Energy Charter Treaty

24 where EU called for a need of geographical enlargement of Energy Charter Treaty which will aim at strengthening the role of the Treaty as a global instrument, recognised as the basis for international energy regulation in its main fields of competence; • The Outcome Document entitled ‘The Future We Want’ which was endorsed by the UN Conference on Sustainable Development of 22 June 2012 and was annexed in the UN General Assembly Resolution 66/288, which recognised the critical role that energy plays in the development process, as access to sustainable modern energy services contributes to poverty eradication, saves lives, improves health and helps provide basic human needs; • “The St. Petersburg Resolution” of the 2012 APEC Energy Ministerial Meeting on 24-25 June 2012, in which APEC Energy Ministers recognise that enhancing energy security requires concerted action in many areas and commit to continue their efforts to improve the sustainability, efficiency, predictability and transparency of traditional energy markets; • The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Resolution “Promotion and use of new and renewable sources of energy” adopted at the 21 st OSCE PA Annual Session in Monaco on 9 July 2012, stressing the crucial role of energy security in the new security environment and the imperative need for fairness and transparency, in accordance with international law and the European Energy Charter; • The Final Document of the 16 th Summit of Heads of State or Government of Non Aligned Movement, which took place on 26-31 August 2012 in Teheran, in which the Heads of State or Government stressed the importance of enhancing international Cooperation through partnership in all forms of energy including clean and renewable Energy. They called upon the developed countries to transfer more efficient and environmentally sound technologies to developing countries, and for the United Nations to promote and facilitate this; • The Concluding Declaration of the Rabat Energy Forum of 21 September 2012 in which the Energy Charter was recognised as an efficient instrument to contribute and strengthen energy cooperation in the MENA region; • UN General Assembly Resolution 67/263 “Reliable and stable transit of energy and its role in ensuring sustainable development and international cooperation” adopted on 17 May 2013, noting that