Promotion of New and Renewable Sources of Energy

A/RES/66/206View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 19j Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy, published in 2012.

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 subjects does this mandate have?

4 subjects

Energy Efficiency Pollution Control Technology Renewable Energy Sources Sustainable Energy

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;²

²A/66/306.

Notes the ongoing preparatory process for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 20 to 22 June 2012;

Welcomes the efforts by Governments and institutions that have embarked on policies and programmes that seek to expand the use of new and renewable sources of energy for sustainable development, and recognizes the contributions of regional initiatives, institutions and regional economic commissions in supporting the efforts of countries, in particular developing countries and countries with economies in transition, in this respect;

Invites Member States, as well as the United Nations system and all other relevant stakeholders, to use the opportunity offered by the International Year of Sustainable Energy for All to raise global awareness of the importance of new and renewable sources of energy and low-emission technologies, the more efficient use of energy, greater reliance on advanced energy technologies, including cleaner fossil fuel technologies, and the environment-friendly use of traditional energy resources, as well as the promotion of access to modern, reliable, affordable and sustainable energy services, and notes in this regard the initiative of the Secretary-General “Sustainable Energy for All”;

Notes with appreciation regional and multilateral mechanisms and initiatives for energy cooperation and integration to encourage the use of new and renewable sources of energy, such as the PetroCaribe Alternative Energy Source Financing Fund, the Mesoamerican Integration and Development Project, the Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme, the energy initiative of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development, the Mediterranean Solar Plan, Energy+, the European Union Energy Initiative for Poverty Eradication and Sustainable Development, the Paris-Nairobi Climate Initiative on Clean Energy for All in Africa, the Africa-European Union Energy Partnership, the Baltic Sea Region Energy Cooperation, the International Partnership for Energy Efficiency Cooperation, the Energy and Climate Partnership of the Americas, the Global Bioenergy Partnership, the International Renewable Energy Agency, the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves, the Clean Energy Ministerial and the Union of South American Nations strategy on energy;

Stresses the importance of the continued substantive consideration of the issue of the promotion of new and renewable sources of energy;

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

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

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

What other versions does this mandate have?

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

What subjects does this mandate have?

What’s in this document?

Table of contents