Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on Its 7th Special Session

A/RES/57/251View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 87 Environment and sustainable development, published in 2003.

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?

6 subjects

Consultations Costs Environmental Management Environmental Protection Programme Implementation Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

8 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its seventh special session,Error: Reference source not found and the decisions contained therein;

Expresses its appreciation to the Open-ended Intergovernmental Group of Ministers or Their Representatives on International Environmental Governance for its report as adopted by the Governing Council at its seventh special session;⁴

⁴Official Records of the General Assembly, Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/57/25), annex I, decision SS.VII/1, appendix.

Recalls the decision made at the World Summit on Sustainable Development⁵ to fully implement the outcomes of decision SS.VII/1 on international environmental governance adopted by the Governing Council at its seventh special session;1

⁵See Report of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, Johannesburg, South Africa, 26 August–4 September 2002 (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.03.II.A.1 and corrigendum), chap. I, resolution 2, annex, para. 140 (d).

Invites Member States, the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme, and the relevant bodies of the United Nations system to submit to the Secretariat their comments on the important but complex issue of establishing universal membership for the Governing Council/Global Ministerial Environment Forum, including its legal, political, institutional, financial and system-wide implications, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report incorporating those views to the General Assembly for its consideration before its sixtieth session;

Reiterates its desire to be informed on the work of the Environmental Management Group;

Requests the United Nations Environment Programme, within its mandate, to continue to contribute to sustainable development programmes and the implementation of Agenda 21⁶ at all levels, bearing in mind the mandate of the Commission on Sustainable Development;

⁶Report 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.

Reiterates the need for stable, adequate and predictable financial resources for the United Nations Environment Programme, and in this regard and in accordance with resolution 2997 (XXVII) underlines the need to consider adequate reflection of all administrative and management costs of the Programme in the context of the United Nations regular budget;

Requests the Secretary-General to keep the resource needs of the United Nations Environment Programme and the United Nations Office at Nairobi under review so as to permit the delivery, in an effective manner, of necessary services to the Programme and to other United Nations organs and organizations in Nairobi.

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