International Cooperation to Reduce the Impact of the El Niño Phenomenon

A/RES/59/232View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 85c International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, published in 2005.

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?

13 subjects

Climate Change Disaster Prevention Ecuador El Niño Current Environmental Information Financial Assistance Information Exchange Inter-Agency Cooperation Meteorology Services Research Centres Scientific Cooperation Scientific Institutions Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

6 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction,⁴ in particular the section entitled “International cooperation to reduce the impact of the El Niño phenomenon”;

⁴A/59/228.

Welcomes the efforts of the Government of Ecuador, the World Meteorological Organization and the inter-agency secretariat for the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction which led to the establishment of the International Centre for the Study of the El Niño Phenomenon at Guayaquil, Ecuador, and to its opening in February 2003, and encourages those parties to continue their efforts for the advancement of the Centre;

Calls upon the Secretary-General and the relevant United Nations organs, funds and programmes, in particular those taking part in the International Strategy for Disaster Reduction, encourages the international community to adopt, as appropriate, the necessary measures to support the development of the International Centre for the Study of the El Niño Phenomenon, and invites the international community to provide scientific, technical and financial assistance and cooperation for this purpose, as well as to strengthen, as appropriate, other centres devoted to the study of the El Niño phenomenon;

Encourages the Centre to strengthen its links, as appropriate, with national meteorological and hydrological services of the Latin American region, the Permanent Commission for the South Pacific, the Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research and the International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, as well as with other relevant regional and global organizations that study climate, such as the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, the African Centre of Meteorological Applications for Development, the Drought Monitoring Centre and the Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research, and other relevant centres, as appropriate, in order to ensure the effective and efficient use of the available resources;

Underscores the importance of maintaining the El Niño/Southern Oscillation observation system, continuing research into extreme weather events, improving forecasting skills and developing appropriate policies for reducing the impact of the El Niño phenomenon and other extreme weather events and emphasizes the need to further develop and strengthen these institutional capacities in all countries, in particular in developing countries;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-first session on the implementation of the present resolution, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”.

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