Report of the Governing Council of the United Nations Environment Programme on its 8th special session : resolution / adopted by the General Assembly

Emphasizes the need for the UNEP, within its mandate, to further contribute to sustainable development programmes, the implementation of Agenda 21 and the Johannesburg Plan of Implementation at all levels and to the work of the Commission on Sustainable Development; calls upon all countries to further engage in the negotiations of the intergovernmental strategic plan for technology support and capacity-building; emphasizes the need to further enhance coordination and cooperation among the relevant UN organizations in the promotion of the environmental dimension of sustainable development; calls upon UNEP to continue to contribute, within its mandate and as a member of the Inter-Agency Task Force, to the preparations for the International Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, to be held in Mauritius 10-14 Jan. 2005; reiterates the need for stable, adequate and predictable financial resources for UNEP; requests the Secretary-General to keep the resource needs of and the UN Office at Nairobi under review so as to permit the delivery, in an effective manner, of necessary services to the Environment Programme and to the other UN organs and organizations in Nairobi.

Adopted without vote, 75th plenary meeting

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Issued in GAOR, 59th sess., Suppl. no. 49.