International Year of Mountains, 2002 : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Recommends that the experience gained during the International Year of Mountains be valued in the context of an appropriate follow-up; encourages Governments, the UN system, the international financial institutions, the Global Environment Facility, within its mandate, and all relevant stakeholders to provide support to the local, national and international programmes and projects resulting from the International Year of Mountains; encourages all relevant entities of the UN system, within their respective mandates, to continue their constructive collaboration in the context of the follow-up to the International Year of Mountains; decides to designate 11 Dec. as International Mountain Day, as from 11 Dec. 2003, and encourages the international community to organize on this day events at all levels to highlight the importance of sustainable mountain development.

Adopted without vote, 78th plenary meeting

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