Protection of Global Climate for Present and Future Generations of Mankind

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 54d Protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

17 versions · 1989–2008

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2008	A/RES/62/86	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind	1,465	51%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/201	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind	1,151	64%Compare
2006	A/RES/60/197	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind	914	72%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/234	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind	770	68%Compare
2004	A/RES/58/243	Protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind	698	61%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

13 subjects

Climate Climate Change Conferences Cooperation Between Organizations Environmental Agreements Information Exchange Liaison Offices Poverty Mitigation Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Subsidiary Bodies Sustainable Development Technology Transfer Trust Funds

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Stresses the seriousness of climate change, and calls upon States to work cooperatively towards achieving the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change1 through the implementation of its provisions;

Notes that States that have ratified the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change15 welcome the entry into force of the Protocol on 16 February 2005 and strongly urge States that have not yet done so to ratify it in a timely manner;

Takes note of the outcome of the eleventh9 and twelfth10 sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention and the first9 and second10 sessions of the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol;

Takes note with appreciation of the offer of the Government of Indonesia to host the thirteenth session of the Conference of the Parties and the third session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, to be held in Bali from 3 to 14 December 2007, and looks forward to a successful outcome, including the advancement of negotiations on the way forward;

Also takes note with appreciation of the offer of the Government of Poland to host the fourteenth session of the Conference of the Parties and the fourth session of the Meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, to be held in Poznań from 1 to 12 December 2008;

Recognizes that climate change poses serious risks and challenges to all countries, particularly to developing countries, especially the least developed countries, landlocked developing countries, small island developing States and countries in Africa, including those that are particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change, and calls upon States to take urgent global action to address climate change in accordance with the principles identified in the Framework Convention, including the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities, and, in this regard, urges all countries to fully implement their commitments under the Convention, to take effective and concrete actions and measures at all levels, and to enhance international cooperation in the framework of the Convention;

Also recognizes the need to provide financial and technical resources, as well as capacity-building and access to and transfer of technology, to assist those developing countries adversely affected by climate change;

Reaffirms that efforts to address climate change in a manner that enhances the sustainable development and sustained economic growth of the developing countries and the eradication of poverty should be carried out through promoting the integration of the three components of sustainable development, namely, economic development, social development and environmental protection, as interdependent and mutually reinforcing pillars, in an integrated, coordinated and balanced manner;

Calls upon the international community to fulfil the commitments made during the fourth replenishment of the Global Environment Facility Trust Fund;

Notes the ongoing work of the liaison group of the secretariats and offices of the relevant subsidiary bodies of the Framework Convention, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa,²⁰ and the Convention on Biological Diversity,²¹ and encourages cooperation to promote complementarities among the three secretariats while respecting their independent legal status;

²⁰United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1954, No. 33480.

²¹Ibid., vol. 1760, No. 30619.

Requests the Secretary-General to make provisions for the sessions of the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention and its subsidiary bodies in his proposal for the programme budget for the biennium 2008–2009;

Invites the conferences of the parties to the multilateral environmental conventions, when setting the dates of their meetings, to take into consideration the schedule of meetings of the General Assembly and the Commission on Sustainable Development so as to ensure the adequate representation of developing countries at those meetings;

Invites the secretariat of the Framework Convention to report, through the Secretary-General, to the General Assembly at its sixty-third session on the work of the Conference of the Parties;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the sub-item entitled “Protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind”.

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