Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme.

  • Author: UN General Assembly (33rd sess. : 1978-1979)
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  • Date:
    15 December 1978

33. RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED ON THE REPORTS OF THE SECOND COMMITTEE*
86. Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme

The General Assembly, Having considered the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on the work of its sixth session[1] and the statement of the Executive Director of the Programme introducing the report,[2] Having also considered Economic and Social Council resolution 1978/62 of 3 August 1978 concerning international co-operation on the environment, Noting with satisfaction the signing in Kuwait, on 23 April 1978, of the Final Act of the Kuwait Regional Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment and the Coastal Areas, Having further considered the note by the Secretary-General on international conventions and protocols in the field of the environment,[3]

1. Takes note with satisfaction of the report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on the work of its sixth session and the decisions, as adopted, contained in annex I thereto;

2. Welcomes the activities of the United Nations Environment Programme, in particular the decisions of the Governing Council relating to the establishment of a system-wide, medium-term environment programme based on thematic joint programming, the emphasis to be given to project and programme evaluation and to the preparatory process for the consideration by the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination of matters concerning the environment and the implementation of the Plan of Action to Combat Desertification,[4] adopted by the United Nations Conference on Desertification, held at Nairobi from 29 August to 9 September 1977, and the reporting thereon by the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination to the Governing Council;

3. Calls upon all bodies and organizations of the United Nations system involved in the elaboration of the new international development strategy to take environmental concerns into full account in view of the close interrelationship between environment and development;

4. Invites the executive heads, members of the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, to continue to consider, after the merger of the Environment Coordination Board with the Administrative Committee on Co-ordination, environmental matters at their level;

5. Urges all Governments to contribute urgently and generously to the Fund of the United Nations Environment Programme, bearing in mind paragraph 3 of Governing Council decision 6/13 A of 24 May 1978,[5] so as to meet the approved target;

6. Requests the United Nations Environment Programme to continue its catalytic and co-ordinating role in the field of the marine environment and ecological balance of regional seas and invites the Governments concerned to conclude, as appropriate, through cooperation among themselves and with the assistance of the United Nations Environment Programme and regional commissions, conventions and other arrangements in order to promote the protection of the marine environment of regional seas;

7. Invites Member States, as appropriate, to ratify and implement the international conventions and protocols designed to protect the environment in every respect and further urges Governments to promote the conclusion of such conventions and protocols.

85th plenary meeting
15 December 1978


[1] Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/33/25). [2] Ibid., Thirty-third Session, Second Committee, 24th meeting, paras. 1-14. [3] A/33/134. [4] A/CONF.74/36, chap. I [5] See Official Records of the General Assembly, Thirty-third Session, Supplement No. 25 (A/33/25), annex I.
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