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Cooperative Measures to Assess and Increase Awareness of Environmental Effects Related to Waste Originating From Chemical Munitions Dumped at Sea

A/RES/78/146View PDF

Who created this mandate?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 18Sustainable development, published in 2023.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2011–2023
  • 2023A/RES/78/146Cooperative measures to assess and increase awareness of environmental effects related to waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at seaLatestCompare with previous version
  • 2020A/RES/74/213Cooperative measures to assess and increase awareness of environmental effects related to waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at seaCompare with previous version
  • 2017A/RES/71/220Cooperative measures to assess and increase awareness of environmental effects related to waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at seaCompare with previous version
  • 2014A/RES/68/208Cooperative measures to assess and increase awareness of environmental effects related to waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at seaCompare with previous version
  • 2011A/RES/65/149Cooperative measures to assess and increase awareness of environmental effects related to waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at sea

iVersions are identified automatically by matching titles within the same organ (~97% accuracy on a manual audit).

Who cites this mandate in the budget?

1 entity

iExtracted automatically from each entity’s budget submission.

What subjects does this mandate have?

5 topics
Chemical WeaponsEnvironmental ProtectionInformation ExchangeInternational CooperationOcean Dumping

What does this mandate say?

9 operative paragraphs
1
Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General, including the views submitted and contained therein;
2
Notes the importance of raising awareness of the environmental effects related to waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at sea;
3
Invites Member States and relevant international and regional organizations to keep under observation the issue of the waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at sea, to continue outreach efforts to assess and increase awareness of environmental effects related to that issue and to cooperate, including by strengthening existing efforts within regional seas conventions and other international, regional and subregional activities, as appropriate, related to risk assessment, monitoring, information-gathering, risk prevention and response to incidents;
4
Encourages voluntary sharing of information on waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at sea through conferences, seminars, workshops, training courses and publications aimed at the general public and industry in order to reduce related risks;
5
Also encourages partnerships between Governments, industry and civil society for raising awareness about, reporting on and monitoring of waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at sea;
6
Invites Member States to consider providing assistance and sharing expertise aimed at building capacities related to risk assessment, monitoring, information gathering, risk prevention and response to incidents resulting from waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at sea;
7
Encourages Member States to share experiences, good practices and information on the technologies available to treat, conserve or safely destroy the waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at sea;
8
Invites the Secretary-General to continue analysing all available information and additionally, if appropriate, to seek the views of Member States and relevant regional and international organizations on cooperative measures to assess and increase awareness of the environmental effects related to waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at sea, also with a view to providing a global review of available technical means of minimizing potential environmental effects related to the waste originating from chemical munitions dumped at sea, including through their elimination, based on the scientific data and information compiled with due regard to equitable geographical representation, and further exploring the possibility of establishing a database, as well as identifying the appropriate intergovernmental bodies within the United Nations system for further consideration and implementation, as appropriate, of the cooperative measures envisaged in the present resolution, building on and without duplicating existing activities, and with a view to achieving efficiency and synergies, taking into account the mandates and capacities of relevant international and regional organizations;
9
Requests the Secretary-General, within existing resources, to submit to the General Assembly at its eighty-second session a report on the implementation of the present resolution, prepared using responses of Member States and relevant regional and international organizations, as well as other available information, with the circulation of the related questionnaire among Member States with due advance notice, and decides to include the item entitled “Sustainable development” in the provisional agenda of its eighty-second session, unless otherwise agreed.

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