Effects of Atomic Radiation

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A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 74 Effects of atomic radiation, published in 1986.

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Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2025	A/RES/80/75	Effects of atomic radiation	2,118	–
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Coordination Within UN System Information Dissemination Ionizing Radiation Non-Governmental Organizations Radiation Effects Scientific Cooperation Specialized Agencies

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Taking note with apprec1at10n of the report of the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Elfects of

Notes with satisfaction the continued and growing scientific co-operation between the Scientific Committee and the United Nations Environment Programme;

Requests the Scientific Committee to continue its work, including its important co-ordinating activities, to increase knowledge of the levels, effects and risks of ionizing radiation from all sources;

Endorses the Scientific Committee's intentions and plans for its future activities of scientific review and assessment on behalf of the General Assembly;

Requests the Scientific Committee to continue at its next session the review of the important problems in the field of radiation and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its forty-first session;

Requests the United Nations Environment Programme to continue providing support for the effective conduct of the Scientific Committee's work and for the dissemination ofits findings to the General Assembly, the scientific community and the public;

Expresses its appreciation for the assistance rendered to the Scientific Committee by Member States, the specialized agencies, the International Atomic Energy Agency and non-governmental organizations, and invites them to increase their co-operation in this field;

Invites Member States, the organizations of the United Nations system and non-governmental organizations concerned to provide further relevant data about doses, effects and risks from various sources of radiation, which would greatly help in the preparation of the Scientific Committee's future reports to the General Assembly.

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Tir/e ltem Datt> oj adoptron Page 81 2N40/417. tee, see scct. X.B.3.

3 N38/142, para. 5.

6 See N40l702. 4 See N38/735.

7 United Nations. T·ean· Senes. vol. 75, No. 973, p. 287. SN40/686.

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