United Nations A/RES/57/245 General Assembly Distr.: General 30 January 2003 Fifty-seventh session Agenda item 86 Resolution adopted by the General Assembly [on the report of the Second Committee (A/57/531/Add.5)] 57/245. International Year of Mountains, 2002 The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 53/24 of 10 November 1998, in which it proclaimed 2002 as the International Year of Mountains, Recalling also its resolution 55/189 of 20 December 2000, Recognizing chapter 13 of Agenda 21 1 and all relevant paragraphs of the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”), 2 in particular paragraph 42 thereof, as the overall policy frameworks for sustainable mountain development, Noting the voluntary International Partnership for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions, launched during the World Summit on Sustainable Development with the committed support of twenty-nine countries, sixteen intergovernmental organizations and sixteen organizations from the major groups, as an important approach to addressing the various interrelated dimensions of sustainable mountain development, Taking note of the Bishkek Mountain Platform, the outcome document of the Bishkek Global Mountain Summit, held at Bishkek from 28 October to 1 November 2002, which was the concluding event of the International Year of Mountains, 1. Takes note of the interim report transmitted by the Secretary-General on the International Year of Mountains, 2002; 3 2. Welcomes the success achieved during the International Year of Mountains, during which numerous activities and initiatives were undertaken at all levels, including major international meetings held in Bhutan, Canada, Ecuador, Germany, India, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal, Peru and Switzerland, which catalysed a _______________ 1 Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigenda), vol. I: Resolutions adopted by the Conference, resolution 1, annex II. 2 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 A/57/188. 02 55558