presten especial atención a los niños con discapacidad más vulnerables y a los que viven en circunstancias especialmente difíciles;", "j) Aseguren que los niños con discapacidad tengan acceso a programas y servicios de atención de la salud, gratuitos o a precios asequibles, que tengan en cuenta el género y la edad, y sean de la misma variedad y calidad que los que reciben los demás niños, incluso en el ámbito de la salud sexual y reproductiva, y que adopten medidas para prohibir el aborto forzado y la esterilización de niños por motivos de discapacidad;", "k) Aseguren la igualdad de acceso para los niños con discapacidad a servicios de rehabilitación apropiados, oportunos, asequibles y de alta calidad dentro de la infraestructura sanitaria existente, y refuercen la prestación de servicios comunitarios de rehabilitación, de conformidad con lo dispuesto en la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad;", "l) Aseguren que las instituciones, servicios y establecimientos comunitarios y de la sociedad civil que se ocupan de los niños con discapacidad cumplan las normas de calidad nacionales y locales, especialmente en materia de salud y protección social, y elaboren programas de capacitación para asegurar que se disponga de una fuerza de trabajo cualificada, idónea y bien preparada a fin de lograr la inclusión de los niños con discapacidad;", "m) Formulen estrategias o incluyan en las estrategias existentes medidas para la prevención y eliminación de todas las formas de violencia contra los niños con discapacidad, que son particularmente vulnerables, entre otros, a los tratos crueles, inhumanos y degradantes, los experimentos médicos o científicos y la violencia sexual y física, incluidos el acoso y el ciberacoso, y establezcan e introduzcan mecanismos de presentación de información y denuncias de carácter confidencial que sean accesibles, seguros y adaptados a las necesidades de los niños y las niñas;", "n) Adopten medidas legislativas y otras medidas apropiadas, inclusive enfoques intersectoriales, para garantizar el pleno ejercicio del derecho a la educación a los niños con discapacidad, concretamente velando por que, sobre la base de la igualdad de oportunidades, la accesibilidad y la inclusión, no sean excluidos de una enseñanza primaria accesible, gratuita y obligatoria orientada al desarrollo de su personalidad, sus aptitudes y su capacidad mental y física, desde los cuidados y el desarrollo de la primera infancia hasta la formación profesional y la preparación para el trabajo;", "o) Aseguren que los niños con discapacidad tengan igual acceso con los demás niños a la participación en actividades lúdicas, recreativas, culturales, de esparcimiento y deportivas, incluidas las que se realicen en el sistema preescolar y escolar;", "p) Aseguren que los niños con discapacidad, en igualdad de condiciones con los demás niños, tengan derecho a expresar su opinión libremente sobre todas las cuestiones que les afecten, dando a su opinión la debida consideración teniendo en cuenta su edad y madurez, y a recibir asistencia apropiada con arreglo a su discapacidad y edad para poder ejercer ese derecho;", "q) Adopten todas las medidas apropiadas para garantizar la protección y la seguridad de los niños con discapacidad durante situaciones de riesgo, especialmente situaciones de conflicto armado, emergencias humanitarias y desastres naturales y después de ellas, incluida la adopción y ejecución de programas para asegurar la recuperación física y psicológica y la reintegración social de los niños con discapacidad, incluidos los niños que adquieren la discapacidad como consecuencia de tales situaciones de riesgo, y aseguren que dicha recuperación, reintegración y rehabilitación se lleve a cabo en un ambiente que fomente el bienestar, la salud, el respeto de sí mismo y la dignidad del niño;", "r) Adopten todas las medidas necesarias para que las personas con discapacidad, incluidos los niños con discapacidad, por conducto de las organizaciones que las representan, sean consultadas estrechamente y participen activamente en la elaboración de leyes y políticas para aplicar la Convención sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad y en otros procesos de adopción de decisiones sobre cuestiones relacionadas con estas personas;", "44. Exhorta a todos los Estados Miembros e invita al sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que fortalezcan la cooperación internacional a fin de asegurar la realización de los derechos del niño, incluidos los niños con discapacidad, por medios como el apoyo a iniciativas nacionales que hagan mayor hincapié en el desarrollo de los niños con discapacidad, según corresponda, e intensificando las medidas de cooperación internacional en los ámbitos de la investigación o respecto de la transferencia de tecnología, como las tecnologías de asistencia;", "45. Exhorta a las entidades, los fondos y los programas competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, a las instituciones donantes, incluidas las instituciones financieras internacionales, y a los donantes bilaterales a que presten, cuando se les solicite, apoyo financiero y técnico a iniciativas nacionales, entre otras, incluidos programas de desarrollo para los niños con discapacidad, y a que promuevan modalidades efectivas de cooperación y asociación internacionales a fin de potenciar el intercambio de conocimientos y la creación de capacidad, prestando particular atención al desarrollo de políticas, la elaboración de programas, la investigación y la formación profesional;", "IV", "Seguimiento", "46. Reconoce la labor de la Oficina de la Representante Especial del Secretario General para la cuestión de los niños y los conflictos armados, el aumento de su nivel de actividad y los progresos logrados desde el establecimiento del mandato del Representante Especial y, teniendo presente lo dispuesto en su resolución 63/241 y en los párrafos 35 a 37 de su resolución 51/77, de 12 de diciembre de 1996, recomienda que el Secretario General prorrogue el mandato de la Representante Especial por un nuevo período de tres años;", "47. Decide:", "a) Solicitar al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente un informe exhaustivo sobre los derechos del niño que contenga información relativa a la situación de la Convención sobre los Derechos del Niño¹ y las cuestiones a que se refiere la presente resolución, prestando especial atención a los niños indígenas, teniendo en cuenta las normas y disposiciones internacionales pertinentes y las particularidades regionales y nacionales;", "b) Solicitar a la Representante Especial del Secretario General para la cuestión de los niños y los conflictos armados que siga presentando informes, tanto a la Asamblea General como al Consejo de Derechos Humanos, sobre las actividades realizadas en cumplimiento de su mandato, incluida información sobre las visitas que efectúe sobre el terreno y sobre los progresos alcanzados y los problemas que subsisten en relación con la cuestión de los niños y los conflictos armados;", "c) Solicitar a la Representante Especial del Secretario General sobre la violencia contra los niños que siga presentando informes anuales, tanto a la Asamblea General como al Consejo de Derechos Humanos, sobre las actividades realizadas en cumplimiento de su mandato, incluida información sobre las visitas que efectúe sobre el terreno y sobre los progresos alcanzados y los problemas que subsisten en relación con la cuestión de la violencia contra los niños;", "d) Solicitar a la Relatora Especial sobre la venta de niños, la prostitución infantil y la utilización de niños en la pornografía que siga presentando informes, tanto a la Asamblea General como al Consejo de Derechos Humanos, sobre las actividades realizadas en cumplimiento de su mandato, incluida información sobre las visitas que efectúe sobre el terreno y sobre los progresos alcanzados y los problemas que subsisten en relación con la cuestión de la venta de niños, la prostitución infantil y la utilización de niños en la pornografía;", "e) Invitar al Presidente del Comité de los Derechos del Niño a que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente un informe oral sobre la labor del Comité y entable con la Asamblea General un diálogo interactivo en relación con el tema titulado “Promoción y protección de los derechos del niño”;", "f) Seguir examinando la cuestión en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, en relación con el tema titulado “Promoción y protección de los derechos del niño”, y dedicar la sección III de la resolución titulada “Derechos del niño” a los niños indígenas, teniendo en cuenta las normas y disposiciones internacionales y las particularidades regionales y nacionales.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, núm. 27531.", "[2]  Ibid., vols. 2171 y 2173, núm. 27531.", "[3]  Ibid., vol. 2515, núm. 44910.", "[4]  Resolución 61/177, anexo.", "[5]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2220, núm. 39481.", "[6]  A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), cap. III.", "[7]  Véase la resolución 55/2.", "[8]  Resolución S‑27/2, anexo.", "[9]  Informe de la Cumbre Mundial sobre Desarrollo Social, Copenhague, 6 a 12 de marzo de 1995 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.96.IV.8), cap. I, resolución 1, anexos I y II.", "[10]  Véase Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, Informe Final del Foro Mundial sobre la Educación, Dakar (Senegal), 26 a 28 de abril de 2000 (París, 2000).", "[11]  Véase la resolución 2542 (XXIV).", "[12]  Informe de la Conferencia Mundial sobre la Alimentación, Roma, 5 a 16 de noviembre de 1974 (publicación de las Naciones Unidas, núm. de venta: S.75.II.A.3), cap. I.", "[13]  Resolución 41/128, anexo.", "[14]  Véase la resolución 62/88.", "[15]  Véase la resolución 65/1.", "[16]  A/66/258.", "[17]  A/66/230.", "[18]  A/66/227.", "[19]  A/66/256.", "[20]  Resolución 64/293.", "[21]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 2225, núm. 39574.", "[22]  Ibid., vol. 2237, núm. 39574.", "[23]  Ibid., vol. 2171, núm. 27531.", "[24]  Ibid., vol. 2173, núm. 27531.", "[25]  Resolución 66/138, anexo.", "[26]  Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo tercer período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 41 (A/63/41), anexo III.", "[27]  Véanse A/61/299 y A/62/209.", "[28]  A/HRC/16/56.", "[29]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 53 (A/66/53), cap. II, secc. A.", "[30]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 75, núms. 970 a 973.", "[31]  Ibid., vol. 2133, núm. 37245.", "[32]  Ibid., vol. 1015, núm. 14862.", "[33]  Ibid., vol. 2518, núm. 44910." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/458)]", "66/141. Rights of the child", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming all its previous resolutions on the rights of the child in their entirety, the most recent of which is resolution 65/197 of 21 December 2010,", "Emphasizing that the Convention on the Rights of the Child[1] constitutes the standard in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, and, bearing in mind the importance of the Optional Protocols to the Convention,[2] calling for their universal ratification and effective implementation, as well as that of other human rights instruments,", "Recalling the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,[3] the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance[4] and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,[5]", "Reaffirming that the general principles of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including, inter alia, the best interests of the child, non‑discrimination, participation and survival and development, provide the framework for all actions concerning children, including adolescents,", "Reaffirming also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action,[6] the United Nations Millennium Declaration[7] and the outcome document of the twenty‑seventh special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”,[8] and recalling the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action,[9] the Dakar Framework for Action adopted at the World Education Forum,[10] the Declaration on Social Progress and Development,[11] the Universal Declaration on the Eradication of Hunger and Malnutrition,[12] the Declaration on the Right to Development[13] and the Declaration of the commemorative high‑level plenary meeting devoted to the follow‑up to the outcome of the special session on children, held in New York from 11 to 13 December 2007,[14] as well as the outcome document of the High‑level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, held in New York from 20 to 22 September 2010,[15]", "Taking note with appreciation of the reports of the Secretary‑General on progress made towards achieving the commitments set out in the outcome document of the twenty‑seventh special session of the General Assembly[16] and on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the issues addressed in Assembly resolution 65/197,[17] as well as the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary‑General on Violence against Children[18] and the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary‑General for Children and Armed Conflict,[19] whose recommendations should be carefully studied, taking fully into account the views of Member States,", "Acknowledging the important role played by national governmental structures for children, including, where they exist, ministries and institutions in charge of child, family and youth issues and independent ombudspersons for children or other national institutions for the promotion and protection of the rights of the child,", "Recognizing that the family has the primary responsibility for the nurturing and protection of children and that children, for the full and harmonious development of their personality, should grow up in a family environment and in an atmosphere of happiness, love and understanding,", "Taking note with appreciation of the work to promote and protect the rights of the child carried out by all relevant organs, bodies, entities and organizations of the United Nations system, within their respective mandates, and relevant mandate holders and special procedures of the United Nations, as well as relevant regional organizations, where appropriate, and intergovernmental organizations, and recognizing the valuable role of civil society, including non‑governmental organizations,", "Profoundly concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world has been negatively impacted by the world financial and economic crisis, and reaffirming that eradicating poverty continues to be the greatest global challenge facing the world today, recognizing its impact beyond the socioeconomic context,", "Profoundly concerned also that the situation of children in many parts of the world remains critical, in an increasingly globalized environment, as a result of the persistence of poverty, social inequality, inadequate social and economic conditions, pandemics, in particular HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation, environmental damage, natural disasters, armed conflict, foreign occupation, displacement, violence, terrorism, abuse, trafficking in children and their organs, all forms of exploitation, commercial sexual exploitation of children, child prostitution, child pornography and child sex tourism, neglect, illiteracy, hunger, intolerance, discrimination, racism, xenophobia, gender inequality, disability and inadequate legal protection, and convinced that urgent and effective national and international action is called for,", "Gravely concerned about the devastating impact of some of the recent natural disasters, including on children, reaffirming the importance of providing speedy, sustainable and adequate humanitarian assistance in support of relief, early recovery, rehabilitation, reconstruction and development efforts of the affected countries, and reaffirming also the importance of ensuring that human rights, including child rights, are mainstreamed into these efforts,", "Stressing the need for the full and effective implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons,[20] and expressing the view that it will, inter alia, contribute to the promotion and protection of the rights of children, enhance cooperation and better coordination of efforts in fighting trafficking in persons and promote increased ratification and full implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime[21] and the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime,[22]", "I", "Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocols thereto", "1. Reaffirms paragraphs 1 to 6 of its resolution 65/197, and urges States that have not yet done so to become parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child,¹ its Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography[23] and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict[24] as a matter of priority and to implement them fully;", "2. Welcomes the efforts of the Secretary‑General to promote the universal ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict ahead of the tenth anniversary in 2012 of their entry into force, and calls for the effective implementation of the Convention and the above‑mentioned Optional Protocols to ensure that all children may fully enjoy all their human rights and fundamental freedoms;", "3. Calls upon States parties to withdraw reservations that are incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention or the Optional Protocols thereto and to consider reviewing regularly other reservations with a view to withdrawing them in accordance with the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action;⁶", "4. Takes note with appreciation of the adoption on 17 June 2011 by the Human Rights Council of an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child providing a communications procedure complementary to the reporting procedure under the Convention on the Rights of the Child;[25]", "5. Encourages States parties, in implementing the provisions of the Convention and the Optional Protocols thereto, to take note of the recommendations, observations and general comments of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, including, inter alia, general comment No. 9 (2006) on the rights of children with disabilities;[26]", "6. Welcomes actions of the Committee to monitor the implementation by States parties of the Convention, and notes with appreciation its actions to follow up on its concluding observations and recommendations, and in this regard underlines, in particular, the regional workshops and the participation of the Committee in national‑level initiatives;", "II", "Promotion and protection of the rights of the child and non‑discrimination against children", "Non‑discrimination", "7. Reaffirms paragraphs 9 to 11 of its resolution 63/241 of 24 December 2008, and calls upon States to ensure the enjoyment by all children of all their civil, political, cultural, economic and social rights without discrimination of any kind;", "Registration, family relations and adoption or other forms of alternative care", "8. Also reaffirms paragraphs 12 to 16 of its resolution 63/241, and urges all States parties to intensify their efforts to comply with their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child¹ to protect children in matters relating to registration, family relations and adoption or other forms of alternative care, and, in cases of international parental or familial child abduction, encourages States to facilitate, inter alia, the return of the child to the country in which he or she resided immediately before the removal or retention;", "9. Recalls the Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children, contained in the annex to its resolution 64/142 of 18 December 2009, as a set of orientations to help to inform policy and practice, and encourages States to take them into account;", "Economic and social well‑being of children, eradication of poverty, right to education, right to enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and right to food", "10. Reaffirms paragraphs 17 to 26 of its resolution 63/241, paragraphs 42 to 52 of its resolution 61/146 of 19 December 2006, on the theme of children and poverty, and paragraphs 37 to 42 of its resolution 60/231 of 23 December 2005, on the theme of children living with or affected by HIV and AIDS, and calls upon all States and the international community to create an environment in which the well‑being of the child is ensured, including by strengthening international cooperation in this field and by implementing their previous commitments relating to poverty eradication, the right to education, and measures to promote human rights education, in accordance with the evolving capacities of the child, the right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, including efforts to address the situation of children living with or affected by HIV and AIDS and to eliminate mother‑to‑child transmission of HIV, the right to food for all and the right to an adequate standard of living, including housing and clothing;", "11. Recognizes the threat to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, posed by the global financial and economic crisis, which is connected to multiple, interrelated global crises and challenges, such as the food crisis and continuing food insecurity, volatile energy and commodity prices, environmental degradation and climate change, and calls upon States to address, in their response to these crises, the negative impact on the full enjoyment of the rights of children;", "Elimination of violence against children", "12. Reaffirms paragraphs 27 to 32 of its resolution 63/241 and paragraphs 47 to 62 of its resolution 62/141 of 18 December 2007, on the theme of elimination of violence against children, condemns all forms of violence against children, and urges all States to implement the measures set out in paragraph 27 of its resolution 63/241;", "13. Urges States to take, or strengthen, as appropriate, legislative and other measures to effectively prevent, prohibit and eliminate all forms of violence against children, in all settings;", "14. Encourages all States, requests United Nations entities and agencies, and invites regional organizations and civil society, including non‑governmental organizations, to cooperate with the Special Representative of the Secretary‑General on Violence against Children and to provide support, including financial support, to her for the effective and independent performance of her mandate, as set out in resolution 62/141, and in promoting the further implementation of the recommendations of the United Nations study on violence against children,[27] while promoting and ensuring country ownership and national plans and programmes in this regard, and calls upon States and institutions concerned, and invites the private sector, to provide voluntary contributions for that purpose;", "15. Notes with appreciation the consolidated partnerships promoted by the Special Representative of the Secretary‑General on Violence against Children, in coordination with national Governments, United Nations agencies, regional organizations, human rights bodies and mechanisms and representatives of civil society and with the participation of children;", "16. Takes note with appreciation of the joint report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Special Representative of the Secretary‑General on Violence against Children,[28] which provides an overview of accessible and child‑sensitive counselling, complaint and reporting mechanisms to address incidents of violence, including sexual violence and exploitation;", "Promoting and protecting the rights of children, including children in particularly difficult situations", "17. Reaffirms paragraphs 34 to 42 of its resolution 63/241, and calls upon all States to promote and protect all human rights of all children in particularly difficult situations and to implement programmes and measures that provide them with special protection and assistance, including access to health care, education and social services, as well as, where appropriate and feasible, voluntary repatriation, reintegration, family tracing and family reunification, in particular for children who are unaccompanied, and to ensure that the best interests of the child are a primary consideration;", "18. Recalls Human Rights Council resolution 16/12 of 24 March 2011 entitled “Rights of the child: a holistic approach to the protection and promotion of the rights of children working and/or living on the street”,[29] and calls for its full implementation;", "Children alleged to have infringed or recognized as having infringed penal law and children of persons alleged to have infringed or recognized as having infringed penal law", "19. Reaffirms paragraphs 43 to 47 of its resolution 63/241, and calls upon all States to respect and protect the rights of children alleged to have infringed or recognized as having infringed penal law, as well as children of persons alleged to have infringed or recognized as having infringed penal law;", "Prevention and eradication of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography", "20. Also reaffirms paragraphs 48 to 50 of its resolution 63/241, and calls upon all States to prevent, criminalize, prosecute and punish all forms of the sale of children, including for the purposes of the transfer of organs of the child for profit, child slavery, commercial sexual exploitation of children, child prostitution and child pornography, with the aim of eradicating those practices and the use of the Internet and other information and communications technologies for these purposes, to combat the existence of a market that encourages such criminal practices and take measures to eliminate the demand that fosters them, as well as to address the needs of victims effectively and take effective measures against the criminalization of children who are victims of exploitation;", "21. Calls upon all States to develop and implement programmes and policies to protect children from abuse, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, commercial sexual exploitation, child prostitution, child pornography, child sex tourism and child abduction, and calls upon States to implement strategies to locate and assist all children subject to these violations;", "22. Also calls upon all States to enact and enforce necessary legislative or other measures, in cooperation with relevant stakeholders, to prevent the distribution over the Internet and in all other media of child pornography, including depictions of child sexual abuse, ensuring that adequate mechanisms are in place to enable the reporting and removal of such material and that its creators, distributors and collectors are prosecuted as appropriate;", "Children affected by armed conflict", "23. Reaffirms paragraphs 51 to 63 of its resolution 63/241, condemns in the strongest terms all violations and abuses committed against children affected by armed conflict, and in this regard urges all States and other parties to armed conflict that are engaged, in contravention of applicable international law, including humanitarian law, in the recruitment and use of children, in patterns of killing and maiming of children and/or rape and other sexual violence against children, and in recurrent attacks on schools and/or hospitals, as well as in all other violations and abuses against children, to take time‑bound and effective measures to end them, and urges all States, United Nations agencies, funds and programmes, other relevant international and regional organizations and civil society to continue to give serious attention to, and to protect and assist child victims of, all violations and abuses committed against children in situations of armed conflict, in accordance with international humanitarian law, including the First to Fourth Geneva Conventions;[30]", "24. Also reaffirms the essential roles of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Human Rights Council for the promotion and protection of the rights and welfare of children, including children affected by armed conflict, notes the increasing role played by the Security Council in ensuring protection for children affected by armed conflict, and also notes the activities undertaken by the Peacebuilding Commission, within its mandate, in areas that promote and contribute to the enjoyment of the rights and welfare of children;", "25. Notes with appreciation the steps taken regarding Security Council resolutions 1539 (2004) of 22 April 2004, 1612 (2005) of 26 July 2005, 1882 (2009) of 4 August 2009 and 1998 (2011) of 12 July 2011, and the efforts of the Secretary‑General to implement the monitoring and reporting mechanism on children and armed conflict in accordance with those resolutions, with the participation of and in cooperation with national Governments and relevant United Nations and civil society actors, including at the country level, requests the Secretary‑General to ensure that information collected and communicated by the monitoring and reporting mechanism is accurate, objective, reliable and verifiable, and in this regard encourages the work and the deployment, as appropriate, of United Nations child protection advisers in peacekeeping operations and political and peacebuilding missions;", "Child labour", "26. Reaffirms paragraphs 64 to 80 of its resolution 63/241, on the theme of child labour, and calls upon all States to translate into concrete action their commitment to the progressive and effective elimination of child labour that is likely to be hazardous or to interfere with the child’s education or to be harmful to the child’s health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development, and to eliminate immediately the worst forms of child labour;", "27. Notes with interest the outcome of the Hague Global Child Labour Conference, including the Road Map for Achieving the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2016;", "28. Calls upon all States to take into account the global report of the