UN Resolutions and Reports

The present report has been prepared as requested by the General Assembly in its resolution 77/164 on disaster risk reduction.

In this general comment, the Committee emphasizes the urgent need to address the adverse effects of environmental degradation, with a special focus on climate change, on the enjoyment of children’s rights, and clarifies the obligations of States.

The present report, submitted pursuant to General Assembly resolution 77/171 on combating sand and dust storms, provides details on developments within the United Nations system and covers the period from mid-2022 to mid-2023.

This report provides recommendations by the Special Rapporteur following a visit to Bangladesh in 2022, during which he met with government officials, UN agencies, civil society organizations, and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations and communities.

This report considers various international, regional and national legal and policy approaches to address people displaced across international borders due to climate change.

The resolution requests Member States assess their national drowning situation and develop and implement multi-sectoral drowning prevention programming, policy planning, and promote drowning prevention through community engagement.

The present report contains a summary of the findings and recommendations of the midterm review of the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030.

This synthesis report is provided by the Adaptation Committee as input to the technical assessment component of the first global stocktake.