Endorses the Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, Agenda 21 and the Non-legally Binding Authoritative Statement of Principles for a Global Consensus on the Management, Conservation and Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests, as adopted at the UN Conference on Environment and Development on 14 June 1992; calls upon all concerned to implement all commitments, agreements and recommendations reached at the UN Conference on Environment and Development, especially by ensuring provision of the means of implementation under section IV of Agenda 21, stressing in particular the importance of financial resources and mechanisms, transfer of environmentally sound technology, cooperation and capacity-building, and international institutional arrangements, in order to achieve sustainable development in all countries; decides to convene not later than 1997 a special session for the purpose of an overall review and appraisal of Agenda 21 and requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its 49th session a report containing recommendations for consideration by the Assembly on the format, scope and organizational aspects of such a special session.

Adopted without vote, 93rd meeting

Adopted at the 93rd plenary meeting, 22 Dec. 1992.