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General Assembly
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GENERAL
A/RES/52/172
18 February 1998
Fifty-second session
Agenda item 20 (f)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[without reference to a Main Committee (A/52/L.33/Rev.1 and Rev.1/Add.1)]
52/172. Strengthening of international cooperation and coordination of efforts to
study, mitigate and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl disaster
The General Assembly,
Reaffirming its resolutions 45/190 of 21 December 1990, 46/150 of 18 December 1991, 47/165 of
18 December 1992, 48/206 of 21 December 1993 and 50/134 of 20 December 1995, and taking note of the
decisions adopted by the organs, organizations and programmes of the United Nations system in the
implementation of those resolutions,
Recalling Economic and Social Council resolutions 1990/50 of 13 July 1990, 1991/51 of 26 July 1991
and 1992/38 of 30 July 1992 and Council decision 1993/232 of 22 July 1993,
Noting with appreciation the contribution made by States and by organizations of the United Nations
system to the development of cooperation to mitigate and minimize the consequences of the Chernobyl
disaster, and the activities of regional and other organizations, in particular the Commission of the European
Communities, as well as bilateral activities and those of non-governmental organizations,
Welcoming the commitments made by Member States in the Programme for the Further Implementation
of Agenda 21,1 to intensify cooperation, inter alia, in the prevention and reduction of major technological
and other disasters with an adverse impact on the environment and in disaster relief and post-disaster
rehabilitation in order to enhance the capabilities of affected countries to cope with such situations, and
welcoming also commitments made in response to the appeal of the Secretary-General on the occasion of
the tenth anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident,
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Resolution S-19/2, annex.
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