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International Cooperation to Reduce the Impact of the El Niño Phenomenon

A/RES/57/255No PDF available

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 87bInternational Strategy for Disaster Reduction, published in 2003.

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?

13 topics
Climate ChangeDisaster PreventionEcological ResearchEcuadorEl Niño CurrentFinancial AssistanceHydrological ResearchInter-Agency CooperationLatin AmericaMeteorology ServicesResearch CentresScientific CooperationTechnical Cooperation

What does this mandate say?

7 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;
2
Welcomes the efforts undertaken by the Government of Ecuador, in cooperation with the World Meteorological Organization and the inter-agency secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, towards the establishment of the International Centre for the Study of the El Niño Phenomenon at Guayaquil, Ecuador, and the announcement made regarding its opening in January 2003, and encourages all parties to continue their joint efforts for the development of the Centre;
3
Calls upon the Secretary-General and the relevant funds, programmes and organizations of the United Nations system, in particular those taking part in 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, and invites the international community to provide scientific, technical and financial assistance and cooperation for this purpose, as well as to strengthen, as appropriate, other centres devoted to the study of the El Niño phenomenon;
4
Encourages the Centre, once established, to strengthen its links, as appropriate, with national meteorological and hydrologic services of the Latin American region, the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific, the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research and the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, as well as with other relevant regional and global organizations that study climate, such as the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development, the Drought Monitoring Centre and the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research, and other relevant centres as appropriate, in order to ensure the effective and efficient use of the available resources;
5
Invites the Secretary-General, with the assistance of the Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction, to ensure that measures needed to address more effectively extreme meteorological and hydrologic events like the El Niño phenomenon are considered appropriately in the 2004 review of the Yokohama Strategy for a Safer World: Guidelines for Natural Disaster Prevention, Preparedness and Mitigation and its Plan of Action;
6
Requests the Secretary-General to continue the full implementation of its resolutions 52/200, 53/185, 54/220, 55/197 and 56/194 and Economic and Social Council resolutions 1999/46, 1999/63 and 2000/33;
7
Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-ninth session on the implementation of the present resolution, under the item entitled “Environment and sustainable development”.

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