World Solar Programme 1996-2005

A/RES/54/215View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100 Environment and sustainable development, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 1998–2001

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/55/205

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2001	A/RES/55/205	World Solar Programme 1996-2005	1,155	35%Compare
2000	A/RES/54/215	World Solar Programme 1996-2005	1,168	18%Compare
1998	A/RES/53/7	World Solar Programme 1996-2005	564	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

8 subjects

Energy Resources Development Funds Project Implementation Renewable Energy Sources Resources Mobilization Solar Energy Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

13 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General,⁷ including measures taken by the various entities of the United Nations system for the implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005;

⁷A/54/212.

Notes with appreciation the role of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization in promoting, within its mandate, the implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005, in particular its education and training programmes in the field of new and renewable sources of energy, and, in this context, also notes with appreciation the initiative undertaken by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization of inviting the competent organs and programmes of the United Nations system to cooperate in the implementation of the Programme;

Notes the role that the World Solar Commission has so far played in the mobilization of international support and assistance for the implementation of many of the national high-priority projects on renewable sources of energy included in the World Solar Programme 1996-2005, many of which are being executed with national funding;

Commends highly the efforts of many Member States in taking concrete national actions, including legislative measures, that have resulted in the wider use of renewable sources of energy in their countries;

Notes with appreciation the financial support that has been provided by some developed countries that are Members of the United Nations and some intergovernmental organizations, within and outside the United Nations system, in the implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005;

Calls upon all relevant funding institutions and bilateral and multilateral donors, as well as regional funding institutions and non-governmental organizations, to support, as appropriate, the efforts being made for the development of the renewable energy sector in developing countries on the basis of environment-friendly, renewable sources of energy of demonstrated viability, while taking fully into account the development structure of energy-based economies of developing countries, and to assist in the attainment of the levels of investment necessary to expand energy supplies beyond urban areas;

Takes note of the decision of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization regarding the strategic importance of the Global Renewable Energy Education and Training Programme 1996-2005 in attaining the objective of sustainable development,⁸ and encourages the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization to make efforts to promote public awareness in all Member States in this regard, with the support of international, regional and national institutions, both public and private;

⁸See United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Records of the General Conference, Thirtieth Session, Paris, 26 October - 17 November 1999, vol. 1: Resolutions, resolution 19.

Invites all Governments to encourage the involvement of all relevant stakeholders, including the private sector, in the promotion of research on and the development of renewable sources of energy, in particular, within this context, in the implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005, in accordance with their respective national policies;

Encourages the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to promote the mobilization of adequate technical assistance and funding and the full utilization of existing international funds for the effective implementation of national and regional high-priority projects in the area of renewable sources of energy;

Invites the Inter-agency Working Group on Energy to facilitate the contribution of the work under the World Solar Programme 1996-2005 to the consideration of the theme of energy by the Commission on Sustainable Development at its ninth session, to be held in 2001;

Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme and other relevant organizations, to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session a report on concrete action being taken for the effective implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005, including promotion for mobilization of resources;

Also requests the Secretary-General to include in his report on energy and sustainable development to the Commission on Sustainable Development a report on action to be taken to implement the present resolution, including further recommendations on appropriate modalities to promote new and renewable sources of energy;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session, under the item entitled “Environment and sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled “Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy, including the implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005”.

22 December1999

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