United Nations General Assembly A/RES/58/210 Distr.: General 13 February 2004 Fifty-eighth session Agenda item 94 (a) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 23 December 2003 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/58/484/Add.1 and Corr.1)] 58/210. Promotion of new and renewable sources of energy, including the implementation of the World Solar Programme 1996-2005 The General Assembly, Recalling its resolutions 53/7 of 16 October 1998, 54/215 of 22 December 1999, 55/205 of 20 December 2000 and 56/200 of 21 December 2001 on the World Solar Programme 1996-2005, Recalling also the recommendations and conclusions contained in the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”) 1 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, 2 Emphasizing that the World Solar Programme 1996-2005 is aimed at encompassing all forms of new and renewable energy, including solar, thermal, photovoltaic, biomass, wind, hydro, tidal, ocean and geothermal forms, 1. Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General; 3 2. Reaffirms that the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation1 is the intergovernmental framework for energy for sustainable development agreed to at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, and calls for its full implementation; Notes the role that the World Solar Commission continues to play in the 3. mobilization of international support and assistance for the implementation of many of the national high-priority projects on renewable sources of energy included in the _______________ 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. 2 See resolution 55/2. 3 A/58/164. 03 50712