Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme

A/RES/54/216View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 100 Environment and sustainable development, published in 2000.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 1974–2000

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2000	A/RES/54/216	Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme	638	28%Compare
1999	A/RES/53/187	Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme	717	23%Compare
1996	A/RES/50/110	Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme	421	1%Compare
1979	A/RES/33/86	Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme	278	1%Compare
1978	A/RES/32/168	Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme	529	14%Compare

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Capacity Building Environment Environmental Agreements Environmental Policy Organizational Change Persistent Organic Pollutants Resources Allocation

What’s in this document?

10 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its twentieth session and the decisions contained therein;4

Takes note, in particular, of Governing Council decision 20/31 of 4 February 1999, entitled “Proposed programme budget of the United Nations Environment Programme: revised requirements for the biennium 1998-1999 and proposed requirements for the biennium 2000-2001”,⁶ in which the Governing Council gives concrete support to the integrated work programme of the Programme and endorsement of its new functional organizational structure, and anticipates an increased level of funding to the Environment Fund for the biennium 2000-2001;

⁶Ibid., annex.

Supports the proposals for the facilitation of and support for enhancing linkages and coordination within and among environmental and environment-related conventions, inter alia, by the United Nations Environment Programme, with full respect for the status of the respective convention secretariats and the autonomous decision-making prerogatives of the conferences of the parties to the conventions concerned;

Notes with appreciation the contribution of the United Nations Environment Programme to the Commission on Sustainable Development at its seventh session, and encourages the Governing Council at future sessions to provide its scientific, technical and policy information and analysis of and advice on global environmental issues to the Commission at future sessions and, in particular, to contribute to the preparation of the ten-year review of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development in 2002;

Welcomes the progress in the negotiation of an international legally binding instrument for implementing international action on certain persistent organic pollutants with a view to its earlier conclusion;

Encourages the supporting role of the United Nations Environment Programme for developing countries, particularly in Africa, through the development of policy support and capacity-building for international environmental negotiation, inter alia, through the revitalization of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment;

Stresses the importance of strengthening the United Nations Office at Nairobi in its capacity as the only United Nations Office located in a developing country, and encourages the increased utilization of its facilities;

Notes the increased cooperation and collaboration between the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat), within the framework of their respective mandates and separate programmatic, budgetary and organizational identities, with a view to improving the effectiveness of their work;

Calls upon all countries to ensure the provision of sufficient financial resources, on a stable and predictable basis, for the successful implementation of the work programme for the biennium 2000-2001;

Requests the Secretary-General to provide the necessary resources from the regular budget of the United Nations to the United Nations Environment Programme for the biennium 2000-2001, in accordance with current budgetary practices, and to consider ways to support further the revitalization of the Programme.

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