UNITED NATIONS A CWAtM:-Pi#ib Mi ii United Nations Confe~erif~ on New and Renewable so\h'a,9 of Energy Nairobi, Kenya 10-21 August 1981 SUBSTANTIVE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CONFERENCE Distr. GENERAL A/CONF.100/6 6 March 1981 ORIGINAL: ENGLISH Activities of the relevant organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations system in the field of new and renewable sources of energy Note by the Secretary-General 1. The Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on New and Renewable Sources of Energy, at its second session, adopted decision 7 (II) concerning preparatory work for the Conference. 1/ In subparagraph (e) of that decision, the Preparatory Committee recommended that "all the relevant organs, organizations and bodies of the United Nations should submit comprehensive reports on their activities in the field of new and renewable sources of energy, including the provision of technical assistance to developing countries, in accordance with General Assembly resolution 33/148 of 20 December 1978, in time for the third session of the Preparatory Committee". This recommendation was subsequently endorsed by the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session in resolution 35/204 of 16 December 1980. 2· The request for comprehensive reports was discussed at an interagency meeting held at Geneva in October 1980. While recognizing that a great deal of information \'as already available, inter alia, through the cross-organizational programme analyses ¾d the report submitted to the General Assembly at its thirty-fifth session (A/35/531), the meeting agreed that agencies, organizations and bodies of the United Nations S~stem should view the request for comprehensive reports as an additional opportunity to provide information to .Governments on the full range of their current and planned activities in the field of new and renewable sources of energy. 3. The reports submitted by the relevant organs, organizations and bodies in response 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a report on the activities of various United Nations organs, organizations, and bodies related to new and renewable sources of energy. The report discusses the submission of comprehensive reports on their activities in this field, including provision of technical assistance to developing countries. This suggests that the report is focused on sustainable development and the use of natural resources.

**Category**
Natural resources and environment, Science and technology