Sustainable Tourism and Sustainable Development in Central America

A/RES/66/196View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19 Sustainable development, published in 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2012–2022

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/76/201

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2022	A/RES/76/201	Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America	3,366	81%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/211	Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America	2,826	62%Compare
2018	A/RES/72/214	Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America	1,865	33%Compare
2016	A/RES/70/196	Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America	1,543	50%Compare
2014	A/RES/68/207	Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America	1,396	33%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 2015–2023

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2023	A/78/210	Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/76/201
2021	A/76/217	Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/211
2019	A/74/208	Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/72/214
2017	A/72/174	Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/196
2015	A/70/215	Sustainable tourism and sustainable development in Central America report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/68/207

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Capacity Building Central America Ecotourism Environmental Protection Regional Development Sustainable Development Tourism

What’s in this document?

5 operative paragraphs

Invites States Members of the United Nations and other stakeholders, and the World Tourism Organization, to continue to support the activities undertaken by the Central American countries for the promotion of responsible and sustainable tourism in the region, including in the context of emergency preparedness and response to natural disasters, as well as for capacity-building in order to achieve the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, by extending the benefits of tourism to all sectors of society, in particular the most vulnerable and marginalized groups of the population;

Takes note of the work of the Central American Governments in the implementation of existing programmes designed to launch and promote sustainable tourism throughout the region, in coordination with the Central American Commission for Environment and Development, and welcomes their contribution to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in this regard;

Encourages the Central American countries, through the Central American Tourism Council and the Central American Tourism Integration Secretariat, to continue to support sustainable tourism with policies that foster responsive and inclusive tourism, strengthen regional identity and protect the natural and cultural heritage, especially their ecosystems and biodiversity and notes that existing initiatives, such as the Global Partnership for Sustainable Tourism, among other international initiatives, can deliver direct and focused support to Governments to this end;

Recognizes the need to promote the development of sustainable tourism, in particular through the consumption of sustainable tourism products and services, and to strengthen the development of ecotourism, taking into account the declaration of 2012 as the Year of Sustainable Tourism in Central America, while maintaining the culture and environmental integrity of indigenous and local communities and enhancing the protection of ecologically sensitive areas and the natural heritage, and to promote the development of sustainable tourism and capacity-building in order to contribute to the strengthening of rural and local communities and small and medium-sized enterprises, taking into account the need to address, inter alia, the challenges of climate change and the need to halt the loss of biodiversity;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly at its sixty-eighth session on developments related to the implementation of the present resolution, taking into account the reports prepared by the World Tourism Organization in this field.

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