Director‑General of the International Labour Organization entitled “Accelerating action against child labour”;", "29. Urges all States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying both the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182)[31] and the Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138),[32] of the International Labour Organization;", "Implementing child rights in early childhood", "30. Reaffirms paragraphs 28 to 45 of its resolution 65/197, reaffirming that early childhood is a critical phase for the realization of the rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and urges all States to implement the measures set out in paragraph 43 of its resolution 65/197;", "III", "The rights of children with disabilities", "31. Also reaffirms that all children with disabilities should have full enjoyment of their human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children, as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child¹ and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,³ and that the full and effective implementation of these instruments is an important step to the realization of the rights of children with disabilities, including respect for their evolving capacities and respect for their right to preserve their identity;", "32. Stresses the importance of international cooperation in supporting national efforts for the realization of the rights of children with disabilities, recognizing the importance of taking appropriate and effective measures among States that aim at facilitating and supporting capacity‑building, including through the exchange and sharing of information, experiences, training programmes and best practices;", "33. Recognizes that discrimination against any child on the basis of disability is a violation of the inherent dignity and worth of the child, and expresses grave concern that children with disabilities face violations of their human rights as well as discriminatory, attitudinal and environmental barriers to their participation and inclusion in society and in the community;", "34. Concerned that children with disabilities, particularly girls, are often at greater risk, both within and outside the home, of physical or mental violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment and maltreatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse;", "35. Reaffirms that the eradication of poverty is essential to the achievement of all Millennium Development Goals and to the full realization of the rights of all children, including those with disabilities, and also reaffirms resolution 65/1 of 22 September 2010;", "36. Recognizes that the majority of children with disabilities live in poverty and that equitable access to economic opportunities and social services, as close as possible to children’s own communities, is an important part of relevant strategies for sustainable development;", "37. Also recognizes that children with disabilities are often denied the right to a family environment and to live and be included in their communities, and in this regard reaffirms that they have equal rights with respect to family and community life and should not be separated from their parents against their will, except when competent authorities subject to judicial review determine, in accordance with applicable laws and procedures, that such separation is necessary for the best interests of the child, and that in no case should separation be on the basis of a disability of either the child or one or both of the parents;", "38. Further recognizes the importance of preventing the concealment, abandonment, neglect or segregation of children with disabilities, and in this regard encourages States to consider the introduction of a commitment towards replacing institutionalization with appropriate measures to support family and community care, and transferring resources to community‑based support services and other forms of alternative care;", "39. Expresses concern at the number of children with disabilities who continue to be denied the right to education, and in this regard reaffirms the right of children with disabilities to have effective access to education, on the basis of equal opportunity, in a manner conducive to their fullest possible social inclusion and individual development, including their cultural and spiritual development;", "40. Recognizes also that early education is of high importance for children with disabilities, and that the measures taken to implement the right to education for children with disabilities should aim at their maximum inclusion in society, free from discrimination;", "41. Reaffirms that States should take effective and appropriate measures to ensure, on an equal basis with others, that children with disabilities retain their fertility, and that adolescent boys and girls with disabilities have access to information and education, including on reproductive and family planning, that is age‑appropriate and in an accessible format;", "42. Recognizes that children with disabilities are particularly vulnerable in situations of risk, including situations of armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and the occurrence of natural disasters, and reaffirms the obligations of States under international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights law, to take all necessary measures to ensure their safety and protection in such situations, including by reviewing their emergency response programmes and support facilities to make them accessible for children with disabilities;", "43. Calls upon all States to include, within the overall context of policies and programmes for the realization of the rights of the child, for all children within their jurisdiction, the relevant provisions for the realization of these rights for children with disabilities, in particular:", "(a) Urges all States that have not yet done so to consider acceding to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto,[33] and to do so as a matter of priority, and invites regional integration organizations that have the relevant competence to do so, as defined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to consider accession to the Convention;", "(b) To review on a regular basis relevant domestic laws, related regulations and policies in order to ensure that the rights of children with disabilities are fully respected, protected and fulfilled in line with the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;", "(c) To prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability and guarantee to children with disabilities equal and effective legal protection against discrimination on all grounds;", "(d) To ensure that children with disabilities have access to information on their rights, including through human rights education and training, enabling them to contribute to identifying, preventing and acting upon violations of their rights;", "(e) To take appropriate measures to ensure that children with disabilities have access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications technologies and systems and to other facilities and services open or provided to the public both in urban and in rural areas;", "(f) To take all necessary measures to ensure the registration of children with disabilities immediately after birth, including by removing barriers that impede their registration, and to guarantee their right to a name, their right to a nationality and, as far as possible, their right to know and be cared for by their parents;", "(g) To implement fully the commitments undertaken in General Assembly resolution 65/186 of 21 December 2010 entitled “Realizing the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities towards 2015 and beyond”, and to ensure that children with disabilities are rendered visible in the collection and analysis of data;", "(h) To take measures to collect and disaggregate relevant information, including statistical and research data, as appropriate, in order to identify and address the barriers faced by children with disabilities in exercising their rights;", "(i) To adopt, implement and/or strengthen appropriate policies aimed at ensuring the right to an adequate standard of living for children with disabilities and their families, along with equal access to quality and affordable services, especially health, nutrition, education, welfare, social protection, safe drinking water, sanitation and other services that are essential for the child’s well‑being, and, in this regard, to pay particular attention to the most vulnerable children with disabilities and to those living under especially difficult circumstances;", "(j) To ensure that children with disabilities have access to the same range, quality and standard of free or affordable, gender‑sensitive and age‑appropriate health care and programmes as provided to other children, including in the area of sexual and reproductive health, and to take measures to prohibit the forced abortion and sterilization of children on grounds of disability;", "(k) To ensure equal access for children with disabilities to appropriate, timely, affordable and high‑quality rehabilitation within the existing health infrastructure, and strengthen the provision of community‑based rehabilitation services consistent with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;", "(l) To ensure that community and civil society institutions, services and facilities responsible for children with disabilities comply with national and local quality standards, especially in the areas of health and social protection, and to develop training programmes to ensure a quality, suitable and well‑trained workforce for the inclusion of children with disabilities;", "(m) To develop strategies, or include in existing strategies measures for the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against children with disabilities, who are particularly vulnerable to, inter alia, cruel, inhuman, degrading treatment, medical or scientific experimentation, and sexual and physical violence, including bullying and cyberbullying, and to develop and introduce child‑ and gender‑sensitive, accessible, safe and confidential reporting and complaints mechanisms;", "(n) To adopt legislative and other appropriate measures, including cross‑sectoral approaches, to ensure the full realization of the right to education for children with disabilities, including by ensuring that, on the basis of equal opportunity, accessibility and inclusiveness, they are not excluded from accessible, free and compulsory primary education directed to the development of their personality, talents and mental and physical abilities, from early childhood care and development to vocational training and preparation for work;", "(o) To ensure that children with disabilities have equal access with other children to participation in play, recreation, culture, leisure and sporting activities, including in the preschool and school system;", "(p) To ensure that children with disabilities have the right, on an equal basis with other children, to express their views freely on all matters affecting them, giving those views due weight in accordance with their age and maturity, and to be provided with disability‑ and age‑appropriate assistance to realize that right;", "(q) To take all appropriate measures to ensure the protection and safety of children with disabilities during and after situations of risk, including situations of armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters, including adopting and implementing programmes to ensure the physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of children with disabilities, including children who acquire disability as a consequence of such situations of risk, and ensure that such recovery, reintegration and rehabilitation take place in an environment which fosters the well‑being, health, self‑respect and dignity of the child;", "(r) To take all necessary measures to ensure that persons with disabilities, including children with disabilities, through their representative organizations, are closely consulted and actively involved in the development of legislation and policies to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and in other decision‑making processes concerning issues relating to persons with disabilities;", "44. Calls upon all Member States, and invites the United Nations system, to strengthen international cooperation to ensure the realization of the rights of the child, including for children with disabilities, inter alia, by supporting national initiatives that give more emphasis to the development of children with disabilities, as appropriate, and by reinforcing international cooperation measures in fields of research or on the transfer of technology such as assistive technologies;", "45. Calls upon the relevant entities, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, donor institutions, including the international financial institutions, and bilateral donors to support, inter alia, national initiatives, when requested, including development programmes for children with disabilities, financially and technically, as well as to enhance effective international cooperation and partnership to strengthen knowledge‑sharing and capacity‑building, with particular attention to policy development, programme development, research and professional training;", "IV", "Follow‑up", "46. Recognizes the work of the office of the Special Representative of the Secretary‑General for Children and Armed Conflict, its increased level of activity and the progress achieved since the establishment of the mandate of the Special Representative, and, bearing in mind its resolution 63/241 and paragraphs 35 to 37 of resolution 51/77 of 12 December 1996, recommends that the Secretary‑General extend the mandate of the Special Representative for a further period of three years;", "47. Decides:", "(a) To request the Secretary‑General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty‑seventh session a comprehensive report on the rights of the child containing information on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child¹ and the issues addressed in the present resolution, with a focus on indigenous children, bearing in mind relevant international norms and standards and regional and national particularities;", "(b) To request the Special Representative of the Secretary‑General for Children and Armed Conflict to continue to submit reports to the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council on the activities undertaken in the fulfilment of her mandate, including information on her field visits and on the progress achieved and the challenges remaining on the children and armed conflict agenda;", "(c) To request the Special Representative of the Secretary‑General on Violence against Children to continue to submit annual reports to the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council on the activities undertaken in the fulfilment of her mandate, including information on her field visits and on the progress achieved and the challenges remaining on the violence against children agenda;", "(d) To request the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography to continue to submit reports to the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council on the activities undertaken in the fulfilment of her mandate, including information on her field visits and on the progress achieved and the challenges remaining on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography agenda;", "(e) To invite the Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to present an oral report on the work of the Committee and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its sixty‑seventh session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of children”;", "(f) To continue its consideration of the question at its sixty‑seventh session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of children”, focusing section III of the resolution entitled “Rights of the child” on indigenous children, bearing in mind relevant international norms and standards and regional and national particularities.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.", "[2]  Ibid., vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531.", "[3]  Ibid., vol. 2515, No. 44910.", "[4]  Resolution 61/177, annex.", "[5]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2220, No. 39481.", "[6]  A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.", "[7]  See resolution 55/2.", "[8]  Resolution S‑27/2, annex.", "[9]  Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6–12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.", "[10]  See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Final Report of the World Education Forum, Dakar, Senegal, 26–28 April 2000 (Paris, 2000).", "[11]  See resolution 2542 (XXIV).", "[12]  Report of the World Food Conference, Rome, 5–16 November 1974 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.75.II.A.3), chap. I.", "[13]  Resolution 41/128, annex.", "[14]  See resolution 62/88.", "[15]  See resolution 65/1.", "[16]  A/66/258.", "[17]  A/66/230.", "[18]  A/66/227.", "[19]  A/66/256.", "[20]  Resolution 64/293.", "[21]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2225, No. 39574.", "[22]  Ibid., vol. 2237, No. 39574.", "[23]  Ibid., vol. 2171, No. 27531.", "[24]  Ibid., vol. 2173, No. 27531.", "[25]  Resolution 66/138, annex.", "[26]  Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty‑third Session, Supplement No. 41 (A/63/41), annex III.", "[27]  See A/61/299 and A/62/209.", "[28]  A/HRC/16/56.", "[29]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty‑sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53), chap. II, sect. A.", "[30]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, Nos. 970–973.", "[31]  Ibid., vol. 2133, No. 37245.", "[32]  Ibid., vol. 1015, No. 14862.", "[33]  Ibid., vol. 2518, No. 44910." ]
A_RES_66_141
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/458)]", "66/141. Rights of the child", "The General Assembly,", "Reaffirming all its previous resolutions on the rights of the child, in its entirety, the most recent of which is resolution 65/197 of 21 December 2010,", "Emphasizing that the Convention on the Rights of the Child[1] constitutes the rule in the promotion and protection of the rights of the child and, bearing in mind the importance of its Optional Protocols,[2] by calling for the universal ratification and effective implementation of these and other human rights instruments,", "Recalling the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities[3], the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance[4] and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families[5],", "Reaffirming that the general principles set forth in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, including the best interests of the child, non-discrimination, participation and survival and development, constitute the framework for all actions related to children, including adolescents,", "Reaffirming also the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action[6], the Millennium Declaration[7] and the outcome document of the twenty-seventh special session of the General Assembly on children, entitled “A world fit for children”,[8] and recalling the Copenhagen Declaration on Social Development and the Programme of Action,[9] the Dakar Framework for Action adopted at the World Forum on Education,[10], the Declaration on Progress and Development in the Social", "Taking note with appreciation of the reports of the Secretary-General on progress made in the implementation of the commitments contained in the outcome document of the twenty-seventh special session of the General Assembly[16] and on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the issues addressed in its resolution 65/197[17], as well as the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children[18] and the report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on children", "Recognizing the important role played by national governmental structures for children, including, where available, ministries and institutions dealing with children, family and youth issues, as well as independent juvenile advocates or other national institutions to promote and protect the rights of the child,", "Recognizing that the family has the primary responsibility for the care and protection of children and that children, for the full and harmonious development of their personality, must grow within a family and in an environment of happiness, love and understanding,", "Noting with appreciation the work of the promotion and protection of the rights of the child carried out, within their respective mandates, by all relevant bodies, agencies, entities and organizations of the United Nations system, relevant special mandates and procedures of the Organization, as well as relevant regional organizations, as appropriate, and intergovernmental organizations, and recognizing the valuable role of civil society, including non-governmental organizations,", "Deeply concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world has been adversely affected by the global financial and economic crisis, reaffirming that poverty eradication remains the greatest challenge facing the world today and recognizing that its consequences go beyond the socio-economic context,", "Deeply concerned that the situation of children in many parts of the world remains critical, in an increasingly globalized environment, owing to the persistence of poverty, social inequality, precarious social and economic conditions, pandemics, in particular HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation, environmental damage, natural disasters, armed conflict, foreign occupation,", "Gravely concerned at the devastating impact of some of the recent natural disasters, in particular on children, reaffirming the importance of providing prompt and adequate humanitarian assistance in support of the relief, recovery, rehabilitation, reconstruction and development activities of the affected countries, and also reaffirming the importance of integrating human rights, including the rights of children, into those activities,", "Stressing the need for the full and effective implementation of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons[20], and expressing its view that the Plan will serve, inter alia, to contribute to the promotion and protection of the rights of the child, to strengthen cooperation and to improve the coordination of efforts to combat trafficking in persons and to promote greater ratifications and the full implementation of the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime[21]", "I", "Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and its Optional Protocols", "1. Reaffirms paragraphs 1 to 6 of its resolution 65/197, and urges States that have not yet done so to become parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child,1 its Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography,[23] and its Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict[24] as a matter of priority and to implement them fully;", "2. Welcomes the efforts of the Secretary-General to promote the universal ratification of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Optional Protocol on the involvement of children in armed conflict before the tenth anniversary of its entry into force in 2012, and calls for the effective implementation of the Convention and the above-mentioned Optional Protocols to ensure that all children can fully enjoy human rights", "3. Calls upon States parties to withdraw reservations that are incompatible with the object and purpose of the Convention or its Optional Protocols and to consider regularly reviewing other reservations with a view to withdrawing them, in accordance with the Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action;6", "4. Takes note with appreciation of the adoption by the Human Rights Council on 17 June 2011 of an optional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which establishes a communications procedure supplementing the reporting procedure provided for in the Convention[25];", "5. Encourages States parties, in implementing the provisions of the Convention and its Optional Protocols, to take note of the general recommendations, observations and comments of the Committee on the Rights of the Child, including, inter alia, general comment No. 9 (2006) concerning the rights of children with disabilities[26];", "6. Welcomes the measures taken by the Committee to monitor the implementation of the Convention by States parties, notes with appreciation the measures it has taken to follow up its concluding observations and recommendations, and in this regard stresses in particular the regional workshops and the participation of the Committee in initiatives at the national level;", "II", "Promotion and protection of the rights of children and non-discrimination against children", "Non-discrimination", "7. Reaffirms paragraphs 9 to 11 of its resolution 63/241 of 24 December 2008, and calls upon States to ensure the enjoyment by all children of all their civil, political, cultural, economic and social rights without discrimination of any kind;", "Birth registration, family relations and adoption or other forms of alternative care", "8. Reaffirms also the provisions of paragraphs 12 to 16 of its resolution 63/241 and urges all States parties to intensify their efforts to fulfil their obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child1 to protect children in matters relating to birth registration, family relations and adoption or other forms of alternative care, and, in cases of international abduction of children by their parents or other family members, encourages States to facilitate, inter alia, the immediate transfer of children to the child", "9. Recalls the Guidelines on the Alternative Care of Children, contained in the annex to its resolution 64/142 of 18 December 2009, as a set of guidelines that help guide policy and practice, and encourages States to take them into account;", "Economic and social well-being of the child, poverty eradication, right to education, right to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health and right to food", "10. Reaffirms the provisions of paragraphs 17 to 26 of its resolution 63/241, paragraphs 42 to 52 of its resolution 61/146 of 19 December 2006 on the subject of children and poverty, and paragraphs 37 to 42 of its resolution 60/231 of 23 December 2005 on the subject of children living with or affected by HIV, and calls upon all States and the international community to create an environment in which children are", "11. Recognizes that the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, is threatened by the global financial and economic crisis, which is linked to multiple interrelated global crises and challenges, such as the food crisis and continuing food insecurity, the volatility of energy and commodities prices, environmental degradation and climate change, and calls upon States, in their response to these crises, to strive to alleviate the full impact of children;", "Elimination of violence against children", "12. Reaffirms paragraphs 27 to 32 of its resolution 63/241 and paragraphs 47 to 62 of its resolution 62/141 of 18 December 2007 on the elimination of violence against children, condemns all forms of violence against children and urges all States to implement the measures set out in paragraph 27 of its resolution 63/241;", "13. Urges States to adopt or strengthen, as appropriate, legislative and other measures to effectively prevent, prohibit and eliminate all forms of violence against children in all contexts;", "14. Encourages all States, requests United Nations entities and agencies, and invites regional organizations and civil society, including non-governmental organizations, to cooperate with and support the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children, including financial support, to carry out their mandate effectively and independently, established in resolution 62/141, and to promote the implementation of the recommendations made in the United Nations study on violence against children,", "15. Notes with appreciation the consolidation of partnerships promoted by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children in coordination with national Governments, United Nations agencies, regional organizations, human rights bodies and mechanisms and representatives of civil society and with the participation of children;", "16. Takes note with appreciation of the joint report of the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children[28], which provides an overview of child-friendly and accessible counselling, reporting and reporting mechanisms to address incidents of violence, including sexual violence and exploitation;", "Promotion and protection of the rights of children, including children in particularly difficult situations", "17. Reaffirms paragraphs 34 to 42 of its resolution 63/241 and calls upon all States to promote and protect all the human rights of all children in particularly difficult situations and to implement programmes and measures that provide them with special protection and assistance, including access to health care, education and social services, as well as, where appropriate and feasible, programmes of voluntary repatriation, reintegration, localization and reunification of the family, in particular for children other than children", "18. Recalls Human Rights Council resolution 16/12 of 24 March 2011, entitled " Children ' s rights: a holistic approach to the protection and promotion of the rights of working and/or living children on the streets " , and calls for full implementation;", "Children accused, prosecuted or convicted of having infringed criminal laws and children of persons accused, prosecuted or convicted of having infringed criminal laws", "19. Reaffirms paragraphs 43 to 47 of its resolution 63/241 and calls upon all States to respect and protect the rights of children accused, prosecuted