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The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the
Pacific,
Recalling the decision made at its fifty-sixth session
to hold a high-level regional meeting on energy for
sustainable development and the need to move towards
sustainable patterns of production, distribution and
use of energy, as stressed in the Programme for the
Further Implementation of Agenda 21, adopted by the
General Assembly at its nineteenth special session held
in 1997, and the multi-year programme of work of the
Commission on Sustainable Development,
Recalling also Economic and Social Council resolution
1999/60 of 30 July 1999 on preparations for the ninth
session of the Commission on Sustainable Development,
Recalling further Commission resolution 56/4 of 7 June
2000 on the promotion of a sustainable energy future
for small island states,
Recalling the mission statement and programme areas
as contained in the Regional Action Programme for Environmentally
Sound and Sustainable Development, 2001-2005 adopted
by the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development
in Asia and the Pacific, 2000, held in Kitakyushu, Japan,
from 31 August to 5 September 2000,
Convinced that energy is a crucial input to economic
and social development, and that energy development
and use in all its social, economic and environmental
dimensions will also contribute to poverty alleviation,
Acknowledging that an increase in demand for energy
is inescapable in view of the high economic growth prospects
in the countries of the Asian and Pacific region, but
that the increase has to be met by a choice of fuels
and technologies which would keep the negative environmental
impact to the minimum possible level,
Acknowledging further the need to enhance the capacity
of concerned stakeholders in developing sustainable
energy development strategies under which energy services
can be expanded and improved with a minimum compromise
on environmental quality,
Noting with satisfaction the successful outcome of
the High-level Regional Meeting on Energy for Sustainable
Development held in Bali, Indonesia, from 21 to 24 November
2000, which adopted the Bali Declaration on Asia-Pacific
Perspectives on Energy and Sustainable Development,
and the Sustainable Energy Development Action Programme,
Strategies and Implementation Modalities for the Asian
and Pacific Region, 2001-2005 (hereinafter referred
to as the Sustainable Energy Development Action Programme),
Noting that the Sustainable Energy Development Action
Programme identified several areas for action, as follows:
(a) Developing policies to promote energy utilization
for poverty alleviation by ensuring energy availability
at affordable prices;
(b) Strengthening planning capacity on sustainable
energy development by establishing clear linkages to
other sectors;
(c) Promoting the implementation of a supply-side and
demand-side energy efficiency programme in the region;
(d) Promoting the application of renewable and clean
energy technologies in the region;
(e) Promoting and assisting a dedicated global project
to create 100 per cent renewable energy in the small
island developing states of the region;
(f) Mobilizing financial resources from traditional
sources and the private sector,
Noting further that the Bali Declaration and the Sustainable
Energy Development Action Programme stress that international
cooperation is necessary to support regional efforts
in enhancing national capacity, mobilizing national
resources and facilitating technology transfer,
1. Welcomes with satisfaction the findings, conclusions
and recommendations contained in the report of the High-level
Regional Meeting on Energy for Sustainable Development,
including the Bali Declaration on Asia-Pacific Perspectives
on Energy and Sustainable Development, and the Sustainable
Energy Development Action Programme, Strategies and
Implementation Modalities for the Asian and Pacific
Region, 2001-2005 adopted by the Meeting;
2. Calls upon all members and associate members who
made commitments expressed in the Bali Declaration to
fulfil those commitments, to undertake appropriate measures
at the national level and to actively pursue the implementation
of the Sustainable Energy Development Action Programme;
3. Further calls upon donor governments and agencies,
regional and international financial institutions, United
Nations bodies and specialized agencies, non-governmental
organizations and the private sector to assist developing
countries in enhancing their national capacity, mobilizing
resources and facilitating technology transfer as mutually
agreed;
4. Notes in particular the call to shift from agenda
to action as recommended by the High-level Regional
Meeting;
5. Requests the Executive Secretary, in order to implement
the Bali Declaration:
(a) To assist members and associate members in mobilizing
human, financial and technical resources for the implementation
of the recommendations of the High-level Regional Meeting,
including the Bali Declaration and the Sustainable Energy
Development Action Programme;
(b) To undertake a comprehensive regional programme
to assist countries of the region, particularly the
developing countries, in the formulation of effective
strategies on the efficient use of energy and the application
of renewable and clean energy technologies;
(c) To promote effective coordination of the activities
of all relevant United Nations bodies and specialized
agencies, as well as private sector organizations, non-governmental
organizations and other sections of civil society, in
facilitating and monitoring the implementation of the
Bali Declaration and the Sustainable Energy Development
Action Programme;
(d) To follow closely the outcome of the ninth session
of the Commission on Sustainable Development and undertake
appropriate follow-up action at the regional level in
support of the Bali Declaration;
(e) To include in the agenda of the fifth session of
the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources Development,
to be held in 2003, a midterm review and assessment
of the progress achieved in the implementation of the
recommendations of the High-level Regional Meeting on
Energy for Sustainable Development, the Bali Declaration
and the Sustainable Energy Development Action Programme,
and to report on this review to the Commission at its
sixtieth session in 2004.
5th meeting
25 April 2001
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