Persistent Legacy of the Chernobyl Disaster

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;

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;

Invites all Member States, relevant agencies of the United Nations system and other international organizations, as well as civil society, to observe International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day, and notes that the costs of all activities that may arise should be met from voluntary contributions;

Calls upon the relevant United Nations bodies, the specialized agencies and other organizations of the United Nations system to actively engage in and fund, within existing resources, the preparations for the events;

Encourages Governments, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, major groups, the private sector and other donors to contribute to the relevant preparatory processes for the events;

Requests the Secretary-General to ensure, as appropriate, the full involvement of the resident coordinators and country teams in Belarus and Ukraine in preparations for the events;

Requests the President of the General Assembly to convene, within existing resources, on 26 April 2021, a special commemorative meeting of the Assembly in observance of the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its seventy-seventh session, under the sub-item entitled “Strengthening of international cooperation and coordination of efforts to study, mitigate and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster” of the item entitled “Strengthening of the coordination of humanitarian and disaster relief assistance of the United Nations, including special economic assistance”, a report on the implementation of the present resolution.