or convicted for having infringed the criminal laws and children of persons accused, prosecuted or convicted for having infringed the criminal laws;", "Prevention and eradication of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography", "20. Reaffirms also the provisions of paragraphs 48 to 50 of its resolution 63/241 and calls upon all States to prevent, criminalize, prosecute and punish all forms of sale of children, including for the purpose of transferring their organs for profit, child slavery, the sexual exploitation of children for commercial purposes, child prostitution and child pornography, in order to eradicate such practices and to promote the use of the Internet and other information and communications technologies for that purpose,", "21. Calls upon all States to develop and implement programmes and policies to protect children from abuse, sexual abuse, sexual exploitation, commercial sexual exploitation, child prostitution, child pornography, sex tourism and child abduction, and calls upon States to implement strategies to locate and assist all children subject to such violations;", "22. It also calls upon all States to enact and implement such legislative or other measures as may be necessary, in collaboration with the relevant actors, to prevent the distribution of child pornography by the Internet and by all other means of communication, including images of sexual abuse to children, by establishing appropriate mechanisms to enable the denunciation and elimination of such material and the prosecution of its perpetrators, distributors or collectors, as appropriate;", "Children affected by armed conflict", "23. Reaffirms paragraphs 51 to 63 of its resolution 63/241, condemns in the strongest terms all violations and abuses committed against children affected by armed conflict and, in this regard, urges all States and other parties to armed conflict, in violation of applicable international law, including humanitarian law, to recruit and use children, to use practices involving the death and mutilation of children, rape and other acts of sexual violence", "24. Reaffirms also the essential role of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Human Rights Council in the promotion and protection of the rights and well-being of children, including children affected by armed conflict, the growing role of the Security Council in ensuring the protection of children affected by armed conflict, and also notes the activities of the Peacebuilding Commission, within its mandate, in areas that promote and promote the well-being of children;", "25. Notes with appreciation the measures taken in connection with Security Council resolutions 1539 (2004) of 22 April 2004, 1612 (2005) of 26 July 2005, 1882 (2009) of 4 August 2009 and 1998 (2011) of 12 July 2011, as well as the efforts of the Secretary-General to implement the monitoring and reporting mechanism on children and armed conflict in accordance with those resolutions, with the participation and cooperation of Governments", "Child labour", "26. Reaffirms paragraphs 64 to 80 of its resolution 63/241 on child labour, and calls upon all States to translate into concrete measures their commitment to gradually and effectively eradicate child labour that may be dangerous to or interfere with the education of the child or be detrimental to his or her health or physical, mental, spiritual, moral or social development, and to eliminate immediately the worst forms of child labour;", "27. Notes with interest the outcome of the World Conference on Child Labour, held at The Hague, including the Roadmap for the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2016;", "28. Calls upon all States to take into account the global report of the Director-General of the International Labour Organization entitled “Intensify the fight against child labour”;", "29. Urges all States that have not yet done so to consider ratifying the 1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention (No. 182)[31] and the 1973 Minimum Age Convention (No. 138)[32] of the International Labour Organization;", "Implementation of the rights of children in early childhood", "30. Reaffirms paragraphs 28 to 45 of its resolution 65/197, which reaffirms that early childhood is an essential phase for the realization of the rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and urges all States to implement the measures set out in paragraph 43 of its resolution;", "III", "Rights of children with disabilities", "31. " Reaffirms also that all children with disabilities should fully enjoy their human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children, as enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child1 and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,3 and that the full and effective implementation of these instruments is an important step towards the realization of the rights of children with disabilities, including respect for the evolution of their powers and their right to preserve their identity;", "32. Stresses the importance of international cooperation in support of national efforts to realize the rights of children with disabilities, recognizing the importance of taking appropriate and effective measures among States with a view to facilitating and supporting capacity-building, including through the sharing and distribution of information, experiences, training programmes and best practices;", "33. Recognizes that discrimination against any child on the basis of disability constitutes a violation of the inherent dignity and value of the child, and expresses grave concern that children with disabilities face violations of their human rights as well as discriminatory barriers and barriers to the attitude and environment that prevent their participation and inclusion in society and in the community;", "34. Concerned that children with disabilities, and in particular girls, are often at greater risk, both within and outside the home, of physical or mental abuse, neglect or negligent treatment and ill-treatment or exploitation, including sexual abuse;", "35. Reaffirms that poverty eradication is essential for the achievement of all the Millennium Development Goals and for the full realization of the rights of all children, including children with disabilities, and also reaffirms resolution 65/1 of 22 September 2010;", "36. Recognizes that most children with disabilities live in poverty and that equitable access to economic opportunities and social services, as close as possible to the communities of children themselves, is an important part of relevant strategies for achieving sustainable development;", "37. Recognizes also that children with disabilities are often denied the right to live within a family and to live and be included in their communities, reaffirms in this regard that they have the same rights with respect to family and community life and that they should not be separated from their parents against their will, except when the competent authorities, after judicial review, decide, in accordance with applicable laws and procedures, that such separation is necessary in the best interests of the child, and", "38. Further recognizes the importance of preventing the concealment, neglect, neglect or segregation of children with disabilities, and in this regard encourages States to consider the possible introduction of a commitment to replace institutionalization by appropriate measures to support family and community care and to transfer resources to community-based support services and other alternative support modalities;", "39. Expresses concern at the number of children with disabilities who continue to be denied the right to education, and in this regard reaffirms the right of children with disabilities to have effective access to education, on the basis of equal opportunities, so as to enhance their social inclusion and individual development, including their cultural and spiritual development, to the maximum extent possible;", "40. It also recognizes that early childhood education is of paramount importance to children with disabilities and that measures taken to enforce the right to education for children with disabilities should aim at their maximum inclusion in society, without discrimination;", "41. Reaffirms that States should take effective and appropriate measures to ensure that children with disabilities maintain their fertility on an equal basis with others, and to ensure that adolescents and adolescents with disabilities have access to information and education, in particular on reproductive health and family planning, appropriate for their age and in an accessible format;", "42. Recognizes that children with disabilities are particularly vulnerable in situations of risk, including situations of armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters, and reaffirms that it is the duty of States to take all necessary measures to ensure their safety and protection under international law, including international humanitarian law and international human rights standards, including the review of their emergency response programmes and support services, so that they are accessible to children with disabilities;", "43. Calls upon all States to include, in the general context of their policies and programmes for the realization of the rights of the child, for all children within their jurisdiction, the relevant provisions for the realization of these rights for children with disabilities, in particular:", "(a) Urges all States that have not yet done so to consider acceding to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol,[33] and to do so as a matter of priority and invites regional integration organizations that have competence to do so, as defined in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to consider acceding to the Convention;", "(b) Review relevant domestic laws and related regulations and policies on a regular basis to ensure that the rights of children with disabilities are fully respected, protected and fulfilled, in accordance with the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;", "(c) To prohibit discrimination on the basis of disability and to guarantee children with disabilities equal and effective legal protection against discrimination on any grounds;", "(d) Ensure that children with disabilities have access to information on their rights, including human rights education and training, so that they can contribute to the detection and prevention of and response to violations of their rights;", "(e) Take appropriate measures to ensure that children with disabilities have access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, transport, information and communication systems and technologies, and to other services and facilities open to the public or public in both urban and rural areas;", "f) Take all necessary measures to ensure that children with disabilities are registered immediately after their birth, eliminating, for example, barriers to their registration, and to guarantee their right to a name, to acquire a nationality and, to the extent possible, to know and be cared for their parents;", "(g) Fully meet the commitments made in its resolution 65/186 of 21 December 2010 entitled " The realization of the Millennium Development Goals for persons with disabilities until 2015 and beyond " , and ensure that children with disabilities are visible in data collection and analysis;", "(h) Take measures to collect and disaggregated relevant information, including statistical and research data, as appropriate, in order to detect and eliminate barriers faced by children with disabilities in the exercise of their rights;", "(i) Adopt, implement and consolidate appropriate policies aimed at ensuring the right of children with disabilities and their families to an adequate standard of living, in addition to equal access to affordable and quality services, especially health, nutrition, education, well-being, social protection, safe drinking water and sanitation and other services essential to the well-being of the child and, in this regard, pay special attention to the most vulnerable children with disabilities and those living in especially difficult circumstances;", "(j) Ensure that children with disabilities have access to free, affordable, gender-sensitive and age-sensitive health-care programmes and services, and are of the same variety and quality as other children, including in the area of sexual and reproductive health, and take measures to prohibit forced abortion and sterilization of children on the basis of disability;", "(k) Ensure equal access for children with disabilities to appropriate, timely, affordable and high-quality rehabilitation services within the existing health infrastructure, and strengthen the provision of community rehabilitation services, in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;", "(l) Ensure that community and civil society institutions, services and establishments dealing with children with disabilities comply with national and local quality standards, especially in the areas of health and social protection, and develop training programmes to ensure that a qualified, appropriate and well-prepared workforce is available to ensure the inclusion of children with disabilities;", "(m) Develop strategies or include in existing strategies measures for the prevention and elimination of all forms of violence against children with disabilities, which are particularly vulnerable, inter alia, to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, medical or scientific experiments and sexual and physical violence, including harassment and cyberbullying, and establish and introduce confidential reporting mechanisms that are accessible, safe and tailored to the needs of children;", "(n) Take legislative measures and other appropriate measures, including cross-cutting approaches, to ensure the full realization of the right to education for children with disabilities, in particular by ensuring that, on the basis of equal opportunities, accessibility and inclusion, they are not excluded from accessible, free and compulsory primary education aimed at the development of their personality, their skills and their mental and physical capacity, from early childhood care and development to vocational training and preparation for work;", "(o) Ensure that children with disabilities have equal access to play, recreational, cultural, leisure and sporting activities with other children, including those in the preschool and school system;", "(p) Ensure that children with disabilities, on an equal basis with other children, have the right to express their views freely on all matters affecting them, giving their opinion due consideration taking into account their age and maturity, and to receive appropriate assistance in accordance with their disability and age in order to exercise that right;", "(q) Take all appropriate measures to ensure the protection and security of children with disabilities during risk situations, especially situations of armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters, including the adoption and implementation of programmes to ensure the physical and psychological recovery and social reintegration of children with disabilities, including children who acquire disability as a result of such risk situations, and ensure that such recovery, reintegration and rehabilitation is carried out in an environment that promotes dignity,", "(r) Take all necessary measures to ensure that persons with disabilities, including children with disabilities, through their organizations, are consulted closely and actively participate in the development of laws and policies to implement the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and in other decision-making processes on issues related to persons with disabilities;", "44. Calls upon all Member States and invites the United Nations system to strengthen international cooperation in order to ensure the realization of the rights of the child, including children with disabilities, by supporting national initiatives that emphasize the development of children with disabilities, as appropriate, and by intensifying international cooperation measures in the areas of research or technology transfer, such as assistance technologies;", "45. Calls upon relevant entities, funds and programmes of the United Nations system, donor institutions, including international financial institutions, and bilateral donors to provide, upon request, financial and technical support to national initiatives, including development programmes for children with disabilities, and to promote effective modalities of international cooperation and partnership in order to enhance knowledge-sharing and capacity-building, with particular attention to policy development,", "IV", "Follow-up", "46. Recognizes the work of the Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, the increase in its level of activity and the progress achieved since the establishment of the mandate of the Special Representative, and, bearing in mind the provisions of its resolution 63/241 and paragraphs 35 to 37 of its resolution 51/77 of 12 December 1996, recommends that the Secretary-General extend the mandate of the Special Representative for a further period of three years;", "47. Decides:", "(a) To request the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a comprehensive report on the rights of the child containing information on the status of the Convention on the Rights of the Child1 and the issues covered by the present resolution, with special attention to indigenous children, taking into account relevant international standards and provisions and regional and national particularities;", "(b) To request the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict to continue to report to both the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council on the activities undertaken pursuant to her mandate, including information on the field visits and on the progress achieved and the remaining challenges in relation to the issue of children and armed conflict;", "(c) To request the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on violence against children to continue to submit annual reports to both the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council on activities undertaken pursuant to her mandate, including information on field visits and on the progress achieved and remaining challenges in relation to the issue of violence against children;", "(d) To request the Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography to continue to report, both to the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council, on the activities carried out pursuant to her mandate, including information on the field visits and on the progress achieved and the remaining challenges related to the issue of the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography;", "(e) To invite the Chairman of the Committee on the Rights of the Child to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session an oral report on the work of the Committee and to establish an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of the child”;", "f) Continue its consideration of the question at its sixty-seventh session under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of the rights of the child”, and devote section III of the resolution entitled “Rights of the child” to indigenous children, taking into account international norms and provisions and regional and national particularities.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1577, No. 27531.", "[2] Ibid., vols. 2171 and 2173, No. 27531.", "[3] Ibid., vol. 2515, No. 44910.", "[4] Resolution 61/177, annex.", "[5] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2220, No. 39481.", "[6] A/CONF.157/24 (Part I), chap. III.", "[7] See resolution 55/2.", "[8] Resolution S‐27/2, annex.", "[9] Report of the World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen, 6-12 March 1995 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.96.IV.8), chap. I, resolution 1, annexes I and II.", "[10] See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Final Report of the World Education Forum, Dakar, Senegal, 26-28 April 2000 (Paris, 2000).", "[11] See resolution 2542 (XXIV).", "[12] Report of the World Food Conference, Rome, 5-16 November 1974 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.75.II.A.3), chap. I.", "[13] Resolution 41/128, annex.", "[14] See resolution 62/88.", "[15] See resolution 65/1.", "[16] A/66/258.", "[17] A/66/230.", "[18] A/66/227.", "[19] A/66/256.", "[20] Resolution 64/293.", "[21] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 2225, No. 39574.", "[22] Ibid., vol. 2237, No. 39574.", "[23] Ibid., vol. 2171, No. 27531.", "[24] Ibid., vol. 2173, No. 27531.", "[25] Resolution 66/138, annex.", "[26] Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 41 (A/63/41), annex III.", "[27] See A/61/299 and A/62/209.", "[28] A/HRC/16/56.", "[29] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53), chap. II, sect. A.", "[30] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 75, No. 970-973.", "[31] Ibid., vol. 2133, No. 37245.", "[32] Ibid., vol. 1015, No. 14862.", "[33] Ibid., vol. 2518, No. 44910." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/459)]", "66/142. Derechos de los pueblos indígenas", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando todas sus resoluciones pertinentes y las resoluciones del Consejo de Derechos Humanos y del Consejo Económico y Social relativas a los derechos de los pueblos indígenas,", "Reafirmando su resolución 65/198, de 21 de diciembre de 2010, en la que decidió organizar una reunión plenaria de alto nivel, que recibiría el nombre de Conferencia Mundial sobre los Pueblos Indígenas y se celebraría en 2014,", "Recordando su resolución 59/174, de 20 de diciembre de 2004, sobre el Segundo Decenio Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas del Mundo (2005‑2014),", "Recordando también la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas[1], de 2007, que trata de sus derechos individuales y colectivos,", "Recordando además la Declaración del Milenio[2], el Documento Final de la Cumbre Mundial 2005[3] y el documento final de la Reunión Plenaria de Alto Nivel de la Asamblea General sobre los Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio[4],", "Recordando la resolución 18/8 del Consejo de Derechos Humanos, de 29 de septiembre de 2011, sobre los derechos humanos y los pueblos indígenas[5],", "Recordando también la primera Conferencia Mundial de los Pueblos sobre el Cambio Climático y los Derechos de la Madre Tierra[6], organizada por el Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia en Cochabamba del 20 al 22 de abril de 2010,", "Destacando la importancia de promover y tratar de lograr los objetivos de la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, por medios como la cooperación internacional en apoyo de la labor nacional y regional encaminada a alcanzar los fines de la Declaración, incluidos el derecho de los pueblos indígenas a conservar y reforzar sus instituciones políticas, jurídicas, económicas, sociales y culturales propias y su derecho a participar plenamente, si lo desean, en la vida política, económica, social y cultural del Estado,", "Reconociendo el valor y la diversidad de las culturas y la forma de organización social de los pueblos indígenas y sus conocimientos científicos tradicionales holísticos de sus tierras, recursos naturales y medio ambiente,", "Preocupada por la situación de desventaja extrema en que se encuentran normalmente los pueblos indígenas, que se refleja en toda una serie de indicadores sociales y económicos, y por los obstáculos que les impiden disfrutar plenamente de sus derechos,", "Recordando su resolución 65/198, en virtud de la cual decidió ampliar el mandato del Fondo de contribuciones voluntarias de las Naciones Unidas para los pueblos indígenas, de forma que pudiera ayudar a los representantes de las organizaciones y comunidades de pueblos indígenas a participar en los períodos de sesiones del Consejo de Derechos Humanos y de los órganos creados en virtud de los tratados de derechos humanos, sobre la base de una participación plural y reforzada y de acuerdo con las normas y los reglamentos pertinentes, incluida la resolución 1996/31 del Consejo Económico y Social, de 25 de julio de 1996, e instó a los Estados a que hicieran contribuciones al Fondo,", "1. Acoge con beneplácito la labor del Mecanismo de expertos sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas y del Relator Especial sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, toma nota del informe de este sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas[7] y alienta a todos los gobiernos a que respondan favorablemente a sus solicitudes de visita;", "2. Insta a los gobiernos y a las organizaciones intergubernamentales y no gubernamentales a que sigan haciendo contribuciones al Fondo de contribuciones voluntarias de las Naciones Unidas para los pueblos indígenas y al Fondo Fiduciario para el Segundo Decenio Internacional de los Pueblos Indígenas del Mundo, e invita a las organizaciones indígenas y a las instituciones privadas y los particulares a que hagan lo propio;", "3. Alienta a los Estados que todavía no han ratificado el Convenio sobre pueblos indígenas y tribales, 1989 (núm. 169)[8], de la Organización Internacional del Trabajo, o no se han adherido a él, a que consideren la posibilidad de hacerlo, así como de apoyar la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas¹, y acoge con beneplácito el hecho de que cada vez más Estados brinden su apoyo a la Declaración;", "4. Alienta a los Estados a que, en consulta y cooperación con los pueblos indígenas, adopten las medidas apropiadas, incluidas medidas legislativas, para alcanzar los fines de la Declaración;", "5. Alienta a todas las partes interesadas, en particular a los pueblos indígenas, a que difundan y consideren buenas prácticas a distintos niveles como orientación práctica acerca del modo de lograr los objetivos de la Declaración;", "6. Solicita al Secretario General que, en coordinación con el Foro Permanente para las Cuestiones Indígenas, convoque, dentro de los límites de los recursos existentes, una reunión de alto nivel durante el 11° período de sesiones del Foro para conmemorar el quinto aniversario de la aprobación de la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas, con el fin de crear mayor conciencia sobre la importancia de tratar de lograr sus objetivos;", "7. Destaca que el resultado de esa reunión podría servir de contribución a los preparativos de la reunión plenaria de alto nivel que celebrará en 2014 con el nombre de Conferencia Mundial sobre los Pueblos Indígenas;", "8. Invita a los gobiernos, a los pueblos indígenas y a otros interesados, incluidos los medios de difusión, así como a los órganos y organizaciones pertinentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas, a que lleven a cabo actividades destinadas a conmemorar el quinto aniversario de la aprobación de la Declaración, a nivel regional y nacional;", "9. Decide seguir examinando la cuestión en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, en relación con el tema titulado “Derechos de los pueblos indígenas”.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Resolución 61/295, anexo.", "[2]  Véase la resolución 55/2.", "[3]  Véase la resolución 60/1.", "[4]  Véase la resolución 65/1.", "[5]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 53A (A/66/53/Add.1), cap. II.", "[6]  Véase A/64/777, anexos I y II.", "[7]  Véase A/66/288.", "[8]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1650, núm. 28383." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/459)]", "66/142. Rights of indigenous peoples", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling all relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the Human Rights Council and the Economic and Social Council relating to the rights of indigenous peoples,", "Reaffirming its resolution 65/198 of 21 December 2010, in which it decided to organize a high‑level plenary meeting of the General Assembly, to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, to be held in 2014,", "Recalling its resolution 59/174 of 20 December 2004 on the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People (2005–2014),", "Recalling also the 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,[1] which addresses their individual and collective rights,", "Recalling further the United Nations Millennium Declaration,[2] the 2005 World Summit Outcome[3] and the outcome document of the High‑level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals,[4]", "Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 18/8 of 29 September 2011 on human rights and indigenous peoples,[5]", "Recalling also the first Peoples’ World Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth,[6] hosted by the Plurinational State of Bolivia in Cochabamba from 20 to 22 April 2010,", "Stressing the importance of promoting and pursuing the objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples also through international cooperation to support national and regional efforts to achieve the ends of the Declaration, including the right to maintain and strengthen the distinct political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions of indigenous peoples and the right to participate fully, if they so choose, in the political, economic, social and cultural life of the State,", "Recognizing the value and the diversity of the cultures and the form of the social organization of indigenous peoples and their holistic traditional scientific knowledge of their lands, natural resources and environment,", "Concerned about the extreme disadvantages that indigenous peoples have typically faced across a range of social and economic indicators and about the impediments to their full enjoyment of their rights,", "Recalling its resolution 65/198, by which it decided to expand the mandate of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations so that it could assist representatives of indigenous peoples’ organizations and communities to participate in sessions of the Human Rights Council and of human rights treaty bodies, on the basis of diverse and renewed participation and in accordance with relevant rules and regulations, including Economic and Social Council resolution 1996/31 of 25 July 1996, and urged States to contribute to the Fund,", "1. Welcomes the work of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples, takes note of his report on the rights of indigenous peoples,[7] and encourages all Governments to respond favourably to his requests for visits;", "2. Urges Governments and intergovernmental and non‑governmental organizations to continue to contribute to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Populations and the Trust Fund for the Second International Decade of the World’s Indigenous People, and invites indigenous organizations and private institutions and individuals to do likewise;", "3. Encourages those States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the International Labour Organization Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)[8] to consider doing so and to consider supporting the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,¹ and welcomes the increased support by States for the Declaration;", "4. Encourages States, in consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples, to take the appropriate measures, including legislative measures, to achieve the ends of the Declaration;", "5. Encourages all interested parties, in particular indigenous peoples, to disseminate and consider good practices at different levels as a practical guide on how to attain the goals of the Declaration;", "6. Requests the Secretary‑General, in coordination with the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, to convene, within existing resources, a high‑level event during the eleventh session of the Forum to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in order to raise awareness of the importance of pursuing its objectives;", "7. Stresses that the result of that event could serve as an input for the preparation of the high‑level plenary meeting of the General Assembly in 2014, to be known as the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples;", "8. Invites Governments, indigenous peoples and other stakeholders, including the media, as well as relevant organizations and bodies of the United Nations system, to carry out activities focused on marking the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration, at the regional and national levels;", "9. Decides to continue consideration of the question at its sixty‑seventh session, under the item entitled “Rights of indigenous peoples”.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  Resolution 61/295, annex.", "[2]  See resolution 55/2.", "[3]  See resolution 60/1.", "[4]  See resolution 65/1.", "[5]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty‑sixth Session, Supplement No. 53A and corrigendum (A/66/53/Add.1 and Corr.1), chap. II.", "[6]  See A/64/777, annexes I and II.", "[7]  See A/66/288.", "[8]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1650, No. 28383." ]
