Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on Its 24th Session

A/RES/62/195View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 54g Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its 24th session, published in 2008.

What other versions does this mandate have?

3 versions · 2008–2012

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/66/203

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2012	A/RES/66/203	Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its 26th session	583	26%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/204	Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its 25th session	1,273	34%Compare
2008	A/RES/62/195	Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its 24th session	1,103	–

What subjects does this mandate have?

19 subjects

Budget Contributions Capacity Building Chemical Safety Coordination Within UN System Desertification Early Warning Systems Environment Environmental Management Environmental Protection Governance Location of Offices Medium-Term Planning Mercury Partnership Programme Implementation Programmes of Action Resources Mobilization Sustainable Development Technical Cooperation

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17 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its twenty-fourth session⁷ and the decisions contained therein;⁸

⁷Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/62/25).

⁸Ibid., annex I.

Notes the publication of the fourth Global Environment Outlook: Environment for Development by the United Nations Environment Programme;⁹

⁹United Nations publication, Sales No. E.07.III.D.19.

Decides to declare the decade 2010–2020 as the United Nations Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification, based on the recommendation of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme at its twenty-fourth session;¹⁰

¹⁰Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/62/25), annex I, decision 24/14; see also General Assembly resolution 61/185 and Economic and Social Council resolution 1980/67.

Notes that the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme at its twenty-fourth session discussed all components of the recommendations on international environmental governance as contained in its decision SS.VII/1, and also notes the continued discussions scheduled for the twenty-fifth session of the Governing Council;6

Stresses the need to further advance and fully implement the Bali Strategic Plan for Technology Support and Capacity-building,Error: Reference source not found in this regard calls upon Governments and other stakeholders in a position to do so to provide the necessary funding and technical assistance, and also calls upon the United Nations Environment Programme to continue its efforts to fully implement the Bali Strategic Plan through strengthened cooperation with other stakeholders, based on their comparative advantages;

Recognizes the progress made so far in the implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management,¹¹ particularly through its Quick Start Programme,¹² and invites Governments, regional economic integration organizations, intergovernmental organizations and non-governmental organizations to engage actively and cooperate closely to support the Strategic Approach implementation activities of the United Nations Environment Programme, including the Quick Start Programme, including through providing adequate resources;

¹¹See the report of the International Conference on Chemicals Management on the work of its first session (SAICM/ICCM.1/7), annexes I-III.

¹²See Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-second Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/62/25), annex I, decision 24/3.

Also recognizes the global challenges posed by mercury, and, in this regard, notes the decision by the Governing Council to establish an ad hoc open-ended working group of Governments, regional economic integration organizations and stakeholder representatives to review and assess options for enhanced voluntary measures and new or existing international legal instruments,¹³ taking into account the terms of reference and the priorities set out in that decision, and urges Governments and other stakeholders to continue and enhance their support of the United Nations Environment Programme mercury programme partnerships through the provision of technical and financial resources;

¹³Ibid., decision 24/3, para. 28.

Emphasizes the need to further enhance coordination and cooperation among the relevant United Nations organizations in the promotion of the environmental dimension of sustainable development, and welcomes the continued active participation of the United Nations Environment Programme in the United Nations Development Group and the Environment Management Group;

Also emphasizes the need for the United Nations Environment Programme, within its mandate, to further contribute to sustainable development programmes, the implementation of Agenda 21Error: Reference source not found and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation,Error: Reference source not found at all levels, and to the work of the Commission on Sustainable Development, bearing in mind the mandate of the Commission;

Welcomes the continued efforts of the United Nations Environment Programme in shifting emphasis from delivery of outputs to achievement of results within its budget and programme of work, and also welcomes, in this regard, decision 24/9 of the Governing Council on the budget and programme of work of the United Nations Environment Programme;¹⁴

¹⁴Ibid., Supplement No. 25 (A/62/25), annex I.

Notes the request by the Governing Council to the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme to prepare, in consultation with the Committee of Permanent Representatives, a medium-term strategy for the period 2010–2013;¹⁵

¹⁵Ibid., decision 24/9, para. 13.

Recognizes the need to strengthen the scientific base of the United Nations Environment Programme, as recommended by the intergovernmental consultation on strengthening the scientific base of the Programme, including the reinforcement of the scientific capacity of developing countries, as well as countries with economies in transition, in the area of protection of the environment, including through the provision of adequate financial resources;

Notes the ongoing consultations with a view to improving further the proposed Environment Watch strategy as an integral part of the wider strategic vision of the United Nations Environment Programme;¹⁶

¹⁶Ibid., decision 24/1, sect. III.

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

Invites Governments that are in a position to do so to increase their contributions to the Environment Fund;

Emphasizes the importance of the Nairobi headquarters location of the United Nations Environment Programme, and requests the Secretary-General to keep the resource needs of the 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 the other United Nations organs and organizations in Nairobi;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-third session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled “Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its tenth special session”.

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