International Co-Operation in the Field of the Environment

A/RES/38/165View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, published in 1984.

What other versions does this mandate have?

8 versions · 1980–1990

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/44/229

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
1990	A/RES/44/229	International co-operation in the field of the environment	2,027	8%Compare
1988	A/RES/42/184	International co-operation in the field of the environment	349	21%Compare
1986	A/RES/40/200	International co-operation in the field of the environment	233	11%Compare
1984	A/RES/38/165	International co-operation in the field of the environment	1,039	15%Compare
1983	A/RES/37/217	International co-operation in the field of the environment	1,216	17%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

16 subjects

Apartheid Budget Contributions Conferences Desertification Environment Environmental Impact Assessment Environmental Law Environmental Policy Industry Information Exchange International Cooperation Medium-Term Planning Programme Implementation Technical Cooperation Terms of Reference Work Organization

What’s in this document?

12 operative paragraphs

Takes note of sections V and VI of Goveming Council decision 11/ I, whích relate to the convening of an international conference on world industry and environrnental management and a parliamentary conference on the environment;

Takes note with appreciation of Governing Council decision l l/2 of 23 May 198 3 on the periodicity and duration ofGoveming Council sessions and endorses the decision that there shall be no session ofthe Governing Council in 1986, on an experimental basis, and that in 1987 the Governing Council shall decide finally on either ofthe two options for the periodicity ofits sessions in the light ofthe experience gained in the previous years;

Also takes note of Governing Council decision 11/5 of 23 May 1983 on the impacts of apartheid on the environment, directed at promoting public awareness of the plight of the victims of apartheid;

Welcomes part one of Governing Council decision 11/7 of 24 May 1983, by which the Council, while setting priorities for its implementation, approved the programme budget for the first biennium of the system-wide medium-term environment programme, 1984-1985, asan overall framework for activities of the United Nations Environment Programrne during that period, and invites Governments participating ín relevant goveming bodies of specialized agencies and other organizations ofthe United Nations system to endeavour to take the provisions ofthe system-wide medium-term environment programme fully into accoun t in their consideration of related issues, so as to achieve the full implementation ofthe system-wide programme;

Weicomes the importance attached by the Goveming Council to regional approaches and programmes in the fie]d of international envíronment co-operation, as reflected in its decisions 11/7, 11/8 and 11/9 of 24 May 1983;

Welcomes section VIII of Governing Council decision 11/1, in which the Council decided to devote two days, during its twelfth session, to a detailed assessment of the irnplementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification, 84 which will include a thorough analysis ofthé state ofimplementation ofthe principal components ofthe Plan., the lessons learned and the priorities for future action;

Decides to expand the mandate of the Consultative Group for Desertification Control to include information exchange on anti-desertification policies and programrnes of its partidpants, in addition to its basíc mandate as set out in General Assembly resolution 32/172 of 19 December 1977;

WeJcomes the progress made in the implementation of the Montevideo Programrne far the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law 85 and appeals to Governments to participate actively in the Pro- General Assembly-Thirty-eighth Sesslon gramme and provide adequate fmancial resources or facilities in arder to achieve its full and timely implementation;

Reaffirms the need for strengthening the coordínating role of the United Nations Environment Programme and the need for additional resources to assist developing countries in dealing with serious environmental problems, and urges the Executive Director of the Programme, in consultation with Governments and international organizations concemed, to accelerate and intensify his efforts in this field;

Urges the Executive Director of the United Nations Environrnent Programme to facilitate the provision of expert assistance to and among developing countries, at their request, in the preparation, monitoring and evaluation of priority environmental programmes and projects, including the application of environmental impact assessment, and in promoting and increasing the exchange ofinformation and experience with respect to the integration of environmental considerations into development activities;

Expresses its appreciation to Governrnents that have contributed to the Fund ofthe United Nations Environrnent Programme, particularly to those that have done so for the first time in 1982 and 1983 and those that have increased their contributions far those years, and also to !hose countries which have changed their yearly payment procedures in order to make their contributions available as early as possible;

Notes with deep concern, however, the very meagre pledges to the Fund so far received from Govemrnents and strongly appeals to ali Governments to pledge their contributions as soon as possible far 1984, and where possible far 19 85, preferably before the end of 1983.

76 NJ6/ l 4 l.

80 A/38/3O5, annex l.

81 !bid., annex II. 17 Official Records ofthe General Assembly, Thlrty-eighth Session, Supple- 82 Resolution 35/56, annex, paras. 156-158. ment No. 25 (A/38/25), annex. 18 A/38/3D4, anncx.

menl No. 25 (A/38/25).

83 0/Ticial Records o.ft/1e General éISsemblv, Thirly-eighth Sess/011, Supplement No. 25 (A/38/25), annei.

• 84 Report of the Unl/ed Nations Conference on Desf'!'tijication, Nairobi, 29 Ai~st-9 September 1977 (AICONF.14136), clmp. l.

5 UNEP/GC.10/5/Add.2 and Corr.1 and 2, annex, chap. H. 86 Report of Habitat: U11iIed Natio11s Co1¡/erence on Human Settlements, Vancouver, 31 May-J I June 1976 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E. 7 6 .IV. 7 and corrígendurn ), cha p. l. 87 !bid., chap. TI. 88 !bid., chap. 111. 89 See O.f/icíal Records o.f the General Assembf.11, Tl1irtp--eighth Sesslon, Supp/eme11I No. 8 (Af38/8), annex J. 90 A/38/278-E/1983/77,

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