International Cooperation to Reduce the Impact of the El Niño Phenomenon

A/RES/56/194View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 98b International strategy for disaster reduction, published in 2002.

What other versions does this mandate have?

12 versions · 1998–2015

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/69/218

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2015	A/RES/69/218	International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenon	1,090	74%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/208	International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenon	819	83%Compare
2011	A/RES/65/158	International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenon	733	68%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/215	International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenon	627	78%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/199	International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenon	613	58%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

4 reports · 2001–2016

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2016	A/71/230	Implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030 report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/218
2010	A/65/388	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/215
2006	A/61/229	Implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/59/232
2001	A/56/76	International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenon report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/52/200A/RES/53/185A/RES/54/220A/RES/55/197

What subjects does this mandate have?

10 subjects

Climate Change Disaster Preparedness Early Warning Systems El Niño Current Financial Assistance Institution Building Research Centres Scientific Cooperation Technical Cooperation Working Groups

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Secretary-General;³

³A/56/76-E/2001/54.

Commends the measures adopted by the host country for the establishment of an international centre for the study of the El Niño phenomenon, and encourages the Government of Ecuador to continue its efforts aimed at the completion of that process;

Encourages the centre, once established, to strengthen its links with other relevant regional and global climate-study organizations, as well as with Internet information services, in order to ensure an effective and efficient use of the available resources;

Calls upon the Secretary-General and the relevant United Nations organs, funds and programmes, in particular those taking part in the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, and encourages the international community, to adopt, as appropriate, the necessary measures to support the establishment of the above-mentioned research centre at Guayaquil, Ecuador, and invites the international community to provide scientific, technical and financial assistance and cooperation for that purpose, as well as to strengthen, as appropriate, other centres devoted to the study of the El Niño phenomenon;

Welcomes the establishment of the working group on climate and disasters, and invites the Inter-Agency Task Force for Disaster Reduction and the inter-agency secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction to ensure functional synergies among the working groups dealing with climate variability, social and economic vulnerability, and the effectiveness of early warning systems;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue the full implementation of its resolutions 52/200, 53/185, 54/220 and 55/197 and Economic and Social Council resolutions 1999/46, 1999/63 and 2000/33;

Also requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its fifty-seventh session on the implementation of the present resolution, under the item entitled “Environment and sustainable development”.

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