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UNITED
NATIONS
General Assembly
Distr.
GENERAL
A/RES/49/120
16 February 1995
Forty-ninth session
Agenda item 89 (b)
RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/49/729/Add.2)]
49/120.
Protection of global climate for present
and future generations of mankind
The General Assembly,
Recalling its resolutions 45/212 of 21 December 1990, 47/195 of 22
December 1992 and 48/189 of 21 December 1993,
Taking note of the reports of the Intergovernmental Negotiating
Committee for a Framework Convention on Climate Change on its sixth to tenth
sessions, 1/ as well as the report of the Secretary-General, 2/
Reaffirming its deep appreciation for and acceptance of the generous
offer of the Government of Germany to host the first session of the Conference
of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at
Berlin from 28 March to 7 April 1995,
1.
Welcomes the entry into force, on 21 March 1994, of the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 3/ and notes with
satisfaction that a large number of States and one regional economic
integration organization have taken action to ratify the Convention, and calls
upon other States to take appropriate action to that end;
2.
Urges the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Framework
Convention on Climate Change to complete fully, at its eleventh session, which
1/
A/AC.237/24, 31, 41, 55 and 76.
2/
A/49/485.
3/
A/AC.237/18 (Part II)/Add.1 and Corr.1, annex I.
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