Declaring the Aral Sea Region a Zone of Ecological Innovations and Technologies

A/RES/75/278View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19 Sustainable development, published in 2021.

What subjects does this mandate have?

3 subjects

Aral Sea Environmental Protection Regional Cooperation

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Supports the initiative to transform the Aral Sea region from a zone of ecological crisis into a zone of ecological innovations and technologies;

Expresses its support for the ongoing regional efforts and initiatives to strengthen the environmental, social, economic and demographic situation of the Aral Sea region;

Encourages research and scientific advisory activities to further recover and improve the environment, preserve natural resources and enhance the quality of life of the population of the Aral Sea region;

Reaffirms that the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea remains the main international agency that aims to solve international problems of an economic, social or humanitarian nature in the Aral Sea region, and the whole Aral Sea basin, taking into account the interests of all countries of the region;

Invites Member States, the funds, programmes and agencies of the United Nations system, international financial institutions and other relevant stakeholders to conduct joint collaborative interdisciplinary research and scientific and innovative cooperation in the Aral Sea region with the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea, as well as with national initiatives such as the International Innovation Center for the Aral Sea Basin under the President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and to establish protective forest plantations on the drained bottom of the Aral Sea;

Emphasizes the importance of strengthening regional cooperation in the implementation of joint actions to overcome the consequences of the Aral Sea crisis and stabilize the ecological situation in the Aral Sea region, prevent further desertification and mitigate the negative environmental and socioeconomic consequences by stabilizing the methods of forest amelioration of sand formations on the drained bottom of the Aral Sea, which is subject to ash, salt and dust transfer, and promoting socioeconomic development and adaptation to climate change, the development of ecotourism and the implementation of other measures;

Declares the Aral Sea region a zone of ecological innovations and technologies, and in this context calls upon Member States, the funds, programmes and agencies of the United Nations system, international financial institutions and other relevant stakeholders to develop and implement in the Aral Sea region environmentally sound technologies, sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, and energy- and water-saving technologies, in line with goal 17.7 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.²

²Resolution 70/1.

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