At its 12th plenary meeting, on 21 July 2021, the Economic and Social Council, noting that the Economic Commission for Europe, at its sixty-ninth session, held on 20 and 21 April 2021, had endorsed the Best Practice Guidance for Effective Methane Recovery and Use from Abandoned Coal Mines, 58 recommended that the Best Practice Guidance be disseminated widely, invited States Members of the United Nations, international organizations and the regional commissions to consider the possibility of taking appropriate measures to ensure the application of the Best Practice Guidance in countries worldwide, and proposed to the Council that it recommend the application of the Best Practice Guidance in countries worldwide, noting also that this proposal does not have financial implications, and recalling its decision 2011/222 of 25 July 2011, invited States Members of the United Nations, international organizations and the regional commissions to consider the possibility of taking appropriate measures to ensure the application of the Best Practice Guidance in countries worldwide.
