A/RES/73/172 Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions 20. Urges all States, in particular those that have not done so, to cooperate with the Special Rapporteur so that the mandate can be carried out effectively, including by favourably and rapidly responding to requests for visits, mindful that country visits are one of the essential tools for the fulfilment of the mandate, and by responding in a timely manner to communications and other requests transmitted to them by the Special Rapporteur; 21. Strongly urges all States to take the necessary measures to ensure the safety and security of national and international humanitarian personnel; 22. Expresses its appreciation to those States that have received the Special Rapporteur, asks them to examine the Special Rapporteur ’s recommendations carefully, invites them to inform the Special Rapporteur of the actions taken on those recommendations, and requests other States to cooperate in a similar way; 23. Once again requests the Secretary-General to continue to use his best endeavours in cases where the minimum standards of legal safeguards provided for in articles 6, 9, 14 and 15 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights appear not to have been respected; 24. Requests the Secretary-General to provide the Special Rapporteur with adequate human, financial and material resources to enable her to carry out the mandate effectively, including through country visits; 25. Also requests the Secretary-General to continue, in close collaboration with the High Commissioner and in conformity with the mandate of the High Commissioner, established by the General Assembly in its resolution 48/141 of 20 December 1993, to ensure that personnel specialized in international humanitarian and human rights law, including in provisions related to gender equality, form part of United Nations missions, where appropriate, in order to deal with serious violations of human rights, such as extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; 26. Requests the Special Rapporteur to submit to the General Assembly, at its seventy-fourth and seventy-fifth sessions, a report on the situation worldwide with regard to extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions and recommendations for more effective action to combat this phenomenon; 27. session. Decides to continue its consideration of the question at its seventy-fifth 55th plenary meeting 17 December 2018 6/6 18-22268