Theme of the Humanitarian Affairs Segment of the 2019 Session of the Economic and Social Council

E/DEC/2019/208View PDF

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A Decision of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 2 Adoption of the agenda and other organizational matters, published in 2020.

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9 versions · 2017–2025

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	E/DEC/2026/306	Theme of the humanitarian affairs segment of the 2026 session of the Economic and Social Council	—	—
2025	E/DEC/2025/304	Theme of the humanitarian affairs segment of the 2025 session of the Economic and Social Council	151	—
2024	E/DEC/2024/310	Theme of the humanitarian affairs segment of the 2024 session of the Economic and Social Council	156	43%Compare
2023	E/DEC/2023/315	Theme of the humanitarian affairs segment of the 2023 session of the Economic and Social Council	197	41%Compare
2022	E/DEC/2022/322	Theme of the humanitarian affairs segment of the 2022 session of the Economic and Social Council	164	50%Compare

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At its 9th plenary meeting, on 11 April 2019, the Economic and Social Council:

(a) Decided that the theme of the humanitarian affairs segment of its 2019 session would be “Promoting action to save lives, reach those in need and reduce humanitarian risk, vulnerability and need: looking towards the seventieth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 and the climate summit called for by the Secretary-General”;

(b) Also decided that it would convene two panel discussions under the segment;

(i) “Preparing for the future in the face of climate change and weather-related disasters: strengthening preparedness and humanitarian response and collaborating to build resilience and address escalating risks and challenges”;

(ii) “Strengthening humanitarian action: next steps to advance localization and engage communities for a more inclusive and effective humanitarian response”;

(d) Also took note of the high-level side event to be convened on the margins of the segment under the theme “Towards the seventieth anniversary of the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949: achieving collective commitment to international humanitarian law and putting fundamental protections into practice”.

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