Board of the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns

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Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Decision of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20a Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development and of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, published in 2013.

What subjects does this mandate have?

1 subject

Sustainable Consumption

What’s in this document?

17 paragraphs

At its 99th plenary meeting, on 16 September 2013, the General Assembly, on the proposal of its President,47

recalling its resolution 66/288 of 27 July 2012, in which it endorsed the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, entitled “The future we want”, in particular paragraph 226 thereof concerning the adoption of the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production patterns,48 and its resolution 67/203 of 21 December 2012:

(a) Noted the establishment of the 10-member board of the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production patterns, in accordance with its resolution 67/203 and paragraph 226 of “The future we want”;

(b) Welcomed the membership of the board, as nominated by the five regional groups of the United Nations and listed in the annex to the present decision;

(c) Decided that the members of the board shall serve for an initial term of two years effective from the date of adoption of the present decision;

(d) Also decided that regional groups shall be authorized to nominate new members of the board after the completion of the initial two-year term of the board, or in the event of the resignation of a member of the board, and for subsequent terms, upon notification of the President of the General Assembly and the board by the relevant regional group;

(e) Requested that the board hold its first meeting no later than October 2013.

Membership of the board of the 10-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production patterns

United Republic of Tanzania

South Africa

Japan/Republic of Korea

Bangladesh/Indonesia

Romania

Russian Federation

Chile

Mexico

Finland/Germany

Switzerland

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