Effects of atomic radiation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
2009
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SymbolA/RES/64/85
TitleEffects of atomic radiation : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Summary
Requests the Scientific Committee to continue its work, including its important activities to increase knowledge of the levels, effects and risks of ionizing radiation from all sources; endorses the intentions and plans of the Scientific Committee for conducting its present programme of work of scientific review and assessment on behalf of the General Assembly, encourages the Committee at its earliest convenience to submit the related reports, including assessments of levels of radiation from energy production and the effects on human health and the environment, and on the attribution of health effects due to radiation exposure; requests the Scientific Committee to continue at its next session the review of the important questions in the field of ionizing radiation and to report thereon to the General Assembly at its sixty-fifth session; invites Member States, the organizations of the United Nations 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 future reports of the Scientific Committee to the General Assembly; urges the United Nations Environment Programme to continue to review and strengthen the funding of the Scientific Committee.
Action note2009-12-10
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 62nd plenary meeting
DraftA/C.4/64/L.8
Committee reportA/64/403
Meeting record
A/64/PV.62
Agenda information
A/64/251 29 Effects of atomic radiation. RADIATION EFFECTS
Date[New York] : UN, 19 Jan. 2010
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3 p.
Notes
Issued in GAOR, 64th sess., Suppl. no. 49.