New techniques, including remote sensing, for identifying, exploring for and assessing natural resources.
1987
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SymbolE/RES/1987/9
TitleNew techniques, including remote sensing, for identifying, exploring for and assessing natural resources.
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Summary
Requests the Secretary-General to prepare a feasibility study on the establishment of an information referral system, showing area, coverage, type of data, quality, and how and where to secure imagery and other relevant information that can guide users in the most efficient way to obtain remote sensing data, and to submit that study to the Committee on Natural Resources at its 11th session; also requests the Secretary-General to establish a remote sensing library and referral system to provide users with guidance on available commercial and non-commercial hardware and software systems for digital processing and analysis of remote sensing data; further requests the Secretary-General to convene a meeting of a small group of experts in hardware and software system for remote sensing to assess properly the constraints and capabilities of such systems and provide the Committee and user countries, especially developing countries, with the results of that technology assessment meeting.
Action note1987-05-26
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 14th meeting
Agenda information
E/1987/30 14 Natural resources. NATURAL RESOURCES
Date1987-06-10
Notes
Adopted at the 14th plenary meeting, 26 May 1987.
In: Resolutions and decisions / adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 1st regular session of 1987, 4-29 May 1987. - E/1987/INF/5. - 10 June 1987. - p. 25-26. - Issued in ESCOR, 1987, Suppl. no. 1.
In: Resolutions and decisions / adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 1st regular session of 1987, 4-29 May 1987. - E/1987/INF/5. - 10 June 1987. - p. 25-26. - Issued in ESCOR, 1987, Suppl. no. 1.