OEA/Ser.P
AG/RES. 1821 (XXXI-O/01)
5 June 2001
Original: English
THE SOCIOECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
ON THE COUNTRIES OF THE HEMISPHERE
(Resolution adopted at the third plenary session, held on
June 5, 2001;
subject to review by the Style Committee)
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY,
HAVING SEEN the Annual Report of the Permanent Council
(AG/doc.3970/01) and the minutes of its meeting held on May 25,
2001 contained in (CP/ACTA 1280/01);
RECALLING:
Resolution AG/RES. 1674 (XXIX-O/99), "Climate Change in
the Americas", through which the Inter-American Council for
Integral Development (CIDI) was instructed to examine ways to
address climate change in the Americas;
That, in resolution AG/RES. 1682 (XXIX-O/99), "OAS
Natural Disaster Reduction and Response Mechanism," the
member states established the Inter-American Committee on
Natural Disaster Reduction and resolved "to promote the
exchange of technical and scientific personnel in the area of
research into adverse events" that have harmful
socioeconomic and environmental impacts on the countries of the
Hemisphere;
That in resolution AG/RES. 1755 (XXX-O/00) "OAS Natural
Disaster Reduction and Response Mechanism," the members of
the Inter-American Committee on Natural Disaster Reduction are
requested to report on their activities to the General Assembly;
and
That in resolution AG/RES. 1736 (XXX-O/00),"The
Socioeconomic and Environmental Impacts of Climate Change on the
Countries of the Hemisphere," the General Secretariat was
instructed to seek to mobilize resources to assist member states
in their efforts to adapt to climate change;
RECALLING ALSO:
The commitments by the Heads of State and Government with
respect to sustainable development, climate change,
environmental protection and disaster management as set out in
the Quebec City Declaration and Plan of Action of the Third
Summit of the Americas, the Declaration of Santiago and the Plan
of Action of the Second Summit of the Americas, and the
Declaration of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and the Plan of Action
for the Sustainable Development of the Americas;
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change,
the Kyoto Protocol, and the Buenos Aires Plan of Action; and
The Barbados Declaration and the Programme of Action for the
Sustainable Development of Small Island States, including the
five-year review which took place at the United Nations in
September 1999;
REAFFIRMING:
That climate change is a common concern of humankind; and
The continuing need for scientific research into the sources
and effects of climate change and its possible adverse impacts,
including the socioeconomic and environmental consequences for
the countries of the Hemisphere; and
REITERATING:
The urgent need by all member states to begin the process of
planning for adaptation to global climate change and to put in
place measures to mitigate the possible adverse effects of
climate change on the countries of the Hemisphere; and
The active participation by the governments of the member
states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the Caribbean
Planning for Adaptation to Global Climate Change Project, funded
by the Global Environment Facility through the World Bank and
executed by the General Secretariat of the Organization of
American States with the University of the West Indies Center
for Environment and Development,
RESOLVES:
1. To renew its instruction to the Inter-American Council for
Integral Development (CIDI) to keep this topic under review,
through its appropriate subsidiary bodies, bearing in mind the
need to avoid duplication of work in other forums.
2. To instruct the Inter-American Agency for Cooperation and
Development (IACD) to seek, in collaboration with the General
Secretariat, to mobilize and obtain resources to assist member
states in their efforts to adapt to climate change.
3. To instruct CIDI to report to the General Assembly at its
thirty-second regular session on the implementation of this
resolution.
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