United Nations General Assembly A/RES/60/199 Distr.: General 13 March 2006 Sixtieth session Agenda item 52 (f) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2005 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/60/488/Add.6)] 60/199. Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy, including the implementation of the World Solar Programme The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 53/7 of 16 October 1998, 54/215 of 22 December 1999, 55/205 of 20 December 2000, 56/200 of 21 December 2001 and 58/210 of 23 December 2003 on the promotion of new and renewable sources of energy, including the implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996–2005, Recalling also the 2005 World Summit Outcome, 1 Noting that the World Solar Programme 1996–2005 made a contribution to raising awareness of the increased role that new and renewable sources of energy can play in the global energy supply, Recalling the recommendations and conclusions contained in the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”) 2 concerning energy for sustainable development, Welcoming initiatives that aim to improve access to reliable, affordable, economically viable, socially acceptable and environmentally sound energy services for sustainable development in order to contribute to the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including those set out in the United Nations Millennium Declaration, 3 Emphasizing that the increased use and promotion of all forms of new and renewable energy for sustainable development, including solar-thermal, photovoltaic, biomass, wind, hydro, tidal, ocean and geothermal forms, could make a significant contribution towards the achievement of sustainable development and the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, _______________ 1 See resolution 60/1. 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 2, annex. 3 See resolution 55/2. 2 05-49954