Decides that the 4th session of the Preparatory Committee for the UN Conference on Environment and Development should be held in New York from 2 March to 3 Apr. 1992; requests the Secretary-General to invite the following to the Conference: (a) all States Members of the UN or members of the specialized agencies and IAEA; (b) representatives of organizations that have received a standing invitation from the General Assembly to participate, in the capacity of observers, in the sessions and work of all international conferences convened under its auspices; (c) representatives of the national liberation movements recognized by the OAU in its region; (d) all executive heads of specialized agencies and IAEA as well as other organs, organizations and programmes of the UN system; (e) all intergovernmental organizations that have been invited to participate in the work of the Preparatory Committee; (f) all non-governmental organizations accredited to participate in the work of the Preparatory Committee by the conclusion of its 4th session; those organizations should receive invitations to participate as observers at the Conference; decides to extend the validity and use of the Voluntary Fund in order to assist developing countries in participating fully and effectively in the Conference, and urges Governments to contribute urgently and generously to the Voluntary Fund in order to achieve that goal.

Adopted without vote, 78th meeting

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Adopted at the 78th plenary meeting, 19 Dec. 1991.