Report of the Secretary-General on environment and human settlements : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
1999
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SymbolA/RES/53/242
TitleReport of the Secretary-General on environment and human settlements : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly
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Report of the Secretary-General on environment and human settlements
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Summary
Requests the Secretary-General to strengthen the UN Office at Nairobi, in its capacity as the only UN headquarters located in a developing country; calls upon UNEP and the UN Centre for Human Settlements (Habitat) to increase cooperation in and strengthen coordination of their activities; reiterates the importance of strengthening the capacity and capability of UNEP and the Habitat, within the framework of their existing mandates; stresses the need to ensure that capacity-building and technical assistance, in particular with respect to institutional strengthening in developing countries, as well as research and scientific studies in the field of environment and human settlements, must remain important components of the work programmes of both UNEP and the Habitat, within their existing mandates; also stresses the need to enhance further the role of UNEP as an implementing agency of the Global Environment Facility, consistent with its role as defined in the Instrument for the Establishment of the Restructured Global Environment Facility.
Action note1999-07-28
Vote summary
Adopted without vote, 105th meeting
DraftA/53/L.78
Meeting record
A/53/PV.105
Agenda information
A/53/251 30 United Nations reform : measures and proposals. UN--ORGANIZATIONAL REFORM
Date[New York] : UN, 10 Aug. 1999
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4 p.
Notes
Adopted at the 105th plenary meeting, 28 July 1999.