Protection of Persons in the Event of Disasters

A/RES/71/141View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 78 Report of the International Law Commission on the work of its 68th session, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 2016–2024

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/79/128

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2024	A/RES/79/128	Protection of persons in the event of disasters	794	27%Compare
2021	A/RES/76/119	Protection of persons in the event of disasters	454	51%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/209	Protection of persons in the event of disasters	289	51%Compare
2016	A/RES/71/141	Protection of persons in the event of disasters	239	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

2 reports · 2018–2020

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2020	A/75/214	Protection of persons in the event of disasters report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/73/209
2018	A/73/229	Protection of persons in the event of disasters report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/71/141

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Disaster Relief Disaster Victims Humanitarian Assistance International Instruments

What’s in this document?

3 operative paragraphs

Expresses its appreciation to the International Law Commission for its continuing contribution to the codification and progressive development of international law;

Takes note of the draft articles on the protection of persons in the event of disasters, presented by the Commission,2 and invites Governments to submit comments concerning the recommendation by the Commission to elaborate a convention on the basis of these articles;3

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its seventy-third session an item entitled “Protection of persons in the event of disasters”.

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