A_RES_66_142
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/459)]", "66/142. Rights of indigenous peoples", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling all its relevant resolutions and resolutions of the Human Rights Council and the Economic and Social Council concerning the rights of indigenous peoples,", "Reaffirming its resolution 65/198 of 21 December 2010, in which it decided to organize a high-level plenary meeting, to be convened by the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples and to be held in 2014,", "Recalling its resolution 59/174 of 20 December 2004 on the Second International Decade of the World ' s Indigenous People (2005-2014),", "Recalling also the 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which deals with their individual and collective rights,", "Recalling further the Millennium Declaration[2], the 2005 World Summit Outcome[3] and the outcome document of the High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals[4],", "Recalling Human Rights Council resolution 18/8 of 29 September 2011 on human rights and indigenous peoples[5],", "Recalling also the first World Conference of Peoples on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth[6], organized by the Plurinational State of Bolivia in Cochabamba from 20 to 22 April 2010,", "Stressing the importance of promoting and seeking to achieve the objectives of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, including international cooperation in support of national and regional efforts to achieve the purposes of the Declaration, including the right of indigenous peoples to preserve and strengthen their own political, legal, economic, social and cultural institutions and their right to participate fully, if they wish, in the political, economic, social and cultural life of the State,", "Recognizing the value and diversity of cultures and the form of social organization of indigenous peoples and their traditional holistic scientific knowledge of their lands, natural resources and environment,", "Concerned about the extreme disadvantage of indigenous peoples, which is reflected in a range of social and economic indicators, and the obstacles that prevent them from enjoying their rights fully,", "Recalling its resolution 65/198, by which it decided to extend the mandate of the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples, so that it could assist representatives of indigenous peoples ' organizations and communities to participate in the sessions of the Human Rights Council and the human rights treaty bodies, on the basis of plural and enhanced participation and in accordance with the relevant rules and regulations, including Economic Council resolution 1996 and 31,", "1. Welcomes the work of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, takes note of the report of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples[7] and encourages all Governments to respond favourably to their requests for visits;", "2. Urges Governments and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations to continue to contribute to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples and the Trust Fund for the Second International Decade of the World ' s Indigenous People, and invites indigenous organizations and private institutions and individuals to do likewise;", "3. Encourages States that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169)[8] of the International Labour Organization, to consider doing so, as well as to support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples,1 and welcomes the increasing support of States for the Declaration;", "4. Encourages States, in consultation and cooperation with indigenous peoples, to take appropriate measures, including legislative measures, to achieve the purposes of the Declaration;", "5. Encourages all stakeholders, in particular indigenous peoples, to disseminate and consider good practices at different levels as practical guidance on how to achieve the objectives of the Declaration;", "6. Requests the Secretary-General, in coordination with the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, to convene, within existing resources, a high-level meeting during the eleventh session of the Forum to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in order to raise awareness of the importance of trying to achieve its objectives;", "7. Stresses that the outcome of that meeting could contribute to the preparations for the high-level plenary meeting to be held in 2014 under the name of the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples;", "8. Invites Governments, indigenous peoples and other stakeholders, including the media, as well as relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, to undertake activities to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration at the regional and national levels;", "9. Decides to continue its consideration of the question at its sixty-seventh session under the item entitled “Rights of indigenous peoples”.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] Resolution 61/295, annex.", "[2] See resolution 55/2.", "[3] See resolution 60/1.", "[4] See resolution 65/1.", "[5] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/66/53/Add.1), chap. II.", "[6] See A/64/777, annexes I and II.", "[7] See A/66/288.", "[8] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1650, No. 28383." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/460)]", "66/143. Inadmisibilidad de ciertas prácticas que contribuyen a exacerbar las formas contemporáneas de racismo, discriminación racial, xenofobia y formas conexas de intolerancia", "La Asamblea General,", "Guiada por la Carta de las Naciones Unidas, la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos[1], el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos[2], la Convención Internacional sobre la Eliminación de todas las Formas de Discriminación Racial[3] y otros instrumentos pertinentes de derechos humanos,", "Recordando lo dispuesto en las resoluciones de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos 2004/16, de 16 de abril de 2004[4] y 2005/5, de 14 de abril de 2005[5], y las resoluciones pertinentes del Consejo de Derechos Humanos, en particular las resoluciones 7/34, de 28 de marzo de 2008[6], y 18/15, de 29 de septiembre de 2011[7], así como sus resoluciones 60/143, de 16 de diciembre de 2005, 61/147, de 19 de diciembre de 2006, 62/142, de 18 de diciembre de 2007, 63/162, de 18 de diciembre de 2008, 64/147, de 18 de diciembre de 2009, y 65/199, de 21 de diciembre de 2010, sobre esta cuestión, y sus resoluciones 61/149, de 19 de diciembre de 2006, 62/220, de 22 de diciembre de 2007, 63/242, de 24 de diciembre de 2008, 64/148, de 18 de diciembre de 2009, y 65/240, de 24 de diciembre de 2010, tituladas “Actividades mundiales para la eliminación total del racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia y para la aplicación y el seguimiento generales de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban”,", "Recordando también el Estatuto del Tribunal de Nuremberg y el fallo del Tribunal, que reconoció, entre otras cosas, que la organización SS y todas sus partes constitutivas, incluida la Waffen-SS, eran criminales, y la declaró responsable de muchos crímenes de guerra y crímenes de lesa humanidad,", "Recordando además las disposiciones pertinentes de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban aprobados el 8 de septiembre de 2001 por la Conferencia Mundial contra el Racismo, la Discriminación Racial, la Xenofobia y las Formas Conexas de Intolerancia[8] en particular el párrafo 2 de la Declaración y el párrafo 86 del Programa de Acción, así como las disposiciones pertinentes del documento final de la Conferencia de Examen de Durban, de 24 de abril de 2009[9], en particular sus párrafos 11 y 54,", "Alarmada, a este respecto, por la proliferación en muchas partes del mundo de diversos partidos políticos, movimientos y grupos extremistas, incluidos los grupos neonazis y de cabezas rapadas, y de movimientos ideológicos extremistas similares,", "Recordando que en 2010 la comunidad internacional celebró el 65º aniversario de la victoria en la Segunda Guerra Mundial, y acogiendo con beneplácito a ese respecto la sesión extraordinaria y solemne que tuvo lugar el 6 de mayo de 2010 durante su sexagésimo cuarto período de sesiones,", "Recordando también que su sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones coincide con el 65° aniversario del fallo del Tribunal de Nuremberg,", "Tomando nota del informe del Relator Especial sobre formas contemporáneas de racismo, discriminación racial, xenofobia y formas conexas de intolerancia, presentado al Consejo de Derechos Humanos en respuesta a la solicitud que figura en la resolución 65/199 de la Asamblea General[10],", "1. Reafirma lo dispuesto sobre el particular en la Declaración de Durban⁸ y en el documento final de la Conferencia de Examen de Durban⁹, en que los Estados condenaron la persistencia y la reaparición del neonazismo, del neofascismo y de ideologías nacionalistas violentas basadas en prejuicios raciales y nacionales y afirmaron que esos fenómenos no podían justificarse en ningún caso ni bajo ninguna circunstancia;", "2. Toma nota con aprecio del informe del Relator Especial sobre formas contemporáneas de racismo, discriminación racial, xenofobia y formas conexas de intolerancia, preparado de conformidad con la solicitud que figura en su resolución 65/199[11];", "3. Expresa su aprecio a la Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos por haberse comprometido a que la lucha contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia siga siendo una actividad prioritaria de su Oficina;", "4. Expresa profunda preocupación por la glorificación del movimiento nazi y de quienes fueron en su día miembros de la organización Waffen-SS, en particular mediante la construcción de monumentos y la organización de manifestaciones públicas para glorificar el pasado nazi, el movimiento nazi y el neonazismo, así como mediante la declaración o el intento de declarar a esos miembros y a quienes lucharon contra la coalición antihitleriana y colaboraron con el movimiento nazi participantes en movimientos de liberación nacional;", "5. Expresa preocupación por los intentos reiterados de profanar o destruir monumentos erigidos en memoria de quienes lucharon contra el nazismo durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, así como de exhumar o retirar ilícitamente los restos de esas personas, e insta a los Estados a este respecto a que cumplan plenamente las obligaciones que les corresponden, entre otras cosas, en virtud del artículo 34 del Protocolo adicional I a los Convenios de Ginebra de 1949[12];", "6. Observa con preocupación el aumento del número de incidentes racistas en varios países y el surgimiento de grupos de cabezas rapadas, que han sido responsables de muchos de estos incidentes, así como el resurgimiento de la violencia racista y xenófoba contra miembros de minorías nacionales, étnicas, religiosas o lingüísticas, como observa el Relator Especial en el informe más reciente que le presentó;", "7. Reafirma que tales actos pueden considerarse incluidos en el ámbito de las actividades mencionadas en el artículo 4 de la Convención Internacional sobre la Eliminación de todas las Formas de Discriminación Racial³ y que pueden constituir un abuso claro y manifiesto de los derechos de reunión y de asociación pacíficas y de los derechos a la libertad de opinión y de expresión en el sentido en que esos derechos están garantizados por la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos¹, el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos² y la Convención Internacional sobre la Eliminación de todas las Formas de Discriminación Racial;", "8. Destaca que las prácticas descritas anteriormente deshonran la memoria de las innumerables víctimas de crímenes de lesa humanidad cometidos durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, en particular los cometidos por la organización SS y por quienes lucharon contra la coalición antihitleriana y colaboraron con el movimiento nazi, y envenenan la mente de los jóvenes, y que el hecho de que los Estados no adopten medidas eficaces para intentar acabar con esas prácticas es incompatible con las obligaciones que incumben a los Estados Miembros de las Naciones Unidas en virtud de la Carta y con los propósitos y principios de la Organización;", "9. Destaca también que las prácticas de esa índole exacerban las formas contemporáneas de racismo, discriminación racial, xenofobia y formas conexas de intolerancia y contribuyen a la proliferación y multiplicación de diversos partidos políticos, movimientos y grupos extremistas, como los grupos neonazis y de cabezas rapadas, y, a ese respecto, pide que se aumente la vigilancia política y jurídica;", "10. Pone de relieve la necesidad de adoptar las medidas que hagan falta para poner fin a dichas prácticas y exhorta a los Estados a que adopten medidas más eficaces de conformidad con las normas internacionales de derechos humanos para combatir esos fenómenos y los movimientos extremistas, que entrañan una verdadera amenaza para los valores democráticos;", "11. Recuerda la recomendación formulada por el Relator Especial en el informe más reciente que le presentó de que se introduzca en la legislación penal interna una disposición según la cual la comisión de un delito con motivaciones o finalidades racistas o xenófobas constituya una circunstancia agravante que permita el aumento de las penas, y alienta a los Estados en cuya legislación no figuran disposiciones a esos efectos a que consideren dicha recomendación;", "12. Reafirma a este respecto la especial importancia que tienen todas las formas de educación, incluida la educación en derechos humanos, como complemento de las medidas legislativas, según señaló el Relator Especial;", "13. Pone de relieve la recomendación del Relator Especial sobre la importancia de los cursos de historia para enseñar los trágicos acontecimientos y el sufrimiento humano provocados por las ideologías del nazismo y el fascismo;", "14. Destaca la importancia de adoptar otras medidas e iniciativas positivas dirigidas a reunir a las comunidades y ofrecerles la oportunidad de entablar un diálogo genuino, como mesas redondas, grupos de trabajo y seminarios, incluidos seminarios de capacitación para funcionarios del Estado y profesionales de los medios de difusión, así como actividades de sensibilización, en especial las iniciadas por representantes de la sociedad civil que requieren apoyo continuo del Estado;", "15. Subraya el papel positivo que pueden desempeñar las entidades y programas competentes de las Naciones Unidas, en particular la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura, en las esferas anteriormente mencionadas;", "16. Reafirma que, conforme al artículo 4 de la Convención Internacional sobre la Eliminación de todas las Formas de Discriminación Racial, los Estados partes en ese instrumento están obligados a:", "a) Condenar toda propaganda y toda organización que se inspire en ideas de superioridad racial o que pretenda justificar o promover el odio y la discriminación raciales, cualquiera que sea su forma;", "b) Comprometerse a tomar medidas inmediatas y positivas destinadas a eliminar toda incitación a tal discriminación o actos de tal discriminación, teniendo debidamente en cuenta los principios incorporados en la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos y los derechos expresamente enunciados en el artículo 5 de la Convención;", "c) Declarar como acto punible conforme a la ley toda difusión de ideas basadas en la superioridad o el odio raciales y toda incitación a la discriminación racial, así como todo acto de violencia o toda incitación a cometer tales actos contra cualquier raza o grupo de personas de otro color u origen étnico, y toda asistencia a las actividades racistas, incluida su financiación;", "d) Declarar ilegales y prohibir las organizaciones, las actividades de propaganda organizadas y toda otra actividad de propaganda que promuevan la discriminación racial e inciten a ella, y reconocer la participación en tales organizaciones o actividades como delito penado por la ley;", "e) Prohibir que las autoridades o las instituciones públicas nacionales o locales promuevan la discriminación racial o inciten a ella;", "17. Reafirma también que, como se subraya en el párrafo 13 del documento final de la Conferencia de Examen de Durban, las leyes deben prohibir toda apología del odio nacional, racial o religioso que constituya incitación a la discriminación, la hostilidad o la violencia, que la difusión de ideas basadas en la superioridad o el odio racial, o la incitación a la discriminación racial, así como todo acto de violencia o toda incitación a cometer tales actos, deberán ser declarados delitos punibles por la ley, de conformidad con las obligaciones internacionales de los Estados, y que esas prohibiciones son compatibles con la libertad de opinión y de expresión;", "18. Expresa preocupación por el uso de Internet para propagar el racismo, el odio racial, la xenofobia, la discriminación racial y las formas conexas de intolerancia, como se señaló en el informe más reciente que le presentó el Relator Especial, y a este respecto exhorta a los Estados partes en el Pacto Internacional de Derechos Civiles y Políticos a que apliquen plenamente los artículos 19 y 20 del Pacto, que garantizan el derecho a la libertad de expresión y determinan sus limitaciones;", "19. Subraya al mismo tiempo el papel positivo que el ejercicio del derecho a la libertad de opinión y de expresión y el pleno respeto de la libertad de buscar, recibir y difundir información, incluso por Internet, pueden desempeñar en la lucha contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia;", "20. Alienta a los Estados que hayan formulado reservas al artículo 4 de la Convención Internacional sobre la Eliminación de todas las Formas de Discriminación Racial a que, con carácter prioritario, consideren seriamente la posibilidad de retirar esas reservas, como destacó el Relator Especial en el informe que le presentó en su sexagésimo quinto período de sesiones[13];", "21. Observa la importancia de reforzar la cooperación internacional a nivel regional e internacional a fin de contrarrestar todas las manifestaciones de racismo, discriminación racial, xenofobia y formas conexas de intolerancia, en particular respecto de las cuestiones planteadas en la presente resolución;", "22. Alienta a los Estados partes en la Convención Internacional sobre la Eliminación de todas las Formas de Discriminación Racial a que aseguren que su legislación recoja las disposiciones de la Convención, incluidas las que figuran en el artículo 4;", "23. Recuerda la solicitud que la Comisión de Derechos Humanos, en su resolución 2005/5⁵, formuló al Relator Especial para que continuara reflexionando sobre esta cuestión, hiciera las recomendaciones pertinentes en sus informes futuros y recabara y tuviera en cuenta a este respecto las opiniones de los gobiernos y de las organizaciones no gubernamentales;", "24. Solicita al Relator Especial que prepare y le presente en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones y al Consejo de Derechos Humanos en su 20° período de sesiones informes sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución, en particular en relación con los párrafos 4, 5, 7, 8, 13 y 14, basados en las opiniones recogidas conforme a la solicitud de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos que recuerda la Asamblea en el párrafo 23;", "25. Expresa su aprecio a los gobiernos que han suministrado información al Relator Especial durante la preparación del informe que le presentó;", "26. Expresa su aprecio también a los agentes de la sociedad civil que contribuyen a la lucha contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia de forma imparcial y objetiva;", "27. Destaca que esa información es importante para intercambiar experiencias y mejores prácticas en la lucha contra los partidos políticos, los movimientos y los grupos extremistas, incluidos los grupos neonazis y de cabezas rapadas, y los movimientos ideológicos extremistas;", "28. Alienta a los gobiernos y a las organizaciones no gubernamentales a que cooperen plenamente con el Relator Especial en el cumplimiento de las tareas mencionadas en el párrafo 23;", "29. Alienta a los gobiernos, a las organizaciones no gubernamentales y a los agentes competentes a que divulguen de la forma más amplia posible, por los medios de difusión y por otras vías, información relativa al contenido de la presente resolución y a los principios que en ella se enuncian;", "30. Decide seguir ocupándose de la cuestión.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Resolución 217 A (III).", "[2]  Véase la resolución 2200 A (XXI), anexo.", "[3]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 660, núm. 9464.", "[4]  Véase Documentos Oficiales del Consejo Económico y Social, 2004, Suplemento núm. 3 (E/2004/23), cap. II, secc. A.", "[5]  Ibid., 2005, Suplemento núm. 3 (E/2005/23), cap. II, secc. A.", "[6]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo tercer período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 53 (A/63/53), cap. II.", "[7]  Ibid., sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 53A (A/66/53/Add.1), cap. II.", "[8]  Véase A/CONF.189/12 y Corr.1, cap. I.", "[9]  Véase A/CONF.211/8, cap. I.", "[10]  A/HRC/18/44.", "[11]  Véase A/66/312.", "[12]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 1125, núm. 17512.", "[13]  Véase A/65/323." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/460)]", "66/143. Inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute to fuelling contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance", "The General Assembly,", "Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,[1] the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights,[2] the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination[3] and other relevant human rights instruments,", "Recalling the provisions of Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2004/16 of 16 April 2004[4] and 2005/5 of 14 April 2005[5] and relevant Human Rights Council resolutions, in particular resolutions 7/34 of 28 March 2008[6] and 18/15 of 29 September 2011,[7] as well as General Assembly resolutions 60/143 of 16 December 2005, 61/147 of 19 December 2006, 62/142 of 18 December 2007, 63/162 of 18 December 2008, 64/147 of 18 December 2009 and 65/199 of 21 December 2010 on this issue and resolutions 61/149 of 19 December 2006, 62/220 of 22 December 2007, 63/242 of 24 December 2008, 64/148 of 18 December 2009 and 65/240 of 24 December 2010, entitled “Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow‑up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action”,", "Recalling also the Charter of the Nuremberg Tribunal and the Judgement of the Tribunal, which recognized, inter alia, the SS organization and all its integral parts, including the Waffen SS, as criminal and declared it responsible for many war crimes and crimes against humanity,", "Recalling further the relevant provisions of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance on 8 September 2001,[8] in particular paragraph 2 of the Declaration and paragraph 86 of the Programme of Action, as well as the relevant provisions of the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, of 24 April 2009,[9] in particular paragraphs 11 and 54,", "Alarmed, in this regard, at the spread in many parts of the world of various extremist political parties, movements and groups, including neo‑Nazis and skinhead groups, as well as similar extremist ideological movements,", "Recalling that in 2010 the international community celebrated the sixty‑fifth anniversary of victory in the Second World War, and welcoming in this regard the special solemn meeting of the sixty‑fourth session of the General Assembly, held on 6 May 2010,", "Recalling also that the sixty‑sixth session of the General Assembly coincides with the sixty‑fifth anniversary of the Judgement of the Nuremberg Tribunal,", "Taking note of the report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance submitted to the Human Rights Council in accordance with the request contained in General Assembly resolution 65/199,[10]", "1. Reaffirms the relevant provisions of the Durban Declaration⁸ and of the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference,⁹ in which States condemned the persistence and resurgence of neo‑Nazism, neo‑Fascism and violent nationalist ideologies based on racial and national prejudice and stated that those phenomena could never be justified in any instance or in any circumstances;", "2. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance prepared in accordance with the request contained in General Assembly resolution 65/199;[11]", "3. Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for her commitment to maintaining the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance as one of the priority activities of her Office;", "4. Expresses deep concern about the glorification of the Nazi movement and former members of the Waffen SS organization, including by erecting monuments and memorials and holding public demonstrations in the name of the glorification of the Nazi past, the Nazi movement and neo‑Nazism, as well as by declaring or attempting to declare such members and those who fought against the anti‑Hitler coalition and collaborated with the Nazi movement participants in national liberation movements;", "5. Expresses concern at recurring attempts to desecrate or demolish monuments erected in remembrance of those who fought against Nazism during the Second World War, as well as to unlawfully exhume or remove the remains of such persons, and in this regard urges States to fully comply with their relevant obligations, inter alia, under article 34 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949;[12]", "6. Notes with concern the increase in the number of racist incidents in several countries and the rise of skinhead groups, which have been responsible for many of these incidents, as well as the resurgence of racist and xenophobic violence targeting members of national, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities, as observed by the Special Rapporteur in his latest report to the General Assembly;", "7. Reaffirms that such acts may be qualified to fall within the scope of activities described in article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination³ and that they may represent a clear and manifest abuse of the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association as well as the rights to freedom of opinion and expression within the meaning of those rights as guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,¹ the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights² and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;", "8. Stresses that the practices described above do injustice to the memory of the countless victims of crimes against humanity committed in the Second World War, in particular those committed by the SS organization and those who fought against the anti‑Hitler coalition and collaborated with the Nazi movement, and poison the minds of young people, and that failure by States to effectively address such practices is incompatible with the obligations of States Members of the United Nations under its Charter and is incompatible with the purposes and principles of the Organization;", "9. Also stresses that such practices fuel contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and contribute to the spread and multiplication of various extremist political parties, movements and groups, including neo‑Nazis and skinhead groups, and in this regard calls for increased political and legal vigilance;", "10. Emphasizes the need to take the measures necessary to put an end to the practices described above, and calls upon States to take more effective measures in accordance with international human rights law to combat those phenomena and the extremist movements, which pose a real threat to democratic values;", "11. Recalls the recommendation of the Special Rapporteur, made in his latest report to the General Assembly, to introduce into domestic criminal law a provision according to which committing an offence with racist or xenophobic motivations or aims constitutes an aggravating circumstance allowing for enhanced penalties, and encourages those States whose legislation does not contain such provisions to consider that recommendation;", "12. Reaffirms, in this regard, the particular importance of all forms of education, including human rights education, as a complement to legislative measures, as outlined by the Special Rapporteur;", "13. Emphasizes the recommendation of the Special Rapporteur regarding the importance of history classes in teaching the dramatic events and human suffering that resulted from the ideologies of Nazism and Fascism;", "14. Stresses the importance of other positive measures and initiatives aimed at bringing communities together and providing them with space for genuine dialogue, such as round tables, working groups and seminars, including training seminars for State agents and media professionals, as well as awareness‑raising activities, especially those initiated by civil society representatives which require continued State support;", "15. Underlines the potentially positive role that relevant United Nations entities and programmes, in particular the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, can play in the aforementioned areas;", "16. Reaffirms that, according to article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, States parties to that instrument are under the obligation:", "(a) To condemn all propaganda and all organizations that are based on ideas of racial superiority or that attempt to justify or promote racial hatred and discrimination in any form;", "(b) To undertake to adopt immediate and positive measures designed to eradicate all incitement to, or acts of, such discrimination, with due regard to the principles embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the rights expressly set forth in article 5 of the Convention;", "(c) To declare as an offence punishable by law all dissemination of ideas based on racial superiority or hatred, and incitement to racial discrimination, as well as all acts of violence or incitement to such acts against any race or group of persons of another colour or ethnic origin, and also the provision of any assistance to racist activities, including the financing thereof;", "(d) To declare illegal and prohibit organizations and organized and all other propaganda activities that promote and incite racial discrimination, and to recognize participation in such organizations or activities as an offence punishable by law;", "(e) To prohibit public authorities or public institutions, national or local, from promoting or inciting racial discrimination;", "17. Also reaffirms that, as underlined in paragraph 13 of the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence should be prohibited by law, that all dissemination of ideas based on racial superiority or hatred, or incitement to racial discrimination as well as all acts of violence or incitement to such acts shall be declared offences punishable by law, in accordance with the international obligations of States, and that these prohibitions are consistent with freedom of opinion and expression;", "18. Expresses concern about the use of the Internet to propagate racism, racial hatred, xenophobia, racial discrimination and related intolerance, as outlined in the latest report of the Special Rapporteur to the General Assembly, and in this regard calls upon States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to implement fully articles 19 and 20 of the Covenant, which guarantee the right to freedom of expression and set out the limitations thereto;", "19. Underlines, at the same time, the positive role that the exercise of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, as well as full respect for the freedom to seek, receive and impart information, including through the Internet, can play in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;", "20. Encourages those States that have made reservations to article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to give serious consideration to withdrawing such reservations as a matter of priority, as stressed by the Special Rapporteur in his report to the General Assembly at its sixty‑fifth session;[13]", "21. Notes the importance of strengthening international cooperation at the regional and international levels with the aim of countering all manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in particular regarding issues raised in the present resolution;", "22. Encourages States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to ensure that their legislation incorporates the provisions of the Convention, including those of article 4;", "23. Recalls the request of the Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution 2005/5,⁵ that the Special Rapporteur continue to reflect on this issue, make relevant recommendations in his future reports and seek and take into account in this regard the views of Governments and non‑governmental organizations;", "24. Requests the Special Rapporteur to prepare, for submission to the General Assembly at its sixty‑seventh session and to the Human Rights Council at its twentieth session, reports on the implementation of the present resolution, in particular regarding paragraphs 4, 5, 7, 8, 13 and 14 thereof, based on the views collected in accordance with the request of the Commission on Human Rights, as recalled by the Assembly in paragraph 23 above;", "25. Expresses its appreciation to those Governments that have provided information to the Special Rapporteur in the course of the preparation of his report to the General Assembly;", "26. Also expresses its appreciation to civil society actors that contribute to the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in an impartial and unbiased manner;", "27. Stresses that such information is important for the sharing of experiences and best practices in the fight against extremist political parties, movements and groups, including neo‑Nazis and skinhead groups, as well as extremist ideological movements;", "28. Encourages Governments and non‑governmental organizations to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in the exercise of the tasks outlined in paragraph 23 above;", "29. Encourages Governments, non‑governmental organizations and relevant actors to disseminate, as widely as possible, information regarding the contents of and the principles outlined in the present resolution, including through the media, but not limited to it;", "30. Decides to remain seized of the issue.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  Resolution 217 A (III).", "[2]  See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.", "[3]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, No. 9464.", "[4]  See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2004, Supplement No. 3 (E/2004/23), chap. II, sect. A.", "[5]  Ibid., 2005, Supplement No. 3 and corrigenda (E/2005/23 and Corr.1 and 2), chap. II, sect. A.", "[6]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty‑third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/63/53), chap. II.", "[7]  Ibid., Sixty‑sixth Session, Supplement No. 53A (A/66/53/Add.1 and Corr.1), chap. II.", "[8]  See A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1, chap. I.", "[9]  See A/CONF.211/8, chap. I.", "[10]  A/HRC/18/44.", "[11]  See A/66/312.", "[12]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1125, No. 17512.", "[13]  See A/65/323." ]
A_RES_66_143
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/460)]", "66/143. Inadmissibility of certain practices that contribute to exacerbating contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance", "The General Assembly,", "Guided by the Charter of the United Nations, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[1], the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights[2], the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination[3] and other relevant human rights instruments,", "Recalling the provisions of Commission on Human Rights resolutions 2004/16 of 16 April 2004[4] and 2005/5 of 14 April 2005[5], and the relevant resolutions of the Human Rights Council, in particular resolutions 7/34 of 28 March 2008[6], and 18/15 of 29 September 2011[7], as well as its resolutions 60/143 of 16 December 2005, 61/147 of 192,", "Recalling also the Statute of the Nuremberg Tribunal and the judgement of the Tribunal, which recognized, inter alia, that the SS organization and all its constituent parts, including the Waffen-SS, were criminals, and declared it responsible for many war crimes and crimes against humanity,", "Recalling further the relevant provisions of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted on 8 September 2001 by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance[8] in particular paragraph 2 of the Declaration and paragraph 86 of the Programme of Action, as well as the relevant provisions of the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference of 24 April 2009[9], in particular paragraphs 11 thereof,", "Alarmed, in this regard, by the proliferation in many parts of the world of various extremist political parties, movements and groups, including neo-Nazi and raptured heads, and similar extremist ideological movements,", "Recalling that in 2010 the international community celebrated the 65th anniversary of the victory in the Second World War, and welcoming in that regard the extraordinary and solemn meeting held on 6 May 2010 during its sixty-fourth session,", "Recalling also that its sixty-sixth session coincides with the 65th anniversary of the judgement of the Nuremberg Tribunal,", "Taking note of the report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, submitted to the Human Rights Council in response to the request contained in General Assembly resolution 65/199,[10],", "1. Reaffirms the provisions of the Durban Declaration and the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference,9 in which States condemned the persistence and re-emergence of neo-nazism, neo-fascism and violent nationalist ideologies based on racial and national prejudices, and affirmed that such phenomena could not be justified in any case or under any circumstances;", "2. Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, prepared in accordance with the request contained in its resolution 65/199[11];", "3. Expresses its appreciation to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights for the commitment to the continued priority activity of her Office in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;", "4. Expresses deep concern at the glorification of the Nazi movement and those who were members of the Waffen-SS organization, in particular through the construction of monuments and the organization of public demonstrations to glorify the Nazi past, the Nazi movement and neo-Nazism, as well as through the declaration or attempt to declare those members and those who fought against the anti-Hitlerian coalition and collaborated with the Nazi movement involved in national liberation movements;", "5. Expresses concern at repeated attempts to desecrate or destroy monuments erected in memory of those who fought against Nazism during the Second World War, as well as to unlawfully exhume or remove the remains of those persons, and urges States in this regard to comply fully with their obligations under, inter alia, article 34 of Additional Protocol I to the Geneva Conventions of 1949[12];", "6. Notes with concern the increase in the number of racist incidents in several countries and the emergence of groups of abducted heads, which have been responsible for many of these incidents, as well as the resurgence of racist and xenophobic violence against members of national, ethnic, religious or linguistic minorities, as noted by the Special Rapporteur in his most recent report;", "7. Reaffirms that such acts may be considered within the scope of the activities referred to in article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination3 and that they may constitute a clear and manifest abuse of the rights of peaceful assembly and association and of the rights to freedom of opinion and expression in the sense that those rights are guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights,1 the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights2 and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination;", "8. Stresses that the practices described above dishonour the memory of the countless victims of crimes against humanity committed during the Second World War, in particular those committed by the SS organization and by those who fought against the anti-Hitrian coalition and collaborated with the Nazi movement, and poison the minds of young people, and that the fact that States do not take effective measures to try to end such practices is incompatible with the obligations of the United Nations and States;", "9. It also emphasizes that such practices exacerbate contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and contribute to the proliferation and multiplication of various extremist political parties, movements and groups, such as neo-Nazi and rapist groups, and in this regard calls for increased political and legal monitoring;", "10. Emphasizes the need to take the necessary measures to end such practices and calls upon States to take more effective measures in accordance with international human rights standards to combat such phenomena and extremist movements, which pose a real threat to democratic values;", "11. Recalls the recommendation made by the Special Rapporteur in his most recent report to the Special Rapporteur that a provision be made in domestic criminal law that the commission of an offence with racist or xenophobic motives or purposes constitutes an aggravating circumstance that allows the increase of penalties, and encourages States in whose legislation there are no provisions for this purpose to consider the recommendation;", "12. Reaffirms in this regard the special importance of all forms of education, including human rights education, as a complement to legislative measures, as noted by the Special Rapporteur;", "13. Emphasizes the Special Rapporteur ' s recommendation on the importance of history courses to teach the tragic events and human suffering caused by the ideologies of Nazism and fascism;", "14. Stresses the importance of taking other positive measures and initiatives aimed at bringing together communities and providing them with the opportunity to engage in genuine dialogue, such as round tables, working groups and seminars, including training seminars for State officials and media professionals, as well as awareness-raising activities, especially those initiated by representatives of civil society that require continued State support;", "15. Underlines the positive role that relevant United Nations entities and programmes, in particular the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, can play in the above-mentioned areas;", "16. Reaffirms that, under article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, States parties to that instrument are bound to:", "(a) Condemn any propaganda and any organization that is inspired by ideas of racial superiority or which purports to justify or promote racial hatred and discrimination, whatever its form;", "(b) Commit to take immediate and positive measures aimed at eliminating incitement to such discrimination or acts of such discrimination, with due regard to the principles embodied in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the rights expressly set out in article 5 of the Convention;", "(c) To declare as a punishable act under the law any dissemination of ideas based on racial superiority or hatred and any incitement to racial discrimination, as well as any act of violence or incitement to commit such acts against any race or group of persons of another colour or ethnic origin, and any assistance to racist activities, including their financing;", "(d) Declaring illegal and prohibiting organizations, organized propaganda activities and any other propaganda activity that promote and incite racial discrimination, and recognizing participation in such organizations or activities as a crime punishable by law;", "(e) To prohibit or incite racial discrimination by national or local authorities or public institutions;", "17. Reaffirms also that, as emphasized in paragraph 13 of the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, laws should prohibit any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, that the dissemination of ideas based on racial superiority or hatred, or incitement to racial discrimination, as well as any act of violence or incitement to such acts, shall be declared offences punishable by law,", "18. Expresses concern at the use of the Internet to propagate racism, racial hatred, xenophobia, racial discrimination and related intolerance, as noted in the most recent report submitted to it by the Special Rapporteur, and in this regard calls upon States parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to implement fully articles 19 and 20 of the Covenant, which guarantee the right to freedom of expression and determine their limitations;", "19. Stresses at the same time the positive role that the exercise of the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the full respect for the freedom to seek, receive and disseminate information, including on the Internet, can play in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;", "20. Encourages States that have made reservations to article 4 of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, as a matter of priority, to give serious consideration to withdrawing those reservations, as highlighted by the Special Rapporteur in his report to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session[13];", "21. Notes the importance of strengthening international cooperation at the regional and international levels in order to counter all manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in particular with regard to the issues raised in the present resolution;", "22. Encourages States parties to the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination to ensure that their legislation reflects the provisions of the Convention, including those contained in article 4;", "23. Recalls the request of the Commission on Human Rights, in its resolution 2005/55, to the Special Rapporteur to continue to reflect on this issue, to make the relevant recommendations in his future reports and to seek and take into account in this regard the views of Governments and non-governmental organizations;", "24. Requests the Special Rapporteur to prepare and submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session and to the Human Rights Council at its twentieth session reports on the implementation of the present resolution, in particular in relation to paragraphs 4, 5, 7, 8, 13 and 14, based on the views reflected in the request of the Commission on Human Rights recalled by the Assembly in paragraph 23;", "25. Expresses its appreciation to the Governments that have provided information to the Special Rapporteur during the preparation of the report submitted to him;", "26. Expresses its appreciation also to civil society actors contributing to the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in an impartial and objective manner;", "27. Stresses that this information is important in exchanging experiences and best practices in the fight against extremist political parties, movements and groups, including neo-Nazi and shaved-headed groups, and extremist ideological movements;", "28. Encourages Governments and non-governmental organizations to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur in carrying out the tasks referred to in paragraph 23;", "29. Encourages Governments, non-governmental organizations and relevant actors to disseminate as widely as possible, by the media and by other means, information relating to the content of the present resolution and the principles contained therein;", "30. Decides to remain seized of the matter.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] Resolution 217 A (III).", "[2] See resolution 2200 A (XXI), annex.", "[3] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, No. 9464.", "[4] See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2004, Supplement No. 3 (E/2004/23), chap. II, sect. A.", "[5] Ibid., 2005, Supplement No. 3 (E/2005/23), chap. II, sect. A.", "[6] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/63/53), chap. II.", "[7] Ibid., sixty-sixth session, Supplement No. 53A (A/66/53/Add.1), chap. II.", "[8] See A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1, chap. I.", "[9] See A/CONF.211/8, chap. I.", "[10] A/HRC/18/44.", "[11] See A/66/312.", "[12] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1125, No. 17512.", "[13] See A/65/323." ]
[ "Resolución aprobada por la Asamblea General el 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[sobre la base del informe de la Tercera Comisión (A/66/460)]", "66/144. Actividades mundiales para la eliminación total del racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia y para la aplicación y el seguimiento generales de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban", "La Asamblea General,", "Recordando su resolución 52/111, de 12 de diciembre de 1997, en la que decidió convocar la Conferencia Mundial contra el Racismo, la Discriminación Racial, la Xenofobia y las Formas Conexas de Intolerancia, y sus resoluciones 56/266, de 27 de marzo de 2002, 57/195, de 18 de diciembre de 2002, 58/160, de 22 de diciembre de 2003, 59/177, de 20 de diciembre de 2004, y 60/144, de 16 de diciembre de 2005, que orientaron el seguimiento general y la aplicación efectiva de la Conferencia Mundial, y subrayando a este respecto la importancia de que se apliquen plena y efectivamente,", "Recordando también sus resoluciones 64/148, de 18 de diciembre de 2009, y 65/240, de 24 de diciembre de 2010, en las que, entre otras cosas, pidió que se conmemorase el décimo aniversario de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban aprobados por la Conferencia Mundial contra el Racismo, la Discriminación Racial, la Xenofobia y las Formas Conexas de Intolerancia[1], que era una importante oportunidad para que la comunidad internacional reafirmara su compromiso de erradicar el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia, en particular, movilizando la voluntad política a nivel nacional, regional e internacional, con miras a lograr resultados concretos,", "Tomando nota de la decisión 3/103 del Consejo de Derechos Humanos, de 8 de diciembre de 2006[2], en la cual el Consejo decidió dar efecto a la decisión y la instrucción de la Conferencia Mundial estableciendo el Comité Especial del Consejo de Derechos Humanos sobre la elaboración de normas complementarias,", "Teniendo presentes la responsabilidad y los compromisos asignados al Consejo de Derechos Humanos en el documento final de la Conferencia de Examen de Durban[3],", "Reiterando que todos los seres humanos nacen libres e iguales en dignidad y derechos y tienen la capacidad de contribuir de manera constructiva al desarrollo y bienestar de la sociedad, y que todas las doctrinas de superioridad racial son científicamente falsas, moralmente condenables, socialmente injustas y peligrosas y deben rechazarse, al igual que las teorías con que se pretende determinar la existencia de distintas razas humanas,", "Convencida de que el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia se manifiestan de manera característica en el caso de las mujeres y las niñas y pueden ser uno de los factores que conducen al deterioro de sus condiciones de vida, la pobreza, la violencia, múltiples tipos de discriminación y la limitación o negación de sus derechos humanos, y reconociendo la necesidad de integrar la perspectiva de género en las políticas, estrategias y programas de acción pertinentes contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia a fin de hacer frente a los múltiples tipos de discriminación,", "Subrayando la primacía de la voluntad política, la cooperación internacional y la financiación suficiente a nivel nacional, regional e internacional, necesarias para hacer frente a todas las formas y manifestaciones de racismo, discriminación racial, xenofobia y formas conexas de intolerancia,", "Poniendo de relieve, a la vez que reconoce la responsabilidad primordial de los Estados partes de cumplir sus obligaciones con arreglo a la Convención Internacional sobre la Eliminación de todas las Formas de Discriminación Racial[4], que la cooperación internacional y la asistencia técnica desempeñan una función importante en la asistencia a los países para que cumplan dichas obligaciones,", "Alarmada por el aumento de la violencia racista y las ideas xenófobas en muchas partes del mundo, en los círculos políticos, en la opinión pública y en la sociedad en general como consecuencia, entre otras cosas, del resurgimiento de las actividades de asociaciones establecidas a partir de plataformas y textos constitutivos racistas y xenófobos y del uso persistente de esos textos y plataformas para promover o alentar ideologías racistas,", "Subrayando la importancia de eliminar urgentemente las tendencias persistentes y violentas relacionadas con el racismo y la discriminación racial, y consciente de que la impunidad, en cualquiera de sus formas, respecto de los delitos motivados por actitudes racistas y xenófobas contribuye a debilitar el estado de derecho y la democracia, tiende a favorecer la repetición de dichos delitos y requiere una cooperación y una acción resueltas para su erradicación,", "Reconociendo que las personas pertenecientes a grupos que se encuentran en situación de vulnerabilidad, como los migrantes, los refugiados, los solicitantes de asilo y las personas pertenecientes a minorías nacionales o étnicas, religiosas y lingüísticas, siguen siendo las principales víctimas de la violencia y de los ataques cometidos o instigados por partidos políticos, movimientos o grupos extremistas,", "Reconociendo también el papel fundamental que tienen la movilización de recursos, el establecimiento efectivo de alianzas a nivel mundial y la cooperación internacional en el contexto de los párrafos 157 y 158 del Programa de Acción de Durban para cumplir satisfactoriamente los principales objetivos y compromisos fijados en la Conferencia Mundial,", "Expresando grave preocupación por la ausencia de progreso en la aplicación de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban, en particular de los párrafos clave 157 a 159 del Programa de Acción,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito el continuo compromiso de la Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos de dar relieve y mayor visibilidad a la lucha contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia, y reconociendo la necesidad de que la Alta Comisionada la integre como cuestión intersectorial en las actividades y los programas de su Oficina,", "Observando la labor realizada por el Grupo de Trabajo Intergubernamental sobre la aplicación efectiva de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban en sus períodos de sesiones séptimo y octavo, celebrados del 5 al 16 de octubre de 2009[5] y del 11 al 22 de octubre de 2010[6], respectivamente, y acogiendo con beneplácito la aprobación por el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de las conclusiones y recomendaciones del Grupo de Trabajo,", "Observando también el progreso realizado en el tercer período de sesiones del Comité Especial sobre la elaboración de normas complementarias, celebrado en Ginebra los días 22 y 23 de noviembre de 2010 y del 11 al 21 de abril de 2011, así como la convocación del cuarto período de sesiones, que se celebrará en Ginebra en 2012,", "Observando además las actividades realizadas en el contexto del Año Internacional de los Afrodescendientes, entre ellas la primera Cumbre Mundial de Afrodescendientes, celebrada en La Ceiba (Honduras) en agosto de 2011, y la cumbre de alto nivel sobre afrodescendientes celebrada en Salvador (Brasil) en noviembre de 2011, con motivo del décimo aniversario de los resultados de Durban, y aguardando con interés la Cumbre de la Diáspora Africana que se celebrará en Sudáfrica en 2012,", "Reconociendo las posibilidades del deporte como lenguaje universal que contribuye a educar a la población en los valores de la diversidad, la tolerancia y la equidad y como medio de luchar contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia,", "Acogiendo con beneplácito la celebración en 2010 y 2014 del torneo de la Copa Mundial de la Fédération Internationale de Football Association en