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UN Basic Operating Guidelines
and Guiding Principles
United Nations Agencies Guiding Principles
- United Nations (UN) Agencies in Nepal and throughout
the world are guided in their actions by principles
and rules enshrined in international law including
international humanitarian, human rights and refugee
law and reflected in various resolutions adopted by
the Member States of the United Nations. On this basis,
UN Agencies are mandated to provide development and
humanitarian assistance in times of peace and international
as well as non-international armed conflict to civilian
populations including but not limited to such vulnerable
groups as women, children, the elderly, physically
or mentally disabled persons, persons living with
HIV/AIDS, internally displaced persons, refugees plus
persons otherwise socially or economically disadvantaged
or excluded. At all times, UN Agencies are to conduct
their work in conformity with the principles of humanity,
neutrality, impartiality, accountability and transparency,
and in manner that respects, preserves and promotes
the dignity and humanity of the people they seek to
assist.
- In accordance with these principles and their common
mandate, UN Agencies:
- provide assistance and protection to civilian
populations on the basis of need alone and in
a nondiscriminatory and equitable manner with
respect to nationality, sex, race, ethnicity,
caste, religion, political or ideological belief.
- uphold the right of these populations to receive
such assistance and participate fully in development
and humanitarian assistance programmes of which
they are the intended stakeholders.
- recall their right to safe and unhindered access
to civilian populations in need of assistance
for purposes including but not limited to: the
identification of needs; the formulation, monitoring
and evaluation of development and humanitarian
assistance programmes including programmes designed
to reduce loss of life, human suffering and damage
to property and/or the environment; informing
the international community of the situation of
stakeholder and other affected populations, and
advocating for these populations' protection and
assistance rights and requirements.
- stress that in the performance of their official
duties, staff and associated personnel, whether
national or international, employed by UN Agencies
receive their instructions from the United Nations
Secretary-General or his designated representatives
and that, in this connection, national authorities
and other entities, whether civilian or military,
are called upon to facilitate the work of such
staff and associated personnel in a constructive,
positive and cooperative manner that ensures their
safety, security, protection and freedom of movement
in conformity with the relevant conventions and
resolutions adopted by the Member States of the
United Nations and in the spirit of international
cooperation enshrined in the Charter of the United
Nations. In this connection, United Nations and
associated personnel are mindful of their obligation
to respect the national laws of the country in
which they are operating in accordance with international
law and the Charter of the United Nations.
- emphasize that UN Agencies' development and
humanitarian assistance in whatever form -- whether
technical, financial or material -- is intended
to develop, sustain and promote the social and
economic well-being of civilian populations, including
their physical and mental condition, and is in
no form intended or to be used for, or in conjunction
with, military, para -military, political or sectarian
purposes or by groups and individuals affiliated
with such purposes.
- recall that the Member States of the United
Nations have agreed that within their respective
territories they have the primary role in the
initiation, organisation, coordination and implementation
of development and humanitarian assistance; that
they have the responsibility first and foremost
to take care of the victims of emergencies; that
for populations in need of development and humanitarian
assistance, they are called upon to facilitate
the work of UN Agencies in implementing such assistance;
that intergovernmental organizations, nongovernmental
organizations and certain non-State entities working
impartially and with strictly humanitarian motives
should continue to make a significant contribution
in supplementing national efforts; that the sovereignty,
territorial integrity and national unity of States
must be fully respected in accordance with the
Charter of the United Nations.
United Nations
Kathmandu, Nepal
7 January 2004
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