The Assembly underlines the role of the private sector in ensuring resilience to natural disasters. In view of this, it calls on member States to fully implement and operationalise in national legislation the concept of corporate due diligence obligations as formulated in the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and in Recommendation CM/Rec(2016)3 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on human rights and business.
The disastrous earthquake in Türkiye and Syria has revealed the fundamental role played by the private sector in society’s resilience to natural disasters. Negligence of certain construction contractors has increased the death toll. States should adopt legislation to control and hold such businesses accountable.