Sudáfrica y el Brasil, respectivamente, y destacando la importancia de seguir utilizando esos eventos para fomentar la comprensión, la tolerancia y la paz y para promover y reforzar las actividades de lucha contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia,", "I", "Principios generales", "1. Reconoce y afirma que la lucha mundial contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia, así como contra todas sus abominables y cambiantes formas y manifestaciones, es una cuestión prioritaria para la comunidad internacional;", "2. Reconoce que la prohibición de la discriminación racial, el genocidio, el crimen de apartheid y la esclavitud, como se define en las obligaciones que imponen los instrumentos correspondientes de derechos humanos, no admite excepción;", "3. Observa con honda preocupación y condena categóricamente todas las formas de racismo y discriminación racial, incluidos los actos conexos de violencia por motivos raciales, xenofobia e intolerancia, así como las actividades propagandísticas y las organizaciones que tratan de justificar o promover de cualquier modo el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia;", "4. Pone de relieve nuevamente que la cooperación internacional es un principio clave para el logro del objetivo de la eliminación total del racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia y para el seguimiento general y la aplicación efectiva de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban¹ a este respecto;", "5. Pone de relieve que la responsabilidad básica de combatir eficazmente el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia corresponde a los Estados y, a tal efecto, destaca que los Estados tienen la responsabilidad primordial de asegurar que se cumplan plena y efectivamente todos los compromisos y las recomendaciones que figuran en la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban, así como el documento final de la Conferencia de Examen de Durban³, y a este respecto acoge con beneplácito las medidas tomadas por muchos gobiernos;", "6. Expresa profunda preocupación por la insuficiente reacción a las formas de racismo, discriminación racial, xenofobia y formas conexas de intolerancia que están apareciendo y resurgiendo, e insta a los Estados a que adopten medidas para combatir enérgicamente esas lacras, a fin de impedir que se practiquen y de proteger a las víctimas;", "7. Subraya la necesidad imperiosa de hacer frente a todas las formas y manifestaciones contemporáneas de racismo, discriminación racial, xenofobia y formas conexas de intolerancia, que incluyen, entre otras cosas, la incitación al odio racial, la elaboración de perfiles en función de la raza y la propagación de actos racistas y xenófobos a través del ciberespacio, a fin de ofrecer la máxima protección a las víctimas, proporcionarles recursos jurídicos y luchar contra la impunidad;", "8. Destaca que los Estados y las organizaciones internacionales tienen la responsabilidad de asegurar que las medidas adoptadas en la lucha contra el terrorismo no entrañen discriminación ni en sus propósitos ni en sus efectos por motivos de raza, color, ascendencia u origen nacional o étnico, e insta a todos los Estados a que supriman o eviten toda práctica basada en perfiles establecidos en función de la raza;", "9. Reconoce que los Estados deben aplicar y hacer cumplir medidas adecuadas y eficaces de carácter legislativo, judicial, reglamentario y administrativo en materia de prevención y protección contra los actos de racismo, discriminación racial, xenofobia y formas conexas de intolerancia, contribuyendo de ese modo a prevenir las violaciones de los derechos humanos;", "10. Reconoce también que el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia se producen por motivos de raza, color, ascendencia u origen nacional o étnico y que las víctimas pueden sufrir formas múltiples o agravadas de discriminación por otros motivos conexos, como el sexo, el idioma, la religión o las creencias, las opiniones políticas o de otra índole, el origen social, la situación económica, el nacimiento u otra condición;", "11. Reafirma que las leyes deben prohibir toda apología del odio nacional, racial o religioso que constituya incitación a la discriminación, la hostilidad o la violencia, y reafirma también que la difusión de ideas basadas en la superioridad o el odio racial, o la incitación a la discriminación racial, así como todo acto de violencia o toda incitación a cometer tales actos, deberán ser declarados delitos punibles por la ley, de conformidad con las obligaciones internacionales de los Estados, y que esas prohibiciones son compatibles con la libertad de opinión y de expresión;", "12. Pone de relieve que los Estados tienen la responsabilidad de adoptar medidas eficaces para combatir los actos delictivos motivados por el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia, entre ellas, medidas para asegurar que tales motivos sean considerados agravantes a los efectos de la sentencia, impedir que esos delitos queden impunes y garantizar que se respete el estado de derecho;", "13. Insta a todos los Estados a que examinen y, cuando sea necesario, modifiquen sus leyes, políticas y prácticas de inmigración para que no entrañen discriminación racial y sean compatibles con sus obligaciones en virtud de los instrumentos internacionales de derechos humanos;", "14. Exhorta a todos los Estados, de conformidad con los compromisos contraídos en el párrafo 147 del Programa de Acción de Durban, a que adopten todas las medidas necesarias para combatir la incitación a la violencia motivada por el odio racial, incluso mediante el uso indebido de los medios de difusión impresos, audiovisuales y electrónicos y las nuevas tecnologías de la comunicación, y promuevan, en colaboración con los proveedores de servicios, el uso de dichas tecnologías, incluida Internet, para contribuir a la lucha contra el racismo, de conformidad con las normas internacionales sobre la libertad de expresión y tomando todas las medidas necesarias para garantizar ese derecho;", "15. Alienta a todos los Estados a que incluyan en sus planes de estudios y sus programas sociales a todos los niveles, según proceda, el conocimiento, la tolerancia y el respeto de todas las culturas, civilizaciones, religiones, pueblos y países, así como información sobre el seguimiento y la aplicación de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban;", "16. Destaca que los Estados tienen la responsabilidad de incorporar la perspectiva de género en la elaboración y desarrollo de medidas de prevención, educación y protección destinadas a erradicar el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia a todos los niveles, para asegurar que dichas medidas respondan de manera efectiva a la distinta situación de la mujer y el hombre;", "II", "Convención Internacional sobre la Eliminación de todas las Formas de Discriminación Racial", "17. Reafirma que la adhesión universal a la Convención Internacional sobre la Eliminación de todas las Formas de Discriminación Racial⁴ y su plena aplicación revisten suma importancia para luchar contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia, y para promover la igualdad y la no discriminación en el mundo;", "18. Expresa grave preocupación por que no se haya logrado aún la ratificación universal de la Convención, a pesar de los compromisos contraídos en virtud de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban¹, y exhorta a los Estados que todavía no lo hayan hecho a que se adhieran a la Convención con carácter urgente;", "19. Insta, teniendo en cuenta lo anterior, a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos a que mantenga y actualice periódicamente en su sitio web una lista de los países que aún no han ratificado la Convención y a que aliente a esos países a ratificarla lo antes posible;", "20. Expresa preocupación por las considerables demoras en la presentación de informes atrasados al Comité para la Eliminación de la Discriminación Racial, que impiden al Comité funcionar con eficacia, hace un firme llamamiento a todos los Estados partes en la Convención para que cumplan las obligaciones que han contraído en virtud de esta y reafirma la importancia de prestar asistencia técnica a los países que la soliciten para preparar sus informes al Comité;", "21. Invita a los Estados partes en la Convención a que ratifiquen la enmienda al artículo 8 de la Convención, relativa a la financiación del Comité, y pide que se asignen suficientes recursos adicionales con cargo al presupuesto ordinario de las Naciones Unidas para que el Comité pueda desempeñar plenamente su mandato;", "22. Insta a todos los Estados partes en la Convención a que intensifiquen sus esfuerzos por cumplir las obligaciones que han asumido en virtud del artículo 4 de la Convención, teniendo debidamente en cuenta los principios enunciados en la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos[7] y el artículo 5 de la Convención;", "23. Recuerda que el Comité sostiene que la prohibición de difundir ideas basadas en la superioridad racial o el odio racial es compatible con el derecho a la libertad de opinión y de expresión contemplado en el artículo 19 de la Declaración Universal de Derechos Humanos y el artículo 5 de la Convención;", "24. Acoge con beneplácito la labor realizada por el Comité en la lucha contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia en el seguimiento de la Conferencia Mundial contra el Racismo, la Discriminación Racial, la Xenofobia y las Formas Conexas de Intolerancia y las medidas recomendadas para mejorar la aplicación de la Convención y el funcionamiento del Comité;", "25. Exhorta a los Estados Miembros a que hagan todo lo posible por asegurar que sus respuestas a la actual crisis financiera y económica no den lugar a un aumento de la pobreza y el subdesarrollo y a un posible aumento del racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia contra los extranjeros, los inmigrantes y las personas pertenecientes a minorías nacionales, étnicas, religiosas y lingüísticas en todo el mundo;", "26. Reafirma que la privación de la ciudadanía por motivos de raza o ascendencia constituye una violación de la obligación de los Estados partes de asegurar el goce no discriminatorio del derecho a la nacionalidad;", "III", "Relator Especial sobre las formas contemporáneas de racismo, discriminación racial, xenofobia y formas conexas de intolerancia, y seguimiento de sus visitas", "27. Toma nota de los informes del Relator Especial sobre las formas contemporáneas de racismo, discriminación racial, xenofobia y formas conexas de intolerancia[8], y alienta a las partes interesadas a que consideren la posibilidad de aplicar las recomendaciones contenidas en ellos;", "28. Acoge con beneplácito la resolución 16/33 del Consejo de Derechos Humanos, de 25 de marzo de 2011[9], en la que el Consejo decidió prorrogar el mandato del Relator Especial por un período de tres años;", "29. Reitera su llamamiento a todos los Estados Miembros, organizaciones intergubernamentales, organizaciones competentes del sistema de las Naciones Unidas y organizaciones no gubernamentales para que cooperen plenamente con el Relator Especial, y exhorta a los Estados a que consideren la posibilidad de responder favorablemente a sus solicitudes de visita para que pueda cumplir su mandato de forma plena y efectiva;", "30. Reafirma que toda forma de impunidad consentida por las autoridades públicas respecto de los delitos motivados por actitudes racistas y xenófobas contribuye a debilitar el estado de derecho y la democracia y tiende a fomentar la repetición de tales actos;", "31. Pone de relieve la obligación que tienen los Estados en virtud del derecho internacional de actuar con la diligencia debida para prevenir los delitos cometidos contra los migrantes por motivos racistas o xenófobos, de investigar esos delitos y de castigar a sus autores, y que el incumplimiento de esa obligación viola y menoscaba o anula el goce de los derechos humanos y las libertades fundamentales de las víctimas, e insta a los Estados a reforzar las medidas que adopten a este respecto;", "32. Reconoce con profunda preocupación el aumento del antisemitismo, la cristianofobia y la islamofobia en diversas partes del mundo, así como el surgimiento de movimientos raciales y violentos basados en el racismo y en ideas discriminatorias contra comunidades árabes, cristianas, judías y musulmanas, así como contra todas las comunidades religiosas, comunidades de afrodescendientes, comunidades de personas de ascendencia asiática, comunidades indígenas y otras comunidades;", "33. Exhorta a los Estados partes a que apliquen plenamente las leyes y demás medidas vigentes para que los afrodescendientes no sean discriminados, y subraya a ese respecto la importancia de apoyar el programa de actividades para el Año Internacional de los Afrodescendientes aprobado en su sexagésimo quinto período de sesiones[10];", "34. Solicita a la Alta Comisionada de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos que continúe prestando a los Estados que lo soliciten servicios de asesoramiento y asistencia técnica para que puedan aplicar plenamente las recomendaciones del Relator Especial;", "35. Solicita al Secretario General que proporcione al Relator Especial todos los recursos humanos y financieros que necesite para que pueda cumplir su mandato de manera eficiente, eficaz y rápida y presentar un informe a la Asamblea General en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones;", "36. Solicita al Relator Especial que, en el marco de su mandato, siga prestando particular atención a la incidencia negativa del racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia en el goce pleno de los derechos civiles, culturales, económicos, políticos y sociales;", "37. Invita a los Estados Miembros a que demuestren un mayor compromiso con la lucha contra el racismo en el deporte llevando a cabo actividades de educación y sensibilización y condenando enérgicamente a los responsables de incidentes racistas, en cooperación con organizaciones deportivas nacionales e internacionales;", "38. Recomienda que los Estados emprendan iniciativas amplias encaminadas a eliminar el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia y a promover el respeto de la diversidad cultural, étnica y religiosa, y pone de relieve a este respecto el papel crucial de la educación, especialmente la educación, la capacitación y el aprendizaje en materia de derechos humanos, y de una variedad de medidas de sensibilización que contribuyen a crear sociedades tolerantes, en las que sea posible asegurar la comprensión mutua;", "39. Recomienda también que todos los Estados presten la debida atención y vigilen atentamente la forma en que se debate el concepto de identidad nacional, cultural y religiosa en sus sociedades, a fin de impedir que se utilice como instrumento para crear diferencias artificiales entre algunos grupos de población;", "40. Expresa preocupación por la reciente tendencia profundamente marcada en numerosas sociedades a caracterizar la migración como un problema y una amenaza para la cohesión social, y observa en ese contexto los numerosos problemas relacionados con los derechos humanos que surgen al luchar contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia;", "41. Recomienda que los Estados realicen actividades de capacitación sobre derechos humanos, incluso sobre los problemas de racismo, discriminación racial, xenofobia y formas conexas de intolerancia que tienen los migrantes, los refugiados y los solicitantes de asilo, destinadas a las fuerzas del orden, especialmente a los funcionarios de inmigración y la policía fronteriza, para que actúen de conformidad con las normas internacionales de derechos humanos;", "42. Recomienda también que los Estados reúnan datos desglosados a fin de elaborar leyes y políticas apropiadas contra la discriminación racial y vigilar su eficacia, respetando al mismo tiempo principios básicos como la autoidentificación, el derecho al respeto de la intimidad y del consentimiento de las personas interesadas, así como la participación de todos los grupos de personas interesadas en la concepción y la realización de esas actividades;", "IV", "Resultados de la Conferencia Mundial contra el Racismo, la Discriminación Racial, la Xenofobia y las Formas Conexas de Intolerancia, de 2001, la Conferencia de Examen de Durban, de 2009, y la conmemoración del décimo aniversario de la aprobación de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban, de 2011", "43. Reafirma que es el máximo mecanismo intergubernamental encargado de la formulación y la evaluación de la política en las esferas económica y social y esferas conexas, de conformidad con su resolución 50/227, de 24 de mayo de 1996, y que, junto con el Consejo de Derechos Humanos, constituirá un proceso intergubernamental para la aplicación y el seguimiento generales de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban¹ en la lucha contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia;", "44. Acoge con beneplácito la aprobación de la declaración política de su reunión de alto nivel para celebrar el décimo aniversario de la aprobación de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban[11], que tiene por objeto movilizar la voluntad política a nivel nacional, regional e internacional;", "45. Reafirma el compromiso político en favor de la aplicación plena y efectiva de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban, el documento final de la Conferencia de Examen de Durban³, y sus procesos de seguimiento, a nivel nacional, regional e internacional en la lucha contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia;", "46. Exhorta a todos los Estados que aún no han preparado sus planes de acción nacionales para combatir el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia a que cumplan los compromisos contraídos en la Conferencia Mundial contra el Racismo, la Discriminación Racial, la Xenofobia y las Formas Conexas de Intolerancia de 2001;", "47. Exhorta a todos los Estados a que formulen y apliquen sin demora, a nivel nacional, regional e internacional, políticas y planes de acción para combatir el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia, incluidas sus manifestaciones basadas en el género;", "48. Insta a los Estados a que apoyen las actividades de los órganos o centros regionales existentes para combatir el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia en sus respectivas regiones, y recomienda que se establezcan órganos de ese tipo en todas las regiones donde aún no existan;", "49. Exhorta a los Estados que todavía no lo hayan hecho a que consideren la posibilidad de firmar y ratificar los instrumentos enumerados en el párrafo 78 del Programa de Acción de Durban, o de adherirse a ellos;", "50. Pone de relieve el papel fundamental y complementario que desempeñan las instituciones nacionales de defensa de los derechos humanos, los órganos o centros regionales y la sociedad civil, en colaboración con los Estados, para eliminar todas las formas de racismo y, en particular, para alcanzar los objetivos de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban en este sentido;", "51. Reconoce que la sociedad civil desempeña un papel fundamental en la lucha contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia, en particular mediante la ayuda que proporciona a los Estados para el establecimiento de normas y estrategias, la adopción de medidas y la acción contra esas formas de discriminación y su aplicación ulterior;", "52. Reafirma su compromiso de eliminar todas las formas de racismo, discriminación racial, xenofobia y demás formas conexas de intolerancia contra los pueblos indígenas y, en tal sentido, observa la atención prestada a los objetivos de combatir los prejuicios, eliminar la discriminación y promover la tolerancia, la comprensión y las buenas relaciones entre los pueblos indígenas y todos los demás sectores de la sociedad, mencionados en la Declaración de las Naciones Unidas sobre los derechos de los pueblos indígenas[12];", "53. Reconoce que la Conferencia Mundial de 2001, la tercera de las conferencias mundiales contra el racismo, fue muy diferente de las dos anteriores, como demuestra la inclusión en su título de dos importantes elementos relativos a las formas contemporáneas del racismo, a saber, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia;", "54. Reconoce también que los resultados de la Conferencia Mundial y de la Conferencia de Examen de Durban tienen el mismo rango que los resultados de sus períodos extraordinarios de sesiones y de las grandes conferencias y cumbres de las Naciones Unidas en materia social y de derechos humanos;", "55. Pone de relieve la importancia fundamental de aumentar el apoyo del público a la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban y la participación de las partes interesadas en su realización;", "56. Solicita al Departamento de Información Pública de la Secretaría que, dentro de los límites de los recursos existentes, reúna y difunda en una sola publicación combinada la declaración política relativa al décimo aniversario de la adopción de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban y el documento final de la Conferencia de Examen de Durban, con miras a aumentar el apoyo mundial y la conciencia en relación con esos documentos, así como que establezca un programa de divulgación mediante campañas de información al público a todos los niveles;", "57. Exhorta a los Estados Miembros y al sistema de las Naciones Unidas a que intensifiquen los esfuerzos para distribuir ampliamente ejemplares de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban y alienta las iniciativas para asegurar su traducción y su amplia difusión;", "58. Acoge con beneplácito la adopción de la loable iniciativa encabezada por los Estados miembros de la Comunidad del Caribe y otros Estados Miembros de erigir en las Naciones Unidas un monumento permanente a las víctimas de la esclavitud y de la trata transatlántica de esclavos como contribución al cumplimiento de lo establecido en el párrafo 101 de la Declaración de Durban, expresa su reconocimiento por las aportaciones hechas al fondo de contribuciones voluntarias establecido a tal fin, e insta a los demás países a que hagan contribuciones al fondo;", "59. Toma nota de la labor de los mecanismos que tienen por mandato el seguimiento de la Conferencia Mundial y la Conferencia de Examen de Durban, y subraya la importancia de aumentar su eficacia;", "60. Exhorta al Consejo de Derechos Humanos a que, después de examinar y aprobar las conclusiones y recomendaciones del Grupo de Trabajo Intergubernamental sobre la aplicación efectiva de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban^(5,6), vele por que las recomendaciones se señalen a la atención de los organismos competentes de las Naciones Unidas para que las aprueben y las apliquen en el marco de sus respectivos mandatos;", "61. Alienta al Grupo de Trabajo de Expertos sobre los Afrodescendientes a que, en respuesta a la recomendación formulada por el Grupo de Trabajo en su décimo período de sesiones sobre la proclamación de un decenio de los afrodescendientes[13], formule un programa de acción, con tema incluido, para su aprobación por el Consejo de Derechos Humanos, a fin de proclamar el decenio que comienza en 2013 Decenio de los Afrodescendientes;", "62. Alienta a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos a que continúe incorporando la aplicación de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban y el documento final de la Conferencia de Examen de Durban en todo el sistema de las Naciones Unidas, y a que, de conformidad con los párrafos 136 y 137 del documento final, en que se pide que se establezca un grupo de trabajo interinstitucional, informe al Consejo de Derechos Humanos a este respecto;", "63. Reconoce el papel fundamental que tienen la movilización de recursos, el establecimiento efectivo de alianzas a nivel mundial y la cooperación internacional en el contexto de los párrafos 157 y 158 del Programa de Acción de Durban para cumplir satisfactoriamente los compromisos contraídos en la Conferencia Mundial, y toma nota del mandato del grupo de expertos eminentes independientes sobre la aplicación de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban, especialmente a fin de movilizar la voluntad política necesaria para que la Declaración y el Programa de Acción puedan aplicarse con éxito;", "64. Solicita al Secretario General que proporcione los recursos necesarios para el cumplimiento eficaz de los mandatos del Grupo de Trabajo Intergubernamental sobre la aplicación efectiva de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban, el Grupo de Trabajo de Expertos sobre los Afrodescendientes, el grupo de expertos eminentes independientes sobre la aplicación de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban y el Comité Especial sobre la elaboración de normas complementarias;", "65. Expresa preocupación por la creciente incidencia del racismo en diversos eventos deportivos, al tiempo que observa con reconocimiento los esfuerzos realizados por algunos órganos directivos de las distintas disciplinas deportivas para combatir el racismo y, a este respecto, invita a todos los órganos deportivos internacionales a que promuevan, por conducto de sus federaciones nacionales, regionales e internacionales, un mundo del deporte libre de racismo o discriminación racial;", "66. Expresa seria preocupación por los incidentes de racismo ocurridos anterior y recientemente en el deporte y en encuentros deportivos y, en este contexto, acoge con beneplácito los esfuerzos desplegados por los órganos directivos de deportes para combatir el racismo, como la adopción de iniciativas de lucha contra el racismo y la elaboración y aplicación de códigos disciplinarios para imponer sanciones por actos racistas;", "67. Expresa su aprecio, en este contexto, a la Fédération Internationale de Football Association por la iniciativa de introducir un mensaje visible de rechazo del racismo en el fútbol, e invita a la Fédération a continuar esa iniciativa en el torneo de la Copa Mundial de Fútbol de 2014 que tendrá lugar en el Brasil;", "68. Exhorta a los Estados a que aprovechen los grandes encuentros deportivos como plataformas de divulgación valiosas para movilizar a la población y transmitir mensajes cruciales sobre la igualdad y la no discriminación;", "69. Reconoce el papel de orientación y liderazgo desempeñado por el Consejo de Derechos Humanos y lo alienta a que continúe siguiendo de cerca la aplicación de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban, y solicita a la Oficina del Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Derechos Humanos que siga proporcionando al Consejo de Derechos Humanos todo el apoyo que necesite para lograr sus objetivos en la lucha contra el racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia;", "V", "Actividades de seguimiento", "70. Reitera su recomendación de que las reuniones futuras del Consejo de Derechos Humanos y de sus mecanismos pertinentes centradas en el seguimiento de la Conferencia Mundial contra el Racismo, la Discriminación Racial, la Xenofobia y las Formas Conexas de Intolerancia y la aplicación de la Declaración y el Programa de Acción de Durban¹ se programen de manera que permitan una amplia participación y no coincidan con las sesiones de la Asamblea General dedicadas al examen de este tema del programa;", "71. Solicita al Secretario General que en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones le presente un informe sobre la aplicación de la presente resolución que incluya recomendaciones;", "72. Decide seguir ocupándose de esta importante cuestión en su sexagésimo séptimo período de sesiones, en relación con el tema titulado “Eliminación del racismo, la discriminación racial, la xenofobia y las formas conexas de intolerancia”.", "89ª sesión plenaria 19 de diciembre de 2011", "[1]  Véase A/CONF.189/12 y Corr.1, cap. I.", "[2]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo segundo período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 53 (A/62/53), cap. II, secc. B.", "[3]  Véase A/CONF.211/8, cap.I.", "[4]  Naciones Unidas, Treaty Series, vol. 660, núm. 9464.", "[5]  Véase A/HRC/13/60.", "[6]  Véase A/HRC/16/64.", "[7]  Resolución 217 A (III).", "[8]  Véanse A/66/312 y A/66/313.", "[9]  Véase Documentos Oficiales de la Asamblea General, sexagésimo sexto período de sesiones, Suplemento núm. 53 (A/66/53), cap. II, secc. A.", "[10]  Véase la resolución 65/36.", "[11]  Véase la resolución 66/3.", "[12]  Resolución 61/295, anexo.", "[13]  Véase A/HRC/18/45, secc. IV.B." ]
