International cooperation on humanitarian assistance in
the field of natural disasters, from relief to development
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disaster risk reduction, and recognizing also the contribution of the relevant regional
and subregional platforms,
Welcoming the Paris Agreement, 3 and encouraging all its parties to fully
implement the Agreement, and parties to the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change 4 that have not yet done so to deposit their instruments of
ratification, acceptance, approval or accession, where appropriate, as soon as
possible,
Looking forward to the Secretary-General’s climate summit, to be held in
New York in 2019, to accelerate global action on climate change,
Highlighting the synergies between the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for
Sustainable Development 5 and the Paris Agreement, and noting with concern the
scientific findings contained in the Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change,
Noting with appreciation the hosting by the Government of Morocco of the
twenty-second session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change, the twelfth session of the Conference of
the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and the first
part of the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the
Parties to the Paris Agreement, held in Marrakech, Morocco, from 7 to 1 8 November
2016, and noting with appreciation also the convening by the Government of Fiji,
with the technical assistance of the Government of Germany, of the twenty-third
session of the Conference of the Parties, the thirteenth session of the Conference of
the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol and the second
part of the first session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the
Parties to the Paris Agreement, held in Bonn, Germany, from 6 to 1 7 November 2017,
Noting with appreciation also the hosting by the Government of Mexico of the
fifth session of the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Cancun,
Mexico, from 22 to 26 May 2017, and looking forward to the upcoming sixth session
of the Global Platform, to be hosted by Switzerland in Geneva in 2019, and taking
note of the second Central Asia and South Caucasus Subregional Platform for Disaster
Risk Reduction, hosted by the Government of Armenia, on 26 and 27 June 2018,
Taking note of its resolution 71/1 of 19 September 2016, in which the General
Assembly adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants and the
annexes thereto,
Emphasizing the fundamentally civilian character of humanitarian assistance,
reaffirming, in situations in which military capacity and assets are used as a last resort
to support the implementation of humanitarian assistance in the field of natur al
disasters, the need for their use to be undertaken with the consent of the affected State
and in conformity with international law, including international humanitarian law, as
well as humanitarian principles, and emphasizing also in this regard the nee d for
Member States to coordinate with all relevant actors early on in a disaster response
so as to ensure the predictable, coherent and needs-based deployment of military
assets and personnel supporting humanitarian assistance,
Emphasizing also that the affected State has the primary responsibility in the
initiation, organization, coordination and implementation of humanitarian assistance
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