United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy

A/RES/34/190View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 71 United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy, published in 1980.

What other versions does this mandate have?

4 versions · 1979–1982

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/36/193

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1982	A/RES/36/193	United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy	559	31%Compare
1981	A/RES/35/204	United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy	436	23%Compare
1980	A/RES/34/190	United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy	925	20%Compare
1979	A/RES/33/148	United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy	1,104	–

What’s in this document?

18 operative paragraphs

Decides that the United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy shall be held at Nairobi in August 1981;

Decides to designate as the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy the Committee on Natural Resources, meeting for this purpose in sessions open to the participation of all States as full members within the framework of General Assembly resolution 33/148, and decides that the Preparatory Committee shall report to the Assembly through the Economic and Social Council;

Decides also that the working languages of the Preparatory Committee shall be those of the General Assembly;

Decides further to schedule two sessions of the Preparatory Committee in 1980, the first to be held early in the year and the second to be held in time to facilitate the submission of the Committee's report to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session through the Economic and Social Council at its second regular session of 1980;

Requests the Preparatory Committee to include in its report recommendations concerning the duration of the Conference, specific dates, invitations and draft agenda for the Conference and the work programme of the Committee for 1981;

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Decides that the technical panels appointed by the Secretary-General in accordance with resolution 33/148 should prepare their interim reports in time for consideration by the Preparatory Committee at its second session of 1980;

Considers that adequate arrangements should be made to ensure equally detailed consideration for those new and renewable sources of energy for which no technical panels have been created, namely, peat and draught animal power;

Requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements to co-operate with the Government of Kenya with a view to holding the Conference there, to submit to the Conference all relevant documentation and to arrange for the necessary staff, facilities and services;

Recommends that States should designate national focal points which will co-ordinate preparations for the Conference at the national level and provide a link to the Conference secretariat in its preparatory activities;

Invites, in addition to the organizations mentioned in paragraph 7 of resolution 33/148, interested intergovernmental organizations, in particular regional organizations, and interested non-governmental organizations to contribute to the preparations for the Conference in an appropriate manner;

Requests the Secretary-General and the concerned organs, organizations and specialized agencies of the United Nations system to identify and submit a report for consideration by the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session on the ways in which, {)ending the holding of the Conference, the United Nations system can more effectively assist Member States, in particular the developing countries, in the area of new and renewable sources of energy, with particular attention, inter alia, to:

Concrete measures for the transfer of relevant technology to developing countries;

Exchange of research and information on the (b) latest developments and experiences in the practical application of new and renewable sources of energy;

Provision of appropriate technical assistance, as necessary, to the designated national focal points in the preparations for the Conference;

Provision of financial assistance for the measures listed above;

Requests the Secretary-General and the organs, organizations and bodies within the United Nations system to provide appropriate assistance, including technical assistance, to developing countries, at their request and in accordance with established procedures, in their preparations for the Conference at the national level through their national focal points and at the subregional, regional, interregional and global levels, using, inter alia, existing resources to the greatest extent possible;

Also invites Governments in a position to do so to provide similar assistance;

Requests the Secretary-General to accelerate preparations for the Conference also through a programme of public information activities designed to ensure world-wide awareness of the importance of the Conference and its objectives;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session a report on the preparations for the Conference, including recommendations for a detailed programme and calendar of

activities and other measures-particularly the consideration of the final results of the technical panels by the Preparatory Committee-which may still be required in order fully to meet the objectives of resolution 3 3 / 148.

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