Effects of atomic radiation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly.

Requests the UN Scientific Committee on the Effects of Atomic Radiation to continue its work, including its important co-ordinating activities, to increase knowledge of the levels, effects and risks of ionizing radiation from all sources; requests the Scientific Committee to continue at its next session the review of the important problems in the field of radiation and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its 44th session; requests the UNEP to continue providing support for the effective conduct of the Scientific Committee's work and for the dissemination of its findings to the General Assembly, the scientific community and the public; invites Member States, the organizations of the UN system and non-governmental organizations concerned to provide further relevant data about doses, effects and risks from various sources of radiation, which would greatly help in the preparation of the Scientific Committee's future reports to the General Assembly.

Adopted without vote, 71st meeting

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Adopted at the 71st plenary meeting, 6 Dec. 1988.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the General Assembly during its 43rd session, Volume 1, 20 September-22 December 1988. - A/43/49. - 1989. - p. 111-112. - (GAOR, 43rd sess., Suppl. no. 49).