Persistent Legacy of the Chernobyl Disaster

A/RES/71/125View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 69d Strengthening of international cooperation and coordination of efforts to study, mitigate and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, published in 2016.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2016–2023

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/77/288

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2023	A/RES/77/288	Persistent legacy of the Chernobyl disaster	572	48%Compare
2020	A/RES/74/114	Persistent legacy of the Chernobyl disaster	1,024	59%Compare
2016	A/RES/71/125	Persistent legacy of the Chernobyl disaster	694	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

3 reports · 2019–2025

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2025	A/80/395	Persistent legacy of the Chornobyl disaster report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/77/288
2022	A/77/537	Persistent legacy of the Chornobyl disaster report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/74/114
2019	A/74/461	Persistent legacy of the Chernobyl disaster report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/71/125

What subjects does this mandate have?

6 subjects

Chornobyl (Ukraine)International Cooperation International Days Nuclear Accidents Sustainable Development Ukraine

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General on optimizing the international effort to study, mitigate and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster;³

³A/71/411.

Greatly appreciates the coordinating role of the United Nations Development Programme in the international cooperation on Chernobyl, including the work undertaken by the Inter-Agency Task Force on Chernobyl;

Acknowledges the need for continuing international cooperation on Chernobyl under the auspices of the United Nations that can contribute to the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development⁴ and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030;⁵

⁴Resolution 70/1.

⁵Resolution 69/283, annex II.

Stresses the need, in this regard, to continue the environmental and health monitoring of the Chernobyl-affected regions and communities for the purpose of assessing the efficiency of international assistance;

Encourages Member States and all interested partners to support international cooperation on Chernobyl aimed at achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the Chernobyl-affected regions, including through partnerships, innovation and investment;

Acknowledges the need to enhance networking around specialized national scientific institutions to study long-term medical, radioecological, radiobiological and other consequences of the Chernobyl disaster;

Recognizes the role of regional centres, as referred to in the Minsk Declaration,1 in raising awareness among the population of the Chernobyl-affected regions on the issues of personal and social safety to ensure better adaptation with respect to the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster;

Requests the United Nations Development Programme and the Inter-Agency Task Force on Chernobyl to continue to coordinate international cooperation on Chernobyl as a means to further the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, and to continue to develop, in collaboration with the affected countries and in consultation with Member States, a concise outline of general principles of engagement of the United Nations system in Chernobyl recovery efforts, along with agency-specific priorities, following the completion of the Decade of Recovery and Sustainable Development of the Affected Regions, 2006–2016;

Decides, in order to raise awareness of the long-term consequences of the Chernobyl disaster, to designate 26 April as International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day, to be observed every year beginning in 2017, invites all Member States, relevant agencies of the United Nations system and other international organizations, as well as civil society, to observe the day, and notes that the costs of all activities that may arise should be met from voluntary contributions;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-fourth session, under a separate sub-item, a report on the implementation of the present resolution.

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