Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the Outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development

A/RES/62/189View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 54a Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

9 versions · 2004–2012

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/66/197

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2012	A/RES/66/197	Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development	2,690	19%Compare
2011	A/RES/65/152	Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development	2,118	46%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/236	Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development	2,784	36%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/212	Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development	2,158	57%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/189	Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development	1,697	52%Compare

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

8 reports · 2004–2011

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2011	A/66/287	Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/65/152
2010	A/65/298	Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/236
2009	A/64/275	Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/212
2008	A/63/304	Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/62/189
2007	A/62/262	Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/61/195

What subjects does this mandate have?

19 subjects

Agroindustry Capacity Building Civil Society Climate Change Conferences Corporate Social Responsibility Developing Countries Development Donor Countries Energy Resources Experts Intergovernmental Organizations Microcredit Participants Popular Participation Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Resources Mobilization Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

23 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;¹²

¹²A/62/262.

Reiterates that sustainable development is a key element of the overarching framework for United Nations activities, in particular for achieving the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and those contained in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;5

Calls upon Governments, all relevant international and regional organizations, the Economic and Social Council, the United Nations funds and programmes, the regional commissions and the specialized agencies, the international financial institutions, the Global Environment Facility and other intergovernmental organizations, in accordance with their respective mandates, as well as major groups, to take action to ensure the effective implementation of and follow-up to the commitments, programmes and time-bound targets adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, and encourages them to report on concrete progress in that regard;

Calls for the effective implementation of the commitments, programmes and time-bound targets adopted at the World Summit on Sustainable Development and for the fulfilment of the provisions relating to the means of implementation, as contained in the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;

Reiterates that the Commission on Sustainable Development is the high-level body responsible for sustainable development within the United Nations system and serves as a forum for the consideration of issues related to the integration of the three dimensions of sustainable development;

Encourages countries to present, on a voluntary basis, in particular at the Commission’s review sessions, national reports focusing on concrete progress in implementation, including achievements, constraints, challenges and opportunities;

Emphasizes the importance of a consensus outcome and action-oriented policy sessions;

Encourages Governments to participate at the appropriate level with representatives, including ministers, from the relevant departments and organizations working in the areas of agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification, and Africa, as well as finance, in the sixteenth session of the Commission;

Recalls the decision of the Commission at its eleventh session that activities during Commission meetings should provide for the balanced involvement of participants from all regions, as well as for gender balance;¹³

¹³See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2003, Supplement No. 9 (E/2003/29), chap. I, sect. A, draft resolution I, para. 2 (j).

Invites donor countries to consider supporting the participation of representatives from the developing countries in the sixteenth session of the Commission;

Reaffirms the objective of strengthening the implementation of Agenda 21,2 including through the mobilization of financial and technological resources, as well as capacity-building programmes, in particular for developing countries;

Also reaffirms the objective of enhancing the participation and effective involvement of civil society and other relevant stakeholders, as well as promoting transparency and broad public participation, in the implementation of Agenda 21;

Requests the secretariat of the Commission to coordinate the participation of the relevant major groups in the thematic discussions at the sixteenth session of the Commission and the reporting on the fulfilment of corporate accountability and responsibility with respect to the thematic cluster of issues, in accordance with the provisions of the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;

Reaffirms the need to promote corporate responsibility and accountability as envisaged by the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;

Also reaffirms the need to promote the development of microenterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises, including by means of training, education and skill enhancement, with a special focus on agro-industry as a provider of livelihoods for rural communities;

Requests the secretariat of the Commission to make arrangements to facilitate the balanced representation of major groups from developed and developing countries in the sessions of the Commission;

Encourages contributions by the regional implementation meetings and other regional events to the Commission at its sixteenth session;

Invites the relevant specialized agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the International Fund for Agricultural Development, United Nations funds and programmes, the Global Environment Facility and international and regional financial and trade institutions, as well as the secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa,¹⁴ and other relevant bodies, to actively participate, within their mandates, in the work of the Commission;

¹⁴United Nations, Treaty Series, vol. 1954, No. 33480.

Encourages Governments and organizations at all levels, as well as major groups, to undertake results-oriented initiatives and activities to support the work of the Commission and to promote and facilitate the implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 213 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation, including through voluntary multi-stakeholder partnership initiatives;

Underlines the importance of the review of the implementation of the decisions of the thirteenth session of the Commission on water and sanitation;¹⁵

¹⁵See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2005, Supplement No. 9 (E/2005/29), chap. I, sect. C, resolution 13/1.

Requests the Secretary-General, in reporting to the Commission at its sixteenth session, on the basis of appropriate inputs from all levels, to submit thematic reports on each of the six issues contained in the thematic cluster of issues on agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification and Africa, taking into account their interlinkages, while addressing the cross-cutting issues, including means of implementation identified by the Commission at its eleventh session, and also takes into account the relevant provisions of paragraphs 10, 14 and 15 of draft resolution I of the eleventh session of the Commission;8

Notes the convening of the Third International Expert Meeting on the Ten-year Framework of Programmes for Sustainable Consumption and Production under the Marrakech Process in Stockholm from 26 to 29 June 2007;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session the sub-item entitled “Implementation of Agenda 21, the Programme for the Further Implementation of Agenda 21 and the outcomes of the World Summit on Sustainable Development”, and requests the Secretary-General, at that session, to submit a report on the implementation of the present resolution.

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