International Cooperation to Mitigate the Environmental Consequences on Kuwait and Other Countries in the Region Resulting From the Situation Between Iraq and Kuwait

A/RES/47/151View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 78e International cooperation to mitigate the environmental consequences on Kuwait and other countries in the region resulting from the situation between Iraq and Kuwait, published in 1993.

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2 versions · 1992–1993

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1993	A/RES/47/151	International cooperation to mitigate the environmental consequences on Kuwait and other countries in the region resulting from the situation between Iraq and Kuwait	873	—
1992	A/RES/46/216	International cooperation to mitigate the environmental consequences on Kuwait and other countries in the region resulting from the situation between Iraq and Kuwait	—	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Environmental Degradation Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Protection Iraq-Kuwait Situation Kuwait Marine Environment Persian Gulf Region

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Appeals to all States Members of the United Nations, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, scientific bodies and individuals to provide assistance for programmes aimed at the study and mitigation of the environmental degradation of the region and for strengthening the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment and its role in coordinating the implementation of these programmes;

Calls upon the organizations and programmes of the United Nations system, in particular the International Maritime Organization and the United Nations Environment Programme, to pursue their efforts to assess the short-term as well as the long-term impact of the environmental degradation of the region and to consider measures that may be needed to counteract these effects;

Requests the Secretary-General, through his Personal Representative, to render assistance to the members of the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment in the formulation and implementation of a coordinated and consolidated programme of action comprising costed project profiles, to help identify all possible resources for the programme of action and, inter alia, for strengthening the environmental capacities of the members of the Regional Organization for the Protection of the Marine Environment to deal with this problem, and to allocate, within existing resources, the minimum resources required to enable his Personal Representative to continue to help coordinate the activities of the United Nations system to that end;

Also requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its forty-ninth session, through the Economic and Social Council, a report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its forty-ninth session the sub-item entitled "International cooperation to mitigate the envi onmental consequences on Kuwait and other countries in the region resulting from the situation between Iraq and Kuwait" under the item entitled "Development and international economic cooperation".

92"d plenary meeting

18 December 1992

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