A/RES/74/195
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
30 December 2019
Seventy-fourth session
Agenda item 165
Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host
Country
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 18 December 2019
[on the report of the Sixth Committee (A/74/434)]
74/195.
Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country
The General Assembly,
Having considered the report of the Committee on Relations with the Host
Country, 1
Recalling Article 105 of the Charter of the United Nations, the Convention on
the Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations, 2 the Agreement between the
United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the
United Nations, 3 the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations 4 and the
responsibilities of the host country,
Recalling also that, in accordance with paragraph 7 of General Assembly
resolution 2819 (XXVI) of 15 December 1971, the Committee should consider, and
advise the host country on, issues arising in connection with the implementation of
the Headquarters Agreement,
Recognizing that effective measures should continue to be taken by the
competent authorities of the host country, in particular to prevent any acts violating
the security of missions and the safety of their personnel,
Recognizing also that the Headquarters Agreement provides that it shall be
construed in the light of its primary purpose to enable the United Nations at its
headquarters in the United States, fully and efficiently, to discharge its responsibilities
and fulfil its purposes,
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Official Records of the General Assembly, Seventy-fourth Session, Supplement No. 26 (A/74/26).
Resolution 22 A (I).
See resolution 169 (II).
United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 500, No. 7310.
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