UNITED NATIONS, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The UN General Assembly adopted on Wednesday a resolution that called on relevant UN organs to give attention to the security implications of climate change.

    The resolution, approved by consensus by the 192-member body, called on relevant UN organs "to intensify their efforts in considering and addressing climate change, including its possible security implications."

    It expressed deep concern that "the adverse impacts of climate change, including sea-level rise, could have possible security implications."

    It requested UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to submit a comprehensive report to the assembly at its 64th session, which begins in September, "on the possible security implications of climate change, based on the views of the member states and relevant regional and international organizations."

    The text was cosponsored by a group of Pacific Small Island Developing States (PSIDS), including Somoa, Solomon Islands, Tongaand Nauru, who had been pushing for its approval for the past year.

    Speaking on behalf of the PSIDS, Nauru's UN Ambassador Marlene Moses said the resolution "refers to the security implications of the adverse impacts of climate change, which in our region are already being felt."

    "As the rest of the world continues to debate the security implications of climate change, for our peoples the problem is astoundingly real," Moses said.

    "Imagine a country submerging as a whole; consider its territorial sovereignty, its population, and its government," he said. "Never before has a UN member state disappeared now we are faced with the threat of losing many due to the adverse effects of climate change."

    Moses urged all relevant UN bodies, including the General Assembly, the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and the Security Council, to work collectively within their mandate and intensify their efforts to address the security implications of climate change.