Protection of Global Climate for Present and Future Generations of Humankind

A/RES/65/159View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20d Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind, published in 2011.

What other versions does this mandate have?

17 versions · 2010–2025

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/80/138

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/138	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind	6,545	76%Compare
2024	A/RES/79/206	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind	6,698	78%Compare
2023	A/RES/78/153	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind	6,333	79%Compare
2022	A/RES/77/165	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind	5,458	42%Compare
2022	A/RES/76/205	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind	4,474	82%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2017

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2017	A/72/82	Action Plan for Integrating Sustainable Development Practices into Secretariat-wide Operations and Facilities Management report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/71/228

What subjects does this mandate have?

11 subjects

Capacity Building Climate Climate Change Developing Countries Environmental Agreements Environmental Protection Financial Resources International Cooperation Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Sustainable Development Technology Transfer

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Recognizes the urgency of addressing and the seriousness of the challenge of climate change, and calls upon States to show strong political will in working cooperatively towards achieving the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeError: Reference source not found through the urgent implementation of its provisions;

Notes that States that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ChangeError: Reference source not found welcome the entry into force of the Protocol on 16 February 2005, and strongly urges States that have not yet done so to ratify the Protocol in a timely manner;

Takes note of the outcome of the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and of the fifth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, hosted by the Government of Denmark from 7 to 19 December 2009;¹⁶

¹⁶FCCC/CP/2009/11/Add.1 and FCCC/KP/CMP/2009/21/Add.1.

Notes with appreciation that the Government of Mexico hosted the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol in Cancun from 29 November to 10 December 2010;

Notes the ongoing parallel work of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the Convention and of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol, in accordance with their respective mandates, and that the respective parties to the Convention and the Protocol call for the completion of this work;

Encourages Member States to approach the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun with optimism and determination, with a view to achieving a substantive, balanced and ambitious outcome of the sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and of the sixth session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol;

Notes with appreciation, in this regard, the offer of the Government of South Africa to host the seventeenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention and the seventh session of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, to be held in 2011;

Urges parties to the Convention, and invites parties to the Kyoto Protocol, to continue to make use of the information contained in the fourth assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate ChangeError: Reference source not found in their work;

Recognizes that climate change poses serious risks and challenges to all countries, particularly developing countries, especially the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small island developing States and countries in Africa, including those that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, calls upon States to take urgent global action to address climate change in accordance with the principles identified in the Convention, including the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, and in this regard urges all countries to fully implement their commitments under the Convention, to take effective and concrete actions and measures at all levels and to enhance international cooperation within the framework of the Convention;

Reaffirms that efforts to address climate change in a manner that enhances the sustainable development and sustained economic growth of developing countries and the eradication of poverty should be carried out by promoting the integration of the three components of sustainable development, namely, economic development, social development and environmental protection, as interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars, in an integrated, coordinated and balanced manner;

Recognizes the urgency of providing financial and technical resources, as well as capacity-building and access to and transfer of technology, to assist those developing countries adversely affected by climate change;

Notes the ongoing work of the Joint Liaison Group of the secretariats and offices of the relevant subsidiary bodies of the Framework Convention, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa,¹⁷ and the Convention on Biological Diversity,¹⁸ and encourages close cooperation to promote complementarities among the three secretariats while respecting their independent legal status;

¹⁷United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1954, No. 33480.

¹⁸Ibid., vol. 1760, No. 30619.

Invites the conferences of the parties to the multilateral environmental conventions, when setting the dates of their meetings, to take into consideration the schedule of meetings of the General Assembly and of the Commission on Sustainable Development so as to ensure the adequate representation of developing countries at those meetings;

Invites the secretariat of the Framework Convention to report, through the Secretary-General, to the General Assembly at its sixty-sixth session on the work of the Conference of the Parties;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, the sub-item entitled “Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind”.

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