International Cooperation to Reduce the Impact of the El Niño Phenomenon

A/RES/56/194No PDF available

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98bInternational strategy for disaster reduction, published in 2002.

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12 versions · 1998–2015

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/69/218

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10 topics

Climate Change Disaster Preparedness Early Warning Systems El Niño Current Financial Assistance Institution Building Research Centres Scientific Cooperation Technical Cooperation Working Groups

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General;

Commends the measures adopted by the host country for the establishment of an international centre for the study of the El Niño phenomenon, and encourages the Government of Ecuador to continue its efforts aimed at the completion of that process;

Encourages the centre, once established, to strengthen its links with other relevant regional and global climate-study organizations, as well as with Internet information services, in order to ensure an effective and efficient use of the available resources;

Calls upon the Secretary-General and the relevant United Nations organs, funds and programmes, in particular those taking part in the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, and encourages the international community, to adopt, as appropriate, the necessary measures to support the establishment of the above-mentioned research centre at Guayaquil, Ecuador, and invites the international community to provide scientific, technical and financial assistance and cooperation for that purpose, as well as to strengthen, as appropriate, other centres devoted to the study of the El Niño phenomenon;

Welcomes the establishment of the working group on climate and disasters, and invites the Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction and the inter-agency secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction to ensure functional synergies among the working groups dealing with climate variability, social and economic vulnerability, and the effectiveness of early warning systems;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue the full implementation of its resolutions 52/200, 53/185, 54/220 and 55/197 and Economic and Social Council resolutions 1999/46, 1999/63 and 2000/33;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution, under the item entitled “Environment and sustainable development”.

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