Expresses its appreciation for the cooperation extended by Governments in the preparation of the Consolidated List of Products Whose Consumption and/or Sale Have Been Banned, Withdrawn, Severely Restricted or Not Approved by Governments; requests the Secretary-General to continue to update the electronic version of the Consolidated List alternating between chemicals and pharmaceuticals every year; urges all governments to participate fully in the process of developing a strategic approach to international chemicals management by 2005; encourages countries to implement the new Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals; requests the Secretary-General to continue to report every three years in accordance with General Assembly Resolution 39/229, on the implementation of the present resolution.

Adopted without vote, 50th plenary meeting

In: Resolutions and decisions of the Economic and Social Council, organizational session for 2004, New York, 21 Jan., 4-6, 13 and 27 Feb. and 3 May 2004; resumed organizational session for 2004, New York, 4 May and 3 and 15 June 2004; substantive session of 2004, New York, 28 June-23 July 2004; resumed substantive session of 2004, New York, 16 Sept. and 5 and 11 Nov. 2004 - E/2004/99 - p. 95-96 - (ESCOR, 2004, Suppl. no. 1).