A/RES/75/210
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
30 December 2020
Seventy-fifth session
Agenda item 19
Sustainable development
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly
on 21 December 2020
[on the report of the Second Committee (A/75/457, para. 20)]
75/210.
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, 66/193 of 22 December 2011,
69/209 of 19 December 2014 and 72/213 of 20 December 2017,
Recognizing that the Semipalatinsk nuclear testing ground, inherited by
Kazakhstan and closed in 1991, remains a matter of serious concern fo r 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 2017 to 2019, 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,
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