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

A/RES/73/138View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 75a Strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, published in 2019.

What other versions does this mandate have?

2 versions · 2019–2021

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/76/125

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2021	A/RES/76/125	White Helmets Commission : participation of volunteers in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development	1,510	84%Compare
2019	A/RES/73/138	White Helmets Commission : participation of volunteers in the activities of the United Nations in the field of humanitarian relief, rehabilitation and technical cooperation for development	1,520	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Disaster Relief Humanitarian Assistance International Voluntary Services White Helmets

What’s in this document?

11 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations, submitted in compliance with resolutions 46/182 and 72/133 of 11 December 2017,⁴ in particular paragraph 96 of the report, in which an update is provided on collaboration between the White Helmets, an initiative of the Government of Argentina, and the United Nations, and it is noted that since 1994, more than 700 White Helmets volunteers have provided assistance in 71 countries and undertaken 291 international humanitarian missions, many in coordination with the United Nations, and strengthened links with United Nations system agencies through agreements, joint workplans, financial support and field missions;

⁴A/73/78-E/2018/54.

Highlights that the White Helmets is a volunteer corps composed entirely of civilians that develops its activities on the basis of cooperation, solidarity and the participation of communities;

Notes with appreciation the contribution of the White Helmets to humanitarian assistance, disaster risk management and the achievement of sustainable development;

Recognizes that the White Helmets initiative has demonstrated the potential of regional partnerships and has encouraged the participation of affected or vulnerable populations in the tasks of planning, training, mobilizing and providing an immediate response in disaster situations and complex emergencies, while integrating a gender perspective into its activities;

Commends national and international volunteers, including the White Helmets, for their contributions and their fundamental role in disaster risk reduction, response and recovery;

Takes note of the renewal, signed in 2016, of the memorandum of understanding between the White Helmets and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which established the framework for the deployment of White Helmets volunteers in support of the emergency responses of the Office of the High Commissioner, and recognizes the efforts made by the World Food Programme and the White Helmets for joint action within the framework of food security, including the exchange of information among stakeholders in the field, and the international humanitarian assistance activities that the White Helmets developed with the International Organization for Migration;

Encourages the United Nations system, including the World Health Organization, and operational partners of the United Nations, in providing psychosocial support to the disaster-affected population in emergency and disaster situations, to draw on, as appropriate, the voluntary expertise of the White Helmets, which has been successfully tested, and invites Member States to consider means of integrating the White Helmets initiative into their programme activities;

Recognizes the international humanitarian activities that the White Helmets developed in the period from 2016 to 2018 in coordination with the national authorities of disaster-affected countries and the agencies of the United Nations system and its partners in the design, preparedness, organization and deployment of humanitarian assistance, including response, recovery and reconstruction following disasters and building of resilience, and in addressing the consequences of humanitarian emergencies for migrants, in particular those in vulnerable situations;

Invites the Secretary-General, on the basis of the experience acquired, to continue to consider the use of the White Helmets initiative as a resource suitable for preventing and mitigating the effects of disasters and other humanitarian crises;

Recognizes the agreement signed between the United Nations Office for Project Services and the White Helmets Commission, which extends until 2019 and will allow for the continuation of the work launched in 1995, and invites Member States to consider means of supporting collaboration of the White Helmets with their programme activities and to consider making financial resources available to the special voluntary fund of the United Nations Office for Project Services;

Invites the Secretary-General, on the basis of the work experience acquired by the White Helmets in the international field, as recognized in various resolutions of the General Assembly, and in view of the success of coordinated actions carried out with, inter alia, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, the World Food Programme, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Volunteers, to suggest measures to enhance the collaboration of the White Helmets initiative with the United Nations system and to report thereon to the Assembly at its seventy-sixth session in a separate section of the annual report on the strengthening of the coordination of emergency humanitarian assistance of the United Nations.

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