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/65/152View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 20a 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 2011.

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?

12 subjects

Accountability Budget Contributions Corporate Social Responsibility Country Teams Developing Countries Documents Intergovernmental Organizations International Financial Institutions Programme Implementation Regional Organizations Sustainable Development Trust Funds

What’s in this document?

25 operative paragraphs

Takes note of the report of the Preparatory Committee for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development on its first session;¹⁸

¹⁸A/CONF.216/PC/5.

Also takes note of the report of the Secretary-General;¹⁹

¹⁹A/65/298.

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 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, and underlines the need to further support the work of the Commission, taking into account its existing mandate and the decisions taken at its eleventh session;Error: Reference source not found

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

Recalls the decision of the Commission at its eleventh session that activities during Commission meetings should provide for balanced involvement of participants from all regions, as well as for gender balance;²⁰

²⁰See Official Records of the Economic and Social Council, 2003, Supplement No. 9 (E/2003/29), chap. I, sect. A; see also Economic and Social Council resolution 2003/61, para. 2 (j).

Encourages donor countries to support the participation of representatives from developing countries in the nineteenth session of the Commission, inter alia, through contributions to the Commission trust fund;

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, and in this regard invites donor Governments and international financial institutions, together with the international community, to support the efforts of developing countries to overcome barriers and constraints identified during the review year in the thematic cluster of issues, namely, transport, chemicals, waste management, mining and a ten-year framework of programmes on sustainable consumption and production patterns;

Also reaffirms the objective of enhancing the participation and the 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 nineteenth session of the Commission and the reporting on the fulfilment of corporate responsibility and accountability 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 social responsibility and accountability as envisaged by the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation;

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, and in this regard invites donor countries to consider supporting the participation of major groups from developing countries, inter alia, through contributions to the Commission trust fund;

Reiterates its invitation to the relevant United Nations funds and programmes, the regional commissions and specialized agencies, the international and regional financial and trade institutions and the Global Environment Facility, as well as the secretariats of the multilateral environmental agreements and other relevant bodies, within their mandates, to actively participate in and to effectively contribute to the work of the Commission at its nineteenth session;

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 setting aside, at the nineteenth session of the Commission, adequate time for all activities envisaged in the policy sessions, including negotiations on policy options and possible actions, and in this regard notes the importance of having all required documents, including the draft negotiating document of the Chair, made available for consideration prior to the beginning of the session;

Reaffirms its decision to hold the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Brazil in 2012;Error: Reference source not found

Endorses the recommendations contained in chapter IV, “Organizational and procedural matters: report of Contact Group 1 on the review of the preparatory process, including organizational and procedural matters, leading up to the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in 2012”, and annex II to the report of the Preparatory Committee for the Conference on its first session;17

Requests the Secretary-General to provide all appropriate support to the work of the preparatory process of the Conference and of the Conference itself and to ensure inter-agency cooperation and effective participation and coherence within the United Nations system, as well as the efficient use of resources, in order to address all the objectives and themes of the Conference;

Invites Governments and all relevant stakeholders, including regional commissions, United Nations organizations and bodies, other relevant intergovernmental and regional organizations, international financial institutions and major groups involved in sustainable development, to participate fully and effectively at all levels and to provide ideas and proposals reflecting their experiences and lessons learned as a contribution to the preparatory process of the Conference, as agreed in the preparatory process by Member States;

Encourages Governments to actively involve and to coordinate inputs from all national agencies responsible for economic development, social development and environmental protection in their national preparations for the Conference;

Encourages the United Nations development system to support, as appropriate, national country preparations for the Conference, upon the request of national authorities;

Calls upon international and bilateral donors and other countries in a position to do so to provide voluntary contributions to the Commission trust fund, requests the Secretary-General to make further efforts to use the limited resources in the trust fund in an efficient and effective way in order to enhance the active participation of representatives from developing countries in the preparatory process of the Conference and in the Conference itself, and in this regard encourages the Secretary-General, when using the resources of the trust fund, to prioritize the coverage of economy class air tickets, daily subsistence and terminal expenses;

Decides to include in the provisional agenda of its sixty-sixth session, under the item entitled “Sustainable development”, 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, including on the progress of the preparations for the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.

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