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/460)]", "66/144. Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow‑up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 52/111 of 12 December 1997, in which it decided to convene the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, and its resolutions 56/266 of 27 March 2002, 57/195 of 18 December 2002, 58/160 of 22 December 2003, 59/177 of 20 December 2004 and 60/144 of 16 December 2005, which guided the comprehensive follow‑up to and effective implementation of the World Conference, and in this regard underlining the importance of their full and effective implementation,", "Recalling also its resolutions 64/148 of 18 December 2009 and 65/240 of 24 December 2010, in which it, inter alia, called for the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance,[1] which represented an important opportunity for the international community to reaffirm its commitment to the eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including by mobilizing political will at the national, regional and international levels, with a view to achieving concrete results,", "Taking note of Human Rights Council decision 3/103 of 8 December 2006,[2] by which, heeding the decision and instruction of the World Conference, the Council established the Ad Hoc Committee of the Human Rights Council on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards,", "Bearing in mind the responsibility and commitments of the Human Rights Council emanating from the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference,[3]", "Reiterating that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and well‑being of their societies, and that any doctrine of racial superiority is scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unjust and dangerous and must be rejected, together with theories that attempt to determine the existence of separate human races,", "Convinced that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance manifest themselves in a differentiated manner for women and girls and may be among the factors leading to a deterioration in their living conditions, poverty, violence, multiple forms of discrimination and the limitation or denial of their human rights, and recognizing the need to integrate a gender perspective into relevant policies, strategies and programmes of action against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in order to address multiple forms of discrimination,", "Underlining the primacy of political will, international cooperation and adequate funding at the national, regional and international levels needed to address all forms and manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,", "Emphasizing, while acknowledging the primary responsibility of States parties to implement their obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination,[4] that international cooperation and technical assistance play an important role in assisting countries in the implementation of their obligations under the Convention,", "Alarmed at the increase in racist violence and xenophobic ideas in many parts of the world, in political circles, in the sphere of public opinion and in society at large as a result, inter alia, of the resurgent activities of associations established on the basis of racist and xenophobic platforms and charters, and the persistent use of those platforms and charters to promote or incite racist ideologies,", "Underlining the importance of urgently eliminating continuing and violent trends involving racism and racial discrimination, and conscious that any form of impunity for crimes motivated by racist and xenophobic attitudes plays a role in weakening the rule of law and democracy, tends to encourage the recurrence of such crimes and requires resolute action and cooperation for its eradication,", "Recognizing that individuals belonging to vulnerable groups, such as migrants, refugees, asylum‑seekers and persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, continue to be the main victims of violence and attacks perpetrated or incited by extremist political parties, movements and groups,", "Acknowledging the central role of resource mobilization, effective global partnership and international cooperation in the context of paragraphs 157 and 158 of the Durban Programme of Action for the successful realization of the primary objectives and commitments undertaken at the World Conference,", "Expressing grave concern at the lack of progress made in the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, in particular key paragraphs 157 to 159 of the Programme of Action,", "Welcoming the continued commitment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to profiling and increasing the visibility of the struggle against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and recognizing the need for the High Commissioner to make this a cross‑cutting issue in the activities and programmes of her Office,", "Noting the work of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action at its seventh and eighth sessions, held from 5 to 16 October 2009[5] and from 11 to 22 October 2010,[6] respectively, and welcoming the adoption by the Human Rights Council of the conclusions and recommendations of the Working Group,", "Noting also the progress made during the third session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards, held in Geneva on 22 and 23 November 2010 and from 11 to 21 April 2011, and noting further the convening of the fourth session, to be held in Geneva during 2012,", "Noting further the activities undertaken in the context of the International Year for People of African Descent, including the first World Summit of Afro‑Descendants, held in La Ceiba, Honduras, in August 2011, and the high‑level summit for people of African descent, held in Salvador, Brazil, in November 2011 to mark the tenth anniversary of the Durban outcome, and looking forward to the African Diaspora Summit, to be held in South Africa in 2012,", "Recognizing the potential of sport as a universal language contributing to the education of people on the values of diversity, tolerance and fairness and as a means to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,", "Welcoming the hosting of the 2010 and 2014 International Federation of Association Football World Cups in South Africa and Brazil, respectively, and stressing the importance of making continuing use of those events to promote understanding, tolerance and peace and to promote and strengthen efforts in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,", "I", "General principles", "1. Recognizes and affirms that a global fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and all their abhorrent and evolving forms and manifestations is a matter of priority for the international community;", "2. Acknowledges that no derogation from the prohibition of racial discrimination, genocide, the crime of apartheid or slavery is permitted, as defined in the obligations under the relevant human rights instruments;", "3. Expresses its profound concern about and its unequivocal condemnation of all forms of racism and racial discrimination, including related acts of racially motivated violence, xenophobia and intolerance, as well as propaganda activities and organizations that attempt to justify or promote racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in any form;", "4. Re‑emphasizes that international cooperation is a key principle in achieving the goal of the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive follow‑up to and effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action¹ in this regard;", "5. Emphasizes that the basic responsibility for effectively combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance lies with States, and to this end stresses that States have the primary responsibility to ensure the full and effective implementation of all commitments and recommendations contained in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action as well as the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference,³ and in this regard welcomes the steps taken by numerous Governments;", "6. Expresses deep concern at inadequate responses to emerging and resurgent forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and urges States to adopt measures to address those scourges vigorously with a view to preventing their practice and protecting victims;", "7. Underlines the imperative need to address all the contemporary forms and manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, which include, inter alia, incitement to such hatred, racial profiling and the propagation of racist and xenophobic acts through cyberspace, with a view to maximizing protection for victims, providing legal remedies and combating impunity;", "8. Stresses that States and international organizations have a responsibility to ensure that measures taken in the struggle against terrorism do not discriminate in purpose or effect on grounds of race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin, and urges all States to rescind or refrain from all forms of racial profiling;", "9. Recognizes that States should implement and enforce appropriate and effective legislative, judicial, regulatory and administrative measures to prevent and protect against acts of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, thereby contributing to the prevention of human rights violations;", "10. Also recognizes that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance occur on the grounds of race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin and that victims can suffer multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination based on other related grounds, such as sex, language, religion or belief, political or other opinion, social origin, property and birth or other status;", "11. Reaffirms that any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by law, and also reaffirms that the dissemination of ideas based on racial superiority or hatred, or incitement to racial discrimination, as well as all acts of violence or incitement to such acts, shall be declared offences punishable by law, in accordance with the international obligations of States, and that those prohibitions are consistent with freedom of opinion and expression;", "12. Emphasizes that it is the responsibility of States to adopt effective measures to combat criminal acts motivated by racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including measures to ensure that such motivations are considered an aggravating factor for the purposes of sentencing, to prevent those crimes from going unpunished and to ensure the rule of law;", "13. Urges all States to review and, where necessary, revise their immigration laws, policies and practices so that they are free of racial discrimination and compatible with their obligations under international human rights instruments;", "14. Calls upon all States, in accordance with the commitments undertaken in paragraph 147 of the Durban Programme of Action, to take all measures necessary to combat incitement to violence motivated by racial hatred, including through the misuse of print, audiovisual and electronic media and new communications technologies, and, in collaboration with service providers, to promote the use of such technologies, including the Internet, to contribute to the fight against racism, in conformity with international standards of freedom of expression and taking all measures necessary to guarantee that right;", "15. Encourages all States to include in their educational curricula and social programmes at all levels, as appropriate, knowledge of and tolerance and respect for all cultures, civilizations, religions, peoples and countries, as well as information on the follow‑up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action;", "16. Stresses the responsibility of States to mainstream a gender perspective into the design and development of prevention, education and protection measures aimed at the eradication of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance at all levels, to ensure that they effectively target the distinct situations of women and men;", "II", "International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination", "17. Reaffirms that universal adherence to and full implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination⁴ are of paramount importance for the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and for the promotion of equality and non‑discrimination in the world;", "18. Expresses grave concern that universal ratification of the Convention has not yet been reached, despite commitments under the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action,¹ and calls upon those States that have not yet done so to accede to the Convention as a matter of urgency;", "19. Urges, in the above context, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to maintain on its website and issue regular updates on a list of countries that have not yet ratified the Convention and to encourage those countries to ratify it at the earliest possible time;", "20. Expresses concern at the serious delays in the submission of overdue reports to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which impede the effectiveness of the Committee, makes a strong appeal to all States parties to the Convention to comply with their treaty obligations, and reaffirms the importance of the provision of technical assistance to requesting countries in the preparation of their reports to the Committee;", "21. Invites States parties to the Convention to ratify the amendment to article 8 of the Convention on the financing of the Committee, and calls for adequate additional resources from the regular budget of the United Nations to enable the Committee to discharge its mandate fully;", "22. Urges all States parties to the Convention to intensify their efforts to implement the obligations that they have accepted under article 4 of the Convention, with due regard to the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[7] and article 5 of the Convention;", "23. Recalls that the Committee holds that the prohibition of the dissemination of ideas based on racial superiority or racial hatred is compatible with the right to freedom of opinion and expression as outlined in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in article 5 of the Convention;", "24. Welcomes the work of the Committee in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the follow‑up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the measures recommended to strengthen the implementation of the Convention as well as the functioning of the Committee;", "25. Calls upon Member States to do their utmost to ensure that their responses to the current financial and economic crisis do not lead to increased poverty and underdevelopment and, potentially, a rise in racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance against foreigners, immigrants and persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities all over the world;", "26. Reaffirms that deprivation of citizenship on the basis of race or descent is a breach of State parties’ obligations to ensure non‑discriminatory enjoyment of the right to nationality;", "III", "Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and follow‑up to his visits", "27. Takes note of the reports of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,[8] and encourages relevant stakeholders to consider implementing the recommendations contained therein;", "28. Welcomes Human Rights Council resolution 16/33 of 25 March 2011,[9] by which the Council decided to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for a period of three years;", "29. Reiterates its call to all Member States, intergovernmental organizations, relevant organizations of the United Nations system and non‑governmental organizations to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur, and calls upon States to consider responding favourably to his requests for visits so as to enable him to fulfil his mandate fully and effectively;", "30. Reaffirms that any form of impunity condoned by public authorities for crimes motivated by racist and xenophobic attitudes plays a role in weakening the rule of law and democracy and tends to encourage the recurrence of such acts;", "31. Emphasizes the obligations of States under international law to exercise due diligence to prevent crimes against migrants perpetrated with racist or xenophobic motivations, to investigate such crimes and to punish the perpetrators and that not doing so violates, and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment of, the human rights and fundamental freedoms of victims, and urges States to reinforce measures in this regard;", "32. Recognizes with deep concern the increase in anti‑Semitism, Christianophobia and Islamophobia in various parts of the world, as well as the emergence of racial and violent movements based on racism and discriminatory ideas directed against Arab, Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities, as well as all religious communities, communities of people of African descent, communities of people of Asian descent, communities of indigenous people and other communities;", "33. Calls upon States parties to fully implement legislation and other measures already in place to ensure that people of African descent are not discriminated against, and underlines in this regard the importance of supporting the programme of activities for the International Year for People of African Descent adopted by the General Assembly at its sixty‑fifth session;[10]", "34. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide States, at their request, with advisory services and technical assistance to enable them to implement fully the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur;", "35. Requests the Secretary‑General to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the human and financial assistance necessary to carry out his mandate efficiently, effectively and expeditiously and to enable him to submit a report to the General Assembly at its sixty‑seventh session;", "36. Requests the Special Rapporteur, within his mandate, to continue giving particular attention to the negative impact of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on the full enjoyment of civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights;", "37. Invites Member States to demonstrate greater commitment to fighting racism in sport by conducting educational and awareness‑raising activities and by strongly condemning the perpetrators of racist incidents, in cooperation with national and international sports organizations;", "38. Recommends that States engage in broad efforts to eliminate racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and to promote respect for cultural, ethnic and religious diversity, and in that regard emphasizes the crucial role of education, including human rights education, training and learning, and a variety of awareness‑raising measures which contribute to the creation of tolerant societies in which mutual understanding may be ensured;", "39. Also recommends that all States give due attention to and closely monitor the way in which the concept of national, cultural and religious identity is debated within their societies, with a view to preventing it from being used as a tool to create artificial differences among some groups of the population;", "40. Expresses concern at recent deeply marked tendencies within numerous societies to characterize migration as a problem and a threat to social cohesion, and in this context notes the numerous human rights challenges in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;", "41. Recommends that States conduct human rights training, including on the challenges of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance faced by migrants, refugees and asylum‑seekers, for law enforcement officials, especially immigration officials and border police, so that they may act in conformity with international human rights law;", "42. Also recommends that States collect disaggregated data in order to design appropriate anti‑racial discrimination legislation and policies and monitor their effectiveness, while abiding by some key principles, including self‑identification, the right to privacy, and guaranteeing the consent of those individuals concerned, and the involvement of all groups of individuals concerned, in the design and implementation of the exercise;", "IV", "Outcomes of the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, the 2009 Durban Review Conference and the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action (2011)", "43. Reaffirms that the General Assembly is the highest intergovernmental mechanism for the formulation and appraisal of policy on matters relating to the economic, social and related fields, in accordance with Assembly resolution 50/227 of 24 May 1996, and that, together with the Human Rights Council, it shall constitute an intergovernmental process for the comprehensive implementation of and follow‑up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action¹ in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;", "44. Welcomes the adoption of the political declaration of the high‑level meeting of the General Assembly to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action,[11] whose aim is to mobilize political will at the national, regional and international levels;", "45. Reaffirms the political commitment to the full and effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference,³ and their follow‑up processes, at the national, regional and international levels, in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;", "46. Calls upon all States that have not yet elaborated their national action plans on combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to comply with their commitments undertaken at the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance of 2001;", "47. Calls upon all States to formulate and implement without delay, at the national, regional and international levels, policies and plans of action to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including their gender‑based manifestations;", "48. Urges States to support the activities of existing regional bodies or centres that combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in their respective regions, and recommends the establishment of such bodies in all regions where they do not exist;", "49. Calls upon those States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the instruments enumerated in paragraph 78 of the Durban Programme of Action;", "50. Emphasizes the fundamental and complementary role of national human rights institutions, regional bodies or centres and civil society, working jointly with States towards the elimination of all forms of racism and, in particular, towards the achievement of the objectives of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action in this regard;", "51. Recognizes the fundamental role of civil society in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in particular in helping States to develop regulations and strategies, in taking measures and action against such forms of discrimination and through follow‑up implementation;", "52. Reaffirms its commitment to eliminating all forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other forms of related intolerance against indigenous peoples, and in this regard notes the attention paid to the objectives of combating prejudice, eliminating discrimination and promoting tolerance, understanding and good relations among indigenous peoples and all other segments of society in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples;[12]", "53. Acknowledges that the World Conference of 2001, which was the third world conference against racism, was significantly different from the previous two conferences, as evidenced by the inclusion in its title of two important components relating to contemporary forms of racism, namely, xenophobia and related intolerance;", "54. Also acknowledges that the outcomes of the World Conference and the Durban Review Conference have the same status as the outcomes of all the major United Nations conferences, summits and special sessions in the human rights and social fields;", "55. Emphasizes the critical importance of increasing public support for the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the involvement of relevant stakeholders in its realization;", "56. Requests the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat to compile and disseminate, within existing resources, in a single combined publication, the political declaration on the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, with a view to increasing global support for and awareness of these documents, as well as to establish a programme of outreach through public information campaigns at all levels;", "57. Calls upon Member States and the United Nations system to intensify efforts to widely distribute copies of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, and encourages efforts to ensure its translation and wide dissemination;", "58. Welcomes the adoption of the laudable initiative led by the States members of the Caribbean Community and other Member States for the establishment of a permanent memorial at the United Nations to the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade as a contribution towards the fulfilment of paragraph 101 of the Durban Declaration, expresses its appreciation for contributions made to the voluntary fund established in this regard, and urges other countries to contribute to the fund;", "59. Takes note of the work of the mechanisms mandated to follow up on the World Conference and the Durban Review Conference, and underlines the importance of improving their effectiveness;", "60. Calls upon the Human Rights Council to ensure that, upon the consideration and adoption of the conclusions and recommendations of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action,^(5,6) the recommendations are brought to the attention of the relevant United Nations agencies for adoption and implementation within their respective mandates;", "61. Encourages the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, further to the recommendation of the Working Group at its tenth session on the proclamation of a Decade for People of African Descent,[13] to develop a programme of action, including a theme, for adoption by the Human Rights Council, with a view to proclaiming the decade starting in 2013 the Decade for People of African Descent;", "62. Encourages the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue mainstreaming the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference in the whole United Nations system, and, in accordance with paragraphs 136 and 137 of the outcome document, which call for the establishment of an inter‑agency task force, to update the Human Rights Council in this regard;", "63. Acknowledges the central role of resource mobilization, effective global partnership and international cooperation in the context of paragraphs 157 and 158 of the Durban Programme of Action for the successful realization of commitments undertaken at the World Conference, and takes note of the mandate of the group of independent eminent experts on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, especially in mobilizing the political will necessary for the successful implementation of the Declaration and Programme of Action;", "64. Requests the Secretary‑General to provide the resources necessary for the effective fulfilment of the mandates of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, the group of independent eminent experts on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards;", "65. Expresses concern at the increasing incidence of racism in various sporting events, while noting with appreciation the efforts made by some governing bodies of the various sporting codes to combat racism, and in this regard invites all international sporting bodies to promote, through their national, regional and international federations, a world of sport free from racism and racial discrimination;", "66. Expresses serious concern at past and recent incidents of racism in sport and at sporting events and, in this context, welcomes efforts of sports governing bodies to combat racism, including by pursuing anti‑racism initiatives and by developing and applying disciplinary codes that impose sanctions for racist acts;", "67. Expresses its appreciation, in this context, to the International Federation of Association Football for the initiative to introduce a visible theme on non‑racism in football, and invites the Federation to continue this initiative at the 2014 World Cup soccer tournament to be held in Brazil;", "68. Calls upon States to take advantage of mass sporting events as valuable outreach platforms for mobilizing people and conveying crucial messages about equality and non‑discrimination;", "69. Acknowledges the guidance and leadership role of the Human Rights Council and encourages it to continue overseeing the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, and requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide the Human Rights Council with all the support necessary for it to achieve its objectives in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;", "V", "Follow‑up activities", "70. Reiterates its recommendation that future meetings of the Human Rights Council and its relevant mechanisms focusing on the follow‑up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action¹ be scheduled in a manner that allows broad participation and avoids overlap with the meetings devoted to the consideration of this item in the General Assembly;", "71. Requests the Secretary‑General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty‑seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, with recommendations;", "72. Decides to remain seized of this important matter at its sixty‑seventh session under the item entitled “Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance”.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1]  See A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1, chap. I.", "[2]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty‑second Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/62/53), chap. II, sect. B.", "[3]  See A/CONF.211/8, chap, I.", "[4]  United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, No. 9464.", "[5]  See A/HRC/13/60.", "[6]  See A/HRC/16/64.", "[7]  Resolution 217 A (III).", "[8]  See A/66/312 and A/66/313.", "[9]  See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty‑sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53), chap. II, sect. A.", "[10]  See resolution 65/36.", "[11]  See resolution 66/3.", "[12]  Resolution 61/295, annex.", "[13]  See A/HRC/18/45, sect. IV.B." ]
A_RES_66_144
