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International Cooperation to Reduce the Impact of the El Niño Phenomenon

A/RES/54/220No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda items 100Environment and sustainable development and 100bInternational Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 1998–2015
This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/69/218
  • 2015A/RES/69/218International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenonLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2013A/RES/67/208International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenonCompare with previous version
  • 2011A/RES/65/158International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenonCompare with previous version
  • 2009A/RES/63/215International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenonCompare with previous version
  • 2007A/RES/61/199International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenonCompare with previous version

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 topics
Capacity BuildingDisaster PreparednessDisaster PreventionEl Niño CurrentInternational DecadesNatural DisastersScientific Cooperation

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report of the Secretary-General submitted under this mandate, 2001.

  • 2001A/56/76International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenon report of the Secretary-General

iIdentified automatically from the metadata in each report’s UN Digital Library catalogue record.

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Secretary-General,2 and endorses the conclusions and recommendations contained therein;
2
Welcomes the 1999 retrospective report on the El Niño/Southern Oscillation prepared by the World Meteorological Organization;
3
Reiterates its invitation to Member States in paragraphs 8 and 9 of resolution 52/200 in relation to the technical and financial assistance needed to strengthen the national capacity of developing countries to support observation and research systems at the global and regional levels to prevent, mitigate and repair the damage caused by the El Niño/Southern Oscillation;
4
Welcomes the recommendations of the Commission on Sustainable Development at its seventh session regarding the approach that the United Nations system and the international community should take in dealing with the El Niño/Southern Oscillation, and reiterates its invitation to Member States to cover the impact of the El Niño/Southern Oscillation in their annual national reports;
5
Calls upon the Secretary-General, the relevant United Nations organizations and the international community to take the necessary measures, as appropriate, to establish an international research centre on El Niño at Guayaquil, Ecuador, invites the international community to provide financial, technical and scientific assistance and cooperation for this purpose, and encourages the centre, once established, to strengthen its links with other relevant regional and global climate-study organizations and to focus on the practical application of information regarding El Niño in such areas as disaster preparedness, agriculture, health, tourism, water and energy;
6
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to promote the full implementation of its resolutions 52/200 and 53/185 as an integral part of the agreed arrangements after the conclusion of the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction;
7
Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session, through the Commission on Sustainable Development at its eighth session and the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 2000, a report on the implementation of the present resolution, under the agenda item entitled “Environment and sustainable development”.

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