The resolution on Missing Persons, initiated by the Republic of Azerbaijan, was adopted by consensus in the plenary meeting of the United Nations General Assembly on December 19th. 60 countries joined the resolution as co-authors.
The resolution calls upon the states that are parties to armed conflict to strictly observe and respect the rules of international humanitarian law, to take all appropriate measures to prevent persons from going missing and to determine the identity and fate of persons reported missing and to provide their family members with all relevant information as to their fate. In this context, the resolution requests the states to pay the outmost attention to cases of children reported missing in connection with the armed conflict.
As requested by the resolution, the Secretary-General will submit a comprehensive report to the 73rd Session of the General Assembly in 2018 as well as the relevant session of the UN Human Rights Council on the implementation of the present resolution.
With the initiative of the Republic of Azerbaijan the first resolution on Missing Persons was adopted at the 57th Session of UN GA with consensus in 2002 and henceforth, the resolution on Missing Persons was submitted to UN General Assembly biannually on a periodical basis.
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