A/RES/60/285 United Nations Distr.: General 15 September 2006 General Assembly Sixtieth session Agenda item 40 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 7 September 2006 [without reference to a Main Committee (A/60/L.60/Rev.2)] 60/285. The situation in the occupied territories of Azerbaijan The General Assembly, Seriously concerned by the fires in the affected territories, which have inflicted widespread environmental damage, 1. Stresses the necessity to urgently conduct an environmental operation to suppress the fires in the affected territories and to overcome their detrimental consequences; Welcomes the readiness of the parties to cooperate to that end, and 2. considers such an operation to be an important confidence-building measure; 3. Takes note of the intention of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to organize a mission to the region to assess the short- and long-term impact of the fires on the environment as a step in preparation for the environmental operation; Calls upon, in this regard, the organizations and programmes of the 4. United Nations system, in particular the United Nations Environment Programme, in cooperation with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, to provide all necessary assistance and expertise, including, inter alia, the assessment of and counteraction to the short- and long-term impact of the environmental degradation of the region, as well as in its rehabilitation; Requests the Chairman-in-Office of the Organization for Security and 5. Cooperation in Europe to provide a report on this matter to States members of the General Assembly by 30 April 2007. 98th plenary meeting 7 September 2006 05-50470