Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country.

33. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SIXTH COMMITTEE
95. 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] Considering that the problems related to the privileges and immunities of the United Nations and to the status of the missions accredited to it are of great importance and of mutual concern to the Member States, including the host country, as well as to the United Nations as a whole, Expressing its concern over the incident and all its aspects which resulted in a diplomatic representative of a Member State of the United Nations being unilaterally required to leave the host country,

1. Takes note of the report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country;

2. Considers that the security of the missions accredited to the United Nations and the safety of their personnel are indispensable for their effective functioning, notes with satisfaction the assurances given by the competent authorities of the host country and recognizes the usefulness of the various measures taken to this end;

3. Urges the host country to take all necessary measures without delay in order to prevent any acts violating the security of missions and the safety of their personnel or the inviolability of their property and in order to ensure normal conditions for the existence and functioning of all missions;

4. Urges the host country to continue to take measures to apprehend, bring to justice and punish all those responsible for committing criminal acts against missions accredited to the United Nations as provided for in the 1972 Federal Act for the Protection of Foreign Officials and Official Guests of the United States;[2]

5. Calls upon the missions of Member States to co-operate, with a view to facilitating the course of justice, as fully as possible with the Federal and local United States authorities in cases affecting the security of those missions and their personnel;

6. Calls upon the host country to avoid actions not consistent with meeting effectively obligations undertaken by it in accordance with international law in relation to the privileges and immunities of Member States;

7. Requests the Secretary-General to enter into consultations with the host country concerning procedures for consultations between the host country and the Member States or the Secretary-General, pursuant to section 13 (b) of the Agreement between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations,[3] and to report to the Committee on Relations with the Host Country in 1979;

8. Appeals to the host country to review the measures with regard to the parking of diplomatic vehicles with a view to facilitating the desires and needs of the diplomatic community and to consider terminating the practice of serving summonses to diplomats;

9. Welcomes the diplomatic community's readiness to co-operate fully with the local authorities in solving traffic problems and notes, in this regard, the desirability of missions making reasonable efforts to utilize off-street parking facilities;

10. Expresses the hope that efforts will be continued and intensified with a view to implementing an information programme in order to acquaint the population of the City of New York and its boroughs with the privileges and immunities of the personnel of the missions accredited to the United Nations and with the importance of the international functions performed by them;

11. Notes that there have been difficulties concerning unpaid bills for goods and services rendered by private persons and organizations to certain missions accredited to the United Nations and certain individual diplomats attached to those missions, and suggests that the Secretariat and others concerned work together to solve these outstanding difficulties;

12. Expresses its appreciation to the New York City Commission for the United Nations and for the Consular Corps and those bodies which contribute to its efforts to help to accommodate the needs, interests and requirements of the diplomatic community, to provide hospitality and to promote mutual understanding between the diplomatic community and the people of the City of New York;

13. Decides to continue the work of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country, in conformity with General Assembly resolution 2819 (XXVI) of 15 December 1971, with the purpose of examining on a more regular basis all matters falling within its terms of reference, and requests the Secretary-General to provide the Committee with all necessary assistance;

14. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its thirty-fourth session the item entitled "Report of the Committee on Relations with the Host Country".

86th plenary meeting
16 December 1978

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[1] Ibid., Supplement No. 26 (A/33/26 and Corr.1). [2] United States Public Law 92-539 (see A/8871/Rev.1). [3] Resolution 169 (II).