The General Assembly,
 
      Recalling its resolutions 45/212 of 21 December 1990, 46/169 of 19
December 1991, 47/195 of 22 December 1992, 48/189 of 21 December 1993 and
49/120 of 19 December 1994,
 
      Noting with satisfaction that a large number of States and one regional
economic integration organization have ratified the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change and calling upon other States to take appropriate
action to that end,
 
      Noting that, in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 of General Assembly
resolution 48/189, the first session of the Conference of the Parties to the
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change was convened from 28
March to 7 April 1995 in Berlin, and that it was attended by one hundred and
sixteen of the then one hundred and eighteen Parties to the Convention, as
well as by a large number of governmental, intergovernmental and
non-governmental observers,
 
      Expressing its deep appreciation to the Government of Germany for the
generous manner in which it hosted the first session of the Conference of the
Parties, 
 
      Looking forward to the ongoing work of the Conference of the Parties and
its subsidiary bodies in addressing climate change within the framework of the
Convention and to the successful conclusion of the Berlin Mandate process at
the third session of the Conference of the Parties,
 
      Noting the important scientific contribution of the World Meteorological
Organization/United Nations Environment Programme Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change to the Convention process and looking forward to the completion
of its second assessment report,
 
      Recognizing the contribution to the Convention process of the interim
secretariat of the Convention, within the framework of the Department for
Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development of the Secretariat, as well as
the support provided to that secretariat by the World Meteorological
Organization, the United Nations Environment Programme, the United Nations
Conference on Trade and Development, the United Nations Development Programme
and bilateral contributors,
 
      Taking note of the advice of the Secretary-General on an institutional
linkage for the secretariat of the Convention with the United Nations,
including the procedures indicated therein for the application of the
Financial Regulations and the Staff Regulations and Staff Rules of the United
Nations and for the appointment and accountability of the head of that
secretariat,
 
      Taking note also of the decision of the Conference of the Parties, on
the basis of the advice of the Secretary-General, that the Convention
secretariat shall be institutionally linked to the United Nations, while not
being fully integrated into the work programme and management structure of any
particular department or programme,
 
      Taking note further of the financial procedures for the Conference of
the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, its
subsidiary bodies and its permanent secretariat adopted at its first session,
whereby, inter alia, the Secretary-General is asked to establish trust funds
for the purposes of the Convention, to be managed by the head of the
Convention secretariat in accordance with duly delegated authority,
 
      Taking note further of the decision of the Conference of the Parties
whereby the General Assembly is requested, bearing in mind the institutional
linkage of the Convention secretariat to the United Nations and the large
number of States that are Parties to the Convention, to decide to finance from
the regular programme budget of the United Nations the conference-servicing
costs arising from sessions of the Conference of the Parties and its
subsidiary bodies for the duration of the institutional linkage mentioned
above,
 
      Having considered the report of the Secretary-General on the
implementation of General Assembly resolution 49/120, with particular
reference to the implications arising from the report of the Conference of the
Parties on its first session,
 
      1.    Takes note with appreciation of:
 
      (a)   The report of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on a
Framework Convention on Climate Change on its eleventh session;
 
      (b)   The final report prepared on behalf of the Committee, by its
Chairman, on the completion of the Committee's work;
 
      (c)   The report of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on
its first session and its presentation on behalf of the President of the
Conference;
 
      2.    Endorses the institutional linkage between the Convention
secretariat and the United Nations, as advised by the Secretary-General and
adopted by the Conference of the Parties;
 
      3.    Requests the Secretary-General to review the functioning of this
institutional linkage not later than 31 December 1999, in consultation with
the Conference of the Parties, with a view to making such modifications as may
be considered desirable by both parties and to report thereon to the General
Assembly;
 
      4.    Notes that the Conference of the Parties has decided to accept the
offer of the Government of Germany to host the Convention secretariat and
expresses its appreciation for the support offered by the future host
Government for the relocation and effective functioning of the Convention
secretariat;
 
      5.    Notes with appreciation contributions made to the extrabudgetary
funds established under paragraphs 10 and 20 of General Assembly resolution
45/212, and maintained in accordance with its resolution 47/195;
 
      6.    Urges Member States that are Parties to the Convention to pay
promptly and in full for each of the years 1996 and 1997, in accordance with
the indicative scale adopted by consensus by the Conference of the Parties,
the contributions required for the trust fund for the core budget of the
Convention envisaged in paragraph 13 of its financial procedures, so as to
ensure continuity in the cash flow required to finance the ongoing work of the
Conference of the Parties, the subsidiary bodies and the Convention
secretariat;
 
      7.    Calls upon Member States that are Parties to the Convention to
also contribute generously to the trust fund for participation in the
Convention process envisaged in paragraph 15 of its financial procedures, as
well as to the trust funds envisaged for supplementary activities under the
Convention;
 
      8.    Decides to include in the calendar of conferences and meetings for
1996-1997 the sessions of the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary
bodies envisaged for that biennium entailing twelve weeks of conference-
servicing facilities;
 
      9.    Requests the Secretary-General to make the necessary arrangements
to include in the calendar of conferences and meetings for the biennium
1998-1999 those sessions of the Conference of the Parties and its subsidiary
bodies that the Conference may need to convene in that period;
 
      10.   Takes note of the transitional arrangement for administrative
support to the Convention secretariat, outlined in the report of the
Secretary-General on the implementation of General Assembly resolution 49/120,
with particular reference to the implications arising from the report of the
Conference of the Parties, on its first session, which should facilitate the
establishment and relocation of the Convention secretariat and assist it in
addressing any initial financial and personnel problems that may be
encountered within this context, and also takes note of the financing
arrangements contained in paragraphs 8 and 9 above, and requests the
Secretary-General to review these arrangements towards the end of the biennium
1996-1997 and to report upon the results of this review to the Assembly at its
fifty-second session;
 
      11.   Notes that the Secretary-General intends:
 
      (a)   To transfer the end-1995 balance in the trust fund for the
negotiating process established under paragraph 20 of General Assembly
resolution 45/212 into the trust fund for the core budget of the Convention
envisaged in paragraph 13 of its financial procedures;
 
      (b)   To transfer the end-1995 balance in the special voluntary fund for
participation in the negotiating process established under paragraph 10 of the
same resolution into the trust fund for participation in the Convention
process envisaged in paragraph 15 of the aforementioned financial procedures;
 
      12.   Requests the Secretary-General to report to the General Assembly
at its fifty-first session on the implementation of the present resolution;
 
      13.   Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its fifty-first
session the item entitled "Protection of global climate for present and future
generations of mankind".