Promotion of New and Renewable Sources of Energy

A/RES/62/197View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 54i Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2008–2015

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/69/225

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2015	A/RES/69/225	Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy	1,854	72%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/215	Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy	1,445	21%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/206	Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy	512	17%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/206	Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy	1,863	64%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/197	Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy	1,351	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 2009–2016

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2016	A/71/220	Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/69/225
2014	A/69/323	Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/67/215
2012	A/67/318	Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/206
2012	A/67/296	Combating intolerance, negative stereotyping, stigmatization, discrimination, incitement to violence and violence against persons, based on religion or belief report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/206
2009	A/64/277	Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/62/197

What’s in this document?

16 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;⁶

⁶A/62/208.

Reaffirms the need for the full implementation of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation4 as the intergovernmental framework for energy for sustainable development;

Emphasizes the need to improve access to reliable, affordable, economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally sound energy services and resources for sustainable development, and takes into consideration the diversity of situations, national policies and specific needs of developing countries and countries with economies in transition;

Also emphasizes the need to intensify research and development in support of energy for sustainable development, which will require increased commitment on the part of Governments and all other relevant stakeholders, as appropriate, including the private sector, civil society and international organizations, to deploy financial and human resources for accelerating research efforts;

Calls upon Governments, as well as relevant international and regional organizations and other relevant stakeholders, to combine, as appropriate, the increased use of new and renewable energy resources, more efficient use of energy, greater reliance on advanced energy technologies, including cleaner fossil fuel technologies, and the sustainable use of traditional energy resources, which could meet the growing need for energy services in the longer term to achieve sustainable development;

Encourages global, regional and national initiatives on new and renewable energies to promote access to energy, including new and renewable sources of energy, for the poorest and to improve energy efficiency and conservation by resorting to a mix of available technologies, taking fully into account the provisions of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation concerning energy for sustainable development;

Calls upon Governments to take further action to mobilize the provision of financial resources, technology transfer, capacity-building and the diffusion of environmentally sound technologies to developing countries and countries with economies in transition, as set out in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;

Calls upon the international community to support the efforts of the African countries in promoting the development, production and use of new and renewable sources of energy, recognizing the special needs of Africa for reliable and affordable energy supplies and services;

Also calls upon the international community to support the least developed countries, the landlocked developing countries and the small island developing States in their efforts to develop and utilize energy resources, including new and renewable energy, inter alia, through financial and technical assistance;

Reiterates its call for all relevant funding institutions and bilateral and multilateral donors, as well as regional funding institutions and non-governmental organizations, to continue to support, as appropriate, efforts aimed at the development of the energy sector in developing countries and countries with economies in transition on the basis of environment-friendly new and 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, including beyond urban areas;

Notes and encourages ongoing activities related to the promotion of new and renewable sources of energy within the United Nations system;

Encourages the United Nations system to continue to raise awareness of the importance of energy for sustainable development, including the need for the promotion of new and renewable sources of energy and of the increased role they can play in the global energy supply, particularly in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication;

Encourages the Secretary-General to continue his efforts to promote the mobilization of financial resources, in a stable and predictable manner, and technical assistance, and to enhance the effectiveness and the full utilization of existing international funds for the effective implementation of national and regional high-priority projects in the area of new and renewable sources of energy;

Stresses that the wider use and exploration of available and additional new and renewable sources of energy require technology transfer and diffusion on a global scale, including through North-South, South-South and triangular cooperation;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-fourth session a report on the implementation of the present resolution;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-fourth session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, the sub-item entitled “Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy”.

Promotion of New and Renewable Sources of Energy

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