Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on Its 10th Special Session

A/RES/63/220View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 49g Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its 10th special session, published in 2009.

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?

5 subjects

Climate Change Environmental Management Environmental Protection Programme Implementation Sustainable Development

What’s in this document?

15 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its tenth special session⁶ and the decisions contained therein;⁷

⁶Official Records of the General Assembly, Sixty-third Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/63/25).

⁷Ibid., annex I.

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, the United Nations Environment Programme Medium-term Strategy 2010–2013,⁸ which is results-based and elaborates six cross-cutting thematic priority areas of work and various means of implementation as a way of strengthening the work of the United Nations Environment Programme, bearing in mind all the relevant provisions of decisions of the Governing Council, and in this regard invites partner organizations to cooperate closely with the Programme;

⁸See UNEP/GCSS.X/8.

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 welcomes the particular emphasis of the Medium-term Strategy 2010–2013 on significantly enhancing the capacity of the United Nations Environment Programme to deliver on the Bali Strategic Plan;

Recognizes the progress made so far in the implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management,⁹ particularly through its Quick Start Programme,¹⁰ 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 by providing adequate resources;

⁹See the report of the International Conference on Chemicals Management on the work of its first session (SAICM/ICCM.1/7), annexes I-III.

¹⁰See 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, welcomes the work of the ad hoc open-ended working group on mercury, established by the Governing Council at its twenty-fourth session,9 to review and assess options for enhanced voluntary measures and new or existing international legal instruments, and notes that the Governing Council will consider the outcomes of the work of the ad hoc open-ended working group at its twenty-fifth regular session;

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;

Notes that the Governing Council, at its tenth special session, emphasized the need to implement fully its decision SS.VII/1 on international environmental governance,¹¹ and also notes the continued discussions scheduled for the twenty-fifth session of the Governing Council;

¹¹Ibid., Fifty-seventh Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/57/25), annex I.

Recognizes that the current global crises could adversely impact sustainable development and the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, emphasizes the need for mobilization of adequate funding to address their environmental aspects, and takes note of the proposal of the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, following consultations with the Bureau of the Governing Council and the Committee of Permanent Representatives to the Programme, to address “Global crisis: national chaos?” as one of the themes for the ministerial consultations, to be held at the twenty-fifth session of the Governing Council;

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 to enhance the cooperation between the United Nations Environment Programme and regional and subregional organizations, and welcomes the continued active participation of the Programme in the United Nations Development Group and the Environment Management Group;

Takes note of the finding of Global Environment Outlook: Environment for Development,¹² published by the United Nations Environment Programme, that current environmental degradation represents a serious challenge for human well-being and sustainable development, and expresses its deep concern over the evidence of unprecedented environmental changes at all levels, including possible irreversible changes with potentially negative implications for economic and social development, especially for the poor and vulnerable groups in society;

¹²United Nations publication, Sales No. E.07.III.D.19.

Reaffirms the need to strengthen the scientific base of the United Nations Environment Programme, as recommended by the intergovernmental consultation on strengthening of the scientific base of the Programme, including the reinforcement of the scientific capacity of developing countries, in the area of protection of the environment, including through the provision of adequate financial resources, and in this respect emphasizes the importance of building on the experiences gained from the preparation of different global environmental assessments as well as other relevant developments in this field;

Reiterates the need for stable, adequate and predictable financial resources for the United Nations Environment Programme, and, in accordance with General 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-fourth session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, a sub-item entitled “Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its twenty-fifth session”.

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