United Nations A/HRC/RES/58/1

General Assembly Distr.: General

3 February 2024

Original: English

Human Rights Council

Fifty-eighth session
2 February–3 February 2024
Agenda item 1
Developing a collaborative action plan to ensure
effective reception of humanitarian aid in Syria

Resolution adopted by the Human Rights Council on 3 February 2024

58/1 Developing a collaborative action plan to ensure effective reception of

humanitarian aid in Syria

The Human Rights Council,

Guided by the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Reaffirming its strong commitment to the sovereignty, independence, unity and territorial integrity
of Syria and to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations,
Recalling all previous resolutions of the General Assembly and the Human Rights Council on
humanitarian aid to Syria, and all resolutions of the Commission on Human Rights on the issue,
Encouraging efforts to improve cross-line deliveries of humanitarian assistance and all relevant
parties to further promote, consistent with United Nations assessments of need, unhindered delivery
of humanitarian assistance,
Taking into account that the devastating humanitarian situation in Syria continues to constitute a
threat to peace and security in the region,
Recalling the need for all parties to respect the relevant provisions of international humanitarian law
and the United Nations guiding principles of humanitarian emergency assistance,
Further Reaffirming that all human rights are universal, indivisible, interdependent and interrelated,
and that they must be treated globally, in a fair and equal manner, on the same footing and with the
same emphasis,
Fully believing that prioritizing accountability and transparency measures is paramount to the
proper and equitable delivery of humanitarian aid,
Stressing that a peaceful, stable and enabling political, social and economic environment at both the
national and international levels is the essential foundation that will enable States to give adequate
priority and equitable access, devoid of discrimination, to humanitarian aid,
1. Emphasizes the need to adopt an action plan for humanitarian aid to Syria, along the lines of the
proposal given by the delegation of Syria:
a. Proposed mandate and framework for a potential humanitarian aid mechanism action
plan:
i. The Project from here onwards shall be known as “Project Hulm” or as “the
Project”,
ii. Project Hulm will be mandated to start on the 12th of February, 2024 for a
total duration of 2 years or till the advisory board deems its work done, with
 the potential to have a renewed mandate in the event the advisory board sees
it fit after 1.5 years of the mandate’s procedures, or in other words, after 3
reports have been made on its actions,
iii. Project Hulm will set an advisory board under the mandate of the United
Nations General Assembly to communicate and collaborate with the Syrian
government, the advisory board shall be tasked with evaluating, analyzing
and determining the efficacy of the action plan with specific importance
given towards relevant statistics and the reports made every 6 months, so as
to provide a holistic approach towards the humanitarian aid supply taking into
consideration rapidly changing immediate needs and slowly changing long
term needs of vulnerable populations,
iv. Reports of this aid mechanism will be submitted every 6 months, starting
from the commencement of its mandate,
v. Special emphasis will be put on the regions of Latakia, Idleb, Aleppo, Ar-
Raqqa, Al-Hasakeh and Dar’a,
vi. The main purpose of this project will be as follows:
1. Ensure a formal path of communication between the United Nations
and its specialized agencies with the Syrian government including
the freedom of movement of aid providers and the freedom of
choosing their partners,
2. Formulate a context-specific humanitarian aid framework which will
be adaptable to changes in the immediate and long-term needs of
vulnerable populations in Syria in order to ensure the following:
a. Protection
i. Protection for general population – involving
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR)
1. Making use of safe corridors and de-
escalation zones to facilitate aid delivery
and protect the aid workers
ii. Protection for Children – involving United Nations
International Children's Emergency Fund
(UNICEF)
iii. Protection against gender-based violence –
involving United Nations Entity for Gender
Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN
WOMEN)
b. Food Security and Nutrition – involving World Food
Programme (WFP) and Food Agriculture Organization
(FAO)
c. Shelter – involving United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR), UN Habitat, United Nations
Development Programme (UNDP)
d. Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) – involving United
Nations International Children's Emergency Fund
(UNICEF) and World Health Organization (WHO)
e. Education – involving UNICEF
i. Including livelihood education
f. Healthcare – involving WHO
vii. After an agreement is reached in regards to the financing of this Project with
the support of a budgetary auditing committee, the financial support required
for the running of this Project will encompass 1-year periods to a maximum
of 2 until the exhaustion of its mandate,
A/HRC/RES/58/1 viii. Contribution to the Project will be voluntary and on the basis of consent from
all willing States upon authorization by the Syrian government;
2. Emphasizes the importance of societal advancement in order to make sure that humanitarian aid
is successfully and equitably distributed, through community engagement and empowerment
including psychological support and family planning to ensure higher Contraceptive Prevalence
Rate (CPR) and lower unmet needs and maternal care, along with innovative technology and
data analysis to provide technical solutions incorporating the use of Global Positioning Service
(GPS), cloud technologies and real-time mapping services including Geographic Information
System (GIS);
3. Recommends the meeting of the urgent needs for expertise, machineries and fuel for economic
development, along with prioritizing climate resilience in aid planning making use of
technological advances.

58th meeting
3 February 2024
[Adopted by a recorded vote of 9 to 3, with 2 abstentions]