A/RES/73/261
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
14 January 2019
Seventy-third session
Agenda item 52
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 22 December 2018
[on the report of the Special Political and Decolonization Committee
(Fourth Committee) (A/73/521)]
73/261.
Effects of atomic radiation
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolution 913 (X) of 3 December 1955, by which it established
the United Nations Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation, and its
subsequent resolutions on the subject, in which, inter alia, it requested the Scientific
Committee to continue its work,
Concerned about the potentially harmful effects on present and future
generations resulting from the levels of radiation to which humankind and the
environment are exposed,
Conscious of the continuing need to examine and compile information about
atomic and ionizing radiation and to analyse its effects on humankind and the
environment, and conscious also of the increased volume, complexity and diversity
of that information,
Acknowledging the concerns about the radiological consequences of nuclear
accidents,
Reaffirming the desirability of the Scientific Committee continuing its work,
and welcoming the increased commitment of States members of the Committee,
Emphasizing the vital need for sufficient, assured and predictable funding, as
well as efficient management, of the work of the secretariat of the Scientific
Committee to arrange the annual sessions and coordinate the development of
documents based on scientific reviews of the sources of ionizing radiation and its
effects on human health and the environment,
Recognizing the increasing importance of the scientific work of the Scientific
Committee and the need to carry out unforeseen additional work, such as after the
accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station,
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