A/RES/63/279. Resolution of the United Nations General Assembly, 2009

• Year: 2009
• Resolution Number: A/RES/63/279
• Session: 63rd
• Issuer: General Assembly of the United Nation

United Nations A/RES/63/279

General Assembly Distr.: General

13 May 2009

Sixty-third session

Agenda item 65 (b)

08-48753

Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 24 April 2009

[without reference to a Main Committee (A/63/L.67 and Add.1)]

63/279. International cooperation and coordination

for the human and ecological rehabilitation and

economic development of the Semipalatinsk region

of Kazakhstan

The General Assembly

,

Recalling

its resolutions 52/169 M of 16 December 1997, 53/1 H of

16 November 1998, 55/44 of 27 November 2000, 57/101 of 25 November 2002 and

60/216 of 22 December 2005,

Taking note

of the report of the Secretary-General,

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and the information

contained therein on measures taken to address health, environmental, economic and

humanitarian development problems and satisfy the needs of the Semipalatinsk

region,

Recognizing

that the Semipalatinsk nuclear testing ground, inherited by

Kazakhstan and closed in 1991, remains a matter of serious concern for the people

and Government of Kazakhstan with regard to the long-term nature of its

consequences for the lives and health of the people, especially children and other

vulnerable groups, as well as for the environment of the region,

Taking into consideration

the results of the international conference on the

problems of the Semipalatinsk region, held in Tokyo in 1999, which have promoted

the effectiveness of the assistance provided to the population of the region,

Recognizing

the important role of national development policies and strategies

in the rehabilitation of the Semipalatinsk region, and taking note with satisfaction of

the successful implementation of the Kazakhstan national programme entitled

“Complex solution of the former Semipalatinsk nuclear test site problems for 2005–2007”

and the elaboration of the new cycle of the programme for 2009–2011,

Recognizing also

the challenges Kazakhstan faces in the rehabilitation of the

Semipalatinsk region, in particular in the context of the efforts by the Government

of Kazakhstan to ensure the effective and timely achievement of the internationally

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