New techniques, including remote sensing, for identifying, exploring for and assessing natural resources.

Calls upon the developed countries to expand the sharing of their technical capacity on remote sensing with the developing countries; requests the Secretary-General to explore appropriate ways and means by which developing countries can gain easier and increased access to remote-sensing systems to optimize the exploration and exploitation of their natural resources; calls upon developed countries to contribute to the efforts of the Secretary-General aimed at identifying approaches and modalities that would facilitate the transfer of new and emerging technologies on remote sensing to the developing countries; requests the Secretary-General to intensify his efforts in the dissemination of available remote-sensing software packages in both the commercial and the public sector for the exploration, exploitation, management and development of natural resources through application-oriented workshops, seminars and training courses, to be organized at the regional or the country level in developing countries; requests the Secretary-General to submit to the Committee on Natural Resources at its 12th session a report on the implementation of the resolution.

Adopted without vote, 12th meeting

Adopted at the 12th plenary meeting, 22 May 1989.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its 1st regular session of 1989, 2-24 May 1989. - E/1989/INF/7. - 14 July 1989. - p. 27-28. - Issued in ESCOR, 1989, Suppl. no. 1.