Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on Its 6th Special Session

A/RES/55/200View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 95a Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21, published in 2001.

What other versions does this mandate have?

6 versions · 2001–2011

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/65/162

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2011	A/RES/65/162	Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its 11th special session	2,249	23%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/220	Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its 10th special session	1,173	44%Compare
2007	A/RES/61/205	Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its 9th special session	853	29%Compare
2005	A/RES/59/226	Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its 8th special session	1,019	28%Compare
2003	A/RES/57/251	Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its 7th special session	619	22%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

1 report · 2004

Year	Symbol	Title		Mandate resolution
2004	A/59/262	Universal membership of the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum of the United Nations Environment Programme report of the Secretary-General		A/RES/57/251

What subjects does this mandate have?

7 subjects

Conferences Environmental Protection Financial Resources Programme Evaluation Programme Implementation Resources Allocation Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

7 operative paragraphs

Takes note with appreciation of the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its sixth special session,⁴ takes note of the decisions contained therein as well as the consultations among member States in preparation for the twenty-first session, and, in this regard, also takes note of the ongoing consultations contributing to the further elaboration and implementation of the water policy and strategy of the Programme;

⁴Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/55/25).

Welcomes the convening of the First Global Ministerial Environment Forum, and, in this regard, expresses its deep appreciation to the Government of Sweden for the generous manner in which it hosted and provided facilities for the Forum, and takes note with appreciation of the Malmö Ministerial Declaration⁵ as one of the contributions to the Millennium Summit and to the preparations for the ten-year review of progress achieved in the implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development;

⁵Ibid., annex I, decision SS.VI/1, annex.

Stresses the importance of the section of the United Nations Millennium Declaration on protecting our common environment,⁶ in which heads of State and Government reaffirmed the principles of sustainable development as set out in Agenda 21,⁷ and in particular resolved to adopt a new ethic of conservation and stewardship in all our environmental actions;

⁶See resolution 55/2.

⁷Report of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro, 3-14 June 1992 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.93.I.8 and corrigenda), vol. I: Resolutions adopted by the Conference, resolution 1, annex II.

Welcomes the decision⁸ of the Governing Council on the contribution of the United Nations Environment Programme to the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21;⁹

⁸Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-fifth Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/55/25), annex I, decision SS.VI/3.

⁹Resolution S-19/2, annex.

Stresses that the United Nations Environment Programme, as the principal body in the field of the environment within the United Nations system, should continue to play an important role in the implementation of Agenda 21 and in the preparations for the ten-year review of progress achieved in the implementation of the outcome of the Conference;

Underlines the need for sufficient financial resources, on a stable and predictable basis, to ensure the full implementation of the mandate of the Programme, in particular with a view to ensuring its strong involvement in the preparatory process for the ten-year review of progress achieved in the implementation of the outcome of the Conference at its various levels, and in the implementation of the outcome of the review;

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 2002-2003, in accordance with current budgetary practices, and to consider other ways to support the strengthening of the Programme in view of the ten-year review of progress achieved in the implementation of the outcome of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development.

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