Participation of Volunteers, "White Helmets", In the Activities of the United Nations in the Field of Humanitarian Relief, Rehabilitation and Technical Cooperation for Development

A/RES/58/118View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 40d Participation of volunteers, "White Helmets", in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development, published in 2004.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2002–2015

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/105

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2015	A/RES/70/105	Participation of volunteers, "White Helmets", in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development	1,173	65%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/84	Participation of volunteers, "White Helmets", in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development	1,186	56%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/75	Participation of volunteers, "White Helmets", in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development	946	60%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/220	Participation of volunteers, "White Helmets", in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development	877	53%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/118	Participation of volunteers, "White Helmets", in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development	814	46%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2009–2012

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2012	A/67/89	Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/64/75
2009	A/64/84	Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/61/220

What subjects does this mandate have?

18 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Development Assistance Emergency Relief Financial Resources Focal Points Humanitarian Assistance Humanitarian Emergencies Hunger International Voluntary Services Malnutrition Post-Conflict Reconstruction Poverty Rapid Deployment Forces Regional Cooperation Rehabilitation Report Preparation Technical Cooperation White Helmets

What’s in this document?

9 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General,³ prepared in pursuance of its resolution 56/102 on the participation of volunteers, “White Helmets”, in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development;

³A/58/320.

Recognizes the value of domestic and regional actions aimed at making pre-identified, standby and trained national volunteer corps such as the White Helmets available to the United Nations system, through the United Nations Volunteers and other agencies, and in accordance with accepted United Nations procedures and practices, in order to provide specialized human and technical resources for emergency relief and rehabilitation;

Expresses its satisfaction for the progress of the White Helmets initiative as a singular voluntary international effort to provide the United Nations system with voluntary expertise to respond, in a quick and coordinated manner, to United Nations appeals concerning humanitarian relief, rehabilitation, reconstruction and development, while preserving the non-political, neutral and impartial character of humanitarian action;

Encourages Member States to identify their respective national focal points for the White Helmets in order to continue to provide the United Nations system with an accessible global network of rapid response facilities in case of humanitarian emergencies;

Recognizes with appreciation the progress made by the States members of the Common Market of the South and its associated partners in strengthening and broadening the regional role of the White Helmets initiative, and encourages Member States in other regional associations to make similar joint efforts;

Encourages operational partners of the United Nations system, in particular United Nations Volunteers and the United Nations Development Programme, to draw upon the voluntary expertise of the White Helmets, as appropriate, including in their response to chronic situations characterized by hunger, malnutrition and poverty;

Recognizes that the White Helmets initiative can play an important role in the promotion, diffusion and fulfilment of the decisions achieved in the United Nations Millennium Declaration,Error: Reference source not found and invites Member States in a position to do so to consider means to ensure the integration of the White Helmets initiative into their programme activities and to make the commensurate financial resources available through the special financing window of the Special Voluntary Fund of the United Nations Volunteers, or in coordination with it;

Invites the Secretary-General, on the basis of the experience acquired, to consider further the potential use of White Helmets as a resource for preventing and mitigating the effects of post-conflict humanitarian emergencies and, in this context, to maintain adequate support for the White Helmets liaison functions, taking into account the ongoing reforms process;

Requests the Secretary-General to take into consideration the ten years that will have passed since the adoption of its resolution 49/139 B, the first resolution on the White Helmets initiative, and, in view of the success of coordinated actions carried out since then with, inter alia, the United Nations Children’s Fund, the World Food Programme, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs of the Secretariat, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Volunteers, to consider their impact and to analyse possible steps and modalities to enhance the integration of the White Helmets initiative within the work of the United Nations system, suggesting appropriate mechanisms and areas, and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixtieth session.

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