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10. Invites the Inter-agency Working Group on Energy to facilitate the contribution of the work under
the World Solar Programme 1996-2005 to the consideration of the theme of energy by the Commission on
Sustainable Development at its ninth session, to be held in 2001;
11. Requests the Secretary-General, in consultation with the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization and in cooperation with the United Nations Environment Programme and other
relevant organizations, to submit to the General Assembly at its fifty-fifth session a report on concrete action
being taken for the effective implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005, including promotion
for mobilization of resources;
12. Also requests the Secretary-General to include in his report on energy and sustainable development
to the Commission on Sustainable Development a report on action to be taken to implement the present
resolution, including further recommendations on appropriate modalities to promote new and renewable
sources of energy;
13. Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-fifth session, under the item entitled
“Environment and sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled “Promotion of new and renewable sources
of energy, including the implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005”.
87th plenary meeting
22 December1999