United Nations
A/RES/69/209
General Assembly
Distr.: General
28 January 2015
Sixty-ninth session
Agenda item 19
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 19 December 2014
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/69/468 and Corr.1)]
69/209. International cooperation and coordination for the human
and ecological rehabilitation and economic development
of the Semipalatinsk region of Kazakhstan
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 52/169 M of 16 December 1997, 53/1 H of
16 November 1998, 55/44 of 27 November 2000, 57/101 of 25 November 2002,
60/216 of 22 December 2005, 63/279 of 24 April 2009 and 66/193 of 22 December
2011,
Recognizing that the Semipalatinsk nuclear testing ground, inherited by
Kazakhstan and closed in 1991, remains a matter of serious concern for the people
and Government of Kazakhstan with regard to the long-term consequences of its
activity for the lives and health of the people, especially children and other
vulnerable groups, as well as for the environment of the region,
Taking into account the fact that a number of international programmes in the
Semipalatinsk region have been completed since the closure of the nuclear testing
ground, but that serious social, economic and ecological problems continue to exist,
Taking into consideration the results of the International Conference on
Semipalatinsk, held in Tokyo on 6 and 7 September 1999, which have promoted the
effectiveness of the assistance provided to the population of the region,
Acknowledging the progress made towards accelerating the development of the
Semipalatinsk region during the period from 2011 to 2013, through programmes and
actions of the Government of Kazakhstan and the international community,
including United Nations agencies,
Recognizing the important role of national development policies and strategies
in the rehabilitation of the Semipalatinsk region,
Recognizing also the challenges that Kazakhstan faces in the rehabilitation of
the Semipalatinsk region, in particular in the context of the efforts by the
Government of Kazakhstan to ensure the effective and timely achievement of the
internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development
Goals, in particular with regard to health care and environmental sustainability,
Recognizing further that the Government of Kazakhstan may call upon the
United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kazakhstan to render assistance in
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