United Nations General Assembly A/RES/57/257 Distr.: General 27 February 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 87 (c) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Second Committee (A/57/532/Add.3)] 57/257. Protection of global climate for present and future generations of mankind The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 54/222 of 22 December 1999, its decision 55/443 of 20 December 2000 and its resolution 56/199 of 21 December 2001 and other resolutions relating to the protection of the global climate for present and future generations of mankind, Noting that most States and one regional economic integration organization have acceded to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, 1 Recalling the provisions of the Convention, including the acknowledgement that the global nature of climate change calls for the widest possible cooperation by all countries and their participation in an effective and appropriate international response, in accordance with their common but differentiated responsibilities and respective capabilities and their social and economic conditions, Taking into account the Delhi Ministerial Declaration on Climate Change and Sustainable Development, adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at its eighth session, held at New Delhi from 23 October to 1 November 2002, Remaining deeply concerned that all countries, particularly developing countries, including the least developed countries and small island developing States, face increased risks from the negative impacts of climate change, Noting that, to date, the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 2 has attracted ninety-seven ratifications, Taking into account the Johannesburg Declaration on Sustainable Development 3 and the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”), 4 _______________ 1 United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1771, No. 30822. FCCC/CP/1997/7/Add.1, decision 1/CP.3, annex. 3 Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 1, annex. 4 Ibid., resolution 2, annex. 2 02 55630