Establishment of new subsidiary bodies of the Economic and Social Council.

Reaffirms the mandates of the new subsidiary bodies, namely, the Commission on Science and Technology for Development, the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on New and Renewable Sources of Energy and on Energy for Development, as set forth in the relevant resolutions of the Economic and Social Council and the General Assembly, including General Assembly resolution 46/235; approves the draft provisional agendas and programmes of work for the 1st sessions of the new subsidiary bodies, as contained in the note by the Secretary-General; requests those bodies to make recommendations, at their 1st sessions, about their future work programmes, taking into account their respective mandates and the follow-up of the relevant provisions of Agenda 21 as may be approved by the General Assembly at its 47th session; invites the General Assembly to consider, at its 47th session, any relevant institutional changes and recommendations made by the UNCTAD at its 8th session and by the UN Conference on Environment and Development regarding, in particular, the Committee on Natural Resources and the Committee on New and Renewable Sources of Energy and on Energy for Development.

Adopted without vote, 42nd meeting

Adopted at the 42nd plenary meeting, 31 July 1992.
In: Resolutions and decisions adopted by the Economic and Social Council at its substantive session of 1992, New York, 29 June-31 July and 18 August 1992. - E/1992/INF/7. - 27 Aug. 1992. - p. 121-122. - Issued in ESCOR, 1992, Suppl. no. 1.