Implementation of the Provisions of the Charter of the United Nations Related to Assistance to 3rd States Affected by the Applications of Sanctions

A/RES/53/107View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 154 Report of the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, published in 1999.

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Consultations Data Collection Economic Assistance Groups of Experts Guidelines Sanctions Sanctions Compliance Statistical Methodology Working Groups

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9 operative paragraphs

Renews its invitation to the Security Council to consider the establishment of further mechanisms or procedures, as appropriate, for consultations as early as possible under Article 50 of the Charter of the United Nations with third States, which are or may be confronted with special economic problems arising from the carrying out of preventive or enforcement measures imposed by the Council under Chapter VII of the Charter, with regard to a solution of those problems, including appropriate ways and means for increasing the effectiveness of its methods and procedures applied in the consideration of requests by the affected States for assistance;

Welcomes once again the further measures taken by the Security Council since the adoption of General Assembly resolution 50/51and aimed at increasing the effectiveness and transparency of the sanctions committees, invites the Council to implement those measures, and strongly recommends that the Council continue its efforts to enhance further the functioning of the sanctions committees, to streamline their working procedures and to facilitate access to them by representatives of States that find themselves confronted with special economic problems arising from the carrying out of sanctions;

Requests the Secretary-General to pursue implementation of resolutions 50/51, 51/208 and 52/162 and to ensure that the competent units within the Secretariat develop the adequate capacity and appropriate modalities, technical procedures and guidelines to continue, on a regular basis, to collate and coordinate information about international assistance available to third States affected by the implementation of sanctions, to continue developing a possible methodology for assessing the adverse consequences actually incurred by third States and to initiate action in order to explore innovative and practical measures of assistance to the affected third States;

Also requests the Secretary-General to seek the views of States, the organizations of the United Nations system, international financial institutions and other international organizations regarding the report of the ad hoc expert group meeting on developing a methodology for assessing the consequences incurred by third States as a result of preventive or enforcement measures and on exploring innovative and practical measures of international assistance to the affected third States;¹²

¹²See A/53/312, sect. IV.

Reaffirms the important role of the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council and the Committee for Programme and Coordination in mobilizing and monitoring, as appropriate, the economic assistance efforts by the international community and the United Nations system to States confronted with special economic problems arising from the carrying out of preventive or enforcement measures imposed by the Security Council and, as appropriate, in identifying solutions to the special economic problems of those States, and decides to transmit the report of the ad hoc expert group meeting to the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 1999;

Invites the organizations of the United Nations system, international financial institutions, other international organizations, regional organizations and Member States to address more specifically and directly, where appropriate, special economic problems of third States affected by sanctions imposed under Chapter VII of the Charter and, for this purpose, to consider improving procedures for consultations to maintain a constructive dialogue with such States, including through regular and frequent meetings as well as, where appropriate, special meetings between the affected third States and the donor community, with the participation of United Nations agencies and other international organizations;

Requests the Special Committee on the Charter of the United Nations and on the Strengthening of the Role of the Organization, at its session in 1999, to continue to consider on a priority basis the question of the implementation of the provisions of the Charter related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions under Chapter VII of the Charter, taking into consideration all the related reports of the Secretary-General, in particular the most recent report containing a summary of the deliberations and main findings of the ad hoc expert group meeting convened pursuant to paragraph 4 of General Assembly resolution 52/162, the proposals submitted on this question, the debate on the question in the Sixth Committee during the fifty-third session of the General Assembly and the text on the question of sanctions imposed by the United Nations contained in annex II to General Assembly resolution 51/242, as well as the implementation of the provisions of General Assembly resolutions 50/51, 51/208, 52/162 and the present resolution;

Decides to continue to consider within the Sixth Committee, or if necessary within a working group of the Committee, at the fifty-fourth session of the General Assembly, further progress in the elaboration of effective measures aimed at the implementation of provisions of the Charter related to assistance to third States affected by the application of sanctions under Chapter VII of the Charter;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution to the General Assembly at its fifty-fourth session.

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