United Nations General Assembly A/RES/66/205 Distr.: General 14 March 2012 Sixty-sixth session Agenda item 19 (i) Resolution adopted by the General Assembly on 22 December 2011 [on the report of the Second Committee (A/66/440/Add.9)] 66/205. Sustainable mountain development The General Assembly, Recalling its resolution 53/24 of 10 November 1998, by which it proclaimed 2002 the International Year of Mountains, and noting, in this regard, the Bishkek Mountain Platform, 1 the outcome document of the Global Mountain Summit, held in Bishkek from 28 October to 1 November 2002, Recalling also its resolutions 55/189 of 20 December 2000, 57/245 of 20 December 2002, 58/216 of 23 December 2003, 59/238 of 22 December 2004, 60/198 of 22 December 2005, 62/196 of 19 December 2007 and 64/205 of 21 December 2009, Reaffirming chapter 13 of Agenda 21 2 and all relevant paragraphs of the Plan of Implementation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development (“Johannesburg Plan of Implementation”), 3 in particular paragraph 42 thereof, as the overall policy frameworks for sustainable development in mountain regions, Noting the International Partnership for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions (“Mountain Partnership”), launched during the World Summit on Sustainable Development, with benefits from the committed support of fifty countries, sixteen intergovernmental organizations and one hundred and thirteen organizations from major groups, as an important multi-stakeholder approach to addressing the various interrelated dimensions of sustainable development in mountain regions, Noting also the Global Change and the World’s Mountains Conference, held in Perth, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in 2010, the Lucerne World Mountain Conference, held in Lucerne, Switzerland in 2011, and its regional _______________ 1 A/C.2/57/7, annex. Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3–14 June 1992, vol. I, Resolutions Adopted by the Conference (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigendum), resolution 1, annex II. 3 Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August– 4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex. 2 11-47112 *1147112* Please rec cle ♲