A/RES/73/136
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 January 2019
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 75 (a)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 14 December 2018
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/73/L.18/Rev.1 and A/73/L.18/Rev.1/Add.1)]
73/136.
International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field
of natural disasters, from relief to development
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolution 46/182 of 19 December 1991, the annex to which
contains the guiding principles for the strengthening of the coordination of emergency
humanitarian assistance of the United Nations system, as well as all its resolutions on
international cooperation on humanitarian assistance in the field of natural disasters,
from relief to development, and recalling the resolutions of the humanitarian
segments of the substantive sessions of the Economic and Social Council,
Reaffirming also the principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and
independence for the provision of humanitarian assistance,
Recalling the Sendai Declaration 1 and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk
Reduction 2015–2030, 2 adopted by the Third United Nations World Conference on
Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Sendai, Japan, from 14 to 18 March 2015,
Recognizing that the Sendai Framework applies to the risk of small-scale and
large-scale, frequent and infrequent, sudden and slow-onset disasters caused by
natural or man-made hazards, as well as related environmental, technological and
biological hazards and risks,
Noting with concern that slow-onset disasters such as droughts are on the rise
in many places and can have significant impacts on affected populations and lead to
increased vulnerability to other hazards,
Recognizing the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction as the main forum
at the global level for strategic advice coordination and partnership development for
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Resolution 69/283, annex I.
Ibid., annex II.
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