International Cooperation and Coordination for the Human and Ecological Rehabilitation and Economic Development of the Semipalatinsk Region of Kazakhstan

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Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 65bSpecial economic assistance to individual countries or regions, published in 2009.

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11 versions · 1998–2023

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/78/142

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2012A/RES/66/193International cooperation and coordination for the human and ecological rehabilitation and economic development of the Semipalatinsk region of KazakhstanCompare with previous version

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14 topics

Anniversaries Consultations Donor Countries Ecology Economic Assistance Humanitarian Assistance Information Exchange Kazakhstan Nuclear Weapon Tests Programme Implementation Reconstruction Resources Mobilization Semipalatinsk (Kazakhstan)Sustainable Development

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10 operative paragraphs

Welcomes and recognizes the important role of the Government of Kazakhstan in providing domestic resources to help to meet the needs of the Semipalatinsk region, including for the implementation of the Kazakhstan national multi-year programme entitled “Complex solution of the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site problems for 2005–2007”;

Calls upon the international community, including all Member States, in particular donor States, and United Nations institutions to continue to support Kazakhstan in addressing the challenges of the rehabilitation of the Semipalatinsk region and its population, taking additional actions, including by facilitating the implementation of the Kazakhstan national programme on addressing the problems of the former Semipalatinsk nuclear testing ground in a comprehensive manner, and stresses the importance of regional cooperation in this regard;

Urges the international community to provide assistance to Kazakhstan in the formulation and implementation of special programmes and projects for the treatment and care of the affected population as well as in efforts to ensure economic growth and sustainable development in the Semipalatinsk region;

Calls upon Member States, relevant multilateral financial organizations and other entities of the international community, including academia and non-governmental organizations, to share their knowledge and experience in order to contribute to the human and ecological rehabilitation and economic development of the Semipalatinsk region;

Welcomes initiatives commemorating the closure of the former Semipalatinsk test site and the twentieth anniversary of the international anti-nuclear movement “Nevada-Semei”, and the international conference of the International Atomic Energy Agency on the remediation of land contaminated by radioactive material residues, to be held in 2009 in Kazakhstan, and invites the international community to participate in these events;

Invites Member States to observe, in 2011, the twentieth anniversary of the closure of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site by conducting events and functions to provide to the international community information on the deteriorating consequences of nuclear testing on human health and the environment;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue his efforts in implementing relevant resolutions of the General Assembly and to encourage the donor community and international and regional organizations to fulfil their commitments declared at the Tokyo international conference;

Also requests the Secretary-General to pursue a consultative process, with the participation of interested States and relevant United Nations agencies, on modalities for mobilizing and coordinating the necessary support to seek appropriate solutions to the problems and needs of the Semipalatinsk region, including those prioritized in his report ;1

Calls upon the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to enhance world public awareness of the problems and needs of the Semipalatinsk region;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, on progress made in the implementation of the present resolution.

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