International Year for Sustainable Energy for All

A/RES/65/151View PDF

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20 Sustainable development, published in 2010.

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9 subjects

Coordination Within UN System Energy Efficiency Energy Services Energy Technology International Years Public Information Renewable Energy Sources Report Preparation Sustainable Energy

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5 operative paragraphs

Decides to declare 2012 the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All;

Notes the efforts of the United Nations system to work towards ensuring energy access for all and to protect the environment through the sustainable use of traditional energy resources, cleaner technologies and newer energy sources;⁶

⁶See the report of the Secretary-General’s Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change entitled “Energy for a sustainable future”. Available from www.unido.org.

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with relevant agencies within the United Nations system and UN-Energy, and mindful of the provisions of the annex to Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67, to organize and coordinate activities to be undertaken during the Year;

Encourages all Member States, the United Nations system and all other actors to take advantage of the Year to increase awareness of the importance of addressing energy issues, including modern energy services for all, access to affordable energy, energy efficiency and the sustainability of energy sources and use, for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, sustainable development and the protection of the global climate, and to promote action at the local, national, regional and international levels;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, taking into account, inter alia, the initiatives taken by Member States and international organizations to create at all levels an enabling environment for the promotion of access to energy and energy services and the use of new and renewable energy technologies, including measures to improve access to such technologies.

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