Consideration of Effective Measures to Enhance the Protection, Security and Safety of Diplomatic and Consular Missions and Representatives

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 153 Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives, published in 2003.

What other versions does this mandate have?

27 versions · 1981–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/124

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/124	Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives	1,507	97%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/108	Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives	1,551	100%Compare
2020	A/RES/75/139	Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives	1,551	97%Compare
2018	A/RES/73/205	Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives	1,508	89%Compare
2016	A/RES/71/145	Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives	1,350	98%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

21 reports · 2000–2024

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2024	A/79/143	Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/108
2022	A/77/208	Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/75/139
2020	A/75/168	Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/73/205
2018	A/73/189	Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/145
2016	A/71/130	Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/121

What subjects does this mandate have?

18 subjects

Criminal Investigation Criminal Justice Diplomatic and Consular Service Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities Diplomatic Protection Diplomats' Security Dispute Settlement Good Offices Guidelines Information Exchange Intergovernmental Organizations International Instruments International Obligations Permanent Missions Report Preparation Reporting Procedures Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Violence

What’s in this document?

24 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the reports of the Secretary-General;1

Strongly condemns acts of violence against diplomatic and consular missions and representatives, as well as against missions and representatives of international intergovernmental organizations and officials of such organizations, and emphasizes that such acts can never be justified;

Urges States strictly to observe, implement and enforce the principles and rules of international law governing diplomatic and consular relations and, in particular, to ensure in conformity with their international obligations the protection, security and safety of the missions, representatives and officials mentioned in paragraph 2 above officially present in territories under their jurisdiction, including practical measures to prohibit in their territories illegal activities of persons, groups and organizations that encourage, instigate, organize or engage in the perpetration of acts against the security and safety of such missions, representatives and officials;

Also urges States to take all necessary measures at the national and international levels to prevent any acts of violence against the missions, representatives and officials mentioned in paragraph 2 above, and to ensure, with the participation of the United Nations where appropriate, that such acts are fully investigated with a view to bringing offenders to justice;

Recommends that States cooperate closely through, inter alia, contacts between the diplomatic and consular missions and the receiving State with regard to practical measures designed to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives and with regard to the exchange of information on the circumstances of all serious violations thereof;

Urges States to take all appropriate measures, in accordance with international law, at the national and international levels, to prevent any abuse of diplomatic or consular privileges and immunities, in particular serious abuses, including those involving acts of violence;

Recommends that States cooperate closely with the State in whose territory abuses of diplomatic and consular privileges and immunities may have occurred, including by exchanging information and providing assistance to its juridical authorities in order to bring offenders to justice;

Calls upon States that have not yet done so to consider becoming parties to the instruments relevant to the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives;

Calls upon States, in cases where a dispute arises in connection with a violation of their international obligations concerning the protection of the missions or the security of the representatives and officials mentioned in paragraph 2 above,

to make use of the means available for peaceful settlement of disputes, including the good offices of the Secretary-General, and requests the Secretary-General, when he deems it appropriate, to offer his good offices to the States directly concerned;

Requests:

All States to report to the Secretary-General as promptly as possible serious violations of the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives as well as missions and representatives with diplomatic status to international intergovernmental organizations;

The State in which the violation occurred — and, to the extent possible, the State where the alleged offender is present — to report to the Secretary-General as promptly as possible on measures taken to bring the offender to justice and eventually to communicate, in accordance with its laws, the final outcome of the proceedings against the offender, and to report on measures adopted with a view to preventing a repetition of such violations;

The States so reporting to consider using or taking into account the guidelines prepared by the Secretary-General;³

³A/42/485, annex.

Requests the Secretary-General:

To send, without delay, a circular note to all States reminding them of the request contained in paragraph 10 above;

To circulate to all States, upon receipt, the reports received by him pursuant to paragraph 10 above, unless the reporting State requests otherwise;

To draw the attention, when appropriate, of the States directly concerned to the reporting procedures provided for in paragraph 10 above, when a serious violation has been reported pursuant to paragraph 10 (a) above;

To address reminders to States where such violations have occurred if reports pursuant to paragraph 10 (a) above or follow-up reports pursuant to paragraph 10 (b) above have not been made within a reasonable period of time;

Also requests the Secretary-General to invite States, in the circular note referred to in paragraph 11 (a) above, to inform him of their views with respect to any measures needed or already taken to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives as well as missions and representatives with diplomatic status to international intergovernmental organizations;

Further requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session a report containing:

Information on the state of ratification of, and accessions to, the instruments referred to in paragraph 8 above;

A summary of the reports received and views expressed pursuant to paragraphs 10 and 12 above;

Invites the Secretary-General to include in his report to the General Assembly any views he may wish to express on the matters referred to in paragraph 13 above;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-ninth session the item entitled “Consideration of effective measures to enhance the protection, security and safety of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives”.

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