Report of the Governing Council of the UN Environment Programme, G.A. res. 50/110, U.N. Doc. A/RES/50/110 (1995)



      
     The General Assembly,
 
     Recalling its resolution 2997 (XXVII) of 15 December 1972, in which it
decided to establish the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment
Programme,
 
     Recalling also its resolution 47/191 of 22 December 1992, in which it
endorsed the recommendations on international institutional arrangements to
follow up the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, as
contained in chapter 38 of Agenda 21, in which, inter alia, the need for a
strengthened role for the United Nations Environment Programme and its
Governing Council was stressed and priority areas on which the Programme
should concentrate were elaborated,
 
     Having considered the report of the Governing Council of the United
Nations Environment Programme on its eighteenth session, the report of the
Secretary- General on the strengthening of the Programme, the note by the
Secretary-General on the activities of the Programme in environmental
monitoring, and the note by the Secretary-General on international conventions
and protocols in the field of the environment,
 
     1.   Endorses the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations
Environment Programme on its eighteenth session and the decisions contained
therein; 
 
     2.   Recognizes, in particular, Governing Council decisions 18/1 on the
role and priorities of the United Nations Environment Programme, 18/5 on the
in-depth evaluation of the programme on environment and 18/7 on environment
and sustainable development, all of 26 May 1995, and decision 18/10 of 25 May
1995 on good environmental housekeeping within the United Nations system;
 
     3.   Requests the Governing Council to prepare a report on the role and
activities of the United Nations Environment Programme in the implementation
of Agenda 21, in accordance with its mandate, and to submit that report to the
General Assembly at its special session on the overall review and appraisal of
the implementation of Agenda 21;
 
     4.   Notes the importance of sufficient and timely contributions to the
Environment Fund, and calls upon Governments to make contributions in a timely
fashion in order to allow for the full and effective implementation of the
work programmes;
 
     5.   Welcomes the efforts of the United Nations Environment Programme to
promote maximum and cost-effective utilization of the conference facilities at
its headquarters at Nairobi, and calls upon Governments and relevant
intergovernmental bodies to support such efforts to ensure optimum utilization
of the capacity of all United Nations conference facilities;
 
     6.   Requests the Secretary-General to inform the General Assembly at its
fifty-second session on the implementation of the present resolution.
      

 

 



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