[ "Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2011", "[on the report of the Third Committee (A/66/460)]", "66/144. Global efforts for the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and the comprehensive implementation of and follow-up to the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action", "The General Assembly,", "Recalling its resolution 52/111 of 12 December 1997, in which it decided to convene the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, and its resolutions 56/266 of 27 March 2002, 57/195 of 18 December 2002, 58/160 of 22 December 2003, 59/177 of 20 December 2004 and 60/144 of 16 December 2005, which effectively guided the implementation of the World Conference,", "Recalling also its resolutions 64/148 of 18 December 2009 and 65/240 of 24 December 2010, in which, inter alia, it called for the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance[1], which was an important opportunity for the international community to reaffirm its commitment to the eradication of racism,", "Taking note of Human Rights Council decision 3/103 of 8 December 2006[2], in which the Council decided to give effect to the decision and instruction of the World Conference by establishing the Special Committee of the Human Rights Council on the development of complementary standards,", "Bearing in mind the responsibility and commitments assigned to the Human Rights Council in the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference,[3]", "Reiterating that all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the capacity to contribute constructively to the development and well-being of society, and that all doctrines of racial superiority are scientifically false, morally condemnable, socially unfair and dangerous and must be rejected, as well as the theories with which the existence of different human races is to be determined,", "Convinced that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance are manifested in a characteristic manner in the case of women and girls and may be one of the factors leading to the deterioration of their living conditions, poverty, violence, multiple types of discrimination and the limitation or denial of their human rights, and recognizing the need to integrate a gender perspective into relevant policies, strategies and programmes of action against racism, racial discrimination,", "Underlining the primacy of political will, international cooperation and adequate funding at the national, regional and international levels, necessary to address all forms and manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,", "Emphasizing, while recognizing the primary responsibility of States parties to fulfil their obligations under the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination[4], that international cooperation and technical assistance play an important role in assisting countries to fulfil those obligations,", "Alarmed by the increase in racist violence and xenophobic ideas in many parts of the world, in political circles, in public opinion and in society at large, as a result, inter alia, of the resurgence of the activities of associations established on the basis of racist and xenophobic platforms and constitutions and the continued use of those texts and platforms to promote or encourage racist ideologies,", "Stressing the importance of the urgent elimination of persistent and violent trends related to racism and racial discrimination, and aware that impunity, in any of its forms, for crimes motivated by racist and xenophobic attitudes contributes to weakening the rule of law and democracy, tends to encourage the recurrence of such crimes and requires resolute cooperation and action for their eradication,", "Recognizing that persons belonging to vulnerable groups, such as migrants, refugees, asylum-seekers and persons belonging to national or ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities, remain the main victims of violence and attacks committed or instigated by extremist political parties, movements or groups,", "Recognizing also the critical role of resource mobilization, the effective establishment of global partnerships and international cooperation in the context of paragraphs 157 and 158 of the Durban Programme of Action for the successful implementation of the main objectives and commitments set at the World Conference,", "Expressing grave concern at the lack of progress in the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, in particular key paragraphs 157 to 159 of the Programme of Action,", "Welcoming the continued commitment of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to highlight and enhance the visibility of the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and recognizing the need for the High Commissioner to integrate it as a cross-cutting issue in the activities and programmes of her Office,", "Noting the work of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action at its seventh and eighth sessions, held from 5 to 16 October 2009[5] and from 11 to 22 October 2010[6], respectively, and welcoming the adoption by the Human Rights Council of the conclusions and recommendations of the Working Group,", "Noting also the progress made at the third session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards, held in Geneva on 22 and 23 November 2010 and from 11 to 21 April 2011, as well as the convening of the fourth session, to be held in Geneva in 2012,", "Noting further the activities undertaken in the context of the International Year of People of African Descent, including the first World Summit for People of African Descent, held in La Ceiba, Honduras, in August 2011, and the high-level summit on people of African descent held in Salvador, Brazil, in November 2011, on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the outcome of Durban, and looking forward to the African Diaspora Summit in South Africa in 2012,", "Recognizing the potential of sport as a universal language that contributes to educating people on the values of diversity, tolerance and equity and as a means of combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,", "Welcoming the holding in 2010 and 2014 of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association World Cup tournament in South Africa and Brazil, respectively, and stressing the importance of continuing to use those events to promote understanding, tolerance and peace and to promote and strengthen efforts to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,", "I", "General principles", "1. Recognizes and affirms that the global fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, as well as against all its abominable and changing forms and manifestations, is a priority for the international community;", "2. Recognizes that the prohibition of racial discrimination, genocide, the crime of apartheid and slavery, as defined in the obligations under the relevant human rights instruments, is of no exception;", "3. Notes with deep concern and categorically condemns all forms of racism and racial discrimination, including related acts of racially motivated violence, xenophobia and intolerance, as well as propaganda activities and organizations seeking to justify or promote racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in any way;", "4. It once again emphasizes that international cooperation is a key principle for achieving the goal of the total elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and for the comprehensive follow-up and effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action1 in this regard;", "5. Emphasizes that the basic responsibility for effectively combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance rests with States and, to that end, stresses that States have the primary responsibility to ensure full and effective implementation of all commitments and recommendations contained in the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, as well as the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference,3 and in this regard welcomes the actions taken by many Governments;", "6. Expresses deep concern at the insufficient reaction to the forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance that are emerging and reviving, and urges States to take measures to vigorously combat those scourges, in order to prevent the practice and protection of victims;", "7. Stresses the urgent need to address all contemporary forms and manifestations of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including, inter alia, incitement to racial hatred, racial profiling and the spread of racist and xenophobic acts through cyberspace, in order to provide maximum protection for victims, provide them with legal resources and combat impunity;", "8. Stresses that States and international organizations have the responsibility to ensure that measures taken to combat terrorism do not involve discrimination or its purposes or its effects on the grounds of race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin, and urges all States to abolish or avoid any profiling practices established on the basis of race;", "9. Recognizes that States should implement and enforce appropriate and effective measures of a legislative, judicial, regulatory and administrative nature on the prevention and protection of acts of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, thereby contributing to the prevention of human rights violations;", "10. It also recognizes that racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance occur on the basis of race, colour, descent or national or ethnic origin and that victims may suffer multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination on other related grounds, such as sex, language, religion or belief, political or other views, social origin, economic status, birth or other status;", "11. Reaffirms that laws should prohibit any advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence, and also reaffirms that the dissemination of ideas based on racial superiority or hatred, or incitement to racial discrimination, as well as any act of violence or incitement to such acts, shall be declared offences punishable by law, in accordance with the international obligations of States, and that such prohibitions are consistent with the expression and belief;", "12. Emphasizes that States have the responsibility to take effective measures to combat criminal acts motivated by racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including measures to ensure that such grounds are considered aggravating for the purpose of the sentence, to prevent such crimes from being unpunished and to ensure that the rule of law is respected;", "13. Urges all States to review and, where necessary, to amend their immigration laws, policies and practices so that they do not involve racial discrimination and are consistent with their obligations under international human rights instruments;", "14. Calls upon all States, in accordance with the commitments made in paragraph 147 of the Durban Programme of Action, to take all necessary measures to combat incitement to racially motivated violence, including through the abuse of print, audio-visual and electronic media and new communication technologies, and to promote, in collaboration with service providers, the use of such technologies, including the Internet, to contribute to the fight against racism,", "15. Encourages all States to include in their curricula and social programmes at all levels, as appropriate, knowledge, tolerance and respect for all cultures, civilizations, religions, peoples and countries, as well as information on the follow-up to and implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action;", "16. Stresses that States have a responsibility to mainstream a gender perspective in the development and development of prevention, education and protection measures to eradicate racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance at all levels, to ensure that such measures effectively respond to the different situation of women and men;", "II", "Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination", "17. Reaffirms that universal adherence to and full implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination4 are of paramount importance in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and in promoting equality and non-discrimination in the world;", "18. Expresses grave concern that universal ratification of the Convention has not yet been achieved, despite commitments made under the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action,1 and calls upon States that have not yet done so to accede to the Convention as a matter of urgency;", "19. Urges, taking into account the above, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to maintain and regularly update on its website a list of countries that have not yet ratified the Convention and to encourage those countries to ratify it as soon as possible;", "20. Expresses concern at the significant delays in the submission of overdue reports to the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which prevent the Committee from operating effectively, strongly calls upon all States parties to the Convention to fulfil their obligations under the Convention and reaffirms the importance of providing technical assistance to countries requesting it to prepare their reports to the Committee;", "21. Invites States parties to the Convention to ratify the amendment to article 8 of the Convention on the financing of the Committee, and requests that adequate additional resources be allocated from the regular budget of the United Nations to enable the Committee to fulfil its mandate fully;", "22. Urges all States parties to the Convention to intensify their efforts to fulfil their obligations under article 4 of the Convention, with due regard to the principles set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights[7] and article 5 of the Convention;", "23. Recalls that the Committee submits that the prohibition of dissemination of ideas based on racial superiority or racial hatred is consistent with the right to freedom of opinion and expression provided for in article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and article 5 of the Convention;", "24. Welcomes the work of the Committee in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in the follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the recommended measures to improve the implementation of the Convention and the functioning of the Committee;", "25. Calls upon Member States to make every effort to ensure that their responses to the current financial and economic crisis do not lead to increased poverty and underdevelopment and to a possible increase in racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance against foreigners, immigrants and persons belonging to national, ethnic, religious and linguistic minorities worldwide;", "26. Reaffirms that the deprivation of citizenship on the grounds of race or descent constitutes a violation of the obligation of States parties to ensure the non-discriminatory enjoyment of the right to nationality;", "III", "Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, and follow-up to his visits", "27. Takes note of the reports of the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance,[8] and encourages the parties concerned to consider implementing the recommendations contained therein;", "28. Welcomes Human Rights Council resolution 16/33 of 25 March 2011, in which the Council decided to extend the mandate of the Special Rapporteur for a period of three years;", "29. Reiterates its call to all Member States, intergovernmental organizations, relevant organizations of the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations to cooperate fully with the Special Rapporteur, and calls upon States to consider responding favourably to their requests for visits to enable it to fulfil its mandate fully and effectively;", "30. Reaffirms that any form of impunity condoned by public authorities with respect to crimes motivated by racist and xenophobic attitudes contributes to weakening the rule of law and democracy and tends to encourage the recurrence of such acts;", "31. Emphasizes the obligation of States under international law to act with due diligence to prevent crimes committed against migrants on racist or xenophobic grounds, to investigate such crimes and punish their perpetrators, and that failure to comply with that obligation violates and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms of victims, and urges States to strengthen their efforts in this regard;", "32. Recognizes with deep concern the increase in anti-Semitism, Christianophobia and Islamophobia in various parts of the world, as well as the emergence of racial and violent movements based on racism and discriminatory ideas against Arab, Christian, Jewish and Muslim communities, as well as against all religious communities, communities of African descent, communities of people of Asian descent, indigenous communities and other communities;", "33. Calls upon States parties to fully implement existing laws and other measures to ensure that people of African descent are not discriminated against, and stresses in this regard the importance of supporting the programme of activities for the International Year of People of African Descent adopted at its sixty-fifth session[10];", "34. Requests the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide advisory services and technical assistance to States, upon request, to enable them to fully implement the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur;", "35. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with all the necessary human and financial resources to enable him to fulfil his mandate efficiently, effectively and expeditiously and to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session;", "36. Requests the Special Rapporteur, within his mandate, to continue to pay particular attention to the negative impact of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on the full enjoyment of civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights;", "37. Invites Member States to demonstrate greater commitment to the fight against racism in sport by conducting education and awareness-raising activities and strongly condemning those responsible for racist incidents, in cooperation with national and international sports organizations;", "38. Recommends that States undertake comprehensive initiatives to eliminate racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance and to promote respect for cultural, ethnic and religious diversity, and emphasizes in this regard the crucial role of education, especially human rights education, training and learning, and a variety of awareness-raising measures that contribute to the creation of tolerant societies, where mutual understanding is possible;", "39. It also recommends that all States give due attention and monitor closely the way in which the concept of national, cultural and religious identity is discussed in their societies, in order to prevent it from being used as an instrument for creating artificial differences among some population groups;", "40. Expresses concern at the recent deep-seated trend in many societies to characterize migration as a problem and a threat to social cohesion, and notes in this context the numerous human rights challenges that arise in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;", "41. Recommends that States undertake human rights training, including on the problems of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance of migrants, refugees and asylum-seekers, for law enforcement personnel, especially immigration officials and border police, to act in accordance with international human rights standards;", "42. It also recommends that States collect disaggregated data in order to develop appropriate laws and policies against racial discrimination and monitor their effectiveness, while respecting basic principles such as self-identification, the right to respect the privacy and consent of the persons concerned, and the participation of all groups of persons concerned in the design and implementation of such activities;", "IV", "Outcome of the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, the 2009 Durban Review Conference and the commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the 2011 Durban Declaration and Programme of Action", "43. Reaffirms that it is the highest intergovernmental machinery for the formulation and appraisal of policy in the economic, social and related fields, in accordance with its resolution 50/227 of 24 May 1996, and that, together with the Human Rights Council, it will constitute an intergovernmental process for the comprehensive implementation and follow-up of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action1 in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;", "44. Welcomes the adoption of the political declaration of its high-level meeting to mark the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action,[11], which aims to mobilize political will at the national, regional and international levels;", "45. Reaffirms the political commitment to the full and effective implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference,3 and its follow-up processes at the national, regional and international levels in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;", "46. Calls upon all States that have not yet prepared their national action plans to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to comply with the commitments made at the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance;", "47. Calls upon all States to formulate and implement without delay, at the national, regional and international levels, policies and action plans to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, including their gender-based manifestations;", "48. Urges States to support the activities of existing regional bodies or centres to combat racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance in their respective regions, and recommends the establishment of such bodies in all regions where they do not yet exist;", "49. Calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying or acceding to the instruments listed in paragraph 78 of the Durban Programme of Action;", "50. Emphasizes the fundamental and complementary role played by national human rights institutions, regional bodies or centres and civil society, in collaboration with States, in eliminating all forms of racism and, in particular, in achieving the objectives of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action in this regard;", "51. Recognizes that civil society plays a key role in combating racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, in particular through the assistance it provides to States for the establishment of standards and strategies, the adoption of measures and action against such forms of discrimination and their further implementation;", "52. Reaffirms its commitment to eliminate all forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance against indigenous peoples and, in this regard, notes the attention paid to the objectives of combating prejudice, eliminating discrimination and promoting tolerance, understanding and good relations among indigenous peoples and all other sectors of society, referred to in the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples[12];", "53. Recognizes that the 2001 World Conference, the third of the world conferences against racism, was very different from the previous two, as demonstrated by the inclusion in its title of two important elements relating to contemporary forms of racism, namely xenophobia and related intolerance;", "54. Recognizes also that the outcomes of the World Conference and the Durban Review Conference have the same status as the outcomes of its special sessions and the major United Nations conferences and summits on social and human rights;", "55. Emphasizes the fundamental importance of increasing public support for the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the participation of stakeholders in its implementation;", "56. Requests the Department of Public Information of the Secretariat, within existing resources, to collect and disseminate in a single publication the political declaration on the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference, with a view to enhancing global support and awareness of those documents, as well as to establish a outreach programme through public information campaigns at all levels;", "57. Calls upon Member States and the United Nations system to intensify efforts to widely distribute copies of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and encourages efforts to ensure their translation and wide dissemination;", "58. Welcomes the adoption of the commendable initiative led by the States members of the Caribbean Community and other Member States to erect at the United Nations a permanent memorial to the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade as a contribution to the implementation of paragraph 101 of the Durban Declaration, expresses its appreciation for the contributions made to the voluntary fund established for that purpose, and urges other countries to make contributions to the fund;", "59. Takes note of the work of the mechanisms mandated to follow up the World Conference and the Durban Review Conference, and underlines the importance of enhancing its effectiveness;", "60. Calls upon the Human Rights Council, after considering and adopting the conclusions and recommendations of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action^(5,6), to ensure that the recommendations are brought to the attention of the relevant United Nations agencies for adoption and implementation within their respective mandates;", "61. Encourages the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, in response to the recommendation of the Working Group at its tenth session on the proclamation of a decade of people of African descent[13], to formulate a programme of action, including for adoption by the Human Rights Council, for the purpose of proclaiming the decade beginning in 2013 the Decade of People of African Descent;", "62. Encourages the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to incorporate the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the outcome document of the Durban Review Conference throughout the United Nations system and, in accordance with paragraphs 136 and 137 of the outcome document, calling for the establishment of an inter-agency working group, to report to the Human Rights Council in this regard;", "63. Recognizes the critical role of resource mobilization, the effective establishment of global partnerships and international cooperation in the context of paragraphs 157 and 158 of the Durban Programme of Action for the successful implementation of the commitments made at the World Conference, and takes note of the mandate of the group of independent eminent experts on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, especially to mobilize the necessary political will for the successful implementation of the Declaration and Programme of Action;", "64. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary resources for the effective implementation of the mandates of the Intergovernmental Working Group on the Effective Implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent, the group of independent eminent experts on the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action and the Special Committee on the Elaboration of Complementary Standards;", "65. Expresses concern at the growing incidence of racism in various sporting events, while noting with appreciation the efforts made by some governing bodies of the various sports disciplines to combat racism, and in this regard invites all international sports bodies to promote, through their national, regional and international federations, a world of sport free of racism or racial discrimination;", "66. Expresses serious concern at previous and recent incidents of racism in sport and sporting events, and in this context welcomes the efforts of the sports management bodies to combat racism, such as the adoption of anti-racism initiatives and the development and implementation of disciplinary codes to impose sanctions on racist acts;", "67. Expresses its appreciation, in this context, to the Fédération Internationale de Football Association for the initiative to introduce a visible message of rejection of racism in football, and invites the Fédération to continue that initiative in the 2014 World Cup tournament to be held in Brazil;", "68. Calls upon States to take advantage of major sporting meetings as valuable outreach platforms to mobilize the population and to transmit crucial messages on equality and non-discrimination;", "69. Recognizes the role of guidance and leadership played by the Human Rights Council and encourages it to continue to follow closely the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, and requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to provide the Human Rights Council with all the necessary support to achieve its objectives in the fight against racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance;", "V", "Follow-up activities", "70. Reiterates its recommendation that future meetings of the Human Rights Council and its relevant mechanisms focusing on the follow-up to the World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance and the implementation of the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action1 be programmed to allow for wide participation and not coincide with the meetings of the General Assembly devoted to the consideration of this agenda item;", "71. Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, including recommendations;", "72. Decides to remain seized of this important issue at its sixty-seventh session under the item entitled “Elimination of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance”.", "89th plenary meeting 19 December 2011", "[1] See A/CONF.189/12 and Corr.1, chap. I.", "[2] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/62/53), chap. II, sect. B.", "[3] See A/CONF.211/8, chap.I.", "[4] United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 660, No. 9464.", "[5] See A/HRC/13/60.", "[6] See A/HRC/16/64.", "[7] Resolution 217 A (III).", "[8] See A/66/312 and A/66/313.", "[9] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-sixth Session, Supplement No. 53 (A/66/53), chap. II, sect. A.", "[10] See resolution 65/36.", "[11] See resolution 66/3.", "[12] Resolution 61/295, annex.", "[13] See A/HRC/18/45, sect. IV.B." ]